Stranger than Fiction

My thoughts about Strange the Dreamer are very strange.   I tried to get into this book four times before I made it.  And there were times when I thought I would never finish it.  And I hated it, a lot.  But now that I have finished it, I find that I can't say I hated it.  I just think it was too long for me.  But it was very original.  And it was VERY quotable.  Especially for someone very much in love.  I don't think that I will read the second book.  But then again, maybe I will.  It has been a couple of days since I finished it now,  and I do find myself going back in my head to the world Laini Taylor created.  There is no doubt that she is a very talented writer.  This just isn't my usual book.  But yes, I can see why this would be wildly popular.   I don't know if it is Printz-worthy, but then again, it is hard for me to judge being that I am so very much not a fantay person.  Yet...because I did enjoy the book so much, while it being so counter what I usually like-- maybe that does make it more Printz-worthy?  That it pulled in readers with preferences so counter?
Again, super well written.