Archive for the ‘science fiction’ Category
the Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn
I’m pretty disappointed with this one. I think it is trying to be an updated 1984 for today’s young adults but doesn’t even approach that iconic work of speculative fiction. The first issue I had with the book is that the author’s political commentary is actually a little above the heads of her target audience. [...]
February 18, 2011
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The Bar Code Tattoo by Suzanne Weyn
I’m pretty disappointed with this one. I think it is trying to be an updated 1984 for today’s young adults but doesn’t even approach that iconic work of speculative fiction. The first issue I had with the book is that the author’s political commentary is actually a little above the heads of her target audience. [...]
February 18, 2011
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Unwind by Neal Shusterman
This book won me over. Â I was very skeptical at the beginning when the story is set up in a future where there has been a second Civil War fought between pro-life and pro-choice supporters. Â I read every chapter expecting at any moment to encounter some sort of diatribe for or against the practice…but it [...]
January 14, 2011
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
It’s time for the California Young Reader Medal once again. Â Usually, I try to get some of them read before the kids start on them, but this has just been a really busy year, so the only two that I’ve gotten through so far have been Hunger Games and The Adoration of Jenna Fox. You [...]
January 9, 2011
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The Hunger Games
It’s been awhile since this has happened…I’ve read a book that drew me in enough to make me want to post about it right away. The Hunger Games is so powerful, filled with significance while still subtle. Â The story is set in a post apocolyptic North America that has been divided into thirteen districts that [...]
October 3, 2010
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I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love fiction, and of fiction I love mysteries, and action/adventure, and space opera the most. Most of the time it doesn’t bother me, but it’s true that the critics (and the general public) look down upon these genres. I’m not ashamed of loving it, but the [...]
December 10, 2007
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The Eye of the Heron
This one is growing on me a bit the more I think about the overall message of the novel. When you boil it all down, really, this novel is about the value of having high ideals and our inability to stand by them on our own strength. So, if the novel stopped there, and the [...]
October 25, 2007
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