Dystopian
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A Song for a New Day | Blog Tour
Welcome to my stop on the A Song for a New Day blog tour! Thank you so much Head of Zeus and Jade for inviting me to be a part of this tour! Today I am sharing my review of this dystopian novel! A Song for a New Day Review: Title: A Song for a New Day Author:Sarah Pinsker Publisher: Head of Zeus Published: 20th August 2020 Genre: Sci-fi, Dystopian Rating: 4/5 stars An unnervingly prescient, Nebula-award-winning novel explores life in a worldpermanently locked down in the aftermath of a pandemic. BEFORE. Luce Cannon is on the road. Success is finally within her grasp: her songs are gettingairtime; the venues…
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Top 5 Tuesday |Top 5 Dystopian
Top 5 Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Shanah at Bionic Bookworm Every week they suggest a different topic and we write a post listing our top 5! This week’s topic is dystopian novels, one of my favourite genres of novels, so I did struggle a wee bit to narrow it down to just 5!! Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel I read this novel for the first time a few months ago, and it has made it into my favourite novels of all time. A fascinating dystopian novel following a travelling circus after the end of the world, I highly recommend it! …
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It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?
This meme is hosted by Kathryn at the Book Date. ~~~ I’m trying to up my reading this month, it’s the last full month before Uni starts again, so my TBR and weekly reading goals are high! Hopefully I can reach these goals!! What I Read Last Week: The Sixteen Trees of the Somme- Lars Mytting This is a beautifully written novel, I really enjoyed it, and there’s a review to follow! The Readymade Thief- Augustus Rose I’m not sure how I feel about this novel, it was a complex and well developed plot idea but it was delivered rather limply. A review of this novel is coming soon too! What I’m…
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It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?
This meme is hosted by Kathryn at the Book Date. ~~~ Now I’m officially on my summer break it’s great to finally get back into reading and blogging! I’ve got quite a few books to read for review over the next few months, so I’m hopeful that I’ll manage to get quite a few books read! What I Read Last Week: The Space Between the Stars- Anne Corlett I only managed to read 1 book last week, but it was a review book, so I don’t feel too disappointed about it. I gave this novel 3.5/5 stars and you can read my review of it here. What I’m Currently Reading: The Ministry…
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Book Review- The Space Between the Stars
Title: The Space Between the Stars Author: Anne Corlett Published: June 1st 2017 Genre: Sci-Fi, Fiction, Space, Fantasy Rating: 3.5/5 In a breathtakingly vivid and emotionally gripping debut novel, one woman must confront the emptiness in the universe—and in her own heart—when a devastating virus reduces most of humanity to dust and memories.All Jamie Allenby ever wanted was space. Even though she wasn’t forced to emigrate from Earth, she willingly left the overpopulated, claustrophobic planet. And when a long relationship devolved into silence and suffocating sadness, she found work on a frontier world on the edges of civilization. Then the virus hit…Now Jamie finds herself dreadfully alone, with all that’s…