The next book on my YA Lit book list is Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me. I'm now 16 pages in, and I'm not really sure if it will be a good book or not. The writing is good (not exceptional, but good) and the story hasn't really picked up yet, so I can't weigh in on it. I'm not impressed, but I'm not depressed by it, either. I guess it all comes down to a "meh" sort of feeling.But I'm only 16 pages in. It might get better.
It's won a John Newberry Medal, so that's supposed to be a good sign, right? I'm hoping so, because I'm slowly learning that the New York Times bestseller thing is a joke. Hoping I turn out to be wrong about that, too. Especially if I ever write something that makes that particular list.
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