bucket list #20: go to the movies by myself

i realized i was lost in the book when i highlighted the line “I never took another picture of him” in pink, marking it as a “romantic quote”. i mean seriously…how sad is that?

i did it. i gave into the hype about the novel about terminally-ill teenagers everyone is raving about. and I finished The Fault in our Stars in about 3 days…so i guess that means i liked it. it has all the things that make a book good: one-liners, a dreamy boy to fall in love with page after page, narrative observations that make you reflect on life (i used my kindle’s highlighting capabilities more that ever before), and of course star-crossed lovers. so yeah, i liked it. enough that i decided to go see the movie the day after i finished the book.

which brings me to the title. i have a pretty extensive bucket list-one of those is “go to the movies by myself.” i figured this would be the perfect flick. if i cried no one would make fun of me for it, if i didn’t no one would know how heartless i was. so i put on some comfy clothes, drove to the theater, bought my ticket and sat in indian-style in my seat with nachos and watermelon sour patch in my lap.

the movie was pretty good. the book was better…sadder…but also better. but i think that is only because i loved so many of the things John Green wrote for Hazel that she never said out loud in the movie.  i didn’t cry though. i did during the book but not in the movie. everyone around me did though…and i mean every last girl in that theater…except for me.

just one more thing. its a cute love story…it really is. very believable. but i liked the “bromance” between the male lead and his best friend even more than the actual romance. but maybe that’s just because i don’t have a boyfriend…only friends. haha.