Dystopian February Wrap-Up

Dystopian February has come to an end. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I read 20 books this month (1 was for my book club, so has not yet been reviewed) which counts as my most successful reading month since I started book blogging 2 years ago.

Just for clarification, the Zombie Chicken rating system is ONLY for dystopian fiction, and shows how I would rate the novel within the genre. If a book receives a 5 rating, it means I think you should read it before a 4, a 4 before a 3, and so on. A book I give a 3 here, might very well receive a 4 on my GoodReads account when compared to all other genres, so these aren't strictly quality ratings. Here's an overview of what I rated this month (sorry about the spacing issues, I am having soooooooooooo much trouble with it lately - please debug blogspot Google!):

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Exodus by Julie Bertagna

Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Things that Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien

Dark Life by Kat Falls

The Line by Teri Hall

Lockdown (Escape from Furnace) by Alexander Gordon Smith

Among the Imposters by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Sapphique by Catherine Fisher


The Resistance by Gemma Malley

I also had 4 authors by for interviews:

Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking Triology)
Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey Trilogy)
Teri Hall (The Line)
Kat Falls (Dark Life)

3 Fabulous Guest Bloggers:

Megan on little-known dystopian gems part 1 & part 2

Jen Robinson on Michael Grant's Gone Series

Rhiannon Hart on YA Dystopias

AND there are 5 contests you can still enter:

• Win one of 2 copies of Dark Life by Kat Falls. Open Europewide.
• Win one of 2 copies of Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder. Open US and Canada.
• Win one of 3 copies of The Line by Teri Hall. Open US and Canada.
• Win Incarceron & Sapphique by Catherine Fisher. Open Internationally.
• Win the 1st 2 books of the Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness. Open US and Canada.

Since I had so much fun, I may do it again next February. Or maybe even in 6 months...how does Dystopian August sound?! Thanks to everyone who contributed and commented to make this such a successful theme month.