The selection book6/29/2023 I wish there was a bit more to the first book. Also, the first bit of the book was not big enough of a hook, I read it a few times before I really understood what was happening and it kind of frustrated me a bit. I felt like some parts, the writing was a little bit awkwardly phrased. Once the story started to pick up, it was really interesting. I also really like the premise the book started in, it was a good “starting” point for a story to begin. It was really interesting, learning about the whole ordeal of being a one, versus being a two etc. I love the “world” that The Selection takes place in. I love the characters that I’m supposed to, I hate the ones I’m supposed to. It’s definitely a lighthearted read which I needed at the moment so it was perfect. However, America is in love with a boy back home… Prince Maxon is the perfect dream, but who will America choose? The Selection is the chance of a lifetime to be able to move up in rank and marry the prince and become the queen. The main character, America, is chosen to be part of The Selection with 35 other girls. In this society, every one is ranked by numbers with One being the top. The Selection is a novel that is placed in a future dystopian society. *I purchased this book with my own money* Genre: Dystopian, Young Adult, Fiction, Romance
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The purloined letter analysis6/29/2023 I looked upon it, therefore, as something of a coincidence, when the door of our apartment was thrown open and admitted our old acquaintance, Monsieur G-, the Prefect of the Parisian police. For myself, however, I was mentally discussing certain topics which had formed matter for conversation between us at an earlier period of the evening I mean the affair of the Rue Morgue, and the mystery attending the murder of Marie Roget. For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisieme, No. At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18-, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. 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