I’ve been so busy writing the last few weeks, I’ve done less reading than usual! I have enjoyed rereading some old favorites, though, and trying a couple new books too.
Gordon Korman was my favorite funny author of my childhood. A couple of librarian friends tell me he’s known for survival stories now, but back in his early career he wrote some hilarious stories, including my favorite and one of the earliest reviews on this blog, A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag. I recently bought one missing from my collection of his early books, Son of Interflux. I got a used copy online, and was pretty delighted to open it and unexpectedly find a signature! The book was also as fun and hilarious as I remembered. In the same mold as Semester, it’s a high school setting full of kooky characters and increasingly escalating chaos. In this case, an art school takes on a big corporation to save a forested area – but it’s not remotely as serious as that plot makes it sound. Continue reading “What I’ve Been Reading Lately (May, 2022)”