I found this book on my first visit to The Orange Spot cafe in North Charleston, SC. When I saw the small poster near the bookcase in the front room explaining the idea behind BookCrossing (which is leaving free books, journaling about them on the bookcrossing.com website, and then leaving the book somewhere for someone else to find) I thought, What a fun idea! and picked out the book that interested me the most. 
 I had been meaning to read Code Name Verity for a while because of all the awesome reviews it's gotten and the medal on the cover, and this was finally my chance. And yet...I didn't really like the book that much. I loved the history, the friendship, and the bravery, but the story felt bogged down by boring details about planes and flying. I spent the first half of the book trying to get myself to keep reading and was finally rewarded with a second half that included a good twist and less details about planes and airfields. I also found the basic premise of the first half, that a girl held by the Nazis would be allowed to write such a long text with so many personal anecdotes and so little useful information, highly implausible. Overall, though, this book was not bad. It just didn't float my boat. 
 I plan on taking this book with me when I travel home (across the country) in a couple weeks so that my friend can read it (I introduced her to BookCrossing after I signed up). Even though I didn't love this book I am pretty excited about it possibly traveling to all sorts of different places.