Mix for TFiOS (spoiler-ish)
Warning! Some of these song choices make more sense AFTER reading the book. I was too verklempt by this amazing book not to try to capture some of Hazel and Augustus - also click through for my mini “review”
- The Reasons - the Weakerthans
- Swimming - Florence + the Machine
- Us - Regina Spektor
- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
- Song for an Old Friend - the Mountain Goats
- St. Augustine - Band of Horses
- The Fault in Our Stars - Kaysy Condundrum
- Holocene - Bon Iver
- Skeletons - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- The New Partner - the Hectic Glow
I was up until 2am last night reading The Fault in Our Stars straight through. I laughed a lot, but I cried a lot more. The meditation on the significance of the insignificant, and how to be at peace with the faults of the universe has something I’ve been trying to express for a long time.
It’s why contributing to This I Believe is on my Mighty Life list, why I find photos of deep space both terrifying and comforting, and why I lay awake for a long time after reading this luminous books, snuggled against my spouse, watching the flickering lights of the city snowplows go back and forth across my bedroom window - flaring out and fading. Clearing a path that will not last forever, but that I can use today.
