Just a girl and her books
POSTER GIRL | Veronica Roth 10.18.2022 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars WHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT. Sonya Kantor knows this slogan--she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, an ocular implant that tracked … Continue reading Book Review: Poster Girl
PARABLE OF THE TALENTS | Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed #2) 08.20.2019 (First published in 1998) | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4/5 stars In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived the destruction of her home and family, and realized her vision of a peaceful community in Northern California based on her newly found faith, Earthseed. This community … Continue reading Book Review: Parable of the Talents
SURVIVOR SONG | Paul Tremblay 07.07.2020 | William Morrow Rating: 4.5/5 stars In a matter of weeks Massachusetts finds itself overrun by a deadly rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. Unlike regular rabies, this virus has an accelerated incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven … Continue reading Book Review: Survivor Song
THE MOTHER CODE | Carole Stivers08.25.2020 | BerkleyRating: 4/5 stars The year is 2049 and a deadly non-viral agent intended for biowarfare is spreading out of control. Scientists are scrambling to create a solution, but as more and more people become sick it seems a cure is impossible. These scientists begin working on a way … Continue reading Blog Tour/Book Review: The Mother Code
PARABLE OF THE SOWER | Octavia E. Butler (Earthseed #1) 04.30.2019 (First published 10.1993) | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 5/5 stars The early 2020’s have arrived, bringing with them global climate change, economic crises, and social chaos. California has become a world of dangers filled with masses of vagabonds who will do anything to survive … Continue reading Book Review: Parable of the Sower
THE WAITING ROOMS | Eve Smith 07.09.2020 | Orenda Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Decades of escalating drug resistance has led the world to a global antibiotic crisis. Ordinary, everyday infections are not so simple these days. A doctor cannot casually prescribe an antibiotic to cure what ails you. The tiniest of scratches could kill you. … Continue reading Blog Tour: The Waiting Rooms
THE RUNNING MAN | Stephen King as Richard Bachman 03.08.2016 (first published 05.01.1982) | Gallery Books Rating: 4/5 stars Welcome to a dystopian future where the poor are seen as rodents and not human beings. Their lives are not valued the way those with money are. Ben Richards is one of those poor people. His … Continue reading Book Review: The Running Man
ATHENA’S CHOICE | Adam Boostrom 01.18.2019 | Independently published Rating: 4/5 stars Athena Vosh is living a normal teenage life in the year 2099 filled with carefree things like delicious food, watching reality shows, and spending her day working on her hobbies. It has been almost 50 years since an experimental virus was accidentally released, … Continue reading Book Review: Athena’s Choice
THE LONG WALK | Stephen King as Richard Bachman 02.16.2016 (First published July 1979) | Gallery Books Rating: 5/5 stars Each year one hundred boys under the age of eighteen enter into a walking competition where there can only be one winner. Boys around the country enter to compete despite knowing there will be only … Continue reading Book Review: The Long Walk
STATION ELEVEN | Emily St. John Mandel 09.09.2014 | Vintage Rating: 4/5 stars Arthur Leander thought it was just like any other night as he walked on stage to perform in King Lear until a heart attack took his life. A young actress, Kirsten Raymonde, looked on as the world around her changed. This was … Continue reading Book Review: Station Eleven
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