I finished reading Paper Towns a few weeks ago, which marks the final book by John Green. Meaning that I have read every novel this man has put out into the world. Now if you know anything about me, you know that I am a hard core fan of John and Hank Green- The vlogbrothers. However, I admire John not for his books but for all the good he puts out into the world. From Project for Awesome, a project by The Foundation to Decrease World Suck inc. (That is the actual, official, honest to god legal name.) Which promotes people to post videos about a chosen charity between the 17th and 18th of December every year, and encourages people to donate to said charities. You will find beautiful, well made videos for this project on youtube. There is also Kiva, the Sci Show, the Crash Course series, Pemberly digital, which gave us The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Emma Approved and Welcome to Sanditon. And of course, his and Hank's personal vlogs.
Together, the vlogbrothers have created a wonderful online community (the nerdfighters) that promotes knowledge and science and creativity, and all that is good in this world.
However, his books are an entirely a different story. With the exception of The Fault in Our Stars, they all feature the same characters: A scrawny teenage boy, on the edge of popularity. An exotic best friend, a miss-understood love-interest and of course, a road trip. Now this isn't to say I didn't enjoy reading each of his books, and that I won't read them again. But I just feel like John should be appreciated more for himself than for his books. You can sense his genius in the wording of his books, and the weird trivia he knows, but I feel like people should be more aware of John the person, as opposed to John the author. So if you are in the least bit intrigued by his books you are going to love everything else he does.
So take a few moments and delve into the world of nerdfightaria. I promise, you will be impressed.
So DFTBA, Don't Forget to be Awesome.
Together, the vlogbrothers have created a wonderful online community (the nerdfighters) that promotes knowledge and science and creativity, and all that is good in this world.
However, his books are an entirely a different story. With the exception of The Fault in Our Stars, they all feature the same characters: A scrawny teenage boy, on the edge of popularity. An exotic best friend, a miss-understood love-interest and of course, a road trip. Now this isn't to say I didn't enjoy reading each of his books, and that I won't read them again. But I just feel like John should be appreciated more for himself than for his books. You can sense his genius in the wording of his books, and the weird trivia he knows, but I feel like people should be more aware of John the person, as opposed to John the author. So if you are in the least bit intrigued by his books you are going to love everything else he does.
So take a few moments and delve into the world of nerdfightaria. I promise, you will be impressed.
So DFTBA, Don't Forget to be Awesome.
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