Had my mother pulled the same stunt Georgie’s did with her step-sister Heather, calling me on my phone rather than just (Rowell sort of does for that word what John Green did for “okay” and I kind of hate her for her it on account of it’s just about half my vocabulary) getting my attention in person (being just downstairs; there’s that word again…), which she’d done once already moments before I’d peeled off the dust jacket (for safe keeping) and started reading, this is how I […]
Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I’m a complete disaster
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Rainbow Rowell is one of my two favorite new authors of the past few years. She and Lyndsay Faye have been rocking my literary world, and I am so glad for it. I saved Fangirl to be my 26th book this year, and timed it to coincide with my vacation. I had planes and beach ahead of me, so the timing was perfect. And there is so much to love about the story of Cath. So much that […]
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Looking for a well-written teenage romance that will make you sob into your coffee at work (and therefore teach you NOT to read under your desk during office hours; this isn’t high school)? Have you already read The Fault in Our Stars, but feel the need to punish your poor heart even further? Then I have the book for you! Eleanor & Park is about two kids who meet on the bus and don’t speak for weeks. Then they fall in love. Then at some point, […]
Eleanor and Park
This book was recommended to me thru goodreads and amazon due to my excessive John Green (who has a blurb on the back cover) habit from the beginning of the year. I can see the connection, there is definitely a the Fault in our Stars vibe about the love between two people who feel like outsiders. I wasn’t terribly impressed with the first few chapters, but once Eleanor and Park’s flirtation begins the novel picks up. Set in 1986 Omaha. NE, Eleanor & Park is […]