From the publisher: “In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue — Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen year-olds must select the faction to…
Tag: dystopia
WWW Wednesdays – July 20
(WWW Wednesdays is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading. Click on the image to join the fun!) To play along just answer the following three questions: What did you recently finish reading? What are you currently reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Recently read Over the weekend I finally got a chance…
“I am never going to die.”
Title: Super Sad True Love Story Author: Gary Shteyngart Genre: Fiction – Dystopian Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $26.00 (hardback) Welcome to the world of the future. Books (or “printed, bound media artifacts”) are considered smelly and outdated, the country is crushed by a credit crisis, and people can determine each others “Hotness” and “Fuckability”…
Dystopian February: Girl in the Arena
Title: Girl in the Arena Author: Lise Haines Genre: YA fiction, Dystopian Publication Date: 2010 Purchase Price: $9.00 (paperback) As part of my 2011 blogging resolutions, I want to spend part of my time reading out of my comfort zone. I usually do better with unpleasant tasks when I have a goal, and when I…
Dystopian February
We’re a month into the New Year, and so far I think I’ve been doing fairly well with my 2011 blogging resolutions: participating in memes has gotten me out of my commenting shell, and I’m following my first male blogger, A Guy’s Moleskine Notebook. The one resolution I’ve been dreading is #3: read out of…