Unwind (Unwind, #1) by Neal Shusterman → Start Date: June 15, 2013

[Kathy]

Gisbelle and I are reading the 1st book in the Unwind series, so join us if you haven't read it or if you have and you want to chat!! :)

Gisbelle, how do you get that little arrow after the authors name!! I have yet to figure that out. lol :D

[Gisbelle]

copy and paste ^^

[Kathy]

Gisbelle wrote: "copy and paste ^^"

OMG!!! Really?? Ok!! *hanging my head!!* lol :P

[Vicki]

Great!! I loved this book so much! Can't wait to hear your thoughts!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I make mine by doing -
2 dashes " -- " and then putting " > " on the end :)

[Gisbelle]

lol Your secret is safe with me ;)

[Kathy]

Trisha wrote: "I make mine by doing -
2 dashes " -- " and then putting " > " on the end :)"

I tried that and it didn't work, I was looking for a special button on my laptop!! lol :P

[Kathy]

Gisbelle wrote: "lol Your secret is safe with me ;)"

Thanks Gis, you're the bestest!! :D

[Trinity]

i havent read this book yet but everyone say sits a good book . i miht read it with u guys :)

oh who am i kidding i will definitely read this book wit u guys :)

[Kathy]

lol Yay Trinity!! :)

[Sami]

I loved this book!!! Hope y'all enjoy it too.

[Kathy]

Thanks Sami! :)

[Trinity]

ok so were starting next week ? got it ! and thank god too tomorrow is my last day of school and ill b able to read more and go to the library more !!! :)

[Kathy]

Love the library!! :)

[Trinity]

lol me too ! thats where ima get this book :)

[Yoly]

I will try to read this with you :)

[Kathy]

Yay Yoly!! :)

[Marla]

I'm in, if you'll have me. I've been busy with life, but I need to finish a few read for reviews, my book club book by wed. and then I can read this. I will request from library on my presuming that you will allow me to join you. :)

[Trinity]

hey anyones allowed to join of course u could join Marla ! If u get the book a little late dont worry and u still could jump into this conversation .

[Amanda]

I will join in as well. I have this checked out from the library currently sitting on my to read pile.

[Trinity]

YAY amanda !!!

[Kathy]

Yay Marla and Amanda! So glad you guys can join us!! :)

[Marla]

Looking forward to it ladies! Thank you.

[Kathy]

Me too! :)

[Amanda]

So excited to read this. I have to work this morning so I will start later this afternoon.

[Kathy]

Me too! Me too! :D

Are we reading 5 chapters and then post?

[Gino]

Great book, enjoy y'all!!

[Amanda]

Every 5 chapters works for me.

[Amanda]

I have read through 5 chapters. So far I am liking this it's a unique plot line. It's pretty creepy curious to see where this goes.

[Kathy]

I haven't started yet and probably won't get to it until tomorrow! :)

[Amanda]

That's okay I am not very far into this one yet. I can stop for tonight and continue tomorrow.

[Amanda]

I have read through part 5 so far. This is really good. It's scary and sad for these teens whose parents have signed the papers to have them unwound. It's also hard to know who to trust as well. I really dislike (view spoiler)[Roland, especially know that he has reported to the cops where the other unwinds are hiding. (hide spoiler)]

Can't wait to see what happens next with the way part 5 ended.

[Amanda]

Just finished I really liked this book.

Chapter 61 (view spoiler)[was such a hard chapter to read about Roland being unwound. This chapter gave me chills (hide spoiler)]

Can't wait to see what you guys think of this.

[Kathy]

Wow! That was fast! I promise to start soon! My husband has had the TV going all day and it was hard for me to concentrate!! lol :)

[Vicki]

I have that problem too Kathy.

[Kathy]

It was Father's Day so I tried not to complain too much, but it's so distracting!!! I didn't get enough reading done today!! Not near what I wanted anyway! lol :)

[Vicki]

Neither did I Kathy, and I have 3 nieces here from FL and L.A. so that's going to take up 5-6 hours tomorrow on top of a dental appointment that will require about an hour and a half of my time plus an hour driving time. Ugh lol

[Kathy]

lol! I know and I have to work pretty much all week! But at least I have a job! It's summer so we have more hours at the library, summer reading program! :)

[Vicki]

Oh yeah, never thought about that. Does your library have a lot of ebooks?

[Kathy]

Yeah! That is where most of out circ is from, it's like over half of over 30 branches. So yeah, it's quite a bit! :)

[Kathy]

finished 5 chapters and I can see why you're done already! It's a fast read and I really don't want to put it down! I'm glad you liked it too! :)

I like all the different POVs, getting perspectives from all angles!

I cannot, cannot imagine doing this to my child! And I'm not sure which is worse, (view spoiler)[to sign them up to be unwound because they've made wrong choices or to actually have more kids so I can plan(!) to tithe my child? It's disturbing and horrible!! I'm rooting for these kids and I know I'm going to cry before I'm done! (hide spoiler)]

I have to work all afternoon tomorrow, but I'll try to get as much done as I can! :)

[Amanda]

Yeah it is a pretty fast read. I spent most of the day yesterday just sitting in the sun reading. There is no rush though Kathy.

I liked all the different POVs as well.

I agree (view spoiler)[I could believe these parents that would do that to their kid. But, I would think having a child just to tithe them would be worse. That kids entire life is being groomed to be unwound so they never really had a life to begin with in a way (hide spoiler)]

[Kathy]

Ok I just finished chapter 15 and I'm going to post when I finish part II, then part III and so on because I forgot how short this author writes his chapters. And I really need to get with this one! So I'll try to finish tonight! :)

The only book I've read by this author is and I forgot how much I really like his writing style. I quickly I get attached to his characters.

I really like Connor, Risa and Lev, (view spoiler)[ the story that Connor told about the baby was just so sad, but I'm really wondering how he expects them to take care of this baby with no means to do so. (hide spoiler)]

I really like it so far and I should get through it pretty fast! :)

[Amanda]

I liked that scene too Kathy (view spoiler)[the scene with the baby was sad but you understand why he took the baby too after the story he told (hide spoiler)]

[Kathy]

Ok finished part II

Hayden (view spoiler)[ Seriously!! His parents couldn't decide who should have custody? So we'll just kill him? And it's acceptable?!?! (hide spoiler)]

Roland is a tool!

Clappers? (view spoiler)[ They really don't have explosives in their blood! Right? You never can tell with these dystopian novels! lol (hide spoiler)]

Hannah, Risa and Connor (view spoiler)[ I'm so glad Hannah agreed to take the baby! What a relief! But I really felt bad for Risa! The author really got it right on her emotions when she handed the baby to her. (hide spoiler)]

Sonia! I loved her! I think she will be one of my favorite characters of the book! (view spoiler)[ I love that she told them to write the letters! So they could get off their chests what needed to be said in case they didn't survive at least they said the words they needed to say to those people! (hide spoiler)]

All these ways and reasons for having the kids to be unwound is going to drive me!

[Amanda]

Totally agree about Hayden (view spoiler)[so sad that because neither parent wanted to see the other get custody they would rather have him unwound. (hide spoiler)]

Clappers (view spoiler)[I have never read a dystopian book yet that has had characters like that. Explosives in their blood. I found that interesting. (hide spoiler)]

[Kathy]

finished part III

CyFi (view spoiler)[ That was crazy, you would think that first if it were even remotely possible to even manage a brain transplant, partial or otherwise and second that they patient would have the side effects that CyFi was having, they wouldn't be doing them! It's just a bad idea all around! (hide spoiler)]

Roland!! GRRRR! (view spoiler)[ I take back what I said about him being a tool! That's too good for him! He's a vile, evil, nasty, perverted A**!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

I agree about Roland (view spoiler)[he angered me throughout the book (hide spoiler)]

[Kathy]

I'm done! I'm not sure what to say. I mean I liked it certainly, I liked the characters and their stories. It's just so disturbing! Chapter 62 most of all! I wouldn't have wished that on him or my worst enemy!

[Amanda]

Kathy wrote: "I'm done! I'm not sure what to say. I mean I liked it certainly, I liked the characters and their stories. It's just so disturbing! Chapter 62 most of all! I wouldn't have wished that on him or my ..."

I know chapter 62 was so hard to read it gave me chills. I never wished that on him either and I did not like his character.