The Sunday Book Report: Dystopian Double Bill: Brave New World v. 1984
Hello bookish friends! I'm linking up with: The Sunday Post And I'ts Monday, What Are YOU Reading? In June I joined Benjamin McEvoy's Hardcore Literature Book Club via Patreon. I was having a lot of trouble getting interested in reading just about anything. Even my favorite genre, thrillers, wasn't holding my attention. I decided to do something crazy - read some classics. I'd watched some of McEvoy's YouTube videos previously over the past couple of years, and I just loved the way he gets into a classic. He discusses the author, the theme, the history, other works by the author, similar works, books that inspired the author, and of course he breaks down the book, chapter by chapter. For June, we read what he entitled a "Dystopian Double Bill." Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," and George Orwell's "1984." I honestly couldn't remember reading BNW, but knew that I was assigned 1984 in highschool. (Not that I rem...
