The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

I finally decided to read The Fault in Our Stars after buying it 3 months ago on my Kindle. I wasn't really into reading, maybe because of the hype of it or because I know I cry like a baby when it's a sad sad story. Either way, I sat down a read it. I'm very glad I did.

I'm sure most of you know the story by now but this is my book blog so I'll tell you the story anyways...

The story centers around Hazel Grace, a 16 yr old girl who has thyroid cancer but also water in her lungs. She's not in remission but her cancer hasn't spread since being put on a new medication. She's terminal. She attends a Cancer Support group once a week and this is where she meets, Augustus (Gus).
In my eyes, they immediately hit it off. Even though Hazel is very calm about a boy staring at her and acts cool she is anything but. Hazel has this uncanny ability to talk- when she talks it's pretty epic what she says. For a 16 yr old, some of the stuff she says..it's just like wow! Gus had cancer, which caused him to have his leg amputated. He's in remission. Hazel Grace and Gus start to hang out right away. I mean the very night they meet, knowing each other for only an hour, they go to his house (his parents are there) to watch a movie. I guess it's not too weird but I was like 'hmm, wow.' After that, they are pretty much inseparable. They spend a lot of time together and help their friend, Isaac, through his eye cancer. The 3 of them hang out a lot together supporting each other.
Hazel Grace and Gus bond even more over Hazel's favorite book. Gus suggests they use his Wish to meet him..Hazel is shocked- why would he want to waste his Wish on her? They go. and are disappointed.
Spoiler alert...Gus dies. He freakin dies. I cried so hard. I knew. but omg. He's there..and then he's not. Heart. break.

I'm mostly being vague so if you choose to read you're surprised a little bit at least. The book was pretty much told to me but I read it so I can say I read it.

Go read it...and bring a box of tissues.. 4 out of 5 stars..that emotional roller coaster made my eyes hurt from all the tears.

June Update

I've been working hard on my research paper for my LAST graduate class. I just found out I passed my comprehensive exam so now it's just getting this paper done and approved. I feel like I have so much to do but I know it's not all that much when I take it piece by piece. I work on it a limited amount of time because 1. I'm not a morning person, 2. I want to spend time with my toddler, and 3. it drains me lol.

I have read a couple of books though. I read, The Diva Wraps It Up, by Krista Davis. It's like the 5th or 6th book in her 'Domestic Diva mysteries' series. It's set around Christmas time and it has all kinds of Christmas-y things in it like a light decorating contest, a cookie swap, decorating tips, food recipes, and murder..oh wait. I love this series. It's one of my personal favorites and I preorder the books when I see there's a new one coming out. If you're looking for a good read, an easy read, a fun read- lots of laughs and sarcasm with a little bit of 'omg, she's so annoying' but still I love it.

I'm listening to Hemingway's Girl by Erika Robuck. It's for a book club I'm in and it's slooooow going. Not even past chapter 2. I'm reading on my Kindle, Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer and if I'm being honest the cover drew me to it. It's really pretty.
I also bought The Fault in Our Stars by John Green- because let's face it if I'm going to watch the movie, I'm going to read the book first so I can complain about how the movie fails. Flat Out Love by Jessica Park is the other book I bought (don't judge, I had a giftcard for Amazon- had being the keyword). It sounded interesting from the description so I'm going to give it a go.

I do have a ton of other books on my kindle to read and add more and more books to my 'to be read' list everyday thanks to Tumblr. Speaking of, if you're on Tumblr: follow me at http://mommylibrariantom.tumblr.com/ or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LibrarianTom227

Read on!
M