The Fault in our Stars is one of my favorite books. It’s a novel by John Green, who also wrote one of my other favorites, Looking for Alaska. The title comes from a shakespeare quote. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” This book serves to contradict this by showing that many faults do lie within “our rotten lots in life” (a quote from Green’s first book). It is the story of a girl named Hazel who has terminal cancer. I don’t want to give away too much about the book for those who have not read it yet, and even though the subject of cancer and desease turns people off of the book, it is definitely worth reading.

The first cover I made from a picture of someone with an unlit cigarette in their  mouth. I chose this because one of the characters in the book often has unlit cigarettes in his mouth as a way of showing that he has control over the cancer that they cause.

For the second cover I used a picture I found of lungs made out of water. This seemed perfect to me. There is a lot of imagery and language in the book that revolves around water. I wish I could explain why without giving away too much. I guess you’ll just have to read the book if you’re curious.

For both of these I uploaded the pictures to Picasa and then used the blemish tool to smudge over the original text and then the put the title in using the text tool.

If you’re interested in seeing more, a lot of Green’s readers also designed their own covers for the book. A quick google search should bring up a lot of them. But I like the one the publishers chose to go with the best.

I cannot stress enough how amazing this book is. If it is at all posible I will loan it to you if you are interested. Best Wishes!