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Review: Station Eleven by Emily ST. John Mandel

Posted September 10, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Station Eleven by Emily ST. John Mandel

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Published by Picador on September 10, 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Dystopia, Fiction, Science Fiction Pages: 333 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads DAY ONE The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. WEEK TWO Civilization has crumbled. YEAR TWENTY A band of actors and musicians called the Travelling Symphony move through their territories performing concerts and Shakespeare to the settlements that have grown up there. Twenty years after the pandemic, life feels relatively safe. But now a new danger looms, and he threatens the hopeful world every survivor has tried to rebuild. STATION ELEVEN Moving backwards and forwards in time, from the glittering years just before the collapse to the strange and altered world that exists twenty years after, Station Eleven charts the unexpected twists of fate that connect […]

Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick

Posted May 24, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick Published by Picador on January 1, 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction Pages: 304 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Pendant trente-huit ans, Bartholomew Neil a vecu seul avec sa mere… jusqu’au jour ou la maladie l’emporte. Comment vivre sans elle? Ainsi commence la quete de notre heros pour se construire une nouvelle famille. Un pretre defroque, une bibliothecaire agoraphobe, un acolyte survolte rencontre en analyse, une psychotherapeute borderline, sans oublier Richard Gere, auquel Bartholomew est persuade d’etre uni par un lien cosmique… Tout ce petit monde s’embarquera dans une Ford Focus de location, a la recherche d’un mysterieux Parlement des Chats, et de bien plus encore…Best-seller international, Cher Monsieur Richard Gere est en cours de realisation par Dreamworks. Matthew Quick est aussi l’auteur d’un roman adapte au cinema sous le titre Happiness Therapy, un film recompense par huit Oscars.Merveilleux et extravagant, bourre […]