summer reading post 1

          I have chosen the book 'Looking for Alaska' by John Green. So far this book has been very thought provoking which is a good sign, for me at least, when reading a good novel.  The main character for this book is Miles Halter, also known as 'Pudge' not because he has a few extra pounds, but because he is so skinny. The book begins with him telling his parents that he would like to go to a boarding school, and not for the usual obvious reasons to get away from something, but to get into something. Pudge's life was boring and uneventful. He wanted to change that so he had his parents enroll him in a boarding school so that he could hopefully start the adventure also known as life. He was in search of 'the great perhaps'. Culver Creek boarding school was where it would all begin. Pudge makes friends like Chip also known as 'The colonel' and Alaska. At first sight Pudge is mesmerized by Alaska. I have a feeling that later on in the story she will be the main event in Pudge's head. And what I really want to know is, does he find the great perhaps? This book reminds me of 'Paper towns' also by John Green because of the way the book starts. It begins centered on one boy who feels his life is boring and then, BOOM, this mysterious girl takes him on a whirlwind adventure that he couldn't forget if he wanted too. I feel like the ending won't be the ending that we want, just like how 'paper towns' ended.