I was such a fan of The Crossover, and that might be why I felt a little let down by Booked. I use interviews with Kwame Alexander in my classes and always recommend The Crossover, but this was honestly just okay. I thought it missed a lot of the heart that The Crossover had, and it was even missing some of the fun playfulness with the typeface and poem formats that enamored me to Alexander in the first place. I hate that I can’t stop myself from comparing this book to The Crossover, but it’s so similar in theme and form, that it’s impossible not to. It’s still going to have a place in my classroom library, I just won’t jump to recommend it like I will his other books.