The book club met today to discuss A.S. King's Please Ignore Vera Dietz. The overwhelming opinion was that despite it being strange and many unexpected twists, it was still a very well done book.
We also chose our next book, for Thursday, February 10th. We will be reading North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Hadley. Books will be made available at the Teen Services Desk.
Here is the synopsis provided by GoodReads:
As he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, But you were the one who wanted this, remember? You're the one who asked-and I repeat-Why not fix your face?
It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper.
She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with one turn of her cheek, all people notice is her unmistakably "flawed" face. Terra secretly plans to leave her stifling small town in the Northwest and escape to an East Coast college, but gets pushed off-course by her controlling father. When an unexpected collision puts Terra directly in Jacob's path, the handsome but quirky Goth boy immediately challenges her assumptions about herself and her life, and she is forced in yet another direction. With her carefully laid plans disrupted, will Terra be able to find her true path?
Written in lively, artful prose, award-winning author Justina Chen Headley has woven together a powerful novel about a fractured family, falling in love, travel, and the meaning of true beauty.
