My May #Bookspin #BookSpinBingo and I'm also doing the #Maytheforcereadathon. I had a blast with it last year and am excited for this years!
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My May #Bookspin #BookSpinBingo and I'm also doing the #Maytheforcereadathon. I had a blast with it last year and am excited for this years!
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Dystopian novels are either love or hate for me. I never feel lukewarm about them. I am really liking this one so far.
#3books I DNFed
I don‘t usually DNF books, so I only had a few to choose from. Bannerless wasn‘t bad, I just wasn‘t feeling it. Bailed at 30%. Limit I thought was poorly translated, but I probably could have put up with that if it hadn‘t also bored me to tears and had disgusting descriptions of every female character. Bailed at 38% which for this chunkster was 475 pages. I Have No Mouth made me feel like Ellison just hates women. Bailed at 53%.
bailedI was trying to read this for #booked2019 #femaledetective , but I‘ve gotten 30% in and just can‘t do it anymore. I can see how this book could end up being alright to me, but I don‘t know if it could be better than that. I‘m just so bored with it at the moment and would rather read other things, so I‘m bailing. I‘ve found another book I think will work for the #femaledetective prompt, so I‘m going to start that instead.
so-soThe plot is very slow and I feel that the post- apocalyptic setting was very generic. The title of the book and the whole concept of banners doesn't really have that much to do with the plot. I liked the writing style and the descriptions. The ending was fairly predictable.
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I really enjoyed this post-apocalyptic murder mystery! I liked that it was introspective but the writing wasn't pretentious. There's not a whole lot of story about how the changes in the world impact the characters and there's no uprising (which is normally what I love), but it didn't need it. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
Thanks for the recommendation @Clare-Dragonfly - potentially our only successful #newyearwhodis??
@Clare-Dragonfly this was the book I was most excited about from your #newyearwhodis recommendations. My library didn't have a copy, so I requested an inter-library loan. That was back in December... But it's here now and I'm very excited to be starting it tonight!!
So disappointing. The intriguing premise and post-apocalyptic backdrop turned out to be completely irrelevant. If I'd have known this was just a murder mystery/coming-of-age novel, I'd have passed.
pickI really liked this solid dystopian novel of a future where climate change and epidemics have wiped out most of humanity. Humans now have households where they all must be useful and prove they can provide, which earns them the right to a banner. A banner says that household can have a baby. The MC is Enid and she is an investigator. They usually investigate people who go over quotas but this time it‘s murder. Not over the top, just real solid.
pickThis intriguing novel is set in the world of the Coast Road, a culture that has evolved in the face of society's collapse due to natural disaster and raging epidemics. Enid, an investigator, travels to another village to look into an unexplained death, uncovering the residents' secrets and revisiting her own past in the process. A thought-provoking and suspenseful read with a fascinating and well-constructed world.
pickI really enjoyed this dystopian crime novel. The characters and situations seemed so real. Some dystopian books are a bit far-fetched for me but this one was very realistic. Oh, and the crime was truly a mystery until the very end.
“We think the banner is everything. Once you‘ve got that cloth to hang on your wall, you‘ve done it, observed the quotas, earned a kid. But it‘s just the start. There‘s so much can go wrong.”
In the post-apocalyptic world of this book, people only earn banners and the right to have children when your household proves they can support one. I appreciate that Vaughn doesn‘t shy away from infertility, miscarriages, and genetic anomalies.
Really enjoying this so far, a murder mystery set in a world in which people have rebuilt after an apocalypse. The town is built on the foundations of the pre-Fall buildings, but society has a new and more cooperative structure.
pickA post-apocalyptic novel with mystery, Bannerless is set in a time where society has been restructured after everything goes to hoo-ha. People have to prove they are able to care for a child before they are allowed to have one (in which they are entitled a banner to prove they are allowed).
This book kept me hooked. I read it in a few days. The pace isn't too hurried but not so slow that I'm wondering if there is a plot. Characters relatable.
pickAn interesting #postapocalyptic #dystopian novel about an investigator after the fall of civilization. I love how the one community banded together to save things like medical knowledge even as the world fell apart. Good start to the series!
pickSlow moving but so worth the time spent in this world. How does the world rebuild after it ends? Community, families, and perseverance. This world is not a utopia and the book is better than I assumed it would be. definitely a good read.
Today‘s #libraryhaul. The top three are a Twitter recommendation, Writing Excuses project in depth, and #blameitonlitsy. The bottom three are the library‘s fault. They cruelly tempted me by having these books out where I could see them.
Which should I read first?
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pickNow I want like ten more dystopian cozy mysteries. Immediately.
Genre mash-ups are high risk, high reward - and this one is a joy. It's like watching Midsommer Murders after the apocalypse.
#dystopia #mystery #genrebending
so-soWas expecting more with the end. Kind of just seemed like the author gave up and went with an overly simple idea. The main story was boring while the background story of Enid and Dak left me wanting more of that. The stories were so different from each other and had no middle of where Enid's past caught up with her present. Disappointing book that could have been much better. Took me 5 weeks to get through it just because it wasn't interesting.
so-soThis was a pretty decent post-apocalyptic murder mystery. I liked the character of Enid and I thought the world building was pretty well done, but the actual mystery that was the focus of her official investigation left a lot to be desired for me. I much preferred the flashback chapters where we saw more of the characters and more of the communities.
This has been a good airplane and airport book so far! Looking forward to continuing the adventure on my next flight in an hour.
so-soJust finished this up...wasn‘t a real page-turner or anything. But wasn‘t horrid. Left me wanting more from the author in the conclusion and in word choice. Some descriptions seemed overused and trite. Prime example of why I check books out from the library instead of buying them. I buy them after they knock my socks off!
My current #TBR pile. It‘s very autumnesque, isn‘t it? I think these are all dystopian...my #dystopianblues swap partner might have a hard time finding a dystopian book I haven‘t read but I‘ll make a post of the ones I want to read next :).
Just got back from our train trip and I have to take a short trip to Florida tomorrow morning. 😑 😴 but that means lots of audiobook time so I hit the library today. Got some really good ones in the queue!
This is middle of the road for me so far. I'm mildly interested in what's going on, but not enthralled.
Finished up one read and jumped into Carrie Vaughn's latest right after. Took a break to watch What Happened to Monday on Netflix - the fab Noomi Rapace starring as 7 siblings!
Surprisingly, my movie pick and my read have similar themes re population, but Bannerless takes place in a rebuilt post apocalyptic society.
so-soI keep wavering between Pick and So-So. I really did like this book. I thought the world was fascinating and I loved that it was a murder mystery, but I think I just wanted more from it.
"Everyone was supposed to want a banner. To work hard to get a banner. Uphold your quotas, make your household and community a better place. Prove you could care for children you brought into the world." (Isn't this what citizens should be expected to do in every community!?!) #roadtrip #reading #dystopianworld
