Pugs and Kisses

Quick! What was my favorite book of last year?

If you said IF ANDY WARHOL HAD A GIRLFRIEND then you are oh, so correct.

Have you read this book yet? If not, why not? It rocks. Truly.

In fact, I could spent this entire post listing the ways in which I envy its author, the sweet and adorable Alison Pace, but I'm not going to do that.

Sure, she's written a book that I almost literally could-not-put-down--one of those "just one more chapter" books--you know the kind. They're few and far between, but hopefully you've read one or two, and believe me, Andy Warhol belongs on that list.

I could write about how no one has better Amazon reviews than Alison Pace. Sure, writers as a rule shouldn't get too hung up on Amazon reviews, but every time I read Alison's, I turn a little green (it's not a good look for me, btw.)

Or, I could write about how no matter what I do, Alison always has more MySpace friends than me (she is so cyber-popular.)

But instead, I'm going to write about the fact that Kirkus--one of the most brutal and unforgiving literary review publications--said this about Alison's new book:

"Pace has invented an emotionally complex and winning heroine," and, "A remarkably sweet and affecting tale of inner growth."

That's a good Kirkus review, people! No one (and by no one, I mean me) gets good Kirkus reviews.

I want to hate her!

But I can't, because I adore her!

Oh, jealousy, what a vicious, vicious circle.

So instead, I'll just tell you all that PUG HILL, Alison's new book will be released on May 1 (the same day as a certain young adult novel I might have mentioned a time or two before.)

According to my sources (aka, Alison's blog) the Pugs are shipping already from BarnesandNoble.com.



I read this book months ago, and it's wonderful. It's not another Bridget Jones clone; it goes deeper like only an author as talented as Alison Pace can.

No one in this business writes like Alison Pace. No one.

But don't take my word for it.

--Ally