As I noted in part one of this series, in the last couple of years a lot of things have changed for me. And with that, the way I looked at John Green’s first three novels changed as well. Which makes sense, as they’re all boy-meets-girl-and-dealing-with-all-that-while-dealing-with-life-as-well-is-complicated stories, and I was not in that place anymore…. Read more »
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First Lines: The Great John Green Re-Read Project 2018, Part 1
My current night-time reading project is revisiting all of John Green’s novels in publication order. Since encountering them nine years ago I haven’t gone back, and I wanted to see how they’ve held up. In part one of this probably two-part series, I’ll start with the first three, Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines… Read more »
First Lines: Turtles All the Way Down
For weeks now I have been trying to find the right words to express my thoughts on John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down. I hereby declare myself defeated, and go with what I have: With Turtles All the Way Down John Green managed to write a book that is not The Fault in Our… Read more »
First Lines: e-Reader Special
Lately, I’ve been using my e-reader a lot. Once I finished King Lear, I kept on trucking and made my way through whatever was loaded on it. Which, for the largest part, are short(er) stories I had lying around. So, I’ll tackle those a few at a time. First: Zombiecorns and The War for Banks… Read more »
First Lines: The Fault in Our Stars
Upon finishing John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars there were two things running through my head. The first being that this book was so awesome that I really should re-read it at once. (Which I then didn’t do.) The second was that it is completely unfair that a lot of people will probably never… Read more »