Collaboreads: September

I first learned about #Collaboreads from Kristin's blog and the bookworm in me rejoiced.

Finding new books to read is a never-ending quest for me so this link up is pure gold.  Here is the criteria:

A theme for the month is chosen

Pick your book

Read.  You get a whole month!

Review your book and link up with Amber and Rachel

September's book theme was "back to school" and I chose paper Towns by John Green.  Though it was more like "end of school" so I hope that's ok! 

The Goodreads synopsis:

Who is the real Margo?

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. After their all-nighter ends, and a new day breaks, Q arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer he gets, the less Q sees the girl he thought he knew... 

Riveting:

I couldn't put down this book!  I had to know what became of Margot, I was physically scared for her and questioned if she was depressed or had a chemical imbalance.  It made me feel so sad for her because she came from a two parent family, lived in a nice house and neighborhood and had peer influence, but felt so alone.  I was raised by a single mom and never had any of the issues Margot had and just can't even imagine doing any of the things she did in this book.  I know this is a work of fiction, but there are young girls out there who do lead lives like this and it makes me ache; be it from being a Girl mom or just being a girl in general.

Elements:

Associate:

I had a hard time associating this book with another but then it finally dawned on me: Jonathan Tropper's This is Where I Leave You; different content but great character development, witty and entertaining.

Design:

I liked the pre-movie book cover more, but I always do, anyone else like that?  But I will say it was genius to obscure Margot's face with her hair because that totally plays up the theme of "Who is the real Margot?" 

Stars:

4 out of 5

After racing through the book to get to the end and feel a little disappointed, I was reminded by Green himself that "it was not the destination that matters, but the journey."  So, it is definitely worth reading!

Linking up with Amber and Rachel.