Rainbow Rowell
Attachments

Attachments

Can you fall in love with someone just by reading their email? For Lincoln O’Neill, the answer is YES. When he takes a new job as an “internet security officer” he doesn’t realize that means he’ll be reading people’s emails. But it’s the company's policy, and besides, all the employees know their emails are being monitored—at least in theory. Before long Lincoln has pored over countless personal emails between Jennifer and Beth, and he's sure of two things: he's in too deep, and it's too late to confess. It’s not as good as Eleanor & Park, but you couldn’t ask for a better beach read.

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Eleanor & Park

Eleanor & Park

Ten years ago, I finished this short novel on a weekday afternoon when I was supposed to be working, because all I wanted to do was finish this book.

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Fangirl

Fangirl

The popular precursor to Rowell's novel Carry On. It's not my favorite Rainbow Rowell novel, but many of you disagree with me there.

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Landline: A Novel

Landline: A Novel

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I read this in a day, but (I hate to say it!) it fell a little flat for me. (Unlike Eleanor & Park, which I loved, and Attachments, which I put in the 2014 Summer Reading Guide.) It DID make me wish I’d signed up for improvisational theater in college. Add Audible narration for $11.49.

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Carry On

Carry On

One of Brigid's three books loved on WSIRN Ep 275: How many book clubs is too many book clubs? and the first in a fantasy series set at Watford, a magickal school following Simon Snow aka "the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen" and his nemesis/roommate Baz. The plot is entertaining, surprising, and layered with so much emotion. The magickal spells like “U can’t touch this” & “these aren’t the droids you are looking for” are very clever and the delightful worldbuilding is top notch. (If you enjoy creative meta fiction, it is fun to note Carry On began as a “book within a book” of Rainbow Rowell’s YA novel Fangirl.)

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Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits

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Rainbow Rowell wrote this single for Independent Bookstore Day. From the publisher: "A short story about waiting and believing — but mostly waiting — by the New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park, Fangirl and Carry On. When Elena decided to camp out for the next Star Wars movie, she was expecting a celebration, a communion — a line full of people who love Star Wars so much, they have to share it. She wasn’t expecting this:  a freezing sidewalk, nowhere to pee, and three nights stuck with a boy who decided not to like her before they even met. It’s enough to make a girl leave the line… But Elena came here for Star Wars, and it will take more than bad weather and a dumb boy to squash her spirits."

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Pumpkinheads

Pumpkinheads

From the publisher: "In Pumpkinheads, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell and Eisner Award–winning artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this tender and hilarious story. Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all through high school, they've worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. They say good-bye every Halloween, and they’re reunited every September 1. But this Halloween is different—Josiah and Deja are finally seniors, and this is their last season at the pumpkin patch. Their last shift together. Their last good-bye. Josiah's ready to spend the whole night feeling melancholy about it. Deja isn't ready to let him. She's got a plan: What if—instead of moping and the usual slinging lima beans down at the Succotash Hut—they went out with a bang? They could see all the sights! Taste all the snacks! And Josiah could finally talk to that cute girl he's been mooning over for three years . . . What if their last shift was an adventure?"

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