It's an interesting read, Ginger, and I suspect it resonates very strongly for those of us who grew up without the internet--among other things (heh), it's very much about the search for community.

I could say a few critical things about Mori's inability to function with the "mundane" world (although she never calls it that), but she's clearly broken in several ways, and really the impressive thing is that she's able to deal at all, given her circumstances.

So has anyone here read Jo Walton's Among Others?

Me me me. I love this book.

Both Hazel and Augustus work for me because real teens, especially the bookish ones do sound like that. Not always perfectly witty, but yes, they do have that vocab.

I think because Isaac was also incredibly well-spoken and witty, I wanted to sort of whisper in Green's ear, "All cancer kids are not going to be geniuses, buddy," but like I said, I didn't care too much because the emotional aspect of the book was so true.

We had our book club meeting this afternoon, and a lot of them are John Green fans, but they all said that his characters tend to be super smart and funny.

Dumb line that was one of my favorites: "There were some condomy problems I really didn't get to see." I can picture it perfectly.

Also the video game with Isaac toward the end: "Hump the moist cave wall." I was still crying from the previous scene, and read that and was cracking up.

Consuela - one of the things I love about Among Others is how well Walton handles the format, and the boundaries of private thoughts. Don't mind me, I'm over here bouncing at the thought of having people to discuss it with.

I did keep a notebook handy. Quite a long 'to-read' list came out of that experience.

Mark Reads The Princess Bride.

He's seen the movie, but he's never read the book. And I strongly suspect he's trolling re: Morgenstern, but I love the idea of his reviewing the book as if it truly were an abridgment. If anything, we are having fun in the comments.

Is he trolling with that first sentence too?

Given his Tweets, and

Both introductions really deal more with the movie being made, which makes sense, since the movie brought new fans to the original book. Er – the abridged story, I mean.

I'm pretty sure he's playing the Morgenstern game because it's fun. I'm not sure I'd call it "trolling".

I don't know, but I am definitely trolling with this one.

I'm just asking about his use of "affect".

Oh, I think that's just misspelling.