February 2012
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“Shut your eyes and see.”
– James Joyce, Ulysses
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Frank Bruni on THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, "Kids,... →
elysemarshall:
“…I admire [THE FAULT IN OUR STARS] enormously, more so than most of the adult-targeted novels I’ve read of late. And I found myself eager to share it. I bought a copy for a dear friend’s 12-year-old daughter. Then I sent a copy each to my two brothers, for them to pass on to any of their seven children who might be interested. I sent another copy to my sister, for her four kids.
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Frank Bruni Likes The Fault in Our Stars
Most of you probably don’t even know who Frank Bruni is (he is a writer for the New York Times), but this is a huge deal to me, because 1. he’s a great writer, and 2. he’s a great eater, which makes him a man after my own heart. It’s strange to me that my book would ever even make its way into his hands, let alone that he would read it and say such nice things.
Now I just...
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I'm giving up tumblr for Lent.
…is an example of something I would say if I had willpower or moral courage.
turnippy asked: When we study English Literature and read books in depth and study every single sentence and its possible meanings and the symbolism and metaphors and foreshadowing of them, do you authors actually intend for them to be seen as that? I've heard students say so many times that they can't possibly mean that because it's so in depth that the teacher is making up the meanings of a story...
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V for Vendetta
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“‘You’re like a millennial Natalie Portman. Like V for Vendetta Natalie Portman.’
‘Never seen it,’ I said.
‘Really?’ he asked. ‘Pixie-haired gorgeous girl dislikes authority and can’t help but fall for a boy she knows is trouble. It’s your autobiography, so far as I can tell’”(Green 17).
Hazel gives a brief synopsis of V for Vendetta (which is also a book) in chapter two, saying,...
Edward Spoon Hands: A Note from John and Hank →
edwardspoonhands:
Yesterday, a web site reported that YouTuber and musician Mike Lombardo was under investigation for exchanging explicit images with underage fans of his music. Some of Mike’s music has been released through DFTBA Records, a record company we own, we’ve been friendly with him over the three years…
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"My book was preordered in my dads name ‘cause i...
This is why I have more than 7,000 emails in my inbox instead of, like, a thousand or whatever.
Please.
If you preordered TFiOS, and you did not receive a signed copy, and you sent me your address, please do not worry. If I need information from you, I will email you. If you have not gotten an email, you should assume that everything is fine. Do not worry. You will get a bookplate. It will be...
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Unsigned Preorders UPDATE
Hi, so you may remember that somewhat less than 1% of people who preordered The Fault in Our Stars did not receive signed copies for very complicated reasons that mostly boil down to certain bookselling web sites not being good at math.
This unfortunate <1% will be receiving a nice signed bookplate, but they have not received that bookplate yet because 1. until very recently I was on tour, and...
So, who's your valentine?
Me: My computer
Mandy: I thought it would be that author you're obsessed with.
Me: John Green? No, he's married and he's like so much older than me. That's capital-C creepy.
Mandy: So?
Me: Ok, so you're saying I should be his middle-school mistress? I HIGHLY doubt he's a pedophile.
Mandy: No, silly! He doesn't need to KNOW you're his valentine! Just say he is!
Me: *headdesk*
Well now I know. So it's awkward.
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I do not know who is behing the metatfios blog...
…but it’s really interesting.
(I feel very, very lucky to have such thoughtful and engaged readers, although to be fair I did prep you all for this by forcing you to read CitR and Gatsby when I knew full well what I was writing.)
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Only if You've Read The Fault in Our Stars...
I’ve started a blog for people who’ve finished my new book The Fault in Our Stars. It’s a place where I can answer (some of) your questions and hopefully if I figure out comments you can participate in the discussion. I don’t even know if this will work, but I’m hopeful?
The blog is password protected. The password for the moment is the last word of the book’s...
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wilwheaton:
Just so I’m clear: Misogyny in advertising on TV is totally okay. Violence on TV is totally okay. Encouraging people to self-diagnose mental illness on TV is totally okay.
Flipping the bird on TV, though, is totally not okay.
Is that pretty much it?
Okay, that’s what I thought. So, allow me to just say something real quick here, okay?
For fuck’s sake, America, it’s not the 1950s...
shesastrangelittleboy asked: i emailed the people about not getting a signed copy of tfios (which was so good by the way,i finished it in a day and i cried for a good few hours afterwards) and they haven't responded back,do i keep on waiting or do i email them again? dftba x
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heidiloveslife asked: How do you feel about the movie rights for The Fault in Our Stars being optioned?
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Althought battling the virus that Hank got on...
…I will be livetweeting the Super Bowl and its commercials over on my sports-specific twitter, @sportswithjohn. Sadly, I will not be drunk like I was last year, as I am ill. Sorry. I will try hard to be physically prepared next year.