https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v O.R.B. Project en-us 2016-11-02 17:08:12 UTC 2023-07-16 11:33:46 UTC hello@padlet.com kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/137234350 By Karen Thomas Waler]]> 2016-11-13 22:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/137234350 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/137234521 2016-11-13 22:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/137234521 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138281908 “I should have known by then that it's never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass; it's the ones you don't expect at all.” (pg. 123)]]> 2016-11-17 00:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138281908 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138282462 This was certainly my favorite quote out of the book. Not only is it witty but consequential as well. It can be quite the eye-opener for many. We live in a society that constantly attempts to put the ideal image of a peaceful society; if not try to conceal it from society. What's even worse is that we get used to it and allow ourselves to ignore the potential dangers that are right at our fingertips. So when those catastrophes happen, all hell breaks loose. And the word "hope" is nothing but a far-fetched dream.]]> 2016-11-17 00:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138282462 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138282496 In this gripping debut, 11-year-old Julia wakes one day to the news that the earth’s rotation has started slowing. The immediate effects—no one at soccer practice; relentless broadcasts of the same bewildered scientists—soon feel banal compared to what unfolds. “The slowing” is growing slower still, and soon both day and night are more than twice as long as they once were. When governments decide to stick to the 24-hour schedule (ignoring circadian rhythms), a subversive movement erupts, “real-timers” who disregard the clock and appear to be weathering the slowing better than clock-timers—at first. Thompson’s Julia is the perfect narrator. On the brink of adolescence, she’s as concerned with buying her first bra as with the birds falling out of the sky. She wants to be popular as badly as she wants her world to remain familiar. While the apocalypse looms large—has in fact already arrived—the narrative remains fiercely grounded in the surreal and horrifying day-to-day and the personal decisions that persist even though no one knows what to do. A triumph of vision, language, and terrifying momentum, the story also feels eerily plausible, as if the problems we’ve been worrying about all along pale in comparison to what might actually bring our end. Agent: Eric Simonoff, WME Entertainment. (June)

Walker, Karen Thompson. "The Age of Miracles."
 Barnes & Noble. N.p., 14 Aug. 1358. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.]]> 2016-11-17 00:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138282496 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138289924 2016-11-17 01:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138289924 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138293731 2016-11-17 02:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138293731 kwo10394 https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138295207 I will say for me, the beginning of the book made it hard for me to get into the book. This book was recommended to me by a friend, so getting into the book was a major struggle.The writing is mediocre at best. The little-did-I-knows dumped into almost every paragraph are jarring and ham-fisted. Most of all, it seems like the author decided to write a science fiction book without thinking "Hey, maybe I should know a thing or two about science!?" Nah, Every time she mentioned gravity increasing after the slowing, I wanted to throw my book out a window... at which point it would fall to earth with the roughly the same force were the world spinning or not. The prose or character development or story was enough to distract me from the little-known science on which this book is based on, I might have enjoyed it a little more. The book is narrated by Julia, an 11-year old teenager and her struggles as an introvert who would trade for anything to be popular. And certainly not having a bra would be one of these so-called reasons (Oh, the horrible memories...). After reading one-third of the book Is when the real action was happening. Both days and nights got longer, crops started to decrease drastically, families flee the area, and birds fall from the sky. There is certainly a conflict on those who wish to go by the clock and those who follow the real time. 

This book is certainly a perfect fit for those who enjoy a surreal apocalyptic journey, narrated by vexed teenagers and their perpetual struggles to survive in their youth as normally as possible. However, their attempts aren't very successful and possibly ending the book with the vaguely yet chilling demise of the main protagonist alongside her male companion, and making their last mark on earth. The writing is solid but not amazing.]]> 2016-11-17 02:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kwo10394/n9v931f8vz8v/wish/138295207