I have never been a fan of John Green. He has only one book I like but I try. Looking for #alaska was not my cup of teas. I thought it was boring and overrated. I figured most of the people who were giving it rave reviews and Printz honors must have been #baked. Will I stop reading @johngreen probably not. But for me it's like pulling teeth to get through one of his novels.
#bakedalaska #marchmunchies @jenniferw88
WanderingBookaneer 🤣 7y
Quasifesto I must admit, I saw one of his YouTube videos years ago and thought he was a tremendous d-bag. I can‘t bring myself to read any of his books. 7y
LibrarianRyan @Quasifesto I so AGREE. I read them because all the teens I worked with read them. The only one I ever liked is tagged. And I mainly liked it because it reminded me of my cousin Richard. Plus I'm a geek who loves math.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
An Abundance of Katherines 7y
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KrystleTheBookSlayer I read two John Green books and honestly that's enough for a lifetime for me! Just not my thing! 7y
LibrarianRyan @KrystleTheBookSlayer yeahhh. I think I have read 3. Maybe 4. Nope. However now that I am getting better at listening to audiobooks I might try that. What young girls see in these books ... 7y
DebinHawaii Very clever! 😆 I have not read any of his books. (Although I did see the movies of The Fault in Our Stars & Paper Towns.) 7y
TheEndless May I ask (and I‘m really not looking for an argument here!): What‘s Your beef with John Green? 7y
LibrarianRyan @TheEndless you certainly can. First off I think others have covered the same topics and better. Over hyped but I like that he keeps teens reading. Secondly I met him in person at a YA lit event in Chicago and he was flippant and mean and nasty. We asked if he could speak up because he couldn't be heard over the back unit. He told me to get younger ears. We had taken a teen from our library to see him and he wasn't any nice to her. 7y
