I also wanted to love this book. It was an ambitious project, to weave an allegory based on the entire Bible, climate crisis, and End Times. I ended up feeling a little terrified (is that possible?), not so much by the apocalyptic events, but by the dynamic between the "wise" adolescents and the drugged/drunk/sex-crazed parents. The smug adolescents seemed just as unanchored morally, as they also dallied in drugs, sex, and drinking, although they were the "remnant" responsible for carrying on society post-storm. The book ended up with Eve (!) the main character, telling her brother he was right, Jesus is science and the Holy Ghost is the "things people make" or "art." The allegory and this conclusion felt altogether forced. I couldn't identity the Jesus character in this or understand how you can make an allegory of Christianity without the centrality of the cross or something cross-like? I'm not sure where I would have been located in this novel (which was a National Book Award Finalist). Maybe just swept out to sea with the other miscellaneous adult bodies. I accept that my generation added to the climate crisis and don't want to minimize this overarching idea. I also accept that the Bible gives believers responsibility for care of God''s world with His help. Maybe this is what allegory is meant to do, irritate us to action. After all, Jonathan Swift didn't really want people to eat babies.

diary of a wimpy kid third wheel is the 7th book of the series and it is so good this book is realistic fiction

I listened to this audiobook recently. In the beginning, it presented such a quirky story - a young woman is convinced by an old friend to become a caretaker to her fiery stepchildren - that I thought about abandoning the book. But the more I listened, the more I was hooked. Kevin Wilson writes so perfectly and in such a familiar tone that you come to believe there might be some combustible children out there. At its core, I think it is a story about family and parenting, and the actions taken by parents to protect and nurture their kids, especially those with special needs. If you can tolerate quirky, I recommend this book.

Just as it appears that our protagonist and her would be devour-er reach an understanding the situation is further complicated by the revelation that one of their classmates is a protective deity determined to protect out of guilt for letting the tragedy that took her whole family. The whole affair is presented gothic soap opera reminiscent of Dark Shadows. While you never forget that the story is set in japan; it has a real sense of place, and the mythology is ever present, but it could easily be adapted to be set anywhere coastal with a rich folklore to draw from. The translation seems clean and efficient and the delicate lifework of the art is beautiful , even when the subject mater is horrific.

Dhonielle Clayton has created a truly spectacular world, where you can be different and still be marvelous.

Sr of Charity who organized French resistance to Nazis WWII saved more than two thousand refugees including Mitterrand and General Giraud French film English dubbed two hours

The Honey Bus is a heartwarming memoir that is a testament the unconditional love of a grandparent. Meredith’s grandfather is a bee keeper and his lessons about bees taught lots of value insights into life.

An exemplary adaptation that inserts modern liberal political ideals in an organic and believable way. The alternating narrative is brilliantly balanced, and the deity characters feel hyper human rather than alien. Every characters' motivations are clear and understandable, and though they often make mistakes, there are no villains; just people willing to change and evolve into better versions of themselves (and maybe one or two who aren’t).

I liked this story because it had to do with summer camp.

I like pony mysteries the club in the clue in the clubhouse because I like when they make their clubhouse and I also like when they solve the mystery they had four clues and pepper, their horse found the mystery. The mystery was that Mrs. Granger lost her key to her truck and lucky their cat was playing with the keys, cause it had a mouse cat keychain, and pepper brought it to the clubhouse and for their appreciation Mrs. Granger gave them some cookies