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This book is kind of hard to categorize by my usual standards. \u00a0First of all, it’s technically a book for adults, which I don’t usually read.\u00a0 BUT, Rainbow Rowell is a popular YA author and I think some older teens might check this one out after finishing Fangirl<\/em> or Eleanor and Park<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0I mean, if she got *me* to read a book for grown ups, anything is possible! \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 But, I digress… The main reason this book is hard to categorize is because it’s mostly realistic\/contemporary fiction, but there’s a small science fiction\/fantasy element wherein Georgie (the main character) is able to use the landline at her mother’s house to call her husband, Neal, back when he was still in college and hadn’t yet proposed.<\/p>\n I think this book resonated so much with me because I have been having a crazy time trying to find a good work\/family balance in my life and Georgie’s life is my worst nightmare.\u00a0 She’s in over her head with work, her kids don’t really seem to miss her when she’s not around, her husband is resentful that she often puts work first, and she isn’t even sure if it’s possible to turn things around enough to save her marriage.\u00a0 As I read this book, I kept thinking about my own recent choices in which I put work first and wondered whether I had started straining my own marriage. \u00a0I must have asked my husband at least 15 times over the course of 4 days whether he was OK with how things are going, so I’m pretty sure he’s happy that I am done with this book and will stop projecting Georgie’s problems into my life! \u00a0I think my inability to separate the story from real life, nevertheless, is simply proof that Rainbow Rowell is a great author who knows how to write relatable and believable characters. \u00a0If I had had the energy to stay up all night reading, I definitely would have finished this book in one big gulp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This book is kind of hard to categorize by my usual standards. \u00a0First of all, it’s technically a book for adults, which I don’t usually read.\u00a0 BUT, Rainbow Rowell is a popular YA author and I think some older teens might check this one out after finishing Fangirl or Eleanor and Park. \u00a0I mean, if … Continue reading Landline by Rainbow Rowell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}