Review: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I honestly don't have much to say about this book. I had higher expectations for Will Grayson, Will Grayson, but they were not met. If there hadn't been a few parts of the book that I liked and made me laugh, I probably would've given it only one star.

First off, it's not even about either of the boys named Will. It's about this other character named Tiny Cooper who serves as the connection between the two Wills. The book centers around Tiny putting on a musical production about himself... how self centered can you get?

As for the book's namesakes, I found it hard to connect to either of them. They were both passive in different ways and they rambled a lot. Much of the conversations in the book were pointless and I got lost a few different times because I would just space out while reading.

So, I don't really recommend this book, but if you want to give it a read and make your own opinion... be my guest.

Proud to be a Hufflepuff

When you're a kid and you read the Harry Potter series, you almost always want to imagine that if you went to Hogwarts you'd end up in Gryffindor.  After all, that's where Harry and his friends were all sorted into, and they were the good guys.  You only identify with Slytherin if you're going to be the bad guy and the two other houses don't matter.

But when you're older, you realize that the other houses are actually really cool.  You learn the common traits of the people sorted into those houses and you start to identify with them as you learn more about yourself.

Of course, as a kid I wanted to be in Gryffindor.  First of all because that was the "good guy" house and you know, lions are cool.  Plus, I'm not a fan of snakes.

As I've grown up, I've learned more about myself and while I carry some traits of each of the houses (as I'm sure we all do in some way) I find that I identify the most with Hufflepuff House.  But it wasn't official until I joined Pottermore and took the quiz.

And what do you know?  I was sorted into Hufflepuff!

I proudly refer to myself as a badger and stand with the reserved house of Hufflepuff.  I'm such a nerd about this stuff that I've even ordered different Hufflepuff t-shirts, sweats and other miscellaneous items to display my house while I'm out and about.

So now I'm wondering who else among the HP fandom is proud of their own house?