Bookmark: The Hunger Games

I've been a little naughty. I struggle to concentrate on reading Jane Eyre on the bus so I pulled out The Hunger Games and revelled in the familiar heart-wrenching pages. I've already read THG and reviewed them but I've decided a review of the trilogy (looking for an excuse to read it again despite my 200 book rules? Who me?) will kick start my Dystopian Fiction segment (coming soon).
So keep your eyes on Raiding Bookshelves and pick it up in the meantime. THG is one of the best books I've ever read and really fired up my thirst for more dystopian fiction.

Cause I love this actress as Katniss. Check out my Hunger Games film adaptation post for the Katniss and Rue scene. It was all I could picture when reading that scene.

Released Today: Wither by Lauren DeStefano

What if you knew exactly when you would die? 
Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. 
When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home. 
But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limited time she has left.

Lauren Destefano's début novel Wither hit the shelves today. I'm super excited about this new addition to the world of dystopian fiction. I'll be launching a new segment in the next few weeks about YA dystopian novels and look forward to including Wither in my reading. I can't wait to get my hands on it!

2010 Aurealis Awards Nominees

2010 Aurealis Awards sponsored by Harper Voyager

The finalists for the 2010 Aurealis Awards were announced this week. The Aurealis Awards are for works of speculative fiction by Australian authors (Australian citizens or permanent citizens) published between November 1 2009 and 31 December 2010.

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and best of luck. The Aurealise Awards Gala Awards Ceremony will be presented by HarperVoyager on May 21.