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So, I really haven't been doing much reading lately--well, I have, but I just can't seem to finish anything! With all the events of the last few weeks, including LATFOB, Gayle Forman's Musical Tour, and Children's Literature Council, and everything I need to read/write/make for school... My eyes are about to fall out of my head.
So I'm going to unload a little bit of information onto the blog, and hope that makes some room in the grey matter chamber to finish the semester without too much screaming.
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have by Allen Zadoff
If you hunger for love and thirst for approval, you'll devour this clever novel in just a few bites. This book was funny, touching, and a great counterpoint to Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. I think it's pretty strange that I decided to read them both at the same time. Food is much more enjoyable; I enjoy the complexities in the various characters like O. Douglas, the quarterback who takes Andrew "under his wing" so to speak; the various attitudes toward fatness that help both Andrew and the reader see beyond the blubber. For the synopsis, click here.
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (The Queen's Thief, Book 1)
This has been sitting on my shelf for at least a year or two. I finally picked it up last week and couldn't put it down! Storytelling figures greatly in this book as Gen and other characters retell folktales based on Greek myths. The final twists and turns revealed at the end of the book are clever and well worth the wait! I wish I weren't still in the middle of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell so I could plow through the next three books. For the synopsis, click here.
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