{"id":2094,"date":"2008-10-12T08:05:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T13:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2008-10-12T08:05:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T13:05:31","slug":"looking-for-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamingohouse.net\/?p=2094","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It finally happened.  I have finally joined the John Green fan club.  Not the real one (if there is such a thing) the metaphorically speaking one.  I&#8217;ll never gush about him or even blog about him as often as <a href=http:\/\/www.sassymonkeyreads.ca\/?s=John+Green>sassymonkey<\/a> does but every time she does it, I&#8217;ll be nodding my head.  That&#8217;s the kind of John Green fan club I&#8217;ve joined.  I&#8217;m going to nod my head a lot.  And anytime someone wants a YA recommendation I will say &#8220;anything John Green has written&#8221;.  The man is a YA genius.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Looking-Alaska-John-Green\/dp\/0142402516\/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1223816394&#038;sr=1-2>Looking for Alaska<\/a> was the book that put me over the edge and pushed me into joining the John Green fan club.  Until then, I could admit that I liked some of his books and LOVED others (Abundance of Catherines anyone?) but I just wasn&#8217;t ready to declare him genius.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m ready now.<\/p>\n<p>The man is a genius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It finally happened. I have finally joined the John Green fan club. Not the real one (if there is such a thing) the metaphorically speaking one. I&#8217;ll never gush about him or even blog about him as often as sassymonkey does but every time she does it, I&#8217;ll be nodding my head. 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