Book Club: Extras

The Synopsis:

This book is set in another region of the world a few years after Tally's epic message. The world has gone through the 'Mind Rain" that has brought everyone out of the bubble-headedness. The world is in a new stage of advancement as well as rediscovery. They are constantly inventing new devices while learning about customs  from past generations.  This new world has some new ways of getting by, being pretty does not cut it any more now you need to focus on having a high Face Rank. The higher your Face Rank the more currency you have. To get a high face rank you can be a 'surg-monkey' who are always finding new and unusualy surgeries to have, a 'tech head' who is obsessed with new technology, or you can be a 'kicker' who much like a blogger spreads news, rumors, and trends. This section of the world it a fame based economy, and Aya (our new leading lady) wants to make it to the top of the Face Ranks. She finds a story to kick that will make her high in the ranking, but at what costs.

What I thought:
This was a great book. It seems like something that could really happen. The feeds that everybody has reminds me of facebook statuses, or blog updates, or vlogs, very social media oriented. Reading this book I was drawing so many comparisons to life now and how little would have to change to make our life like theirs. I wish that Scott wrote another book so we knew what happened with the Extras plan. This is a series that I wish would never end. This was a great addition to a fantastic trilogy.

5 out of 5 stars

I feel that I may have made too many spoilers in past Book Club posts so I am going to stop here but feel free to comment of your thought of the book. Next week we will be doing Saving CeeCee HoneyCutt by Beth Hoffman. 

Also let me know in the comments below what books you want to have in future Book Clubs.

Book Club: Specials

Specials was suppose to be the final book in the Uglies Series, until Scott decided (thankfully) that the series should continue. This book was my favorite of the series. I could re-read this book so many times I loved it.

Synopsis:
(this will be a spoiler if you have not read the 1st 2 books)
Tally is now in Special Circumstances but she is a 'Special' Special called a Cutter, thanks to her frienemy Shay. With her new abilities she can finally shut down the New Smoke, but her past is still haunting her.

My review: (straight from Goodreads)

Book Club: Pretties

I enjoyed this book, not as much as the first book but I still enjoyed it. Scott started off this book right where the last book ended (which I kind of like). I do not like feeling like I have missed a huge chunk of the story and with his straight continuation I did not have to worry about this. I will have to say the one thing I really hated about this book was the Pretty-Talk, to use Scott's words it was crazy-making. I know it was just in my head but when I was reading and they were speaking in pretty-talk I heard Valley Girls and it was killing me. True I could have changed the voice in my head but that is how I pictured it.

Now for the spoiler bits:

**CAUTION BELOW CONTAINS SPOILERS**

Book Club: Uglies

Have y'all heard of this series? I love it!!

Synopsis:  Tally Youngblood is a normal girl waiting to turn 16 so she can join her friend and be Pretty. All was going to plan until she meets a girl named Shay who does not want to become pretty. Tally learns more about her world then she ever thought possible and it changes how she sees everything.

This book has been showing up in my Audible, Amazon, and GoodReads accounts as a series that I would enjoy so I thought I would give in an read it...I am SOO glad that I did.

SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS BOOK AND ARE PLANNING TO!!