After taking the "What kind of reader are you?" quiz, I found that I was a fiction reader! Surprise, surprise! Although I do like to read some down-to-earth books every now and again, or maybe a newspaper here and there, I tend to be sucked into the dark forces of extraterrestrials and "unwinding". I was forced to admit that, after all, I am a sucker for Sci-Fi.

        The current book that I am reading REALLY reeled me in like I had a hook in my mouth. It's called "Unwind", by Neal Shusterman. It goes through the lives of a random (or not so much) teenagers who have been destined to be "unwound", or surgically pulled apart, piece by piece, and have their body parts given to others who need them. However, the morbidity sets in when the reader is told exactly how one can be signed-up for this little deal. Let's say you're seventeen. You're not doing so hot in school, you're coming home late, you are skipping dinner to hang out with your friends, and your parents get sick of it. They call up the Big Man, the government organization in charge of the program. After filing some paperwork, whoever's name is on the paper becomes legal government property until the age of eighteen. It is entirely up to them where the Unwind goes, when, and to whom the parts go to. The book follows several characters, at first individually, and then slowly works all of them into on intermingling story. It's absolutely fantastic! But I think that's about all I can say without giving out too many juicy details. Pick it up and find out for yourself what you've got in store! Maybe it'll even give you a different perspective on the quality and precious value of life.