Quickly:
Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck – A great fun read for anyone. My husband enjoyed it a lot too.
Walking Naked by Alyssa Brugman – An Australian YA. Very poetic and lyrical. A really good read with a lot of great lessons that don’t hit you over the head at all and much strength.
And one more plug for Looking For Alaska. My husband read it and bestowed the highest praise he could think of, “It’s the best thing I’ve read since Stargirl.” High praise indeed. The day I write a book as good as Stargirl is the day he will be proudest of me.
I also struggled with another YA for a couple of days. Usually I give books 50 pages at most and if I’m really not into it then I quit reading. I stuck with this longer because I really wanted to like it and because I’ve met the author (no one who reads this blog), but I just couldn’t get into it and this morning I thought to myself I have to finish that tonight so I can go on to something else and then I thought, “Why?” and I quit and I feel much better. I’d read 180 pages (about 2/3)!
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