Michael Cera seems to be a recurring theme this week in my book picks. If you weren't already aware, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist was a book before it was a movie, though it didn't come out too long before it became a movie so I can't blame you if you missed it.
Personally, I thought the movie was surprisingly cute, but whatever you thought of it, or even if you didn't see it, the book is shockingly good. Like all good books about teenagers, it does capture the exhilaration and newness of youth. But like so few books do it captures the wanting, the horniness, the urges that, at the age of 17 or 18 we have not yet learned to control. Nick and Norah have a lot to teach us: how to let go, how to give in, how to have the best night ever, and perhaps most importantly, how to realize when some connection between people transcends the humdrum wanting and horniness to become something more, something real.
Happy Reading,
Julia
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