Onward Gladys

Title: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Author: Alan Bradley
Read by: Jayne Entwistle


A dead body in the cucumber patch! I enjoyed this mystery novel with its eccentric characters and cheeky young protagonist. It had a classic feel that reminded me of Agatha Christie or Nancy Drew stories. I think I would have enjoyed this even more when I was a kid and would definitely recommend it to young friends who might enjoy reading about a clever, persistent 11 year-old budding chemist.

The narrator of the audio book was very good and probably contributed a lot to my enjoyment of the story.

Let's try something

Title:Will Grayson, will grayson
By:  John Green and David Levithan

I listened to this as a downloadable audiobook from the public library and found it due to the FYA blog http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2010/04/15/they-shouldve-called-this-book-tiny-cooper-tiny-cooper/

I really enjoyed this book and yes, Tiny Cooper is fabulous.
I found that for myself I was much more drawn to & liked/related to Will Grayson [written by David Levithan i believe, whose Nick from Nick & Norah I also enjoyed] much more than will grayson. will grayson's negativity - while i could understand how he got there - was a bit grating to me and i found I was eager to get back to Will Grayson's POV during those sections.
Likely because I've become a parent, I just was moved to tears by how awesome both boys parents were and how supportive and understanding they could be. I hope someday to be that great.