Are you in the mood for something weird and different? I highly recommend this strange little piece of fantastic. 
 All the Birds in the sky doesn't really fall into a neat little category for me and I loved that. There are witches, talking trees and animals, as well as super computers, robots with feelings, and Artificial intelligence. 
 From flying through the tree tops while astro projecting, to building a 2 second time machine to leap out of the way of spitballs at the perfect moment. Natural disasters, and acts of terror. This book really had a lot of different themes but Charlies writing blended the story together perfectly and I loved everything from the narration to the characters, the plot arc and pace.. 
 Basically two misfits become friends at school, one a science and math geek, another a social pariah that spends to much time talking to nature and acting a bit to crazy for the others not to notice. 
 Both come from over achieving or under achieving parents that are trying to mold them into what they deem acceptable. 
 As they grow older they keep bumping into each other sometimes as awkward friends, other times standing on opposite sides of a huge decision. From best friends to reluctant enemies, their friendship grows and changes with the world until you don't know how it or the world will end up. 
 I'm struggling to the right find words to describe how much I just enjoyed this book. There were elements that reminded me of The Night Circus and scenes that made me think of the movie The day after tomorrow. 
 All the Birds in the Sky is weird and wonderful and if your looking for a fantasy/sci fy with plenty of unique features grab this one. 
 Favorite quotes: 
 "Society is the choice between freedom on someone else's terms and slavery on yours." 
 "People who told you to "think fast" were always those who thought much more slowly than you did." 
 "You never learned the secret," said Roberta. "How to be a crazy motherfucker and get away with it. Everybody else does it. What, you didn't think they were all sane, did you? Not a one of them. They're all crazier than you and me put together. They just know how to fake it. You could too, but you've chosen to torture all of us instead. That's the definition of evil right there: not faking it like everybody else. Because all of us crazy fuckers can't stand it when someone else lets their crazy show. It's like bugs under the skin. We have to destroy you. It's nothing personal." 
 "When the world turns chaotic, we must be the better part of chaos."