Leave Me Alone

 

An Aspiration To Lie Flat by Stanton Fenwick

All Terrence wants is to be left alone.  What he gets is 50 million dollars he can't refuse.  He finds he is no longer in control of his own life and is the center of a whole lot of attention.  With everyone, including a flock of influencers and his own father, trying to use his (mis)fortune to make money themselves Terrence needs to find a way to take back his own life.

This book is witty and sarcastic.  It is funny and entertaining.  It is a wonderful, quick, escapist read.  It is absurd but at the same time you feel like this could happen.  You may not agree with Terrence's choices.  You might not understand how anyone can try to refuse 50 million dollars.  But you will root for Terrence and feel for him as his life slides out of control.  I enjoyed watching Terrence try to get out of this mess of other people's making just to end up further in.  I enjoyed all of the strange people and events that kept popping up in Terrence's life.  I enjoyed the ending too.  I had a lot of fun reading this book and hope to see more from Fenwick in the future.

I received a free copy of this book for review from Librarything.com early reviewers.

Time For School

 

The Three-Berry Academy by Joseph Helgerson

Quiet Quickthorn, the teacher at the Three-Berry Academy, needs to get her river troll students to school. The problem is they don't want to go.  She has to catch them first.

This is a fun, quirky book.  Quickthorn has to trick her students into coming to school.  Each chapter is the story of a different student, told in the voice of the student.  I like how each chapter is told in a distinctive voice.  They all have the same concept but Helgerson manages to make them all individual stories.  I enjoyed reading about the river trolls and learning about their lives and what they treasure enough to get caught.  I think children and adults will like this one.

I received a free copy of this book for review from Librarything.com early reviewers.