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Title: ArkAuthor: Veronica RothGenre: Sci-Fi; ApocalypticBook Length: 46 Pages; Short StoryFormat Read: eBookYear Published: September 17, 2019 Date Started: October 28, 2024Date finished: October 29, 2024 This story is about a scientist named Samantha who is preparing plant species in preparation for an apocalypse. While she’s working away, she’s remembering trivial things from her life.... Continue Reading →
Title: The Light PirateAuthor: Lily Brooks-DaltonGenre: Literary; ApocalypseBook Length: 352 PagesFormat Read: eBookYear Published: April 16, 2024 Date Started: October 2, 2024Date finished: October 16, 2024 This story follows a family of five (father, mother, twin sons, and a newborn daughter) during an apocalyptic flooding in Florida. After the flood, only the father, one son,... Continue Reading →
The Last Man by Mary Shelley is about a plague that killed everyone in the world but one man. The story is through the eyes of a man named, Lionel. It is uniquely done with just mostly telling, but it's done quite well. Shelley is a beautiful writer. When I first started the story, I... Continue Reading →
Title: The Infinite Sea (2nd book in The 5th Wave Trilogy) Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Sci-fi, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal, YA [Side note] Today is the opening of the movie, The 5th Wave, and I wish I could go see it today but I've got a busy schedule. I hope to get my chance sometime next... Continue Reading →
Title: The 5th Wave Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Sci-fi, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal, YA I came upon this book because I saw the preview to the movie when I went to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens (great movie, btw, and watched it twice!) and did a search for the book to see if there was... Continue Reading →
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