What’s hot in YA right now?
This is probably old news, but since its publication in 2012, The Fault in Our Stars has been getting some serious hype. John Green gains status as a household name, and our title request list continues to climb–at one point, at the height of “to-read” popularity, pushing over 100 requests! (And that’s with dozens of copies already in circulation.) There’s even tfios accessories–and yes, for those not versed in Twitter lingo, #tfios is a recognizable hashtag. Its current popularity is also the reason why it was chosen for our first YA Book Group discussion.
So what’s this book about?
In a nutshell: it’s a love story.
A bittersweet, beautiful love story of friendship, family, and loss, about two teens… who both just happen to have a terminal illness. Whether this book is really about cancer is up for debate, including a slew of many other issues tfios touches upon.
The average rating from the YA Book Group (1/29/14) is 4.33 out of 5 stars–not very far from the average on Goodreads which earned 4.5 of 5 stars from nearly 500,000 ratings (since 1/2014).
Photos from our discussion
Where is it going from here? Tfios is a standalone; no sequels are planned as John Green addresses on his website. But, there is a movie to be released this summer.
Loved the book and don’t know what to read next? John Green wrote many books. Check out another one (my personal favorite is Will Grayson, Will Grayson), or view our list of readalikes on our booklist.
Want to join the YA Book Group? Our next discussion is on Feb. 20 for Divergent by Veronica Roth, which unsurprisingly, also has a movie release due out soon (March)… with the same lead actress from tfios movie! View details on our website about how to sign up!
Find the book in our library: The Fault in Our Stars
For more teen book recommendations, please see our booklist: http://cityofpasadena.libguides.com/teenbooks