maybe it's those nanos eating my brain...

Pretties by Scott Westerfield FINALLY came in to the library for me (the sequel to Uglies that i have been waiting for FOREVER) so, the for the last two nights i have been reading that, and Specials (the final book in the trilogy), and, i have to say, they are pretty damn good!

They continue the story of Tally, who lives in a society about three hundred years after a human spread bacterial plague has destroyed the oil supply, and thus human civilization as we know it. Tally's society is very controlled, and at sixteen all citizens undergo plastic surgery to become "pretty" so that no one has to undergo the trauma of being ugly--or of looking TOO different (unbeknownst to many citizens the surgery also inflicts lesions on their brains which makes them much more affable, happy, and overall, not so smart, basically "pretty-headed".

Of course there is a rebellion going on~(isn't there always a rebellion going on~doesn't there almost have to be a rebellion going on?) to escape civilization, get back to basics, take the pill that "cures" the surgery (also has nanos that eat away your brain causing stupidity and migraines...hmm. . . this is what gives me cause to wonder . . . perhaps something to ask the neurologist about...perhaps not) anyway...

i don't want to give away TOO much but they are some pretty good books (ha, ha, ha,) and they have the added bonus of introducing you to a brand new vocabulary (and i just love new vocab words, like don't i look ICY {from Specials} in this oh-so-old photo)? -->

so check this trilogy out if you feel so inclined...