Matched Ch24

Last time on Matched.com, trees are cut down, a poem is bought, and Ky kisses Cassia.

Matched Ch23

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia finally entertains the idea of outright rebellion, but decides she can't because of Ky. Fucking Ky.

Matched Second Coffee Break

So. Let's talk about societies.

Matched Ch22

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia continues to refuse to break things off with Xander.

Matched Ch21

Last time on Matched.com, games.

Matched Ch20

Last time on Matched.com, more Ky. Always fucking Ky.

Matched Ch19

Last time, officials took stuff.

Matched Ch18

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia's issues with officials worsen and Ky continues to be a terrible influence on her.

Matched Ch17

Last time on Matched.com, the same thing that was happening kept happening.

Matched Ch16

Last time, Cassia boggles at how smart Ky is for knowing how to draw in dirt.

Matched Ch15

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia is still obsessing about Ky. Also, she aces a sort, which means...something.

Matched Ch14

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia is nice and Ky continues to be a nuisance.

Sunday Carapaces Part 24 (4 reviews, 8 stories)

Matched Ch13

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia keeps obsessing about Ky and we find out her family isn't as law-abiding as they seem.

Matched Ch12

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia is spineless and finally destroys the poems.

Matched Coffee Break

From everything I heard about this book, I assumed the matching plot was the basic story that everything else was added to. I'm starting to suspect it wasn't. The original seems to be some sort of Giver/Fahrenheit 451 mashup, and then the author was told to stick Ky in there.

One of the things fiction can do is hold up a mirror to society. There doesn't seem to be any sign of that here. Nor is it just a look at another society for the sake of it - everything about this society invites comparison to our own, but only to congratulate us for being better than them.

Fault in Our Stars, Chapter 7

Last chapter, weird logic lapses. This chapter, I'm pretty sure Augustus just asked an adult if it was okay for him to disregard Hazel's sexual boundaries.

Matched Ch11

Last time, officials turn out to be petty, no one understands DNA, and Cassia continues to plot how to destroy the poems.

Matched Ch10

Last time, love interest bullshit and Cassia's scared about the poems.

Matched Ch9

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia obsesses over Ky for no reason.

Sunday Carapaces Part 23 (7)

Matched Ch8

Last time on TotallyNotTheGiver, their society/the Society killed her grandfather for being old.

Matched Ch7

Last time on Match.com, Cassia obsesses about the other boy and talks to her grandfather.

Reviewing Rowling Update

Chapter 6 is FINALLY up. Please do comment over there, or I won't see it. :)

These take so much longer to do than the FiOS chapters, which I can usually knock out in one less-than-an-hour sitting. Part of it is that the chapters are longer and have more substance, and part of it is that there's just a lot more that needs to be said. The problems aren't as obvious and can be a bit boring. The posts are almost three times as long as FiOS posts.

Regardless, enjoy!

Matched Ch6

Last time on Matched.com, she's still matched to Xander and we learn more about Ky and the tablets.

Matched Ch5

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia worries that she's maybe not really matched with Xander! So she keeps it a secret, continues holding his hand and doing other stuff that'll get her in huge trouble if it turns out they aren't matched.

Fault in Our Stars, First Intermission

Well, we're just a few pages more than a third of the way done, and if hockey has taught me anything it's that this is the perfect time for an intermission.

Matched Ch4

Last time on Matched.com, a second face appears on the screen!

Matched Ch3

Last time on Matched.com, the matching was perfect and Cassia is the nicest character we've seen.

Obligative review

Matched Ch2

Last time on Matched.com, Cassia goes up to see the person she's matched with, and the screen is blank.

Matched Ch1

Now that I’ve found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night? My wings aren’t white or feathered; they’re green, made of green silk, which shudders in the wind and bends when I move—first in a circle, then in a line, finally in a shape of my own invention. The black behind me doesn’t worry me; neither do the stars ahead.

Most of the opening lines I've seen so far have been good. This marks a stark departure from that.