A & L Do Summer by Jan Blazanin is definitely my kinda book. It is full of hillbilly-goodness and it is absolutely hysterical. Seriously, it isn’t gonna add any depth to your life – but it will make you laugh your butt off.

From pigs being accidentally set loose in a school to falling in pet-love with a chicken scheduled to be served up for dinner, this book delivers the originality.

Laurel is new to small town Iowa, but has become close with a native named Aspen. Aspen is determined to score them both spots in the popular crowd – which, in turn, should score them both boyfriends. But, as we know, these things never go according to plan. As they navigate through after-school jobs and drunken high school parties, disaster and embarrassment follow them everywhere. Also: things actually take a pretty sinister turn. You’ll be surprised by the level of violence they accidentally find themselves exposed to. I certainly was!

Anyway – bottom line. I loved Lauren, Aspen and all their crazy plans. This book was so much fun to read, I found myself laughing constantly. There isn’t a lot of plot or character development, and it definitely isn’t the kind of book you’ll be remembering a long time after finishing it. What it does deliver is a good time, and if you’re in the mood to laugh I definitely recommend dedicating a couple of hours to this one! ( )

Prepare yourself for the ultimate summer à la Aspen and Laurel because they certainly have quite a full plate of backfired plans going on! A & L do summer was not what I had expected from the synopsis. I thought there would be a little more city-vs-country girl dynamics going on – and perhaps a little fun scheming as finding boyfriends go. Instead Aspen and Laurel had more Lucy/Ethel hilarities – which I thoroughly enjoyed!

A & L do summer is a wholesome slice of warm apple crumble topped with a refreshing scoop of vanilla ice cream. Doesn’t that sound like trouble – a delightful sort of trouble? These girls get into the strangest of predicaments – as they hop out of the pig-herding fiasco, they fall right into drive-thru shenanigans and a daring chicken rescue operation! I admit, it sounds like too unbelievable to happen to these girls – but they pull it off with such charm that you cannot help but believe that they are invincible!

If you need a break from the heavy-duty YA reads and just want a good chuckle to brighten your day, I think you can do no wrong with A & L do summer ! Definitely a win for fans of I LOVE LUCY! ( )