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Originally Posted by walking2lose
Glad to see your rec! I ordered Paper Towns a few days ago from Amazon for my classroom- can't wait to read it myself. I have hundreds and hundreds of books in my classroom library, and of course the favorites have plenty of profanity, sex, etc. Ha. I loved Owen Meany, and once you get through your stack, you'd probably like Looking for Alaska by same author as Paper Towns-- it's great and a favorite in my room, which is what prompted me to get Paper Towns.
I've read Looking for Alaska, and An Abundance of Katherines, I have Will Grayson, Will Grayson in line to read (co written with another author), and his new novel The Fault in Our Stars is coming out in January I believe. He's doing something kind of neat. He's autographing every first edition copy of his new book, no matter where you buy it from if it's a first run it will be autographed.
I finished Owen Meany, wasn't overly fond of it. I read Garp in High School, and Last Night in Twisted River last year. I found Twisted River to be a little pretentious, and Owen Meany even moreso. The stories were fine, but Irving's writing style is what I have a problem with.
I am now onto Changeless, the second in the Parasol Protectorate series. It's a hoot, very tongue in cheek.
