Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee

After a shout-out from one of the Internet’s superstar vloggers, Natasha “Tash” Zelenka finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust into the limelight: She’s gone viral.

Her show is a modern adaptation of Anna Karenina—written by Tash’s literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the forty thousand new subscribers, th Goodreads Blurb: After a shout-out from one of the Internet’s superstar vloggers, Natasha “Tash” Zelenka finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust into the limelight: She’s gone viral.

Her show is a modern adaptation of Anna Karenina—written by Tash’s literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the forty thousand new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr GIFs. Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever.

And when Unhappy Families is nominated for a Golden Tuba award, Tash’s cyber-flirtation with Thom Causer, a fellow award nominee, suddenly has the potential to become something IRL—if she can figure out how to tell said crush that she’s romantic asexual.

Tash wants to enjoy her newfound fame, but will she lose her friends in her rise to the top? What would Tolstoy do?

My thoughts: This was in one of the book haul I found on YouTube and it sounded interesting. I haven’t read anything like it before so I thought I would give it a try. It took me sometime to really get through the book because for nothing was really happening until Tash heads the Golden Tuba awards. That’s when Tash finally is able to talk to Thom and as much as that scene made me sad and angry I feel Kathryn Ormsbee “hit the nail on the head”, as my mother likes to say. When we don’t understand something because it’s out of our social normal we react negatively towards it without thinking about the feelings of the person or the consequences. Though it is not a topic I can relate to personally I am proud of how Tash handled everything and that she feels a little more comfortable about who she is. Finding someone who loves and accepts you for who you are can be hard to find but for every one you find who doesn’t, brings you one step closer to someone who does, remember that!

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