Showing posts with label Dystopian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dystopian. Show all posts

Friday, April 4, 2014

Top Ten Dystopian and Dreams of Gods & Monsters



This year I am posting two themes: 26 Top Ten's and 26 Novel's (mostly published from 2014)

My Top Ten for letter D:
Dystopian – Top Ten Cacotopia, Kakotopia, Cackotopia, or Anti-Utopia Novels & Movies (no particular order)

1.  Lord of the Flies by William Golding
2.  Red Dawn; 1984 American war film
3.  Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins novels & films
4.  Equilibrium; 2002 science fiction film where both feelings and artistic expression are outlawed
5.  The Road by Cormac McCarthy novel & film
6.  The Host by Stephenie Meyers novel & film
7.  Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
8.  District 9; 2009 independent science fiction action thriller
9.  The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan
10. This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers


 
 
Come back tomorrow for letter E!!

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday - Dystopian & Express Yourself - Autographs & Catchphrases

Top 10 Tuesday is a post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and this week's topic is...
March 11: Top Ten All Time Favorite Books in X Genre (you pick the genre!)
 
Dystopian
 
1. Lord of the Flies  by William Golding
2. Monument 14  by Emmy Laybourne
3. Hunger Games  by Suzanne Collins
4. Divergent  by Veronica Roth
5. The Road  by Cormac McCarthy
6. The Host  by Stephenie Meyers
7. Uglies  by Scott Westerfeld
8. The Way We Fall  by Megan Crewe
9. The Forest of Hands and Teeth  by Carrie Ryan
10. This is Not a Test  by Courtney Summers
 
 
March 3-7: Do you have any autographs? If not, whose would you love to have?
 
I have the autographs of...
 
A.G. Howard, author of Splintered series
Christine Rain, author of The 13th Floor series
Push Down and Turn’s lead singer, Jason Brown
 
I’m not a big autograph person though, there isn’t anyone I’d love to have a signature from except for authors in the books I own.
 
Mar 10-14: What saying or catchphrase do you say ALL the time?
 
“Nice!”
“Shut it!”
“Nobody asked you.”
“WTF!” à in many forms
“Are you kidding me!”
“OMG!” à also said in many forms
 
… Can you tell I have kids? lol