false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175964634m/578029.jpg 16178 8 "When you don't talk, there&'s a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said." Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D.J. can't help admitting, maybe he's right. When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isn't so friendly anymore. Or why her little brother, Curtis, never opens his mouth. Why her mom has two jobs and a big secret. Why her college-football-star brothers won't even call home. Why her dad would go ballistic if she tried out for the high school football team herself. And why Brian is so, so out of her league. When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said. Welcome to the summer that fifteen-year-old D.J. Schwenk of Red Bend, Wisconsin, learns to talk, and ends up having an awful lot of stuff to say. 564970 book 22 5 2006 Dairy Queen total:2310|5:657|4:947|3:536|2:141|1:29| 2310 8992 3258 598 578029 0618863354 9780618863358 314 99 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175964634m/578029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578029.Dairy_Queen 4 2 false Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 14:53:21 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 11:50:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 578029 0618863354 9780618863358 314 99 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175964634m/578029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578029.Dairy_Queen 4 3 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:37:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 22:01:40 -0800 2009 I've found football sorta sexist... I mean, have you EVER seen a woman in the NFL? Exactly. Its like, one of the only sports that there's really not a Woman's league. I mean, all women can do in this sport is cheer the men on from the s...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 2 false Tue Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 11 02:38:15 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:18:24 -0800 2009
D.J., at 15, doesn’t have the world’s most pleasant life. Her two older brother’s have left the house, after a fight with their dad, and dad’s got a bum leg, so i...more...]]> 578029 0618863354 9780618863358 314 99 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175964634m/578029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578029.Dairy_Queen 5 2 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 06 20:05:38 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 12:14:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 5 1 false Mon Aug 18 10:27:49 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 21:30:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 2 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 16:00:41 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 16:01:57 -0800 2007
In my quest to read as much as possible over my extended break, this is book one. As this is my first day off, I'm doing pretty well. At this rate, I can read 240 books by August 14th.

Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 2 1 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 28 15:27:31 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 31 12:13:23 -0700 2007
The conversational, first person narrative is rambling, riddled with commas, asides, too-much-backstory-please-g...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 5 2 false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 05:08:51 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 15:31:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 5 1 false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 13:53:29 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 18:55:40 -0700 2008 1 When I first heard about it, I kinda shyed away from it, because it dealt with football. Don't get me wrong, I love the Steelers, but football isn't my favorite subject, especially to read about.

But I loved this book.
I love the way D.J. is just a ra...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 0 false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 23:20:35 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 23:28:59 -0700 2009 Loved the ending, mostly. (Great begginning, too, for that matter). Not too perfect, but resolved everything nicely. I thought Brian went from "jerk" to "nice" a little fast, but that w...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 0 true Wed Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 13 11:55:36 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 11:58:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 20 06:59:27 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 07:00:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 578029 0618863354 9780618863358 314 99 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175964634m/578029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578029.Dairy_Queen 5 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:24:59 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:53:58 -0700 2009
The main character, D.J. Schwenk, is trying to balance her "normal" teenage problems (family, friends, school, romance) with the pressures of being in charge of her family's diary f...more...]]> 578029 0618863354 9780618863358 314 99 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175964634m/578029.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578029.Dairy_Queen 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:44:04 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:51:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 2 0 true Wed Sep 23 09:30:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:30:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 07:34:26 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 21:57:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 5 0 false Mon Jul 20 12:51:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:52:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 1 false Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 09:38:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 08:42:00 -0700 2009
Secondly, what a refreshing choice of setting. We have, in many ways, moved past the agricultural era in this countr...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 22 09:31:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 10:10:20 -0700 2009 During the summer before her junior year in high school, D.J. Schwenk has a lot on her plate. Running the family’s dairy farm in Red Bend, Wisconsin would be enough, but she gets roped into training the enemy quarterback for the upcoming football year. On top of that she has to figure out ...more...]]> 16178 0618683070 9780618683079 1923 475 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166719842m/16178.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16178.Dairy_Queen 4 0 false Tue Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 24 00:55:28 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 00:56:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=578029