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Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid’s Tale Reading Order

September 8, 2019 By Maryse Leave a Comment

HUGE HIT amongst us series bingers (whether it be books or shows) and guess what is going LIVE in just a few days?? THE. SEQUEL!!!! Gasp-worthy, infuriating, scary and yet utterly addictive, I can’t get over this show (yes… I learned about it because of the show). This kind of story is TOTALLY my thing. 😉

Cathy: It is sooo hard to choose a favorite book. I would say A Handmaid’s Tale.

About book #1:

The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. read more

K.F. Breene & Shannon Mayer – Shadowspell Academy Trilogy Reading Order

June 12, 2019 By Maryse Leave a Comment

MUCH LOVED FANTASY SERIES and the trilogy is now complete!!! Relief if here for so many of my fellow readers that have gone CRAZY for this one!! 😀

Tessa: Shadowspell Academy: The Culling Trials by Shannon Meyer and KF Breene – These two authors together is a dream. The action was fast, the plot held tons of aches, family and friendship come into play… YAY! …it’s addicting and really good.

Robyn: I read book one and it was good.

Tessa: The Culling Trials 2 by KF Breene and Shannon Mayer. These two should work together more often.🙂 The second book did NOT disappoint. read more

Reader Question – The dystopian book about two people falling in love from different military factions…

May 9, 2019 By Maryse 2 Comments

Naomi just sent us this reader question!!! It’s got plenty of detail (I spoiler-alerted along the way) but it’s enough that if you’ve read it, you’ll know it. 🙂

She asks:

Hey Maryse!

I have a reader question!

We’re looking for a book, it’s probably dystopian fantasy, it’s adult and it’s about two people falling in love from different military factions,

*spoiler alert*

halfway through the book he ends up giving both of them amnesia in order to save her. read more

Amy A. Bartol – Second Born Series Reading Order

March 17, 2019 By Maryse Leave a Comment

<— DYSTOPIAN ALERT & OMG I LOVE the sound of this one.

Tessa: Something definitely unique and fantasy is Secondborn by Amy Bartol. I really liked that series, and am waiting with bated breath for the last of the trilogy. (I think it will be anyway?)

…Secondborn and Traitor Born by Amy Bartol just blew me away. It was so high in angst, GAH. I loved it.

Nay: I’m going to check out this Secondborn series, even if it is YA. If they’re angsty enough, sometimes I end up loving them more than some of the corny NAs out there. read more

Lois Lowry – Giver Quartet Reading Order

November 3, 2018 By Maryse Leave a Comment

This one was absolutely EXALTED in my “books that stayed with you” post. OMG WHAT A REACTION!! I have never read this, or even heard of it until the comments started coming in, so I MUST dedicate a post to it.

Amber: The Giver by Lois Lowry… …amazing and I always recommend them to anyone I can.
parklygoddess: I love the Giver and I feel that is different from all other dystopia books out there.
Rebecka: My absolute favorite book ever has to be The Giver by Lois Lowery. I was 10 the first time I read it but it’s the book that made me fall in love with reading. And I’m still a sucker for some YA dystopian drama. lol
Sarah: favorite book of all time….. The Giver by Lois Lowery. It left such an impression on my as a young person it made me realize my love of reading.
Jamie: when I was in like 5th grade which seems like a million years ago I read the book “The Giver” by Lois Lowry…I still love that book and cant wait for my children to read it..I remember being really mad when it ended and hoping for another one. I was informed today that she does have other books that follow this one and I had to order the whole set including her new one “Son” I am excited now because I can start at the beginning and re read all of them!! I was in the 5th grade and now I am 26 years old working on the last year of my Bachelor’s degree crazy hug? LOL…FYI this is amazing that you are doing this and I am grateful for getting to be a part of this! read more

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