The ALA just announced the 2014 winners today. I always like to look over the list when it comes out because it gives me lots of great things to add to my reading list. But it's especially exciting to see a book you read and loved in the last year receive an award.
"Eleanor & Park" was awarded a Printz Honor this morning, and I'm so happy and overcome that I haven't been able to type about it.
— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) January 27, 2014
Like, I'm not even sure I just worded that correctly. Or spelled Printz right.
— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) January 27, 2014
I'm so grateful to the Printz committee, and to everyone who has been so excessively kind to my book (and me) this year. THANK YOU.
— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) January 27, 2014
Eleanor & Park was an extremely painful and difficult book for me to write, and this kindness breaks me open.
— Rainbow Rowell (@rainbowrowell) January 27, 2014
I've mentioned Rainbow Rowell here before. I read Eleanor & Park a couple of months ago and have since then devoured everything Rainbow Rowell has published so far. I started following her on Tumblr and came to admire how kind and encouraging she is to her fans all the time. Look at her Twitter page at the time I'm writing this and you will see hundreds of individual responses to fans who have reached out to congratulate her. I'm so glad to see such a lovely, kind person receive an honor today, and especially for such a powerful and compassionate book.
And now I'm off to expand my "to read" list.
'Night!
A
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