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darknixss · 6 months

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I want to go back to the years when these books were the most popular

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lys-9-10 · 8 months

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"If you like Rainbow Rowell try..." recc lists suck. Can you help??

*UPDATE ok so in case anyone also didn't know this existed there is a thing called Storygraph which allows you to personalize recommendations based on much more specific things!! it's so cool go check it out if you're like me and frustrated by how unhelpful recommendation lists/algorithms usually are!

Ok this is probably a shot in the dark but idc b/c i'm frustrated and desperate The problem i have with "if you like RR try..." lists is they always seem to suggest things based on genre or similar plot points or something like that ... But the reason I love RR isn't WHAT she writes, it's HOW she writes. And I'm so hard pressed to find other writers like her. Can you help???

Things I love about her writing:

-Her witty, funny, stream-of-consciousness narration. Story is told through a very strong (and entertaining) character voice and we’re privy to all their internal ranting and private quips. (I'm thinking the Simon Snow series in particular typifies this narration style, though they all do to some extent)

-her character voices are endearing and quirky, not like, aggressively sarcastic and teen angsty like a lot of other YA authors

-her books are driven by characters and relationships. Not by plot or world-building.

-ultimately they're light reads, feel-good books that make you smile and laugh, but are super well written and have substance to them

-nothing is try-hard or artificial. I find a lot of YA books are... They're trying too hard to be funny, but aren't really. They're trying too hard to get a political message across. etc.

Any reccs??

I'M ETERNALLY INDEBTED!! <3 <3

Speaking of which, if helpful in thinking through reccs, the only 2 books I've really liked in the past couple years (since finishing all of RRs) are:

a) The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (LOVED this one, so funny and quirky and endearing)

b) A Man Called Ove (loved it but also couldn't become obsessed with it, i think prob b/c couldn't connect to the older characters as easily)

Both I think captured some of the things I highlighted.

#rainbow rowell #simon snow series #fangirl #eleanor and park #snowbaz #attachments #landline #megan bannen #fredrik backman

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chronically-dumb-pessimist · 8 months

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i wonder if im scared of dealing with my mental health problems because none of my favorite book characters ever have... so why should i. in conclusion: reading is actually shit and for the birds. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

#reading is actually bad #tori spring #solitare #ill give you the sun #noah and jude sweetwine #achilles and patroclus #the song of achilles #fangirl rainbow rowell #cath avery #eleanor and park

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jacedotl · 6 months

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I finished Eleanor & Park and it's apparently controversial for its racial stereotype and sexualization like "His skin's like honey", "sexy Asian man", or one scene where she mentioned that she might be attracted to Asian men. Apparently, it didn't sit right with many readers especially Asian readers. Describing it as harmful and racist. Here are my thoughts: I don't think it was that bad. I think it's funny. Quiet flattering.

To say it's racist is a stretch. The term is often misused. I would say insensitive in a slight. People are only shitting on it was written by a white woman. C'mon, it wasn't that bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

Or maybe I'm so desperate for Asian male representation that whenever a progressive poc libexplains, I'm like "Shushh man stfu, this our only moment in representation" 🤫😁

#novel #fanart #ya #ya lit #ya literature #eleanor and park #digitalart #art #illustration #cute #cute art #eleanorandpark #books #book lover #book fanart #asian representation

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onthewaytosomewhere · 5 months

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Books - I luv them

Alright, so the Parade Mag released their 125 Best Romance Books of All Time list, and I was ecstatic to see so many books that I have and do love on the list.

From books I read and re-read over and over as a teen such as Pride and Prejudice. As well as some of my all-time favorite books Love in the Time of Cholera, Outlander, and Wuthering Heights.

The list would not have been complete without some of the books that I have loved more recently such as Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park, Casey McQuiston's Red White and Royal Blue, and Alexis Hall’s Boyfriend Material.

It of course includes so many others I have yet to mention of the 50-something that I have read off the list such as John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, and so many others that were already on my To-Read list, and many more that I have now added. This list is truly the best gift to all readers - so go enjoy it!

https://parade.com/books/best-romance-books-of-all-time

#books are magic #books #books are life #red white and royal blue #rwrb #casey mcquiston #rainbow rowell #eleanor & park #eleanor and park #alexis hall #boyfriend material #boyfriend material book #luv books

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sofikiii · 2 months

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“You can be Han Solo. And I'll be Boba Fett. I'll cross the sky for you.”

Book cover for Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell <3

#eleanor and park #eleanor & park #rainbow rowell #book fanart #book cover #book illustration #digital art #illustration #digital illustration #fanart #art #digital fanart #fan art #artists on tumblr #procreate #book fandom

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suckersakaria · 2 months

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lol if anyone's read Eleanor & park recently hmu I need to discuss rn

#Eleanor and park #park sheridan #rainbow Rowell #rainbow rowell

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starboydreamy · 11 months

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dogbird reminds me of eleanor and park

#dogbird #eleanor and park #madds buckley #rainbow rowell

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rphelperblog · 2 years

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Eleanor and Park Quote Rp Meme

“I want everyone to meet you. You're my favorite person of all time.”

‘Life’s a bastard.”

"Next time, I'll just say, ‘ follow me down this dark alley, I want to kiss you.'"

“..I love your name. I don't want to cheat myself out of a single syllable.”

And you look like a protagonist."

“I don’t like you. Sometimes I think I live for you”

She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

"I don't think I even breathe when we're not together,"

“Nothing before you counts, and I can't even imagine an after."

“You can be Han Solo, and I'll be Boba Fett. I'll cross the sky for you.”

"You look like the person who wins in the end. You're so pretty, and so good. You have magic eyes,"

“Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?'

"You're not the Han Solo in this relationship, you know."

‘You look like you.You with the volume turned up.”

'None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.”

“I just want to break that song into pieces and love them all to death.”

“You act like there are two kinds of girls. The smart ones and the ones that boys like.”

“What are the chances you’d ever meet someone like that? Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back? And what did you do when that person was born half a world away? The math seemed impossible.”

“There’s no such thing as handsome princes. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.”

“The me that's me right now is yours. Always.”

“I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I’m a huge fan of punctuation.”

"I think you're..." Beautiful. Breathtaking. Like the person in a Greek myth who makes one of the gods stop caring about being a god.”

“Don't bite his face. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.

“And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself. I’m not even mine anymore, I’m yours, and what if you decide that you don’t want me? How could you want me like I want you?”

‘It’s up to us not to lose this”

"Yesterday happens.”

“He'd stopped trying to bring her back. She only came back when she felt like it anyway, in dreams and lies and broken-down déjà vu.”

“If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?”

“...and his eyes were so green they could turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.”

"Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a minute."

“I just can’t believe that life would give us to each other, and then take it back.’

'That's not even the right kind of racist.”

“And when she smiled, something broke inside of him.Something always did.”

“The world turned itself into a better place around him.”

“Goodbye. Just tonight. Not ever.”

“Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.”

I want to be with you all the time. You’re the smartest girl I’ve ever met, and the funniest, and everything you do surprises me. And I wish I could say that those are the reasons I like you, because that would make me sound like a really evolved human being …‘But I think it’s got as much to do with your hair being red and your hands being soft … and the fact that you smell like homemade birthday cake”

"Don't talk about after."

“I'm not ready for you to stop being my problem.”

“I don’t think there’s enough of her left.”

“Ophelia was bonkers, right? And Juliet was what, a sixth-grader?”

“We're going to listen music in my room.'

"I just meant that... I want to be the last person who ever kisses you, too.... That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I'm trying to say is, you're it. This is it for me.”

“It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys.”

“My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.”

“They agreed about everything important and argued about everything else.”

“I'm not even mine anymore, I'm yours, and what if you decide that you don't want me? How could you want me like I want you?”

“Because being assaulted with maxi pads is a great way to win friends and influence people.”

“She couldn't repay him. She couldn't even appropriately thank him. How can you thank someone for The Cure? Or the X-Men? Sometimes it felt like she'd always be in his debt.”

“It’s easier for me to make peace from a distance.”

'I told you to smile because you're pretty when you smile.'

"Don’t laugh. It just encourages me.”

'It'd be better if you thought I was pretty when I don't.”

He knows I'll like a song before I've heard it. He laughs before I even get to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes me want to let him open doors for me.There's only one of him.”

"Don't get so hung up on gender roles,"

'Just don't get anybody pregnant.”

“Girl, you need to learn a lesson about standing in your own light.”

All I do when we're apart is think about you, and all I do when we're together is panic. Because every second feels so important. And because I'm so out of control, I can't help myself. I'm not even mine anymore, I'm yours, and what if you decide that you don't want me? How could you want me like I want you?"

“There's no reason to think we're going to stop loving each other,”

“They’re a metaphor for acceptance; they’ve sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them.”

"This fight doesn’t change that. You can’t start kicking people every time someone thinks I’m weird or ugly … Promise me you won’t try. Promise me that you’ll try not to care."

“Dumb. He should have gotten the pen. Jewelry was so public... and personal, which was why he'd bought it. He couldn't buy her a pen. Or a bookmark. He didn't have bookmarklike feelings for her.”

"You always ask that. Why. Like there’s an answer for everything. Not everybody has your life, you know, or your family. In your life, things happen for reasons. People make sense. But that’s not my life. Nobody in my life makes sense …”

“Like more tired than usual. Hard and crumbling at the edges.”

“He kept making her feel like it was safe to smile.”

She’d be brave and noble, and she’d find a way.”

“I'd want to fly. I know it's not very useful, but ... it's flying.”

“All I do when we're apart is think about you,and all I do when we're together is panic”

“It was like their lives were overlapping lines, like they had their own gravity. Usually, that serendipity thing felt like the nicest thing the universe had ever done for her.”

“His eyes missed her as much as the rest of him.”

The children of hell shan’t go hungry on my watch.”

“She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.”

“But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. He kept finding new ways to betray her.”

“All of her bones seemed more purposeful than other people’s. Like they weren’t just there to hold her up, they were there to make a point.”

“But the explanations fell apart in her hands. Everything true was too hard to write--he was too much to lose. Everything she felt for him was too hot to touch.”