Summer reading update

4. Feasting on Asphalt, The River Run by Alton Brown(If you don't know or like Alton Brown, Food Network star, feel free to stop reading now)- It is Alton's account of his motorcycle journey from Louisiana, where the Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico to Minnesota where the Mississippi starts. It is a fun book filled with many pictures and recipes. I must admit that I kinda skimmed this book, it is more of a coffee table book than a "sit down and read from cover to cover" kind of book. I watched the shows while it aired on Food Network, so I was pretty familiar with what was happening. I would rate this *** out of *****

5. Paper Towns by John Green-A group of high school seniors in Orlando seem to be having a fairly normal life, except for one, Margo. Margo pulls Q into some crazy shenanigans and then disappears. Q is in love with Margo and becomes obsessed with finding her. The beginning of this book is good. The middle is long and depressing and slow, Q can't find Margo. The end is fun, exciting, and heartbreaking as Q and his friends race across the country to find Margo. There is some pretty deep stuff in this book. I like the point that John Green makes about if you idolize a person you will ultimately be disappointed because they are just a human and can't fulfill all your dreams ( he of course states this more eloquently.) *** out of *****