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#MarchIntoOz #WeveGottaGetOutOfThisPlace ?Having once been in one where some significant damage was done to the building I was in, earthquakes freak me out. This novel takes place in San Francisco when two major earthquakes strike within the hour. Several of the characters, including the main characters, are trapped in the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium which has collapsed. "We've gotta get out of this place" is certainly what I'd be thinking.?

"For the life of him, he still couldn't figure out why he'd never found a way to neatly write her off, as any normal man would do when a woman left him abruptly right in the middle of love. And with so much at stake. But then, to be left in the middle of something means it's perpetually unfinished."

Day 6 of #augustphotochallenge was tough. Apparently I don't have many books with minimalistic covers in my stacks. 😉 These two--a modernization of Austen's classic & a book about a group of people caught in a devastating earthquake in San Francisco have the most #minimalisticcovers I could find. This photo challenge is like a scavenger hunt through my shelves & piles --fun! 👍📚📚📚😀 #augustofpages #bookphotochallenge

One of the "New Fiction" stacks at the MPL!

A terrific backdrop for a story - modern day San Francisco in the midst of two huge earthquakes. Great potential to explore themes of frailty, vulnerability... also a love story, several in fact. But it fell short on development and depth for me.

Every morning in San Francisco was a bit like waking up on the edge of the earth: beautiful and damp and wild, full of the strange music people make, open-armed, into the wind.

I liked this: liked, not loved. It had some wonderful moments, but in my ratings system this is a 3.5 star novel. So-so feels unfair, since I mostly enjoyed the writing. It just felt repetitive at times. And it wasn't even a long book. And the comparisons to Station Eleven? Nope. But San Francisco!

Just finished this beautiful story. Highly recommend the journey

I wanted to love this book but there were too many loose strings at the end for it to be lovable. I did like the way it featured San Francisco though.

So far this book is a love story about San Francisco. I approve.

I wish there was one extra rating. This wasn't quite a "Like" compared to some other books, but it was more than "So-So".

Taking every opportunity to read during this very busy week of my son's high school graduation festivities.

Sitting in a movie theatre reading a book because of a 30 minute delay due to a bad projector bulb. And that's why I never leave home without a book.

Finished this last night. I loved the first half of the book, then it fell apart for me in the middle and never quite recovered. I would definitely read this author again, though. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

New book + cheap beer? Must be a Wednesday. I've heard some good things about this one, set in San Francisco during an earthquake.

I liked but did not love it. Earthquakes are scary