Book Review ~ Matched

Matched by Ally Condie, book 1 in the Matched Trilogy
Published: November 2010
Genre: Teen Science Fiction
Next Book: Crossed
Cover Art Courtesy of NoveList

From Matched-book.com:

In the Society, Officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die. Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one… until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow — between perfection and passion.



YA Staff Review:
This is a great science fiction "what if?" story. In the future, after we have almost destroyed the earth and ourselves, the Society has risen to power. The Society has cured almost all disease. Meals are specially prepared for each person taking into account their personal dietary needs and fitness is scheduled for everyone. Life is "simple," everyone wears the same clothes, listens to the same 100 songs, reads the same 100 poems, watches the same 100 movies, everyone's spouse is chosen for them. There isn't any creativity or spontinaity. And yet everyone seems perfectly happy with it, or are they?

Cassia has done exactly what the Society has told her since she was born. Then after her 17th birthday and matching ceremony things drastically change for her. Does she go back to living the life Society has planned for her or will she embrace the words of the poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light."

This story is unique and mildly suspenseful. It is the first in the Matched Trilogy. Crossed is next and just came out in November 2011. When you go to Matched-Book.com you can even see who the Society would match you with!

If you liked Matched Try:

• Avatar Chronicles by Kostick, Conor





• Hunger Games by North, Pearl





• Libyrinth trilogy by Collins, Suzanne





• Uglies by Westerfeld, Scott





• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Ness, Patrick





• Chemical Garden Trilogy by DeStefano, Lauren

BAA October 2011

This month we will be discussing Elixir by Hilary Duff. This is the debut novel of the famous actress/popstar.

Come discuss this novel and enjoy refreshments with us on Wednesday, October 26th @ 5:15 pm.

BAA is open to all high school teens. Stop by the library to request your copy today. All book club books are loaned to members free of charge so long as they are returned on time.

High School Cafe

Throughout the school year the library hosts High School Cafe. Tuesdays & Fridays after school at 3:15 pm all high school age teens are invited into the meeting room. Teens are allowed to have drinks and snacks, listen to music, play video games, do homework (yeah right) and get louder than they can in the rest of the library.

There are gaming quality laptops available for use by teens (with signed computer contract) as well. With the free library Wi-Fi, teens can access the internet through their own wireless devices such as iPod Touch, laptops or handheld gaming systems.

Starting Tuesday, September 6th we will be reopening HS Cafe.

This fall HS Cafe will be held every Tuesday and Friday from 3:15-5pm.

HS Cafe can be a great place to hang out before the Friday night football games!

High school teens can use laptops, listen to music, play Wii

or do homework (yeah right! lol).

On opening day we will have popcorn and

drinks available to teens who participate.

Book Travels: P.T.B. Update ~ August 15, 2011

Sorry we haven't been keeping our book travels as up-to-date as we'd like. It's been really busy at the library. To date, we have recorded 8 passes. We had three new registrations this week. Book # 2 has now been logged three times! Even if you don't read the book please log that it was passed to you and then pass it on to a friend or relative to keep the book moving.


We've also added a new town to where are books have been.

• Edelstein, IL (#2)

See where your book has been and where others have traveled. If you haven't gotten your Pass the Book copy of "Every Soul a Star" stop by the Library to pick one up, while supplies last. You may also join the waiting list should a copy be returned to the Library. Check back again for more news of book travels!