YA Dystopian Challenge

Review: Exodus by Julia Bertagna

Published by Darren on December 20, 2010 | 4 Responses

Well this years, YA Dystopian Reading Challenge has come to a close (I’ll have a wrap-up post up later today) and this one is my last one I’ve read for it. The year is 2100, and global warming has caused the worlds seas and oceans to rise to such a level, that most of the world’s land masses are now… Read more →

#YAD2 Reviews Carnival

Published by Darren on December 3, 2010 | 8 Responses

Well it’s December already! And we’re entering final couple of weeks of this years YA Dystopian Reading Challenge. How are you all doing? Nearly completed the level you set yourself? If not perhaps some of these reviews that others have been posting might just help you pick that final book. So I thought it was about time for another reviews… Read more →

Review: Piper by Meg Harper

Published by Darren on November 22, 2010 | 8 Responses

I knew nothing about this one before it was sent to me, in fact when the lovely Sally Oliphant at Usborne noticed I was hosting YAD2 and offered to send me a couple of Dystopian books that were on her desk, I had no idea what would be arriving until they did! The cover of this one immediately drew my… Read more →

Review: Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Published by Darren on November 15, 2010 | 22 Responses

Society’s greatest evil has finally been eradicated. The deliria that is love, has been cured, no longer are citizen under its thrall, they are free to live their lives in a safe, predictable and measured way, without any of the troubles that existed when people actually thought love was a good thing. America has shut its borders and demands that… Read more →

Review: Candor by Pam Bachorz [Narrated by John Lavelle]

Published by Darren on November 8, 2010 | 8 Responses

No one leaves Candor. Candor, a model town, with neatly clipped lawns, spotless streets, and perfect teenagers. Perfect teenagers that are unfailingly polite, dedicated students, achieving only the highest grades, who never ever step out of line, curse or answer an adult back, before moving on to only the best colleges. And if that doesn’t creep you out, what makes… Read more →