Penguin Minis: Looking for Alaska | 
pickThis book was a fantastic read. I was lamenting to my mom that I didn‘t read it when I was in HS, and she said, “I think this was published after you graduated” and she was right! But the time period of the book coincides with when I was in HS so it‘s very realistic to me from that perspective. I also experienced death in HS that I didn‘t understand - that turned the world upside down. The author captured the pain and confusion of loss well.
pickA book that takes a look at loss and how we deal with it and the people who help us through the pain. How we need to keep moving thought the labyrinth and not let all of the unknown and undead things consume you. This was a solid time and glad I took the time to read it
#MentalHealthMonday @Kerrbearlib
1. Right now my pain level is about a four. It would be lower, but I stood in the kitchen for 20 minutes doing chores.
2. Loved how the author slowly revealed all the emotions of the characters.
pickThis was my last book of 2024. 2024 was a rough year for me, so I only read 7 books total; I plan to read way more than that during this year. I loved this book and love the Hulu series. I get Alaska so deeply. We both have agony and guilt from the past, from things we had no part of. I, like Alaska, devalue myself and sometimes tend to have hot and cold mood switches. Even with her being fictional, I‘ll forever mourn Alaska Young.
The tenth prompt for #hauntedshelf cover hunt was candles and my brain flashed all the way back to secondary school for this one!
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pick#Nonfiction2024 #BingoChallenge #ReadAway2024 This year‘s nonfiction challenge provides a list of books, mostly fiction, that have been banned for some reason. The challenge is to read a book of nonfiction about a similar topic. In this book teenagers at boarding school drink, smoke, cuss, and have sex. This book isn‘t about any of these things. It is about friendship, found family, death, grief, and survivors guilt. This is exactly (cont)⬇️
pickBook #25 of 2023: “Looking for Alaska” by John Green
I really enjoyed the first half of the book. I‘m trying to decide how I feel about the last half. It‘s a “high school boy meets manic pixie dream girl and is forever changed” story about love, lust, and loss.
pickIf you know me, you know this my absolute all time favorite book. It‘s my comfort book. It‘s my go-to book when everything else is boring. You would know that I have 3 copies of this book, ALWAYS. I have one that I‘ve highlighted, wrote it, dog-eared, cried in, and bent all to hell. I have one that‘s never been opened. And I have one to share and give away. I just love it so much
#VolumesAndVocals @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs
#EdgeofSeventeenStevieNicks
This book encapsulates the teenage experience.
Loved it!
so-so3✨ The inner message here was really good. Life is hard for different reason to each person, but you have to navigate your way through it. Alaska is a fun loving girl who lives in the moment. She has a major trauma that she feels guilty for when she was a little girl, but seems to mainly live life to it‘s fullest.⬇️ #roll100 February @PuddleJumper
Sorting a huge pile of mail while sipping hot chocolate on a chilly morning. Plus listening to the tagged. Should be a good day. 🥰
pickIt has been a long time since I have read this book. This was my first John Green book I ever read. I loved the characters and the plot of the story. I rated this book a 4 out of 5 stars!!! I also finished this book for #MarvellousMarchReadathon @Andrew65
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Prompt: Remember Me
pickWords can not describe the love and admiration I have for this book; however, I‘ll type out what I can describe.
Starting off strong, I love everything about Alaska and her journey. Her character being impulsive and erratic only brings more curiosity to the reader as to what truly did happen to Alaska, and it really helped me feel the urgency Colonel felt. This book is a MUST READ. It keeps you on your toes, and god is it beautifully written.
“More than anything, I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can‘t do to deadness…”
I adore this quote, and I‘m only happy that John Green write it. Because of course, more than anything, we long for hope. Sometimes that hope can never do anything other than manifest, and it sucks even more when it does in fact, only manifest. I absolutely adore this book.
pickSo, I liked this book... not as much as I liked "Turtles All the Way Down (which I finished just prior to this one)", but enough. I think the reason that I only like rather than love this book is because I don't feel very connected to the characters; they just aren't very likeable, so the emotional attachment one would expect to feel at the outcome of events just isn't there for me. But, it's John Green, and it's solid writing.
For Wednesday‘s #bookquote, I‘m sharing this quote from Looking For Alaska by John Green. I had a hard time deciding what book quote to post today. This is one of my favorite quotes from the book. I read this book in 2015 and I enjoyed it.
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Prompt: My Girl
But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.
so-soI feel like I may have missed the point on this one … although it was good, I felt as if I was waiting for something to happen the whole time, and it never did
pickThis is a highly engaging and philosophical book. If you like to read to develop your perspective on the world and discover more about the truths of humanity, this book is for you! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, it's quite the page-turner.
With my college graduation site for a background, here are 2 books I‘ve read set on #Campus #SavvySettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickVery good. Characters were developed in more of a real sense than those of an average high school setting. The emotions and coping mechanisms as well were very real. Making one's way out of a labyrinth is quite difficult.
pickThis was without a doubt a blast-from-the-past read. I remember being in love with this book in high school, and having completely forgotten the storyline I decided to give it another shot! It didn‘t disappoint.
“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.”
pickJohn Green deserves another applause. This book was so good. So satisfyingly good. Every element of it was almost perfectly done, the characterization, the character development of our mc, just fantastic. And it was so beautifully written as well, there were so many powerful lines that just left me speechless. I loved the element of bringing Miles's religion class into things, tying what he learned in there to what he learned in life. Amazing.
pickLooking for Alaska by John Green follows Miles, also known as Pudge, around his new life at Culver Creek boarding school. He meets many new people but one person seems to stand out more than the rest, this person being Alaska Young. Alaska is beautiful, unpredictable and mysterious. Miles is fascinated by her world and quickly becomes friends with her. But then a tragedy strikes and everything changes.
Reading and tea, it makes a perfect evening. Life is so busy that it's hard to find time to read anymore, but when I get the chance, sitting down with warm chai tea and a John Green book is all it takes to make me happy and relaxed.
Reading is a wonderful stress reliever for me and many other book lovers, and tea can just make it all the more calming. Take a night for yourself and have some tea while you read! 🍵📖
So it happened. The event that the entire book was leading up to has now occurred and I am devastated to say the least. It was written very well though, John Green is a truly amazing writer. I will continue to read his books for as long as I live...I am seriously dedicated. I highly recommend his books.
This is Looking For Alaska by John Green, my current read.
So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.
it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The buddah said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. when you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.
Everything that comes together falls apart. Everything. The chair I‘m sitting on. It was built, and so it will fall apart. I‘m gonna fall apart, probably before this chair. And you‘re gonna fall apart. The cells and organs and systems that make you you—they came together, grew together, and so must fall apart. The Buddha knew one thing science didn‘t prove for millennia after his death: Entropy increases. Things fall apart.
pick10/10
“everything that comes together, falls apart, when we accept that everything falls apart and life is suffering we will stop suffering when it does.”
“We are all going”
“I don‘t know where there is, but I know it‘s somewhere I Hope it‘s beautiful.”
“I go to seek a great perhaps”
pickIt was a super good book. I read it all in one day. It‘s definitely a great coming-of-age story.
pickI have never had a book understand and grasp onto how your life changes and the holes people leave. The very structure of the book shows into the pain lost after tragedy and how some things will never be the same
Grateful for a working stove after 2 months, and cooler weather in Michigan. @ozma.of.oz
1. Colleen Hoover - all her books bring me comfort and heartbreak.
2. Not a gratitude journal, but I do try to journal everyday.
3. Tagged book- it‘s been my favorite book for years, and I don‘t see that ever changing 🥰
Banned Books Week: Day 4!
This book won the ALA‘s prestigious Michael L. Printz Award, which is given annually to “the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit.” 💕📚
Despite this however, it was banned in many places for its use of profanity and sexual content. Did you know that it was the most challenged book in 2015? 😲
#bannedbooksweek
pickThis is a stirring story. It discusses so many issues that teenagers deal with, drugs, sex, love, friendship, bullying and so much more. But mostly the story is about how we come to terms with our own mortality. Great read! 4.5 ⭐ Thanks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for gifting me this book. Perfect choice and a fabulous story.
Rereading Looking for Alaska for the first time in years! I am reallllyyy liking it so far ☺️ Good news; just got a new book in the mail so last reread for a sec 💕
#lookingforalaska #johngreen #fiction
pickMuch different than the Fault in Our Stars. Excellent YA book about friendship and mental health.
I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.
Day 19th
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