A few years ago (CBR4?) I read Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies and really, really didn’t care for it. But I kind of liked Scott Westerfeld, so I kept up with what he was working on. When I read ModernLove’s review of Afterworlds, I decided that this would be the book where I gave Westerfeld his second chance. The idea sounded so clever and the book was so pretty. I couldn’t say no. I’m mostly glad about that decision. Afterworld’s is something different. It’s actually two stories in one. Not two […]
Two Novels, One Book
I have never read a book like this before. There might be others like this, that combine two separate novels into one very large book, but none that have crossed my path. This book was ambitious, long, and ultimately successful. I’ve read Westerfeld’s Uglies series, and the first in theLeviathans, so I was hoping I would enjoy this story of an author and the book she writes, and boy did I.
If a Tree Falls in the Woods and No One Posts about It on Facebook…
Have you read Westerfeld’s Uglies trilogy yet? If you haven’t, do not pass go, do not continue with this review, do not collect your free surgery and body mods once you turn sixteen. Lest I be labeled a hater, I picked up Extras next because I knew I would more than likely give it more than a few stars. What can I say, dystopian YA is my JAM. Extras takes place a few years after the Uglies trilogy. It’s not exactly a spin-off, but it’s […]
Steampunk Austrians and the Biopunk British
With accompanying illustrations by Keith Thompson, Leviathan is a young adult’s Steampunk mechanics vs. Biopunk Darwinists tale set within an alternate history of the initiation of World War I. And at the end of it I was thinking, “that’s it? That’s where you leave me?” only to be pleasantly surprised to discover that Leviathan is only the first in a series of novels (how I wasn’t aware of this before, I’m not sure) that I definitely plan on continuing with when I am able to. […]