Time to Read Tuesday - The Giver

Posting this tonight because it CANNOT wait - and it's Tuesday anyway.

I just finished The Giver by Lois Lowry. And it was PERFECTION.

179 pages of AMAZINGNESS.

We chose this book for my book club because there is a moving coming out this year of this story. DO NOT RESEARCH THE MOVIE unless you have read the book, or you will be in Spoiler City. Instead, the back of the book is sufficient:

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. 
When Jonas turns twelve he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now it's time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

I was drawn to this book the same way I was for The Hunger Games or the Divergent books. There's something about the "what if" of Dystopia that gets my attention, but then the "how did they get to that point?" that holds me for the rest of the book.  I loved this book for the way the Community was revealed to the reader. Things that are common place for them become major talking points for The Giver and Jonas.   There are also parts of the Community that really don't seem bad at all - mandatory volunteer hours for the students so they can figure out their aptitude, for example - until you consider what is required (or excluded) to keep the system working.

This book was my unexpected delight of the summer. What books have become your unexpected treasures?