What or where is the wheel? Read The Forsaken to find out…..
The Forsaken is an insanely vivid, gritty, face-paced adrenaline ride. Lisa M Stasse’s novel takes the reader to ‘the wheel’ in a dystopian world full of harsh rules, strict isolation, warring tribes...
View ArticleArticle 5 – Compliance is mandatory!
The tension in Article 5 makes it a real page turner - a thrill ride from start to finish! In a world years in the future soldiers have taken over America and rule by enforcing a set of Moral Statues....
View ArticleBeta – a novel with a unique plot
Rachel Cohn’s Beta has a striking cover with a blend of matte, shine and metallic. The novel is a dystopian of sorts but it reminds me of older science fiction classics such as Frankenstein. The...
View ArticleThe Passage – Justin Cronin
Ok – so I while I enjoyed this book and it really did keep me entertained for its 700+ pages, I ultimately found myself underwhelmed by it. I’d first heard of The Passage when it was published in 2010....
View ArticleMarch online ebook club – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
This month I thought we’d get into the spirit of the great dystopian novel with one of the greatest – Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four follows the life of Winston Smith....
View ArticleMarch online ebook club wrap-up
This month we read Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell for our online ebook club. This dark, dystopian novel was written in 1948 and is set in 1984. It depicts an extreme totalitarian society in...
View ArticleMaze Runner
Maze Runner by James Dashner Post by Fiona from Southport Library. Maze Runner is a must read for lovers of young adult post-apocalyptic novels. It follows the exhilarating journey of sixteen year old...
View ArticleInk and Bone
Ink and Bone: Volume One of the Great Library by Rachel Caine. Post by Kyla. As a librarian wandering the shelves in my local book store, it wasn’t remotely surprising that Ink and Bone: Volume One of...
View ArticleThe Giver.
The Giver by Lois Lowry. Post by Kyla. I read this a few weeks before reading Divergent by Veronica Roth and was struck by the parallels. It’s only when delving deeper did I learn that the award...
View ArticleRed Rising
Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Post by Jenni. So much wisdom in a racing YA novel full of adventure and excitement! The thing that impresses me most about this apparently debut novel is the attention to...
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