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 quote of the day

“Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. Maybe it isn’t about who can sit can who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. Maybe it’s about [...]

An afternoon spent in a bookshop

Me and a friend spent yesterday wandering around every shop selling books we could find in town! We discussed many books that we’d read, yet to read, or were curious about. We basically went around Waterstones from A-Z looking at everything! We were glad to see a section on translated fiction, although it was tiny [...]

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 Unit

I have just finished reading “The Unit” by Ninni Holmqvist. It is a very dystopian novel, set in a world where women aged 50 and men aged 60, who have no children, partner or successful career progression, are sent to live in a special Unit where their every need is taken care of but they [...]

My Book Recommendations

I thought i would post a list of books which i would recommend people to read, based on the sort of thing they like! If you like “Bridget Jones’ Diary”, you might like ” Funny Valentine” by Amy Jenkins. A journalist follows a famous film star and develops feelings for him unexpectedly.  If you like [...]

Book Review: Unwind

I have just finished reading “Unwind” by Neal Shusterman. Wow. Talk about thought-provoking! The book’s blurb reads: “The process by which a child is both terminated and yet kept alive is called ‘unwinding’. ‘Unwinding’ is now a common, and accepted, practice in society. – In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body [...]

June Book Challenge – Day 11

Today’s question: What genre do you really want to read more of? Dystopian fiction – Considering i did my undergraduate degree dissertation on the subject of how realistic utopia is to create, and looking at dystopia as the opposite to a utopian world, i really didnt read enough into the subject. My main books were [...]