Unsouled by Neal Shusterman Buddy Read!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

OK, I know there are some people that want to get in on this buddy read!! Y'all can start whenever you're ready, but I can't wait any longer so I'm going to start and then feel free to jump in as you start! I'll use spoilers :)

[Marni]

Getting ready to read his Bruiser than go reread Unwind. Just have to rub in that I met him at his UnSouled release in NYC AND he emailed me! Yes, I seriously fangirled!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Ack!! I'm jealous! Well he's coming for a Q&A to this group too, so that'll be awesome!!

[Marni]

Awesome!

[Karen’s Library]

I'll probably finish up my current read tonight, so will start this one tonight!! :)

[Kritika]

I'm dying to read this book but it will probably be weeks before I can get my hands on it...sighs

Marni, Bruiser is really good! I almost cried during multiple parts - it's very intense, but not in the same way as Unwind.

[Amreen]

Kritika wrote: "I'm dying to read this book but it will probably be weeks before I can get my hands on it...sighs

Marni, Bruiser is really good! I almost cried during multiple parts - it's very intense, but not i..."

I have to really catch up on this series. I have yet to read Bruiser but I absolutely loved Unwind! Maybe I'll be able to catch up in time. Anyways, happy reading!

[Karen’s Library]

Starting now!! Woot WOOT!

[Karen’s Library]

One chapter in and I'm hooked. Hope I can out this down to sleep in an hour. ;-)

[Meaghan]

I thought this release date was pushed back until November!! I'm so excited!!! And the 3rd divergent book came out (thank you amazon for providing the book 2 hours early and ensuring I get no sleep tonight...)! I'm also finishing up Iron Queen. I don't know what to do with myself right now, lol!

[Karen’s Library]

I know, Meaghan! I need to put this book down right now and get some sleep. My copy of Allegiant should be arriving soon,so I'll have two late night reads this week!

[Karen’s Library]

33% in. For anyone who has not read the novella I highly recommend reading it before reading this book. It ties directly into this book quite a bit. I'm really happy to see all the characters back and a few new ones!

(view spoiler)[Grace is really interesting. I'm not quite sure what low-cortical means since she seems to be really intelligent in many ways.

And CyFi is back! Cool concept with his commune.

Shusterman is amazing with all of these advertisements and news clips for all of these wild organizations. He's really taking today's political fights way off into cray cray land but in a way that could really happen. Really scary world that is a little too close for comfort. Eep.

I really like Cam too. His character is so freaking intriguing. Just the thought of it. Gives me the shivers. (hide spoiler)]

Really really loving this book!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Karen, I'm at the same point, and I agree completely!! This book rocks and (view spoiler)[ the ads are awesome and scary at the same time. Love them! Wow, Cam is a mess at the moment. I think he's going to switch sides pretty soon! (hide spoiler)]

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Meaghan wrote: "I thought this release date was pushed back until November!! I'm so excited!!! And the 3rd divergent book came out (thank you amazon for providing the book 2 hours early and ensuring I get no sleep..."

Ack! I know, right? So many good reads! I'm going straight to Allegiant after this one :)

[Meaghan]

I'm reading Allegiant now and then straight onto Unsouled (and then I'll finish the book I was almost finished with but had to start Allegiant)! Should we start an Allegiant buddy read also? :)

I can't wait to start Unsouled and I'll make sure to post my thoughts as I go!

I (hopefully) am going to start having more time to read and participate again. My schedule was crazy for a while. My work schedule changed a bit and then I was traveling like every 2 weeks for 5-6 days at a time and I didn't have time to do anythig!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Yes! We definitely have to buddy read Allegiant! Oh good! I'm glad you'll have more reading time!!!

[Karen’s Library]

I'll be onto Allegiant as well. I'm waiting for my copy to arrive by mail, but if it doesn't arrive by the time I finish this one, I'll be downloading onto my Nook. Hahahh...

[Meaghan]

LOL Karen! I pre-ordered the hardcover but it won't be here until tonight and I couldn't take it so I downloaded a copy last night to my Kindle...

I have my copy of Unsouled too. I can't wait to start that one!!

[Karen’s Library]

Meaghan wrote: "LOL Karen! I pre-ordered the hardcover but it won't be here until tonight and I couldn't take it so I downloaded a copy last night to my Kindle...

I have my copy of Unsouled too. I can't wait to s..."

I think I'll give in and download on my Nook anyway. Just cause... ;-)

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

72%. (view spoiler)[ My favorite parts are the Cam chapters. I really thought he would do something heroic but now I'm worried he's going to do something stupid the way he seems out to destroy Connor. That Argent kid is a total freak, him and Nelson deserve each other! (hide spoiler)]

[Karen’s Library]

Dang it! I can't read your spoiler because I'm only at 55%. Hehehhe... (view spoiler)[I was clicking on some of those websites. ARE THOSE FOR REAL? OMG?!

I'm not liking the storyline of Argent at this point. He's annoying me big time. But I guess there has to be SOMEONE we love to hate. :) And Wil is coming out in Cam big time. Wow! Cam is definitely playing for the other side, but now he's just being selfish and only wanting Risa. I liked him until that point. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

I'm going to start this one soon. Just finished Iron Queen (granted, after that cliff hanger I want to keep going!!).

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Karen wrote: "Dang it! I can't read your spoiler because I'm only at 55%.

88%! Yes! Those websites and news articles are real! There are more to come, wait till you get to the one from the Senator, CRAZY! When you read my 72% spoiler you'll see I agreed with (view spoiler)[ Cam! He was my fave character but I'm not sure now...hoping he'll come around and do something amazingly heroic. (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

I just started this so I'm not very far yet but I'm already living it!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Awesome!!!

[Karen’s Library]

David wrote: "72%. [spoilers removed]"

73% Yay, can read your spoiler! And EXACTLY what I'm thinking! (view spoiler)[Wonder if Cam and Conner end up working together. And is Lev going to stay at the rez? The whole Starkey thing is a bit creepy, but then he's always been creepy! Hayden is getting interesting.

Where's Risa? Haven't heard from her in a while. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen’s Library]

Meaghan wrote: "I just started this so I'm not very far yet but I'm already living it!"

I can barely put this down, Meaghan! So good!

[Karen’s Library]

OMG! Just hit the senator's article! Ok, this book is freaking me out at how close some of this is to real life. Gray's Anatomy had an episode last week about a donor baby. A sister was bred just to be a donor for her older sister and she had already donated bone marrow, liver, and about to donate a kidney. It's real! Freaky freaky freaky!

[Meaghan]

I've already read 25 percent tonight and I can't put it down but I need sleep! (view spoiler)[ I'm not sure whether to like Cam or feel creeped out by his obsession with Risa. I felt this way about him in book 2 also. I love Connor and Lev as always. I hope Lev is ok!!! <\spoiler> (hide spoiler)]

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Karen wrote: "OMG! Just hit the senator's article! Ok, this book is freaking me out at how close some of this is to real life. Gray's Anatomy had an episode last week about a donor baby. A sister was bred just..."

We just watched that episode of Grey's, that was awful!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Meaghan wrote: "I've already read 25 percent tonight and I can't put it down but I need sleep! [spoilers removed]"

Cam is definitely the most interesting character. Still can't figure him out and I just finished the book!

Finished! (view spoiler)[ Weird ending as there was no real climax and yet I really liked it anyway because of the continued world building and the addition of the backstory about creation of cells. I loved that! Brilliant! (hide spoiler)]

[Karen’s Library]

I crashed last night at about 81%. Wish I could just take the day off to finish and then read Allegiant! :) My mind is NOT on work at this minute. But too much to do today to take the day off. DANG.

[Meaghan]

I'm about 35% in.

(view spoiler)[ Karen, when I read low-cortical I am thinking autistic. I don't think she's mentally retarded in any way but I do think she shows symptoms of autism.

The real articles are so creepy!! But that's what I love so much about this book. While you don't want to believe it, the author brings it really close to home and you start to see parallels on things like this that happen/could happen. I think that's one of the big reasons I love these books so much! (hide spoiler)]

[Meaghan]

So, for anyone wondering wth a kinkajou is (I had to google it)...

[Karen’s Library]

Meaghan wrote: "So, for anyone wondering wth a kinkajou is (I had to google it)...

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OH THANK GOODNESS. That was sort of what I pictured in my head, but good to actually SEE it! THANKS Meaghan!!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Meaghan wrote: "I'm about 35% in.

Karen, when I read low-cortical I am thinking autistic. I don't think she's mentally retarded in any way but I do think she shows symptoms of autism.

The real articles are so ..."

Yeah, I agree completely, she's much higher functioning than say...Rainman...but she's definitely got some OCD type stuff going on.

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Hahaha! I was wondering what it was too!

[Karen’s Library]

David wrote: "Meaghan wrote: "I've already read 25 percent tonight and I can't put it down but I need sleep! [spoilers removed]"

Cam is definitely the most interesting character. Still can't figure him out and ..."

Finished! (view spoiler)[David, you're right on about how there was no climax to the ending. There was only meant to be three books but the final book was really long so they decided to split it up and add a 4th book. I stalk, oops, I meant I follow Neal Shusterman on FB and he was really excited about it the day the publishers decided to do that. So, wow, great catch!

I also really enjoyed the ending. Glad Risa and Conner are back together. Grace is really an amazing asset and character. There's so much to look forward to in the last book! Starkey, will Bam see the light and do something about it? What does Cam do? I think he'll be a good guy in the end. And Lev! So glad he had a plan. When he decided to stay at the rez, I was really disappointed that he was taking the easy way out. Whew!! You can feel it all coming together somehow in one epic finish!! (hide spoiler)]

[Karen’s Library]

David wrote: "Meaghan wrote: "I'm about 35% in.

Karen, when I read low-cortical I am thinking autistic. I don't think she's mentally retarded in any way but I do think she shows symptoms of autism.

The real ..."

I also thought autism... But she's really brilliant! Just doesn't relate well in the real world or something.

[Meaghan]

there's a lot of cases of autism like that though where they are brilliant in one aspect but shower in others. that's why I was thinking that.

[Karen’s Library]

I'm sure you're right!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Awesome Karen!! It's cool that he got another book out of it, but sucks for us to have to wait for the final one :(

I agree with everything you said, so much potential for the final book, hoping for some epicness!

[Karen’s Library]

Yup, I hear ya about having to wait. That's the sucky part. :(

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

"Sucky. Very sucky." Will Ferrell in Elf.

LOL!

[Meaghan]

I'm just over halfway and loving this one so far!I wish I didn't need sleep lol

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Yay! I knew you'd enjoy it! Shusterman is becoming one of my top 5 favorite authors because of this series :) It doesn't hurt that he's coming to our group!!

[Meaghan]

I finished this book and loved it!! Here is my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I can't wait for the next book!! Definitely needed this book after my flop with Allegiant!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Awesome!!! Loved your review :)

[Meaghan]

Thanks David! :) Now comes the long wait for the final book!

[David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;)]

Ugh! Hate this part !!