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Jan 17
Three suggestions for Looking For Alaska, and one for The Fault in Our Stars. A quick look at Wikipedia [more on that in a moment] seems to suggest that TFiOS might be a bit too close to home, with regards the subject matter. So I’ll go with Looking For Alaska. Also - I was able to reserve it from the library! They’ve finally upgraded & or fixed, the ticket system. Basically, before, adults couldn’t borrow books that were classified as “Young Adult” or “Junior Fiction”, as is the case with Looking For Alaska. So instead of reserving online, you had to walk into the branch, ask a library assistant [or librarian, if you could find one¹] to grab it off the shelves, and process it for you. Seems like they’ve fixed that now. Which is good. ¹Through no fault of their own - they were just spread a little thin. Budget cuts and all that.

Three suggestions for Looking For Alaska, and one for The Fault in Our Stars. A quick look at Wikipedia [more on that in a moment] seems to suggest that TFiOS might be a bit too close to home, with regards the subject matter. So I’ll go with Looking For Alaska.

Also - I was able to reserve it from the library! They’ve finally upgraded & or fixed, the ticket system. Basically, before, adults couldn’t borrow books that were classified as “Young Adult” or “Junior Fiction”, as is the case with Looking For Alaska. So instead of reserving online, you had to walk into the branch, ask a library assistant [or librarian, if you could find one¹] to grab it off the shelves, and process it for you.

Seems like they’ve fixed that now. Which is good.

¹Through no fault of their own - they were just spread a little thin. Budget cuts and all that.

Posted 1 month ago

John Green, Looking For Alaska, 2012 reading list,