Cup of Thoughts

The Giver, Lois Lowry “The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” Summary:  The Giver  stars an almost-12-year old Jonas. He lives in a world much different from ours. Where the Community chooses everything for you; who you're going to marry, how many children you will conceive, and the Leaders give out appointed jobs to the citizens. The world shifts completely once he is given the job as the Reciever.  He will be one of the only ones who knows right from wrong, to feel, to see color, to hear music, to love and to cherish memories. But why only him? Why can't everyone feel this way? Everything he once knew about his life changes drastically as he learns about the challenging cruelties of the real world. The part of the world that the Leaders deny exists. Once Jonas knows all there is to learn from the Giver, who is the only other soul that knows about the lies the Community has been creating,...

The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer "You can help me pick out a tiara when we're done saving the world." Summary:  The first installment in The Lunar Chronicles , Cinder , is about a young girl who is half-cyborg.She lives in the urban streets of New Beijing with her adopted family. Set in a future dystopian era, the world has embraced the benefits of technology, especially in the medical field. There's a severe disease called letumosis, which is killing most of the earth's inhabitants. All her life, Cinder's been told her parents died in a car crash, which explains her lack of human functionality since she was the only survivor. Her life as a mechanic gets enraptured with an unexpected request from the heir to the throne. Her life and many others she meets retell the classic fairytale stories in a twisted, ingenious way. Scarlet is focused on a fiery, brave, red-headed, farm girl from Paris, who tries to find her grandmother, who got captur...