Jennifer Niven's Blog, page 455
April 26, 2015
Wander to Barnes & Noble in Carmel, Indiana tomorrow, April...
Wander to Barnes & Noble in Carmel, Indiana tomorrow, April 27, at 7pm! I’ll be talking Violet, Finch, bright places, and the ATBP movie starring Elle Fanning! I’ll also be signing my little heart out!
As soon as I arrived in Indiana today, I went wandering a la...
As soon as I arrived in Indiana today, I went wandering a la Violet and Finch, and what do you think I found in the middle of nowhere?
Book Review: Jennifer Niven, ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
badthingshappentogoodsentences:
This book has been generating a lot of excitement from readers, and reminded me of the difference between hype and buzz. I adored this book, and sped through it hungrily. It ticks so many boxes for me – characters who write, mental illness, grief, the gap between how someone’s perceived and how they think of themselves. The story begins when Finch is considering killing himself – not for the first time – and encounters Violet on the school bell tower. Violet’s just up there to think, and she’s been doing odd things since her sister and closest friend Eleanor died a year before, but a connection between them is forged. When they’re paired up for a class project involving local places of interest, it presents them with an opportunity to get closer and also have experiences that they’ll remember – and ensure the places remember them. This is the kind of hook that often can feel a bit cheesy, but what really makes it work is that it’s propelled by Finch – who is lovely and quirky and charming but also an interrogation of that kind of guy or indeed character that we often see in contemporary YA. Robyn Schneider’s Severed Heads, Broken Hearts (The Beginning of Everything in the US) deconstructed the Manic Pixie Dream Girl type, and I think this does the same for the Manic Pixie Dream Boy – Finch is literally manic, with bipolar disorder that is going untreated and to a certain extent unrecognised by his dysfunctional family, and with that comes a lot of bad times too. The ending is perfect. Heartbreaking but it couldn’t have ended any other way. And the writing is gorgeous. An absolute gem of a book and already on my favourites of 2015 list.
Thank you so much! ❤️️
heathereverdeen:
Lucky number 7. Taken directly from the cover...
Lucky number 7. Taken directly from the cover of @allthebrightplaces by @jenniferniven. Tattooed by Scott at Love and Hate Tattoo in Phoenix, Arizona #theodorefinch #allthebrightplaces #books #tattoo
It’s lovely!
Dear Indiana: I’m almost there!! Please come see me!...
Dear Indiana: I’m almost there!! Please come see me!
Happy #TheodoreFinchDay!
Happy #TheodoreFinchDay!
April 25, 2015
I pretty much grew up with Carl Sandburg. He was the subject of...
I pretty much grew up with Carl Sandburg. He was the subject of my mom’s first book, and I always felt like he was part of our family. So it was the loveliest day getting to visit his birthplace and gravesite and give him a hug.
Had a lovely time today with these amazing writers in my writing...
Had a lovely time today with these amazing writers in my writing workshop. They inspired me!
April 23, 2015
The students and faculty at Knox College were loooooovely!
The students and faculty at Knox College were loooooovely!
