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Hooray for Complex Teenaged Characters

December 30, 2014 by HC 2 Comments

Sometimes when I decide to read a book, I don’t read the synopsis on the back cover or the specific praise from various newspapers or book review sites inside the front cover. Sometimes I just really like (one of) the authors*, and I read that someone on Pajiba liked it better than The Fault in Our Stars and was up-voted seven times, and I find it at the store when I’m feeling impulsive, and I just read it with no plot information whatsoever. (*I love John Green. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: david levithan, john green, teen, YA

HC's CBR6 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: david levithan, john green, teen, YA ·
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This Seemed an Appropriate Christmas Day Review

December 25, 2014 by ModernLove Leave a Comment

I’ve read everything John Green and Maureen Johnson have ever written. I own their catalogues and evangelize their books. Yet, somehow, this one always slipped through the cracks. I meant to get around to it, really, but never managed to. One day last week, I needed some Christmas cheer and decided this was the way to go; I was ever so glad I did! I’m not too surprised I enjoyed the first two stories in this linked trilogy, and the third was also really well […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: christmas, john green, Lauren Myracle, Let it Snow, maureen johnson, YA lit

ModernLove's CBR6 Review No:34 · Genres: Romance · Tags: christmas, john green, Lauren Myracle, Let it Snow, maureen johnson, YA lit ·
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I want to be Tiny Cooper’s BFF so bad.

December 19, 2014 by bonnie 1 Comment

I really wish this book had been around when I was in high school. I felt ugly, awkward and unlovable. I never knew how to just be with my friends, and I felt kind of awkward in my own skin. Had I had a Tiny Cooper in my life, I would have felt the magic in just being me so much sooner. I am just glad this book exists now. It really does get better. This book is ostensibly about Will Grayson, an awkward teen […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bonnie, david levithan, john green, lgbt, Young Adult

bonnie's CBR6 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonnie, david levithan, john green, lgbt, Young Adult ·
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“The town was paper, but the memories were not.”

December 17, 2014 by narfna 2 Comments

“There are so many people. It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.” I’ve been sitting on this one for about a month and a half now, maybe longer, and I think I’m ready to admit something. I rated The Fault in Our Stars five stars immediately after finishing it, and I only rated Paper Towns four and a half stars . . . and yet, I’m fairly certain I actually like Paper Towns […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: coming-of-age, Fiction, john green, narfna, paper towns, Young Adult

narfna's CBR6 Review No:93 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: coming-of-age, Fiction, john green, narfna, paper towns, Young Adult ·
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So awesome, so awesome

September 14, 2014 by popcultureboy 1 Comment

So this was an intriguing one. The two biggest YA superstars collaborate on a book, each writing alternate chapters, about two high school boys both named Will Grayson. John Green takes the straight Will, best friend to the biggest, gayest teen (ironically nicknamed Tiny, of course) while Levithan gives us the gay will, who is too cool to use capital letters at any point ever, but otherwise leads a tortured existence, prone to black moods and on medication to stabilise his moods. A freak turn […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #CBR6, david levithan, Fiction, john green, will grayson will grayson, YA, Young Adult

popcultureboy's CBR6 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #CBR6, david levithan, Fiction, john green, will grayson will grayson, YA, Young Adult ·
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Young adult fiction that’s not about vampires or fanatasy or death…wait, just no vampires or fantasy

August 30, 2014 by genericwhitegirl Leave a Comment

I reluctantly put this book on hold at the library more out of a sense of duty as a book blogger, rather than a real desire to read it. Much like my 9 year old niece’s attitude to the Harry Potter series, I was reluctant to grab my board and join the wave of popularity that surrounded this book (my niece is totally wrong, by the way, but that doesn’t mean I am). I was something like 116th in line at the library. So I […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, genericwhitegirl, john green, The Fault in Our Stars, Young Adult

genericwhitegirl's CBR6 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, genericwhitegirl, john green, The Fault in Our Stars, Young Adult ·
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