I had not heard of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl until I saw the previews for the movie that was recently released. I probably won’t see this one until it hits Netflix or HBO; but that is more my husband’s aversion to indie films and less a testament to the novel. Greg Gaines is a high school senior who has tried his whole academic career to fly under the radar of his school’s social hierarchy. Everyone “kind of” likes him and “sort of” […]
Me and Earl Turned Me Into the Crying Girl
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a fantastic book. It’s a book about friendship, navigating the world of high school and yeah, it’s about cancer and loss. Now I just said that it was a fantastic book, I think for the first time in my adult life I’m going to utter the phrase, “I think that the movie may be better”. Greg has some interesting ideas on how to get through high school. It mostly includes talking to everyone but not becoming […]