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Vampires, Bella, or do they bite after so many books about them? ;) I loved the Vampire Academy series.
I was reading Life as We Knew It but the book, as I knew it, disappeared. I'll probably pick ten up and change my mind at least once before I know what I'll read instead. ... Konigsburg
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Summerland by Michael Chabon
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
The Grey King by Susan Cooper
Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta There is a sequel toLife as we knew it and The dead and the Gone coming out in March/April - 'This world we Live in'
From the Amazon Blurb - It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. For Miranda Evans life as she knew it no ... Some of my favorite post-apocalyptic and dystopian novels lately:
The Hunger Games and Catching Fire
Life As We Knew It and The Dead and the Gone
The Carbon Diaries: 2015
The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer (haven't read the latter yet, but it's high on my ... ... The Knife of Never Letting Go and the even better sequel, The Ask and the Answer.
I could probably go on all day - Life as We Knew It, The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Unwind, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, If I Stay... I've read a lot of great YA this year, most of it from recs off ... Congratulations on the 500!
Also, thank you for mentioning that there's a third Life As We Knew It book coming out soon. I still haven't read The Dead and the Gone (waiting for the paperback release), but I will definitely read both that and the next one eventually.
I was glad to read ... ... done. This week's reads:
485. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer - young adult; I loved Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It when I read it earlier this year, but to me, this book did not have the same 'magic' that the other did - I still liked it, but did not love it, and ... Just read The Carbon Diaries: 2015. Pretty good -- I'd recommend it to fans of Life As We Knew It. Currently reading The Carbon Diaries: 2015 -- pretty good. I'd recommend it to fans of Life As We Knew It, though so far it's not quite so grim. ... by Susan Marie Swanson
4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
6. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
7. Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
8. Pirates of Pompeii by Caroline Lawrence
9. The Baronet's Song by G ... ... by Kathi Appelt
Nonfiction: We Are Not Afraid by Seth Cagin and Philip Dray
September
Fiction: Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Nonfiction: The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
October
Fiction: I did not have an outstanding fiction read ... Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer ... my family to stockpile water and such after reading that too. In the end all I managed to convince them of was to read Life As We Knew It. Little Brother made me look more closely at gaming consoles :) 3> It's all right...I had a strong urge to start stockpiling canned goods after reading Life as We Knew It. ... it is absolutely hilarious and a quick, easy read.
Also listening to The Dead and the Gone on CD in my car, because Life as We Knew It was one of my favorite reads last year. That one really stays with you, and I hear the the companion book is worth a read. "Things Could Be Worse" - Dystopias, Alternate Histories, Post-Apocalyptic, Etc.
(1) Life as We Knew It – Susan Beth Pfeffer
(2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, Book 2) - Suzanne Collins
(3) Daughters of the North – Sarah Hall
(4) The Year of the Flood – Mar ... ... to try to start The Faceless Ones today. I also have to finish The Reluctant Queen at some point, and read two books (Life as We Knew It, and The Last Book in the Universe) before the next book club meeting. Which I'm not going to freak out about. I hope. ;) Just finished Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It last night -- whoa! Super powerful and scary. Now I'm making my way through The Sleeping Beauty Proposal by Sarah Strohmeyer and Victoria Hislop's The Return. ... Fire are in your library. My daughter loved them both and wants me to read them. A couple of years ago she enjoyed Life As We Knew It, which may be a bit young for your daughter now (I think they're aimed more at a middle school audience), but you might take a look at The Year Without M ... #6: I just recently read Life as We Knew It, too, and loved it. Glad to see it has another fan! ... This isn’t “literature” but they are a fun way to pass the time. I’m also watching the series on DVD.
86. Life as We Knew It Susan Beth Pfeffer
Rating: 4 out of 5
I picked this up after reading several LibraryThingers raving about it. It is a YA novel written in diary form ... ... me to the genre. Have you read The Road by Cormac McCarthy? I hope the movie does it justice!
I highly recommend Life As We Knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer, too.
I just seem to be fond of books that are dark and desperate. I even like William Faulkner! Stasia,
Have already written down Life as We Knew It and First Person Rural. "You had me at rural." Thanks for the recs. Hope you have a great reading week. House of Rain was already on my wishlist, and I read Life as We Knew It a few years ago and loved it. I am, however, adding Abraham. House of Rain and Life As We Knew It both look interesting. Thanks for the recs! And I'm glad you found a quote you enjoy on the book blog I linked. Oh, and I'm a 'her', by the way :-) ... passages are absolutely terrific and make you feel as if you are along on his journey; highly recommended
356. Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - young adult; I am not sure who recommended this first in the group, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book and say a big 'thank ... I am just about finished with Life As We Knew It. ... right?' sort of way.
Ender's Game (classic YA sci fi, awesomely character-based, but with aliens and spaceships.)
Life as We Knew It (pre-during-and-post-apocalyptic about a teen and her family)
Unwind (dystopia)
... political situation that are miles beyond what you'd expect to find in a zombie book.
I also really liked the YA Life as We Knew It. ... had a good reading August.
My August reads:
Touch by Francine Prose
Lessons from a Dead Girl by Jo Knowles
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Misconduct by Bridget Van der Zijpp
The Piano Teacher by Janice YK Lee
Probable Future by Alice Hoffman
The Woman ... ... time in a child's life to choose to 'unwind' that child. When Connor's parents make that choice, he doesn't agree!
Life as We Knew It - An asteroid that impacts the moon alters its orbit a bit - just enough to screw up our weather, our tides, and our planet. A book about surviving ... ... of Glass.
There are several recent, excellent YA sci fi books out, several already mentioned - The Hunger Games, Life as We Knew It, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Little Brother, Unwind.
I'm not sure if YA tends to be genre-heavy, or if that's just what I and the teens I know ... I recently read Life as We Knew It and I've been thinking about it every day since. It resonated with me. Wow Life As We Knew It sounds interesting but also a little grim.. I'm not sure if I want to give it a go? ... The Life and Times of the Wicked
Hit and Run
Hit List
Hit Parade
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Life As We Knew It
Ark Baby
Child of God
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Geek Love
No Dominion
Neuropath
That looks like a lot... but... ... Book No. 125
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
4 stars
Teenager Miranda tells the story via diary entries of what happens when an asteroid hits the moon, shoving it closer to Earth. It is a disaster with drastic consequences for earth where changes in the ocean tides result in ... @dianestm: I hope you enjoy both! I'm curious to know what others think of The Rapture and Life As We Knew It...
@spacepotatoes: Great, I hope you enjoy it! It should be a great summer/beach read. And I definitely intend to pick up Reading Lolita in Tehran (I think I'll read Lolita first ... Great reviews as always, I have The Rapture sitting beside the bed already and added Life as We Knew It to the TBR mountain. ... those who love speculative fiction and similar geological horror/thriller movies, this will be a good read.
115. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Tags: YA, apocalyptic, family, diary
... For YA PA fiction I recommend Life as we Knew It and The Dead and the Gone both by Susan Beth Pfeffer and set in the same 'verse. Z for Zachariah and The Forest of Hands and Teeth for those of you with a yen for Zombies. The adult PA has been mostly catalogued here, but I give a medium ... #20: I had Life as We Knew It home from the library at one time, but never had a chance to read it. Thanks for the reminder - I will pick it up again.
I have read several of MacDonald's books, but not that one. I will have to look for it.
#22: Defence of Madrid looks interesting. I ... Life as we knew it sounds like fascinating book.
142) Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer (2006)
YA fiction
An asteroid has crashed into the moon causing it to move closer to Earth, instigating many disasters such as tsunami, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes. The story follows the survival of one Pennsylvanian family through the next six ... ... fan myself.
I second The Stand and negative-second One Second After.
If you like YA at all, I can't recommend Life as We Knew It enough. And although not /strictly/ post-apoc, I suppose, I loved World War Z, and it certainly had the same feel to it. So if you like zombies at all.. ... ... this rate, but it means I can't pick up things I long to read like Wondrous Strange, Hunger Games, Dead and the Gone, Life as we Knew it and Gone. Author Susan Beth Pfeffer ... about buying the next novel and I'm banging my head against the wall for having paid full price for this one!
69. Life as we Knew It An excellent "end of the world" novel! I suppose that should be an oxymoron, but it's not.
I thought this was going to be "the year of the non-fic ... Not Life as We Knew It! It was so sad and kind of scary! ... jump right in with the choosing.
Welcome!
So far it seems like My Most Excellent Year, The Dead and the Gone and Life As We Knew It, are the most popular. I have a book I think would be GREAT, it is called the Memory Keeper's Daughter and it's about a doctor who delivers his own ... ... some books that actually have covers. Is this supposed to happen?
The two books I'm noticing it on are Afraid and Life as We Knew It. ... ARC. It's really good but it takes place before Katsa and Po were born so they are not in it at all.
I also really liked Life As We Knew It.
I vote for My Most Excellent Year although The Dead and the Gone sounds very intriguing (and I've already read Life As We Knew It, which was a really haunting tale that my family talked about for weeks after we finished the audio book). ... a lot of people are interested in that.
So far we have:
My Most Excellent Year
Maureen Johnson
Graceling
Life as we Knew it and The Dead and the Gone
Pride and Prejudice and Zombie
The Vampire Diaries series
Annie on my Mind
Although i don't want to read the dead ... ... brought these off amazon which should be here tomorrow!
gossip girl the carlyles take a chance on me
graceling
and life as we knew it which was recommended by Maria V Snyder on an interview and looks awesome!!! These are the books on my TBR pile at the moment.
Life as we Knew it and The Dead and the Gone
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The Vampire Diaries series
Annie on my Mind
Also, I'm looking forward to reading My Most Excellent Year which I picked up at the library today and Gr ... ... (Margaret Peterson Haddix)
2 - The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Nancy Farmer)
2 - Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
2 - Life as We Knew It (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
2 - Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
2 - The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
2 - The Star Beast (Robert Heinlein)
2 - Ugli ... ... Speak, far outshining both.
Next up is Little Brother and then The Boyfriend List by E Lockhart. I also have Life As We Knew It and The Dead and The Gone on my TBR list. Given their prominance in this month's thread, I might try to knock them over in May as well. I concur, Life as We Knew It affected me more so than The Dead and the Gone. Just a thought for you disaster junkies, try Meg Rosoff's How I Live Now. ... Reilly)
Jumping off the Planet - Dingilliad series (David Gerrould)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)
Life as We Knew It (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
Lizard Music (Daniel Pinkwater)
The Lost Star (H. M. Hoover)
Mind-Hold (Wilanne Belden Sch ... ...
2 - Uglies (Scott Westerfield)
2 - Unwind (Neal Shusterman)
2 - The White Mountains series (John Christopher)
2 - Life as We Knew It (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
Ooooh, I loved Life As We Knew It, The adoration of Jenna Fox, and Little Brother, although they were all disturbing and thought-provoking in their various ways.
For those of you who liked those, you might check out Skinned by Robin Wasserman, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ... > 11 Life As We Knew It did kind of get under your skin, didn't it? I have another post-apoc - The Postman - on my bookshelf waiting to be read, and I'm almost a little wary. Maybe there really /is/ a limit to how much post-apoc I can have at a time!
I also read Little Brother this week - ... I'm trying to read Dracula and everything by Jane Austen , but college finals are interfering in that.
Life as We Knew It is pretty brilliant. I read it a few months back and it drew me in so completely I kept expecting to look up at the sky and see an abnormally large moon. The sequel ... ... series by L.A. Meyer. I also love Zel by Donna Jo Napoli and Esther by E. Sharon McKay.
For those of you who enjoyed Life As We Knew It I would suggest The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson. It was written in the 70's but you'd never know it. It's about one girl's actions to survive ... Definitely adding Life as We Knew It to my list (Susan Beth Pfeffer) - and for some reason I didn't list The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Mary E. Pearson) in my earlier ones, but I definitely thought that one was delightful, too! I'm getting ready to start Life as We Knew It - looking forward to it! ... Sheffield and Jerry Pournelle)
Hover Car Racer (Matthew Reilly)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness)
Life as We Knew It (Susan Beth Pfeffer)
Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
Lizard Music (Daniel Pinkwater)
The Lost Star (H. M. Hoover)
Mind Hold (Wilanne Belden Schne ... ... vampires - totally different! ;)
I finished Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell over the weekend and am going to start Life as We Knew It in order to 1) enjoy some post-apoc goodness and 2) See whether I would rec it in our YA thread. ... C. Wild Side
Hogan, James P. Outward Bound
Kress, Nancy Yanked
Palmer, David Emergence
Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life as we Knew it
Pournelle, Jerry Starswarm
Scalzi, John Zoe's Tale
Sheffield and Pournelle Higher Education
Sheffield, Charles Putting Up Roots
Varl ... ... with a few book reviews of books for young people that I've read lately.
Check out my reviews of the following books:
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Dead and Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Real Benedict Arnold by Jim Murphy
... and stuff that blows up. Or something to that effect.
For those who mentioned that they liked How I Live Now try Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. It's a great book told in diary entries of a 15 year old girl trying to survive after an asteroid knocks the moon out of ... Life As We Knew It looks very good. Thanks for the mention! Book #15:
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This book really made me think about what I would do in the case of an apocalypse. How would I prepare? Would I be willing to make those kinds of sacrifices for my family? Would I survive? ... and Kristin Cast (YA paranormal, 2.5, #123)
114. The Rapture by Liz Jensen (adult apocalyptic, 3.5, #124)
115. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (YA apocalyptic, 5, #124)
116. Initiation by Susan Fine (YA, 3.5, #124)
117. Meridian by Amber Kizer (MG/YA ... ... Gilead, Bridget Jones, A Celibate Season by Carol Shields, The Pull of the Moon
and then some great YA including
Life As We Knew It, The Year of Secret Assignments and The Last Day of Summer My top YA reads are:
Both Life as we knew it and The dead and Gone by Susan Pfeffer
Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Does My Head Look Big in This? By Randa Abdel-Fattah
Nathan Fox:Traitor's Gold by Lynn Brittney
Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083 by Andre ... Welcome to the challenge, nazu-CRAZE-. Great list of books you've got there. My daughter just finished Life As We Knew It and loved it. She could hardly speak at the end of it.
See you 'round. Some good new YA books that I read this year are The Hunger Games and Graceling. Life as We Knew It is also great. I could go on and on.... Wicked Lovely, The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle, Alanna: The First Adventure, Dealing with Dragons.... I love YA :). The Professor's Daughter by Joann Sfar
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Feed by MT Anderson
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Professor's Daughter is a graphic novel, T ... ... much all the books I've been reading have been discover through LT. Thanks guys.
The Hunger Games, Graceling, Life As We Knew It and Audrey, Wait! are all on my Amazon wish list (which serves as my TBR pile). Hopefully, I should be getting to them early on in the new year.
... have threads like this, I thought we should try it too.
So, what are your top 5 YA reads of 2008?
Mine top 3 are:
Life as We Knew It
New Moon
Eclipse (yup, that makes two Twilight books... oh well)
It's a tough call for the last two, but I think I'm going to go with Graceling ... ... finish it, I'm just in no hurry.
I started The Dead and the Gone yesterday and will finish it today. I really loved Life as We Knew It and this is sort of a follow up to that story. It's the same event (a meteor hits the moon and sets off world disasters), told from a different ... In the order I read them:
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
Black Ships
Life as We Knew It
New Moon
Eclipse
If I read another great book in the next couple of weeks, I'll cheat and combine those last two into one. _Zoe_, thanks for the recommendation. Life As We Knew It looks great. I'm definitely adding that one to my list.
ShannonMDE, I just picked Flight because I know my wife has it on her book shelf (Sherman Alexie is her favorite author), but I will definitely give The Absolutely True Story.. ... One great YA book I read this year is Life as We Knew It. My whole family read it afterwards, so it has pretty broad appeal. ... better at figuring out what I'll like.
My top books so far, in the order I read them, are:
Elantris
Black Ships
Life as We Knew It
The Twilight Saga (okay, so maybe I'm cheating a bit by trying to count three books as one--I read the first one last year--but I don't think they ... Life As We Knew It and the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Didn't think I would like them-both were excellent! I recommend them to everyone. Also The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt Great list! There are some here that I've read and loved just this past year (Life as We Knew It, Year of Wonders) and others that I'm also planning to read in the next year or so (The Lightning Thief, Nobody's Princess, The Hunger Games). I'm also partway through Inkheart, but it wasn't ... ... I think Year of Wonders was probably better-written.
Children's/YA Fiction:
This is another difficult decision. Life as We Knew It was a fantastic and powerful book about surviving after a world-wide disaster, but I really, really enjoyed New Moon and the rest of the the Twilight ... ...
Furies of Calderon
Night Watch
Dragon and Thief
Un Lun Dun
Evil Genius
Peeps
Life As We Knew It
The Shape-Changer's Wife
Preludes and Nocturnes
The Hound of Rowan ... writing), Waiting for Normal (an excellent book for middle-grade readers), The Dead and the Gone (companion book to Life As We Knew It, with the same gripping story which gave me the same impulse to start stockpiling canned goods in my basement!), The Journal of Curious Letters (middle- ... ... book I read last month. (One of the best all year, actually.)
If I had to pick two more:
Fables: Legends in Exile
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer 107 WillSteed
I haven't had that reaction to World War Z (yet?) but I had a similar reaction to Life as we knew it. When I finished it, I wanted to go buy lots of bottled water and canned goods. And then curl up under the covers and hide... Memory Boy is a juvenile fiction book which is somewhat similar to Life As We Knew It, except the natural disaster is a volcano eruption, I believe. However, Memory Boy is less intense than Life As We Knew It, perhaps because it's aimed at a younger audience. I personally may appreciate Memory ... I read Life As We knew It over a year ago and was completely taken in. As others mentioned, I felt the need to go buy supplies to keep on hand in case of a similar event (but I haven't...yet). Last month I read The Dead and the gone which is standing out my mind more... but I do have a few ... ... crets
The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
The Saddlebag
Fingersmith
8 Childrens/YA Fiction
Turnabout
Life as We Knew It
An Abundance of Katherines
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
The Hunger Games
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
8 Just Because
... ... I got my wish on PBS for The Dead and the Gone. I can't wait to read it. I finally won over my 13 yr old and she read Life as we knew it. She almost did not want to tell me how much she loved it because she had fought me so long about not thinking it sounded any good from the book cover ... I just started Drift House by Dale Peck and Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. ... slap her!
I am currently listening to The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer, which is the companion book to Life as we Knew it. It is the same story told from the perspective of a teenage boy who is living in New York City when the disaster happens. I'm having the same reaction. ... ... book. I am planning to, though. And yes, I did skip over the posts with spoilers. But, just having read the blurb of Life as we knew it, I am interested if parallels can be drawn between this and John Marsden's Tomorrow series.
Although the books in John's series don't deal ... ... storm, and the last storm knocked out our power for two and a half hours. While the power was out I was thinking about how Life as we knew it was so realistic, it made me want to stock up on survival supplies.
***SPOILERS***
There were one or two minor quibbles I had with some parts such ... Lefty I saw the same behavior in Life as we knew it. ... -and-contest-shannon_31.html
I also ready Audrey, Wait!, Little Brother, Millicent Min: Girl Genius, Oh.My.Gods., Life as we knew it and Unwind. You can find reviews to all on my blog:
presentinglenore.blogspot.com
I will upload them to LT soon as well.
A great month of ... Just finished The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer. I loved it. I am not sure it was as good, as Life as We Knew It. I liked the interesting things Alex and his sisters had to do to survive. I can't even imagine. I wonder if I could do it, all in the name of survival. My ... I just finished Year of Wonders, another really good book. After Life as We Knew It, I felt like reading another book about a catastrophic event, so I picked this one about plague out of my massive TBR pile. I'm glad I've finally read it; it had been sitting there for more than two years! ... I allowed to post again on my own message...
I just had to mention that I am so excited that the August discussion is of Life as We Knew It. I love that book. I may even have to re-read and I don't do that very often!! ... trilogy; enjoyable but not particularly memorable
14. The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca - a fun memoir
15. Life as We Knew It - YA; an asteroid hits the moon and wreaks chaos on earth; a really powerful read
16. The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greece ... ... in the Math/Science category (it could have gone in the Dewey category too, but Math/Science needs much more help), and Life as We Knew It in the Children's/YA category. Life as We Knew It was great, The Caliph's House was a really enjoyable read, and the other two were definitely worth ... I'm looking for suggestions for our library children's literature discussion group for this fall. We did Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer last season and I think it was a bit too intense for some of my readers - although my partner librarian and I loved it! We need something ... Getting back on track . . .
August discussion: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Discussion will begin on August 1, 2008 Let's just go with Life As We Knew It for August -- then we can work on compiling a list and making a poll in September. I've been needing an excuse to read Life as We Knew it--that's got my vote! I am getting ready to start in on the dead and the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer, having just finished Life as We Knew It. I've also picked up The Serpent Gift by Lene Kaaberbol and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney. >13
If you click on the link to Life as We Knew It or The Dead and the Gone the reviews and descriptions will tell you what the books are about. But basically, an asteroid hits the moon, which causes tidal flooding, power cuts and general collapse of infrastructure. Have you read Life as We Knew It? I think The Dead and the Gone is about the same disaster, told from the perspective of someone in New York City. I read Life as We Knew It about a year ago. It's a great book! I'd love to reread it. ...
If we do go ahead with a discussion, I think I can predict what the book would be: we've been waiting for a long time for Life as We Knew It to be available in paperback, and it finally came out last month. But we should probably still go through the process of suggestions and voting. So, does ... Life As We Knew It?I have it on my wish list. Can't wait to read it. If you read it, post your opinion but no spoilers.
Thanks #110 - Did you know there is a new sequel to Life As We Knew It? I just got it for our school library. It's called The Dead and the Gone. I read a YA book recently -- Life As We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer -- that creeped me out a bit. The premise of the book is that an asteroid hits the moon and knocks it out of orbit, which causes devastating effects for life on earth. That sort of thing has scared me since I was little, so I ... #219 -- I want to say that's Life As We Knew It, but I don't think that's right. ... It was told in the first persons but the chapters alternated between the two main characters.
Sunday I finished up Life as We Knew It, someone in this group recommended it. I really enjoyed this post-apocalyptic YA novel. An asteroid has struck the moon knocking it off its axis and ... ... birth? ^^
Have you ever read Children of the dust? It's a post-apocalyptic YA book, reminded me of your description of Life as we knew it. And two sci-fi books that I feel are underappreciated that you might enjoy: Gateway and Roadside Picknick. ... e-
While I love dystopian novels, I especially love YA dystopias. Any recommendations?
I'll add The Giver, Uglies, Life as We Knew it and Feed to the list of great YA dystopian novels. Others? ... month I finished Someday this Pain Will be Useful to You (okay, pretty easily forgettable after finishing the book) and Life as we Knew It, which I was blown away by. Can't recommend that last one enough. Go buy it! And read it! Now! 64. Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer I just finished Life As We Knew It and I have started Portnoy's Complaint.
... terfeld
The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Best New Read:
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
There are a lot of other books I could put as favorite rereads (Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades, The Thrawn Trilogy ... I loved Life as We knew it. I thought the lessons of survival were very thought provoking. I don't think there is enough of that these days. I read it as a early review for our school library. I also loved How I Live now by Meg Rosoff. I can't wait to read her new book. ... by Robert Cormier is a great one that I think of as "edgy" simply because of the ending.
I agree with foggidawn on Life as We Knew It. That bookstayed with me for quite a while. I second all of the suggestions in #3. I'd add The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin to that list.
ETA: Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer really messed with my head. It's not exactly similar in subject matter to your other picks, but I'd definitely call it "edgy." I tried this last year and didn't make it, but Ima try again.
So far this year
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Life as we Knew it by Susan Pfeffer
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Duble
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Eye of the World by Robert Jordan currently ... ... was either Peeps or Spindle's End. My favorite new book - it's hard to call this a favorite, really, but still - was Life As We Knew It. >10, 11: I've also been watching for Life as We Knew It to come out in paperback! I've heard so many good things about it. I'm currently reading Nineteen Minutes. I agree that it make for a good discussion.
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a very good post-apocalyptic novel written in the form of a teenage girl's diary. I don't believe it's out in paperback until May. I'll try to remember to ... 11 Georgia
I've probably recommended all my favorite YA fic to you already, but most of it isn't as captivating as Life As We Knew It - I think it's different when it feels like it's something that could really happen, you know?
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I hope you like it (although that always ... Haven't read Life as We Knew it yet, but will check it out. I know what you mean, I feel that way after watching Jericho or The Day After Tomorrow. Of course, I always have water anyway, being in earthquake territory-however, things like this make me believe I never have enough!! Blue - I read Life as We Knew It last year and loved it! I'd like to find another young adult book that held my attention as much as that one. 5. *Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (337)
Wow.
It's taken me this long to review this book for two reasons: 1) because I'm tired all the time from my new job and 2) because this was a very stressful book and it took me a while to get past it. Anyway.
This is the journal of a ... My top five for 2007 are:
1. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam (3)
2. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer (1)
3. The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife (still haven't finished Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman (3)
4. World War Z by Max Brooks (4)
5. Sold by Pa ... ...
8 LT Group Reads
Elantris (The Green Dragon)
The Golden Compass reread (Read YA Lit and The Green Dragon)
Life as We Knew It (Read YA Lit)
Wicked Lovely (Read YA Lit)
An Abundance of Katherines (Read YA Lit)
The Lightning Thief (Read YA Lit)
8 Already-Started (bef ... ... "teen" book. Love it! I am the messenger by the same author was also enjoyed by adults I know.
In addition:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Golden Compass (and sequels) by Philip Pullman
Mistik Lake by Mart ... ... "teen" book. Love it! I am the messenger by the same author was also enjoyed by adults I know.
In addition:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Tamar by Mal Peet
The Golden Compass (and sequels) by Philip Pullman
Mistik Lake by Mart ... Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer has a different take on the survival story - in this case it's survival after a natural disaster. It's in diary format, told by a 16 year-old girl whose family has to survive after the moon's gravitational pull is changed and tsunamis and volcanic ... i don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, it's not over in the touchstones that i can see but i just finished "life as we knew it" by susan beth pfeffer and it just absolutly blew. me. away. I just finished Life as We Knew It by Pfeffer and I loved it. I can't wait for The Dead and Gone!
For the rest of this month I will be reading The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, and then who knows!
I would definitely recommend The Book Thi ... This month we met at Cheryl's to talk about (mostly VERY depressing) post-apocalyptic novels:
Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeiffer
The world without us by Alan Weisman
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
On the Beach by Nevi ... Hi, MEM!
If disaster stuff bothers you, don't read Life As We Knew It -- that book still has me creeped out, and I read it more than a week ago. You know how Lupin's boggart turned into the full moon? Right now, mine does too, but not for the same reason! ... (Of course, I've no idea what your standard for "scary" is. Mine is pretty low; I find a lot of things scary. I just read Life As We Knew It and it scared the bejeebers out of me. But that's a different kind of scary.) I finished Life As We Knew It last night, and have about the same reaction you did - phew! That book was heavy. I couldn't put it down - I was up till about four in the morning finishing it. "Food? I can get food?" Amazing. I just finished Life As We Knew It -- Phew. That was intense. I liked it a lot better than How I Live Now, though there are a lot of similarities between the two. Now I really need some fluff to clear my brain, or I'm not going to be able to get to sleep tonight! Here are my top 5 for the first half of the year:
1. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer (1)
2. Skellig by David Almond (2)
3. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin (2)
4. Sold by Patricia Mccormick (1)
5. New moon by Stephenie Meyer (1)
Interesting exercise! :) Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Told through the diary of 16-year-old Miranda, this is the story of what happens after a meteor knocks the moon out of place, causing worldwide tidal waves, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
I'm not sure how plausible the science is (as far as ... New Moon
Blood and Chocolate
Life As We Knew It
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Life as We Knew It or any of the books from Scott Westerfeld like Uglies, Peeps or The Secret Hour (I think that is the first one in the Midnighters Series).
Okay, here are my top 5 from January to March:
1. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
2. New moon by Stephenie Meyer
3. Sold by Patricia Mccormick
4. Looking for Alaska by John Green
5. Owly Volume 2: Just a little blue by Andy Runton
It's interesting looking back at my ... ... and the Crisis of American Superpower by Zbigniew Brzezinski
3. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
4. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
5. Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
6. Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
7. The Scent of Shadows by Vi ... I would be happy with any one of these books. I finished Life as We Knew It recently and enjoyed it. I have a copy of Peeps, but I haven't read it. I only know the others by reputation. I'm really busy through June so I would have to vote for Life as We Knew It.
... for one only.
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Voting will close on April 30, so vote now!
Happy reading!
... inley
Crypid Hunters by Roland Smith
The Navigator by Eoin McNamee
Lighthouse Land by Adrian McKinty
Life as we Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Currently I'm reading The Name of the ... I enjoyed Life As We Knew It very much. It started a little slow, but got better and better. I think the emotional roller coaster Miranda was on was very realistic. ... of graphic novels to my list already. And Maus is one of the things I plan to read in the next couple of weeks.
I read Life As We Knew It back in January, and enjoyed it a lot; what did you think of it? 13. Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This book really made me think! Yes, granted, my imagination has a tendency to run away with me so I needed to keep reminding myself that I didn't need to rush out and buy nonperishables, but it stuck in my head for a while. Not only does the ... Thanks demonlover! Life As We Knew It and The Glass Castle are certainly easy enough to read, but they are very emotional books. Both were great! After finishing Life As We Knew It and The Glass Castle, I need a light read! Any suggestions? I loved both Looking for Alaska and The Glass Castle! I am looking forward to reading Life as we Knew it soon. ... a lot of historical fiction. Thanks for the suggestion of The Giver; it's one of my favorites! I will be checking out Life as we Knew it and am also really interested in Sorcery and Cecelia. Also really want to check out Senses Working Overtime; that looks like a really good story! 13. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer, 352 pages.
I have to find more time to read! Currently, I am reading 3 more books. Maybe if I read one at a time this would build faster. I agree with SheReads. Life As We Knew It is very good. Have you read Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke? I highly recommend both of those. You need to read Inkheart first. ... Perdido Street Station. I really like that book, but I've had very little time to read this week. I'm also reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. #34 GeorgiaDawn--I had a hard time putting Life As We Knew It down. It was a very thought provoking read and I am looking forward to suggesting it in the future as a discussion book here and at the school where I work. I would highly recommend it!
Life As We Knew It are the journals of a ... #33 - SheReads - I just started Life As We Knew It. How did you like it?
I am picking up The Glass Castle from the library today. JF(Just finished): Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer and Rash by Pete Hautman
OA(On Audio): Keeping the Faith by Jodi Picoult
CR(Currently Reading): Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
LF2(Looking Foward To): The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Memory Ke ... I just finished Life as We Knew It. An astroid hits the moon and changes life on earth. It is told in through a teenager's journal. It was hard to put down and very interesting. ... finished): Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
OA(On Audio): Rash by Pete Hautman
CR(Currently Reading): Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
LF2(Looking Foward To): The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards ... and really enjoyed it. I just started Thirteenth Tale (am only 2 chapters in) and I am *dying* to get my hands on Life as We Knew It that I have an ILL request for at the public library. I subscribe to the DearReader teen book club and that's the book they did last week - what a ... ... we were supposed to ignore it in favor of spiritual pursuits? But for the most part I thought it was a good book.
#30: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This book snuck up on me. I was enjoying it, and thought it was pretty fun, and then before I knew it I was absorbed. It's rare ...
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