This book is completely bonkers and I loved every minute of it! It is irreverant, hilarious, gritty, graphic, voice-y, smart, dark, full of swearing, and completely brilliant, so probably will not be everyone's cup of tea.
About the book(from Indigo.ca)
A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction


"Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone

“Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review


In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things.

This is the truth. This is history.
It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it.
You know what I mean.
Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.

Sorry for the late journal entry!

Sounds nuts and right up my alley. Been in a reading funk lately but I'm looking forward to this one!

How did I end up with two copies of this book?

I really enjoyed this one! Especially the absurdist take on being a teenager and living in a small town. Looking forward to the sequel.

Available on audiobook from the library.

Bringing to the Calgary April BookCrossing meetup.