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Looking for Alaska
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July 31, 2016
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After reading The Fault in Our Stars, I wanted to read other books written by John Green. I found the 10th edition of Looking for Alaska in a bookstore in Greece while vacationing.
I both loved and not-so-much loved Looking for Alaska, and such a wide range of reasons. First off, though, it is a well written and *mostly* creative novel. It draws you in from the beginning and keeps a quick pace that holds onto you. I liked the characters. I liked the message. I liked the story. I didn't love any o
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Gremlin
Nov 21, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya, tissue-box
A beautiful little YA with some well-rounded characters that form some pretty great relationships (Colonel and Pudge!). Explores a lot of the BIG questions in a thoughtful way. Also, I don't know how to write this review without spoiling things, so I won't. Ha!

I will say, however, that I tend to read books on the bus to and from work. Normally that isn't an issue, but in this case, at about halfway through the book, I should've stopped with that approach, pulled out a cup of tea, and just stayed
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