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The Great American Whatever
The Great American Whatever | Tim Federle
From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Five, Six, Seven, Nate! and Better Nate Than Ever comes a laugh-out-loud sad YA debut thats a wry and winning testament to the power of old movies and new memoriesone unscripted moment at a time.Quinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck and Hollywood hopeful whose only worry used to be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister Annabeth. Of course, that was all beforebefore Quinn stopped going to school, before his mom started sleeping on the sofaand before Annabeth was killed in a car accident. Enter Geoff, Quinns best friend who insists its time that Quinn came outat least from hibernation. One haircut later, Geoff drags Quinn to his first college party, where instead of nursing his pain, he meets a guya hot oneand falls hard. What follows is an upside-down week in which Quinn begins imagining his future as a screenplay that might actually have a happily-ever-after endingif, that is, he can finally step back into the starring role of his own life story.
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willaful

Argh, I forgot that I can't stand angsty realistic teen fiction. I have an adult child so I've lived through this twice already. Also, I hate how the narrator keeps talking about his mom “letting herself go.“ DNF for my #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yeah, sometimes YA just makes me feel old and tired all over 😂 11mo
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InkedBookworm13
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1. Paperback
2. Mystery
3. Coffee 😉
#whichonewednesday

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Well-ReadNeck
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Well-ReadNeck
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Pickpick

I throughly enjoyed this YA story of a grieving teen trying to live again after the death of his sister in an accident. The novel feels very true with devastating grief entertained with the minutia of every day teen angst.

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manicdirteater
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This is my Sunday funday. ❤️

rather_be_reading heck yes! 5y
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UnabridgedPod
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Pickpick

I read this excellent YA novel during my class's SSR (silent sustained reading) time, so it took longer than it usually would have . . . because it was SO. Good. I just wanted to devour it! Federle has crafted a wonderful protagonist in Quinn, a teenager dealing with life and the death of his sister and first love and his dreams, all in a realistic and engaging way. Wonderful book.

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Well-ReadNeck
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Got a #BookOutlet #BookHaul this weekend. Several titles from the Rebecca Makkai‘s Twitter feed. She asked folks to shout out about books they felt were unsung. From her twitter to my TBR!!!

Nebklvr I have never heard of these. Interesting! 6y
Linsy That too middle book is so beautiful! 💚 6y
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DebbieGrillo
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Samplergal
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I have read none of these. #trueconfessions. Anyone else not doing one thing on the #GARBingo ?

goodbyefrancie I haven't done bingo because there are several that I know I won't read. I've read 49 of them, and might read a few more. Several don't interest me at all. 6y
jillannjohn There‘s a few I‘d still like to get to... 6y
amb I am working on it, it's getting me outside my typical reading choices and I'm enjoying it 6y
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alisiakae Well I started #garbingo and have only finished one. I DNF another. 😃😃😃 I hope to catch up soon. 6y
ravenlee I went through the list when it came out. I've read 29, I think, about 20 are books I plan to read anyway, and the rest don't appeal to me for various reasons. And...that's where I leave the GAR. 6y
Samplergal I just can‘t seem to want to read these. I have five on my kindle. Should be easy right? I am not interested in quite a few on the list but these I really am interested in reading. #readingSlumpLump 6y
SleepyDragon I like the program but don't consider the list a challenge I want to try to read all of. I consider it more a list of suggestions, some of which I have already crossed off. I've read 33, and quite a few I have no interest in reading. 6y
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Jeanne_S
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Good

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Aloisi_tribe
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PBS has released their list of 100 books for the Great American Read series that starts May 22. I‘m excited to see new(ish) and older classics on the list as well as books from other countries besides America. I‘ve read 28 1/2 books (most of the Wheel of Time series for the 1/2). How many have you read?

http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/books/#/?utm_sourc...

#greatamericanread

cobwebmoth I think I've read about 20 of them. 6y
rubyslippersreads 43! 😊 6y
Well-ReadNeck 71. But, yikes! 50 shades of gray?! 6y
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sprainedbrain 52 😃 6y
Samplergal @Well-ReadNeck I know, right? 6y
Jess7 I‘ve read a bunch of these 6y
Jess7 I‘ve read 24 if I counted correctly 6y
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LMJenkins
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This looks interesting and fun! #greatreadpbs

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GirlNamedJesse
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I absolutely loved the book. The audio is read by the author and he is AWESOME. My favorite bit, though, was an interview with the author at the end. His advice for kids who feel different from everyone else is this:

“What gets you picked on as a kid is what gets you paid as an adult.” 💙💙💙💙

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janehreads
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4.5/5. extra .5 for being set in my hometown; made it a lot more interesting when you know all the places being visited :)

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janehreads

page 264- “tiny little good moments that you catch like a firefly, and just like fireflies, you have to release them, because the whole point is that they‘re tiny and little and need to be with other fireflies. they aren‘t a pet. they aren‘t yours to keep. they‘re just moments. they‘re just fireflies.”

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janehreads
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merry christmas!!

i‘ll be posting he books i got today shortly, after i finish this one and before i break the spines of my paperbacks :)

hope you had a lovely day :)

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janehreads

page 130- “the greatest way to affect your outlook on life is to consider that you already have more than what you don‘t have. and so i might not have a cell phone on me, or a sister at home, or a dad at all... but i have the sky.”

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janehreads

i like this book so much better already.

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janehreads
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finished the haters by jesse andrews. on to this one by tim federle. #youngadult #thehaters #thegreatamericanwhatever #timfederle #jesseandrews

janehreads what‘s funny is that i just bought a couple books yesterday, went to the library today, and christmas is in three days. 6y
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DebbieGrillo
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I took two boxes of donated books to the used book store and came home with these! What's the appropriate hashtag?

JessNevertheless I did the same thing last week! Collected about 30 books from my book club to donate and came back with 8 for myself. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Hahaha!! I like the nightstand tag 6y
DebbieGrillo @JanuarieTimewalker13 @MyNightstandRunnethOver is another litten which makes it even better 6y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Hahahaha!!! Perfect!!! 6y
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EchoLogical
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1. Found this guy back in June while on vacay in the Bahamas
2. Does chocolate count as comfort food???
3. Well the Bahamas was my top pick only because Paris seems too expensive but my husband thinks we can swing it!
4. Reading the tagged book, The Great American Whatever
5. No preference, I'll read whatever I can get

#YALSA #2017TTT #TeenReads #YA #HumpDayPost @MinDea

AlaMich Re:#2.....uh, YEAH it does!!! 7y
MinDea Uh yeah! Chocolate totally counts!!! 7y
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MSzyd
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Day 160: "Oh, never mind: I didn't use up all my lies tonight." #shoes by #wilddivalounge from #modcloth

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AmyJ
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Great piece of YA. The audio book, read by Federle himself is very well done.

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missarixreads
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I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed it. A good LGBT story with a quirky narrator.

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bookculture
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Before, we gave you some good ugly cry books. Just in case crying isn't your thing and you've decided to pretend that the predicted foot of snow actually fell, here's our favorite feel-good reads!
#stella #happyreads #staffpicks #snowday

Laalaleighh Yay for happy reads!!! 7y
Tin_House 🐰🎂❤️ 7y
UwannaPublishme 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 7y
Annashep Loved the night circus!! 😊 7y
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coastalreader
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I stepped out of my YA Fantasy genre again for this book. I'm glad I did. It was quick and enjoyable. I do wish I would have held back and read this one in the summer at the beach. It would have made for the perfect pairing.

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coastalreader
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February reading goals. Currently reading The Great American Whatever, The Golem and the Jinni is my book club selection, and the rest of these lovelies are due back at the library in the next three weeks. Time to get some reading in! #readallthethings #bookdragon

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AlizaApp
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Mehso-so

A slight but charming LGBT coming-of-age story. Liked the writing but not the script conceit favored by the main character.

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Nitpickyabouttrains
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Mehso-so

This book felt like actually interacting with a teen. Thoughts were not always connected, dialogue was not always sequenced, and there was an underlying structure which only one character knew. But it was an interesting look at how a family dealt with grief and how a teen moved on. #LitsyAtoZ #F

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ellenbw
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Trying to listen to more audiobooks! #2 this year.

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Megabooks
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How on earth did the news of this terrible book deal and a tweet from Donald freaking Trump, who I don't even follow, end up in my daily Twitter email?!? Seriously twitter, are we going to have to have a talk?

LeahBergen 😮 7y
Loretta I'm considering a Simon and Schuster boycott now 😒 7y
merelybookish Ugh. 😕 7y
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Lauredhel Oh, gross. 7y
BookishFeminist Ugh!! I have the 🍊💩 blocked so he can't randomly show up on my feed. Also I hope you don't @Loretta! It sucks but S&S also has some of the largest imprints that focus on publishing poc & lots of industry prof & authors think a boycott would be ineffective. But I hope you email S&S to encourage them to drop him & contact your bookstores to get them not to purchase it! That seems to be the recommended course of action. I emailed earlier. 😀 (edited) 7y
Megabooks @BookishFeminist I need to block DJT too! And I will be emailing S & S as well. I can't imagine why they'd give Milo a 250k platform to spew garbage! 7y
BookishFeminist @Ebooksandcooks Its through their conservative imprint that all major publishers have 😒 Threshold Editions = 🚮 Honestly they need to check themselves though bc no one should ever be giving white supremacists a platform 😡 7y
elkeOriginal @BookishFeminist Your emoji nickname (🍊💩) is pure brilliance. I am in awe. And LMAO for reals. 7y
BookishFeminist @elkeo 😂😂 one of many nicknames he has earned 7y
Megabooks @BookishFeminist It's one thing to have mainstream conservative viewpoints. I may not agree with them, but it's another type of diversity. But it's another thing to give a platform to a person who don't have a single non-hateful thought in his head. 7y
Chrissyreadit Maybe we can look at it from a different perspective- they are supporting free speech. Awareness of the hate also brings people together to protest the hate and show that there is a bigger platform of love. And I suspect most people who follow the rhetoric do not read! It will be money wasted and poor business in the end. 7y
elkeOriginal @Chrissyreadit That would be a nice hit of karma if it does not sell and they lose a good chunk of cash on this deal... 7y
Fandomlyla_Pottercy Im a little confused... whats going on? 7y
BookishFeminist @Ebooksandcooks Yea I agree completely& that's what I was getting at. No one should be publishing his particular brand of hate but S&S isn't the only one that does publish stuff that is honestly just as bad sometimes that's removed from most conservative outlets even. I draw the line at endangering others' lives, personally. There's outlets he can write it without being paid and supported by a publisher. 7y
Megabooks @Fandomlyla_Pottercy A man who spreads hate and is a big internet troll is getting a large book advance. 7y
Megabooks @BookishFeminist Exactly! He can just hang out on the hate forums on Reddit. There's plenty of room there. 😒 7y
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TreyaTheT-Rex
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A short, lovely read with a wonderful take on the classic coming of age story. I absolutely loved all of the characters as well as the screenplay format some of it was in.

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RivetedLit
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The Great American Whatever is one of those books that unfolds like a movie in your head. It also demands that you eat snacks while reading it!!

MrBook Nice pic! 7y
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Readingrobin
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I've met Tim Federle at SLJ's Day of Dialog 2015. I told how much I enjoyed his 2 middle grade novels since they centered around Broadway shows. Hearing him reading this teen novel is a treat because this story deals with life, love and death with humor and tears.

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Readingrobin

Listening to this on Playaway. I do love Tim Federle's writing!

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Ange44
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I loved this! Sad, heartwarming and funny all at the same time. I fell in love with these characters. It's also filled with a lot of movie references for pop culture nerds like me. 🎥😍

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thatkruegergirl
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Oh gosh, this story was so sad but SO GOOD. I couldn't stop reading it.

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thatkruegergirl
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And here we go! I've heard a million and one good things about this book.

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Ksvz
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Mehso-so

LGBT YA Audio Fun and slightly tropey. Boy likes boy. Boy struggles with being out. Boy overcomes. Not brilliant but decent filler.

bookishkai I was also very meh about this book. There are so many better ones. 8y
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❤️

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JamieFrasier
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Absolutely adored this. The relationships between friends, family, and self after a loss are explored honestly and sweetly.

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cewilf
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A book that demands to be read in one day. Quinn is hilarious and blunt, and this novel was difficult yet enjoyable to read. It really made me think about personal experiences in my life and it drew some tears at the end. A wonderful story.

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This book is hitting me where it hurts tonight.

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cewilf
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52 pages and 6 chapters in and I can't stop. I'm always wary of reviews that say a character is "the new Holden Caulfield" or however it's phrased because Catcher is one of my all-time favorites, but this is pretty good. More reminiscent of Perks of Being a Wallflower, which I also love.

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cewilf
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First trip to the library in my new town! Excited to start this one today. My currently reading list is getting out of hand...just a little 😁📚📚📚

RealLifeReading Exploring a new library! How fun! 8y
readinginthedark I'm moving this weekend, too! So excited to check out my new library! 8y
Robothugs I haven't read the other three, but I enjoyed The Book of Speculation quite a bit! :) 8y
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bookishmusician
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So far, I don't really enjoy this book; it's a slow and slightly boring start. Also, not fond of the characters so far, but I'm hoping to enjoy it by the time I finish it!!!

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Glamorousjo
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If I could add an audio file to this review it would be of me screaming I LOVED THIS SO MUCH. The voice. The voice!!!!! And the characters and the story and the pitch perfectness of it all. One hundred thumbs up.

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Aswenson
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From this angle I can see that he is going to turn out genuinely cute someday. That sometimes I should let people just make up their own character description.

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KTQuimby
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Loved Quinn, loved his best friendship and his crush, loved the movie refs. Since the author reads the audiobook, I may need to listen to that, too.

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