The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have to admit that I've gone out of my way to avoid this book since it was released a while ago. I mean, who wants to read a whole book about young Snow? Yeah, you know what I mean. Still, when I found …

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins My rating: 5 of 5 stars I LOVE The Hunger Games trilogy, and when I found out this was Haymitch's story, I had to read it. As soon as it arrived. Haymitch Abernathy's sixteenth birthday also marks the reaping. And this year, it's …

I Am AI: A Novelette by Ai Jiang My rating: 5 of 5 stars A few weeks ago, I was very lucky and won a copy of this adorable novelette. I've been itching to read it since it arrived and tonight, I finally got the chance to sit down and enjoy it. Okay, let me make something clear ab…

Below Economic Thresholds by Adam Hulse My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here's another novella I've been looking forward to getting stuck into that didn't disappoint. After a brutal civil war, demons stalk the slums where the starving people are trying to survive. Kurt works for …

In a calamitous future, runaway climate change has made the planet nearly uninhabitable. Civilization has collapsed, and every day is a struggle. Lucy, a young mother of two, dreams of a better life by bringing back vanished knowledge. But the rest of her group, headed by her brutal aun…

When the poison gas first leaked out of the ground, they thought the horror would be over in no time. But they kept dying. When the lizard-men followed, swarming the land and picking off the survivors, those who remained were scattered to the hills and the forests. Most did not last lon…

Girls with Rebel Souls by Suzanne Young My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the last book in this very awesome trilogy and I've been looking forward to finding out where Mena's story takes her and her friends. After what happened at Innovation Academy and Ridgeview Prep, Mena and…

The Passage by Justin Cronin My rating: 2 of 5 stars Okay, I'm calling it quits @ 35%. Firstly, I want to say that the first 33% (288 pages) of this book deserves 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 because it was utterly brilliant. It hooked me in, kept me glued to the page, and I was excited about what…

Shatter City by Scott Westerfeld My rating: 5 of 5 stars This time last week I read the first book in the Impostors series and ordered the second one before I was even finished. This week, I decided to get stuck into that second book. 😁 Frey and Col are prisoners in Shreve. Luckily…

Impostors by Scott Westerfeld My rating: 5 of 5 stars The other day I stumbled on Bogus to Bubbly , which happens to be a guide book for the Uglies series. That reminded me how much I loved those four books, and then I found out there were going to be another four books set in the s…

Bogus to Bubbly: An Insider's Guide to the World of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld My rating: 4 of 5 stars I loved the Uglies series, so of course I was interested in checking this out. This book is full of extra (pardon the pun) information about pretty (oops, I did it again) much …

Girls with Razor Hearts by Suzanne Young My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed the first book in this trilogy, so I was looking forward to checking this one out. Mena and her friends--Sydney, Marcella, Brynn and Annalise--might have escaped the Innovations Academy, but the trauma…

In the old world there were many rules. In the new world there is only one: don't open your eyes. In the seventeen years since the 'creatures' appeared, many people have broken that rule. Many have looked. Many have lost their minds, their lives, their loved ones. I…

Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a book that caught my eye a few weeks ago. First I noticed the cover, then the title, and by the time I'd read the blurb, I knew it was something I would be interested in. I'm a sucker for dystopian…

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've been meaning to read this for ages, and now that I have a 2-in-1 laptop, I finally started this comic book series. When all the mammals with a Y chromosome die out of the blue, the world is t…

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie My rating: 3 of 5 stars I've read so many great things about this book that I couldn't wait to read it. And now that I have... I'm completely underwhelmed. I wanted to love this, I honestly did, but there were too many things t…

James Patterson presents a genre-bending, action-packed debut -- and introduces YA's new favorite, kick-ass heroine: Serendipity Jones, the fastest sharpshooter in tomorrow's West.   Seventeen-year-old Serendipity "Pity" Jones inherited two things from her mother:…

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another one of those really popular books that I've never read, so I decided now was the time to do it. Especially since there's a show coming... The US as we know it is gone, and is now call…

Deliver Me by Kate Jarvik Birch My rating: 5 of 5 stars Yikes! This is such a great book. It's disturbing, made me uncomfortable, but I loved the narrator. Wynne and Odessa are part of the Union. A totalitarian regime that requires total and utter devotion. No one is al…

Rebellion by Kass Morgan My rating: 5 of 5 stars After really enjoying The 100 trilogy , I got stuck into the TV show and fell in love with it as well. I love both of them. The books sucked me into this world and the awesome cast of characters. The TV show got me in so deep I&#…