OCD

It does bug me when people say, "I am OCD.," when they are just meaning that like to control things or like things to be neat.  Ever since I started struggling with my eating and I hear people say, "I wish I had a little bit of anorexia.  OCDaniel was an excellent book about a young man dealing with OCD.

Heroes Come in All Shapes and Sizes

and since no one is perfect but Jesus and Fit and Trim David Levithan, heroes are going to have problems like everyone else.  The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B was an incredible book.  I wish I would have read it sooner.  Another one of those "heart" books, breaking and warming.  Very well done. 

Turtles

Turtles All the Way Down is one of those "highly anticipated books!"  in my circles!  John Green is truly beloved.  I think he is an incredible guy.  And I give this 4.5 stars for sure.  Even 4.9 for sure.  Even 4.999999 for sure.   I read that this is a very autobiographical book for Mr. Green.  That article, as you can see, describes this book as the story of a "teenager's mind at war with itself."  And I understand that.  And a I feel Aza's pain.  And everything about Aza's story is so real.  And the only tiny part that didn't work for me, which is probably not even really a big part except that it kinda drives the plot is the disappearance of Russell Pickett.  I think maybe if I had to hear about him at all, I wanted to hear more to get a more complete picture.  But really, the rest of the book was so good that I suppose it is neither here not there!  Also I learned about the turtles all the way down cosmology saying!  

Well, well, well done

The Goldfish Boy was a fantastic book from start to finish.  It is a mystery but more than a mystery.  A heart-breaking, heart-squeezing excellent story of a middle school with ODC.  Just really, really, really excellent.