To tide you over until I finish reading The Season - which is proving to be longer than I'd anticipated. I have vol. 5 already read, and will get it posted when I'm having my next dry spell.


I know I said this about the previous volume, but I think this one is my new favorite. I can't get enough of this series.

( You had a SEXY phase?! )

I've been having a very nice freebie of a day, so I thought I should continue the fabulous S.P. series.  Today, we're moving on to #3.


The glaring redhead on the cover?  Envy Adams, one-third of the popular "art rock" band Clash At Demonhead.  Scott's band, Sex Bob-Omb, has just opened for her at a concert.

( Most people just can't take it. It's a fact of science. The main thing to know is that I'm better than most people. )

This was a disappointingly short read.  For something based on one of the greatest books ever written, it's extraordinarily slight.


But don't worry, that's not all I have to say about this book.  It was actually very thought-provoking, not that I want to give the actual text too much credit.

I finally finished this book after weeks of reading it in 15-minute intervals.


This is one book where it might be more worthwhile to purchasse it, rather than use your mother's library card to check it out.  But either way, you need to check it out.

( If you can make it to puberty without already having become a Catcher in the Rye casualty you're a better man than I, and I'd love to know your secret. It's too late for me, but the Future Children of America will thank you. )

I nearly peed my pants in excitement when I saw this, the second offering from David Levithan, perched on the shelf of my library's (rather old) YA section.  I knew without even cracking it open that I had to read it.



In other, somewhat related news, I just learned that he and Rachel Cohn are writing a third book together!  You can bet I'll have it shipped to my door as soon as it comes out.

( You think you know your possibilities./Then other people come into your life/and suddenly there are so many more. )

Soon to come: Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn

I really should be working on my application to grad school, so of course I'm going to procrastinate by reviewing S.P. vs. the World for my own entertainment.


This is the first book in the series I read, and let me tell ya, I was pretty confused at first.  The hottie on the cover is Scott's cool new girlfriend, Ramona.  She is awesome, for many varied reasons.

 

( Look, Scott. I'm going to issue an ultimatum. )

This is kind of the question, or at least one of many, that this books asks.


I picked this book up as soon as I saw it, and since then I've read it at least three times.  I'd definitely equate it to the nearly perfect Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and even suggest that Naomi and Ely goes above and beyond.  This is in no way a Nick and Norah copycat; it has a different story, different characters, and different lessons that each of them must learn.  Let's get into it.

( Somehow I think he's never looked more beautiful. Teary-eyed, splotchy-cheeked, runny-nosed, laughing and crying. My boy. )

I read this because this was the only Rachel Cohn book at my university's library, other than Nick and Norah.


I have no interest in the music business, and even less after reading this (assuming this is an accurate portrayal, which it seems to very well be).  But I loved the story nonetheless, mostly because the main character is much smarter and funnier than Britney and her ilk.

( Lick it, chew it, blow it, pop it ... )

I had to read the second volume in this series for a class, and it was so insane I had to check out the first one.


Two things you need to know right away: a) it's a graphic novel and b) it's a video game.  No, I don't mean it's based on a video game - I mean that the world Scott lives in is a video game.  Got it so far?  Because there's so much more.

( I mean ... there are ... reasons ... for you to hang out with me? )

So way back before Christmas 08, I was checking around for the latest popular YA books, I discovered this gem.  I took one look at it and immediately put it on my Christmas list. 


This was also part of my ongoing campaign to read more YA books with male main characters (see Flight, Stargirl).  Larry Doyle used to write for The Simpsons, as I mentioned, which was all the more encouraging.  I read this book in less than a week.

Yeah, I do.


Unfortunately, the cover of the book I own doesn't have this cool purple sketch of New York City; instead, it's an iconic shot from the movie, which obviously means that I didn't get around to reading this book until after they filmed the adaptation.  I knew I should've checked it out from the library almost two freaking years before the movie, but alas, I was young and foolish.  Then I started to hear how good the movie was (which I can attest to, having pleaded my brother to download it for me), and I knew I had to read it before I could see it.

( You're like my musical soul mate. )

This is pretty much gold, right here.


Like many, many of the books I'm now reading, this one was recommended by the excellent blog Pop Culture Junkie.  I believe it's a first novel for Robin Benway, and I am curious to read her next one.  This book pretty much blew me away.

( I broke up with Evan, and eight hours later, he had a song in his head and guitar in his hand and it snowballed from there. )