Title: My Most Excellent Year
Author: Steve Kluger
Pages: 403
Publisher: Dial Books (Penguin)
Copyright: 2008
Format: Hardback
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Welcome to Steve Kluger week here at The Bluestocking Society! This week I’ll be posting reviews of Kluger’s three most recent books, a giveaway of one of Kluger’s books, and an interview with the man himself.
I can’t remember where, exactly, I first heard about this book, but it was on a blog. And the enthusaism for the book stuck with me. So much so that I ordered the book from Amazon on a whim. It then languished on my shelf for over a year. And then it won the Nerds Heart YA tournament. And I still didn’t get to it right away. It was just a couple of months ago that I finally read it. And the blogosphere was right. This is an amazing book.
My Most Excellent Year is actually the most excellent senior year of the three main characters – T.C. Keller, Augie Hwong, and Alejandra Perez. And that’s all you should really know before your jump in, except that their story is told using a variety of mediums, including emails, school essays, texting, etc.
I wholeheartedly loved this book. I laughed out loud through the whole thing – so much so that my husband kept asking me WHAT exactly I was reading. And I had to answer that I was reading one of my new favorite books. Everything worked for me. The writing is incredibly fresh. The characters are real. The situations, while unlikely, are believable and interesting. And Kluger’s use of various media (texts, emails, instant messaging, and prose) to communicate the story was very effective. I’d recommend this for teens and adults alike.
Come back for the rest of Steve Kluger week:
Monday – Review of My Most Excellent Year
Tuesday – Review of Almost Like Being in Love
Wednesday – Review of Last Days of Summer
Thursday – Interview with Steve Kluger
Friday – Steve Kluger Giveaway
My Most Excellent Year, by Steve Kluger
Other Reviews:
Nerds Heart YA Tournament Final Round (Part I & Part II)
Book Dweeb
Bookshelves of Doom
Linus’s Blanket
Reviewer X
Sassymonkey Reads
Stuff as Dreams are Made On
Valentina’s Room
YAnnabe
The YA YA YAs
Buy My Most Excellent Year at Powell’s Books or Amazon.com
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I remember seeing those reviews too and thinking that book sounded great. So glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve read about this book before, and I remember thinking it looked like a really sweet book. If it’s Steve Kruger week that must be a sign to finally read this one. :)
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I’m so glad you loved it too! Just reading your review made me miss this book. I want to read it again :P
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This book is such good clean fun! I volunteer at a school where we read with 6th graders, so I suggested this title for their list to choose from. :-) Glad you loved it!
This one has languished at the bottom of my TBR list (not even in the pile yet) but I have really got to move it up! Glowing reviews like this really make me want to get it!
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I’ve just read through the interview and reviews from Steve Kluger week. They sound like so much fun. I will definitely try to get to these soon.
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