The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Review

The Fault in Our Stars is about a 16 - year - old girl who has cancer named Hazel. Her mother makes her go to a support group to make friends. She meets 17 - year - old Augustus Waters in this support group. And they make a friendship and then it turns in to a bit of a relationship. When Hazel was in the support group, she has also met this other guy named Isaac, they're just friends. (Lol, friend zoned! Hahaha, just kidding, they're just friends, honestly!) Augustus, Hazel and Hazel's mother go to Amsterdam to meet the writer Peter Van Houten, and talk about An Imperial Affliction. But it turns into a disaster. And they have been together through out the book with a guy named Isaac. I thought that this book was very well written and it is the very first John Green book. And I thought that this book was very true. But I've thought that with all the different kinds of cancers, every person out there has a different reaction to it, especially with medications and things. I've fallen in love with these characters and I've cried at a couple of parts. And I thought that it was a very good book and I've thought that people with cancer should just be treated normally as if they didn't have cancer.
I have loved these characters from the beginning and I had no idea what I was getting into when I was first reading the book and I have loved them since I've first read them in the book. I can somewhat relate to them because I have had family and a friend's mother have cancer and I can actually feel their pain of what could actually happen to the people that they love. And well, my family died from cancer and I didn't know them, but at least I know about it. Anyways, this book made me feel a bit sorry for people who have cancer only because there could be a 50 - 50 chance that they could die or stay alive. In which I hope that every person that has cancer is actually a survivor. To be honest, I actually grow out my hair and give it to people with cancer and I've done it about three times or so and I will keep doing it until there is an actual cure for every kinds of cancer in the world.

Yes, they may have cancer but to me they should just be treated as if they didn't. So, those are all of my thoughts and things. And if you've made this far into reading this. Then, I thank you!

Waste of Time and Money for E-Readers... To Me At Least

I think that if you're reading books on an e-reader, it's a bit of a waste of your time and also money. Only because there are so many things that you actually do with a physical book instead of an reader. I mean, really, why don't you just get the physical book, yes, it maybe be a little heavier than an e-reader, but at least you'll actually have the physical book, whether it be hard back or paper back. And I mean physical books: 1.They do not need to be charged. 2. It's hours and hours of entertainment. 3. It may get banged up somehow, but you'll remember all of how you really banged the physical book up. 4. There is also a glare on the e-reader, there isn't one on the book, unless it's on the cover or you're somehow looking into the sun while reading. There are just so many reasons as to why it's just a waste of time to get an e-reader and get books, it may be cheaper to get books on it, but to me it's more worth it to have the physical books instead of having it on an e-reader. To me, I think that books are always one of the ways that we can get to magic and they're one of the portals that we can have to get though to magic. They can take us on an adventure that no one else and nothing else can and I'm just really thankful that all of the writers that wrote all of the books that are in this world have actually written the books that they actually had written. I may not be a fast reader, but at least I have read books that really made me happy and also other emotions that nothing else can actually make me feel in the world.
And yes, it may be expensive to buy a physical book, whether it be hard cover or paper back, but it's still pretty worth it to actually have in your possession. When you have an e-reader, you can't actually feel the book that you're reading, when you have the physical book, you can feel the pages that it holds, the front and back covers, smell the pages in the book. With an e-reader, you can't do any of those things. And I mean, yes, e - readers get you to read but that's not even worth it because  they're not the actual physical book that you can actually hold, smell, feel and just so many other things. And yes, it is cheaper to get a book on an e - reader, but is it really worth it to have it as a physical book in your real life possession or on an e - reader? To me, the physical book will always be worth it because you can really hold the book, smell it, feel its intensity of it being a massive book or even a small book. And it does and it doesn't matter in some ways of a physical book being big or small, to me at least. For series, trilogies, duos, etc, I like to have the books all the same heigh, matching and either in hard cover or even in paper back. Some other people may not like it, like I do the way that some of their books are not matching and the same height, but at least we all have the books in our possessions. To me, it's just not the same if you have a book on an e - reader as if you already had it in your possession. Anyways, thank you for reading this if you've made it this far. So, I'll be writing soon!!

Writing Books

"I'm an author. We don't want to lead. We don't need to follow. We stay home and make stuff up and write it down and send it out into the world, and get inside people's heads. Perhaps we change the world and perhaps we don't. We never know. We just make stuff up." -- Neil Gaiman

Being a writer can be so many things. You can make things up. You can be at home writing in your pajamas, or you could be at work and also be writing. You can be anywhere and still be writing. You can be basically anywhere in the whole world and write about anything. I've read once that you cannot just wait for inspiration, you just have to go at whatever you're writing with a club. You can't just wait for inspiration to come and hit you, you just really need to start writing and just keep going without stoping. All you have to really do is just write one word at a time and then before you actually know it, you're done with whatever you're writing. But there could also be moments where you just completely and totally have writers' block. You should at least be really be brave enough to actually show your writings to people and just ask them of what they really think about whatever you're writing. Writing can be made of anything, you can make anything by writing, by reading books, they can make you feel so many things. Sometimes, I just write in the dark with music playing and no one home, but if there are people here, then I just still write whether or not they're here and sometimes, just talk to them and write at the same time. I want to see writers writing everywhere and anywhere, just be brave in what you do, no matter what you're doing, so, just write a story and try having it published in any way shape or form. Just live your dream, and don't care what people think, just care about what you think and just write.

And if you're trying get your book published and you get rejected so many times, just know that there is always someone out there who will say yes. I mean look at J.K. Rowling, her story for Harry Potter got rejected so many times, but did she give up? NO, she didn't, she actually wrote something and someone out there actually said yes to her. Now, if she had given up, we wouldn't have Harry Potter, his friends and their adventures or even her other two books. Writing is hard, but it's also easy, all you really have to do is just write one word at a time, that's just basically it, one word at a time. Everything that needs to be written just has to take time and actual thought. And here I am writing about books and how to write them, even though I have no idea what to do when I'm also writing my stories and I mean this when I'm writing my stories. I just mean when I'm trying to write my stories I just have no idea what to write next. I mean other than one word at a time (haha, joke). Anyways, writing is just one the greatest things in the world, you can just write about anything. Unless it's really inappropriate, then don't write things like that. Anyways, to me, writing is just really great, only because you can get out what you really want to say whether or not you're actually writing about something like Harry Potter and things similar to that.

"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world." -- Philip Pullman

I think that's pretty much right because stories are what we need in the world because if we didn't, then we wouldn't have the stories and things that we have now. I may not know a lot about writing, but at least that when you're at least trying to get out to get published you just have to work hard and actually know what you're writing and also what you're writing about. Writing stories is just really easy and really hard, only because sometimes, you may have writers block and other times, you may just be writing a lot and just write all the things that you want to write. It can be hard writing a story and also editing it, but no matter what you can still get something published. As I've been "taught" by the many writers out there by their quotes, I've somewhat learned some things that could actually help me in what I really want to do and just keep doing it every day, no matter what. And even though, I haven't really been writing every day, I still think that I should still do it. It is still my passion to be an actual writer, but I still struggle of thinking about how I want to word my stories that I am currently writing. We still need stories in our lives, they're still there and we can read them whenever we want. We can read them over and over again, as many times as we really want and it will still start and end the same. There can be so many things that can actually inspire us to write a story, but you can't just wait for inspiration to write, you just really go at it with club and just write what you want to write. Like I am right now with this blog and I'm sure that I am not the only one who wants to be a writer and also just read all day and just talk about books all day. There are just so many people who are book video bloggers and bloggers out there and there are also people who would love to be a writer like myself and just be that for the rest of their lives. But there's also the point where life isn't just about books, writing and just being there to actually vlog or blog about books and just other things.

But that's just another story for another day, talking and also writing about books is just a lot and it's just really exciting because you're actually happy about writing and also reading a book that could turn into basically anything. Even reading a book gets me excited only because it's a new world, there are new characters and basically everything is just new to you, if it's a book that you have never read. C.S. Lewis had once said that you can create anything by just writing, which is really true, you really have to just keep your mind wide open. Writing is just one of my favorite things to do because it also relaxes me and I also just need to think about what I want to write for my stories. There are just so many stories out there that can be written about and that also really want to be written, but they're not even written yet. Things like ideas for a story just come to you and when they do, just need to get your computer and paper and just start your idea or just a pad, some paper and a pen and just start writing it and at all costs, DO NOT STOP. Just keep going, no matter what the cost is, just keep going and DO NOT STOP. You just can't wait for inspiration, you just really go at it with a club, no matter what. Sometimes, people just don't know what they want to do with their life, but they can also just write it out about how they've lived a certain way or about how they did certain things and just so many things in life. But I'm actually glad that I found something that I can actually do and just be proud of it and I am also fond of it as well. I just love to write and even though that I may not write every single day, I'm still love to do it and love it in general. Writing is just one of the escapes that I can go to when I'm having a bad day or when I'm just really wanting to escape from whatever I'm actually really dealing with. And it's also the same with reading, like they're both an escape for me and they're both two different worlds that I love escaping to when I'm wanting to escape. I'll write you next time!

And even though that it may be hard to write and to actually come up with an idea to write about, it's still an escape for me and it can be an escape for everyone else who is wanting to be a writer. And just getting your story out there published is just one of the great things in the world, not that I've actually published an actual book or anything, but I just hope one day that I will. And I know that I will actually publish something, but for right now, I'm just going to be sticking to figuring out how my stories are going to be working out. Writing is one of the greatest things in life where you can just make up a story and as for writing for fiction as in fantasy or science fiction, it may be all a lie, but it's also a good lie. And for me, writing books is just something that I really want to do and I think that when I was about 14, I just thought about a story and that's what got me into writing. And I think that right then, I just knew that that was something that I really wanted to do. So, if you're wanting to be a writer, then just keep writing and just keep doing whatever you're doing with it. And just keep writing, do not wait for inspiration, just keep writing and just go at it with a club! JUST KEEP GOING AT IT WITH A CLUB!!!!! Anyways, KEEP WRITING!! And I'd also like to thank you if you're reading this.

Books Are Life

“The best books… Are those that tell you what you know already.” – George Orwell, 1984

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting, and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.” – Roald Dahl

And as the title says, books are life, well, at least they are to me. Books give us imagination, they give us an escape of the real world, they give us so many things. A book is less fragile than technology and doesn't have the problems that technical devices have. You can read it in bed or in the bathtub, take it with you on a picnic, fall asleep with it -- it's durable  and never needs charging. Books can't crash, don't need software updates, can't be hacked. Books can get damp, stomped on and dropped. Books can be shared without worry, because they're never too expensive. You don't have to wait for them to download either. Books are personal. You can smell a book, feel texture, see what a friend leaves you a note in the margins and find the stain left over from that time you drank fine wine while reading it in a Paris cafe, even though that I personally have never even been to Europe. But that's not going to stop me from going there or anything like that. They're also given as gifts, saved as family heirlooms, conserved and protected as pieces of history. Books can't spam you with ads or all kinds of other junk like that. They don't ask you for your email address, they don't keep track of your cookies, they never force you to look at pop-ups. Books don't distract you with flashing games and chat windows and they don't bombard you with junk. They are just a lot of things filled with words of everything that are in life, they could be about anything in the whole world. Writing a book isn't really easy, but the stories that are in actual books can inspire everyone, everything and anyone and anything in the whole entire world. Writing and reading books are two of my favorite things to do in the whole entire world. But it's sometimes just so hard because I might have writers block or I might have be having a reading slump, I might be inspired and actually write somethings and then forget when I am inspired. Or I might not even have time to do it at all, but it still doesn't stop me from writing or reading and it's just two of the greatest things in the whole entire world. They've both brought happiness to my life and I am really home when I'm writing a story and reading a book. Books are my life, even though I am on my computer, on my phone, doing other things and also doing other things outside of my house, books are still my life. And so is writing, I've always wanted to be a writer, just like J.K. Rowling, Nicholas Sparks, J.D. Salinger and many of the other great writers out there as far back as I can remember doing so. Reading and writing are two of the most greatest things that actually fill my life, a part from doing other things that are not reading or writing. Everything about writing and reading really makes me feel like I'm home and when I'm reading and writing, I feel like I'm in a world of my own, like there is this shield that protecting me from the real world. I've read once that books are like portable magic and that they're really great friends, you can just call them up when ever you want, but I don't think that that happens very often.

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. There are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” – Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

And all of these authors are right about what they're saying writing about. So, that's all for right now. Thank you for reading if you have gotten this far. I'll write you next time!!

I'm A Book Lover.

As the title says, I love books and when I was younger, I wasn't really a rabid reader. And now, I'm not really a rabid reader. I'm more of a writer, but I still love reading. I've read a lot of books when I was in school, even thought that I don't really remember some of the books that I've read in school. I may be bit of a slow reader than other people, but at least I still get the reading the book part done. Books are just apart of life and there are just so many adventures that we can endure and just live in and the stories that we read may all start and end the same, but they will always start and end the same way forever, no matter what. And even though that they will always start and end the same, it's always good to go back and visit them and remember all the memories that we've all had with the characters and what they've done and things like that. Books always take us away from the real world and what's really going on in it. They also let us know that we're not alone in the world. Even though we all might feel different things at different times, we can still read books and still know that we will never be alone. I've always thought that when people read books, it's like they're listening to what the writer wants to talk about even though there are just so many genres and things in books that they could be talking about.

"Books are the plane, the train and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home." – Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
To me, they are pretty much my home and even though I don't read books all the time, they're all still my home. I'll write you next time!