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Paper Towns review

The other day I finished reading Paper Towns.  Great book!  As I posted on Twitter & Plurk, it was funny, sad, and deep, sometimes all at once.

I liked all the characters, which may or may not have been John Green’s purpose.  The morale of the story is that people are people.  We have a [...]

Paper Towns Adventure, Part 2

Last Thursday, Kristi and I had a great time meeting John Green! He was doing a book signing at a Barnes & Noble in Orlando, which is not only where he and Hank grew up, but also where Paper Towns takes place.

I was not sure I was able to go that day, but things [...]

My Paper Towns Adventure, Part 1

First, what the heck is Paper Towns?  It’s a brand new book (released last Friday) by a certain Mr. John Green, author of young adult fiction and along with his brother, Hank, is a NerdFighter.

Although it’s aimed at the teen/early 20s crowd, older readers like me seem to like it. (I have not finished [...]