Writer's Blog: Looking For Alaska

Three days ago I finished Looking for Alaska. It is written by John Green. In other words this guy.



In case you are unfamiliar John Green is one half of the Vlogbrothers . Their videos are very good but this post is supposed to be about the book.

Looking for Alaska is a excellent novel. I won't write up the blurb here because it gives too much away. It is the story of Miles Halter who goes to boarding school and meets Alaska Young. There is a definite story here but what I find interesting is most of the actual scenes are just the group of friends talking, drinking and smoking. Yet from this, and the pranks they play, we get to know the characters.

With every book I read I lean something knew. This book has showed me that a story can easily be formed by chronicling every day occurrences.

Now I'm reading Star Trek Vanguard - Summon the Thunder.