Waiting on Wednesday 9/29

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine, and specifically spotlights upcoming novels we can't wait to read. As always, there are some amazing upcoming books, but this week I'm particularly excited for...

Title: 10 Miles Past Normal
Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Release Date: March 22, 2011

Janie Gorman wants to be normal. The problem with that: she’s not. She’s smart and creative and a little bit funky. She’s also an unwilling player in her parents’ modern-hippy, let’s-live-on-a-goat-farm experiment (regretfully, instigated by a younger, much more enthusiastic Janie). This, to put it simply, is not helping Janie reach that “normal target.” She has to milk goats every day…and endure her mother’s pseudo celebrity in the homemade-life, crunchy mom blogosphere.
So, what’s wrong with normal? Well, kind of everything. She knows that, of course, why else would she learn bass and join Jam Band, how else would she know to idolize infamous wild-child and high school senior Emma (her best friend Sarah’s older sister), why else would she get arrested while doing a school project on a local freedom school (jail was not part of the assignment). And, why else would she kind of be falling in "like" with a boy named Monster—yes, that is his real name. Janie was going for normal, but she missed her mark by about ten miles…and we mean that as a compliment.
Taken from GoodReads.

Something about 10 Miles Past Normal speaks to me. I'm excited to read about (and meet) a no-holds-barred, quirky, and lovable heroine that many people can relate to. I think 10 Miles Past Normal sounds like the perfect coming-of-age tale blended with just enough humour and romance to satisfy my literary appetite. Plus, I just can't resist that cover! What is it with me and blues these days? What do you think...and what are you waiting on this week?