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The Maze Runner by James Dashner was one of the first YA ARCs I ever received. I loved the premise, and absolutely devoured the book. In some ways, it reminded me of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins , with one major difference: this book is definitely geared more toward male readers. Because I'm the mother of three boys, I love finding books that I know will appeal to them. Now, my boys aren't quite old enough to read The Maze Runner yet, but I tested my hypothesis that guys would love this book on three of the men in my life , and was I ever right! 1. I passed the book on to my dad. My dad is a fellow science fiction fan , and when I handed it to him, he read it even more quickly than I did. His only complaint was how long we have to wait for book two. 2. Next came the real test - my husband. My husband had never read a science fiction novel . He likes sci-fi movies, but has only become a reader in the past year and a half. Before that, he was lucky to fini...

Mind you, I didn’t finish it. BUT I READ A BOOK WITH PAGES and not just an audiobook. I don’t know why reading has been so hard for me lately, beside the fact that I have an overwhelming social life. What is up with that? first of all, I do realize that it is not Sunday. Second of all, I wrote the majority of this on Sunday but I didn’t post it, because I didn’t and I suck. So, speaking of social…today I went and saw She’s Out of My League . Which I thought was FUNNY. And my date thought was "meh, ok.” Apparently not enough male shenanigans for him. But this post isn’t about movies, this is about me reading a book. What book did I read? Cell by Stephen King. And why did I read this? Because Sharon recommended it AND did you know that Stephen Kind is one of JAMES DASHNER’S favorite authors? Well, probably, but I am telling you again because I wanted to read an author that has influenced Mr. Dashner. I only read about 40 pages in a large print book. I have decided t...

Greetings, Po(sey) Sessions readers!  My name is Laura Hartness, reviewer over at The Calico Critic. It’s great to be here as a guest blogger.  This post lends itself to those of you who are bookish and geeky like I am.  But this geek is also a fan of all things Maze Runner , so I gotta have a little coolness in there, right? Last fall I had the exhilaration of discovering the Hunger Games series.  As I awaited Book 3 of that trilogy, I was pleased to stumble upon The Maze Runner by James Dashner.  Hailed as another exciting, Hunger Games -like dystopian novel, Dashner's work seemed like it would be the perfect intermission entertainment for me.  I was thrilled when I won a copy from Alessandra at Out of the Blue Book Reviews .  (Thanks, Alessandra!) Not only did The Maze Runner prove to be an worthy diversion from Suzanne Collins' series, it now holds it's own independent position in my mind.  If I never read Collins again, I'm still...