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This book meets task 1 for the 2019 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge: A epistolary novel or collection of letters
This is another one of those books that it seemed like a lot of people had read but I hadn't. A book set in high school around the time that I was in high school. And yes, yes, I have been described as a wallflower so I could somewhat relate to the main character Charlie in regards to his general shyness and his love of books. However, I didn't have as many traumatic experiences in my ...more
This is another one of those books that it seemed like a lot of people had read but I hadn't. A book set in high school around the time that I was in high school. And yes, yes, I have been described as a wallflower so I could somewhat relate to the main character Charlie in regards to his general shyness and his love of books. However, I didn't have as many traumatic experiences in my ...more

I will admit to seeing the movie before reading the book, and I really think people should do it in that order. The book explains so much more then the movie.
I read this as an ebook, (which I'm still not overly thrilled with and can't read more then one at a time of) as I didn't want to wait for a library copy.
My daughters best friend is always talking about TPOBAW and quoting lines from it. I am surprised I'd never heard of it before now.
I'm a big Rocky Horror fan so I loved those parts of th ...more
I read this as an ebook, (which I'm still not overly thrilled with and can't read more then one at a time of) as I didn't want to wait for a library copy.
My daughters best friend is always talking about TPOBAW and quoting lines from it. I am surprised I'd never heard of it before now.
I'm a big Rocky Horror fan so I loved those parts of th ...more

finished 5/23/13
Enjoyed this book about a young boy's coming of age. ...more
Enjoyed this book about a young boy's coming of age. ...more

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