Across the Library

Looking back over my past blog posts, I see that this will be my be my third review of a Libba Bray book. She is one of my favorite authors after all. I recently finished her Before the Devil Breaks You , the third book in her Diviners series. I believe there is to be one more book in the series. Usually I have a hard time rating books and avoid doing so, but I did give this one 4 stars on Good Reads. I thoroughly enjoy her writing. The series is about a group of young people that have special abilities. One can read an object's past when she touches it. Another can heal. Another can keep people from seeing him. There are two that can walk in dreams, etc. Not necessarily a new idea, but Libba Bray makes it her own. The books take place during the 1920s, the age of prohibition and flappers, and sure enough we see plenty of drinking and partying. In addition to the special abilities there are ghosts, sleeping sicknesses, and other paranormal bits. There are also important issues, ...

 What a strange little book!  Well, technically it's not a little book at all, but strange indeed! I knew I wanted to read this book before it came out.  I love Libba Bray!  I enjoyed her Gemma Doyle series, and though I knew Going Bovine would be completely different, the idea was intriguing and the book trailer of Libba going around in the cow costume was so fun!  It took me a while to finally get around to the book, but I'm glad I did.  A couple of my coworkers who also read a lot of YA fiction told me this book wasn't worth reading.  One of them never even finished the book.  I think it was just too strange for them.  I'd heard a lot of things about the book, including reasons why some parents wouldn't let their teens read it.  Still, I went in with an open mind and an open heart.  It didn't take long for me to see how strange the book was, and I could understand why the one coworker didn't finish it.  She thought it...