Matched Series By Ally Condie - Reading from 'Matched' from August 29th 2019

[María]

I finished! (view spoiler)[ I don't like that Cassia could be a very important person in the Society but she choose Ky. I feel sorry for Xander. I wish she could love him... (hide spoiler)]

[jam]

It's been a long time. :) I've been extremely busy for the past few weeks, so there wasn't much time to read. I just finished Clockwork Angel, and I just bought Matched recently. :) I will catch up! ;)

[Tris]

@Jamira Yay! Hope you like it :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date Changed. Restarting March 4th 2014. Everybody welcome ☺

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[Sarah Elizabeth]

Starting now ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ she's about to get her match! how exciting!! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ OMG her match is in the room?!?!?! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ ah and its xander! perfect ☺ (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ they got rid of all but 100 poems and 100 songs?! that's crazy! and her grandfather's final banquet? are they freaking going to kill him just cause he reached a certain age?! awful!! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ Oooh! it's not xander! duh duh duh! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 3 [spoilers removed]"

Haha! How are you finding it so far?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

love it!

[Abi]

I'm not really sure what i didn't like about it, it was about 2 years ago that i read it! I just remember that the other two went downhill. Reached was really dull.

Maybe it was because it was centered around romance. I've only just started liking those type of books!

[Abi]

Glad it's breaking your bad run! :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It reminds me a bit of the selection.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ so she knew the other boy too! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ i don't get the whole tablet thing. its weird. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 5 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I thought that was weird when i read it as well. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

(view spoiler)[ one tablet to keep them going for days without food, one tablet to calm them, and one they're only allowed to take when told (so i'm guessing its probably cyanide or something). considering that their lives are supposed to be so perfect and programmed, why the hell do they need the tablets? (hide spoiler)]

[Rachael]

They are a strange concept but they become a pretty key element to the story I think

(I read this about a year and a half ago and was interested to see what you guys thought about it)

I agree with Abby that the first one is the best in the series

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Oh dear! And I've already got all three!

Chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ I really can't stand all this talk of her grandfather 'going', it makes me miss my own grandad so bad :( (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Oh dear! And I've already got all three!

Chapter 6 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I really miss mine too. :(
Fire alarm went of yesterday cause i burnt some toast, and it reminded me of christmas morning when my grandad used to set it off at 6am doing his breakfast! It's weird how little things like that can bring back memories. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ this had me crying buckets last night. It was so sad the way they killed her grandfather. and this law about them not being able to eat anything from his plate? how dumb are they to not realise that there must have been poison in his food?! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 13 (view spoiler)[ Ky isn't allowed to carry his own tablets? what the hell is in the green one that's so addictive? Em has a problem it seeems. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 13 (view spoiler)[ I wasn't surprised when her father lost the container on purpose. it seemed obvious that he had done it by choice. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ It did seem silly that they never thought about the food. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 18 (view spoiler)[ why are they taking the artifacts? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ what exactly does she plan to do? whatever it is is going to get her in trouble! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 23 (view spoiler)[ they're risking everything with this relationship. I get it though. totally. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 26 (view spoiler)[ its taken her this long to work out that they poison the food to kill the elderly? (hide spoiler)]

[Jill (readinginpjs)]

Originally was reading it with the last group but got very busy and didn't have a chance... now on vacation and back on track :) it's gotten better than I thought at the beginning

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Kathryn wrote: "Up to C10 [spoilers removed]"

I don't really know what happened with the matching, (view spoiler)[ the bit where they kill the grandfather was awful for me. I can't believe they didn't suspect the food when there was an actual 'law' saying they weren't allowed to touch his food! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That was quite clever in the end. I'm interested to see what happens next ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

libraries can be difficult like that!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I would, no pressure though! and yes it would count ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

When are you free? ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Okay! I'm quite busy up til the 16th anyway. Could we go from the 18th? Would that be alright?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Sure, I'll move this one to the series read section ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Crossed chapter 4 (view spoiler)[well I'm glad cassia and xander are still on good terms. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

crossed chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ I felt so sorry for Xander when Cassia told him that she wouldn't give up her family for Ky, when she was obviously giving up Xander! Surely he's like family to her considering how long they've known each other :( (hide spoiler)]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ that is so bad that the blue tablets are poisoned! that is really going to trip Cassia up when she eventually starts taking them, even though she hasn't taken them so far, I'm sure she will eventually. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 19 (view spoiler)[ roughly half-way now, I thought this was pretty slow, but it does seem to have picked up a bit now. it seems like a pretty typical middle book though - lots of travelling without really getting anywhere fast. I hope that Ky and Cassia meet up soon! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 22 (view spoiler)[ yay! I'm glad they finally caught up with one another! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 31 (view spoiler)[ bit of an odd turn - hold their breath and move the earth?? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 33 (view spoiler)[ what the hell does Ky know about Xander that Cassia doesn't know? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

okay ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 47 (view spoiler)[ its nice that she's giving the boat to eli and indie, but Ky traded to get that boat for her, does she not think that he might not be happy that she's not going to use it herself? isn't accepting what he's given her? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 49 (view spoiler)[ i was wondering whose tubes they had taken! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 53 (view spoiler)[ it's sad that they're being separated, but I suppose they're at least making a difference as part of the rising now. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 54 (view spoiler)[ argh! Who's she going to meet?! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I got so confused with the switching perspectives. I kept having to go back to the start of the chapter to work out who the hell I was with!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

The first half of the book is really slow.