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I'll be picking this up really soon. It's a tiny book and I've been wanting to read it ever since I watched the film about 3 years ago =)

Just started this. Read the first two chapters (20 pages) in 10 minutes. So far, I like Norah a lot and Rachel Cohn writes her with such spunk and witty sarcasm. I'm going to really enjoy this duel perspective.

Liz wrote: "Just started this. Read the first two chapters (20 pages) in 10 minutes. So far, I like Norah a lot and Rachel Cohn writes her with such spunk and witty sarcasm. I'm going to really enjoy this duel..."

I'm currently reading another of David Levithan's books, Invisibility which he co-wrote with Andrea Cremer, and I'm really disappointed so far...definitely doesn't live up to the rest of Levithan's books that I've read so I'm really looking forward to reading 'Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist' because I think I'll really enjoy that one...

I finished Invisibility and was really disappointed so thought I'd start this one as kind of a way to restore my faith in Levithan. (He's probably one of my favourite YA authors, everything I've read by him, apart from Invisibility, has been really good).

So I just started this and I'm already 47 pages in! Such a fast-paced read! The characters seem really believable so far, even if they do swear quite a bit, but I think that makes them a little more realistic. I'm interested to see how it compares to the film by the end =)

I'd also like to re-watch the film after finishing the book.

I can feel a change in voice between characters, but there are parts that seem similar. I wonder if that's because they are supposed to be kindred spirits or something.

Yeah, the swearing lends it to an older YA crowd, but it seems a bit stereotypical, also.

I've not read anything else by David Levithan.

I seem to have forgotten to mention that I abandoned this book. This is pathetic considering I nominated it. After reading one-half of the book it just wasn't what I was looking for and the story, to me, was a drag. I went ahead and donated my copy to my library.

Liz (Liz'sBookBuffet) wrote: "I seem to have forgotten to mention that I abandoned this book. This is pathetic considering I nominated it. After reading one-half of the book it just wasn't what I was looking for and the story, ..."

I forgot to write my opinions too! I finished it but I found it disappointing to be honest.

It was a little repetitive and slow but I liked it.

It's definitely one of the rare cases where the film is better than the book =)

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