Don't interupt me, I'm reading a book!

I tend to go through reading phases. I will go weeks or even months without reading a single book and then I'll read three or more in quick succession. At the momont, I'm going through a patch of high reading density - partly due to "The Fault In Our Stars" and partly because I'm starting to get familure enough with the tube to feel ok reading on it - so I thought I would share some of my thoughts with you.

The Fault in our Stars - John Green
I've been waiting for this book for what feels like forever. So long in fact that I didn't want to start it in case my expectations exceeded the reality however, ohn Green certainly didn't dissapoint. Without giving away any major plot lines, I will say that this book is one of the most heart-felt and full of feeling books I've ever read. It takes a lot to make me cry at a film with all the atmospheric music and even more so for a book yet The Fault in our Stars had me feeling so atatched to the characters, so much part of the plot and I felt like I was going through all the feelings with Hazel almost as if I was her. So great and thought provoking was the novel that I genuinely just sat and pondered for half an hour before actually getting on with anything else. John writes from Hazel's perspective as a teenage girl almost worryingly well and the novel exceeded my expectations and fully deserves the praiee and attention it has been recieving. It truely doesn't forget to bet awesome.

Let It Snow - Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle
After the emotionally heavy nature of The Fault in our Stars, I decided that a light, rather stereotypical christmas romance would be good. However, with John Green and Maureen Johnson as two of the authors, I knew it would be great. Although this book is arguably a typical 'boy falls in love with girl' compilation, there is a brilliant unique twist to these stories: the three short stories all interlink. As you would expect with a book containing three short stories, the separate authors' novellas each stand alone in their own right, telling three wonderful love stories in their own distinguishable styles (particularly noticable if you've read any of their other books) however, the three stories subtly overlap. Whichever order you read them in, after the first novella, characters you've previously met pop up subtly in the other two and the three link together seemlessly. If you often find yourself wondering what happened tothat character that only got briefly mentioned then I think this will be a great book for you! In real life, there are often those people we only know as 'that guy at school' or 'that girl who works at the coffee shop' but this intertwined style of writing makes you think about those people, reminding you that their lives are just as complicated as yours and in fact they don't stop existing the moment you close your eyes.

About a Boy - Nick Hornby
I'm a pretty firm believer in 'read it first' when it comes to films based on books, however, there are a few cases where I haven't found out a film is based on a book until during or after the film and About a Boy is one of those cases. I'm not very far through the book but I can't help but feel that the film has ruined my enjoyment of the book. I can't help but see Hugh Grant as Will and already knowing the ending always spoils a book. I just can't quite read it without many plot based presumptions. Nevertheless, I'm not saying I'm disliking the book. It's a pretty good and easy read and definitely worth the 10p I spent on it at a jumble sale but it is most certainly being added to my list of examples of books/films that back up the argument to 'read it first'!

Live long and keep blogging =]

by the way, some of you might say I've failed on the whole blogging weekly thing however here are three good reasons why I haven't:
1) I haven't gone to sleep yet so it's functionally still Saturday
2) A lot of people work by a Monday to Monday week
3) It's still technically Saturday in some other time zones