Popular books are popular for a reason – I look a look at the bingo list and I’d read all of them. Which meant I was free to opt for the reread of my choosing! And I chose the Rainbow Rowell book I’d only read once: Attachments Minor quibble: no one ever actually attaches anything. But that’s really my only quibble, so you know this book is damn solid. Okay second quibble. What Lincoln does is really creepy and inexcusable and when Beth does finally get […]
Hi, I’m the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you
This is one of the most popular books on this site, and it’s one I’ve been meaning to get around to. Bingo was the perfect opportunity to kick me in the butt and start it for the So Poplular slot. That said, while I see that it’s one of the more popular books on the site I could not get past the icky plot. Rowell is a fantastic writer. Her characters are very well drawn and engaging. I honestly felt for every single one. However, […]
A man falls in love with a woman he’s never met because he reads her e-mails. Wait don’t go!! No, it’s charming, really I promise!!
You wouldn’t think a story about an adult man creeping on two women’s private email conversation would be cute and charming, but this is a Rainbow Rowell book, so of course it is. “I know that people change. I thought … I thought we’re going to change together. I thought that’s what it meant to be in love.” Lincoln is lost in life. He’s been reeling ever since his girlfriend broke up with him first year in college. He now has several degrees and a […]
Not My Favorite, But That’s Okay (CBR10 BINGO)
CBR 10 BINGO Square: So Popular!: Eleanor & Park Best for: Young adults who want a love story that isn’t as absurd as Romeo and Juliet but that doesn’t discount their feelings. In a nutshell: Eleanor comes from a fucked-up home. Park does not. Both are a bit outcast-y. Events transpire. Worth quoting: “When Eleanor was around girls like that — like Park’s mom, like Tina, like most of the girls in the neighborhood — she wondered where they put their organs. Like, how could […]
Even if I wouldn’t touch him with yours…
Landline is another charming little outing from Rainbow Rowell, which I enjoyed despite not always managing to suspend my disbelief in a magical time-travelling telephone landline that connects our protagonist to her past, and despite thinking that her husband was an asshole who needed to grow the fuck up. Georgie McCool has her dreamjob writing TV shows, but her marriage isn’t quite so idyllic. With her husband already pissy at how much time she spends away from home (despite apparently understanding that this would be […]
Somehow charming instead of creepy
It’s the late 90’s, and office email is still enough of a novelty for the higher ups at a local newspaper not to get it in the slightest. Which is how our shy protagonist, Lincoln, finds himself working in an IT job that basically consists of reading flagged emails (I am a very nosy person and this basically sounds like my dream job). But while Lincoln is supposed to be monitoring and warning those in breach of company policy, he finds himself reluctant to do […]
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