Looking for Alaska

Do you remember back in third, or fourth grade grade when if you wanted to see a movie, your parents made you read the book first before wsatching the movie? I do. My parents were the ones who enforced that rule; and I am glad they did. I love going and watching a movie as much as any other adolescent, in fact I went and saw one last night. There wasn't a book to go along with it but as I have grown up, even as the rule faded away, I still read the book first. I compare the book to the movie and it helps me to understand what a book does for you compared to a movie, I have got to tell you, every time (or almost every), the book has been better.

There are few cases when the movie actually portrays the book the way it is written and takes to a whole other dimension. One of these, I believe, was The Fault In Our Stars, it was written by John Green which made me interested in his writing and his style. I recently heard anohter one of his novels was going to be published. Looking for Alaska. I have been hearing about how marvelous this book is for quite some time and just now decided to pick it up. Mainly do to the fact that I heard it was going to be a movie and I want to see a movie because who doesn't? So I have picked it up and am approximateley around twenty pages in.

I am completely absorbed into it. It is new and exciting and extremely relatable, besides the smoking and drinking, but still with the teenage thoughts and what actually happens. It portrays what we feel and how we act 99% accurately. So far, Pudge has been bullied and tormented the normal amount for a highschool kid. He goes to a new school an dfinds some friends who introduce him to smoking and drinking, not the best decision. But so far nothing drasctic has occured, and I will keep you all up dated on what is happening as I get deeper in!

Catching Up

Ok so maybe I haven't been doing what I set out to do this semester. I've been a bit lazy with my writing and haven't really tried to focuss on talking to you guys a lot. So, as you may have noticed they are lacking in the improvements of my diction and sytnax.  So I want to ask you guys a few questions. What do you do to "spice up" your blog in relations to keeping the audience interested? And how do you change up the pace of you writing while making it flow? I know that I get a bit boring with my writing and I just use the average amount of sentece length or I don't get all fancy with my words. So I just wanted to see if any of your tactics could help me.

I have not been reading as much as I would like to be recently. At all. I love to read but I just haven't been able to find something that screams READ ME this year. I wanted to leave my comfort zone and try new genres but I just bore of them withing a day and put it down forever. I might just go back to dystopian for the rest of the year and try again in the summer. Who knows, maybe I'll find one that holds my attention longer that a milisecond. Well anyways guys, I'm sorry i haven't been the best blogger but hopefully I will be able to grow more as a writer and reader in the next month and through my career.