![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_ant63. Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White
My sister recommended this book to me because we'd been discussing Hunger Games and other similarly themed books. In 2083, adults are picked to be part of reality tv shows relating to history and asked to reenact different moments in time. Usually very few survive. The newest show picks several kids and has them reenact Robert F. Scott's unsuccessful trip to Antarctica. The book is not only a thrilling read, it's also a fascinating study in teamwork and how adults underestimate the resilience of children. Plus, reading this is way better than actually watching reality tv.
64. Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson
A friend of mine asked me to read this so she'd have someone to talk to about it and so I did. My second Maureen Johnson book was far from disappointing, unlike much of the story for Clio, our main character. Clio's parents are divorced and her mom goes to Kansas with her boyfriend, leaving Clio in the care of her father -- the last place she wants to be. Having just purchased a new yacht, Clio's father takes her on a journey she, as the cliche goes, won't soon forget. The story is cute, tense and focuses on, among other things, a mystery Clio's father won't discuss. Johnson's characters are fun, interesting and at times frustrating. But, all in all, I enjoyed the book.
65. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
I first checked out the graphic novel version of this book, but returned it without reading when I realized that there was an actual novel. The copy I read is over 600 pages and was so engrossing that it took me just over a day to read the whole thing. Koushun Takami's book is completely brilliant. While the violence is unprecedented and quite explicit, Takami's characters are sympathetic, especially when you don't expect them to be. Battle Royale is set in a world unlike our own, where teenagers can be taken to remote places and forced to kill their own classmates to survive. All of this done in the name of keeping peace. What Takami's characters do is try to find a way to survive, to work together, and what they discover is much more interesting. I completely loved the book and was pleased with the way it ended. I will eventually watch the movie as well. Highly recommended, though not for the weak of heart.
65 / 100 words. 65% done!
My sister recommended this book to me because we'd been discussing Hunger Games and other similarly themed books. In 2083, adults are picked to be part of reality tv shows relating to history and asked to reenact different moments in time. Usually very few survive. The newest show picks several kids and has them reenact Robert F. Scott's unsuccessful trip to Antarctica. The book is not only a thrilling read, it's also a fascinating study in teamwork and how adults underestimate the resilience of children. Plus, reading this is way better than actually watching reality tv.
64. Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson
A friend of mine asked me to read this so she'd have someone to talk to about it and so I did. My second Maureen Johnson book was far from disappointing, unlike much of the story for Clio, our main character. Clio's parents are divorced and her mom goes to Kansas with her boyfriend, leaving Clio in the care of her father -- the last place she wants to be. Having just purchased a new yacht, Clio's father takes her on a journey she, as the cliche goes, won't soon forget. The story is cute, tense and focuses on, among other things, a mystery Clio's father won't discuss. Johnson's characters are fun, interesting and at times frustrating. But, all in all, I enjoyed the book.
65. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
I first checked out the graphic novel version of this book, but returned it without reading when I realized that there was an actual novel. The copy I read is over 600 pages and was so engrossing that it took me just over a day to read the whole thing. Koushun Takami's book is completely brilliant. While the violence is unprecedented and quite explicit, Takami's characters are sympathetic, especially when you don't expect them to be. Battle Royale is set in a world unlike our own, where teenagers can be taken to remote places and forced to kill their own classmates to survive. All of this done in the name of keeping peace. What Takami's characters do is try to find a way to survive, to work together, and what they discover is much more interesting. I completely loved the book and was pleased with the way it ended. I will eventually watch the movie as well. Highly recommended, though not for the weak of heart.
