Dystopian Books are by far one of my favourite genres. They can be so thought provoking and teach us so many valuable lessons. Amongst my authors of choice we definitely have Margaret Atwood and George Orwell , whose famous novels are a must have in any comprehensive and stimulating reading list! Today I share two things to help you choose your next read: my classic dystopian books shortlist and a dystopian mind map showing the themes and interrelations between my chosen novels. Classic dystopian books Shortlist: 1984 - George Orwell The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood --> Followed by The Testaments Brave New World - Aldous Huxley --> Followed by Brave New World Revisited Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Animal Farm - George Orwell The Power - Naomi Alderman Never Let me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro The Maddaddam Trilogy - Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake The Year of the Flood Maddaddam Do you want to know how all the above books are related between each o...
Book Author: Michelle Obama; Book Review by Bixuan Cheng Summary In Becoming, Michelle Obama invites us into her life and covers her whole life story. It starts from when she was a little girl, sharing an upstairs' room with her parents and her brother in the south side of Chicago. She soon gained her footing in the world with solid supports from her family and faith in education . Her story moves onto her studies at Princeton and Harvard Law school, and soon enough with her dedication and commitment , she became a high-powered corporate lawyer. However, once she’d checked off these big boxes on her life’s to-do list, she finds that she is not as fulfilled in life through the study and work of law as she expected she would be. One summer morning, a law student named Barack Obama appeared in her office and upend...
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