Tag: dystopias

Dystopian Love Done Right: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Posted in book reviews8 Comments

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi Published: January 3rd 2012 by HarperCollins Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria… Continue reading Dystopian Love Done Right: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Love and Clones: Beta by Rachel Cohn

Posted in book reviews2 Comments

I had Beta on my Kindle for weeks before I read it, but once I started, I couldn’t put it down. I didn’t realize it’s author was the same Rachel Cohn who brought us Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist and the like. This science fiction departure was one of the stand out dystopias I read… Continue reading Love and Clones: Beta by Rachel Cohn

Souvenirs from my Internet Travels: Fall Edition

Posted in library life, reading life, writing1 Comment

I thought it was time to do another link round up. Part of this is pure self-promotion and vanity! (At least I can admit it, right?) I’ve been making appearances other places around the interwebs. Earlier this month, Nancy Pearl wrote a column in Publisher’s Weekly on my library and innovative ways we do reader’s… Continue reading Souvenirs from my Internet Travels: Fall Edition

Time + Matter: A Review of Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Posted in book reviews6 Comments

So, there are a lot of dystopian YA novels out there, and a whole new crop of them this fall. In fact, there were so many I had to update my If you liked The Hunger Games flowchart (and I still feel like I’m leaving some out). Despite the seemingly endless supply of novels about… Continue reading Time + Matter: A Review of Crewel by Gennifer Albin

Don’t Be Fooled by the Cover: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Posted in book reviews4 Comments

I put off reading this book because the cover underwhelmed me. The cool light painting wasn’t what turned me off—it was the girl in a white dress. Is she trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic dystopia or walking down the aisle on her wedding day? But several of my patrons who love paranormal romance and… Continue reading Don’t Be Fooled by the Cover: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi