tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post4724223220090202595..comments2024-03-22T02:20:24.383-05:00Comments on eclectic / eccentric: Book Review: Looking for AlaskaTrishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13917705393662132891noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-15744605663959293792012-05-30T23:28:46.841-05:002012-05-30T23:28:46.841-05:00http://lorxiebookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/look...http://lorxiebookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/looking-for-alaska-by-john-green.html i love JOHN GREEN :) have a nice day!Lorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417839801930729678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-26465711007817248542011-10-20T11:28:33.356-05:002011-10-20T11:28:33.356-05:00I loved this one. It was my very first John Green ...I loved this one. It was my very first John Green novel and I was just so surprised by it.Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-30909168845650263852011-10-18T13:03:30.531-05:002011-10-18T13:03:30.531-05:00I had to laugh at the fact that they were burying ...I had to laugh at the fact that they were burying Strawberry Hill--my beginner beverage of choice. Can't beat $2 a bottle! ;)<br /><br />Loved this one. Love John Green. Not as much as others, but like love, I guess.Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-83028673064794260792011-10-14T11:08:36.114-05:002011-10-14T11:08:36.114-05:00I think I have to red this book now! Not sure how...I think I have to red this book now! Not sure how many drinks would it would take to get to .24, but I'm sure the afterwards would not be pretty. love your thoughts!Jenny Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077659644092707107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-63476377925925154722011-10-13T19:33:41.110-05:002011-10-13T19:33:41.110-05:00I didn't really like this book … but I'm i...I didn't really like this book … but I'm in the minority. And the things it made you want to do are going to get this book banned! HAHA!Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-18455589086509953812011-10-12T19:55:45.392-05:002011-10-12T19:55:45.392-05:00Um, I just googled it and it looks like I'd ha...Um, I just googled it and it looks like I'd have to drink anywhere between 7 - 9 drinks IN AN HOUR! Soooo not gonna happen. Wowzers!<br /><br />BTW I heart John Green.christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-27561346989371929452011-10-12T19:54:07.372-05:002011-10-12T19:54:07.372-05:00I wonder how many drinks it would take to get to ....I wonder how many drinks it would take to get to .24? I'm not preggers, so maybe I can try for the both of us. My bar (and saying I have a bar leads to assumption that I should KNOW what .24 looks like, but truly I don't)..has a breathalyzer installed. I could feasible do this experiment. I just wonder if I'll remember much of that night?!christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-18402856132147412272011-10-12T17:31:25.567-05:002011-10-12T17:31:25.567-05:00Wow! I love Amanda's story! I thought the bury...Wow! I love Amanda's story! I thought the burying alcohol part was really interesting. I have no idea what I would bury if I had the chance. Maybe money? ;-)Vasillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463689838763126048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-31314325406316726042011-10-12T15:30:29.145-05:002011-10-12T15:30:29.145-05:00Love this book--it's the one that first introd...Love this book--it's the one that first introduced me to the awesomeness that is John Green. I love, love, love how he combines humor with Very Serious Matters. Yeah, I kind of have an author crush on him.Vicky Alvear Shecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570828339389206203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-20577578907506243252011-10-12T12:42:32.097-05:002011-10-12T12:42:32.097-05:00Speaking of burying something secret, here's a...Speaking of burying something secret, here's a funny story: Jason's grandpa was a little bit "off" to be polite. He didn't trust the government at all - to the point of ripping up Jason's dad's call back to active service during the Gulf War, making the Army think he had gone UA when he'd never even known they sent a letter. He especially didn't trust banks, so at one point in his life, he pulled out all his life savings and bought a bunch of junk silver with it. Old dimes and nickels and quarters and stuff, really old kinds. He had something like $25,000 worth of the stuff, and he buried it in barrels all around his many-acre property in Washington. He made a map so that he could find it again, but got paranoid about that so he dug it all up and buried it in new locations that he didn't write down. Then he died.<br /><br />That left his widow without any sort of monetary protection. Jason's senior year of high school (which is when his grandpa died), he flew out to Washington with his dad, brother, and a metal detector, where they combed through as much of the property as possible looking for barrels of buried junk silver. They found something like a third of what was buried out there. Some of the property lines were disputed too, so it's possible Grandpa buried it barrels on someone else's land. Later Grandma moved away from the area, and she died last year. Now somewhere out there in rural Washington, there's a multi-thousand-dollar treasure buried...and no one has a clue that it's there except the family, who no longer have the land to keep looking.<br /><br />So yeah, if you bury something...just make sure it's not something someone will miss! :DAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-17670712404956086672011-10-12T09:43:41.775-05:002011-10-12T09:43:41.775-05:00I have never read anything by Green before, and ha...I have never read anything by Green before, and had not heard of this one before reading your review. The characters and situations in this book sound really wild, and now I want to check it out. How can I resist a book that makes you want to bury something? Great review today!Zibileehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443338685890187334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-32089509985926410762011-10-12T09:30:59.638-05:002011-10-12T09:30:59.638-05:00.24 is pretty much obliterated. You would be pret....24 is pretty much obliterated. You would be pretty drunk. It would definitely be too drunk for a fetus :)<br /><br />I have only read Paper Towns but I think I own both of Green's other books so I should read them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-17376296765481996642011-10-12T08:00:00.143-05:002011-10-12T08:00:00.143-05:00When I was in high school I was very much into bur...When I was in high school I was very much into burying things for closure. But then I would eventually dig it back up months later. I think you should totally bury something. Burying is fun. Hmm, now I want to go bury something. . .<br /><br />-jeharaquirky girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157385874399477807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282761092944595871.post-27140581173182579212011-10-12T06:19:37.118-05:002011-10-12T06:19:37.118-05:00I think .24 is something close to death isn't ...I think .24 is something close to death isn't it? Maybe just hang out at a twenty-something dance club and observe would be safer! This is one of the books that Emma and I have in the house. I know I need to get on the John Green bandwagon.Sandyhttp://sandynawrot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com