Summer Reading Assignment #4

I chose this book because it was recommended to me by a friend. Once I saw that it was on the school book list I had to read it. I didn't choose this book solely on my friends recommendation, I looked into it and it looked like something that I would read. I realized that the main characters in this book were average people and a lot of people in the world go through many of the same things that Eleanor and Park go through and some related to me. If I were to recommend this book to somebody, I would recommend it to teenage girls. This is because the main characters are about 16 years old and it is a lot like a chick-flick movie. This book is also really romantic and I wouldn't think most boys would like this kind of book and I wouldn't think many adults would want to read a book about teenage love. I really liked this book and I do recommend it to anyone who likes chick-flicks, romance, drama, and attitude. Eleanor has a lot of attitude and trust issues because of family problems and it is hard for her to fully trust Park. But other than that this book was very good and I never got bored of reading it.

Summer Reading Assignment #3

In the very beginning of the book Eleanor & Park, Eleanor had meet this Asian kid named Park on the bus and instantly they knew something was there between them but they both tried to push it aside and ignore it. In the following passage it was one of the main parts that specifically hooked me  to this book because all I wanted to do is find out how Eleanor and Park start falling for each other.

"A few other buses were already pulling away. Somebody ran down the steps next to Eleanor and accidentally kicked her bag. She pulled it out of the way and started to say sorry-but it was that stupid Asian kid, and he frowned when he saw that it was her. She frowned right back at him, and he ran ahead (page 12)."

I think the author Rainbow Rowell decided to put this particular scene in the book just to hook the readers. I definitely got hooked because it is pretty obvious that somewhere in the book Eleanor and Park fall in love-I just didn't know how or when. My motivation to keep reading this book was mostly from this section because it is that start of the author hinting at us that they have something for each other.