Picked up this book as a recommendation from EW Magazine (piece of JOL trivia you don’t care about is that this & the Economist are the two magazines we subscribe to). Written by Larry Doyle, longtime Simpsons writer & producer, it’s a coming-of-age novel about graduation night, a nerd who thinks he’s in love with one of the popular girls (Beth Cooper), and a bunch of teenage angst. Think of it as Fast Times At Ridgemont High for the new millennium. It’s a fun summer read — nothing super-deep, but a pretty funny series of escalating adventures. I probably wouldn’t have picked it up if it hadn’t been a Simpsons writer, and think I’d probably pass on it while it’s still in expensive hardback, but it’s a fun book for an airplane or the beach or something.
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Aug 30, 16:10 › Craig: Triumph!!! and..... Aug 20, 16:27 › l.m.orchard: +1 to everything you wrote here, including the bits Aug 16, 12:50 › dria: King Crimson is probably more musically/technically Aug 16, 5:32 › Al Jigen Billings: I feel the same way about Trent Reznor and Nine Inch