Category Archives: Fiction – Dystopia

Review of Blake Crouch’s Pines, Book 1 in the Wayward Pines Trilogy, with a brief aside about Kindles and contemporary Irish fiction (by Jill)

Posted on June 4, 2015 by badkitty1016

So apparently this is what happens when I try to read two contemporary Irish fiction novels written by authors who have been Booker Prize contenders in a row: I get so depressed that the only thing left to do is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blake Crouch, Fiction - Dystopia, Fiction - general, Fiction - SciFi, Reviews by Jill | 2 Comments

Why can’t every weekend be as reading productive as this weekend? Final thoughts on The Giver and The Road Home (by Jill)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by badkitty1016

              I finished two whole books this weekend! I never do that. I’m not sure if it was these books in particular that pushed me on, or my desire to have some stuff to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction - Children's, Fiction - Dystopia, Fiction - general, Fiction - Important Award Winners, Lois Lowry, Reviews by Jill, Rose Tremain | Leave a comment

Progress Report on Lois Lowry’s The Giver (by Jill)

Posted on March 5, 2015 by badkitty1016

  I’m reading this book for a few reasons: first, my friend Lauren recommended I read The Giver and its sequels; second, I got a new Kindle Paperwhite as an early birthday gift and I wanted to read a book … Continue reading →

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Final Thoughts on Veronica Roth’s Divergent (by Jill)

Posted on January 22, 2015 by badkitty1016

I love dystopian young adult fiction. Its major downside is that it doesn’t necessarily lend itself to intelligent discourse and discussion. I finished Divergent last Friday and have been trying to figure out what direction to take my review in … Continue reading →

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A tale of two books: Progress Report on John Williams’ Stoner and Veronica Roth’s Divergent (by Jill)

Posted on January 15, 2015 by badkitty1016

I bet everyone has heard of at least one of these books, and I bet it isn’t the one by the guy with the same name as the guy who composed all the music for all the Star Wars movies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction - Dystopia, Fiction - general, Fiction - Historical, Fiction - literary, Fiction - Young Adult, John Williams, Veronica Roth | 4 Comments