As we approach Thanksgiving here in the U.S. I’m reminded of the things I’m thankful for, and in the last several years Cannonball Read is one of the things I am extremely thankful for. It’s helped reignite my love of reading, its introduced me to a group of people who also love to be bookish readers and talk about what they’re reading and why it’s affecting them the way it is. And its helped pull me outside of myself in my real life as whole […]
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Go into this with the understanding that there’s a magic phone, one that allows our main character (Georgie McCool) to communicate with her husband back before he was her husband, back during a terrible week in which she thought she would lose him forever. Understand that you will never get an explanation for the magic phone. Think of the magic phone like Clarence showing George what could have been, or the ghosts giving Scrooge a tour of things. Accept that, and it’s a wonderful little story. “Nobody’s […]
I’m not such a fan, girl
Last year, my Cannonball book was a crashing disappointment. A one star disaster that I HATED. I didn’t want to repeat the same problem this year. I wanted book 52 to be a treat, a rave review, a delight. A book I tore through in a day because I couldn’t put it down. After loving Eleanor & Park so hard, I bought Fangirl so this was the obvious logical choice to take centre stage as book 52 this year. An obvious shoo in for a gushing and effusive review. […]
Landline
I love Rainbow Rowell; in the past four months I have read every book she has written. She is a Goddess who can do no wrong and breaks my heart in the best ways. Unfortunately, I don’t feel the love for Landline like some of the other people on CBR. Please don’t shun me! Let’s start with what I did like: This a book for adults. The main character is a mid-thirties, married mother of two. She has a career in television and is trying […]
Quadruple Rainbow
#132-6: Attachments, Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and Landline by Rainbow Rowell: 5 stars each.
Puppy love, 80s style
I’m not so much a reader of YA, but Rowell, deservedly, gets a lot of praise and I’ve heard nothing but good things about Eleanor and Park. I liked it fine, but it’s not one that really sticks to my ribs. Summary: It’s 1986, Eleanor is a new kid in high school in Omaha. She meets Park on the school bus — Eleanor dresses weird and comes from a rough family background; Park is biracial and generally just tries to keep his head down. They bond […]
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