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The Selection (The Selection, #1)

Kiera Cass

Start date: September 18, 2012

Finish date: October 10, 2012

Discussion: THE SELECTION

Discussion leader: Becca

Why we're reading this: We had a poll, and fifty percent of the voters voted on this. Therefore making this our top pick.
[close] We had a poll, and fifty percent of the voters voted on this. Therefore making this our top pick.

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By Becca , The Mind Behind The Awesomeness. And Lover of Penguins. · 7 posts · 8 views

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Aug 24, 2012 Becca rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, series, reviewed, curl-up-with-your-cat, own-it, dystopia-challenge, to-be-read, to-be-read-2, first-timers, books-i-own

Kiera Cass,

I have become obsessed with your book. It's a ittle too addicting. (view spoiler)

Love your book,
Becca

I picked this book up in Wal-Mart with the reassurance that it would not become a cliff-hanger. Or, if it was, just a mild one.

That's not what happened.

We have all heard that cliff-hangers keep your reader interested, right? (view spoiler) ...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Keru Faye rated it did not like it

Shelves: read-in-2012, female-protagonist, ugh, just-why, annoying-love-interest, from-library, yaawesomenesschallenge

I wanted to give this two stars at first, considering I gave Carrier of the Mark two stars and they were about on the same level at first glance. However, unlike Carrier, I can't think of anything in this book that would get it into OK territory. It's not OK.

Before we begin dissecting this "selection", I feel the need to mention the bad behavior on the part of the author's agent. While it doesn't factor into my opinion of the novel itself, calling someone a bitch is never acceptable under any st ...more

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