Do Not Go Gentle

Who could not love a book that starts out with poems by Tennyson and Thomas? 

     As the second in the Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie, Crossed, told from the perspectives of Ky and Cassia, joins them on their journey to rebel against the Society in hopes of a better way of life.  Once again, it is a slow beginning, but it has a much more exciting end.  Just as Matched, it is written with a cliffhanger at the end forcing the reader to continue to the final book.  As you may have guessed, I will be reading Reached soon.  

   Cassia and Ky fight for their own lives as they seek to find each other.  A few new characters bring the book to life as they create the balance between friendship and secrecy.  They also show us the true characters of Ky and Cassia.  While green was the color of choice for Matched, blue is the color for Crossed as it symbolizes many elements of choice, freedom, and restraint all into one.  

20 RC points  

Holly's Inbox

         I must admit...I wish that my email inbox was as exciting as Holly's.  Okay, maybe the office gossip part would be too much for me to handle, but this novel is quite amusing.  From her personal life to her work situations, Holly is the emailing queen.  I read the first novel a few years ago and was delighted to find the sequel.  It is most definitely one of those books that you can put down and pick right back up whether it be an hour, a day, a month, or three months later.  I still wonder...can people's email accounts really have that much drama?