So, I’m not a pro at this blogging thing.

In, fact I’m not really a pro at anything, but I suppose I’ll try to be for the benefit of making this blog the least bit interesting. (I’m sorry if I fail.)

By the way if you die of boredom please don’t send your families after me for life insurance. (Of course, I suppose the only way you could do such a thing is if you came back as a ghost and informed them of the cause of your death, hence; sending them after me in fit a fury demanding money out of my pockets to pay for the funeral. In which case they would find nothing; because I am broke. A fact that both parties can be sorely disappointed about. )

Topics of which I will most likely be blogging about:

· Books that I have read or am reading or desire to read

· Movies that I have watched, or desire to watch

· Music that I play or listen to or want to listen to

· My life in general (which isn’t very interesting, but I will try to use humor and exaggeration to get you through ok.)

Some things you should know about me:

· I TEND TO GO OFF ON TANGENTS! (This is very important for you to know. It’s for your own sanity.)

· I love Shakespeare and Harry Potter. (God I’m a nerd)

· I don’t tend to go through with these sorts of things so I’m going to need some inspiration to keep this up. (I suppose that depends on me keeping things interesting enough for people to want me to keep going.)

· I don’t know if there is anything else that will affect my blogging (is it OK to say “blog” in a blog?) but if I think of something I will add it.

ENJOY J

Monday, February 1, 2010

For some reason my wrist is starting to hurt...

Hello everyone!

So guess what? I did not end up going to Missouri for the weekend :(  but I still had a pretty good weekend watching show choirs galore! It was really fun!

I haven't done any book reviews for awhile so I will start with one.  Also I have NOT read anything for the past two weeks! I need to get a move on! You guys gotta pressure me to keep reading! Seriously, every time you see me tell me that I need to keep reading or you'll kill me! (Gemma and Laura I am scared that you will actually do it so your threats would likely be the most effective)  I swear I will never meet my goal if I keep up at this pace!

Anyways, on to the book review: Looking For Alaska by John Green



I read this book from April 20th to April 30th of 2008.  I know I just skipped my book reviews form January to April but the books I read in between that time were not really much to talk about EXCEPT Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews but in order to review that book I would have to review the whole series and I am just not in the mood to do that today. Don't get me wrong, the series is AMAZING but I am just not in the right mood to give it the review it deserves.

Back to John Green's book:


Before I read this book I heard rave reviews about it. People were saying it was amazing, life-changing, eye opening. Unfortunately this is not the experience I had while reading this book. I liked it, it was pretty good I suppose, but as for amazing, life-changing, and eye opening,not so much.  After finishing this book I felt nothing but disappointment.  I think that if I had not heard anyone else's opinion on it I would've liked the book a lot more then I did. So, the main reason I didn't like the book that much is because it didn't reach my expectations of it. Now, I love John Green. His blog and his YouTube channel just crack me up, but I read this book before I really knew who he was.  That doesn't mean if I knew who he was when I read it I would have liked it more, but it helps, a bit.  I read this book almost two years ago and I would honestly like to give it another try.  I think that if I read it again I will like it a lot more the second time around 1. Because I'm older and have a better understanding of things and since all these rave reviewers I heard were around my age now when they reviewed it, maybe I will see what they were saying. 2. I have read his other two books and loved them. and 3. Because I love John Green and want to give him another try.  SO, I will let you know when I have re-read Looking For Alaska and I will then post a second review of it. 

For those of you who have read this book or any other book by John Green, did you like it? What is your opinion of it?  and last but not least what is your favorite book by John Green?

For some reason my wrist is starting to hurt so I'm going to leave you with that.  Please comment and rate! Thanks!

~Caitlin~  
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3 comments:

  1. Shelby SandersFebruary 1, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    I wasn't as impressed with Looking For Alaska as everyone else either. This could have been because 1. Everyone's reviews gave it very high expectations and 2. I listened to it on my mp3 so I may have missed things or not gotten the full effect.

    I've also ready Paper Towns by him. I loved it. I don't like to read but I read this in three days, pretty much never putting it down.

    I haven't read An Abundance of Katherines yet but I would like to sometime in the near future.

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  2. KellyFebruary 3, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    My favorite John Green book is Paper Towns, but I'm not going to talk about it because you haven't finished it yet. :)

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  3. DianaNicoleFebruary 3, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    I actaully like looking for alaska better then his other books.
    I don't know why though...

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