alanajoli | Book Recommendation

This is outside the usual genre I discuss, so if you're not into contemporary YA fiction too much, it might not be for you. (Then again, Neil Gaiman loved it, so it might.) Sherman Alexie's new YA novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, is amazing. I started it last night, finished it this afternoon, and think I have never both laughed and cried so much in one book. It's both extremely grounded and wonderfully full of hope, and it blew me away. It is definitely well worth reading.

And I'm actually not going to give away any more than that (except to say that Neil Gaiman figures it'll be one of the most banned books put out this year--so it may have some controversial content for conservative readers, who are totally missing out).