UK vs THE WORLD (33)

UK vs. The world is a weekly meme I made up lol.

It's simlair to UK vs. US except the UK covers are battling it out with their foreign counterparts from all over the world, because who doesn't love judging books by their covers!

UK                           vs.                              US

The kill order by James Dashner

The maze runner 0.5

Mist: Both of these covers are nice, I like the blue of the UK cover, but I love the fire of the US cover, it suits the series and what the book is about so well and stands out a lot, I think. US win for me this week.

Ninfa: A no-brainer here for me: UK wins! I love how the images are within the title and the contrast of the black background with the blue within and the red author name. It's really striking
The US cover is okay, but nothing special in my opinion and nothing I would pick up in a book store. All the way UK!

Which do you prefer?

Try it Tuesday (1)

'Try it Tuesday' is our brand new feature cooked up by yours truely.

Each week myself and Ninfa will alternate turns and recommend a book we think you should try and why we think you should.

This weeks pick is:

The maze runner by James Dashner
The maze runner book one.

When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrols its corridors, to find out.

Why I'm choosing this book.
The Maze runner trilogy is one of my all time favourite series' out there. I'd never even heard of it until someone picked it to be our book of the month in November '10, but I picked it up to join in and I'm so glad I did, it's a really clever, imaginative series with great characters and I love the slang they make up, it gives the books an individuality and makes them so memorable.

Five reasons I love this book.
1. The storyline is like nothing I have seen before.
2. A lead character (Thomas) young boys can look up to.
3. It's full of nail biting suspense.
4. It's unpredictable.
5. It left me desperate to get my hands on the following books!

Who I think would love this book.
Fans of dystopia should love this book especially if you enjoyed Inside out by Maria V. Snyder or Gone by Michael Grant. It's definitely a must for young boys but older people can enjoy it to, I'm proof of that lol It also has a lot of mystery and gritty suspense to keep you on the edge of your seat.

I hope this encourages you to pick up the book and give it a try and when you do

Come and let me know what you think!



Wednesday worldly covers - week 4

Check out this German cover for James Dashners The maze runner releasing in April. Sooo different from the other covers and They are selling one of those metal-ball-in-a-wooden-labyrinth games and an online game where the book itself is a joystick (using a webcam). You can still check out the website here but you need the book to play.

And for your viewing pleasure here are the UK and US covers.

                                               

The Scorch trials review

The scorch trials by James Dashner

What’s it about?

Solving the maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. No more variables. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to. In the maze, life was easy. They had food, and shelter, and safety... until Theresa triggered the end. In the world outside the maze, however, the end was triggered long ago. Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated – and with it, order – and now Cranks, people covered in festering wounds and driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim... and meal. The Gladers are far from done running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them. Thomas can only wonder – does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?

My review:

5/5

‘The maze was only the beginning’ never have I read a truer tag line! The scorch trials was an amazing follow up to the brilliant The Maze runner. Our boys are thrown into the action right from page one and it doesn’t stop until the very end as they all battle to make it through the scorch trials. I love Thomas and think he makes a great and very brave hero, he’s loyal to his friends all the way through and always tries to do what he thinks is the right thing, and his budding romance with Theresa is just lovely to read. There are a lot of unseen twists to the plot and, like Thomas, I found myself questioning who I should really be trusting and of course what the hell will happen next! Because you really never know in this series, that’s why I’m on the edge of my seat awaiting the third book, The death cure.

For more from James Dashner visit his website: http://www.jamesdashner.com/

Buy the book here (UK)