Journal Entry 1 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Saturday, August 23, 2008

Book one of the Uglies Trilogy.

From the front cover:

'In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.'

From the back cover:

'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.'

This is a semi-trade paperbabck copy from Simon & Schuster, published in 2005. This seems to also have been the book's original year of publication.

I've read a lot of good things about this series, so I want to read the first book and see for myself if it's as good as people say. :-)

I got this book from an amazon marketplace seller. It took a while to arrive but finally did on July 23rd, 2008. 

Journal Entry 2 by LeishaCamden from Alna bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Book is read and these are my thoughts ... :-)