I still have to read Fangirl, but I adored Eleanor and Park.
Zoe: Planet's coming up a mite fast. Wash: That's just cause, I'm going down too quick. Likely crash and kill us all. Mal: Well, that happens, let me know.
'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 3:52:21 pm PDT #22435 of 28344
Because books.
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2014 4:07:00 pm PDT #22436 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fangirl was sweet. And it reminded me of what college was like. Except for me not writing Harry Potter fanfic. (Or knowing what fanfic was.)
erikaj - Jun 03, 2014 7:04:15 pm PDT #22437 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!
For me, kids dying in high school is more like life than "soo romantic."(But still, at that age, I might have gone for it. And that doesn't include "Where Wallace at?"(Which still wrecks me now, actually)
Atropa - Jun 03, 2014 7:59:55 pm PDT #22438 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(Seriously, no one needs to try to change my Philistine mind. I get to decide what kind of emotional beatdown my fiction gives me, and I choose not to see the teen cancer movie.)
DING DING DING! Same here.
Gris - Jun 04, 2014 12:29:49 pm PDT #22439 of 28344
Hey. New board.
I have no desire to change y'all's Philistine minds, because it really is an emotional beatdown. It is a very good one, but I totally respect the not-in-my-house opinions. I think it's probably his greatest book, but you should totally read An Abundance of Katherines instead because it's happy. And if this movie does well I bet that movie gets made and it too will be happy.
I almost like John Green the Phenomenon more than John Green the author. Though I've liked all of his books quite a bit. His Youtube persona (and that of his brother) are even more appealing and almost mesmerizing to watch. They show mastery of the just-the-right-amount-of-nerdiness to appeal to a LARGE swath of the teen community in the its-cool-to-be-a-nerd world they actually really do live in right now. And he knows, too, that he's caught a wave that isn't really a wave that could have been caught in many other generations. I would like to know him. I think we'd get along. Which I'm sure is also part of his charm that has made him a phenomenon - I'm only actually sure it's true in this case and not projected because I've hung out with his best friend at a wedding and REALLY liked him.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2014 12:53:13 pm PDT #22440 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think it's probably his greatest book, but you should totally read An Abundance of Katherines instead because it's happy. And if this movie does well I bet that movie gets made and it too will be happy.
Those are my two favorite John Green books.
Amy - Jun 04, 2014 3:35:20 pm PDT #22441 of 28344
Because books.
I think they already announced that Paper Towns is in development.
Cass - Jun 04, 2014 5:44:42 pm PDT #22442 of 28344
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I almost like John Green the Phenomenon more than John Green the author.
I haven't read his books (probably yet) but I love the videos. My favorite thing is that he does fantasy Indy Car racing. That was an amusing surprise.
DebetEsse - Jun 05, 2014 7:24:40 am PDT #22443 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Paper Towns is one of my favorites and will, I think, make a good movie. It's much less internal.
I first became aware of him because of GIFs from the videos on Tumblr.
§ ita § - Jun 05, 2014 9:22:25 am PDT #22444 of 28344
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, you guys have all read the first two chapters of the Kylie+Kendal Jenner book, right?
Tell me how it goes.