"An Abundance of Katherines" 

By: John Green

Blog post by: Leah Jones

Do you think it's possible to date nineteen different girls, in between the time spand of eight years old through the end of all four high school years?. Better yet. Do you think it's possible to date nineteen different girls all with the same name "Katherine?!" Well stop what you're thinking because it is indeed possible for Colin Singleton. He had a weird preference when it came to his girlfriend's, "Colin Singleton's type was not physical but linguistic: he liked Katherines. And not Katies or Kats or Kitties or Cathys or Rynns or Trinas or Kays or Kates or, God forbid, Catherines. K-A-T-H-E-R-I-N-E. He had dated nineteen girls. All of them had been named Katherine. And all of them every single solitary one -- had dumped him." (15). Well let's not start here, lets start from the beginning.

Colin's parents were very smart and love to read. His parents had great jobs, "His mom taught French at the prestigious and expensive Kalman School downtown, and his dad was a sociology professor at Northwestern University, just north of the city." (17).  When Colin was just Twenty-five-months-old he was reading the newspaper. After his parents realized how smart he was they sent him to a gifted preschool, and even he was told that he was too advanced for their school. Colin was considered a child prodigy back then. 

For a kid to be this educated and skilled, you would think that making friends would be easy for him. But it was the complete opposite. He was convinced that he and his classmates just didn't like to participate in the same things. To the point where Colin got bullied physically and mentally everyday growing up. Eventually this all changed when Colin won "the heart of the prettiest eigth-year-old girl in all of Chicago." (20). 

Now getting back to Colin's love life. His previous girlfriend Katherine XIX has just dumped him at the start of summer vacation going into college. His best friend Hassan sees how much Colin is hurting from this break up, and decides to go on a surprise road trip immediately. The goal is to distract Colin  for a good amount of the summer!. What will happen on their trip? Where are they going? When will they be back? Who will they meet? Will Colin fall in love with a new girl that's not named Katherine? Or will he come back the same? READ "An abundance of Katherines" and find out!.

I can connect to some things in this book. Two summers ago I also went on a road trip with my best friend and I'm curious to see how Colin and Hassan's turns out. I believe that this book can connect to teens lives today because this is the age where teens start to get involved in relationships. I do recommend this book it has just enough sarcastic humor and real life situations.