Turning To Uglies

So, I haven't exactly been reading Jane Eyre like I'm supposed to be doing. Instead, I've been reading Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. And I know it ws behavior like this that got me into this project in the first place, but I'm just not in a "Classic Literature" mood right now. I'm more in a "YA/Nerdfighter Awesomeness" kind of mood, and even though I'm only fifty pages into the book now, I have Thursday off. Meaning: Thursday will be a sleeping in/reading a lot kind of day. Well, that and possibly making "Aunt Petunia's Baked Custard Pudding." Aunt Petunia, of course, being the only Aunt Petunia I know of...Petunia Dursley (formerly Evans).

I think that talking about a book I found at the library is okay for a little bit. It's a cookbook, and all the recipes are inspired by literature. It's called The Book Lover's Cookbook, and:
a.) I'm going to buy it one day soon, and
b.) in the meantime, I'm making everything I can out of it (well, everything that looks good to me).

Okay, onto Uglies...
Title: Uglies
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Number of Pages: 425
Brief Summary: Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license--for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world--and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
How I Came To Own This Book: Bought it a few weeks ago
History With This Book: I became aware of this series in my sophomore year of college. At the time, one of my friends was reading it because the kids she was student teaching were reading it. I dismissed it at the time, but it stayed in the back of my mind for ages. Ever since watching the vlogbrothers videos on YouTube, and reading John Green's books, I've wanted to read this series. The author is a close friend of John Green, and pretty much any book John Green likes...well, I tend to like them.