After reading this book, I learned that David Levithan is gay. I admired him more for that. I think he is an awesome guy (well I think authors of books I like are really awesome, in my opinion).This book was written in 2003, and having read it ten years after, and still sharing similar appreciation with people who read it before - it was just too awesome. He was too awesome.
I recall myself wanting to be a prolific writer a few years back (probably in high school). However, pursuing writing didn't even come close. I thought it was too risky for a job, and you have to be really good at it. Since I convinced myself that I do not even have a clue of what good writing is, I had to abandon this dream. It wasn't too big of a loss, since I had too many dreams at that time. It was like saying to myself, "okay, I just have to cross this one out for now".
The book, like every day, left me hanging. I still believe the reading spirit I had before hasn't come back yet, that's why I feel nothing spectacular (I have high expectations haha) during the end. I long for a feeling that I used to feel after reading a book before. The feeling of closure, I guess? Maybe, I tell myself, just maybe, I need to read some more.
And yes, Shan and I have traded books. I'm on my third David Levithan book, Naomi and Ely's No-Kiss List, co-written with Rachel Cohn.
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