Happy
Anniversary, Lisa!! Congratulations of
three whole years of blogging! I first met Lisa, Wow, it has been over five
years ago when I was first transferred to the Zona Rosa Barnes & Noble
where we both worked. We bonded over our
mutual fondness of Single-Girl-Finds-Her-Prince-Charming Chick Lit novels. We would discuss authors such as Meg
Cabot, Stacey Ballis, and of course
Stephenie Meyer.
I
first started blogging over four years ago as a way to keep track of the books
that I had read. This was before
Goodreads was really popular and I was reading so many books that I wanted an
easy way to keep track of what I had read.
I don’t know how many times over the years I have referred back to my
blog before making a purchase or placing a book on hold at the library, so it
has certainly been handy. I love
blogging because I feel like I can share so many books that get looked over by
more mainstream reviewers. My interest
in books have changed just a bit over the course of four years. Thanks to Lisa I have become more open to
reading Young Adult novels. Recently I
read Partials by Dan Wells, here is what I thought…
Partials is a post-apocalyptic novel set
not too far in the future. 99.96% of the human race was obliterated by
the Partials. The Partials group of non-human beings that were first developed
by the Government to win a global war, they lived
harmoniously among the humans until they turned on the government and
obliterated the human race.
The
survivors have gathered in East Meadow, New York on Long Island and they
are desperate to find a cure to the biological warfare that is
preventing the human race from procreating. Life today is ruled by the
Senate and all women, by law, are to become pregnant. Sixteen year old Kira
is a Medic-In-Training and has just started her training in the maternity ward
when she realizes that they are going about it all wrong. She knows they
need a live Partial to do testing on if they want to find a cure to the virus
and start repopulating the Earth. But getting a Partial is anything from
easy. Kira enlists the help of her friends and they set off on a journey
that will change them and their world, but will she be able to find the cure
that they are all desperate to find?
Partials is a fast paced "What
If" kind of novel that sucks you deep into the world of "What
If". Kira is a very strong, interesting female character and I loved
to see her grow as the story progressed. Her relationship with Samm was
my favorite part of the book. And when the tables are turned and she
discovers a shocking revelation, well, it just made the book all that much
better.
Bottom
line, post-apocalyptic novels are only as good as your imagination allows them
to be. I loved seeing the future world through Kira's eyes and I could
see glimpses of our world in her world. If you like those kind of novels,
then you need to check out Partials.
You won't be disappointed. I promise.
I am even now more interested in reading this book! I know several of you out there may have already read it, but in the spirit of learning new things with my blogging, today I'm going to have a giveaway of this book using The Book Depository. I've yet to use this resource, I try so hard to support my Barnes and Noble bookstore, but I see a lot of other bloggers using this, and so I'm going to try it out. If you'd like to win a copy of this book, just fill out the rafflecopter form below. You do need to make sure that The Book Depository delivers to your country here. No requirements, just a free entry, but if you want more entries, you can follow me if you don't already, and definitely go follow Charlotte! This giveaway will only last till Friday at midnight, so be sure to get entered!
