Blood,Sweat and Books

This week on From Page to Screen I'll be tackling The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. First let's discuss the book. Here is a bit of back story in case some of you aren't familiar with the novel. The Fault In Our Stars is a novel written by Author John Green. It was originally published January 10,2012 by Dutton Books. Upon release The Fault In Our Stars received highly positive reviews from both readers and critics alike and as of January 2013 there was nearly 1 million copies in print. Fun Fact: The title The Fault In Our Stars was inspired by  Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." Let's take a look at some of the characters. Hazel Lancaster - Sixteen year old Hazel is a well spoken and remarkably articulate girl who was diagnosed at thirteen will terminal thyroid cancer. Knowing her prognos...

Trailer Tuesday is a Weekly Blog Post hosted by me at Blood Sweat and Books. Each week I choose two Book Trailers to showcase. One Trailer will be for an upcoming book and the other will be one that has already been released. This week I focus my spotlight on The Fault In Our Stars by John Green & The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen.       Available Now: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs... for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to...