last book of 2007
Jan. 1st, 2008 07:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyI finished Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks while on my way to New Year's Eve dinner. (Yay, subway.) Now, most of you know that I read a lot of YA and children's literature. I've read books with this premise, but none executed so brilliantly. Artemis Fowl prays every night that a miracle will occur and he'll become half as cool as Cabel Piggot. This is the junior version of Austin Grossman's Soon I Will Be Invincible, or Mysterious Benedict Society from the other side of the mirror. This book is not funny or hopeful, but despite the surreal cast of characters and crazy plot developments, it is very real. If you are or have ever been a teenage geek, you'll love it. Five stars.
One complaint, though - the book ends with a number code, and I can't crack it. I'm a geek, but I'm a book geek - numbers scare me in large doses. Does 53 178.5 73 12.01 92 mean anything to anybody? Or do you see where on the Internet I can find the answer?
One complaint, though - the book ends with a number code, and I can't crack it. I'm a geek, but I'm a book geek - numbers scare me in large doses. Does 53 178.5 73 12.01 92 mean anything to anybody? Or do you see where on the Internet I can find the answer?