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Bear with me here…No, there’s no actual bear–although I do have a very furry dog. Two, in fact. At some point their pictures will probably be appearing in Wing’s World. But that’s my point: I’m not there yet. I’m still figuring this whole blogging thing out. So if you’ve stumbled into Wing’s World accidentally, please excuse the randomness and mess. I’ve only just moved into my virtual “room” and am still figuring out what to put on the walls and where all the verbal furniture goes.

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

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In no particular order, here are five reasons to love this book:

1. A sympathetically geeky-but-sweet, Napoleon Dynamite-ish protagonist, Colin Singleton, who’s a prodigy, not a genius–NOT the same thing!

2. His best (and only, for most of his life) friend, Hassan (“I-am-not-a-terrorist!”), who’s sensitive about his man-boobs and trying really hard–ok, not so hard–to be a good Muslim, while effortlessly being a wonderful friend

3. The author’s footnotes. I adore these; they make me feel like I’m someone special the author is passing secret little notes to as I read his book.

4. Fantastic sentences, like … oops, I just realized I’ve returned my copy of the book to the library! So I can’t do a direct quote. You’ll just have to trust me on the sentences.

5. An honest-to-goodness, downright MORAL OF THE STORY. Actually, more like three morals. You have to read the book to the end to find out what they are, and then you can write and tell me what you think. They are all powerful, though.