Darn it Barnes and Noble

dutchgirl76 · June 2015

I'm on the email list for B&N so I get coupons every once and a while. I had a 15% off 1 single item that got me into the store last night (although I also wanted to get my dad a gift card for Father's day.) They sucked me in with a big table of "from the pages to the big screen", I bought "The Duff" and "Paper Towns." Gah, I'm such a sucker. Not a huge deal to have more books, just mad at myself to spend money on quick reads that I could probably borrow from the Library. Anyway this is a silly vent. Anyone read either of these books, are they any good? I read Fault in Our Stars so I'm hopeful. Any other recommendations for books that became movies...even if the movie wasn't good.

SusieBW · June 2015

I just picked up Paper Towns from the library last night. I was planning to hold off reading it until I finish the book on reading now, but I think I might try to squeeze it in this weekend.

I've been meaning to read it forever, and seeing the movie trailer is what finally pushed me to order it from the library. I've heard it's great. John Green is great.

dutchgirl76 · June 2015

Oh good. TFIOS is the only John Green I've done so far. Someone accidently spoiled part of Finding Alaska (I think?) at a gathering a couple of weeks ago not realizing I hadn't read it yet. The Duff looks like a fun movie so I'm hopeful the book is good. Can't complain too much either, all together 2 books were less than $20.

sfgiantsjo · June 2015

The Duff was a very different movie than it was a book. Totally different. Both were ok.

LaBellaBarv66 · June 2015

I enjoyed both of these. I haven't seen The Duff movie, but the book I really liked (I think I related to her on some level. Paper Towns I read a long time ago but I remember liking it and John Green is John Green... so there isn't really a down side. Some times it's okay to just add a couple quick good reads, when you're done with them you can put them in a guest room (if you have one?) and they can be picked up for others to have a quick read. (I'm an enabler....)

funkypineapple · June 2015

I loved THE DUFF book but PP is right, the movie was way different.

dutchgirl76 · June 2015

LaBellaBarv66 said:

Some times it's okay to just add a couple quick good reads, when you're done with them you can put them in a guest room (if you have one?) and they can be picked up for others to have a quick read. (I'm an enabler....)

If books were free I would dedicate an entire room in my house to physical text. I guess it's good to support the physical stores too, the way we're going with digital books and library rentals a paperback could become obsolete. In any case I should donate some of my old books I'm not going to read again or let someone else borrow them, get my monies worth.

Too bad the ladies/gents on this group couldn't get together and do a book swap.

FirstMate06 · June 2015

Can anyone offer their ranking of John Green novels? I've also only read TFIOS but I'd like to read the rest, just not sure which order I should queue them up in.

SnShne322 · June 2015

Of the ones I've read, here's my list of JG novels from favorite to least favorite. That's not to say they were bad in the least though.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson
TFIOS
Looking for Alaska
Paper Towns

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