Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale

I have just finished re-reading “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, a feminist dystopia novel. When i first read it, it was for my undergraduate dissertation, which explored dystopia and utopia novels. It is a fascinating but chilling tale of the extreme measures the government will take to ensure the continuation of the human race [...]

Book Review: Replica

I have just finished reading “Replica” by Lexi Revellian. I found this ebook for free on Amazon and thought it sounded interesting. The blurb reads: “Beth Chandler, bright, attractive but unassertive, is accidentally replicated in a flawed experiment at the government research institute where she works. A second Beth comes into being, complete with all [...]

Book Review: How To Be A Woman

I’ve just finished reading “How to be a Woman” by Caitlin Moran. This is going against the usual type of book i read because it’s “part memoir, part rant” as it says on the back cover, not something i usually go for. However, i saw Caitlin Moran being interviewed at the London Book Fair and [...]

Book Review: Every Other Day

I have just finished reading “Every Other Day” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, a YA novel about a girl who becomes a supernatural hunter every other day. One day, Kali is a normal teenager, a weak human, then for 24 hours she becomes something decidedly less so, with the ability to heal fast, never gets tired, [...]

Book Review: The Poison Tree

I’ve just finished reading “The Poison Tree” by Erin Kelly! It is a fascinating book, which sees the protagonist – a slightly naïve, academic young woman called Karen, who meets Biba, a bohemian actress who runs wild, and her brother Rex, the protective brother. During one summer, Karen’s life is turned upside down and changes forever. [...]

Book Review: Starcrossed

I have just finished reading “Starcrossed” by Josephine Angelini! It’s such a good YA novel, with a really different kind of supernatural element about it. Helen starts having a really bad time at school when a new family arrives on the tiny island which is her home. She is compelled to want to kill a [...]

Book Review: The Hunger Games – Book 3 – Mockingjay

I have just finished reading “Mockingjay”, the third and final book of The Hunger Games trilogy! I haven’t read anything so awesome in ages! I was wondering how they could top the second book, but then i forgot that there’s clearly got to be some kind of battle for the rebels to try to defeat [...]

Book Review: The Hunger Games – Book 2 – Catching Fire

I have just finished reading “Catching Fire”, the second book of The Hunger Games trilogy! I was wondering what would happen after Katniss and Peeta’s blatant attempt to mock the Games and the Gamemakers at the end of the first book, and i wasn’t disappointed! There are so many mind games in this book, it [...]