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Doomsday with a Smile.

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

February 26, 2022 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Every beginning has an end, and every end has a beginning. For some of the more mundane everyday things around us, their existence from conception to completion is not too much of a mystery. However, things are not so straightforward when it comes to the cosmos. The universe may be one of the biggest and most complicated thing that we can conceptualise. So is it really that surprising that trying to understand both its beginning and it’s end is also big and complicated? I loved […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: astrophysics, cosmos, doomsday, Katie Mack, popular science, science, Spaaaace

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: astrophysics, cosmos, doomsday, Katie Mack, popular science, science, Spaaaace ·
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cover of the book The World Ends in April by stacy mcanulty

“Not that an asteroid crashing into our planet is a good thing, but it does put everything else into perspective.”

The World Ends in April by McAnulty, Stacy

January 30, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Eleanor Dross is getting a little weary of her life. School, as always, is terrible. She has only one friend, and while Mack is the best, she could do without everyone else ignoring her or worse.  Her grades? Let’s not talk about it. And home life, it’s fine, but nothing to, well, write home about. Her recently widowed dad is doing his best. And they have Grandpa Joe to help out too. But Joe is a “prepper” – that is to say, he’s most excited […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: apocalypse, Children's Books, children's fiction, doomsday, end of days, friendship, McAnulty, McAnulty, Stacy, middle grade, middle school, Stacy, Stacy McAnulty, survivalism

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: apocalypse, Children's Books, children's fiction, doomsday, end of days, friendship, McAnulty, McAnulty, Stacy, middle grade, middle school, Stacy, Stacy McAnulty, survivalism ·
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2nd Bingo!

November 15, 2018 by Ale 3 Comments

In preparation for the upcoming new Amazon series, I decided to reread “Good Omens.” It’s probably been about a decade since I picked this up the first time, and while there were many parts that I thoroughly re-enjoyed, there were other parts that let me down. And not because it’s bad, but just because we’re getting farther and farther away from many of the contemporary nuances and details that were hilarious in the 2000s. Sadly, as time marches on, much of the ironic nuance in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: apocalypse, brain candy, cbr10bingo, doomsday, good omens, Neil Gaiman, Satire, Terry Pratchett

Ale's CBR10 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: apocalypse, brain candy, cbr10bingo, doomsday, good omens, Neil Gaiman, Satire, Terry Pratchett ·
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Too much old, not enough new in the Box

July 23, 2017 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The Everything Box got a lot of attention when it first came out, but I’ve only just now gotten to it. I don’t quite understand what all the hype was about. Yes this is an entertaining adventure story with amusing characters, but I didn’t love it. I enjoyed it, but it just wasn’t as awesome as I was hoping. 3.5 stars. First, it’s so strongly reminiscent of Good Omens (by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) in terms of characters and plot that it comes off […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: action, adventure, angels, demons, doomsday, Richard Kadrey, The Everything Box, thievery

CoffeeShopReader's CBR9 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: action, adventure, angels, demons, doomsday, Richard Kadrey, The Everything Box, thievery ·
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