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Club Book!
RATING SYSTEM
1 –
I did not like the book at all.
2 –
It was decent, but I would not recommend it.3 – It was an enjoyable read. Recommendation could go either way.
4 – It was a very good book. I would recommend it.
5 – It was an excellent book! Must read!!
6 – A new personal favorite – new top ten spot. Must read!
BOOK RATING
I
give this book a 4.5.
“THE AGE OF MIRACLES” SYNOPSIS
Julia
is just a normal 11-year old girl living in southern California with her family
and going to school when a strange thing happens… it is quickly realized the
world has gained an hour in each day.
As
scientists scramble to make sense of what is going on, it becomes clear that
the rotation of the Earth has slowed down… and is continuing to slow. Nearly
every day another thirty minutes to an hour is gained.
At
first there is excitement in the fear of an Earth-changing event, but soon
things cease to be quite as fun. Society quickly splits up into clock-time
people (those who stay on the 24-hour clock despite the fact that it no longer
lines up with the sun) and real-time people (those who sleep with the moon and
rise with the sun despite the longer and longer hours). Real-timers are shunned
and targeted.
Worldwide,
an epidemic of “slowing sickness” begins as the world’s change in gravity
begins to affect the inner workings of the human body. Objects fall faster to
the ground and are harder to throw. Birds die off by the thousands and plant
life begins to wither. Tides change drastically and polar ice rapidly melts.
Fortunately,
Julia has her best friend/new first love, Seth, by her side. But what will
become of the Earth? What will become of Julia and her family? How can people
keep their lives together as the world is falling apart?
STATS
Pages: 269
Published Year: 2012
Personal Rating: 4.5 (of 5)
Type: Paperback, Personal Collection, Book Club
Genre: Fiction, Sci-Fi
THOUGHTS
I
really enjoyed this book. It was fascinating to think what would happen if the
world’s rotation began to slow down! How would it affect the Earth? How would
it affect our bodies? What do you do when you start having 60-hour days? How
long can things go on like that?
I
have to tell you, I got so into this book that I started feeling like it was
real. I kept having to remind myself that “the Slowing,” as they call it, wasn’t
really happening. I saw a guy on the train who had an Earth Science textbook on
his lap and I almost joked to him, “Guess you don’t need that anymore!” And then I thought, “Wow, you are way deep into this
book.”
I
bet you anything they’ll make a movie of this, but I would highly recommend it.
Besides being a very interesting premise and very well thought out, it’s also
just the story of a young girl and the everyday life she is still pushing
through despite the circumstances.
She
is growing up and falling in love for the first time at the same time that her
parents are struggling to stay together in the midst of her mother’s
ever-increasing “slowing” sickness.
It’s
scary and almost personal because you think… this could happen. I mean,
anything could happen, but it’s not so off the wall that it could never happen.
And what would you do? It’s amazing how quickly humans can adapt to a new
normal.
Yes,
read this book.
PERSONAL
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