willow's book list summaries <3 ♛ src december '23 - #utopianftw total points earned: no idea bc of forums :( books read: 8 ♛ non-fiction 1. becoming by michelle obama 'becoming' was such an inspirational read, before this i was probably not going to read it for a few more years but i am glad i did read it this session. michelle obama shares her inspiration life story, through the three parts of her book: "becoming me," "becoming us," and "becoming more." the first part recounts her early life experience, life with family, and challenges she faced growing up. the second explains her love story with barack obama and how they faced problems in the political arena and the third reflects on her time as first lady, the impact of public service, and the evolution of her own identity. this book is not just a memoir but a source of inspiration. <3 (137 words) ♛ futuristic 2. shatter me by tahereh mafi everyone hated her. she killed a toddler in the grocery store because she was trying to help. sent to detention centers and other scary place. here parents disowned her. all because of one touch. after slowly going insane in an asylum locked in a room for three years due to the threat the she can kill with one touch, juliette ferras finally comes face to face with another human. adam kent, soon she learns that he volunteered to become her roommate for the sake of his commander, warner who wants juliette to become a piece in his games, a weapon for the reestablishment. what warner doesn't understand is that juliette does not want join his army, and doesn't want to be used as a weapon, no one understands her. no one, except for adam kent. (135 words) 3. unravel me by ^^ safe at last. juliette, adam and his younger brother are safe at omega points. saved by kenji. here juliette isn't alone. there are others like her, no, not with the same fatal touch but some can heal or some can dissapear. this underground civilisation is a rebellion brewing in the shadows, and they need juliette to help take down the reestablishment. but she needs to learn how to control her touch.. and her newfound abilities. but there is always calm before the storm, the sumpreme commander arrives in sector 45 and the troops are close to discovering the point. juliette and adam don't seem to be getting along as well anymore. then some of juliette's new friends at the point, her first friends... are taken hostage by the reestablishment. and it is up to juliette to get them back, even if it means all her happiness goes away meaning ending her relationship with the boy who gave her hope. (159 words) 4. ignite me by ^^ after suffering a fatal injury, juliette is somehow still alive? all thanks to her enemy... or ex enemy warner. it is now known that the reestablishment bombed omega point leaving less the a dozen survivors and many dead. juliette decides to become allies with warner and they become close. he helps juliette find the survivors before leaving her, telling her he is one call away, kenji her best friend is the happiest. but adam is not. after hearing about juliette and warner he orders her to never step foot near him again. warner offers her friends shelter and takes them to the sector 45 base where to dicuss plans for the rebellion and how juliette will kill the supreme commander. (120 words) 5. restore me by ^^ after killing the supreme commander of north America, the father of her lover aaron warner, her ex lover, adam and his brother james. juliette takes over sector 45 and becomes the new supreme commander of north america, with aaron warner by her side. as the new commander of sector 45 and supreme commander she reaches out to other commanders of the reestablishment and invites them for a discussion. few commanders respond to the invitation, probably wary of what she has to offer, soon many more problems arise will her new postion come to ruin her and all of her work? (100 words) 6. lightlark by alex aster every 100 years. 6 rulers fight in a deadly game called the centennial for a chance for their realm's curse to be broken, each curse deadly in its own way. the only way for this to happen is if a ruler kills another, resulting in the dead ruler's realm to die as well. isla the young ruler of wilding (cursed to kill whoever they fall in love with) is tasked to compete in this games, where she lies and betrays he way to her goal. but as well as completing her tasks before the game she attempts to find a way to break her realm's curse without killing another realm. to do so she might have to become allies with the people she least expects as well as not getting caught by other rulers. (134 words) cont..
7. contagion by teri terry shay is getting bullied in school by a boy called ducan. callie is being experimented on in this strange facility. kai is searching for his sister callie, and his only lead is a girl, shay. people at the facility start to get sick and die, callie escape because she is now invisbile... or dead? she flees to aberdeen, and then an outbreak of this same sickness infects people there. it soon infects other places in the country, and lockdown is in order. kai and shay are separated by the goverment and shay gets infected, her mother dies but she survives and learns she can now see callie? they find kai who is immune but the outbreaks seem to be following them, convinced its her fault shay turns herself in, and leaves kai without a goodbye. he is now determined to find her. (142 words) ♛ romance 8. divergent by veronica roth after the war the only safe place is a civilisation built by the founders, and it is split into five factions. abnegation, candor, erundite, amity and dauntless. beatrice prior was raised in abnegation, where the kind and selfless live, convinced her brother is perfect and that abnegation is not for her, when the choosing comes she chooses to become a part of dauntless however she wasn't aware that she needed to pass tests in order to stay a part of the faction. as well as this beatrice, now tris is a divergent and divergents tend to end up, well, dead due to the governments fear of them, fear of rebellion. (219)
