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Feed is not a zombie novel. Granted, the premise makes it seem like a zombie book. In 2014, a cure for the common cold and for cancer will be released; however, these two cures will have a deadly interaction. They create a virus known as Kellis-Amberlee that lives inside of every human in the world, and when amplified, changes the living into the living dead. So yes there are zombies in this book. But it is by far a book about zombies.

The protagonist is Georgia Mason, a sardonic, witty, and truthseeking heroine. Along with her brother Shaun and friend Buffy, they are selected as a group of bloggers to follow Senator Ryman in his campaign to become president. And of course what do you expect when there is a worldwide disease with no cure and politicians involved? Conspiracies. And it's just what you get.

There a few action scenes in this book, all well written and not incredibly gory, and well as some heart wrenching scenes that might make you tear up. But the core theme of this book is the truth and the right of the public to know the truth. I loved how Grant wrote Georgia, Shaun, and Buffy as bloggers, people typically known for holding nothing back from the public (even if it isn't entirely true.) The theme is wonderfully integrated throughout the entire novel and there were a few times when I questioned Georgia's actions in her pursuit of the truth. But ultimately you end up loving her. Especially because she's a heroine in distressing times and doesn't have a love interest, which separates this book from the millions of other post-apocalyptic/dystopian novels. I particularly loved the relationship between Georgia and Shaun and their adoptive parents. I thought it was clever and yet heartbreaking on both ends of the spectrum. All in all this book was fantastic, and I cannot wait to read the sequel.

Quick, easy, entertaining read that focused on the adult characters from the Series of Unfortunate Events. Doesn't answer questions you had from the last book, but honestly would you expect Lemony Snicket to give all the answers?

I cannot hide my love for John Green. Everything he does is perfection. His books are beautifully written and I constantly rewatch his youtube videos only to hear him say something wonderfully intelligent. Unfortunately, this love does not extend to David Leviathan. Try as I might I cannot get over his ee cumming's style of no capitalization whatsoever. His ideas and thoughts were good, and often times had me laughing, but I was so exasperated that I started to dislike the other Will Grayson. Or should I say, will grayson.

However the book is great. And I think it isn't about either Will Grayson at all. Rather the novel should be called Tiny Cooper, since he is the character that I fell in love with. That and he reminds me of my best friend if she were a giant gay man. Tiny was completely hysterical, and I want his musical to be a real musical my school can perform. After all Tiny becomes an important character to both Will Graysons. And since this is a typical YA novel and needs a moment when the character has a self realization to come out for the better, both focus around Tiny. He changes both Will's lives/personalities. All while making you smile. I just wish Tiny was a real person so badly.

Other than Tiny my favorite part was when John Green described theater people. "and then there were a lot of jazz hands." Always are, John. He understood theater people to a tee, like how we talk about random things, but must talk loud and more than the person before us. Because it's true. I laughed so hard, I had to put the book down.

Cute. This book makes me desperately want to have a crazy artist aunt (which I do have, but she's way more sensible than Ginny's aunt) who will leave me inspirational notes about life and give me money to travel through Europe. Or just in general travel through Europe. Well really I want to do that despite what a cute little, chick lit novel says.

I did like this book. Ginny wasn't my favorite main character ever (I think I've just got a problem with characters named Ginny. Not that I hate Harry Potter Ginny, she just isn't my favorite), but I thought she was pretty realistic. Frankly I wanted the letters from Peg to be longer, because she had a great voice and of course she had interesting stories. The one big qualm I had was the book just sort of ended. There wasn't any closure, any big life lesson I took away from the novel. Which isn't a necessity, but I like that in a young adult novel. Oh well, it was still very well written.

I couldn't get into this book the same way I had with the others. Maybe because I hadn't read an Artemis Fowl book in a while. I just felt this book was sort of random with constant new information thrown in. However I still enjoyed Colfer's writing. There were many times I laughed out loud and I really enjoyed Artemis's personality change.

Wow. You know a book is good when you stay up until three in the morning reading it, even though you know you need sleep, but don't care if you're sleep deprived despite the fact that you have to work that day.

The problem I've always had with trilogies, is the second book is normally my least favorite. Eldest, Pretties, Catching Fire... I always feel like they're filler books leading up to the big events that happen in the third book. And this book was not that way at all. In fact I might even say I like it better than the first.

Patrick Ness is an incredible writer, and his style just draws you into the book. I can't stop turning the page, because he's very good at drawing out the suspense and leave you hungering for more. The character development in this novel was excellent as we see the main characters grow and change, and ultimately decide who they want to become. It's hard to talk about specific events in the novel, because you wouldn't want to give anything away. I thought the cliffhanger from the first novel would be hard to top, but Ness does just that. Perhaps I could have seen it coming, but I was too wrapped up in the story to even try to predict what was going to happen. It was really that good.

I need the third book. Now. Because if Ness can make me like a second book in series, I can only imagine what he'll do with the third.

This book read like a bad action movie. Alex Rider is only fourteen, nearly four years younger than I am, yet he's a total ass-kicking super spy. When reading a book like this you don't expect realism at all, so I didn't mind the spying part. However it was just... uninteresting. Alex Rider was hardly a developed character. The only thing I remember about him was that he liked soccer. Which isn't unusual for a teenage boy in England.

I've enjoyed the Gallagher Girls novels, which deal with teenage spies, but at least those novels have enjoyable characters. Well even if you don't like those characters you get a sense of who they are. I just spent three hours reading a book about a boy and can tell you one fact about him. That's not a good sign for a book.

Cute and fluffy fun. Every once in awhile you just need a quick light read. This book reminds me somewhat of the Clique series, except the author actually knows correct grammar. In fact some of the character's best friends reminded me of Clique characters, so it seemed as though she was making fun of those girls. And yes the four main girls are stereotypes, but it's still fun. There are definitely worse YA books out there.