Tagged with YA

I mentioned in my review of Delirium, the first book in Oliver's dystopian trilogy, that I was already halfway through Pandemonium when I was writing that review. I didn't mention that in order to procure Pandemonium, I left work about 90 minutes earlier than usual (since the closest branch of NYPL that had it was closing at 7). In other words, I was hooked.

The heroine of Before I Fall is loathsome for the first 350 or so pages of the 470 page novel, and she dies about a half dozen times. Even so, it's a diverting read, and more nuanced than you think it's going to be.

I almost put The Mockingbirds down after the first clumsy page or two, but I stuck with it, and am glad I did. It's the story of date rape and students taking the law into their own hands because the school administration is too impressed with itself to acknowledge and address the school's imperfections. The rapist is a water polo player, for dog's sake!

Future dystopia space teen love story. Reasonably compelling. Some surprises. Just the kind of thing I like to read these days.