Unveiling of the new blog!

Welcome Mr. Santin!

After more than 3 weeks of concepting, designing, and writing, we are so, so excited to announce that you can officially view and read The Fault In Our Stars blog! Just follow this link:

www.hazelgracetfios.blogspot.com

 We're kinda freaking out over here, because we have over 350 views in just two weeks! Hope you enjoy reading this, as much as we did, writing it!

Until all living humans read this book....

This quote from The Fault in Our Stars definitely described this novel beautifully. John Green has a gift to write and he shares this gift with people around the world. We loved this novel and we recommend all of you to try reading it yourself. This novel demonstrates that true love goes beyond sickness and health; it also taught us various life lessons. Of Course everyone has their own favorite reading genre or author but it is always good to try new things. We guarantee that this novel will help you see life in a whole new way; it will help you be thankful for the life you live today :)

Poem- Wish Granting Machines

Wish Granting Machines
This is a poem we found, it was beautifully written by adragonsshadow

A poem about TFiOS.

~~~The world~~~

is not a wish granting factory.

Is what she says,her story telling her it can be.

Her miracle coming in the likely form of an angel.

An angel she calls a friend,

a good friend,

a friend who understands,

a friend who loves her,

so much,

for who she is,

and her dreams,

however impossible and unrealistic.

My thoughts stars

I can't fathom into constellations.

Maybe the fault,dear Brutus,

isn't in our stars,

but in ourselves.

The fault that we find,

human nature for caring,

human nature for giving,

a nature causing us,

to fall apart,

to love and be broken.

But sometimes that love,

is the key in defeating the stars,

our destiny written

and being rewritten,

no matter the laws of time

and space.

Our stars, bringing the patient fate

that has followed us

since we learned of life.

Delivering it on our doorstep,

in our arms,

leaving a pile of good

and bad things.

The good things don't necessarily

cancel out the bad things

and the bad things

don't necessarily

cancel out the good things,

but what you do,

what you feel

you pick out of that pile of stuff

fate delivers to you.

You are the person

you choose to be,

no matter what others think of you,

no matter what others

tell you to do.

You are the person

you choose to be,

and if you listen

to their complaints

and stereotypical dreams,

then that

is who you can become.

If you listen

to your heart,

you get to recreate the idea you have of yourself.

You are the person

who decides what you're going to do

with your life,

day in and day out.

You have to attempt

to make something for yourself

that is worth living for,

that is worth fighting for.

The phrase

'Are you okay?'

doesn't mean much.

Something we say,

just reaffirming

the thin veil of fantasy

that we have put over ourselves,

telling ourselves

that it has got to get better.

It doesn't.

Sometimes,you die of a heart shattered

into a billion pieces,

friends frantically

trying to sweep up the fragments, shoving the piles

of the pieces into your hands

hurting you more than

when they were spread away from you,

when you could not care about it anymore.

Sometimes,

your friends help you stand up,

help you put back

the pieces of

the shattered life that you live,

slowly rebuilding,

giving time for the wounds

to lessen their pain,

and for you to loosen your grip on fantasies.

Tightening our grip on humanity,

one of the scariest things

that you can do,

but at one point or another,

it has to be done.

But in response to the question,

no matter the tears

running down their face,

their broken lives,

broken hearts,

broken from the inside out,

hurt so much that you see it in their eyes.

Everyone feels

the need to say:

Okay.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9226314/1/Wish-Granting-Machines

Book Review Cont'd...

My Thoughts

       Augustus and Hazel are a cute couple, who are truly embodied with love and affection for one another. Cancer is the antagonist in this novel. It is such a horrible disease which ruins the lives of so many people. It takes away loved ones and leaves those still alive lonely. John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars is not a novel just about life with cancer, but life beyond the disease. Through Green’s characters he shows us that cancer is only the devil if we live our life based on the disease, in other words we live a life of fear, worry and burden. We must look past our illness and enjoy everything life has to offer with or without our disease. This story is told through Hazel’s perspective. The entire story revolves around her life. Both Hazel and her lover Augustus have cancer but they try to enjoy the life the have each day. Throughout the novel you feel a deep connection with each of Green’s characters, and this allows readers to connect with the story line. If I could rate this book on a scale to 1 to 10 I would give it a 7.5. It was a fast but good read. I enjoyed the fact that it helped me appreciate my life more. Sometimes we tend to complain about the smallest of things while we never stop to think about someone else who probably has the worst situation possible. I am fortunate in so may ways and I am blessed for the life I have today :)

Green Tour pics :)

On January 2012, John Green went on a book tour, here are a few pics to his trip to Seatle

"John Michael Green is an American author of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger. He is also a #1 Best Selling author on the New York Times Bestseller list."- States LitLovers well read community

Look at that creative tour bus

John Green in the studio

Author reads his novel

http://www.omnivoracious.com/2012/01/photo-gallery-recent-author-visits-to-amazon.html#more

So what does everyone think about John Green????

A blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical, and funny. Green shows us true love…and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach.” -New York Times Book Review

“Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. The Fault in Our Stars proves that the hype surrounding Green is not overblown.” -NPR

John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit.” -Washington Post

“Green’s best and most ambitious novel to date. In its every aspect, The Fault in Our Stars is a triumph.” -Booklist, starred review