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Eleanor and Park

by Rainbow Rowell (Goodreads Author)

4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 · rating details · 7,571 ratings · 1,971 reviews

"Bono met his wife in high school," Park says.
"So did Jerry Lee Lewis," Eleanor answers.
"I’m not kidding," he says.
"You should be," she says, "we’re sixteen."
"What about Romeo and Juliet?"
"Shallow, confused, then dead."
''I love you," Park says.
"Wherefore art thou," Eleanor answers.
"I’m not kidding," he says.
"You should be."

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, EL...more

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Published February 26th 2013 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published February 26th 2012)

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Oct 27, 2012 Emily May rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-na, romance, arc, 2012

Three stars is not a wholly negative rating but I have to admit that I'm rather disappointed in this one. I'm not sure why, but I felt this would be the rule-breaker for my "no contemporary young adult romance" stance. Apparently not. This has enjoyable parts but the only real difference I can see between this and Pushing the Limits is that the characters in the latter are meant to be hot. Which could have been interesting because I've always preferred reading about the so-called freaks and lose...more Three stars is not a wholly negative rating but I have to admit that I'm rather disappointed in this one. I'm not sure why, but I felt this would be the rule-breaker for my "no contemporary young adult romance" stance. Apparently not. This has enjoyable parts but the only real difference I can see between this and Pushing the Limits is that the characters in the latter are meant to be hot. Which could have been interesting because I've always preferred reading about the so-called freaks and losers - the outsiders, in other words - than I have the hot people, but these two books follow the same generic pattern of teen love stories with a whole ton of behind-the-scenes angsty issues. Though this one was, in my opinion, less entertaining.

It's 1986. Eleanor is the new girl and she is not only genetically made to look like a victim but she does herself no favours by pairing her looks with a bizarre fashion sense. Having nowhere to sit on the school bus, she takes a seat next to the clearly reluctant Park. Park is half-Korean in an extremely white school, but he is given enough respect by the popular kids to help him get by. His home life, unlike Eleanor's, is pretty much perfect apart from a bit of badgering by his dad. Slowly over time, these two individuals develop a relationship that is formed around stuff like reading comics together and exchanging mix tapes. And other totally cool nerd things like Star Wars and Shakespeare - which I could easily relate to. I think one of the major problems I had with this book is that I failed to get a sense of the attraction between them, their relationship to me seemed more suited to friendship than love. The progression from reluctant bus partners to friendship was natural in the story, but I then felt that the jump from that to boyfriend/girlfriend feelings was too immediate and unbelievable.

Not only that, but where I felt the start of their relationship avoided the usual cliches and did something a bit different (like the way their relationship begins without them speaking to one another), I felt that once they were "together" or whatever you want to call it, it quickly dissolved into the usual sweet nothings and thoughts like "I'll die if I never see him again" after knowing each other for a few weeks. This isn't insta-love, but it's silliness. Or perhaps I really am just a cold-hearted, unromantic person?

I did like the well-rounded feel of both characters, though. The author gave them many different levels, making them experience a range of emotions in a realistic way. I also thought the darker element of this novel was mostly handled well, Eleanor's home life is told gradually in a frightening way that is suitable for such situations. But it does just heighten my ability to make comparisons between this and Pushing the Limits, and I don't like serious issues such as domestic violence being used to fuel the love angst and create a Romeo and Juliet kind of forbidden love scenario. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

This book will be great (hopefully) for fans of quirky, nerdy romance stories with an underlying dark angsty side, and for those who love typical nerdy references. If you don't usually like young adult romance and were eying this up as possibly being the book to change all that... you'll probably be disappointed. It has good parts, but it's not that different from anything else out there.

Emily is disappointed =((less)

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Apr 29, 2013 Megan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley

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If I could use one word to describe this story, it would be "adorable". Eleanor and Park fell in love on the bus listening to '80's music and reading comic books. Can it get any cuter than that? I submit that it cannot! Told in alternating points-of-view, this story will grab onto you and not let you go until the ending.

Eleanor is the new girl in school. She describes herself as chubby and plain. After her mother's abusive husband kicked El...more

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Feb 02, 2013 ☆Jessie☆ (Ageless Pages Reviews) rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, young-adult-fiction, arc, netgalley-arc, 2013-reads, 2013-reviews, reviewed, drama-drama-drama, le-sigh

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2.5 out of 5

Eleanor and Park really is quite a cute story at times, though it isn't afraid to try and tackle heavier topics during its exploration of first and real love. However, despite its and the authors best attempts, the romance is the focal point of this short-ish novel about two misfits in the 80s. A book seemingly made for easy reading on a lazy day, Rainbow Rowell's second novel is quiet, charming, if sometimes a bit too sweet, but still a...more Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!

2.5 out of 5

Eleanor and Park really is quite a cute story at times, though it isn't afraid to try and tackle heavier topics during its exploration of first and real love. However, despite its and the authors best attempts, the romance is the focal point of this short-ish novel about two misfits in the 80s. A book seemingly made for easy reading on a lazy day, Rainbow Rowell's second novel is quiet, charming, if sometimes a bit too sweet, but still a novel that is worth reading. It's cute, occasionally both funny and saccharine. Eleanor and Park is filled to the brim with: 80's nostalgia, sad circumstances, fluff. All in all, I found this to be a fast, if not completely realistic read.

Eleanor and Park are two misfits who find each other in an unlikely, though pretty creative way. I have to admit Rowell's use of the meet-cute was new and fresh how she used it here. These two main characters bond over a love of comic books and good music from their time, and it feels normal and authentic. They grow closer and closer fairly quickly, and their attraction is solidly built on more than just pheromones and looks. I did hope that the plot would have more direction than just a love story, and while I didn't get that, I did get a believable love story between two distinct characters.

I did somewhat like this, I had fun reading it and spending time in each narrator's head, but Eleanor and Park wasn't all it could have been. Like I said earlier, there are some heavy topics and issues at play for such a romance-centric novel. Not all of it really works, sadly. And some subplots feel short-changed and heavy-handed when all is said and done. The problems between each character and their respective parents - Park with his Dad, Eleanor with her mom and her stepdad - really never feel fully realized or resolved by the end of the book. They add complications and complexity to the lives of the two teenagers, but are never really explored for a deeper impact. It's all too neatly fixed or ignored by the end of the book, and I was disappointed with the quick fix.

Though not a perfect novel, Eleanor and Park is a quick and mostly enjoyable read. It's not as deep or meaningful as it could have been, but what is good about it - Eleanor, Park, their relationship - is good enough to carry the dead weight. Frustrating at times though it may be, this is a good example of teenage romance done well and right - I would read more novels from Rowell, and hope that her execution continues to grow and allow her to explore her deeper plots without shortchanging the fun. If you liked her first, or if you're looking for a sweet love story, this is the one to pick up. Also: that cover is absolutely lovely and fitting. Well done, there.(less)

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May 13, 2013 Pamela (slytherpuff) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone! Right now right now right now!

Shelves: 2013-sbc, audiobook, cried-like-a-baby, favorite-authors, favorites, laughed-out-loud, library-book, pimp-out, poetry-in-motion, puppy-love, wishlist, young-adult

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Update May 13, 2013
You know those annoying people who are all ZOMG!!1! THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVA! and who insist on telling everyone they meet that they simply MUST read this book right now right now right now?

I am that person.

And this is that book.

I have just finished listening to Eleanor & Park for the second time in as many weeks. I took my time and listened to certain parts twice. I paced myself so I would end each evening on a swoon. I WANTED TO...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Catie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: for-review, read-in-2012

3 1/2 stars

This was my blackout read and it served its purpose incredibly well. I was utterly absorbed by this story – much more than I ever expected to be. This book reminded me that I am a closet romantic and I really do enjoy romance when it’s done well. Even when prickly Eleanor and quiet Park were saying some pretty cheesy things to each other, my cringe level stayed surprisingly low. But then, Rowell does such a wonderful job of bucking the typical YA romance roles. Eleanor is overweight,...more

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Jul 30, 2012 Maggie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, notable-asian-character

Timing, as they say, is everything. I read most of Eleanor & Park while sitting by the pool and listening to Call Me Maybe... on repeat. This book though couldn't be further from a Carly Rae Jepsen song and I wondered if I would've enjoyed it more had I read it at a different time.

It's 1986. Eleanor is the new girl in school. She lives on the wrong side of the tracks, wears unstylish secondhand clothes on her larger than average body, and has flaming red hair. Basically, she is a walking tar...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Caren rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: feb-13, galley, book-boyfriend, swoonalicious, favorites, rec-to-all-the-people-i-know, all-my-feels

This book was everything I've been searching for since Anna and the French Kiss. It gave me that melty, clenchy feeling in my chest, the warm fuzzies in my stomach. I was basically a mess throughout the entire thing. These two characters had my emotions going up and down like someone was beating on them with one of those sledgehammers at a carnival, trying to get them to climb to the top of that lit up pole again and again. And every time I thought they couldn't go any higher, Park would do or s...more This book was everything I've been searching for since Anna and the French Kiss. It gave me that melty, clenchy feeling in my chest, the warm fuzzies in my stomach. I was basically a mess throughout the entire thing. These two characters had my emotions going up and down like someone was beating on them with one of those sledgehammers at a carnival, trying to get them to climb to the top of that lit up pole again and again. And every time I thought they couldn't go any higher, Park would do or say something else that sent me flying up, up, up...

In this book, it's 1986 and Eleanor's life isn't easy. She's one of five children to a mother who's married to a grade-A jerkface, and a father who just doesn't seem to care at all. After being kicked out of her mom's house once, she's back home now, crammed into a tiny bedroom with her four siblings, and stuck using a bathroom that doesn't even have a door. Her family doesn't have a lot of money. She doesn't even have shampoo. But she's tough, because she's learned how to be. She doesn't really have any other choice.

On her first day of school, it's Park who--somewhat grudgingly--shares his seat on the bus with her. Which is just the beginning of what becomes an incredible story of first love. After sitting on the bus together day after day, they bond over comic books and mix tapes and kicks to the face and even makeup. He says things like this to her:

He set his forehead against hers. She didn’t know what to do with her eyes or her hands. “Nothing before you counts,” he said. “And I can’t even imagine an after.”

AND THIS:

“You can be Han Solo,” he said, kissing her throat. “And I’ll be Boba Fett. I’ll cross the sky for you.”

GAH. I cannot with him. Can. Not. He's definitely top-five-book-boy material. I don't think I've ever flailed so hard over a simple hand holding scene, but damnit, I did. Again with the sledgehammers.

Sadly, as Park and Eleanor learn the hard way, sometimes not all first loves are meant to be forever loves... or are they? ;)

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Apr 23, 2013 Amy (Foxy) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Amy (Foxy) by: Bren

Shelves: 2013-books-i-ve-read, april-2013, counting-by-5-s

First off I need to thank, Bren, for introducing this book to me. Otherwise I would have never even known it existed. Great find, Bren!

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Not your typical highschool romance novel.
Eleanor doesn't fit the Barbie doll type. She has crazy red hair, dresses funky and isn't skinny.

Park is half Korean (the only Asian kid in the state of Nebraska). He's loves comic books and alternative music.

They are both sophomores in highschool trying to survive the 80's. Eleanor is new and needs to find a seat on the...more

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May 16, 2013 Joie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: amazeballs, beautiful-artistic-covers, beautiful-romance, all-time-favorites

Eleanor and Park is one of those books that took the blogging world by storm and it seemed that no matter where I went, someone was raving about how wonderful the story was. Once I read this book, I understood why.

Eleanor is the new girl. Fiery red hair. Overweight. Mismatched second-hand clothes. She's impossible for the kids on her bus to ignore, and I don't mean that in a good way. That first day on the bus, everyone else looked at her with scorn and no one would offer her a seat. Except Park...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Terri rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had just read a starred review for "Eleanor and Park" when the manager of our local bookstore handed me the ARC for the book, which will be released in March of 2013. I am so thankful for the wonderful gift that I was given. "Eleanor and Park" is difficult to characterize. Words like "pure" and "sweet" and "quirky" and "tension filled" and "heartbreaking" don't do it justice. However, I will try...

Set in 1986 in Omaho, Nebraska, the story begins on the school bus as Park notices a new student...more I had just read a starred review for "Eleanor and Park" when the manager of our local bookstore handed me the ARC for the book, which will be released in March of 2013. I am so thankful for the wonderful gift that I was given. "Eleanor and Park" is difficult to characterize. Words like "pure" and "sweet" and "quirky" and "tension filled" and "heartbreaking" don't do it justice. However, I will try...

Set in 1986 in Omaho, Nebraska, the story begins on the school bus as Park notices a new student get on the bus. She is immediately pegged as "weird" because of her flaming red hair, strange clothing, and large size. When no one will share his/her seat with her, embarrassed for her, Park says, "Sit down...Jesus-fuck...just sit down." Thus begins a quirky, sweet romance between Eleanor, who comes from a dysfunctional and violent home, and Park, a half-Korean teen, who comes from a "Leave It to Beaver" home. The relationship develops slowly on the bus from sharing a seat in silence, to sharing comic books, to sharing music, to holding hands. Eleanor eventually risks everything when she lies to her mother and step-father and tells them that she is going to her friend, Tina's, house every day after school when she is really going to Park's house, whose family eventually warmly accepts her and includes Eleanor in their lives. When her step-father eventually discovers the truth, everything between Park and Eleanor must change.

The story is told in third person alternately by Eleanor and Park. Their families and classmates play lesser roles but provide much of the conflict that keeps the story moving. There is an underlying tension throughout as the reader waits for the day that Eleanor's step-father blows. It is this tension that propels the plot forward. The reader will fall in love with Eleanor and Park. They are nuanced, multi-layered characters filled with angst and questions and innocence and purity. I cheered for them as their relationship developed, wept for them at the story's end, and thought about them long after I finished reading the book, just as I did after I finished reading novels like "Okay for Now" and "Wonder." As a result, "Eleanor and Park" will go on my "all time favorites" list!

There is much here to think deeply about. The whole idea of trying to look below the surface to see what creates the veneer of those individuals with whom we interact every day was paramount to me as I read "Eleanor and Park." The reasons that Eleanor looks the way she does - having to quick bathe in a bathroom with no door before her father gets home, not having a toothbrush or shampoo or soap with which to bathe, being large boned despite that fact that she is starving, having to scrounge at Goodwill for clothing on those rare occasions when her mother could find money - are secrets that Eleanor guards closely. Park also has a healthy sense of otherness because of his mixed race heritage. There is always a story behind the face that people present to us. Sometimes, if we get to know the story, we can see the individual in an entirely new light.

The whole idea of first love was so beautifully portrayed here. The heartbreak that can accompany first love brought those feelings right back to me. Again, the importance of teens having present adults in their lives was also so utterly clear to me - as well as the number of teens who DON'T have that and the consequences were again reinforced here.

This is a beautiful, beautiful book that will appeal to both male and female teens - especially those with their own sense of otherness, and those who are not afraid of sensitive, emotional stories. Highly, highly recommended!(less)

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Feb 09, 2013 Ian rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: everyone!!

Shelves: a-favorites

When Eleanor starts sitting next to Park on the bus to and from school, their journey is at first silent. Over time they begin communicating with each other in small ways, at first about music and comics and then about themselves. As the year progresses the awkward disaster that Park saw on the first day of school turns into a beautiful young woman he loves.

But coming from a home with an abusive and violent step-father, Eleanor's life is a long way from simple, and Park might have to give up the...more

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Apr 18, 2013 Bren rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, be-tissue-ready, on-my-nook, sweet-as-the-notebook

This book took me back to the days of walk-mans and stone-washed jeans. I was only a little girl, but I can remember admiring my older cousins. Thinking they were so cool with their music and perms. Wanting to be just like them when I grew up. Eleanor is 16 and has just moved across town and has started a new school. Life has been cruel to her, her dad abandoned her, her step-dad is an asshole, her mom refuses to leave, and she has to share her room with her five siblings. She is freckled with...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Belén Vieparoles rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: my-soulmates

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Ame encontrar un libro ambientado en una época que adoro con locura, con personajes que escuchan varias de las bandas que amo (y me introduje a uno o dos artistas) y que leen los comics que leo. No puedo describir la emoción que sentía con todas esas menciones a watchmen, hulk, batman (esa frase al comisionado me mato), spidey, los malditos x-men ♥ (Magneto, Storm, Psylocke, Jean -grita-) hasta me encontraba teniendo cosas...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-tour, march-2013

This ARC Review will be published on my blog, The Flyleaf Review closer to publication.

If Gayle Forman's cover blurb hadn't convinced me to read this book:

"This sexy, smart, tender romance thrums with punk rock and true love. Readers will swoon for Eleanor & Park."

then just the short line at the bottom of the synopsis would have:

"Set in 1986, the story of two star-crossed misfits ."

Guys, I am all about some 80s (and 90s) nostalgia. In 1986 I was a freshman in high school (yep, just totally d...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Nikki Mutch rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Nikki by: Tracy van Straaten

Shelves: favorite-books-of-all-time

I loved this book. No, that isn't strong enough...I ADORED this book. Nope, still not really the way I feel about ELEANOR & PARK. Hmmm...how about THIS BOOK IS GOING IN MY TOP TEN FAVORITE BOOKS EVER! Really and truly it is. I feel like this book has been written for me. And I don't want to share it with anyone, and yet I want to share it with everyone. So, if you didn't like it, please do not come to me to debate its merits or ask WHY I loved it as much as I do. I won't answer you and, no m...more I loved this book. No, that isn't strong enough...I ADORED this book. Nope, still not really the way I feel about ELEANOR & PARK. Hmmm...how about THIS BOOK IS GOING IN MY TOP TEN FAVORITE BOOKS EVER! Really and truly it is. I feel like this book has been written for me. And I don't want to share it with anyone, and yet I want to share it with everyone. So, if you didn't like it, please do not come to me to debate its merits or ask WHY I loved it as much as I do. I won't answer you and, no matter who you are, you may become dead to me.

ELEANOR & PARK takes place in 1986, but it so has a timeless quality to it...you could take out all the pop culture references, substitute pop culture references from any time, and this book would still be wonderful. Because it does take place in 1986, in Omaha NE, with two 15 year old protagonists, this is MY perfect book. I was 15 in 1986. And I lived in Cheyenne WY. If there was ever a big small town like Cheyenne, it is the bigger small town of Omaha.

This book is also a story of first love, but it is much, much more than a romance. I feel like this might be the voice of my generation. I hope all the other 40-somethings who read it (and you all MUST)love it as truly and deeply as I do.

ELEANOR & PARK book held so much meaning for me--I'm part Eleanor, part Park, part me--and explained so much of my life to me in so many unexpected ways...ways that are way too personal to discuss on Goodreads, but maybe, if my book group serves enough wine that week...
SO here is what I will say: ELEANOR & PARK is perfect...at least for me. I sobbed for the last 50 pages or so, partly because I knew that I would be leaving them soon enough, when I reached the last page, and I just didn't want to. I still don't want to. I want to go back. I want to live in that book. I want to know that everything that I want to happen for Eleanor and Park DO happen for them.

Top Ten. Ever. This is my CATCHER IN THE RYE (don't get me started on that one...I am not a Holden Caulfield fan.) I don't like CATCHER, and it says nothing to me. Because it wasn't written for me. ELEANOR & PARK was. And I wish that I could give it to my 15-year-old self and tell her that she is lovable.

THANK YOU, Tracy van Straaten, for putting this galley in my hands. I will be forever grateful. It's like I've found a piece of myself that I didn't really know was missing.(less)

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Mar 25, 2013 tonya. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, favorites-of-2013, favorites, contemporary, music-centric, swoons, ya

Win a signed hardcover of ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell on The Midnight Garden!

Part of me wants to quote the entirety of John Green's NYT review of Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell and just call it a day, because he said everything I'm thinking anyway.

But I'll just echo this: you've read this book before. You've read the Misfit Boy meets the New Girl With Issues story before. You know the Big Girl Finds Love book by heart. You've read all about The Struggles of the Minority Boy in Mid...more Win a signed hardcover of ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell on The Midnight Garden!

Part of me wants to quote the entirety of John Green's NYT review of Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell and just call it a day, because he said everything I'm thinking anyway.

But I'll just echo this: you've read this book before. You've read the Misfit Boy meets the New Girl With Issues story before. You know the Big Girl Finds Love book by heart. You've read all about The Struggles of the Minority Boy in Middle America.

But you've never read it quite like this before.

Set during one school year in 1986, Eleanor & Park is a revelation of what YA contemporary can be. It's gritty. It's foul-mouthed. It's awkward. It's real.

There are no great philosophical speeches showcasing their elevated vocabularies. Neither of them do anything particularly special. Except love each other in such an ordinary way it makes you remember just exactly how extraordinarily, wonderfully painful that feeling of first love is.

If he were to look up now, he’d know exactly how stupid she was. She could feel her face go soft and gummy. If Park were to look up at her now, he’d know everything.

He didn’t look up. He wound the scarf around his fingers until her hand was hanging in the space between them.

Then he slid the silk and his fingers into her open palm.

And Eleanor disintegrated.

---

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Liking holding something complete, and completely alive.

The build between Eleanor and Park is so quiet, so gradual, every tiny development is like a thunderclap shattering a still night. I want to fold up every hard-fought, hard-won word between them and carry them around in my pocket for safekeeping. (And their fragile, earnest little hearts, too.)

I feel at once as though I could go on forever about this book, but I want you to experience it for yourself. (I feel bad even posting that quote.) I want you to experience every moment of tension, or hesitancy, of joy. Of pain, and fear, and bravado. I want you to feel their strength and their passion. I want you to feel UNSETTLED.

And then, when you’re all done and are bursting to talk to someone about how much you loved it, I want you to come find me so we can discuss what is probably the most romantic line I’ve ever read.

Sigh.(less)

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Nov 13, 2012 Carla rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It’s 1986. The year of Dollywood, Top Gun and the birth of yours truly. Eleanor is the new girl at school. From her bright red unruly hair to the fact that she wears men’s shirts and unstylish pants, not to mention not conforming to a stereotypical body shape, she is the metaphorical red flag waved in front of a crowd of bulls. If only that was the worst of the chicks problems. Her step father is abusive and her large family are deep in the depths of poverty and despair.

Park is a shining light o...more It’s 1986. The year of Dollywood, Top Gun and the birth of yours truly. Eleanor is the new girl at school. From her bright red unruly hair to the fact that she wears men’s shirts and unstylish pants, not to mention not conforming to a stereotypical body shape, she is the metaphorical red flag waved in front of a crowd of bulls. If only that was the worst of the chicks problems. Her step father is abusive and her large family are deep in the depths of poverty and despair.

Park is a shining light of brightness; unlike Eleanor he fits in, not just in school but in his family. He is loved by his parents, who in turn love each other, having fallen in love when his father was in Korea during the war. Hell yes for diversity – Park is half Korean and it was refreshing to read (he wasn't a token diverse character, a trope that annoys me a LOT, kind of like the gay best friend.) I love the juxtaposition between Park and Eleanor's family as it drove home the differences between the two and how no matter what, building a bridge to each other to connect is easy when you want something hard enough.

It starts with a bus ride and the simple act of offering of a spare seat (begrudgingly, but even so) and so it goes. Then comes the slow turned comic book pages and furtive glances and mixed tapes. The secrets and those soft quiet moments that carry all the weight. And finding friendship, The Beatles and first love.

Eleanor and Park as title is perfect, because this book is about them, both together and separate. Told from both points of view, sometimes whole chapters, other times just one sentence, we get to work out the puzzle that is them. And watching them develop as characters over the course of the novel was mesmorising. Rowell has a special way of enveloping you in her story so completely that you *feel* everything along with the characters. That all-consuming intense feeling of first love and how you feel that nothing could ever possibly feel like this again.

Rowell is not afraid to bring out the big guns with her Serious Issues. Nothing is sugar coated or polished over; it is as raw as reality and sometimes it will hurt your heart to read. But that’s what makes it so perfect; life is hard and even more so when you have obstacles to overcome that seem too tall to ever contemplate getting over. It’s these vulnerabilities and complications that make people who they are. It’s what makes Eleanor who she is and it’s what makes Park become who he wants to be.

It’s going to be hard let these two go, so I’m not going to, I’m going to keep them with me for a while. The perfect example of how we are the sum of our parts; how it’s the little things about us that make us who we are and that we should love every part of ourselves or find someone who will love those parts of us we haven’t yet accepted until we do. A Spellbinding novel.

Eleanor and Park, this is for you - There is a light and it never goes out.(less)

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Feb 22, 2013 Jaime Arkin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, contemporary, favorites, galley-arc, have-this, not-for-bff, read-in-2013, recommend-forever, swoony-boys, on-my-real-shelves, book-club-books

4.5 stars I'm sitting here staring at this little box wondering what I'm going to say that will do this book justice. I type a sentence and then delete it and then type again and delete again. So please, bear with me as I attempt to gather my thoughts into something that looks like a review instead of me flailing about.

If you were watching my updates last night, you know that I was commenting on my progress left and right. I feel like every once in a while you read a book at exactly the right ti...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Diah Didi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: net-galley, young-adult, 2013, english, my-very-first-of

I also posted this review on my blog: Rak Buku Didi.

Really, I don't know where to begin. I think I really need some times to form words. Sigh...
I'm kind of newbie in Young Adult genre (yeah, I know I repeat it many times) and despite there are sooooo many YA books out there I want to read, I decided to read this one. Maybe because it's the first YA books I got from Net Galley. Well, no surprised actually when my request was declined often, for I had no history with YA books. :D

I received the cop...more I also posted this review on my blog: Rak Buku Didi.

Really, I don't know where to begin. I think I really need some times to form words. Sigh...
I'm kind of newbie in Young Adult genre (yeah, I know I repeat it many times) and despite there are sooooo many YA books out there I want to read, I decided to read this one. Maybe because it's the first YA books I got from Net Galley. Well, no surprised actually when my request was declined often, for I had no history with YA books. :D

I received the copy like months ago. Maybe because I wasn't in the mood, after started and reading 2-3 pages, I wasn't connected. I decided to read it again some days ago when I was struggling with the flu. Although it's a bit hard for me to read with teary eyes, I kept on going. I did need few days to finish it. But at least I didn't start reading something new.

At first, I couldn't imagine the situation described. I wonder if Eleanor was that 'bad' with her appearance. I also tried so hard to imagine what Park would look like when he's half Korean, but has green eyes. But anyway, the story, the plot and the flow just sucked me in. I'm 100% sure some people would consider it boring with this kind of storytelling. I can't say that I loved it, but, well, it just sucked me in and forced me to keep going.
I loved both Eleanor and Park character. I loved how their relationship started and developing. I loved the way they started to noticed each other, but didn't know exactly what to say. You may say that they communicated without words at first. Well, of course aside the very first words Park said to her on their very first meeting.
I loved how Park deliberately read his comics slower because he realized that Eleanor read it too. I loved the way Park let her borrow his comics and introduced her to some music, or how he made her a mixed tape. Oh dear! That's soooo me back then. :D Well, I didn't really connect to the bands mentioned in this book, I didn't recognize most of them, except like the Beatles or U2. I loved how Park decided to ask his grandma AA batteries for Christmas present. I really think Park was sweet. Well, and maybe, just like Eleanor often said, dork. I loved their first touch, their first kiss. :)
Of course, there were times when I felt like, how could their relationship went so easily from being just friend to boyfriend-girlfriend stuff. But, well, sometimes things just happened.
Oh, dear! I just didn't know what else to describe about this book, about how I felt while reading and after reading it. I just knew I loved it!

Recently on my BLOG , I asked some people on my giveaway why they love reading YA. Some answered because they can relate to the characters or the problems they encountered, or how reading YA books makes them feel young again. And now I'm totally understand what they mean. :)
I always love the kind of story that you can relate to yourself, or to your life, or to something around you. I also love the kind of story that can easily happen to your life. I mean, I do love those fairy tale or fantasy stories. It's one of my getaway. But things like that won't happen in my real life. This kind of story, Eleanor and Park's, is something that can be happen to our daily life. Of course, I have already passed their age, but you know what I mean, right?

“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” ― Paul Sweeney

Somehow, that's exactly how I felt when I came to the end of the book. I even turned back to make sure that I didn't miss something and try to convince myself that there might be other pages. And when I realized it WAS the end, I felt like ... that's it? I WANT MORE! I want to know more about them, their relationship, their families, especially Eleanor's ...
Well, one thing for sure, I have to get myself a copy of this book.(less)

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Nov 28, 2012 Elena rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell comes equipped with an 80s soundtrack, comics, and young love. I’m going to break this book down with song titles from The Smiths.

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Eleanor and Park meet as seat buddies with six inches of space between them. At first, they don’t want to talk to each other but as time goes by, change their minds except now it’s kind of awkward to do so. I love their friendship so much and the unspoken communication in the beginning. Park gives Eleanor the gift of pop culture...more

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May 10, 2013 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adorbs, geekery, lovely, young-adult

Oh my God, this book is wonderful. All of my friends to whom I proselytized about Nick and Norah... get ready to hear it from me about this one. LOVE IT. Gives a whole new meaning to "realistic" - these characters are so real I am now convinced I went to high school with them.

Also, the characters mention my favorite U2 song by name as their favorite off of Boy. Which gives me a little of the "YES!" feeling for them that they are described as having for each other when they agree on many things...more

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Mar 01, 2013 Emma Trevayne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone who loved Anna and the French Kiss

I. Loved. This. Book. It is absolutely everything I love in contemporary YA. Definitely one of those books I'll be shoving into people's hands and blathering about for the foreseeable future. A gorgeous, funny, emotionally authentic YA debut (she has written for adults), smart without being overwhelming.

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May 05, 2013 Colette rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Eleanor and Park was filled with flashback moments for me. A very special young girl in my life wanted me to read this so we could share/discuss our take on it. I actually listened to the audio version of this book but will no doubt purchase the ebook so that I can highlight favorite quotes, bookmark awesome scenes, and make notes about our buddy share. I filled in all of the gaps for her on the music, fashion, and life of circa 1986. She reminded me of what is was like to be young, innocent, an...more

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Feb 23, 2013 Erin Arkin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-will-love-forever-and-ever, hardcopy

All the feels with this one.

I am sitting here wondering what the heck I am going to write that will do this book any kind of justice. This story had everything that makes reading a book one of my favorite things to do. Eleanor and Park are not those perfect teenagers with perfect lives that meet, fall in love and live happily ever after but that is really what makes this book.

It is 1986 and Eleanor is living with her mother, 4 brothers and sisters, and her step-father after having been away fo...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Ceridwen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: daddy-drinks-because-you-cry, the-future-is-now, young-adult, reviewed

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I kind of wanted to jump out of my skin the whole time reading this - which I did in a single, compulsive sitting - because Eleanor is one of my best friends growing up. One of my best friends now, really, but I knew her back in 1986 too. There are differences. Amy wasn't nearly as withdrawn, and got into a lot more fights. I don't think she would ever voluntarily listen to the Smiths either - hair metal was much more the thing - but the fundamentals are all there: the...more Cross-posted on Readerling

I kind of wanted to jump out of my skin the whole time reading this - which I did in a single, compulsive sitting - because Eleanor is one of my best friends growing up. One of my best friends now, really, but I knew her back in 1986 too. There are differences. Amy wasn't nearly as withdrawn, and got into a lot more fights. I don't think she would ever voluntarily listen to the Smiths either - hair metal was much more the thing - but the fundamentals are all there: the home life, the poverty, the complete and total sense of being stuck and stuck forever. She had big sweaters and a lot of hair and mistrust, and pretty much everyone she knew had earned that mistrust twice. And then a third time, because that was the charm. So many of the details of Eleanor, just little things, made my throat strangle because I knew exactly what they meant, what they were covering for, even if Eleanor herself didn't. Oh Lord.

Which is funny, because tonally, this story is a little dopey. I don't mean that dismissively, more with affection towards my younger self. Eleanor is the new kid in an Omaha high school, and on the first ugly day on the bus, she ends up sitting next to Park. Park's not an outcast exactly. He's from the neighborhood, and has those weird, long relationships that neighborhood kids have with even the popular jerks. (When my bff Alicia got into a fight with Olivia, another neighborhood girl, Olivia pulled some dirty shit on me later. But I knew Olivia's house and her mom, and we'd hang out occasionally if no one else was on the street. Because it's neighborhood, you know? It's not like you're getting out until you figure out how to use the bus system, and even then.) But Park's mom's Korean, so even though he's neighborhood, and his dad is neighborhood, and his grandparents are neighborhood, people look at him and see the only Asian kid for miles. "That's not even the right kind of racist," Park deadpans when his friend says something stupid.

Eleanor and Park fall into a strange, wordless courtship (sorry, hugely dorky word choice there) predicated on comics and mix tapes and never looking each other in the eye. I know, gag. Double gag. But it totally works, because Rowell knows how weird you are, and what a spaz, and how it's all so embarrassing you're going to die. How you think that everyone can see that your brain is absolutely covered in ants. And she knows how to write a hand-holding scene that makes me want to freak out. There was this one time, sitting in this boy's car, where I knew if he didn't kiss me I was going to die. I was also going to die if he kissed me, and then he did, and the ants escaped my brain and ran all over my skin. Shee-it.

The middle goes a little slack, I think because the book has an almost claustrophobic focus on the two of them. It's not that the supporting cast is weak - I think Rowell can pull off some very concise character work when she does it - but, as I said, the focus is pretty tight. I can dig why in some ways - the novel is called Eleanor & Park, and the claustrophobia mirrors the ant-covered feelings of young love - but I think it weakens the motivations. Eleanor's siblings could be better fleshed out, especially the brother closest to her age. They would have had more of a thing, I think. Her school friends also don't factor like they should. Also, if you hate eye-gazing and romantic love, you should probably steer clear of this novel. Both those things make me itch, but I didn't mind them here, fwiw.

Two things: I don't know if I would have loved this story if I didn't love an Eleanor, and if I hadn't been a kiddo in the late 80s. I don't know if any of this 80s stuff would figure to someone born in 1986. (Who would be the young adult in the target audience, if my math isn't disastrous.) Which is not to say that Rowell lays on the 80s with a trowel, not like a lot of half-assed fictions which use referents in lieu of character (cf. The Wedding Singer, et al.) Even then, I don't know that this difference between the Smiths and Sex Pistols (who Eleanor hates) would mean anything at all. My musical understandings of the era are completely weak - I recently, embarrassingly identified the Guns N Roses album "Appetite for Destruction" as "Welcome to the Jungle" (I know, right?) - but I had enough cousins, ex-boyfriends, older brothers and ambient whatever to know precisely what that all meant, even if I'm shit for titles.

But I did have an Eleanor, and even a Park less so. I had a mid-80s upbringing in a Midwestern town with the same stupid racial and class divisions, with the same stupid neighborhood ins-and-outs. I totally get Eleanor and Park and everyone they know. As a first novel, I don't think that Rowell is speaking to anything but the choir though; she isn't explaining the neighborhood lingo to the outsiders. Which is fine in some ways: fuck you assholes for not getting it. But it narrows the audience for sure, and I want to gesture to other book by Ms Rowell, Attachments, which runs this Midwestern claustrophobia with more adroitness and expansion.

My Eleanor did not have her story work out like this Eleanor at all. My Amy's young life was hard and unsparing and cruel. So it both hurt and staunched the wound a bit to see an Eleanor find someone like Park. It was like watching an alternate history, one where the neighborhood wasn't a barrel of crabs who would drag you under just because they were drowning as well. I kind of want to send a carefully folded letter to Ms Rowell (can I call you Rainbow?) with a sloppy, earnest entreaty for her to be my friend? Check this box. Please. I am in love with her for giving my Eleanor a Park. Maybe it's hopelessly romantic, but it's absolutely the sweetest thing, and I thank her for it with all my heart. <3(less)

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May 23, 2013 Jenna Does Books rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

*crying* *smiling* *crying* *smiling* how is it possible that my heart is broken but I am also so, so... joyful all at the same time?

I weep for Eleanor. I sigh for Park. I love these two kids. And I want more. Please, Rainbow, if you are reading this, please let us readers see what happens next.

I'll have you know that I married my first love.

People: We MUST talk about this book. Talk, talk!!!!

(And yes, a full review is coming soon.)

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Oct 17, 2012 Isamlq rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A Sweet story.
Of Sad kids, (one sadder than the other.)
They Grow on each other.
And they know what they lack.
Except it’s what the other lacks that the other one loves..
But I’m torn over them seeing the same things in a different way…
Because they see themselves and each other slightly differently too.

While it took me forever to get through P and E, said fact is not because of the book. If anything the bits I managed to sneak over the course of three days have kept my head from exploding simply...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Joy (joyous reads) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, for-review, cant-put-these-down, favourites

Eleanor couldn't blend in the background no matter how hard she tries. Her defiant, fiery red hair and her mismatch of Goodwill clothes was like a red flag to a bull in the streets of Pamplona. So on her first day back from eviction, the kids in the school bus wouldn't even offer her a seat...except for the kid who defies all social dictates.

Park couldn't help giving up the empty seat to the girl dressed like a junk drawer. Growing up in a home of affectionate parents, he was raised to be kinder...more Eleanor couldn't blend in the background no matter how hard she tries. Her defiant, fiery red hair and her mismatch of Goodwill clothes was like a red flag to a bull in the streets of Pamplona. So on her first day back from eviction, the kids in the school bus wouldn't even offer her a seat...except for the kid who defies all social dictates.

Park couldn't help giving up the empty seat to the girl dressed like a junk drawer. Growing up in a home of affectionate parents, he was raised to be kinder than most kids. So when the girl with the bright red hair and even brighter clothes starts becoming a permanent fixture on his commute to school, he went from grudging interest, to honest-to-goodness curiosity.

Comic books and music would be the bridge that brings these kids together.
Friendship, then love would keep them bonded.
But like any other love stories, theirs was not perfect.
Did they walk into the sunset hand-in-hand?
You'll have to read the book to find out.

I cannot wait until this book comes out. I just want to keep rereading it until I get my fill. I only had an epub so I had to suffer reading it off my computer. Let me tell you, despite the heartbreaking week I've had, Eleanor and Park was the only thing that helped me forget. I'm not saying the story is all about roses; it had moments of angst but not enough to add on to the real life angst I'm going through right now.

I've always been a fan of music in books. It's interesting to see how a certain song or a genre helps cultivate a character. This one has a doosie: eighties music, man. That's the bees' knees. It had me unearthing all of The Cure's albums from my time capsule. It's also the culture of the era that I'm fond of revisiting. And while Eleanor was not a trendsetter of the times, she has the je ne sais quoi attitude that tells everyone she couldn't care less.

Eleanor's and Park's upbringings couldn't be any different. Park's family life was stable; he's loved by both his parents and his brother. Eleanor was poor and living in a house with a violent stepfather and sharing a broom closet with her three other siblings. The only ray of light in her life was the half-Korean, half-Scottish boy who for some reason, actually liked her.

This book tackled a lot of issues pertinent to the times (and the present, as well). But in the end the story is still about the sweet, poignant romance between Eleanor and Park. Witty, charming and lovely.(less)

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Mar 07, 2013 Aeicha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book y'all...THIS BOOK! Writing reviews for book you love should be easy, but it never is. And I LOVED this book. Like, full on madly, completely, obsessively in love with this book. So in love that I'm not sure I have the right words to express why I love it so much. But, since this is a review, and reviews require things like words and sentences (hopefully coherent ones), I will do my best...here are some words: this book wrecked my heart in the most mother-effing beautiful way!

Rainbow Ro...more This book y'all...THIS BOOK! Writing reviews for book you love should be easy, but it never is. And I LOVED this book. Like, full on madly, completely, obsessively in love with this book. So in love that I'm not sure I have the right words to express why I love it so much. But, since this is a review, and reviews require things like words and sentences (hopefully coherent ones), I will do my best...here are some words: this book wrecked my heart in the most mother-effing beautiful way!

Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park is about two misfit sixteen year olds in 1986 who find each other, find first love, find great music, and even find a bit of themselves. Park, the half-Korean boy in the funky t-shirts, feels invisible, while Eleanor, the girl with the big red hair and wacky outfits, is impossible to ignore. These two come from vastly different homes and families, but they bond over comic books, music, and a shared sense of humor. First love hits them hard, but the fall is worth it.

Eleanor & Park is YA contemporary at its very best! Rainbow Rowell has crafted something truly spectacular and special. Everything about this book is unforgettable: the characters, the romance, the writing, the way you will feel after finishing it. I wish I could erase this book from my memory simply so I could have the sheer pleasure of reading it for the first time again. It is THAT heart-achingly, heart-breakingly, heartbeat-skippingly good (so good I have to make up words to describe it!).

Eleanor & Park doesn't start with a bang or end on an explosive note, it isn't loud or in your face, it doesn't take you to a precipice and drop you over the edge or hurl you even higher. It doesn't need to. The beauty is in its subtlety, in its slow build, reminiscent of the songs Eleanor and Park love so much. This isn't the type of book to gobble up quickly, it deserves to be savored, every page tasted and appreciated. Rowell writes with an addicting humor, unabashed honesty, and a pitch-perfect YA voice that feels timeless. This isn't a sweet and simple love story; the story has hard edges, painful blows, and deals with some heavy stuff, but Rowell delivers and explores these things with finesse and eloquence.

At the heart of this book is its main characters, Eleanor and Park. These are two of the best written YA characters I have ever met. They feel so real, like they have to exist somewhere and I could someday happen to sit next to one of them on the bus or be standing behind them in a check-out line. I'm not sure I can choose a favorite, I love them both so much and connected with each of them. They are both just so breathtaking, as individuals and as a pair. Park, with his kind soul, funky t-shirts, and sweet martial art moves, is endearingly charming. And Eleanor, with her sharp wit, courage, and unfailing honest, is a breath of fresh YA air. But I think what I love most about these two, is how they love each other, how they see each other.

The romance between Eleanor and Park is so wonderfully executed. It's soft and sexy, sweet and passionate, miraculous and terrifying, at times heart-wrenching (and heart-wrecking), but impossible to turn away from. First love can be insanely intense, all consuming, can feel like the end of the world and just the beginning all at the same time, and the romance between these two is no different. The difference between this YA relationship and other YA relationships that make us roll our eyes or scream in frustration (the insta-loves, the scary obsessive loves, the we-fall-in-love-and-suddenly-become-personality-less loves), is that this love isn't forced, it isn't romanticized for the sake of making readers swoon. It's just real and believable and addicting and, for the few hours it takes you to read this book, it feels like the most important thing in the world.

MY FINAL THOUGHTS: Eleanor and Park feel like they have become a part of me; they're in my heart, have been on my mind since I finished the book, and I hope they never leave me. Eleanor & Park has easily made its way into my top favorite books of 2013 and I will be singing its praises fo'evah! A definite must read...seriously, read it, love it, then come talk to me about it!
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Apr 13, 2013 Nicis rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: wishlist, favorites, i-so-want-it

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What are the chances you’d ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back?

Probablemente mis emociones no se encontraban tan a flor de piel solo con un libro desde TFIOS de John Green, reí y lloré (realmente lloré, con lágrimas que no se detenían) y no quería que se acabara jamás. Y aunque la historia fue perfecta, me hubiera gustado tal vez un poco más (no que fuera...more

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Rainbow Rowell is the author of ATTACHMENTS. She has two novels coming out in 2013 -- ELEANOR & PARK in February and FANGIRL in the fall.

Rainbow lives with her husband and two sons in Omaha, Nebraska. Right at this moment, she is probably arguing with someone about something that doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things -- or trying to figure out how Sherlock faked his death.

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