Self finished the Ruth Galloway novel, The Dark Angel, yesterday. She enjoyed it. The setting — a small Italian hill town, only an hour from Rome — was so beguiling. If she were ever to re-visit Italy, she’d want to go to a small village in the Liri Valley, to Arpino and Monte Cassino, just like Ruth.
Now she is reading Book # 2 of Michael Grant’s Gone series, Hunger.
She started this series with Book # 4, Plague, which was pretty good. She decided not to read in order — cliffies make her anxious, so it is better to begin reading a new series with a book in the middle, then move backwards. Another advantage to having read Book # 4 before Book # 2 is that she knows which characters don’t make it into Book # 4 and can keep herself from becoming too attached.
All the adults have disappeared from Perdido Beach, CA. As have all the kids over the age of 15. The remaining kids instantly form cliques. Some kids have developed super powers. Jack is one of the mains.
Jack pulled out his handheld. He punched in the numbers. “The slowest bullet goes 330 meters per second. Say 1,100 feet per second in round numbers. I found a book full of useless statistics like that. Man, I miss Google.” He seemed to actually choke up with emotion. The word Google caught in his throat.
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He didn’t look strong. He looked like a dweeb. He had messy blonde hair and crooked glasses. And it always seemed like he wasn’t really looking through those glasses but was seeing his own reflection in the lenses.
Jack does have superpowers.
Self loves the way Michael Grant writes about pre-pubescents and teenagers.