Paper Towns: John Green

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Re: Paper Towns - John Green

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Awesome! Thank you!

-- January 30th, 2014, 6:23 pm --

Elisabeth Naughton is pretty good, she is paranormal romance, Gena Showalter is also paranormal romance. All of their books I have read so far are pretty good. Michael Grant, author of the Gone Series.



If I think of anymore I will send them your way...

Hahaha I have ventured into the "trashy" erotica novels aka Fifty Shades of Grey....they made me blush! hahaha I'm don't really care for the vulgar stuff or when you can throw a stone and can't miss a page of them going at it. It becomes an eye roll moment every time!
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Aahahahha thank youu! And oh there is this one book that I love: Judith McNaugh- remember when

I love it.

And yesh you're right :p

-- 30 Jan 2014, 17:33 --

It's 6:23 pm in Virginia? :o over here in lebanon it's 12:33 am :p
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Yep now its 8:06 pm! :D
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Lucky you ! Not it's 6:55 am and I'm getting ready for school -.-
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Currently reading Paper Towns at the moment, love it so far!
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Yayyyy! If you have questions ask away jennyy!
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Honestly one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors. John Green is a fantastic author and his books always leave me with a new outlook on life, love, and the world in general. His writing is beautiful and his characters are captivating. John Green is truly is everything you could ever want in a fiction author. Since you enjoyed Paper Towns I definitely recommend his other work, especially The Fault in our Stars :D truly amazing story and a real tearjerker :)
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Oh don't worry about me Megan, I've read all his books :p except let it snow. Anyways, yeah he's a good writer but to be honest there are better. But he's definitely good!
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How do you think Paper Towns compares to John Green's other "hits," i.e. Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars?

I really loved Paper Towns. In particular, I loved the increased suspense and mystery that is unique to this story, compared to Green's other book. Most of the story is a full on mystery rather than heart-wrenchingly sad. It's definitely a winner with me. I don't think I'll ever forget the character of Margo, either.

Like 50sweetrevenges, I haven't gotten around to Let it Snow. It's on my to-read list, though, just because it's co-written with John Green. It seems to be one of Green's more over-looked books, and I wonder if that's because it's not one of his best..?
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Well looking for alaska is a little similar to paper towns, in a way. Tfios is totally different really. I loved all 3 books bevause each has its own ... attractive point. And yes, margo's character is very hard to firget because she showed me a pount of view that I never saw before. She showed me something that not many dare to believe in.

Maybe ... I really have no idea. Maybe because people like John Green books only, not co-written books. But, fir me Will grayson, Will grayson is not a book that captured my attention. I read it all and it's good, funny, and well written to show the point of view of sone gay lives and I really appreciate that John went down that road because not many do.
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This book is wonderful! Of course you have to take into account the fact that I've read and loved every book John Green has written. If you like this book I strongly recommend his other books. My favorites have been Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherine's. I will warn you though John Green will make you want to cry FOREVER!! His books are so incredible sad and usually when something terrible happens, it's quite sudden.
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In response to 50sweetrevenges, I wonder if Green will *fully* go down the road of actually writing a gay narrator. In Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the gay character was written by David Levithan, which makes sense since that's what Levithan does. I adored this book too, but I totally see how it's not for everyone.

haines_drew, I didn't care for An Abundance of Katherines quite so much. I mean, it wasn't awful or anything. But Colin annoyed me after a while, and I didn't feel like the conflict was urgent/important enough. I'm curious what drew you (no pun intended) to that book more than Green's others.
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Post by 50sweetrevenges »

Anxious educator, i know that David wrote the gay part of the book but i don't know .... it was fun bur not a book i would read twice.

haines_drew, yeah looking for alaska was really good and tfios too. John green's books are interesting but there have and has been greater writers.
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I'm certainly going to have to look this one up; sounds like a great read.
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Yes! I read Paper Towns probably about a year and a half ago and I recently re-read it, its one of my favourite John Green books - it was his debut but I feel like not enough people read it because of The Fault In Our Stars! I love Margo's character she was just so I don't know not 'out there' but I feel like she showed real determination and bravery and I really loved her - however I didn't like the end of the book, I feel like there should have been more! This book is definitely amazing though!
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