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traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 3:03 AM on Monday, March 5th, 2012
Has anyone read it? 
I like John Green but I'm on the fence based on the reviews 
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 10:42 AM on Monday, March 5th, 2012
This is dd's absolute favourite author. She loves all things John Green. FWIW she adored the book, put it on my nightstand and has nagged me daily to read it. 
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 3:07 PM on Monday, March 5th, 2012
Oh.. and I got her a signed copy 
I asked her again this morning and her advice is "READ IT!!!!".
She's very well read and a very smart cookie, but she is 15, which sometimes inspires a loyalty that isn't always rational. So it could be a fabulous book or she could be biased.
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 6:09 PM on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Does she follow him in youtube? The Green brothers have their own channel 
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 6:12 PM on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
You bet your boots she does. She's a nerdfighter 
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 11:14 AM on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Aww! John read chapters 1 & 2 live... The 15 year old in me has a huge crush on his 34 year old self! 
Someone should call my parents...Then again, the real 15 year old me had a literary crush on Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Frank Kafka
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 1:03 PM on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
So cute. You know I am slightly pleased that my daughter looks up to slightly nerdy, extremely intelligent , kind authors. No rappers or media bad boys thank god .
She told me to tell you "DFTBA".
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 6:34 PM on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
DFTBA
Always! BTW, staying away from bad boys is an art that requires tons of practice so starting at an early age helps 
Like the Greens will say the Venn Diagram of guys you don't want to date and guys who don't like smart girls, is a circle
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 10:49 PM on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Sigh.
Perfect man is perfect.
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
dreamlife ( member #8142) posted at 12:24 AM on Thursday, March 8th, 2012
First I've heard of it, but the title is catchy and cool!
~XWH told me what I wanted to hear but he always did whatever he wanted to do~
"He called me a bitch.
I called him an ambulance."
Linda H.)
traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 6:42 PM on Thursday, March 8th, 2012
I'm reading for IRL Book Club and needless to say most of the females of the group are on board but a few of the guys are struggling their way through If you ask me, they're jealous of Gus because he's awesome 
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 11:22 PM on Thursday, March 8th, 2012
I keep reading dd the posts from "My friend in my book club forum" .
Whenever I get half way through your sentences she says "Yes!!". And to this one she made a sad face and said.. "I adore Gus. Gus is good."
OK dammit. I'll read the book.
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 1:58 AM on Friday, March 9th, 2012
Yay! You have been assimilated
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
Spirit13 ( member #31758) posted at 10:54 PM on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
I just finished it today. I liked it, but was overall kind of "meh" about it. It seemed a bit too melodramatic for me. Too much teenager, overthinking, angst....
Halfway through, I thought I was going to love it but then it got less and less appealing to me. I was glad when it ended.
Men were deceivers ever; one foot in sea and one on shore, to one thing constant never.
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 11:55 PM on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Spirit, isn't he a young adult writer. That's kind of his target market from what I understand so I'm not surprised about teenager vibes in a teenager book.
I've been sick and haven't read it yet.
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
traicionada (original poster member #10310) posted at 11:26 AM on Thursday, March 15th, 2012
S13,
John writes for YA which in the book world means 14 to 23 and since mentally I am still 16, it's all good. Then again, I manage doctors and nurses for a living so this book doesn't sound half as melodramatic as my Mondays
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
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