The Dystopian Challenge

Saturday, February 6, 2010

I've decided to join my very first blog challenge!



Dystopian novels are my favorite, and I just can't resist a good post-apocalyptic story. Some of my all-time favorites are The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. So I just couldn't resist the urge to join this challenge.
I'm going for level 3 - Junkee , so my goal is to read 20 books by August 24th, which is the release date for the 3rd book in the Hunger Games trilogy. (And if you haven't read The Hunger Games, I suggest that you do it!)
Here's my (tentative) list for the Challenge

1. The Knife of Never letting Go – Patrick Ness
2. The Ask and the Answer – Patrick Ness
3. Genesis – Bernard Beckett
4. How I live Now – Meg Rosoff
5. The Declaration – Gemma Malley
6. The Resistance – Gemma Malley
7. The Dead And the Gone – Susan Beth Pfeffer
8. This World we live in - Susan Beth Pfeffer
9. Bones of Faerie – Janni lee Simner
10. The Maze Runner - James Dashner
11. The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood
12. Battle Royal – Koushun Takami
13. The Adoration of Jenna Fox – Mary Pearson
14. Boneshaker – Cherie Priest
15. Uglies – Scott Westerfield
16. The Forest of Hands and Teeth – Carrie Ryan
17. The Dead Tossed Waves – Carrie Ryan
18. The Children of Men – P.D. James
19. Gone – Michael Grant
20. Hunger – Michael Grant
21. Neuromancer – William Gibson
22. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

This list is subject to change, as it depends on whether I can find many of these books at my local library, or borrow them from someone. But I'm pretty sure I'll be able to read 20 books without too much problem.
Good luck to everyone that's joining the challenge!

2 comments:

Brooke said...

Thats funny that you are into the post-apoc genre... so is Aric. In fact, he has a website where he posts movie/book reviews and even has a short story that he wrote on there. All Post-apoc. Go check it out if you get a chance.

www.feunderground.com

As for your list... WOW!! Good luck. I have read the 'Uglies' series by Scott Westerfield. It is interesting but more sci/fi than post apoc. Especially after the first book. I still need to listen to the Hunger Games books. Gotta get on that.

Aric says his all time favorite Post-apoc books are the 'Vampire Earth' series by E.E. Knight. Check them out if these 20 books don't keep you busy enough! :D

Happy reading, girl!

melissa @ 1lbr said...

You know, I haven't read The Road yet, and I really should. But, I'm kind of afraid of it right now :)