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imperfectletter31. *Unwind by Neal Shusterman (352) YA/SF
I found this book on Tamora Pierce's suggestion list at the end of '08. I read it in the bookstore.
Conner is not great at school and a bit of a troublemaker and his parents finally decide to have him unwound. That is, taken apart piece by piece in a sort of super-advanced version of organ donation that uses the entire body. Conner, not being fond of the idea himself, runs away. He accidentally ends up on the run with two other Unwinds - and that is just the beginning of the story.
Unwind is an amazing book, well-written with a very creepy premise. The society and the things that have become acceptable in it - not just unwinding but other things that are explained along the way - are so disturbing and yet, in a way, you can imagine today's society heading in a similar direction.
32. *Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (192) YA/Fic
The title pretty much says it all, really - it's a classic boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy goes to elaborate means to try and win boy back. Adorable, really.
Also, I would love to live in that town which can't possible exist yet in this day and age, the town where the high school quarterback is also a drag queen and (almost) nobody cares about anything that might cause prejudice anywhere else.
Boy Meets Boy is a sugar-shock sweet book, and a quick read. Really; it took me about two hours, tops. It's well-written, but without too much substance.
32 / 150 books. 21% done!
18 / 75 *new books. 24% done!
0 / 10 ^non-fiction. 0% done!
9100 / 45000 pages. 20% done!
I found this book on Tamora Pierce's suggestion list at the end of '08. I read it in the bookstore.
Conner is not great at school and a bit of a troublemaker and his parents finally decide to have him unwound. That is, taken apart piece by piece in a sort of super-advanced version of organ donation that uses the entire body. Conner, not being fond of the idea himself, runs away. He accidentally ends up on the run with two other Unwinds - and that is just the beginning of the story.
Unwind is an amazing book, well-written with a very creepy premise. The society and the things that have become acceptable in it - not just unwinding but other things that are explained along the way - are so disturbing and yet, in a way, you can imagine today's society heading in a similar direction.
32. *Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan (192) YA/Fic
The title pretty much says it all, really - it's a classic boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy goes to elaborate means to try and win boy back. Adorable, really.
Also, I would love to live in that town which can't possible exist yet in this day and age, the town where the high school quarterback is also a drag queen and (almost) nobody cares about anything that might cause prejudice anywhere else.
Boy Meets Boy is a sugar-shock sweet book, and a quick read. Really; it took me about two hours, tops. It's well-written, but without too much substance.
