Comments on: love squared (or squares in love)

By: Meghan

Meghan — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:56:24 +0000

most DEFINITELY the jack black of school of rock, and maybe high fidelity. not lame jack black of omigod did you see that awful movie with kate winslet? kate, honey, what were you DOING? or jackhole jack black. how awesome was hassan, anyway? YA books need more hassan.

By: LadyG

LadyG — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:39:50 +0000

this is my favorite John Green book (minus Tiny Cooper TINY COOPER, which is a joint work of genius). maybe because my female self can relate to Colin more than to the dude in Looking for Alaska.

Colin totally has some of that weepy SecretGarden!Colin crap about him, which is why I’m glad Hassan exists.

Actually, I want my own personal Hassan. I see what you mean by Jack Black, but it’s the Jack Black of School of Rock, not Jack Black of …everything he’s been in recently, except for Kung Fu Panda.

Anyway. Doubt you’re checking comments this far back, but ilu.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:45:17 +0000

that scene was funny enough without personal experience — i can’t imagine how great it would be if you’ve actually BEEN chased by feral pigs!

By: Britt

Britt — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:24:35 +0000

As I’ve actually been hunting (fell asleep in the deer stand, was obvs a natural) and seen a herd of feral pigs (do pigs travel in herds? packs? whatevs),so whilst reading that scene, I was laughing so hard I almost asphyxiated. Hilarious.

Can’t wait for my copy of Will Grayson, Will Grayson to arrive at the library! I’m finally #1 in the queue!!!!! TINY COOPER AT LAST!!!!!!

By: pop quiz! which YA bff are you?

pop quiz! which YA bff are you? — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:00:40 +0000

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By: Brian Katcher

Brian Katcher — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:26:28 +0000

Quite frankly, the math was a neat gimmic, but somewhat off-putting for me. I didn’t understand it, so I ended up skimming over those parts. Out of Green’s three novels, this was my least favorite, but that’s only compared to his other two. I’d recommend ‘Looking for Alaska’ and ‘Paper Towns’ without reservation.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:52:56 +0000

oh, dude, i SO wish my calculus teacher had introduced us to the more valuable aspects of calculus. i mean, who cares about planting corn and soybeans (besides corn and soybean farmers, of course, which is totally cool, but no 17-yo in my 12th-grade calculus class was a soybean farmer)? cos that’s all we worked on figuring out.

and if you’re not into math, NEVER FEAR. there’s arabic and german and history and english and ALL MANNER of nerddom. footnotes! graphs! and really, the math is pretty cool (and i hate math).

i am so glad other people loved this book!

By: Crezia

Crezia — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:55:53 +0000

I love this book so much it’s ridiculous. Oh, John Green: I would be best-friends-with-benefits with all your protagonists. (Nerdy teenage boys = basically my favorite narrators.) Math and love and navel gazing and wit: that is how you make me fall in love with you, o books of the world.

By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:54:24 +0000

I LOVE JOHN GREEN!! like, i really do wish he was my guy BFF, what with his nerd fighting and funny videos and friendly rivalry with his brother (seriously, y’all, check out his website RIGHT NOW).

i’ve read this book too, and i really enjoyed it, ESP. the math. cos it actually does make you feel smarter to be reading a book with complex math, and it’s like, math that MATTERS. you know how in calculus you were all, “this shizz is pointless!” well, THAT would’ve been the right time for yr teacher to say, “actually, you could use this to figure out how to avoid getting dumped.”

dude, i would have ACED calculus if that had happened.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:21:35 +0000

I am SO pro-footnote. More footnotes in everything, please! Even math-related ones. Well, maybe. But I do love me some Adam Brody!