Matched

Matched by Ally Condie




I have taken this book home at least three times and I am so glad that I finally read it. This book is about a utopian society 70 years in the future. The society provides everything for you including the best marital match. What happens when the society makes a mistake that isn't really a mistake-who do you marry then. By the way, don't cross the society or you could end up in the farmlands or worse-the outer provinces.

I am looking forward to book 2. It is on reserve.



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My thoughts

I'm going to put my thoughts here because it is my blog. I am rounding up the last month or so until I graduate and I can't wait. Although I learned a great deal going to "library school" it is a little like being pregnant. When I started I thought for sure that it would never end-just like pregnancy. Ah, but sweet justice-it does!! Yippee! I have a gown for the grad ceremony but no cap. Yes, I am going to walk and if you are there I will wave and jump up and down. Maybe I will do a little wheels on the bus just for fun. Until then, I will finish up my class, and practicum and electronic portfolio, and let's not forget -look for a job. Sleep is elusive and I am having lots of headaches, but I will blame the weather and chocolate for the headaches and Weezie for the lack of sleep. Until that magically date of December 17th I will just keep on truckin'!

Lola and the Boy Next Door

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I love a book that makes me sit in my chair, and yes I have a chair just like Archie Bunker, all day! Lola is a lucky girl with two dads that adore her and rockin' boyfriend and a boy next door that she can't stop thinking about. Wait, she has a rockin' boyfriend so why does she keep thinking about that boy who broke her heart just a few years earlier. All is fair in love and love.



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Never Forgotten

Never Forgotten by Patricia McKissack

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Read this book aloud. What a difference it makes to the intensity of the story. Adam loved this books, which is how I rate most books. He wanted to read more every night. Take your time and enjoy.




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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8901945-hidden" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Hidden" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1316638921m/8901945.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8901945-hidden">Hidden</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/49193.Helen_Frost">Helen Frost</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/209361420">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
there are so many things that I like about this book: the characters, the friendships.  It is written in prose, which I alway enjoy, but the author has added a second dimension to it.  There is an explanation in the back of the book about how to read.  the kidnapping is written from the pov of the kidnapped child,Wren,  but the second half of the book is written from her pov and the child of the kidnapper, Darra. Plus each "long" line of prose from Darra's pov has additinal meaning if you read it correctly-so fun.
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All These Things I've Done

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. It is hard to imagine chocolate being something that is illegal, but store your favorite chocolate in the closet because by the end of the twenty first century is a street drug. Only Grandma remembers a time when chocolate was ooey gooey fun and not mafia business. Now her grand daughter has to find out who poisoned the chocolate, and stop herself from falling in love with the DA's charming son while saving her brother from the clutches of mafia wannabes. It's all good fun.



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