Eleanor & Park | 
Love and Longing. Sigh...
My first Rainbow Rowell read
#longing
#spooktober
Romance, Young Adult Fiction
2019 10 08
2019 10 16
This was recommended when I searched for young adult novels. I was also influenced by the reviews so I chose to read it.
The book revolves around two characters, 16 year olds in the 1980s, who fall in love over the course of one school year. “Smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.“
pickEleanor and Park was a very enjoyable book. The two main characters‘ were not just cliche star-crossed teens, but instead displayed honest emotions that people experience in their everyday life. I definitely recommend this book.
pickPick...and yet I‘m at a loss for words. 😧😧😢
pickIn preparing for an episode of @unabridgedpod focused on Rainbow Rowell (look for it this month!), I decided to re-familiarize myself with Eleanor and Park, which I hadn't read since 2013. I downloaded it on @scribed, planning to listen enough to remember secondary characters and plots and to get a sense of it overall. (continued in comments)
Underwhelmed with the ending. I was kinda hoping for something more!
7 days. 7 covers you love. No explanation. Tag a new person to participate each day.
#7covers7days #coverlove
@suvata - Wanna play?
It‘s day four of #bannedbooksweek2019. This is a YA novel that I read for a reading challenge a few years ago. (I 💓 reading challenges because they do push me out of my reading comfort zone and that‘s a good thing!) This book has been challenged due to #offensivelanguage. 🙄🙄🙄.
pickThis was a sweet YA romance, even though it contains plenty of snark and angst. It‘s so very teen, and I remember a lot of those feelings.
I didn‘t have a lot to be angsty about, but puberty and early adulthood made me angry and sarcastic for no good reason. Eleanor has reasons for her feelings. I just want to hug her. And take her shopping.
This is close as Sietje likes to get to posing with my book. 🤣
"They hung out in his bedroom after dinner (Tater Tot casserole) and managed to sneak kisses while they looked through all of Park‘s old school pictures."⠀
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Is there anything more Midwestern than Tater Tot casserole? If I brought a friend over to visit my grandma, this was her go-to meal to serve. It is comfort food in its purest form. ⠀
Got my collection updated.
Which one should I start with??
pickThis is a great YA book. Author Rainbow Rowell nails teenage angst, first love, and the tension in Eleanor‘s home life.
pickEleanor & Park is my first Rainbow Rowell book. I love this misfit story about two unlikely characters falling so fiercely in love. Eleanor‘s life was tough to read at times, but an important reminder to take care of our children. I loved Park‘s parents almost as much as I hated Eleanor‘s. Thank you Rainbow Rowell for making me want to read another one of your books.
I don‘t read many YA books. This one is really good so far...
Help! We need ideas for a reading-based science fair project! Requirement: to be done only by my 8th grade kiddo, the reader! She is an avid YA reader! Thank you for any ideas!
I think I just squealed with joy ❤️❤️❤️ please do it right movie universe https://bookstr.com/article/rainbow-rowells-eleanor-park-is-getting-movie-adapta...
Thank you sooooooo much @erinreads !!! Really looking forward to these books! And snacks! And I love the tote!! 💕💕💕 I hope your swap was awesome! #highfivetosummer @JoScho
#AyUpAugust #ChasingRainbows
I‘m not usually much of a YA reader, but this one definitely got under my skin.... The writing is really lovely, and these 4 quotes have stayed with me.... Romantic in the best way... Sweet but not cloying!
I love that Eleanor doesn‘t have to change, she can just be herself, and Park finds her beautiful, whatever anyone else says..... and vice versa. Such a lovely book 💕🌈📚
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I didn‘t think another Rainbow book could hit me again so hard but this was spectacular! Eleanor was so brilliantly written you felt her every pain and triumph. Park was perfect another book boyfriend ruining real life guys. I just want to hug this book and read it again ❤️
Omg I love Park‘s parents❤️❤️ The way they start to care about Eleanor ❤️❤️
Why did I think my heart could take another Rainbow book ❤️ I‘m already totally invested in Eleanor and Park but still recovering from my Baz and Simon addiction lol Oh books I do ❤️thee
pickPrepare to have your heart filled and then shattered. I always cry at the end of RR books, whether they‘re happy tears or sad tears. I hope she writes like a ten-years-later sequel because I really want to know who they become. 🥰💔😢 4.5⭐️
#bfc #bfcr2 #goteam book 29/28
PS This is my first #audiobook read, and I think I prefer print.
pickI really loved this story. Seen there‘s a sequel that will more likely be happening, and I‘m super excited.
Rainbow has said in the past year that she would consider an Eleanor & Park sequel! I haven‘t read this book in a few years, and it will be my first audio reading. So far, I like the narrators! 👍🏻🌈💜
Almost forgot about my new bookmark! Unexpected gifts are life's great surprises. #simplepelasures
Apparently the winner of the "What do I read next" lottery this week is Eleanor & Park.
I may need to make up a random draw system to pick what I read from here on out. There are too many choices on my TBR shelf.
pickWow, I loved this book! I had been wanting to read it for years, and it totally lived up to my expectations. The characters are amazing and the story made me weep. Loved it!
Nothing like starting the fire pit from scratch to make some coffee😅also perfect time to get some reading in! #camping #outdoorreading #naturetbr
We finally got all situated and unpacked just before sundown😅💀 now to enjoy some morning reading while the bf sleeps; whenever I‘m camping I always wake up with the sun, regardless if I‘ve had enough sleep or not🤷🏻♀️🏕📖 #vacation #camping #outdoorreading
pickThis story gave me all the nostalgic first love feelings! My heart physically ached during parts - a sign of great character development in my opinion! I will forever love Eleanor, Park, and their love. I‘ve heard that a lot of people disliked the ending, but personally, I appreciated it. Open-ended. Hopeful.
#Saturdayinthepark
#SongsofSummer
On my tbr shelf 💗💗
@Jee_HookedOnBookz OK, this part 2 of my post. Since coming home this morning, I keep picking my homemade book up to discover even more amazing things in it....it's like Christmas for the nerd in me🤓 You captured everything I love. And oh my the work you did on this.....WOW!! I truly want everyone out there in #litsy to realize how amazing this gal is🥰
Thank you again so much!!! 🤙😘
#mysterymessageswap
@TheReadingMermaid
@Jee_HookedOnBookz my sincere apologies for this late post and late opening of your truly amazing gifts! I've been very ill with phemonia and a "lung virus" for the last couple of weeks or so. I'm finally home (as of today) and on the mend, super stoked to be among the living ?
Your homemade book for me has made me cry, laugh out loud and just made my recovery! I'm speaking complete and total truth here. THANK YOU...TBC
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pickThis book kind of makes you believe in love again...mushy...sweet...fierce...high school weirdness. Probably one of my top picks of the year!!! Not to mention the rockin' awesome playlist throughout.
This book brought me back to high school.
Two very different teens meet and build their relationship on their shared loved for music and comics. I wasn't expecting to care about the characters. And I loved the pop culture references of the 80s music. I found the story to be adorable and heartbreaking.
#bookfitnesschallenge
@wanderinglynn
pickHonestly, loved how real this book was. It showed that not every household is amazing and what young love is really like.
Stop want your doing!!!!! Eleanor and Park is being made into a movie and Rainbow Rowell is writing the script and is executive producer!!!!! 😱😱😱😱
https://deadline.com/2019/05/eleanor-and-park-movie-rainbow-rowell-picturestart-...
#fangirlinghardrn
VERY EXCITING NEWS DESERVING OF A POST IN ALL CAPS!!! (Love this book and can‘t wait to see it on the big screen!)
The book has some racial microaggressions, but the writing is good and the emotions are good.
so-so#newtomeauthor #MayMadness #5 #ReadingUSA #Nebraska #booked2019. #diversemiddlegrades
3⭐️. I can see why teens would enjoy it. Not for me though.
