Peeps

Book #192 (Unique books)
Book #1 in 2013

Peeps

by Scott Westerfeld

 "Last year as college freshman, narrator Cal was infected by exotic goth Morgan with a parasite that caused following girlfriends to become vampire-like ghouls he calls parasite-positives "Peeps". A carrier without symptoms, he hunts his progeny for the centuries old bureaucratic Night Watch. But victims are showing more sanity, pretty human Lacey is pushing his buttons, and her apartment building basement houses fierce hordes of ravening rats, red-eyed cats, and monstrous worms that threaten all. Morgan has the secret to a centuries-old conspiracy and upcoming battle to save the human race."

January 2nd to 5th - 3 1/2 days - 310 pages

Notes:

I now know more about parasites than I ever cared to know, and in general I am just extremely angry about this book.

YOU LET ME DOWN, SCOTT WESTERFELD.

and the eye on the cover freaks me out and you can't even turn it over to make it stop watching you because there is an eye on the back as well. Really angry.

Specials

Book #82 (Unique books)
Book #25 in 2009

84 books read total (re-reads, audiobooks, etc. (since 2007))

Specials
by Scott Westerfeld

" 'Special circumstances'--the words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a rumor...and now she's been turned into one of them--a superamped fighting machine engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more. It all come down to one last choice--listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same."

July 11th to July 19th(12:00 PM) - 9 days, though only 5 days spent reading - 372 pages

Pretties

Book #73
Book #15 in 2009

Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld

"Tally's transformation to perfect and popular including her totally hot boyfriend is everything she always wanted. But beneath the fun and freedom something is wrong and now Tally has to fight for her life because what she knows has put her in danger with the authorities."

April 9th to April 16th - 8 days - 370 pages

Uglies

Book #67
Book #9 in 2009

Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld

"Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever."

4 stars

February 27th to March 12th - 14 days (2 weeks) - 425 pages