I had a moment of panic after hearing which books I’d be judging.  While I wasn’t familiar with the first book, Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World, by Sy Montgomery, you’d have to have been orbiting space for the last year not to know about the second, The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green.  Maybe you’ve heard of him?  On a little thing called YouTube?  Or, The New York Times bestseller list?  Wait.  What about CARNEGIE HALL?  His fifty gajillion fans even go by their own cult-following nickname: Nerdfighters.  Laurie Halse Anderson called Mr. Green, “A holy man.”  I may have forgotten to mention all of those shiny medals that grace his covers.

Now, don’t hit me with your book lights, but I have never read John Green.  The idea of reading him now with the intent to judge made me honestly nervous. Who was I to do such a thing?  As well, Nerdfighters are, let’s just say, an ardent group.  And what about the underdog, Temple Grandin?  I love an underdog!  Still, this would be like the fight between…  Well, I was going to give a sports metaphor, but I know nothing about sports.

The point is this: one more accolade for The Fault in Our Stars by John Green would be akin to giving …

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