Title: A Million Suns Author: Beth Revis Length: 386 pages ISBN: 9781595143983 Published in: 2012 Genre: science fiction, YA fiction (dystopic, post-apocalypse life) Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Copyright 2012 Summary (from book jacket): It’s been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is over. Everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of [...]
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A Million Suns by Beth Revis
Posted by Kristie on April 20, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/a-million-suns-by-beth-revis/
Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo, Julia Denos
Title: Just Being Audrey Author: Margaret Cardillo Illustrator: Julia Denos Genre: children’s non-fiction (biography) ISBN: 9780061852831 Length: 28 pages Published: 2011 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: none Summary: I think the best summary is a trailer for the book that I found on YouTube. My Thoughts: You may already know that I love Audrey Hepburn. I can’t really remember where [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 18, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/just-being-audrey-by-margaret-cardillo-julia-denos/
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley {audiobook}
Title: Brave New World Author: Aldous Huxley Genre: fiction (dystopic) ISBN: 9780792752257 Length: 8.5 hours Published: 1932 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Years of Books Resolution (2012); Years of Books Goal (lifetime) Summary (from Goodreads): “Community, Identity, Stability” is the motto of Aldous Huxley’s utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 6, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/brave-new-world-by-aldous-huxley-audiobook/
Everfree by Nick Sagan
Title: Everfree Author: Nick Sagan Genre: science fiction, dystopic (worldwide plague, post-apocalyptic world) ISBN: 9780399152764 Length: 240 pages Published: 2006 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: It is the final installment in a trilogy that I started years ago. I recently listened to the second book, Edenborn (review here) and couldn’t wait to finish the story. [...]
Posted by Kristie on September 4, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/everfree-by-nick-sagan/
Edenborn by Nick Sagan (audiobook)
Title: Edenborn Author: Nick Sagan Narrated By: Holter Graham, Clayton Barclay Jones, Jenna Lamia, Beth McDonald, Maggi-Meg Reed, Johnny Stange and Oliver Wyman Genre: sci-fi/fantasy (apocalyptic, dystopic) ISBN: 978165592845 Length: 9.5 hours Published: 2004 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Resolutions/Challenges: none Reason for Reading: This explanation is longer than usual, so if you don’t really care why I read it, [...]
Posted by Kristie on June 22, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/edenborn-by-nick-sagan-audiobook/
America Pacifica by Anna North
Title: America Pacifica Author: Anna North Genre: fiction (dystopic) ISBN: 9780316105125 Length: 294 pages Published: May 1, 2011 Source: public library Rating: 2/5 Resolutions/Challenges: an extra for my Published in 2011 Resolution Reason for Reading: It’s dystopic novel. Enough said. Summary (from Goodreads): Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica—one of the last places on earth that [...]
Posted by Kristie on June 10, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/america-pacifica-by-anna-north/
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Title: Across the Universe Author: Beth Revis Genre: young adult fiction (dystopian) ISBN: 9781595143976 Length: 398 pages Published: Jan. 11, 2011 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Resolutions: Published in 2011 Resolution; Years of Books Goal Reason for Reading: Natalie at Coffee and a Book Chick gave this book an AMAZING review last fall and then she raved [...]
Posted by Kristie on March 22, 2011
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/across-the-universe-by-beth-revis/
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Title: The Year of the Flood Author: Margaret Atwood Genre: fiction, dystopic ISBN: 9780385528771 Pages: 431 Year Published: 2009 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Reason for Reading: Canadian Author Challenge; loved Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tail Book Description (from dust cover): The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact [...]
Posted by Kristie on September 7, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/09/07/the-year-of-the-flood-by-margaret-atwood/
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Title: Jennifer Government Author: Max Barry Genre: fiction, somewhat dystopic ISBN: 9781400030927 Pages: 320 Year Published: 2003 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges: Aussie Author Challenge #1 Summary from back of book: Taxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It’s a brave [...]
Posted by Kristie on July 7, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/jennifer-government-by-max-barry/
finished: Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Title: Genesis Author: Bernard Beckett Genre: sci-fi(ish), futuristic, dystopic Length: 150 pages Borrowed through ILL Rating: 4/5 Challenges: none From Publisher’s Weekly: Anax, the dedicated student historian at the center of Beckett’s brutal dystopian novel, lives far in the future—the distant past events of the 21st century are taught in classrooms. The world of that era, [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 17, 2010
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/finished-genesis-by-bernard-beckett/
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