And then he laughed again. This time, Colin didn’t join in.
“You gotta see the humor in it, baby. I’m bug-bit, hornet-stung, bramble-cut, covered in chaw, and wearing camouflage. A feral hog, some hornets, and a prodigy led me through the woods so that I might stumble upon the first girl I ever kissed riding TOC like he’s a thoroughbred next to the grave of an Austro-Hungarian Archduke. That,” Hassan said to Colin emphatically, “is funny.”
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An Abundance of Katherines, John Green, p. 173
From today’s Crash Course about Catcher in the Rye.
(Source: iwasthedreamweaver)
“i won a printz award once”
Alright.
I’m on Chapter 5 of The Fault in Our Stars.
When am I supposed to start sobbing? I need to be prepared.
Chapter 20
So I still really love John Green, and CC:WH, don’t get me wrong.
But I feel really uncomfortable with the way Judaism was covered in it.
First is how Judaism is only covered as a backstory to christianity. I understand that in the course of the world, Christianity is a lot more important. However, as a Jew, I don’t believe Christianity is an updated version of Christianity.
Also, John pronounces G-ds name as Yahweh which makes me really uncomfortable.
I also know that John is Christian (which is fine,don’t get me wrong) but maybe all the tumblr discourse on here/antisemitism in my schools has gotten me uncomfortable hearing goyim talk about Judaism?
I would be interested to hear John actually talk about Judaism and hear it not in the context of Jesus.
Why is it that we always refer to the greens by their first name?
Seriously, I think of them as “John” and “Hank” not “Mr. Green” and I forget that this could be considered weird until people say “John who?”
Does anybody else find it totally normal? Weird?
reading a john green book is having your heart ripped out twelve times and in the end he’s just sitting there in the back of the book smiling like AHahhhAHAHAHHAHA this mother fucker fell for it
cute boys that look cuter in glasses are the worst kind of cute boys
You know that John Green got the way Augustus talks from Tumblr. How when we get all angsty we START TALKING IN CAPS AND USE PHRASES LIKE WHAT IS THIS without proper punctuation
(Source: taccone)
