Monday, January 31, 2011
A Little Bit About Me
Friday, January 28, 2011
Book Review: Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska is one of my favorite novels. I love it for it's thoughtfulness and great quotes that make me think (and I love books that make me think). The book is narrated by Miles "Pudge" Halter who loves to memorize the last words of famous people. He decides that he wants to go out and seek a "Great Perhaps" and begins to attend a bordering school in Alabama. It is there he meets Alaska Young, who fascinates him to no end. This book is in the same vein as Catcher in the Rye and Pudge echos the voice of Holden Caufield. A reoccurring theme in the novel is forgiveness and the meaning of life.
"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive."
— Looking for Alaska
"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive."
— Looking for Alaska
"When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books."
— Looking for Alaska
"At some point, you just pull off the Band-Aid, and it hurts, but then it's over and you're relieved."
— Looking for Alaska
"Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war"
— Looking for Alaska
"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."
— Looking for Alaska
"Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps."
— Looking for Alaska
"We are engaged here in the most important pursuit in history. The search for meaning. What is the nature of being a person? What is the best way to go about being a person? How did we come to be, and what will become of us when we are no longer? In short: What are the rules this game, and how might we best play it?" — Looking for Alaska
"If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless."
— Looking for Alaska
"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."
— Looking for Alaska
"Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps."
— Looking for Alaska
"We are engaged here in the most important pursuit in history. The search for meaning. What is the nature of being a person? What is the best way to go about being a person? How did we come to be, and what will become of us when we are no longer? In short: What are the rules this game, and how might we best play it?" — Looking for Alaska
"If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless."
— Looking for Alaska
John Green in Pittsburgh
Author and vlogbrother John Green is coming to Pittsburgh on Friday January 28, 2011. He'll be attending an event called Black, White and Read All Over at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. John Green is one of my favortie authors and has written several books that have gone on to win major awards. His books include Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, and Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Looking for Alaska won the prestigious Printz Award. He and his brother Hank also run a vlog and have a dedicated fanbase (of which I am proud to be apart of) who call themselves 'Nerdfighters'. A link to buy tickets for the event can be found here.
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