text: Depicts the lives and preoccupations of the inhabitants of a small village - their petty snobberies, appetite for gossip, and loyal support for each other in times of need.
  This is a community that runs on cooperation and gossip, at the very heart of which are the daughters of the former rector: Miss Deborah Jenkyns and her sister Miss Matt.
  Juliska Pottery has entered into my life…I love it…I was reading La Cucina magazine and it was so beautiful this month that I literally devoured it from the inside front cover to the inside back cover when the most beautiful cup in the entire world caught my eye. I really had to have it as soon as I could find it. So…I went to a site called plumpuddingkitchen.com. The amazing Juliska Pottery was obtainable right there on that lovely site. I have to say that I love dishes…and since there are just the two of us…I tend to buy fabulous place settings for two so that I could easily use a different place setting for every dinner of the week. White tends to be my favorite…big oversized white sort of restaurant dishes. But I might be willing to give up my other sets just for these. They are made in Spain, dishwasher, oven and microwave safe and so lovely in their simplicity. These dishes come in pale shades of blue and green and yellow as well as white but this sort of grainy white with these bumps is my favorite. I bought the mugs as well as this tea/coffee cup. For now…but two place settings of this pattern are mysteriously on their way to me…I must have ordered them in my sleep.
  John Green, the international best-selling author, created yet another masterpiece with his book, Paper Towns, and I would like to thank Mr. Green for introducing me about the concept of paper towns and subdivisions and other cartography facts. No this is not a map story or anything to do with it, instead it's a teenage road-trip movie based on some mind blowing facts about the very existence of Paper Towns.
  Quentin grew up loving his beautiful neighbor, Margo Roth Spiegelman. and now he is going to graduate and he is still head-over-heels in love with Margo, but now he loves her from a distance since Margo has a hot boyfriend. Margo Roth Spiegelman loves mysteries and loves to spin one for herself. After a crazy night out in her town with Quentin, she disappears from the face of the earth. But Margo has left clues, moreover, she has left them for Q to find them out, thus leading to a memorable road trip across America to find his love, Margo Roth Spiegelman.
  Hats off Mr. Green, you've done it again. Once again you have made us fall for striking teenage characters who I'm pretty sure are going to make an impression whoever reads the book. Honestly, speaking, I never got a chance to read The Fault in our Stars, and I feel ashamed of the fact that I still have not read the most-loved book of 2014. So I'm new to his writing style, prose and other techniques. So I'm now going to pick that book up-The Fault in our Stars.
  In the Paper Towns, his writing is exquisite, flawless and articulate and I instantly became a fan of his writing style. His prose is evocative and the narrative is just like some teenager narrating his fun yet sad and lonely story about some girl he fancies. From the very first page, Quentin's free-flowing narrative captivated me, and just like Quentin, I too started liking the idea of Margo Roth Spiegelman. Well, that's doesn't only leave us with Quentin's POV, Green has left us with enough space to see the story from our own POV, hence at times, I got really furious with Margo Roth Spiegelman's character, I mean can't she see that her cute neighbor is irrevocably in love with her, rather than hanging out with a douchebag.
  Now the characters, I think that's the brownie points of his book. The characters will captivate you, cultivate your mind and will ultimately enrich your soul. And at the end of the book, it leaves you with a feeling of gratefulness. Green has flawlessly embodies himself into Quentin's character to narrate this story. And what to say about Quentin- he is an epitome of every meek and lonely high school teenager. Loving someone for ages, getting bullied by stronger and loser guys, having weird friends just like him, and didn't like to attract too much attention while in school. Whereas the central character, Margo Roth Spiegelman, is the wild high-schooler who wants to get away from her town, she is the girl with bigger and crazier dreams and nothing worked perfectly without Margo Roth Spiegelman- not the prettiest, yet the most charming girl of their school, who is a big-fat fan of weird mysteries. Quentin's friends, Ben and Radar- the two geek band guys were equally sweet and striking. I mean Green has a natural talent to craft his characters with realism.
  Moreover, the gravity of some human relations are strongly depicted, like die-hard friendships to relationships between a parent and a rebellious child or how a child turns out to be a rebel, peer pressure, future plans etc, everything that a normal and average teenager goes through are vividly and intricately captured in the book. Even the emotions run high in this book, making us feel every bit of pain, joy and happiness in a teenager like Quentin's life.
  And Paper Towns is full of such metaphors. There is a huge amount of mystery in the book which the author have portrayed it brilliantly, unfolding it with twists and turns. But the mystery is portrayed like some treasure hunt filled with clues here and there, in one word- adventurous treasure hunt of Margo! I hope it's movie adaption does full justice to the book. The movie is releasing on 5th June, 2015, starring Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne.
  PS: Some books don't require a review to prove it's greatness whereas some demands to be reviewed, and Paper Towns falls in the former category!!
  Thanks for suggesting this one to me! I have read two of John Green;s books (TFiOS and Looking for Alaska) but for some reason I really can't get into the swing of his writing style. But at the beginning of March I am going to buy this one (it was also recommended by someone else too. So doubly recommended!) and I will give his writing another shot. ;)
  Hey, I too have not yet read TFIOS, I kinda liked his writing style better than other YA writers. :-)