Amy, I'm putting this here in spoiler font but one thing I absolutely appreciate is how she shows us the humanity of the other kids. They don't get nicer per se but we understand them better.
Zoe: I thought you wanted to spend more time off-ship this visit. Wash: Out there is seems like it's all fancy parties. I like our party better. The dress code is easier and I know all the steps.
'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Sep 29, 2013 6:28:44 am PDT #21487 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sumi - Oct 02, 2013 12:25:37 pm PDT #21488 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
Hmmmm , I have not heard of this Eleanor and Park book. Sounds like I must fond it.
Ion, the 4 book Magnificent Devices bundle is on sale for kindle for $.99.
sumi - Oct 02, 2013 12:25:37 pm PDT #21489 of 28370
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - Oct 04, 2013 5:08:54 pm PDT #21490 of 28370
Because books.
Okay, still reading Eleanor and Park and they just got in the car to drive to Eleanor's uncle's house and I'm so nervous about how this is going to turn out, I actually had to put it down and walk away.
I may have to put in the freezer.
This book is breaking my heart.
Kat - Oct 05, 2013 5:03:14 pm PDT #21491 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Amy.
Kat - Oct 05, 2013 5:03:28 pm PDT #21492 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Just keep reading.
meara - Oct 05, 2013 5:05:26 pm PDT #21493 of 28370
I definitely hear you, Amy. That's how I felt for most of the book.
Amy - Oct 05, 2013 5:07:10 pm PDT #21494 of 28370
Because books.
I forgot to come back! I finished it! And sobbed.
I will say I think for all the detail and emotional intimacy of the first 90% of the book, the ending felt a little rushed. She could have actually explained if E.'s mom and the other kids were with her at the uncle's house, or just away from Richie, but she made up for it with the line about the postcard and the three words .
Kat - Oct 05, 2013 6:33:20 pm PDT #21495 of 28370
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
The ending is definitely crushing. Yes, rushed. I assumed that mom and kids made it to Minneapolis. So good!
Amy - Oct 05, 2013 6:54:36 pm PDT #21496 of 28370
Because books.
I'm going to try her adult novel, Attachments, too.
I was packing up some book earlier and found two of my old Normal Klein YAs, circa 1977 and 1979. They both startled me with how sexually frank they were, and yet, I remember reading them at the time, and I wasn't shocked then. I think more teen novels were open about sex and drug use in the 1970s, in a very realistic way (as opposed to being a problem book).
It also struck me how much really has changed -- this is peak of the women's movement stuff, and these 17- and 18-year-old girls are questioning everything about their futures and societal norms.
I wish I hadn't lost my copy of her Sunshine. Such a fantastic hippie move-of-the-week thing.