kendra lee adams

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley | A Review

Of all the books assigned in English class over the course of my high school career, this is the only one I read in its entirety. I remember relishing the dystopian setting and praising Huxley for his scarily innovative views on what the utopian future would look like, considering he wrote Brave New World in 1932. Naturally, I was excited to pick up this title for a bit of light summer reading, but quickly regretted this decision. Though the dystopian society was everything I remembered and more, I could not get past one glaringly abhorrent character: John.

BooksKendra AdamsJuly 16, 2018brave new world, aldous huxley, book review, book challenge, english books, required reading, dystopian fiction, utopian future, classic literatureComment

52 Books in 52 Weeks FAIL

In April, a coworker told me they are trying to read 52 books in 52 weeks during 2018. As a (wannabe) avid reader, I decided to jump on this train, even though the year was already four months up and I had only finished four books. Admittedly, I should have thought this through a little more before I made my inward commitment - reading during every minute of spare time was just not plausible when my wedding was the following month.

BooksKendra AdamsJune 11, 2018bookworm, book worm, reading challenge, summer reading, books, book challenge, new year goalComment