Hmm...okay. So yeah, I REALLY liked Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart who wrote Dramarama and How to be Bad with Mlynoski and Myracle. I loved those, too. And I did read Fly in one sitting. But the cover of the book has a quote from John Green who wrote Will Grayson, Will Grayson with David Levithan, which I really, really loved and the quote says that Green thinks Fly might be the best YA book he's ever read. I don't know...I mean, I really liked it. Five star on goodreads and everything, but the BEST? I don't know. I don't think it will make my most favorite 25 of the year if I do one. I will be interested to see what does, if I do make such a list. Maybe I need to think about it more. Gretchen is a seventeen year old gal at the Manhattan School for the Arts and she is kind of on the fringe. Not a lot of friends, having trouble at home, boy trouble, too, grade trouble. Nothing huge or life-threatening, but life just isn't so great right now for Gretchen. She remarks to her friend Katya that she doesn't understand guys and she wishes she could be a fly on the wall of the boys' lockroom. Well...sometimes wishes come true.The book is very funny in a lot of places. And G is a sympathetic character. And it is an original, quick read. Will it make the top 25? Maybe. I need to think about it some more.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The best? The best-best?
Hmm...okay. So yeah, I REALLY liked Fly on the Wall by E. Lockhart who wrote Dramarama and How to be Bad with Mlynoski and Myracle. I loved those, too. And I did read Fly in one sitting. But the cover of the book has a quote from John Green who wrote Will Grayson, Will Grayson with David Levithan, which I really, really loved and the quote says that Green thinks Fly might be the best YA book he's ever read. I don't know...I mean, I really liked it. Five star on goodreads and everything, but the BEST? I don't know. I don't think it will make my most favorite 25 of the year if I do one. I will be interested to see what does, if I do make such a list. Maybe I need to think about it more. Gretchen is a seventeen year old gal at the Manhattan School for the Arts and she is kind of on the fringe. Not a lot of friends, having trouble at home, boy trouble, too, grade trouble. Nothing huge or life-threatening, but life just isn't so great right now for Gretchen. She remarks to her friend Katya that she doesn't understand guys and she wishes she could be a fly on the wall of the boys' lockroom. Well...sometimes wishes come true.The book is very funny in a lot of places. And G is a sympathetic character. And it is an original, quick read. Will it make the top 25? Maybe. I need to think about it some more.
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