Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

why: This officially begins the year where I will read as much critically acclaimed YA lit as I possibly can. (ok, so maybe I'm starting on my 2014 challenge a month early here)

when: 12/2/13-12/7/13 (I just realized I read three books this past week)

how: as an ebook on my iPad

thoughts: I loved this book. Loved loved loved it. And maybe it's because of the two teenage characters who connect over the same new wave music that was so vivid in my own teenage years. And maybe it's because the book was such an honest and genuine portrayal of a relationship unfolding. And maybe it's because the ending was perfect. Just perfect. And maybe it's because Eleanor and Park are such an unlikely pair but the totally work. I don't know but I just loved it. And now I'm reading Fangirl--another by the same author.

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review haiku:
the cure, depeche mode
U2, school bus, teenagers
my own nostalgia