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On this week‘s episode of my book podcast, Carlyn Greenwald and I dive into one of the most gloriously bizarre books that either of us have ever read, GOING BOVINE. If you don‘t have a frame of reference for this Printz winner, don‘t worry about it… I‘m still not 100% sure I know what happened! 😂 Carlyn and I break it down together. 🐮 Listen at the link in my bio!

A Spindle Splintered meets Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I'm very glad I didn't know anything about this book before I started it. Start, middle and end are different than I thought, and I think it will stay with me longer because of that. I have a feeling it might have had a greater impact if I had read it at the intended audience age: teenager. Definitely look up content warnings.

I love that moment in reading when you come across a thought or description that you realize you've needed/perfectly matches what you've always wanted to say. "Shellacked", perfect!

Ah, formal education. Can't say I miss it. Especially since it put me into a reading slump only recently recovered from.

I'm a real sucker for lengthy chapter titles.

I have over 200 unread books on my kindle but with so many new releases that excite me every year I don‘t know when I will ever read most of them. I want to read all of them and none of them! Does anyone else have a similar problem?!?!

Looking for a book with #surrealism was a little difficult. But this one was the third that came up on a Libby search. I like Bray and her writing a lot. This book was weird and had no logic, but in a purposeful way. Not my jam but I understood what it was going for. #halfbloodbingo

#librarybooks #readingresolutions two more that I will start soon

Day 8: Award winning Author #agameoffavorites
In 2010, Libba Bray won the Prints award for Going Bovine, a quirky, crazy book about a boy with mad cow disease. It isn't my favorite of her books, but it is a lot of fun, and it is very odd, which is always enjoyable. I do love her! Fun fact: for research, she dressed up in a cow suit and walked around New York 😋
@ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress

Now the characters have joined company with a Viking lawn gnome whose original language is Old Norse, because he‘s actually a Norse god in disguise. Of course. 😂

This book is getting VERY weird. I‘m about one-third through, and waiting for the other shoe to drop. Also, I‘m pretty sure there‘s going to be a sad/heartbreaking ending, and I‘m not sure I‘m up for that. 😟

I just spent almost if not more than an hr and a half trying to figure this sh*t out!!!! Omfg. The app wouldn't download the original e-book download from my library. Million years later. Realize I can rent a different copy from my region. Or at least try to and voila! The font selection is awful though. Sigh. Now for snacks and reading. Hope this sucker was worth it. In a bit of a slump the last bit. #holymoly #muchlove #bookproblems

Ended with almost 19 hours read which is pretty good considering the family stuff that came up today that prevented me from completing my full 24. Life has been too stressful for me lately to give myself a hard time about it so I'm happy to have participated and read so much! Thanks to the lovely organizers and all the participants for the fun weekend! 💓💓#24in48

I'm almost to 14 hours read and gonna start this one in bed until I can't keep my eyes open (which probably won't take long). #24in48

This story was very exciting and a page turner. However, be prepared to cry at the end. I was not expecting the twist that happened. I highly recommend this.

Not taking very good pictures today. Oh well. But day one of #17booklove and an #authorIlove .. Libba Bray! Not the only one, but most impressive collection, I think. I started with Going Bovine... Which is way different from her other books.

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Just realized that I can't post pics of two of my #bookmail packages because they're gifts and #noppostonsundays books! However, this stack of books I ordered from Book Outlet came in this weekend and I'm so excited! And rapidly running out of space to put my books (even with multiple bookshelves and nightstands). 😬 I think this will be my last bookish order until after the holidays. Well I'll try at least. 😆

Sharply written, compelling tale of learning to deal with mortality. Also, there is a talking garden gnome.

Sharply written, compelling tale of learning to deal with mortality. Also, there is a talking garden gnome.

Definitely Libba Bray's strangest book (which is saying something), but also her most heartfelt.

I've been poked and prodded in places I'd always prided myself on keeping untouched for that one special doctor who gives me a ring and a promise someday.

I laughed so hard at this sentence the first time I read it that I still revisit several years later. It never fails to cheer me up.

This book was a perfect example of why I like book bingo! I had never heard of it, probably would never have heard of it but I needed a retelling of a classic. I searched some lists and found this listed as a retelling of ,Don Quixote, thought that could be interesting and boy was it ^_^

I'm really enjoying this! It's going to be a good night. Moo!

Crisp, pretty day for reading a quirky road trip/quest/adventure story. Who says readers never go outside? 😜

So far, so fun.