Open on my shelf today:
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
The Road to Epoli by Ben Costa and James Parks
The Storyteller by Kathryn Williams
Total read in March: 46
Thursday, March 31, 2022
March 31 check-in
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Non-fiction book review - Atlas of Extinct Animals
This is one I recommend consuming in small bits. It's not especially dense or heavy with technical language. It's more that the nature of the subject is prone to making it a bit repetitive. We are introduced to an animal and how it was specially suited to a feature of the environment or without many natural predators. Typically it all goes wrong when humans are introduced. People hunt, farm, or introduce competition to the environment, ultimately leading to the extinction A few of these animals were done in by climate change or other natural disaster. There's certainly appeal here, especially for a kid with an interest in the sciences.
More information: Atlas of Extinct Animals releases April 26.
March 30 check-in
Open on my shelf today:
Skycircus by Peter Bunzl
Dennis the Menace Volume 1 by Al Wiseman and Fred Toole
The Storyteller by Kathryn Williams
Total read in March: 44
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Book review - Any Sign of Life
Author: Rae Carson
Genre: sci-fi/post-apocalypse
Similar books: Landscape With Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith
Rating:
has some believability issues
Summary (provided by publisher): Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they’re gone.
But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident. And that there are worse things than being alone.
My opinion: It's a scenario we've seen before: waking up to find that the world has changed. As a concept it has some flaws. While Carson addresses some of these with enough detail as to provide plausibility without trying too hard, other elements never fully make sense. The plot is solidly paced but relies a bit too much on gruesome detail for atmosphere. Ultimately, it's not an especially compelling story as no secrets are revealed in later chapters. Once Paige figures out what is going on, where the disease came from, there are no new reveals, just slogging through to a new stasis with no emotional exploration.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley
March 29 check-in
Open on my shelf today:
Skycircus by Peter Bunzl
Dennis the Menace Volume 1 by Al Wiseman and Fred Toole
The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Tiffany Brooks
Total read in March: 43
Monday, March 28, 2022
March 28 check-in
Open on my shelf today:
Storm by Nicola Skinner
Dennis the Menace Volume 1 by Al Wiseman and Fred Toole
The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Tiffany Brooks
Total read in March: 41
Sunday, March 27, 2022
March 27 check-in
Open on my shelf today:
Science Comics: Birds of Prey by Joe Flood
Dennis the Menace Volume 1 by Al Wiseman and Fred Toole
The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Tiffany Brooks
Total read in March: 39
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