Book Log: Girl of the Moment, Shift

[penmage]

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Comments

[ashfae]

Zindel...any relation to Paul?

Have you read The Dagger of Never Letting Go perchance? It came into the library and I was intrigued, started flipping through it, was unable to put it down (which surprised me--I wasn't exactly enjoying it, but I STILL could. not. put. it. down). But then the ending...yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. So I want to find other people who've read it.

[penmage]

She is actually Paul Zindel's daughter, a fact that never fails to annoy me, because they call it out on the flap copy of both books--and yet it seems to me that I don't care about her famous relatives, I just want to know if she's any good.

Also, she doesn't write the same kind of books as her father AT ALL--which is fine, but then why call him out in HER flap copy?

I did read and love The Knife of Never Letting Go. I thought it was totally brilliant and the ending killed me DEAD and I can't wait for the next book. We should discuss!

[buymeaclue]

and he finds himself on a mission to rescue an aged penguin

Sold!

[penmage]

Hah, okay! I wonder if you'll like it better than I did.

[buymeaclue]

I glanced at the excerpt on Amazon and I'm not going to go for it. I just love that idea.

[penmage]

It's a very strange little book. There were moments that I really enjoyed, but for the most part I have no idea what it was trying to be. I kind of wish she had picked one direction and ran with it.