The fault in our stars

What made me happy today? The fault in our stars.
I while ago I did a post about a new Youtube channel I discovered. Turns out that John Green (one of the people behind mental floss) writes books as well. I now he mentioned it some Youtube videos, but I hadn't really given it much thought until I saw that the background picture for the Adult Nerdfighter group contains a quote from a book written by... John Green! The quote is 'I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once', from the fault in our stars. This piqued my curiosity and whilst on vacation I decided to check out this book.
Wow. What a book. To say it with the words of Bernard Black: you'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll change your life. Okay, it didn't change my life that much except for the massive book-hangover. But I laughed more than once. And if you're on the sensitive side, you may want to keep a box of tissues nearby. I bawled my eyes out more than once when reading this book.
And I have to hand it to John Green: even though this book deals with a rather heavy subject (cancer in kids/teenagers), it never becomes overly preachy or whiny or something like that. Nope, he manages to keep a nice pace going and tells a fantastic story. No worries, no spoilers this time!
So all I can say is: head on over to your local bookstore and grab a copy of the fault in our stars. Stop by the supermarket on your way home to buy some tissues though... You can thank me later!
Oh, and a big thank you to the Adult Nerdfighters, without them it might have taken me way longer to find and read this book!

Mental floss!

What made me happy today? Stumbling upon a new Youtube channel called 'mental floss'.
Mental floss is a pretty recent Youtube channel by John Green. Each Wednesday he uploads a video with a bunch of facts or other knowledge :-)
Go check it out, you might learn something while having fun!