Just Read

I finished the 400+ page novel Pure by Julianna Baggott in about 24 hours.  As all the reviews and even the back cover will tell you, it is a "Hunger Games" for adults.  I think it's more gruesome albeit very engrossing.  The heroine is a tough, scrappy survivalist who must provide for her disabled grandfather who was once a healer (ahem, Katniss and her mother).  There is an outspoken, intuitive character whose dangerous ideas about his peoples current predicament make him an exciting hero (aka Gale).  There is also a boy who at first seems sheltered, privileged, maybe even spoiled but his extraordinary circumstances prove to be more of a curse then a blessing (sort of Peeta).  Yes, I know that these are the ingredients for the post-apocalyptic genre but still...portions seem a little too similar to Hunger Games.  Nevertheless, I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys this genre.  Sadly, you will have to wait until 2012 for it to be published, although the movie rights have already been sold.