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04
Mark Your Calendars for MISS ENTROPIA
2011 at 5am Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky
So, I’m having this problem lately where I’ve become so absorbed in the books I’m reading (that’s right, books plural, because I’m a crazy book polygamist now) that I can’t convince myself to put them down long enough to get any blogging done. It is a wonderful problem to have, especially at a time when reading has been feeling like work, but it’s not so great for the productivity. Here’s the latest object of my affection.
Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb by George Rabasa, coming April 2011 from Unbridled Books
It’s Thanksgiving, and Adam Webb’s family has had it with him. Again. Enter the one-man goon squad from the Institute Loiseaux, Minnesota’s loony bin for children from the trust fund set. Adam is fourteen, and this isn’t his first rodeo. When the Institute’s van makes another stop at the home of Francine Haggard (who prefers to be addressed as Miss Entropia), Adam carpes the diem and takes the trip—and his future—into uncharted territory.
One grand theft auto, a bit of shoplifting, and a debut sexual experience later, Adam is in straight-up L-O-V-E. More than that, he’s convinced that Pia is a goddess, and he is determined to be with her.
But the folks at Institute Loiseaux (known affectionately to its clients—never “patients”— as the ‘Tute) have other plans, and Adam’s attempts to thwart the adults, find Pia, and get away with occasional cross-dressing result in a rollicking adventure that is laugh-out-loud funny and often unexpectedly poignant. Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb is a terrific read for adults who haven’t forgotten what it’s like to be a teenager—sane or not—and it oozes crossover appeal for teens and young adult readers. (In fact, I’m reading an e-galley and just loaned my paper galley to a 17-year-old acquaintance who wants to move out of the Gossip Girl phase and into adult fiction.)
Miss Entropia is fantastic by itself, and as Josh mentioned on a recent episode of the Bookrageous podcast, it pairs very well with Peter Bognanni’s House of Tomorrow.
Get out your trusty red pen (or your iCalendar) and put a pretty circle around April 5th, when Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb hits shelves. You can thank me later.
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You got me excited about this title on Twitter yesterday!
You keep adding more books to my list!!!! Love it
I do the same thing. I keep wondering how long people believe my book blog is a book blog if I don’t get some books reviewed on it!!
Ms. Dawn´s last [type] ..Bookish Things to do This Weekend in Indy
I have this book sitting here and I can’t wait to start!!
Aths´s last [type] ..13- rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
I said to my honey, “Lookee here, honey! This may be the best review I’ve ever gotten.”
And my honey said, “Honey, that may be best review ANYONE has ever gotten. But if that lady throws her panties at you, she’ll be answering to Me.”
So thank you, Book Lady, for the terrific words. And many thanks also for lending your energy and wit to the cause of good books.
You can tell your lady that 1) your book is totally pantyworthy, 2) they would be panties with flames on them, and 3) all panty-throwing is purely platonic!
Thanks for stopping by. I adored MISS ENTROPIA.
Love the blog, your writing has personality.