Not much to say today, but I wanted you to admire this gorgeous book with me. The beautifully designed and illustrated cover, the sprayed edges, the colored pages, the gorgeous illustrations.
I LOVE when a book gets this kind of star treatment!
This book is a collection of short stories from author Rainbow Rowell, of Eleanor and Park and Carry On fame. Every book I’ve read by her is a five star, and this collection of stories was also a five star for me.
The book is definitely geared towards longtime readers, as there’s little short stories from characters from previous novels. It was fun to revisit some of them, but also, her short stories with original characters were all very cute. My favorite one was "Kindred Spirits,” about two Star Wars fans in line for The Force Awakens movie. It was just such a perfect little funny gem of a story.
Obviously I loved this book and I recommend it. But Most of all, I’d recommend reading one of her stand alone novels. My favorite is Fangirl, it’s in the New Adult/YA genre, but it’s a coming of age romance about one girl, a half of twin sisters, who when she gets to college, have to navigate life without her twin and learn to make friends and let childish things go. It’s kind of heartbreaking, to be honest, but I love it.
Anyway, just wanted to send this as an excuse to show off this beautiful book.
That's a great cover and book design!