Readathon: Bout of Books 18: If you like this...

If You Like This, Try This

Since we all love recommending books, here's your chance to share the love.
Example: If you like paranormal romance with bloodthirsty vikings, try Shelly Laurenston's Call of Crows series.
Make sure you use the hashtags #BoBIfYouLikeThis and #boutofbooks on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, so we can see your recs.

I'm not very good at the recommendations or these "If you like this, try this" type things but here goes.

Movie Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional, and a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship is all the more miraculous given that Hazel's other constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love at a cancer support group.

Director:

 Josh Boone

Writers:

 Scott Neustadter (screenplay), Michael H. Weber

Cast
	Shailene Woodley		Hazel
	Ansel Elgort		Gus
	Nat Wolff		Isaac
	Laura Dern	...	Frannie
	Sam Trammell	...	Michael
	Willem Dafoe	...	Van Houten

Ashley's Review

I feel like a late bloomer here having just watched it for the first time a few days ago. I kept wanting to watch with the husband, but I gave up on that and decided to watch it by myself so I could see what the fuss was about it. I will admit that when I read the book I didn't cry like most people said they did. For that reason alone I thought my feelings towards the movie would be about the same as the book. 

I was wrong. 

There were a few points in the movie that I caught myself wiping tears from my eyes. The one that comes to mind first is Hazel sitting in front of the swing set.

The one things I noticed (at least I think) is Isaac didn't seem to be in the movie all that much. I could have sworn he was in the book a lot more then that. I adored Isaac's character so I was sad he didn't get a bigger part.

I think they did a great job with the casting. I adore Shailene as Hazel, and after I watched this I had to watch Divergent.

If you haven't watched this and are a late bloomer like me I would recommend it. 

Book to Movie: The Fault in Our Stars Edition

I'm sure as of now everyone has seen the awesomeness that is The Fault in our Stars movie trailer. If you haven't then why the hell not?

So now that you have seen it what do you think about it?
I think it looks awesome in a sad kind of way. I know everyone has said that if they've read the book they've cried. If they've watched this trailer they had tears. I'm going to say that I'm really not some soul-less person but I didn't cry. Then again it takes A LOT to make me cry at movies or while reading books. (People cried during titanic. I just wanted the movie to be over.) Maybe, once I see the whole movie I'll talk a different talk.

My Movie review (Once it comes out)

Here is the IMDB page for The Fault in our Stars

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