Just a girl and her books
THE OBELISK GATE | N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth #2) 08.16.2016 | Orbit Rating: 5/5 stars Warning: Possible spoilers ahead The world has ended for the last time and civilization has faded into a long cold night. Ash is falling from the sky. Food is scarce. Being alone is dangerous. Essun has found a possible … Continue reading Book Review: The Obelisk Gate
THE FIFTH SEASON | N.K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth #1) 08.04.2015 | Orbit Rating: 5/5 stars This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun is masquerading as an ordinary teacher in a quiet community when she comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered … Continue reading Book Review: The Fifth Season
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 | Olivia 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
EDEN | Tim Lebbon 04.07.2020 | Titan Books Rating: 4/5 stars The Earth’s oceans are filled with islands of refuse, the Amazon rainforest is all but destroyed, and countless species on the brink of extinction. The Virgin Zones have been recreated in an attempt to let nature reclaim parts of the world. These vast areas … Continue reading Book Review: Eden
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
MASTER CLASS | Christina Dalcher 04.21.2020 | Berkley Rating: 5/5 stars The potential of your child is no longer based solely on how they are able to perform in school. A new standardized measure, referred to as the Q score, has become the ruling standard across schools and society. Children are regularly tested and rated, … Continue reading Book Review: Master Class
RECURSION | Blake Crouch 06.11.2019 | Crown Publishing Rating: 4.5/5 stars A devastating new phenomenon has started popping up all over the world. Labelled by the media as False Memory Syndrome, it is a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. The memories feel too real to … Continue reading Book Review: Recursion
FOLLOWERS | Megan Angelo 01.14.2020 | Graydon House Rating: 5/5 stars 2015: Orla Cadden dreams of becoming a well-known writer. She currently finds herself writing pieces for an online blog about celebrities. Her work ranges from covering events to what someone ate for dinner. Orla wants more for herself. Enter her new roommate, Floss, who … Continue reading Book Review: Followers
THE GOD GAME | Danny Tobey 01.07.2020 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars You are invited! Come inside and play with G.O.D. Bring your friends! It’s fun! But remember the rules. Win and ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.™ Lose, you die! With these words, Charlie and his friends decide to enter the G.O.D. Game, … Continue reading Book Review: The God Game
