Need to Read: Paper Towns

I am super excited about this author John Green. He and his brother, Hank, are also known all over the internet as the Vlog brothers. They have created a group known as the Nerdfighters who celebrate nerdiness and obscure Star Trek references. I am proud to say that I am one of them, a bookish Nerdfighter battling to defeat World-Suck.

These guys are hilarious and I always keep and eye out for their videos. They started Vlogging instead of texting and their videos just took off. They are witty, original, and have encouraged nerds all over the world to be their awesome selves.

John, the eldest of the two, is also a Young Adult author. He has written books other than Paper Towns, including An Abundance of Kathrines, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (that's not a typo that's the title), Looking for Alaska, and the upcoming book The Fault in Our Stars. I've only read Paper Towns, but the rest are on my list.

Don't let the Y/A genre deter you. These books are packed with humor and truths that adults can appreciate too.

  Paper Towns is a hilarious mystery novel featuring Quentin and the adventurous, mysterious Margo Roth Spiegleman, a girl whose name deserves to be said in its entirety. After a night of adventure, humiliating Margo's ex-boyfriend and scummy ex-best friend, and breaking in to Sea World, Margo disappears and Quentin is determined to find her. With the hardly-helpful clues she gives him, Quentin and his friends ditch graduation (half naked) to see where Margo Roth Spiegleman will lead them.

I read this book in a day. I just couldn't put it down! I haven't read something so funny and yet so meaningful in a long time. Good book. Good, good book.

I am very excited that John is putting something good on the Y/A shelf. Check out some of their videos here:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy1M5VHF3no&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMweXVWB918&feature=related