This one is going to be a little different for me because I'm reviewing a collection of short stories. Author and screenwriter Blake Crouch asked some of his favourite dystopian writers to contribute to this project, all about technology and the future... and it's terrifying, to a degree. I'm not usually drawn to science-fiction or … Continue reading Book Review: Forward, A Collection of Stories
It had been a while since I read a good-old dystopian YA fiction. Books like The Hunger Games series and Kiera Cass's The Selection series are some of my favourite examples of stories that I will keep coming back to, even as I continue into my 30s. I've mentioned before that YA doesn't really only … Continue reading Book Review: The Memory Thief
We're told never to judge a book by its cover, and yet it was the cover of The Farm by Joanne Ramos (in stores May 7) that drew me toward it. I've never read (or seen) A Handmaid's Tale, and dystopian fiction is something I usually reserve for YA titles, but the juxtaposition of those … Continue reading Book Review: The Farm
The Modest Reader 