I know. I’m arriving late to the Rainbow Rowell party. I don’t know why but there was something about her books that didn’t make me fall over myself to read them. Maybe it was the pastel covers, the cute titles, I don’t know. Maybe it’s that her first name is Rainbow, for sobbing out loud. Whatever it was, I was not actively campaigning against her books, I was just not that interested. And you all LOVE her too. Despite all this evidence that I should really […]
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
And here it is. Just when I thought I wouldn’t read anything better than The Fault in Our Stars this year, Rainbow Rowell proves me to be horribly, wonderfully wrong. You want to know how good this book was? It was so good that I started listening to it as an audiobook in my car, got frustrated that I don’t spend enough time in my car every day (I average about two hours commuting to and from work every day) to listen to it quickly enough, […]
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
The weakest of the three Rainbow Rowell books I’ve read so far (Eleanor & Park and Fangirl–review coming soon–being the others), Attachments is nonetheless a wonderful story told in an interesting way. “Every woman wants a man who’ll fall in love with her soul as well as her body.” In case you missed Caitlin-G’s review a few days ago (this is what happens when I borrow all her books–everything I write comes a few days after her submissions), Attachments is about two women who work for a newspaper. […]
MelBivDevoe’s CBR review #13
I discovered Rainbow Rowell’s novels earlier this year, thanks to many recommendations from several friends. Her latest, “Landline,” differs from her most recent novels in that it’s not YA. Of all her novels, this one feels the most grown-up to me; it’s also the most supernatural or science fiction-ish. Georgie McCool is a successful television writer who has two young daughters with her stay-at-home husband Neal. Georgie and Neal have been together since college, but their marriage has become strained as Georgie’s career has taken […]