Thursday, June 17, 2010

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

I love John Green. I think I've stated that pretty clearing in previous posts on Blogger and Twitter. And my private facebook page where I once had a status that said, "I'm breathing the same air as John Green!" I have all his books autographed (Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns) and I've kinda nicely stalked him at conferences to catch a glimpse of him and his yeti.

So I was thrilled to hear that he was co-writing a novel with David Levithan of Boy Meets Boy and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist fame. Livithan is the king of gay YA lit and I knew the two of them could kick out an awesome YA novel. And I wasn't disappointed.

One Will Grayson lives in Evanston and the other Will Grayson lives in Naperville. The two meet unexpectedly and their lives intertwine in a good way. One Will is poorly dealing with his openly gay friend Tiny Cooper and a possibly gay girl Jane who is awfully cute. The other Will is dealing with depression, being a closeted gay, and only loving an online friend named Isaac. The two meet in Chicago at a porn store (heehee) and both grow up in a good way throughout the novel. I love reading books where homosexuality is treated honestly, and things aren't sugarcoated here. No, censors, there's no gay sex, but there are plenty of jokes, witty comments and John even uses the word snarky. At least I think it was John's word choice! :)

Can't wait to get this book autographed next week in DC!

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