Summer Reading Assignment #4

I decided to read Looking for Alaska out of all of the other choices because my friend decided to read it too and I thought it would be nice for us to be reading the same book in case either of us had any questions about a part, we could just ask the other person.  Another reason why I chose this book is because the author, John Green, wrote The Fault in Our Stars which is a really popular book.  I still haven't read it yet but reading this book would determine if I wanted to read another book of his.  I also decided to read this book because I could download it straight to my tablet on my Kindle app, so that made it easy to read.  A connection that I made to this book is that I stand out from other people at my school because one of my hobbies is playing different instruments.  That is similar to Miles because one of his hobbies is to memorize people's last words.  It is also similar to Miles because he stands out being from a different state from everyone else.  I would recommend this book to my cousin but not until she gets a little older because there is a lot of profanity in this book.  

Summer Reading Assignment #3

A section of the book that I found "hooking" is when Chip says "Listen, I'm not going to be your entree to Culver Creek social life."  to Miles.  I found this part "hooking" because since they met, Miles thought that Chip was a little strange, but he was still nice.  Also, Miles helped Chip bring his couch from the storage room back to the room that they are staying in.  Miles mentioned that it is very hot, so why would Chip say that to him after he helped him?  Then it started to make a little more sense because Chip explained to Miles that there are two different kinds of groups at this school.  He said that there are the 'regular boarders', like himself, and then there are the 'Weekday Warriors', who are the rich kids that go to their parents mansions in the wealthy part of Alabama.  Chip told Miles that he doesn't like the cool kids, and they don't like him, so he is just warning Miles that if he came to this school thinking that he was hot stuff, he shouldn't be hanging around him very often.  Another part that I found "hooking" is when Chip told Miles not to call him Chip, but to call him the Colonel.  Then he told Miles that instead of calling him Miles, he will call him Pudge.  "Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it?"