Finding February

And so ends the shortest of the long months. I really identify with February and sort of feel that in some ways it is my soul month. Partially because I'm the shortest person in my immediate friend group, partially because I, like February, can't make up my mind and constantly some where in between rainy, lazy, warm days, and I just can't decide what the hell I want to do.

This month has been full of printed paper and whispering tales of harsh deserts, murders, and blood drenched girls. Somewhere, between the 29 days (as it is leap year) of February and my college midterms, I have managed to read three exceptional books. The first is one that I am sure you all have heard of Carrie by Stephen King. This needs no explanation. The next was a book in a series of which I am particularly fond: The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lillian Jackson Braun. More on them at a later. I also read Unwind by...an author that I forgot the name of but I really was a splendid book.  Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull is next with the latest book (finished not 30 minutes ago) is the lovely sequel to the novel by Dianna Wynee Jones's Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Air.

The book I wish to review for February is Unwind. It was given to me by a few of my friends back home as a Christmas present and I am very glad they did. I must have read that book in 2 days. The plot line is very interesting, just the sort of thing I go for: dystopian tales. Stories about civilizations don't quite work out, like Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games. In this story, we see into a world where if there is a child who is in juvy, a ward of the state or some other form of trouble, their parents can have them Unwound. This means that they will be taken away to places called Harvest Camps and simply...taken apart, a truly chilling process. After these children are disassembled, all their body parts are given to those who need them, legs to a man in a wheel chair, hair to the bald, and fingers to the pianist who can't play. The problem is, the children who are taken to Harvest Camps are seldom there by choice (though some are), and that is what the story is about. There are three kids who are running for their lives from the government and it is their story we read. I admit, the ending is a bit...lacking. But such is life, right? The ending is much how it would have ended if it took place in real America. It also has a promise of a brighter future later in the book. I would give it 3 Tootle Points!

More later, I know this really isn't much to go on because there isn't much here. I really should have started blogging at an earlier date so I could have has time to say more. Oh well

Tootles!