Insanse. Witty. Addictive. I'm not sure how to describe this one. It was wildly imaginative, and painfully honest, in a crazy Alice-and Wonderland sort of way. The characters were nutty, genuine, and real despite the bizarre situation(s) they were in. At times they were annoying, at times I had no idea what was going on, and at times I wanted to laugh (or cry) and the absurdly honest story underneath it all. It reminded me a crazy road trip, one that I wouldn't take twice, but I would never regret it either. The second to last chapter was perfect, right at the end. ( )

weird, unpredictable, thought provoking
could work well to spark interesting discussions in an English class. ( )

Going Bovine
By Libba Bray
After reading The Diviners, I wanted more from this author and this was available from the library in audio. I am so glad I found it! What a gem of a book! It has wit, action, a cross country adventure with a skinny terminal ill boy, a teenage death obsessed dwarf, and a talking garden gnome. I shouldn't leave out the punk rock looking winged messenger that helps Cameron on his journey to find Dr X.
See, Cameron has Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, which is like Mad Cow only the human version. As an ICU nurse I have only seen one case in all my years in nursing. The doctors at the time told us this is rare and most doctors and nurses will never deal with a case like this.
Well, Cam's punk rock angel came to his hospital and convinced him to go on an adventure to save himself and the world. The whole book is clever, touching, humorous, magical, and sad, yet hopeful.
This is definitely one of my favorite books. ( )

This was 100% cracked out, hilarious awesomeness. ( )

I ended up not finishing this one. I think if the "going bovine" bit could have cropped up a little earlier I would have stuck with it but the too-typical sentiments of the protag and the too-typical depressing suburb life depicted left me bored and frustrated. However, high school settings never work for me (they even didn't when I was in high school) so I'm thinking this might be one of those YAs that really is for YA and won't appeal as much to an older audience. No probs with that.