Summer Reading #8

A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall

I am prone to selecting books because I like the cover. I was drawn to this cover, but what made me choose this book was this paragraph from the back: "But something is happening between them, and everyone can see it. Their creative writing teacher pushes them together. The baristas at the local Starbucks watch their relationship like a t.v. series. The bus driver tells his wife about them. The waitress at the diner automatically sits them together. Even the squirrel who lives on the college green believes Lea and Gabe were meant to be together." Actually, it was that last sentence that made me buy this book. I figured if I was going to get to read from a squirrel's perspective, it was going to be interesting.

Basically, Lea and Gabe go to the same college, and are in the same creative writing class. They are attracted to one another, and EVERYONE knows except themselves. The story of their relationship, or lack thereof, is told from fourteen different perspectives. Baristas, professors, waitresses, bus drivers, classmates, various friends, a bench (yes, a bench), and a squirrel all weigh in to tell this story. It WAS different, and I LOVED it!

The bench cracked me up talking about perfect butts, and the squirrel's sections were the most fun to read. This was a sweet book, and I highly recommend it.