After two miserable experiences with apocalyptic/dystopian YA last week, I needed something to restore my faith in the subgenre. I turned to my TBR for help – and found MEMORY BOY and THE LOST GIRLS waiting. Title: Memory Boy…
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Apocalypse
Title: Monument 14 Author: Emmy Laybourne Genre: Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication Date: June 2012 Paperback: 294 Pages Your mother hollers that you’re going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down…
Title: The Age of Miracles Author: Karen Thompson Walker Genre: Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Random House (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 288 Pages (US) With a voice as distinctive…
Title: This is Not A Test Author: Courtney Summers Genre: Horror, Contemporary, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: June 2012 Paperback: 320 Pages It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege…
Title: Blackout Author: Mira Grant Genre: Horror, Thriller, Speculative Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: May 2012 Paperback: 560 pages Rise up while you can. -Georgia Mason The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we…
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Book Review: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
Title: After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall Author: Nancy Kress Genre: Pre/Post/Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Publisher: Tachyon Publications Publication Date: April 2012 Paperback: 192 Pages The year is 2035. After ecological disasters nearly destroyed the…
Title: The Hunt Author: Andrew Fukuda Genre: Dystopia, Horror, Post-Apocalypse, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) Don’t Sweat. Don’t Laugh. Don’t draw attention to…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
The Hunt Blog Tour & Giveaway: Andrew Fukuda on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: The Chaos Author: Nalo Hopinkson Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication date: April 17th 2012 Hardcover: 256 pages Sixteen-year-old Scotch struggles to fit in—at home she’s the perfect daughter, at school she’s…
Title: White Horse Author: Alex Adams Genre: Horror, Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books Publication Date: April 17, 2012 Hardcover: 292 Pages Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning…
