Litsy

Tilt | Emma Pattee

Another month, another full @AardvarkBookClub box! Their picks were so much better than BOTM (which I skipped) this month. So excited for all of these. I love that #aardvark doesn‘t shy away from darker books!

BarbaraBB I purchased Tilt too. Cindy said I‘d love it so I couldn‘t resist! 16h

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nitalibrarian

Tilt | Emma Pattee

I ended up picking 5 books between April's Book of the Month and Aardvark. 😍

#botm #aardvarkbookclub

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Hooked_on_books

Tilt | Emma Pattee

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Many in the western PNW are very aware of the Cascadia event, and this book brings it to life, specifically as a major earthquake hitting Portland. We follow a woman in late pregnancy, in IKEA when the quake hits, then through the rest of the day as she traverses town. For me, this was hard-hitting and visceral; really well done.

squirrelbrain So scary…. 4d

DebinHawaii Ahh, the Cascadia event itself & this book scare me (growing up in Portland, having lived in Seattle & even moving to Hawaii) but I‘m probably going to have to read it! 😱🫣 4d

Hooked_on_books @DebinHawaii it‘s good. And she did her homework, which makes it both better and even more frightening. It pairs well with this excellent nonfiction read:

The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast

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everlocalwest

Tilt | Emma Pattee

so-so

MFA fiction about existential fears and the pervasive anxieties of continuing to live as the world falls apart.

Honestly, writing that out it feels like this would have been for me but it just wasn't. I don't feel that Pattee did enough with her narrative. Beyond the voicing of these fears, what is she trying to express here?

Hooked_on_books This might help. Most people in the western part of the PNW of the US are aware of the reality of the Cascadia event, which will happen someday, possibly in our lifetimes, maybe not. Here‘s some info on it: https://energyinfo.oregon.gov/cascadia-event 5d

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squirrelbrain

Tilt | Emma Pattee

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I‘m not a huge fan of the ‘horror‘ genre, mostly because I don‘t find such books particularly horrifying. This book, however…. 😱

Annie is shopping in Ikea, at 37 weeks‘ pregnant, when the ‘big‘ earthquake hits. The story follows her over the course of a day as she tries to make her way home on foot.

It‘s truly terrifying as it could really happen and shows us how people could behave in such a situation. A couple of things I didn‘t like ⬇️

squirrelbrain It‘s blurbed as ‘funny‘ amongst other things - it really wasn‘t. Not satirical, not black humour, nothing. I also disliked the ending… no spoilers. But otherwise an incredibly propulsive read - I wanted to look away but couldn‘t. 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I really want to get to this one!! I live here, and we have all my life been warned about "The Big One" (earthquake) so this feels particularly personal! 1mo

squirrelbrain I think I‘d be too scared to read it if I lived there! @chaoticmissadventures 1mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I spent decades hearing about The Big One (the state even does mock drills) and then I lived in Southern California for years and actually experienced earthquakes. It feels like an apocalypse scenario at this point - a big boogyman. 1mo

BarbaraBB So scary @ChaoticMissAdventures ! I was in Japan last summer when they warned for a mega earthquake. I was so scared! But it seemed the Japanese were used to it. Maybe you get used to it somehow? The book is appealing anyhow! 1mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB you really do. Like anything I guess. Some are scarier than others. I remember just standing there during my first not knowing what to do but after a few you know the ones to ignore and the ones to duck and cover from. 1mo

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures That‘s probably how things go. You learn to live with it. 1mo

Reggie Horror you said? Stacked! 1mo

Reggie Omg it doesn‘t come to my library until Mar 25 and 9 people are in front of me. Boooo 1mo

squirrelbrain Oh no, @Reggie, not horror in the ‘traditional‘ sense but all the more scary because it could happen. Maybe I should have said dystopia? 1mo

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