The Bar Code Prophecy (Bar Code #3) by Suzanne Weyn

As usual I have to start this by thanking both Netgalley and the publisher, Scholastic this time, for letting me read an egalley of this.  I was so excited to get this as I'd really enjoyed the first two books in the series.  Unfortunately, both of them came out, and I read both of them, before I was blogging, at least before I was blogging on here.  It is possible I blogged about them somewhere else, but I don't really know how to get back to that and find them.  So, I was able to look on Goodreads and see what I rated them, and I have to say that my ratings have gone down one star with each book.  While the story was still good this time, I have to say that maybe because of all the dystopians that I've been reading lately, this one felt a little rushed.  It was a very short book, only about 200 pages.  And I assume it will be in the same format as the others, a small paperback.  In this book we start with a new character, and our protagonist from the other novels, Kayla, is now a "legend" you might say in the bar code resistance.  Global 1 has supposedly "solved" all the issues with the tattoo keeping track of all your genetic information so now companies can't fire you for having issues, and supposedly there are no longer nanobots injected when you get the tattoo that can kill you if you have issues that are not genetically desirable.  But Grace, our new main character, believes in Global 1.  Her father works there, and has had issues since the whole big fiasco.  She even works there part time.  But she is about to turn 17 which means it is time for her to get her tattoo.  However, she's been doing a lot of climbing with a cute guy from school, Eric.  And he seems to be interested in her now.  But for some reason he also seems a bit against her getting the tattoo, but he won't really tell her why.  Once she gets her tattoo though, all hell breaks loose.  She finds out she's adopted, and her real father is the "father" of the bar code tattoo.  And her adopted family, that she's always believed is her family, disappears on the same day.  Eric shows up to help her, and takes her into the resistance.  It turns out that both Grace and Eric may be part of some prophecy that the Native Americans think points to the end of the world. I do love that the book brings in meteors coming close to earth as a possible issue.  I enjoyed getting back into this world.  But, my biggest issue is how quickly everything happens.  We jump from event to event with not a lot of details.  I just feel this book could have been fleshed out a bit more to help it fit in with a lot of the popular dystopians out there today.  Then again, maybe this is a good dystopian for someone who just wants a quick read and doesn't need all the extra detail.  So, it's a good story, just a bit disappointing after all the books I've read lately.

Stacking the Shelves #3

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!  This is being hosted by Tynga's Reviews.  I actually wanted to do this last week because I got some good stuff, but I was so busy with the end of the school year and getting my classroom packed up that I just didn't have time.  So this is going to be kind of 2 weeks in one.
First, I am really excited to have gotten Sisters' Guide to NYC cupcakes.  I got this from Goodreads.  I saw it as a giveaway, and entered, and wrote in my review that I hoped to win it so I could try it out when I got to NYC for BEA.  And the author emailed me and said she'd send me a copy even though I didn't win!  And it was also really cool because the author and her sisters were from Kansas City, where I live.  So that came in the mail this week, perfect timing so I will be able to use it when I get to NYC.  I'll probably be blogging some of my adventures with this book!

The egalleys I've gotten from Netgalley lately include one that was my Waiting on Wednesday pick just recently, The Bar Code Prophecy.  I also got Beyond, and Rape Girl, all of these pictured below.

I also bought a book this week, a Michael Buble biography that we had on the bargain shelves at the bookstore where I work.  I couldn't pass up the $6.98 price, especially with my 30% employee discount on top of that!

What books are you stacking on your shelves this week?

Waiting on Wednesday - The Bar Code Prophecy (Bar Code #3) by Suzanne Weyn AND Spring Fling Giveaway Winner announcement!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, where we spotlight upcoming releases that we're eagerly awaiting.
This week I have a book I'm waiting for in 2 ways.  I just found on Netgalley the 3rd book in a series I really enjoy, The Bar Code series by Suzanne Weyn.  I've requested it, and so now I'm waiting to hopefully get approved to read it.  And if that doesn't work out, then I'll be waiting for it to be published in November, which is too far away now that I know it is coming out!  It's a dystopian series, that I feel was out before all the big explosion of dystopian really hit the shelves.  Here is the blurb from Goodreads.com:

Just as in the original Bar Code Tattoo, the year is 2025 and the mysterious, ubiquitous, and seemingly omnipotent multi-national corporation, Global 1, is in power through their agent President Loudon Waters. But now this ominous situation is experienced through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Grace Morrow.
When Grace finds out that she's adopted, her biological father, who's the head of the Global 1 nano-bot injection project, urges her against getting the bar code tattoo when she turns seventeen. Stunned by the revelations, she goes home to find her adoptive family vanished, and she's determined to find them, turning to the anti-bar-code group Decode. As they uncover more information about tracking, Grace must hide deep underground and under cover, trying to discover information that will allow Decode to figure out what Global 1 is up to, and trying desperately to shut the organization down for good.

I can't wait to read it!  I sure hope that I get the chance to read an egalley!

Now, for all you new followers, thanks for following!  I'm actually getting so close to 500 that I think I'm going to do another giveaway later this month or beginning of June for sure.  I may give away things that I pick up at BEA!  And on to the announcement of my Spring Fling Giveaway winner.  It was announced on the actual Rafflecopter, but my winner is Shane Russell!  She should be getting her Barnes and Noble $10 gift card in the mail in the next week!  Congratulations Shane!  Thanks to all my new followers as well, and stay tuned for more reviews, and another giveaway coming up soon!