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Topic: The Fault in Our Stars
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knightsbff
♀ 36853
Member # 36853 |  Posted: 4:24 AM, April 8th (Tuesday), 2014 |     |
OMG.
Don't write it off as a teen novel. It is that too..but don't dismiss it.
Sorry. You're gonna need some tissues. I'm not into the tear jerkers. Read this book.
fWW 40s, BH 40s
D-day 27 Aug 2012. Kids 25, 17, 13. 2 dogs.
I edit often to fix stuff ☺️
Profoundly grateful Every. Single. Day. that I am blessed with an H with strength, integrity, and compassion, and that he decided to try.
Posts: 1799 | Registered: Sep 2012 | From: Deep South, USA |
norabird
♀ 42092
Member # 42092 | | Posted: 1:33 PM, April 8th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Yes! Totally agree!
Sit. Feast on your life.
Posts: 4324 | Registered: Jan 2014 | From: NYC |
traicionada
♀ 10310
Member # 10310 |  Posted: 8:44 PM, April 8th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
TFIOS is awesome but then again anything that John Green writes is. I have read every book he has ever published & highly recommend his video blog
http://m.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers and in classic Nerdfighter slang DFTBA (Don't Forget To Be Awesome) 
Real love is a CHOICE, NOT a feeling...
Posts: 3635 | Registered: Apr 2006 | From: Dallas, Texas |
doggiediva
♀ 33806
Member # 33806 | | Posted: 9:29 PM, April 8th (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I heard that this is a good book..I just bought it and am about to read it :-)
Don't tie your happiness to the tail of somebody else's kite
60 years young..
Posts: 3929 | Registered: Nov 2011 | From: Texas |
boontje
♀ 33247
Member # 33247 | | Posted: 1:19 PM, April 13th (Sunday), 2014 | |
DD17 insisted I read it. Good lord, I cried like a baby, but we had great discussions about the book while driving back and forth to practice. Don't read it in public 
Me: BS
Dday: June 2011
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.
--Theodore Roosevelt
Posts: 1330 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
4everfaithful83
♀ 41761
Member # 41761 | | Posted: 7:50 PM, April 20th (Sunday), 2014 | |
I enjoyed this book as well! I hope the movie doesn't ruin it, but I've heard good things about it so far!
Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze...
ME: 33
WBF: 30
Together 10 years
1 doggie, 1 Cat
DDay: June 24, 2013
IN R...Working at it every day.
Posts: 818 | Registered: Dec 2013 | From: Pennsylvania |
Lostinthismess
♀ 39210
Member # 39210 | | Posted: 2:16 PM, April 21st (Monday), 2014 | |
Didn't know there was going to be a movie, glad I read the book first! I really liked it, no tears though 
'You just keep living, until you are alive again'
'I don't want perfect, I want honest'
Posts: 394 | Registered: May 2013 |
Opheliapain
♀ 33596
Member # 33596 | | Posted: 7:39 PM, April 22nd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I just started this book and it is set in my town and features a park I just chaperoned my 3rd graders class at. Small world but I'm going to keep reading.
Me - BW 38
Him - WH 33
Don't fuck with me fellas! This ain't my first time at the rodeo!
DD - 3/28/11
Posts: 187 | Registered: Oct 2011 | From: Indiana |
sudra
♀ 30143
Member # 30143 | | Posted: 7:11 AM, May 12th (Monday), 2014 | |
My son's girlfriend got him to read this and he never reads. Then she urged me to read it. I finished it last night. So sad yet positive in many ways.
We live in Indianapolis so the we enjoyed all of the local references.
It's a good read.
Me (BW) (57), Him(SAWH) (60)
Married 24 years, 1 son (21), 1 stepdaughter (29)
DDay #1 January 2004
DDay #2 7-27-2010 7 month EA/PA (became "engaged" to OW before he told me he wanted a divorce)
Working on R
Posts: 1668 | Registered: Nov 2010 |
authenticnow
♀ 16024
Member # 16024 | | Posted: 6:55 AM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
Just read this at DD's insistence. It was beautiful. DD has already seen the movie and wants to see it again so we're going to go see it.
I'm prepared to cry the whole way through it!
“Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of “you’re not alone.” ~ Brene Brown
Posts: 54937 | Registered: Sep 2007 |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 | | Posted: 7:56 AM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
Ok I'm an avid reader, but I have enough drama in my life to not need to read a book that will cause me distress.
My 15 yo read it, and I thought I was going to have to take her to the hospital she was so upset. She keeps urging me to read it, and I have declined so far. She also said the movie was super. That it stayed true to the book, and was well done....
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 16 & 18
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
Posts: 12851 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
knightsbff
♀ 36853
Member # 36853 | | Posted: 8:31 AM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
You will cry, a lot, but it is very worth it. So very well written. I think you will be glad you read it.
ETA: I think she wants to share the experience with you. That book is an experience. Read it. [This message edited by knightsbff at 8:32 AM, July 31st (Thursday)]
fWW 40s, BH 40s
D-day 27 Aug 2012. Kids 25, 17, 13. 2 dogs.
I edit often to fix stuff ☺️
Profoundly grateful Every. Single. Day. that I am blessed with an H with strength, integrity, and compassion, and that he decided to try.
Posts: 1799 | Registered: Sep 2012 | From: Deep South, USA |
GabyBaby
♀ 26928
Member # 26928 | | Posted: 9:58 AM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
Read it.
Loved it.
Not so keen to go see the movie though....
Me - 45
DD(24), DS(21, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
Posts: 9907 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: Here and There |
abbycadabby
♀ 27428
Member # 27428 | | Posted: 3:22 PM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
::ahem::
I read this book. I didn't cry. Am I defective?!
WHERE'S THE PUDDING?!
Posts: 1830 | Registered: Feb 2010 |
GabyBaby
♀ 26928
Member # 26928 | | Posted: 3:25 PM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
I found it touching, but didn't cry either.
We must BOTH be defective, LOL.
The part that I came closest to crying was the "gas station" section.
Me - 45
DD(24), DS(21, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
Posts: 9907 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: Here and There |
abbycadabby
♀ 27428
Member # 27428 | | Posted: 3:59 PM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
If we're both defective then I'm in damn good company! 
WHERE'S THE PUDDING?!
Posts: 1830 | Registered: Feb 2010 |
GabyBaby
♀ 26928
Member # 26928 | | Posted: 4:33 PM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
I agree!!!
Me - 45
DD(24), DS(21, PDD-NOS)
WH#2 (SorryinSac)- Killed himself in our home 6 days after being served divorce docs.
XWH #1 - legally married 18yrs. 12+ OW (that I know of).
I edit often for clarity/typos.
Posts: 9907 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: Here and There |
abbycadabby
♀ 27428
Member # 27428 | | Posted: 6:24 PM, July 31st (Thursday), 2014 | |
WHERE'S THE PUDDING?!
Posts: 1830 | Registered: Feb 2010 |
NeverAgain0
♀ 44719
Member # 44719 |  Posted: 5:09 AM, September 3rd (Wednesday), 2014 | |
Great book!! My teenage daughter made me read it.
BW 40s
WH 40s
EA w COW
Ending in July 2014
TT now says PA/kissing
Posts: 75 | Registered: Sep 2014 |
Jessy1501
♀ 24483
Member # 24483 | | Posted: 2:43 PM, September 7th (Sunday), 2014 | |
I read this in one day. I laughed and cried all in the same paragraph. I've heard the movie is pretty good too but I haven't watched it.
Attempting to give a fuck: ███████████████████] 99% Complete...ERROR!: Unable to give a fuck.
Posts: 5906 | Registered: Jun 2009 | From: My own fantasy land |
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