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Becca, The Mind Behind The Awesomeness. And Lover of Penguins.
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Sep 05, 2012 06:54PM

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My friend read the Maze Runner way before anyone knew about it and I was like "eh, looks too much like The Hunger Games" but now I'm kind of interested. But then I've got about 20 books waiting at home so I really can't afford to get another >.<

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Right now I am reading Glimpse, a free book on my NOOK. Next is probably sherlock Holmes, but I've been procrastinating onthat one.

That said, I started reading Outpost, sequel to Enclave, and so far so good...
Amy wrote: "Ps I'm about 75% of the way through Kill Order and I can't bring myself to finish it. It's getting kinda boring... Like those action movies with Sylvester Stallone where I blank out cause yeah, I g..."
The Kill Order isn't amazingly wonderful? NOOOOOO O.O
The Kill Order isn't amazingly wonderful? NOOOOOO O.O
Aw :( Sadness has fallen upon me... I personally found the 3rd book a bit disappointing, though. I loved the first one, but after they left the maze, I felt like something was missing.

It's ALWAYS like that! Like in the third Hunger Games--without the Hunger Games, something just wasn't right. You fall in love with the original idea and then when there's a book that doesn't feature that it's kind of not the same series. Like with Vampire Academy, once Rose leaves the school it's kind of ...blah. In the second Divergent, now that they (view spoiler) I'm struggling to read it. I wish authors could find ways to mix things up without ditching the whole premise (Uglies by Scott Westerfeld did this SO WELL!)

It was like that with the Inkheart series for me, the books weren't the same after the first. I found that Alex Rider as a YA series worked while changing things. Rangers Apprentice also works for me in that regard. I also found that the relatively unknown series that begins with Stoneheart is also able to adapt with its unique premise.
Recently I read one of the best YA novels I ever have read. It's called Genesis and it is a dystopian kind of sci-fi with a very good twist.



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Becca, The Mind Behind The Awesomeness. And Lover of Penguins.
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You know what though? In the first uglies I really wanted it to be all about the pretty city... At least they did that in the 2nd one.
But I know what you mean.... Although I think I liked insurgent more than divergent... Not a thick enough plot til the end :)
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