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false <![CDATA[The Spectacular Now]]> 3798703 3 SUTTER KEELY. HE’S the guy you want at your party. He’ll get everyone dancing. He’ll get everyone in your parents’ pool. Okay, so he’s not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding men’s shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagram’s V.O., life’s pretty fabuloso, actually.<br><br>Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimee’s clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and it’s up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go<br>forth and prosper. But Aimee’s not like other girls, and before long he’s in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone else’s life—or ruin it forever. 3842894 11 11 2008 The Spectacular Now total:197|5:45|4:70|3:61|2:15|1:6| 197 724 427 100 3 2 false false Mon Nov 03 20:54:08 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 20:57:44 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 10:18:31 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:34:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 14 16:46:26 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 17:53:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:48:50 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:53:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:22:24 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 11:45:29 -0700 2009 mean drunk, at all.

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It's more like I was daydreaming when the Supreme Being told me what I should do with ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 19:40:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 19:47:08 -0700 2009 Tim Tharp's previous young adult book, Knights of the Hill Country, was the same kind of pleasant surprise, a book that realizes fully a small midwestern town and the class differences th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 13:08:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:12:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:08:49 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 07:08:40 -0800 2009 The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp proves my theory: the uncomfortable books are the ones that stick with me. The characters that give me a creeping feeling of “something’s wrong here” are the ones that ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:50:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 10:04:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:03:28 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:17:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 23:08:47 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 23:09:05 -0800 2009
Review: Sutter’s charm is simultaneously...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jun 13 10:37:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 22:00:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:38:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:43:42 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 24 13:42:36 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 13:42:36 -0800 2009
Spectacular class clown, ladies man, fuck-up Sutter Keely is at the end of his senior year of high school. He gets through his days in a state of bliss by downing giant whiskey and 7ups. And here's the good part - he sees none of his flaws. His drinking i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 14:00:19 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:14:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 19:55:03 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:11:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 20:56:02 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 21:06:03 -0800 2009
1. Really smart, clueless, funny, drunk, infuriating teenage boy narrator.

2. A really surprising and un-YA-like ending.

3. The main love interest is a sexy big girl! "But what really sets Cassidy apart is that she's so damn ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3798703