Z for Zachariah | 
so-soI feel like I read this in middle school, maybe, but forgot about it. Interesting, food-for-thought. What would you do, or not, if you thought you were the last person on earth, and then it turned out that you were not, but the other person was crazy. Kinda like the Twilight Zone where the guy is all alone and wants to read forever but his glasses break. I doubt that at 16, I would have had the presence of mind to plan as Ann does.
so-soShe should have shot him. I really liked how Ann Burden was so capable and a survivor, but constantly excusing this guy who tried to rape her, control her, starve her, shoots her, tries to kidnap her and then leaving him to have everything of hers was not something I admired in this story at all. The bit where she stands in front of his gun and he doesn‘t shoot her is also totally unbelievable. Big let down.
so-so#2021Book101
I liked the main character in this book and I enjoyed that it was written in the style of her keeping a journal. The big conflict in the book didn't make enough sense, though. There was no real justification for why the antagonist behaved the way he did. I also couldn't understand why either character was so interested in surviving when they were both 100% positive that absolutely no one else in the world was still alive.
#falltreasures @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Day 1: when I was in high school I had read so many books lol that I had no idea what to read. The librarian gave me this book. It wasn't something I would've picked out for myself but I remember just how much I loved it.
Thanks for doing this every #ManicMonday, Jody! I had lots of fun. 😊
📖 Z for Zachariah (tagged)
🖊 Markus Zusak
🎥 Zombieland
📺 Z Nation
🎤 Zayn 😍
🎶 Zero (Smashing Pumpkins)
pickCan't believe they make movies out of such good books and with actors and actresses not of a readers choice.
Hmmm, the last woman on earth? No thank you! I‘m not nearly as resourceful as Ann Burden! (But I would‘ve pulled that trigger if you know what I mean.)
pickThis is quite a page-turner apocalyptic YA tale. The last female on earth must learn the wily ways of the last man. I love that there is no horror or zombies, but it is tense and suspenseful. Just two people trying to survive, and learning to live with each other, or not. 4-1/2 stars.
And for the first time ever, I‘ve finish #litsyatoz before December! #letterZ @BookishMarginalia
“I assumed that Zachariah must be the last man.”
Love this foreshadowing and the explanation for the title of this book about the end of the world.
Here it is. My last book to read in the 2019 #litsyatoz challenge and it‘s for #letterZ. Let‘s get started!
#LetsTravelJuly
Two novels by Robert C. O'Brien, both published in the '70s.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
pickNuclear war has happened and Ann, 16 years old, is the sole survivor. At least that is what she thinks until she sees campfire smoke in the distance. Soon she is not alone in her green valley and she will have to outthink and outmaneuver the man who arrives to survive.
I found this YA book to be suspenseful and enthralling. #LitsyAtoZ #Z #Booked2019 #BooktoMovie
I haven‘t been playing as much. The freezing temps here have slowed me down.
Z for Zachariah- haven‘t read it yet, always wanted to
I got nothing for author
Zoo
Zucchini bread or just roast up some zucchini. Yum!
#manicmonday #letterz @JoScho
pickI admit, I picked this up for the letter #Z in my #litsyAtoZ challenge. I had seen the movie not knowing it was also a book. Were they ever different! The story is about a girl left behind after a nuclear war. She is living in an unaffected area, when a stranger appears. At first things are going well and then they take a turn. The girl is 16 and so self sufficient and smart, she‘s a great heroine. And I loved this classic cover.
I don't read much YA anymore , but when i come across post apocalyptic books I always grab them!
This follows Ann who is only survivor after her world was ravaged by a nuclear war, and she has been surviving on her own in a remote valley for a year.. until she realises she may not be only survivor...and there may be worst things than being last person on earth....😨
#postapocalyptic
#horror
1. Ravenclaw
2. I tried, I can't say that I always finished them.
3. Catcher in the Rye
4. Z for Zachariah
5. 1984
@Mandigolightly #Back2School
pickI expected a 'meh' kind of postapocalyptic story, instead I got a story about a tough girl, a survivor.
Aaaand I get to tick of 'Z' on #LitszAtoZ and #Litsybingo 😊
it's time for some post-apocalyptic science-fiction ✌ #currentlyreading
This is looking ... not good at all. I have something for #onTBRover1year #startwithZ and #FromtheRoryGilmoreList
Has anyone some suggestions for the other ones? I am looking for
#LitsyAtoZ
Only 7 left. Having a hard time with these letters:
J. K. Q. V. X. Y. Z.
I can't believe I found this book in the children's section of the library. It is freaking me the heck out. (Bonus pic of my freaky cat.)
#BookMail #BookishMail today: 3 more titles from my #LitsyAtoZChallenge ! I have been wanting to finish The Fire Sermon Trilogy so added Map of Bones to my list, I LOVE Shonda Rhimes, so her Year of Yes book will be a must, and then Z for Zachariah, all are hardback and less than $2. My Husband was also amazing in getting me the movie A Man Called Ove. I fell in love with Rolf Lassgård in After the Wedding and I cannot WAIT to see him in this ❤?
X Y Z X and Z are the only two books I had to buy for #LitsyAtoZ. #seasonsreadings2016
Day 20 of #SeasonsReadings2016 #TitlesStartingWithXYZ
I am very pleased to say these are books I have actually read, for a change, and NOT from my tbr! 😮
#funfridayphoto The book I was assigned at school that stuck with me is this nuclear holocaust book. I grew up during the height of the Cold War, the eighties had me convinced that WWIII was imminent, and then I found out that the munitions factory on the edge of my suburb was a target of interest to the USSR. Scary. Ann is 16, the sole survivor of a nuclear strike on her region, until she sees smoke in the distance & finds she's not alone.
My fifth grade teacher read this out loud to us. At the time (1987-88) it was beyond scary, the idea of nuclear war. It's still scary, and, though dated, still relevant. And yet, despite the fact that it terrified me I ended up getting my own copy and read it a handful of times as a teenager. Any other 80's kids read this in school?
so-soGood story. Wish O'Brien could end it. It would have been a great book. It should have been a great book.
