Saturday, November 20, 2010

In My Mailbox - 11/20/10

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Once again I got only one book, but at least I am not feeling so sick anymore, so I should be able to read more this week. However the book was one I was really wanting to read, I've started reading it already since I borrowed it from another blogger.

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out.
When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.
But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant she trusts, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limted time she has left.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's a wishlist book for me too. Hope you enjoy it.

 
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