Impossible is just the beginning.

Title: Insignia (Insignia #1—hopefully there will be a #2!)
Author: S. J. Kincaid
Publisher: Katherine Tegen, 2012
Genre: Sci-Fi/YA Fiction

Rating: 6/5...HAHAHA!
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“It's World War 3. The enemy is winning.
What if the government's secret weapon is you?"


Sorry for the lame summary, I didn't have enough creativeness to come up with one. I just finished this epic novel, and am stunned by how well-written this debut was! Tom is a great character, but I have to say that my favorite is either Wyatt, or Beamer. Beamer, since he's comically lazy, and Wyatt because she's just awesome!

I really don't have anything else to say about the debut, except to READ IT, but don't stay up super early trying to finish a chapter. ;)
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Hardcover copy @ Barnes & Noble in the US: $17.99

Starbucks coffee: $3.67

Finishing the book and loving it: priceless.
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Just read it.
C

Stormy...

This was meant to be published yesterday--July 7th--but without wifi, I couldn't upload it until now.

So...the place I left? Wonderful Tybee Island, GA. A whole week there, with occasional visits to Savannah. I'm on some highway right now, and it is storming HARD. The new Popular Science issue is great, I like the stuff in there, and how these people like analyzing things too! One of the things they're talking about is Chernobyl. I had no idea that even the most unassuming stray cat could be chock-full of radioactive isotopes! Aaaahhhh. I love being a geek.

Homeward Bound,
Cam

P.S.: Unofficial Song of the Hour: "The Start of Something" and "Soft and Warm", which are both by Voxtrot.

I love hammocks

They are truly amazing.

*relaxed*
C

"Everyone Disappears. GONE."

Title-Gone (Gone, #1)
Author-Michael Grant
Publisher-HarperTeen/HarperCollins
Pub Year-2008

This novel, which is part of a teen science-fiction series by Michael Grant, is a stunning 558 pages long, but don't worry! If you don't particularly enjoy longer books, you'll love this one because of it's gripping storyline. Gone is published by HarperTeen, which is an imprint of HarperCollins publishers. The paperback copy I picked up Friday at Barnes & Noble has served its purpose well, and only cost $9.99*.

Gone centers around a sleepy town on the coast of the Pacific called Perdido Beach, and a boy named Sam. Sam and his friend Quinn, along with his crush--Astrid--try to find an escape from an impenetrable dome that when prodded, gives off an electric shock that's enough to ward away the kids.

Oh yeah. The kids.

Basically, the title refers to the first few lines of the book:
"One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And then the next minute he was gone."
Everyone that is fifteen or older just disappears from the city. When children are left alone for five minutes, they cause minor trouble.

But what about forever?

I won't say anything else because I don't want to ruin the book, but I hope you read it!

Cam.

www.thefayz.com is the series' site.

Another YA utopia-gone-wrong!

Title: Matched (Matched Trilogy #1)
Author: Ally Condie
Publisher: Dutton Books
Pub. Year: 2010
Genre: Sci-Fi, YA Fiction

Rating: 5/5


“In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.

Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one… until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow — between perfection and passion.”(Thank you, www.matched-book.com!)

Ahhh! I LOVE UTOPIA/DYSTOPIA THEMED BOOKS!!! Yet another bestseller like Divergent and it's sequel Insurgent, Matched is a sci-fi YA thriller. Take a girl, Cassia Reyes, and a childhood buddy, Xander Carrow. Destined to be soul mates, but throw in one more mysterious pal. A GUY pal. Voila! Instant love triangle! And, for more action, mix in a corrupt government seeking the ideal city. Can Cassia trust the world she grew up in, or should she rebel against a perfect society?

Matched is the first in a trilogy, with the sequel being Crossed, and the third book,--which comes out in November--called Reached. For a hardcover copy, the cost is typically around $17 or $18, whereas the paperback is about seven or eight dollars. No matter what format you get, the book is worth every penny.


Happy Reading!
Cam.


P.S.: I forgot the author site!
www.matched-book.com

First post...

Hey!

Aahh, the glory of being active in the blogosphere...wasting-er, spending-my time on making sure my-nonexistent- readers have something to read! This blog, which technically is my first, is devoted to keeping you up-to-date with not only books, but movies and events as well. Check back every few days, and I might have something new for you to indulge in.


Happy Summer Break, everyone that knows me...

C