John Green & The Fault in our Stars - The sequel

Hey guys, it’s Blog Thursday and you know what that means...

I already told you about The Fault in our Stars, a book I really like, and its author John Green. So today I came across an interesting interview on youtube where he talks about this very book coming out as a movie on June 6th. In this context he also speaks about the casting process as well as filming in general. In addition, John Green talks a little bit about writing his books in general and how shooting a movie is different from making youtube videos. (Remember I told you that before he became a writer he had a youtube channel which he shared with his brother.)

If you like to watch the video yourself here it is:

Since this post is still a little short I wanted to show you another interview with John Green and part of the cast of The Fault in our Stars, namely Shailene Woodley who portrays the character of Hazel Grace Lancester and Nat Wolff who plays Isaac. This interview does not only consist of questions but also each of them is kind of connected to a short clip from the movie. They mainly talk about those specific scenes and difficulties the actors, mainly Shailene, encountered while playing their characters.

To watch the interview just click here:

I know this post is still rather short but I don’t really know what else to talk about so I’m going to end it here.

The fault in our stars...

Hey guys, guess what day it is today… Right it’s blog Thursday.

But before I start I want to make a quick announcement: Since I’m going to be quite busy next week with exams and the usual stuff and probably also throughout the rest of the semester, I decided to blog only every other week. So in general I’m going to write fewer posts but hopefully more thoughtful ones.

This time I want to tell you a little bit about my favorite book at the moment. It’s called The fault in our stars and is written by the ingenious John Green, who is not only a writer from Indiana but also has a youtube channel.

Here is a pic of him and the link to his channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers

Anyway, The fault in our stars is about Hazel, a 16 year old girl who has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Her parents force her to go to a support group in the “Heart of Jesus”, a cross-shaped basement of a church. There she meets Augustus, a former cancer patient who is due to a type of cancer called osteosarcoma an amputee now. They fall in love with each other and experience quite a few adventures. However, I don’t want to tell too much of the storyline in case any of you hasn’t read the book yet and still wants to enjoy reading it without any spoilers.

To get an idea of the style the book is written in, here’s a quote:

 

There is also a movie adaptation for this book coming out in summer 2014 if you prefer watching films over reading books. No matter on which you decide, I recommend both and I myself am going to watch the movie as soon as it’s available.