{"id":2883,"date":"2010-11-15T02:36:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T07:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2010-11-15T02:36:51","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T07:36:51","slug":"into-the-stacks-love-rosie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"into the stacks: love, rosie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How exciting! I finish a book <em>and<\/em> decide to share my thoughts with you within less than a week! Shocking!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Love, Rosie<\/em> by Cecelia Ahern<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the jacket:<\/strong> [Okay, I&#8217;m revising the book blurb because otherwise it gives away the whole novel] &#8220;&#8230; Best friends since childhood, [Rosie and Alex] separate as teenagers when Alex and his family relocate from Dublin to Boston. &#8230; Rosie and Alex stay friends, and though years pass and weddings, funerals, and baptisms take place, the two remain firmly attached via e-mails and letters&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>My take:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/stephthebookworm.blogspot.com\/\">Steph<\/a> sent me this novel last December as part of the 2009 Book Bloggers Holiday Swap. I started it right away and immediately was pulled into the story. An epistolary novel, <em>Love, Rosie<\/em> gives us a glimpse into the relationship of Rosie and Alex, who met as children and stayed best friends through their whole lives, despite a trans-Atlantic move for Alex as a teenager. Their correspondence (with each other and with relatives, other friends, and significant acquaintances) matures from misspelled notes to letters, emails, and IMs sharing their biggest challenges and deepest thoughts. <\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s not entirely true. Each of them has a secret they&#8217;re keeping from the other.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s the combination of those secrets and the eavesdropping intimacy of Rosie and Alex&#8217;s correspondence that made me put this book down in fuming frustration precisely halfway through last winter.<\/p>\n<p>When I was telling Grey Kitten about this novel over the weekend, I shared that the friends who know me in real life would find it hilarious that I put it down because I couldn&#8217;t stand one more minute of the main characters&#8217; inability to enact positive changes on their own lives, that their choosing to remain stuck in their ruts had just driven me crazy. Sound familiar much?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so glad I picked it back up last week, though. Both Rosie and Alex are characters that you care about, a sense heightened by knowing them only through their letters. You want them both to be happy and you appreciate that theirs is a long-term friendship that has weathered many storms, albeit sometimes just barely. Reading their notes reminded me of those I&#8217;ve shared with Karen and Grey Kitten over the years and our own ups and downs. It made me appreciate all the good times we&#8217;ve had and how they&#8217;re both always there for me, regardless of the stupid mistakes I make (sometimes repeatedly). Our friendships can now be discussed in multiples of decades and, like Rosie&#8217;s and Alex&#8217;s, make life so much richer.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you have a friendship like that, I&#8217;d recommend reading <em>Love, Rosie<\/em>. You&#8217;ll be glad that you did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 447 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How exciting! I finish a book and decide to share my thoughts with you within less than a week! Shocking! 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