I'm actually pretty excited to see the movie. And I certainly love his books. But I also love Rainbow Rowell's books and she has a new one in July. So.
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Jun 03, 2014 12:51:03 pm PDT #22430 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 2:15:46 pm PDT #22431 of 28344
Because books.
I actually love The Fault in Our Stars so well I'm not sure I want to see the movie. My memory of the book is so perfect, you know? But I'm sure I'll see it eventually.
In more depressing literary news: [link]
Anne W. - Jun 03, 2014 2:30:07 pm PDT #22432 of 28344
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I found out the other day that the trainer I work with also works with Laurell K. Hamilton. Oh, the poker face I had to put on when he asked if I knew about/liked her books...
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 2:32:37 pm PDT #22433 of 28344
Because books.
Ooh, she's a wacky one, too! I've heard very colorful stories.
meara - Jun 03, 2014 3:50:29 pm PDT #22434 of 28344
I am amused that the same actor plays Shailene Woodley's less-than-endearing brother in Divergent and cancer boyfriend in The Fault in Our Stars. That's got to be weird.
Extremely weird!! And while I liked the book, I didn't think it was All That!
I found out the other day that the trainer I work with also works with Laurell K. Hamilton. Oh, the poker face I had to put on when he asked if I knew about/liked her books...
Oooh. I...liked some of her early books? And then quit reading them because damn. Woman seems to have issues.
But I also love Rainbow Rowell's books and she has a new one in July. So.
Exciting! I did not know this.
Amy - Jun 03, 2014 3:52:21 pm PDT #22435 of 28344
Because books.
I still have to read Fangirl, but I adored Eleanor and Park.
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2014 4:07:00 pm PDT #22436 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fangirl was sweet. And it reminded me of what college was like. Except for me not writing Harry Potter fanfic. (Or knowing what fanfic was.)
erikaj - Jun 03, 2014 7:04:15 pm PDT #22437 of 28344
Always Anti-fascist!
For me, kids dying in high school is more like life than "soo romantic."(But still, at that age, I might have gone for it. And that doesn't include "Where Wallace at?"(Which still wrecks me now, actually)
Atropa - Jun 03, 2014 7:59:55 pm PDT #22438 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
(Seriously, no one needs to try to change my Philistine mind. I get to decide what kind of emotional beatdown my fiction gives me, and I choose not to see the teen cancer movie.)
DING DING DING! Same here.
Gris - Jun 04, 2014 12:29:49 pm PDT #22439 of 28344
Hey. New board.
I have no desire to change y'all's Philistine minds, because it really is an emotional beatdown. It is a very good one, but I totally respect the not-in-my-house opinions. I think it's probably his greatest book, but you should totally read An Abundance of Katherines instead because it's happy. And if this movie does well I bet that movie gets made and it too will be happy.
I almost like John Green the Phenomenon more than John Green the author. Though I've liked all of his books quite a bit. His Youtube persona (and that of his brother) are even more appealing and almost mesmerizing to watch. They show mastery of the just-the-right-amount-of-nerdiness to appeal to a LARGE swath of the teen community in the its-cool-to-be-a-nerd world they actually really do live in right now. And he knows, too, that he's caught a wave that isn't really a wave that could have been caught in many other generations. I would like to know him. I think we'd get along. Which I'm sure is also part of his charm that has made him a phenomenon - I'm only actually sure it's true in this case and not projected because I've hung out with his best friend at a wedding and REALLY liked him.