"Going Bovine" is a strange trip of a book. I read this a few years ago, probably close to when it was first published. I enjoyed a lot of it, but frankly, I felt like there was too much of it for me. It's based on "Don Quixote" and like it's source material, the adventures ramble on. And on. I'm ... VIEW POST

Not that anyone's wondering, but I have continued to read, even though I pretty much completely stopped posting. I'll be honest: I got completely bogged down by a book, and let it derail me. I've also been reading some other stuff. (My arbitrary reading goal for 2015 is 100 books. I'm at 93 and ... VIEW POST

This was....a strange and intense book. Having gone on my own little adventure a few years ago, on a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon, I find reading about other adventurers to be very captivating. Not that my adventure in any way compares to what Symone, the main character in this book, ... VIEW POST

Hey! A graphic novel -- the first to show up as a Printz honoree -- and it won the 2007 award. This is a very quirky quick read of a book. It might seem to be simple, but it's actually a pretty complex tale that I thoroughly enjoyed. As soon as I finished it, I handed it to one of my teenaged ... VIEW POST

I first read this book in 2011. This was the "review" I posted to Goodreads: I just don't really have the words for this one. Such a good book. I was bawling over my Cheerios the other day. Because I had read the book already, the emotional impact wasn't quite as strong the second time through. ... VIEW POST

This one started off a little rough for me -- run-on sentences, fragments, a young teen just spilling her guts on the page. I was worried it was going to be a slog to get through an entire novel like that. Luckily, though, after awhile, my awareness of the style (which, I later figured out was ... VIEW POST