Blog of 10/20/14

Looking For Alaska

Prompt: Why did you choose this to read? Give at least 3 reasons.

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I chose to read Looking for Alaska because of 3 reasons. The first reason is because Looking for Alaska was written by one of my favorite authors, John Green. John Green became my favorite author because of his book The Fault in Our Stars. Since I read that book I loved John Green. Then I read Paper Towns and now I am reading another book by him. I like how he can describe a place so well. He can put emotions into reading one of his books. I also like his writing format. John Green made me want to read Looking for Alaska. Honestly, I think John Green is an amazing author.

The second reasons that I wanted to read this book was because Looking for Alaska is a banned book. I was wondering why they would challenged one of John Green's books. So I began to read it. This book has been banned in Verona High School (New Jersey), Sumner County (Tennessee), Knox County High Schools (Tennessee), and some schools in Depew (New York). I had been wondering why they would ban this book. Even though I only have read a couple of pages into the book I already understand why it was banned. It was banned because of the use of inappropriate language. But this is a good book and it's getting interesting.

The third and last reason I chose to read this book was because I read the back of the book and I found it interesting. The back of the book said that once he met Alaska nothing would ever be the same. I got really curious since then. I wondered what he meant by "nothing would ever be the same". What did Alaska do to him? So since I read the back I thought it would be a good book to read. These are the 3 reasons why I chose to read Looking for Alaska by John Green.