Ok, so ever since I heard about Libba Bray’s latest novel, Going Bovine, I’ve been stoked about it. I mean, a dwarf? The ANSWER to why microwave popcorn tastes so good? String theory? The Church of Everlasting Satisfaction and Snack-N-Bowl? I first heard about Going Bovine when I bought the final book in Libba’s Gemma Doyle Trilogy, The Sweet Far Thing. That was in December of 2007. It is almost December of 2009. That means that I have been waiting for this book for nearly two years. I will even compare it to the anticipation of the final Harry Potter book.
It’s supposed to come out on Tuesday 22 September. I happened to be in my local bookstore last night and lo and behold: Going Bovine on the YA shelf. What did I do? First, my eyes bugged out. This bookstore? I thought. The one that hardly ever has anything I want has this book out early? Then, I ran to my mother in the front of the store, shook the book in her face and whisper/screamed THEY PUT IT OUT EARLY!
Then, I bought it. Now, I’m sorry, but Jellicoe Road will be on the back burner until I finish Going Bovine, which I’m thinking won’t take too long.
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