Landline

“Nobody would ever describe Neal as fully animated. Or expressive. His thoughts didn’t play across his face like light on water. Which means Georgie cataloged every flinch, every flick of his eyes, and tried to figure out what they meant. This seemed like a great way to spend the rest of her life.”

Landline, p. 146
By Rainbow Rowell
Published 2014

Out of Print



 

Cheers to the folks at Out of Print for including a tote bag in their Library Collection. Out of Print is an apparel company that celebrates literature in the form of t-shirts, tote bags, and much more. Other ventures I’ve seen of this sort always come off either corny or pretentious, but Out of Print somehow pulls it off really well. Most of their products feature classic book covers that are now, well, out of print.
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Currently Reading: Landline

I’ve begun reading Rainbow Rowell’s Landline, which hit bookstands today. It is my second Rowell book since the ubiquitous Eleanor & Park, and this time she is talking to the adults in the room.
 
Maybe it is because I am fresh off of The Collective, but Landline seems to lack big ideas; the story is very domestic. The characters only think and talk about the things that litter their own lives, so as readers we are stuck in the details of their daily grind. Perhaps such realism hits too close to home? But the story does involve a magical yellow rotary phone, hence the title, so maybe it will steer the story towards more intriguing territory.
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