It’s that time of the year again!
NUMBER OF BOOKS YOU READ.
Ninety-one (this number includes comic issues, volumes, etc).
NUMBER OF REREADS.
Sixteen.
GENRE YOU READ THE MOST FROM.
Fantasy all the fucking way! Also, way more sci-fi than ever before which makes me very happy.
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On January 2, five ARC winners will be selected, and yes, the giveaway is international!
// 1 #TeamJack from Instagram
// 1 #TeamStellan from Instagram
// 1 #TeamJack from Twitter
// 1 #TeamStellan from Twitter
// 1 from either team who has one of the pics as their Twitter avatar
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| Clear skies // Walks in winter // Reading multiple books at a time like always |
All Work, No Play
Well, okay there was some play. It just doesn’t seem like there was any because I felt so exhausted most of the time. There was pizza and cheese, though. And lots of tea like always.
Plans
I really need to start planning for next year so here’s to doing that.
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| ASLDFKDJD // Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
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| Gross alien is gross // Alien |
Alien (7/10) – LOL to what people in eighties liked to call horror, but it was fun to watch!
Ant-Man (1/10) – I was so bored that I got sleepy halfway through and then went to bed at 2:00 am and I usually don’t fall asleep until 3:00 am.
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| The Lunar Chronicle is the third series I finished this year, haha. |
The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs
Lock In by John Scalzi
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (reread)
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Winter by Marissa Meyer
I posted my review of Lock In by John Scalzi
I posted my review of Divergent by Veronica Roth
I posted a guide to science fiction in YA
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| All the pretty books. :heart eyes: |
Insignia by S. J. Kincaid |
| Lovelovelove this song // Cannot wait for Sia’s album to release. // I’m so in love with this song. |
Science fiction is important simply because it makes us question society much more than any other genre. It not only explores science in all its glory and ugliness, but also compels the reader to think about something in a new way. It appeals to the sense of wonder. It asks insightful questions and poses implications of societal practices in a complex setting that is akin to our present world and so allows us to see ourselves objectively.
Science fiction matters because even in the most screwed up of all screwed up science fiction worlds, it all boils down to human emotion.
It is a vast genre with dozens of sub-genres and themes which when combined with other genres is pretty much a self-supporting entity. There are no limits as to what a single science fiction story can constitute to as long as there’s a willingness to suspend belief on the reader’s behalf.
YA science fiction isn’t as all-encompassing as adult science fiction but hey, it’s getting there which is amazing because what we’ll always need more of is science fiction (and just for the hell of it, fantasy). No other genre is going to help us in case of a zombie apocalypse, anyway.
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Divergent by Veronica Roth
young adult sci-fi dystopian thriller published by Katherine Tegen Books on May 3rd, 2011
first book in Divergent trilogy
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she’s kept hidden from everyone because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.