Lara Zielin

FAVE LINKEY-POO RIGHT THIS SECOND: Amy’s diary. Also sometimes called her “dairy.” It’s short and clever and hilarious.

I got an email the other day from a dude who is 30-ish, likes to watch football and drink quality beer, and who really, really loves Star Trek. He also really, really loves DONUT DAYS, apparently.

I was really tickled by his email because he’s *so* not the demographic for my book. With permission, I’m sharing a few excerpts here.

(Note: Some parts edited out for spoilers.)

Amazing! Seriously. Better than an actual donut — except *maybe* a custard filled, chocolate covered long john.

I loved all the clever little lines and situations throughout, and while I dug the book in its entirety, I thought the ending was just superb. That whole last scene was so crystal clear, it was like watching a movie, especially in how you chose to finish without revealing her final path. That’s the kind of story telling that I suppose good books and good indie flicks tend toward that gets lost a lot in a pop cult world. My two cents, anyhow.

Anyhow, I found it so enjoyable that I — clearly the real crux of your target gender and age groups — set aside both American Pastoral and my latest issue of “The Art of Eating,” which I generally read cover to cover within 48 hours of receipt. So you moved this stubborn, cynical, vehemently atheistic middle-aged, male food snob to break his routine and get into a young adult novel about a Christian teenaged girl at a donut camp. That’s something, I think.

(Btw, the title of the blog post, for any of you who are like, wha?, is a play off of Sarah Rees Brennan’s awesome book, THE DEMON’S LEXICON.)

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