Life is not too short and I will live it

I would just like to thank the author and vlogger John Green for so many things but mostly for the book ‘Looking for Alaska’. 

Not only was the book the first book I read of his, it was also the reason why I started to like my current English teacher so much. I just mentioned the book to her when she asked me what I was reading, reading another JG book, and she got curious so she kept asking. It all ended up with her ordering 10 copies of the book for the school, and 10 of The Hunger Games, thanks to me!
Note, she hadn’t even read the book when she ordered it. She told me she took my word for it being great and now that she’ve read it she agrees with me.

That isn’t the end though. A few weeks ago we got to choose the book we wanted to read and I recommended LFA to about 1/3 of the class that ended up picking it. This ended up with me having the best time talking about the book at the seminar 2 weeks ago. For the first time ever I got a chance to talk about a book I love so much on a deep level with people that liked the book as well. Great part after this? I was told yesterday that I got awesome remarks on it due to how my English had improved and the ways I talked about it! (The teacher did note that she didn’t expect anything else from me seeing how much I love it.)

So yes, I’m thanking John Green for writing a book that made school a bit more awesome. Thanks! 

No, this isn’t about the content of the book but about how I still don’t have my hands on a copy.

So, as most of you know, you were able to pre-order the book in the summer and insure getting a signed copy. Of course I did this the first day and didn’t give it another thought until my winter break. During winter break I started to become unsure about getting the book from Amazon (never ordered anything from there before) and so in the end I went to my local bookstore. I asked them to pre-order the book for me and they said they would do that. Sadly, on the release date I found out that they did not pre-order it for me. So this meant a unsigned copy for me and yes, that makes me pretty sad.
A week and a half later (today) I went into the store to check if they’ve gotten the book yet and they have not. However, the lady apoligized for not pre-ordering the book like I had asked and the confusing that happened. 

And you know what? The anger I had towards them for not doing things like I had asked them to is gone. Hearing that she was sorry for what happened actually made me a bit happy. However, the sadness of a unsigned book is still here.

Good news is that I may be getting my copy in about 4-5 days!

1. Write in ‘Let It Snow’
2. Smile and play. 
(I love Google a bit more) 

I was just looking up a little information about ‘Let It Snow’ by John Green, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson and that happened. Google knows how to make me happy!

WANT! (Right click the picture, open in new tab and find him!)