It’s time for May’s Book Club Meeting!!

Uglies is one of my favorite books of all time and I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did!!

Here are my thoughts on this book:

Uglies is one of those books that you read late into the night.  Sacrificing sleep so you can see what happens to Tally and the smoke.  I was mesmerized with the idea of a future where being pretty is the only thing that mattered.  This was an entirely new concept to me and I loved exploring it.  I fell in love with Tally and David’s young romance.  And cheered for their brave efforts to make change in their culture.

The technology in this book was very intriguing for me {yes I’m a nerd}.  Skintennas that keep you plugged into social media {I would SO not want this…too invasive}  Walls that spit out the latest fashion, solar powered hover boards and lets not forget spagbol.  This lighter side of the book made it so the message didn’t come across as too preachy for me.  I loved this book so much that I when I got to the ending I had to go out and immediately get the next one in the series. I have a love hate relationship with cliff hanger endings but this one was great.  Tally’s world blew up in her face inadvertently and the secret to the pretty operation was revealed. All of this leading to the Tally’s decision to join new pretty town as a pretty herself to see if a potentially dangerous cure worked.  How can you not run out for the next one after that?

A BIG thanks to our Book Club sponsor for May: Gingersnaps!!

Ginger has such an AMAZING shop and one lucky book clubber will win their choice of anything in her shop!!  How generous!!  If you need gifts or items for yourselves please consider shopping with Ginger Snaps. And be sure to stop by her shop and tell her thanks for supporting Book Club.

So to enter the giveaway, all you have to do is participate in our Book Club meeting.  Leave a comment on this post and tell us:

• your review of Uglies
• Answer a discussion question
• Ask a question you had while reading
• Answer someone else’s question
• respond to a review
• tell me if you are going to continue reading the series or have you already started it

Basically anything related to discussion of Uglies.  It would be great if you were a follower also since this giveaway is for loyal Book Clubbers.

This giveaway will end May 31st at midnight and I will announce the winner with June’s Book Club Selection on June 1st.  There is no limit to the amount of times you can enter as long as you are legitimately commenting about book club.

Discussion Questions by Scott Westerfeld the author himself:

1. Have you ever had a friend like Peris, who abandoned your friendship after they moved away?

2. At first, did you hope Tally would get the operation? When did you change your mind? (Or did you?)

3. Have you ever found yourself trusting someone more or paying more attention to what they said not because they deserved it, but just because of their looks?

4. In what ways did Tally’s trip through the wild prepare her for what she learned in the Smoke?

5. Would you give up your ability to think independently in exchange for being happy, beautiful, perpetually healthy, and rich?

6. How did David see Tally differently than she saw herself?

7. If Shay could have gone back in time and never have met Tally, do you think she would?

8. Other than the pretty operation, what are the main differences between the pretty society and our own? (Are there any ways in which the pretty society is healthier than ours?)

9. To what extent did Tally decide her own fate, and how much did other people decide it for her?

10. The Rusty civilization collapsed because of its dependence on oil. In what ways is your lifestyle dependent on oil and gasoline? How easily would you survive if it all disappeared one day?

Looking forward to hearing what you thought!!!

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