And now for something completely different.
So after WEEKS of reading middle grade fiction for the CYBILS award (which I totally loved doing), I was REALLY ready for something different. I looked on Netgalley and picked one that I had downloaded quite some time ago and dove in. It's a young adult book called "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner and I timed it sort of badly. I wanted to read a bit before I went to bed so I got into bed and started reading with about 150 pages to go and no ambition to finish it. And then I couldn't stop reading it. Once I got done reading it, I couldn't sleep for thinking about the characters. It was totally worth feeling sleep deprived today! It's about three kids who are seniors in high school in a small town in Tennessee. They all feel like outcasts for various reasons but only Lydia has a plan to get out. As she continues to plan and talk about her plans, the boys, Dill and Travis, start to think maybe they should get out too. There are themes...