Attachments in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Oct 07, 2013 Nina rated it really liked it

Shelves: novel, fiction, library_book

This book was a pleasure to read. On a side note, I feel as though I should have read this book instead of Rebecca Walker's Baby Love. One of the characters in the book truly did have ambivalence/fear of being pregnant/giving birth, and it was more enjoyable and enlightening to watch this story unfold than it was to read page after page of Rebecca Walker yammering on and on about how we all need to give birth.

So, the premise: It's 1999. That's right, as in party like. Y2K is on the horizon, and ...more

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Sep 07, 2013 Shelley rated it liked it

Shelves: courtship-romance, historical

Is it historical if it's set in 1999? Not technically, but it's rooted in a certain point of time, so we'll shelve it there.

Fairy sweet tale of an awkward man who gets a job in IT reading flagged emails for a cautious newspaper and gets wrapped up reading the (against the rules and so flagged) personal emails of two staffers, Beth and Jennifer, and finds himself in love with Beth. I can see how it was meant to be adorable. I liked the characters well enough, especially Jennifer, and the mixed fo ...more

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Jul 08, 2014 Lori rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio

Such a cute one! Great for a summer beach read, or anyone who needs an escape from the grind. (With an adorable retro vibe!)

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May 01, 2017 Jennifer rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library-book

This is not as good as Eleanor & Park. It really isn't the best. But that didn't stop me from staying up til midnight on a school night to read it. I enjoyed rooting for the IT guy, who reminded me of my best friends in college. I liked that the defining characteristic for all of the main characters was that they were nice. And that the other characters, who were perhaps not nice, were also human. Some were stereotypical, but still humanly flawed.

I enjoyed it, and I got my HEA, and it technicall ...more

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Apr 11, 2014 Kerry rated it it was amazing

I heart this book for several reasons:

1) I love the e-mail exchanges between friends. I love books with letter exchanges more..bonus points when they are in handwriting instead of type, but I suppose I can embrace the modern era in which we live.

2) Adorkable--there are many charming moments that embrace smart things that are a bit nerdy

3) I feel like Rainbow Rowell is like the cousin to John Green and I am so glad she is writing books!

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