Going Bovine by Libba Bray

When I heard that Libba Bray had a new book coming out, I was intrigued. I had read A Great and Terrible Beauty, which I thought was pretty good, given that the genre wasn't really my thing. Going Bovine, on the other hand, seemed to be exactly my thing: Mad Cow Disease, punk angels, dwarfs, yard gnomes, road trips, happiness cults, parallel-universe-hopping physicists... what more could I want? Then I saw this promotional video Libba Bray made:


And suddenly, I COULD NOT WAIT to get my hands on this book.

Now, I am a terrible influence upon my friend M. I was the one who introduced her to the Twilight series, Hunger Games, and yes, Emma Boyle. Whenever I read something really good, she's the first person I foist it onto. So of course, I immediately forwarded the video to her.

That was a few months ago. It wasn't until last week that M asked me if I had read Going Bovine yet.

"Oh yeah, I read it," I said. "Do you want to borrow it?"

"Was it good?"

"Well, I don't want to say anything to influence you before you read it."

Pause.

"Should I read it?"

"Um, I haven't recommended it yet, have I?"

"Yeah..."

"Right."

Going Bovine by Libba Bray