YAPADTs

You all know that I have a thing for

YoungAdultPostApocalypticDystopianTrilogies

So I was eager to try the "Uglies" series. 

Set in the future, people get super plastic surgery at age 16 to make them all "Pretty".  It's a big point in the plot, but something you'll see coming from - oh, basically the first chapter in the book - the surgery also changes your brain/personality.  Which of course the main characters aren't in to. 

There are some interesting parts: how this "future" society looks back on our time and some of the interactions with authority, etc.  But overall, I cannot get into this!  It is the first young adult book that really felt more like a book written for teenagers (as opposed to Hunger Games, Divergent, etc. that were YAPADTs, but perfectly readable to my 33 year old self).  I think in part the use of the words "Pretty" & "Ugly" got realllly old reallllly fast.  I dunno - any body want to defend the series to me?  I read the first two, I've requested the last one from the library because it's SUCH an easy read, I can finish it in basically one day and I might as well find out how this all ends.  But, I'm not eagerly awaiting it's arrival.  (Unlike Allegiant, Oct 22, 2013!)

More in the SciFi realm, but still basically a YAPAD, was a classic Nick directed me towards:  Ender's Game.

It's coming to theaters soon and was really a fun little book to read.  In the future, kids are pushed to be great and save the world.  There are... a dozen? or so other books in the Enderverse (that's a real word) - but they look like they get a little more sci-fi that I'm into.  Maybe I'll try one more, but this one was really good -- highly recommended!

And with that - #69 is done!!

And as I was writing this, I noticed that my request log at the library is empty!  What should I read next??