Showing posts with label dystopia challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dystopia challenge. Show all posts

Monday, 8 May 2017

Sky on Fire- Emmy Labourne

Title: Sky on Fire
Authors: Emmy Laybourne
Publication Date: May 28th 2013
Publisher:  Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 215
Link to Goodreads: Here
Part of a Series: Book 2 of  Monument 14
Plot: Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope. 

Knowing that the chemical weapons saturating the air outside will turn him into a bloodthirsty rage monster, Dean decides to stay in the safety of the store with Astrid and some of the younger kids. But their sanctuary has already been breached once. . . .

Meanwhile, Alex, determined to find their parents, heads out into the darkness and devastation with Niko and some others in a recently repaired school bus. If they can get to Denver International Airport, they might be evacuated to safety. But the outside world is even worse than they expected. . .

Reading period: May 6, 2017 - May 8, 2017

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Book Review: Forged - Erin Bowman

Title: Forged
Authors: Erin Bowman
Publication Date: April 14th 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 389
Link to Goodreads: Here
Part of a Series: Book 3 of  Taken
Plot: The time has come to make a stand.

Gray Weathersby and his group of rebels are determined to bring down the Franconian Order. But they may be too late. The Order is closer than ever to its ultimate goal—building an unstoppable army—and every generation of Forgeries is more sophisticated, harder to detect, and deadlier than the one before.

Now the rebels have joined forces with new allies, the Expats. But when even the most familiar faces can’t be trusted, Gray will have to tread carefully if he wants to succeed—or survive.

Reading period: March 9, 2017 - March 15, 2017

Monday, 27 February 2017

Book Review: Matched- Ally Condie

Title: Matched
Authors: Ally Condie
Publication Date: November 30th 2010
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 369
Link to Goodreads: Here
Part of a Series: Book 1 of the Matched
Plot: In the Society, officials decide. Who you love. Where you work. When you die.

Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.

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Thursday, 10 December 2015

Dystopia Reading Challenge 2016


2015 is nearly finished and it's time to think about 2016 reading challenges. I've had fun with this challenge this year and I want to try it again since I like reading Dystopian Novels. 

I want to try and reach Leader level that's reading and reviewing 16+ books! Yeah!!!

Books read so far

The Game of Lives - James Dashner
Winter - Marissa Meyer
The 100 - Kass Morgan
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
Forget Tomorrow - Pintip Dunn
Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard
Morning Star - Pierce Brown
Ashfall - Mike Mullin
Ashen Winter - Mike Mullin
The Gender Game - Bella Forrest
Queen Song - Victoria Aveyard
The Last Star - Rick Yancey
A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Dystopia Reading Challenge 2015

Okay. You must know that my favourite genre in the last few years has been Dystopia.

So here's a challenge for me this year :D


My personal challenge goal will be Leader, which means reading 19+ dystopia or post-apocalyptic books in 2015. 

I will keep you posted!

Books read so far:
01. Partials - Dan Wells 
02. The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken 
03. In Time - Alexandra Bracken 
04. Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken 
05. Spark Rise- Alexandra Bracken 
06. In the Afterlight - Alexandra Bracken
07. Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard 
08. Red Rising - Pierce Brown 
09. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir 
10. Alive - Scott Sigler 
11. Fragments - Dan Wells
12. Ruins - Dan Wells
13. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline ( Review to come)
14. Departure - A.G. Riddle 
15. The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski ( Review to come)
16. Golden Son - Pierce Brown 
17. Number Game - Rebecca Rode 
18. The Eye of Minds - James Dashner  ( Review to come)
19. Cinder - Marissa Meyer