Have you seen Divergent yet? Whilst I loved
reading the trilogy over many weeks, a movie only lasts for a couple of hours.
How will we overcome the post movie blues?
Here's part 3 of a series of posts
giving you some ideas to get you through this challenging time....
Idea no. 3: Read some other excellent series! What's that you say? Not interested in Dystopian novels? That's OK, how about some of these other excellent series, from sci-fi, to fantasy to everything in-between:
- The Daughter
of smoke and bone trilogy
by Laini Taylor. An excellent fantasy series which is so well written, the
third book in the trilogy will be published this year. We've reviewed the
first book here !
- The Old Kingdom Chronicles by Garth Nix. Garth Nix is an
absolutely amazing writer (did I mention he's Australian?) and this
fantasy trilogy will never leave you. Join Sabriel as she journeys amongst
the living and the dead in the Old Kingdom, whilst just over the border
human life exists as normal. Brilliant!
- The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. we'd be suprised if you hadn't already seen this series. It has been ridiculously popular. Fantasy. Addictive. Read it. Oh, and we've reviewed at least
one of the books here.
- The Inheritance series by Christpher Paolini.
High fantasy, dragons, elves, extremely long and compelling books. Pretty
much everything you could want in this genre. Check out this review.
- The Chaos Walking trilogy
by Patrick Ness. This series blew me away with its sheer originality and
highly original prose. Why have I never reviewed it? I have no idea!
Still, go on an adventure and read this futuristic, off-world,
post-apocalyptic series.
- How
about this one? The Diviners series by Libba Bray. Historical / paranormal
/ crime thriller / fantasy, super entertaining, set in 1920s New York. I
CAN'T WAIT for book #2 to be released this year. Yep, I've reviewed this
one here.
- Want some rollicking good fun, witty plot, excellent writing and a series that will keep you going for quite some time? Read the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy. I'd love to meet this author in real life - even the dedications he writes at the start of each book are awesome! We've reviewed one book in this excellent series here.
Don't forget, if you can't get these titles off the shelf, check our ebook collection too!
Caitlin @ Balwyn Library.
What now?
- Add your thoughts about in the comments below.
- Go to the catalogue and reserve it.
- Borrow it as an ebook.
- Review a book yourself.
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