Books and Writing - December Book of the Month: Matched by Ally Condie

Gabriela · 12-01-2010, 09:02 PM

Okie dokes, our book of the month for December chosen by our posters is:

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Cassia Reyes lives in a world where free choice is no longer an option. The Society chooses everything for every single person. What they eat, where they work and even who you love and when you die.

Up until now, Cassia has always trusted the choices they have made and not given it a second thought. On her seventeenth birthday, the time finally comes for her to find out who her Match is. She is so happy when she sees best friend Xander pop up on the screen but her happiness doesn’t last long. The brief flash of another boy on the screen makes Cassia wonder if she can really trust the choices The Society make.

It’s rare for anyone to get Matched with someone they know but the other face on the screen was also someone Cassia knows. The problem is, Ky, the other boy, is not someone who is looked well upon by The Society. Not knowing which boy is her real Match, Cassia is torn between long time best friend Xander and Ky, the mysterious boy who doesn’t seem as though he really belongs. A choice between following her heart and following what The Society tells her will be the hardest decision Cassia will ever have to make.

Stay to the Lights · 12-01-2010, 09:05 PM

I'm excited. I have heard great stuff about this book.
I should be able to get it tomorrow!

froggiepopple · 12-01-2010, 09:23 PM

I'm waiting for this book to arrive in the mail.

Tomorrow's skies · 12-01-2010, 10:00 PM

I will be reading it, but in a few months most likely. I guess I'll have a better idea what it's about with your guys' comments though

**dive into you** · 12-01-2010, 10:20 PM

I want to read this, but I can't seem to find it anywhere yet.

TheAngel · 12-02-2010, 07:45 AM

Yay! I'll have to go pick up a copy of this next time I go to the mall. I have to head out and get my grandmother another Christmas present sometime soon, so maybe I'll get it then.

water lilies · 12-02-2010, 09:54 AM

It sounds really good. Hopefully I'll be able to find a copy.

Rukia · 12-02-2010, 09:55 PM

Oooh, I've been wanting to read this book way before it was released.

It sounds really good from the excerpt that I'd read. I'm really tempted to buy it... I really shouldn't though because I have SO many books that I've bought that are waiting for me to read.

I'll wait on buying it... if you guys seem to like it, I'll consider buying it.

Stay to the Lights · 12-03-2010, 03:57 AM

I spent all day trying to look for the book and now I just found out its not being released in Aus until Tuesday

**dive into you** · 12-03-2010, 04:03 AM

Yeah, I check on a couple of different websites and it says it's not released until Tuesday. I'm going to use my book gift voucher to get this one and LS on Tuesday.

Stay to the Lights · 12-03-2010, 04:17 AM

Ooh good idea. I wish I had looked that up before I went out

For some reason I assumed it came out the same day as the US.
Oh well.. just a few more days.

**dive into you** · 12-03-2010, 06:05 AM

Well, one bookstore website said it came out on Dec 1st and all the others say Dec 7th.

Stay to the Lights · 12-03-2010, 06:24 AM

Ah okay. Maybe that's where I got confused

Brucas4life · 12-03-2010, 08:59 AM

I saw this book on my list of recommendations on Amazon so I'd be very interested to see what everyone thinks of it and then I might have to buy it over Christmas.

FreedomsBullets · 12-03-2010, 01:23 PM

This month feels like a scavenger hunt.

Out of the three libraries I checked only one carries this book, and it's already checked out!

I thought about just buying it, but I'm a little strapped from buying Christmas presents. I made an interlibrary request through my school, so I'll see what happens with that.

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