Impossible

The story revolves around the impossible-to-solve tasks that are within the lyrics of the "Scarborough Fair" folk song by Simon & Garfunkel - you might have heard it..."Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme..." Well, if you've ever listened to the words, it talks about some seemingly impossible tasks that the woman has to perform in order to be "a true love of mine." This song is based on an old, old poem from Scotland - the Elfin Knight - that has had many reincarnations throughout time. Well, the author of "Impossible" decided to bring it up to date by creating Lucy - a seventeen year old girl who discovers that she and all the women in her family have been cursed to have a child at age eighteen, then go crazy - all because some ancestor refused to fall in love with a Fairie Knight. Will she be able to perform the impossible tasks before she goes crazy? You'll have to read it to find out.

It took me FOREVER to read this book, which usually indicates that it wasn't great. This one had fabulous reviews and lots of discussion on teen book listservs, but I'm still not sure if it lived up to all the hype. Part of the problem might have been that I only read it during lunch - a half an hour at a time. Some books you just have to delve into and read them in big chunks, maybe this was one of those. Try it and let me know what you think.