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Top Ten Tuesday| Join The Resistance

January 31, 2017 13 Comments

2015 BOOKS READ-5
This weeks Top Ten Tuesday topic hosted by Broke and Bookish is Top Ten Graphic Novels or Comics, but I do not really read those so I decided to do my own topic. With all that has been going on I have been thinking a lot about dystopian books and thought I would create a post on the top Dystopian Reads!

♦ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

−oppressed women

♦ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

− Crazy Government

♦ Divergent by Veronica Roth

−Fractured Society

♦ A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

− Genetically Engineered “Perfect” World

♦ Proxy by Alex London

− Rich control the poor and use as “Whipping Boys”

♦ Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

− Harsh Military Rule

What are some of your favorite Dystopian Reads?

Book Reviews

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins | Book Review

October 12, 2014 8 Comments

MOCKINGJAY BY SUZANNE COLLINS Genre: YA, Dystopian Format: Audiobook “Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.” – Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay Series: The Hunger Games trilogy Synopsis: Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 […]

Book Reviews

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry| Book Review

October 12, 2014 10 Comments

GATHERING BLUE BY LOIS LOWRY Genre: YA, Dystopian Series: The Giver Quartet The Giver (#1 Giver Quartet) “Take pride in your pain,” her mother had always told her. “You are stronger than those who have none.” – Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue Synopsis: In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future […]

Book Reviews

The Vault of Dreamers {E-Arc Review }

July 13, 2014 12 Comments

THE VAULT OF DREAMERS BY CARAGH M. O’BRIEN Genre: YA, Sci-fi, Dystopian Source: Netgalley (In return for a honest review) Publication Date: September 16th, 2014 Synopsis: From the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own. The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The […]

Book Reviews

Branded by Abi Ketner & Missy Kalicick | Book Review

May 31, 2014 5 Comments

BRANDED BY ABI KETNER & MISSY KALICICKI Genre: YA, Dystopian Source: Netgalley (in return for an honest review) “The seven deadly sins lust-blue gluttony-orange greed-yellow sloth-black wrath-red envy-green pride-purple” Series: Sinners Synopsis: Fifty years ago the Commander came into power and murdered all who opposed him. In his warped mind, the seven deadly sins were the downfall […]

Rants

Hunger Games vs. Divergent

March 21, 2014 No Comments

AHHHHHHH….. I have many thoughts and opinions about the comparison between Hunger Games VS Divergent. Since last night I have heard and seen many things about the similarities between these two books/movies. I went and saw the Divergent movie with a friend last night who had not read the book and her response after the movie was ” […]

Book Reviews

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi | Book Review

February 15, 2014 No Comments

IGNITE ME BY TAHEREH MAFI Genre: YA, Dystopian “In this world you’re either alive, about to die or dead. There is no romance in it. No illusion.”-Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me Series: Shatter Me TrilogyShatter Me (#1 in Shatter Me Trilogy)Unravel Me (#2 in Shatter Me Trilogy)Destroy Me & Fracture Me (Novellas in Shatter Me Trilogy) Synopsis: The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York […]