Do You Dystopia?
Oct
7
categories : Challenges
Cause I totally do, and because one challenge isn’t enough to fill my need for books in this category I’m going to hop on board and participate in another. Heck if the world is gonna end I might as well enjoy reading while it’s happening right?
The very lovely Darren from Bart’s Bookshelf is hosting a fantabulous challenge wherein I’ll be reading four different titles of a dystopian nature. Oh and did I mention it’s YA specific? Y to the A y’all!! Like I wasn’t in for it before….but the fact that it’s all about the young adult literature to boot? Yea, totally on board. Count me in. Sign me up.
Speaking of signing up here are the specific deets:
The YA Dystopian Reading Challenge runs from October 15 through December 31, 2009. In it I’m going to read the following four titles:
1. The Dead of Night (Tomorrow Series book #2)- John Marsden
2. The Dead and the Gone – Susan Beth Pfeffer
3. The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness
4. Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
I’m totally jazzed for this! All of you should join because not only is it going to be fun with a capital F but the books in this genre are some of the best I’ve read. Hunger Games and Catching Fire anyone?
‘Nuff said!
** 10/9/09 – Update
I guess that wasn’t enough said! I’m also going to join Books on the Nightstand for their DystopYA Challenge by tagging on three more books to my reading list. This challenge is 
similar to the above only I have from October 5 – December 31, 2009.
The books I’m going to read for this challenge are:
1. Candor – Pam Bachorz
2. The Maze Runner – James Dashner
3. A Killing Frost (Book #3 in Tomorrow Series) – John Marsden
No problem right? You betcha!!
Amanda:
I’m really excited about this one, too!
October 7, 2009 at 3:35 pm Amanda(Quote)
Renay:
I owe Nymeth and Chris forever for talking up Patrick Ness! I am so excited this book is on so many people’s lists.
October 7, 2009 at 4:06 pm Renay(Quote)
Kathy:
Have fun with the challenge!
October 7, 2009 at 4:44 pm Kathy(Quote)
Teresa Rolfe Kravtin:
I’m a crazy fan, too, of Patrick Ness. The Knife of Never Letting Go is only the beginning of a wild ride. I hope you enjoy it!
October 8, 2009 at 9:24 am Teresa Rolfe Kravtin(Quote)
Debbie's World of BOoks:
Cool challenge! It’s funny I just saw Scott Westerfeld tonight and he said he didn’t really think of the Uglies world as a dystopia. For teens he thinks high school is more of a dystopia because their lives revolve around the ringing bell to move from class to class and the school telling them what they can and can’t wear. Never thought about it that way.
October 9, 2009 at 12:25 am Debbie's World of BOoks(Quote)
Emma Newman:
Oooh, this is exciting, thanks for giving me some great additions to my reading list. This Christmas wish list is just getting longer and longer!
The first ever YA dystopia novel I read was ‘Empty World’ by John…uh-oh, bad with names. John Christopher? Amazing book, I wonder if it’s still in print.
October 9, 2009 at 12:24 pm Emma Newman(Quote)
Bart's Bookshelf:
Great to have you aboard! You’ve got a great list of books there. (Yay! for The Knife of Never Letting Go, a fantastic, fantastic, book. and The Tomorrow Series as well!)
October 11, 2009 at 10:21 am Bart's Bookshelf(Quote)
Dawn - She is Too Fond of Books:
Good luck and have fun with the challenge!
October 11, 2009 at 2:50 pm Dawn - She is Too Fond of Books(Quote)
Jen - Devourer of Books:
I wish I could finish a book every day, then I could do all these challenges and not return books unread to the library and whittle down my TBR shelves and keep up with review obligations…
Hopefully Bart will do his challenge again next year, and then I’ll make time for it, because I won’t have any backlog of review books (ha!)
October 12, 2009 at 7:20 am Jen - Devourer of Books(Quote)
MamaReads:
If you’re going to read The Dead & the Gone you must read the companion novel as well, Life As We Knew It. I love this genre! I’m going to join this challenge as well!
November 10, 2009 at 4:53 pm MamaReads(Quote)