false 493456 10 It's a few years after rebel Tally Youngblood took down the uglies/pretties/specials regime. Without those strict roles and rules, the world is in a complete cultural renaissance. "Tech-heads" flaunt their latest gadgets, "kickers" spread gossip and trends, and "surge monkeys" are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. And it's all monitored on a bazillion different cameras. The world is like a gigantic game of American Idol. Whoever is getting the most buzz gets the most votes. Popularity rules. As if being fifteen doesn't suck enough, Aya Fuse's rank of 451,369 is so low, she's a total nobody. An extra. But that's just until she gets to kick a good story for herself. Then Aya meets a clique of girls who pull crazy tricks, yet are deeply secretive of it. Aya wants desperately to kick their story, to show everyone how intensely cool the Sly Girls are. But doing so would propel her out of extra-land and into the world of fame, celebrity...and extreme danger. A world she's not prepared for. 3315797 book 2 10 2007 Extras (Uglies, #4) total:7750|5:1965|4:2454|3:2245|2:849|1:237| 7750 28311 13166 1342 3 29 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 22:02:57 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 22:44:33 -0800 2008
However, Extras raised the same prickly issues for me that the other books in the series did. My years as a student steeped in cultural studies...more...]]> 5 9 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 17:25:28 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 14:03:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu Dec 27 16:13:47 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 07 13:40:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 5 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:09:24 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 20:47:43 -0800 2009 significantly worse than the others in the series. A lot of the dialogue was agonizingly stilted. The characters actually said things like "Not good!" and "uh, oh!" to react to approaching falling objects and other im...more...]]> 3 2 false true Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:56:23 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 07:05:42 -0700 2008
Aya Fuse'...more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 09:50:05 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:55:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 01:56:10 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 23:15:07 -0700 2008
Extras is set a few years after the huge finale of Specials, or the "mind-ra...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 09:21:50 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 09:51:01 -0800 2007
I wasn't so sure at first. The girl on the front is obviously not Tally Youngblood, and so I was rather nervous about starting a Westerfeld book that wasn't about Tally Youngblood. But start it I did, and for the first half or so I...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 08:10:22 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 06:18:36 -0700 2007 Pretties a little less than Uglies, and Specials a little less than Pretties. I'm happy to say that Extras is the best book in the series since Uglies.
...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 19:50:29 -0700 2007 Wed May 28 15:55:38 -0700 2008 Uglies no-longer-a-trilogy. I liked this way more than Specials, the last book in the series (which I actually kind of hated). This novel doesn't center around Tally, the protagonist of the previous three books, but around a new character, Aya Fuse, who's growing...more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Sep 27 11:58:25 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 20:18:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 31 10:32:16 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 17 00:11:28 -0800 2008
This was my least favorite of the series. I really liked it for the first half. I liked Aya Fuse (cool name) and her brother, Hiro, and his friend, Ren. I liked the whole premise of popularity and fame...more...]]> 2 1 false true Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 10:15:50 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:28:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jun 10 14:05:22 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 14:08:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 12:27:35 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 08:59:22 -0800 2009 Why do I like it so much? Well, it's a ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 21:06:02 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 21:06:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 20 07:05:08 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 07:05:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:54:48 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 11:08:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 29 18:16:33 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 18:45:15 -0800 2008
"Tech-heads" flaunt their latest gadgets, "kickers" spread gossip and trends, and "s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:59:39 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 12:08:13 -0700 2009 more...]]>