Looking for Alaska -- in 11 American Cities
You'll note that this daily blog has actually turned into a daily blog the last two days, because I've finally made it back from a month eating nice food, sleeping in fancy hotels, and meeting fascinating people who care about books.
Authors should not complain about book tours, because
Authors should not complain about book tours, because
- A lot of very good authors don't get the chance to go out and meet readers and independent booksellers, and
- Anyone who complains about getting to eat out of the minibar for free is a total jackass, and
- Honestly. How jaded and self-important do you have to become in order to complain about having a job that allows you to make up stories, write them down, and then fly around the country eating six-dollar Snickers bars in comfortable beds while watching Oceans 12 on Pay-Per-View?
So, yeah. No complaints here. I had a hell of a lot of fun, and now I'm happy to be home again and writing.
One of the biggest highlights of the trip was my visit to Blue Valley Northwest High School, which is either in Kansas or Missouri (I forget), and whose students are just the kind of people I was thinking of when I wrote Looking for Alaska. My visit to BVNHS also happens to be the only event from which I have pictures. Thanks to Pat Owens for the photographs.
Trying to think of a clever inscription:
And doing a Harvey Pekar impersonation with Mr. Elliot Kort:
5 Comments:
hello. uh, you don't know me or anything, but i just wanted to tell you how much i love 'looking for alaska.' it's just...yeah. i love it. it is absoultely amazing and fantastic and perfect. (by the way, i'm leah. i work in the children's bookstore in baltimore - i think you met my boss, and you signed a book to me, which i treasure and appreciate very very much.)
if this comes off as some sort of weird creepy comment, it's not supposed to, i'm sorry...i just wanted to thank you for writing this book. i've read it three times already, and i just love it so so so so so much. but i've said that enough. okay. the end. bye.
Hi, this is kinda random but i just wanted to tell you that i loved Looking For Alaska. I purchased it at Barnes and Noble just before i had knee surgery, I thought it would be a nice easy reading for while i was immobile. I started reading it while I was half asleep on the couch...i ended up staying up for the 5 or so hours it took me to finish it. It was a wonderful way to take my mind off the pain, and I felt I could really relate to Lara. And Pudge's fondness for last words reminded me of some of mine that i had written down in my old journal:
-"You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper." ~Robert Alton Harris(poisoned in the gas chamber in cali)
-"What's for desert?" ~My Great Aunt(desert was the highlight of her day)
-"Dear me, I believe I am becoming a god..." ~Vespasian
So yeah, this was random but i just felt like telling you that.
Are you going to be releasing anymore books in the near future?
You went to BVNW. AH I am so jealous. I go to Shawnee Mission Northwest. (right by there and both in Kansas. BVNW would totally be the Weekday Warriors though.
To echo the others, I too loved your book, and I can dream of nothing better than having the type of job you yourself just described in your blog.
2007 and people are still reading and worshipping Looking For ALaska. The book was so amazing psychological and fractanpocular. The lead-up was so large, before then like al these days before. when im reading i get to the last day and I'm like what's going to happen. Then the Eagle is calling them to the gym. At that point i started crying. I knew what was happening. I love you and your book. If you could write a happier ending to lift some of your reader's sprits i would love you even more.
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