Book Grub Finds Paper Towns

Last Friday, the Book Grub Book Group met to discuss Paper Towns by John Green. We had a far-ranging discussion, moving from telling road trip stories to talking about revenge to considering how well we can really ever know other people. We could have talked about many more things if we'd had the time! All of John Green's books are full of random trivia, quirky characters, existential questions, and truly hilarious moments that balance out the seriousness. They are great for discussion on a lot of levels. If you liked Paper Towns, be sure to read Green's other two books Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines.

John Green and his brother Hank became notorious on the internet in 2008 for their Brotherhood 2.0 video blogging experiement. They have generated a lot of internet content between them, all amusing and well worth wasting your time exploring. Here are some quick links:

http://www.sparksflyup.com/
John's website and home to random trivia connected to his books.

http://omnictionary.com/index.php/Main_Page
Become addicted to updating the Omnictionary!

http://nerdfighters.ning.com/
Created by Hank, "this is a place where nerds gather and play. We fight to increase awesome and decrease suck. What more is there?"

http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers
John and Hank's original blog spawned its own YouTube channel.