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 […]
“I want everyone to meet you. You’re my favorite person of all time.”
I want everyone to read you, Eleanor & Park! I have so spoiled myself over the past few weeks, reading brilliant wordsmiths like Rainbow Rowell and Laini Taylor whose emotive descriptions are devastatingly apt. This book is ADORABLE. It seems like almost everyone I knew in high school fell in love exactly like this; teenagers have a way of each feeling uniquely disenfranchised, and meeting someone else who complements your weird and loneliness feels like finally the universe has done you a solid. Eleanor and […]
“To really be a nerd, she’d decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.”
To me, this book was perfect. Between Rowell’s flawless turns of phrase, her on-point descriptions of adapting to college, and her loving nods to fandom, I tore through this novel and loved every moment. The premise is this: Cath and her identical twin sister Wren had been, for most of their lives, mega-fans of the Simon Snow series (a Harry Potter analog.) Both were avid fanfiction writers and consumers, and they were also involved with cosplay, creating and sharing fanart, the works. Upon entering college, […]