I hope everyone is staying warm during these few days of extremely cold temperatures. I think today is a good day for staying in pajamas and drinking hot chocolate. Although I'm in sweatpants and not pajamas I plan to stay as warm as possible.
The past few days I've been thinking about the types of books our society as a whole seems to be enamored with lately. A few years ago it was vampire books during the Twilight craze and I think today its dystopian novels. To branch out even further I would have to say its futuristic novels with highly advanced technology and maybe aliens. I enjoy a select few of these but in some ways I can't understand the world's obsession with them.
Case in point, the Hunger Games Trilogy. The books obviously came before the movies but with the upwards trend in sales of novels of the dystopian genre interest has clearly skyrocketed. The Hunger Games is only one series out of many. What I don't quite understand is why we are so "into" these types of books. Is it because we find that type of future to be so far off that we can't contemplate it happening to us? Is it because we somehow think our world is on the edge of collapse? I'm not sure but it's a good question to ask ourselves.
As for myself, I read the books because I really cannot imagine a future like that for myself. When I want to deviate from the normal books I read I usually pick up a dystopian novel. I honestly would never want to live in a future as described in many of these books. The reason I don't read more of these books is because in some instances they make me feel uncomfortable. Who really wants to live in a world where they choose people to die in the Hunger Games every year? I sure don't. My guess is that just like any other fiction novels we are reading them to keep our minds off the problems in our own lives. All I can say is that if these books are any indication of what our future holds, we should be worried.
I don't know how many of you have an interest in dystopian novels but here are some series you might want to check out if you get the chance.
-The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
-Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
-The Delirium Trilogy-Lauren Oliver
-The Ender Quintet by Orson Scott Card
-Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
-The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowery
-The Selection Trilogy by Kiera Cass
-Gone Series by Michael Grant
-The Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano
That's just a few of the many dystopian series out there. Hope you enjoyed today's post. Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
Erin a.k.a. Bookworm
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