It’s The End of The World
Jun
25
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Are you hearing REM? Because I’m totally hearing REM right now.
**clears throat**
Ahem, yea back to task at hand. And what is that task you ask? To get my challenge post up for the It’s the End of the World II Challenge.
So what you may not know about me is I love a good disaster/apocolypse story. I think I’ve seen I Am Legend over 50 times (what it’s on cable and I can’t resist it when it’s on) oh so yea, end of the world stuff I kinda like it. That is why this challenge appeals to me.
So here are the deets:
Becky from Becky’s Book Reviews runs this awesome challenge, spanning March 10, 2009 – October 9, 2009, in which participants are asked to read four books where the primary theme is the end of the world. The rules are more completely outlined in her challenge post (linked above) so head over to check it out if interested. The four books I’ve chosen to read for the challenge are:
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins [complete]
Life as We Knew It – Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
Wastelands (Stories of the Apocolypse) – John Joseph Adams
So pack up your canned goods, gas up your generator, and get ready for the apocolypse because just like Michael Stipe says, it’s the end of the world as we know it.







Literate Housewife:
I was totally thinking REM. I was also thinking you were a huge Michael Jackson fan. Still, great post about this challenge. Have fun!
June 25, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Louise:
And that was also the first thing that came to mind, when I saw your headline in my blog roll!
I used to be very much into apocalypse-type books when I was younger, but haven’t read one in a long time, although I guess that Stephen King’s The Stand is one, and that is one of my favorite books, which I re-read every couple of years or so
June 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Kathy:
Good luck with the challenge!
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June 26, 2009 at 5:37 am
Lenore:
Ooh great picks! I’ve read the first 3 on your list and have the other in my pile to read.
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June 26, 2009 at 11:39 am
Irish:
I love cheesy (and the not so cheesy) disaster films too…and love books in a dystopian setting. I have Life As We Knew it on Mt TBR and LOVED Uglies when I read it last year. Whipped through the first 3 in about as many days. Still have yet to read the 4th one though. Have started it a few times, but can’t seem to get into it like the others.
Anywho good luck with your challenge.
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June 27, 2009 at 6:07 am