Life as we knew it

Life as we knew it
by: Susan Beth Pfeffer

This book was recommended to me by a friend. All he said was that it's a teen book and he couldn't put it down. I was like; "OK, I'm sold!" I got it from the library and started reading. I soon realized that this was not an average teen story and was completely surprised by the plot.

I guess I will have to get into the plot a little, so if you don't want to know anything stop reading now!

So, the story begins with an average teenage girl. Her parents are divorced and she lives with her mom and younger brother in Pennsylvania. Her older brother it away at school. There is going to be an asteroid hitting the moon, and everyone is pretty excited about it. They go out to watch the event, but when the asteroid hits it changes the moons orbit, causing the tides and everything else controlled bu the moon to go out of control. This is bad. Again, I don't want to give to much away, but the rest of the story is about what the family does to survive without stores, gas, electricity, doctors, roads, basically everything.

That being said I should not have read this book. I am already teetering on the edge of doomsday hermit, and this was probably about enough to push me over. I read the tale of survival more as a how-to for when the time comes, not as the work of fiction it was intended to be. I'm trying to force myself not to stock up on canned goods, and am seriously considering getting a gun.

If you think you might like this book, but are interested in a more adult version, I would recommend:
The Road
by: Cormac McCarthy (soon to be a major motion picture!)

Book Review- Breaking Dawn

Don't read if you want to read the book!

The final book in the Twilight series came out on Friday at midnight. Lot's of you might not be familiar with this series. It's possible that you are how I once was; mocking and judgemental of the fools who could get caught up in a book about teenage vampire love. You are so so wrong. While I agree this series may not be for everyone, most people I've talked to that read it absolutely love it. Including me. That's what led me to pre-order the fourth and final book, and pick it up at 12:30 Friday night/Saturday morning. That's why ever time I looked at it in the next 24 hours I kind of giggled insanely, not believing it was finally here.

I finished it Sunday afternoon. It is 768 pages. I did do other things besides read last weekend. I went to breakfast with my dad, Festa Italiana Saturday night. The grocery store Sunday morning, and watched some of the Yankees game that afternoon at my grandma's house. I probably wouldn't be so desperate to get it done, but I work around people who are reading it, and I didn't want to find out anything about it before I was finished.

I liked it. It's not getting the best reviews online, and I think it lacked some of the feeling of the first three books. It had some more adult themes and sometimes I felt like the author was pushing her views a little. She's a Mormon. It was long but I obviously never lost interest. I will say that of the four books in the series, this was probably my least favorite, but I love them all so that isn't really saying much.

If you ever want to feel a little like a teen again, read this series. If you are reading/or have read it let me know what you think.