false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255786769m/6017769.jpg 6017769 4 It’s Dade’s last summer at home. He has a crappy job at Food World, a “boyfriend” who won’t publicly acknowledge his existence (maybe because Pablo also has a girlfriend), and parents on the verge of a divorce. College is Dade’s shining beacon of possibility, a horizon to keep him from floating away. Then he meets the mysterious Alex Kincaid. Falling in <i>real</i> love finally lets Dade come out of the closet—and, ironically, ignites a ruthless passion in Pablo. But just when true happiness has set in, tragedy shatters the dreamy curtain of summer, and Dade will use every ounce of strength he’s gained to break from his past and start fresh with the future. 6193128 book 14 5 2009 The Vast Fields of Ordinary total:151|5:41|4:66|3:36|2:7|1:1| 151 592 325 55 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 14:56:25 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:15:22 -0800 2009 kinda-relationship with anyone. Enter Lucy, a neighbor's niece w...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 22:24:02 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 22:51:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:11:54 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 07:36:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:38:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 14:44:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 14:50:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:10:40 -0700 2009
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Dade begins his last summer at home feeling even more lonely and pathetic than usual. His parents seem ready to divorce the second he leaves for college. He seems not to have any friends he can trust. And his relationship with Pablo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 09:43:17 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 09:58:32 -0700 2009
This is definitely one of the best books I've read in long time. I couldn't put it down! Through the author's mesmerizing writing I could feel the sheer loneliness that Dade felt growing up in a midwestern town feeling isolated and out of place as he laid in his bed night confessing to h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 11:03:03 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 11:03:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:03:42 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 10:12:35 -0700 2009 Ellen Hopkins, who called it "Bold. Engaging. Heartbreaking." A review in Publisher's Weekly compared Burd's writing to Sarah Dessen's. I agree on all counts.

This book is the story of Dade Hamilton's summer immediately fol...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 19:09:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 19:00:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 06:58:34 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 15:49:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 19:14:39 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 13:56:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:22:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 20:01:43 -0700 2009 The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Book talk: Dade Hamilton is a normal graduated high school senior -- he is a typical Iowan student who works at a local grocery store and has plans to go to a state college. His only difference that sets him apart is his sexual orient...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 17:00:03 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 15:14:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 19:37:28 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 12:33:21 -0800 2009
However, once Dade meets Alex, a sexy, mysterious man, his life starts to change...

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A lot happened q...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 06:39:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 08:57:24 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 11:36:07 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 11:36:21 -0700 2009 The Vast Fields of Ordinary compared it to several of my favorite books in the same genre, and it turned out to be just as good as they predicted. Burd does an excellent job of writing on a much more mature level (not unlike Peter Cameron's Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You), a...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6017769