Reading Blog Post 10 - Eleanor is the Cutest

The book that I am currently reading is Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. Nothing has happened that drastically since I wrote my last post, but I do feel more tension in Eleanor and Park than before. I'm thinking this is because Eleanor has had someone writing nasty things in her textbooks and on her folders, Park was upset, and she tells him it's this horrible... thing, named Tina. Park takes Tina's side and asks Eleanor if she's been writing those things herself to get attention. Eleanor goes crazy and is a little dramatic (like always and leaves Park's house. Now this seems like a small, stupid thing that I even felt a little immature writing, but it is well written in the book and makes me really feel for Eleanor. Park didn't mean to defend Tina over Eleanor or make her feels so bad, but he did. When she leaves he wonders about why he would say something like that and why he would even defend Tina and I think this whole situation is just bad news, but hopefully all goes well and they learn to find themselves and grow from things because it seems like they're the kind of people that want to learn from each other, whether they know it or not!

Now that I've shared my thoughts on that I'm going to take a look at the quotes I didn't mention last week. I found myself highlighting all over this book because almost every page has a line that makes me want to laugh or cry. I think that that is what makes it a really really god book. Just making you feel something different every page, and at any second the mood could go from being happy to sad and i feel like a lot of people could relate to it. It's not cliche though, don't even worry about that. If that were the case I would have put this book down the moment i started reading it. So one quote i'm going to share with you, I think is really funny, "Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses. 'I'm sorry about yesterday," she said. He hung onto his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens." God, it was like he wanted her to eat his face clean off."(Rowell, 158) This quote is so funny to me. It's so true and funny and she's thinking what she would think, not some cliche, that's how she chooses to feel love and it's hilarious and adorable. Actually I'm only going to show you funny, cute quotes because this book is filled with them, so deal with it.

Another funny quote that i'd like to mention is from page 93 and it says, "He put his pen in his pocket, then took her hand and held it to his chest for a minute. It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys." Isn't that funny? I don't know. Maybe it's just me or maybe you just have to know the characters, but it hilarious to me. I mean who just thinks that up? Haha! Anyway i think that this book as a whole is just full of things that make me want to keep reading, broad I know, but it's true!