Eleanor & Park

Since we are going to be testing all week, I decided to pick up a new book to keep myself occupied so maybe my head wont explode from stress. Fingers crossed! Anyway, I'm going to be reading Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. This is a book that has been recommended to me more times than I can count. It seems like the typical love story book between teenagers... actually, now that I think about it, is there really a "typical" love story?


Hear me out. I think that the meaning of the words "teen love story" have changed a lot throughout the year. Before, when you'd hear those words, you'd think of a tail of two star-crossed lovers who took their lives. Now, you're reminded of an incredible story between two cancer patients that had a love that was almost indescribable, thanks to one of the best people ever, my man John Green. The association with those words changes through the ages.


Could this book be the new great story everyone thinks about when they hear those three words? I hope so!

David Sedaris: An Author to Look Out For

Hey guys! Do you ever watch a movie and see an actor in it that you instantly fall in love with? And then have a marathon of all the movies featuring that actor, no matter how big his/her role is? Or do you ever hear a song by a certain artist and immediately feel the need to buy their whole album?

Well, that happens to me a lot, especially with authors. A while back I discovered David Sedaris, you may remember him from one of my past blog posts. This man writes very unique novels: each new chapter in the book is a different short story, or essay (I bet when you read that word you groaned, but trust me, it's not like that). Over the holiday season I was at the book store and was feeling very festive, so I picked up Holidays on Ice by Sedaris, a collection of stories all about the holidays, just to see what it was about. And let me tell you, it was a hoot. No author has EVER made me laugh until I cried, so Mr. Sedaris gets the honor of being the first with this one. Even though it's now April and nowhere near Christmas, I'm re-reading this book, enjoying it as much as my first time reading it. He appeals to many different senses of humor in his book, so if one of the short stories doesn't appeal to you (even though they're all amazing in my opinion), you can just skip it and go to the next! How neat is that?! I highly recommend picking up some of his works when you're in the mood for a good laugh.

Since I read this book, I've picked up 3 other of his collections of essays, and am loving each one. Do you see what I mean about obsessing over a certain author? 

I will now end this post with one of my favorite quotes from Holidays on Ice.

"If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of the doubt?"