BOOKS, BOOKS...
...AND MORE BOOKS!!!
UGLIES, PRETTIES, SPECIALS, EXTRAS
(No, I'm not talking about you. Or maybe I am...)
I looked back on my posts and realized it was time for another book recommendation! I've been super busy recently and lost track of time, so forgive me if my posts aren't coming as frequently. I may miss a week or two if things get too busy at the school (very likely). What can I say? I'm human, and humans err.
Okay, so on to the book recommendation. This week, I'm introducing (for the first time for a select few of you out there) a wonderful series by Scott Westerfeld. Though he has other books out there (one series I'm also particularly fond of), I will be sticking to the Uglies series. The series consists of four books, as you can see from the title above. It can be classified as Sci-fi, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and YA.
So book number one, Uglies, starts us off in a futuristic world in the head of fifteenteen (almost sixteen) year old Tally Youngblood. In this futuristic society, at sixteen, you are given plastic surgery to make you what is termed, a pretty. Once you receive the operation, you cross the river and enter a new society. The operation is looked forward to by everyone...or is it? Tally befriends a girl named Shay, and when Shay begins to talk of renegades, Tally is reluctant to listen. But when Shay disappears a few days before their operation, Tally decides to do as the government requests, and go after her friend. A few days into her search, Tally discovers a settlement of people who never underwent the surgery, yet are happy (a concept foreign to most in Tally's day and age). As always, I don't want to give too much away for those who haven't read it yet. So suffice it to say, Tally rebels against society's enforced conformity, earning herself a place amongst the government's hunted.
All the books, except Extras, deal with Tally Youngblood and her rebellion against the forced conformity to societal and governmental ideals. Extras deals with a different part of the world during the same time. For fans of Tally Youngblood, she does show up in later chapters and even plays a major role.
So, yeah. Good books. Read them. Love them.
The book to
read is not
the one that
thinks for you
but the one
which makes
you think.
-Harper Lee
Hey! Just came across your blog! Can't wait to read about all your adventures in Korea! Super jealous!
ReplyDeleteAnd although I haven't read this series (but I want too) I do own the Midnighters series (actually haven't read that yet either!).
PS: don't show people the bottom of your feet/soles of your shoes, when you cross your legs. My bro-in-law went to Korea on his mission and says that is really rude. So guys have to cross their legs lady like.
PPS: this is Kirsten, your old roomie from BYU-I your first year! :)
Kirsten!!! Thanks for the tip :) I've actually heard that one before. I just have to remember it when I'm actually in a situation where it might be relevant...
DeleteI haven't read the Midnighters series yet. I'll have to check it out. Let me know how they are (once you read them, obviously).