Description: Nick was just dumped by the only girl he's ever loved. Norah is in the middle of the end of her on-off relationship. One night at a club, Nick turns to Norah and says, "Will you be my girlfriend for the next five minutes?" Her answer leads them on a night of crazy adventure that has the potential to change both of them.

My thoughts: I think this story starts out with a really cute idea. A chance encounter leads to one of those magical, mythical nights we all dream of having (no, not THAT kind.. you have a dirty mind). And maybe more. Unfortunately, a story like that really requires you to connect to the characters, and I had a hard time liking Nick and Norah. They're kind of whiny/angsty.

Biggest pet peeve with this book? The language. Ok, people, I understand that you're into the music scene and you're rebelling against your parents and all that crap. But does every other word have to be a variation on the f-word? There are other adjectives, verbs, and even exclaimations available in the English language... let's see some creativity, please.

The good news is that I think this book is one of those cases where my reaction is more of a personal taste issue than a qualitative judgement. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist has a cool concept, and it's very well written. Just because I didn't like it doesn't mean you won't. It's all about personality chemistry. So I encourage you to try it. Let me know what you think. ( )

Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Before I start the story that is Nick and Norah, I decided we needed to get some misconceptions out of the way first.

1) I don't live in Manhattan, so I won't understand what the characters are talking about. Wrong! I don't live in Manhattan--actually, I've never been farther East than Ohio, but I still got the gist of the story quite easily. Sure, I might never have visited Times Square, but I've been on the Square in my hometown (population 3,400), and the same types of things went on there that go on in New York.

2) This book is full of cursing. Right! And if you haven't heard a lot of curse words (do I really need to spell them out?), especially from the mouths of teens, in the last twenty years or so, I'm guessing you live on a commune somewhere in the middle of Utah.

3) This book only covers one night. Right again! And oh, what a night it is! One night, filled with all the ups, downs, and sideways that being a teen in todays world brings.

Now that we've got that out of the way, we can concentrate on the story. It's about Nick, a bassist for a band with an ever-changing name, who recently had his heart broken by a b***h named Tris. It's about Norah, an uber-complicated girl with more issues than The National Enquirer, who not too long ago had her virginity broken by Tal. And then there's Caroline, and Jessie, and Uncle Lou, not to mention Dev and Thom, and Randy from Are You Randy?, and Hunter from Hunter. There's beer, and there's drugs, and there's sex, although none of it is Nick or Norah's.

There's heartbreak, and devastation, and lust, and forgiveness, and acceptance. There's parents to deal with, and friends to attempt to deal with, and a boy and a girl who wish that, just once, they could be themselves and not deal at all. There's a love story, and a song about a girl on a street in the middle of the night, and a band that just might make it big, and a car that won't start, and a subway ride that requires jumping the turnstyle.

There's love, and anger, and disappointment, and desperation, and redemption. There's life, and then there's Nick and Norah. There's a story here, and you need to read it. ( )

I picked up this book because I had seen the movie was coming out soon, and because I had heard some good reviews.

I liked it. There are some really great quotes that you can't help but read over and over. That said, I think this might be one of those times out of a million where I actually prefer the movie, which I saw after reading the book.

While I consider myself kind of a music snob, these two take it to a whole new level. I can understand how they relate to each other through music, and can spend the time critiquing the music in their snotty way, because that's their thing. However, I wonder how many imitation music snobs will spawn from this story. I've already seen a few.

While the book almost makes fun of Tris for being a music fan poser (eg: becoming obsessed with Where's Fluffy after Nick introduces them to her, as if she's "discovered" them and is now so scene), I can see how more teenagers, wanting to be different, would suddenly claim to be Fugazi fans after reading this book, relying on Nick and Norah's quotes to spout off when talking about music.

Otherwise, it was kind of refreshing to read a book where the author and characters are not just familiar with bands I've liked and listened to, but can actually talk about it and make me think. ( )

Honest and very communicative about the lives that teens lead, this book is a gripping read. As a Hi-Lo book, it is not only gripping, but very readable as well. The only warning would be that it contains some pretty crass language, but the intensity of the developing relationship between Nick and Norah and the openness of their communication makes this well worth the time. ( )

I started this but had trouble finishing it - story of my life, folks. The pace was frenetic, as was the writing. Good for high/low title. ( )