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Jennifer Lawrence recommended The Catcher in the Rye in Books (curated)

 
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger | 2016 | Essays
6.8 (85 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I'm so drawn to Salinger's view of society back then, and to his sarcasm. I read Catcher in the Rye first, then [Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour]. I don't think there's ever been anything like these characters in American literature."

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Wendi McLendon-Covey recommended A Confederacy of Dunces in Books (curated)

 
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole | 2016 | Humor & Comedy
8.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"The main character of this novel is an adult man who lives with his mother, and who fancies himself too intelligent to participate in mainstream society or to hold down a normal job. Don’t we all have relatives like this? Well, I do!"

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Atomic Weight of Love in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
The Atomic Weight of Love
The Atomic Weight of Love
Elizabeth J. Church | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
In Elizabeth Church's novel "The Atomic Weight of Love," we find Meridian, a woman caught between career, love, society and her own desires. Read more about this thought provoking novel in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/07/23/devotion-en-masse/
  
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Ducklady (1174 KP) rated 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four in Books

Sep 2, 2019  
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell, Duncan Macmillan | 1949 | Film & TV
9
8.1 (104 Ratings)
Book Rating
This dystopian novel tells of the world completed controlled by its government. People are constantly watched and analysed. It's scary how accurate this book is when looking at society now.
Powerful book that is still relevant and needs to be read by everyone.
  
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Amy McManus (5 KP) rated Why Mummy Drinks in Books

Aug 23, 2019  
Why Mummy Drinks
Why Mummy Drinks
Gill Sims | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.1 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
Funny and relatable for the modern day mum (0 more)
Language is very simplified (0 more)
Really funny storyline and very relatable for most mums in modern society. The language and writing technique is very simplified but for newbies to reading this could be absolutely perfect.
  
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TacoDave (3529 KP) rated Lord of the Flies in Books

May 23, 2019  
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
William Golding | 1954 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
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7.4 (94 Ratings)
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Engaging (2 more)
Good pace
Believable characters and plot
Brutal violence (0 more)
A brutal classic
"Lord of the Flies" is a classic for a reason. It is the story of a bunch of boys who survive a plane crash and are stranded on an island together. They get along well at first, but soon the pressures of their situation cause cracks in their 'society' and they form into two groups that clash with each other, sometimes violently.

The idea that human civilization is fragile is examined, but not through exposition, rather through the actions of the characters in the story. Are humans inherently violent? Is peaceful society an illusion, one tragedy away from breakdown?

If you've never read this book - or seen one of the movie versions - be aware that it gets brutal at times. There is violence and bloodshed and not everyone escapes unharmed. But it is a fascinating story of civility and civilization and what it means to be a human in a stable society.
  
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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Herland, the Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings in Books

Jul 2, 2019  
Herland, the Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings
Herland, the Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings
Charlotte Perkins Gilman | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Feminist text (0 more)
Clunky (0 more)
This was both fun and grim
This was an interesting book and for all you feminists out there, quite amusing. The author covered a range of issues which are still relevant today such as, the way food is grown, cultivated and harvested, the values of being kind to the earth. It covered the way that children are educated. There is an excellent piece on religion which I personally found amusing, being an atheist. Considering the time period in which the novella was written, this book is like a mirror on society, especially a patriarchal society.
The sentence structure is clunky, annoyingly long but typical of late Victorian work. The ending is frustrating as it is left wide open without answers. Yet putting that aside, I really liked it. It is not my ideal female utopia, but I am sure for Perkins, in an oppressive male dominated society, it was.
  
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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 4, 2017
Dystopian books explore the bleak worlds that await if society gives in to extremes.

We find these reads throughout literature: The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, and more recently, The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Maze Runner. Here are the latest front runners in the genre:
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New Dystopian Books Not to Be Missed

Every year, new dystopian books warn us with terrifying visions. Check out these exciting new releases picked by BookBub:

The Adjustment

The Adjustment

Suzanne Young

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How do you go back to a life you can’t remember? Find out in this follow up to the New York Times...

Science fiction
Perfect

Perfect

Cecelia Ahern

10.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a...

Science fiction fantasy
The First City

The First City

Joe Hart

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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In the thrilling conclusion to Joe Hart’s Dominion trilogy, Zoey discovers who she truly is —...

Alone: Generations Trilogy

Alone: Generations Trilogy

Scott Sigler

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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In the final installment of an exhilarating sci-fi adventure trilogy in the vein of The Hunger...

Science fiction
The Book of Etta

The Book of Etta

Meg Elison

9.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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In the gripping sequel to the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of the Unnamed Midwife,...

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Jeremy King (346 KP) rated Dirty Grandpa (2016) in Movies

Jun 15, 2019  
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
2016 | Comedy
7
6.1 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
This is a funny movie that shows that even if you are old life is not over for you. a lot of raunchy jokes and applied sex.

 In this society of hypersensitivity this might not be some peoples cup of tea but I enjoyed it.
  
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Daniel Radcliffe recommended Midnight's Children in Books (curated)

 
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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"It is the most enchanting book. And it’s such a brilliant idea: children born at the same hour who metaphorically encompass all the good and evil attributes of a new society. Rushdie writes with a true patriotism—a love for his country that’s not blind."

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