Hi everyone and welcome back for day 9! Today’s featured book is… Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson If you enjoy quirky books, then this one is for you! A touching reflection on what it means to be human and to love through the eyes of a sentient robot on a journey to… Continue reading Advent Calendar 2024: Day 9
Tag: dystopia
Review: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Series: The Hunger Games #0Publisher: Scholastic PressPublished: May 2020Pages: 541 Synopsis It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on… Continue reading Review: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Review: Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way. Publisher: Fourth Estate Published: May 2020 Pages: 356 Summary Set in a 2054 where humans have locked themselves out of the internet and Elon Musk has incinerated… Continue reading Review: Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson
Review: Munmun by Jesse Andrews
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way. Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published: July 2018 Pages: 416 Summary In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their… Continue reading Review: Munmun by Jesse Andrews
Review: Coldmaker by Daniel A. Cohen
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way. Publisher: Harper Voyager Published: November 2017 Pages: 336 Summary Eight hundred years ago, the Jadans angered the Crier. In punishment, the Crier took their… Continue reading Review: Coldmaker by Daniel A. Cohen
Review: Nirvana by J.R. Stewart
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book in any way. Publisher: Blue Moon Series: Nirvana #1 Published: November 2015 Pages: 186 Summary When the real world is emptied of all that you love, how can you… Continue reading Review: Nirvana by J.R. Stewart
Review: Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Publisher: Abacus Published: 5 February 2004 Pages: 352Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge Summary (from Goodreads) In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names of the companies they work for. It's a globalised, ultra-capitalist free market paradise.… Continue reading Review: Jennifer Government by Max Barry