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A wonderful birthday gift!

I enjoyed this book and wanted a copy for my library. I love dystopian books. Pandemics! Animal POV!

The washi tape is perfect and I‘ve already used it in my book journal ♥️ you can never have too many art supplies! I‘m so glad to add this book to my collection!

Hot and gross outside so I‘m staying in to knit and read. Not at the same time. 😜

🎧 I‘ve loved outbreak books since I read The Hot Zone & who doesn‘t LOVE a book with chapters from a dog‘s POV?

The Congo.

Giant venomous ants. Animals behaving unpredictably. Hiding in a house of snakes. People falling prey to an illness that makes them susceptible to the animals who are behaving badly …

A great fun action adventure with plenty of awesome science & reality.

Loved it!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

A plague is sweeping through Africa from the Congo, making animals hostile and people susceptible to the animal attacks. Acknowledging COVID-19, his scientists race to find the cause and the cure against an evil billionaire who wants to be the savior at any cost, and Mother Nature, who is livid with humanity. This is one of Rollins‘ best—nonstop and well researched. Occasional characters Tucker and Kane are back; I love them as always. ⬇️

I finished!! Before I review the book, I want to note how fascinating the story of the trees was in the book. The forest in the Congo is like another character and plays an integral part of the plot. I‘ve been reading about books that describe how smart trees are and I could tell Rollins picked up on this amazing research. Sure enough, at the end—where he always tells us what‘s true and what‘s not—is his recommendation for these books!

We are experiencing a gorgeous day (sunny and 75 degrees), so I‘m outside trying to finish this book, a Christmas present. And it feels so appropriate to read my last book by my favorite author for #readingafrica2022 on the last day of the year. It‘s so good. #DRC @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Who is your author that you want to read when you eat breakfast, every spare moment, and then tucked in bed? James Rollins is that author for me. Who is yours?

Love this.

The Sigma Force gang is trying to unravel the Prester John mystery (he‘s the descendant of the black magi, one of the three wise men who visited the baby Christ). His story is wrapped up in the deep Christianity of #Ethiopia. Sure enough, even though the current story is set in #DRC, the team uncover a map of 1710 (that I also found on google) showing that Ethiopia at one time encompassed the #DRC. Fascinating stuff. #readingafrica2022

This book has simply swept me up, as Rollins usually does. It is non-stop from the get-go. He wrote a lot of it during the lockdown and I appreciate how he has worked it into the book: “No one was going to risk another plague sweeping the world….75 percent of all emerging diseases in the past century—Ebola, HIV, COVID-19–all passed to the human population from animals…”

Can Sigma Force get in front of next contagion? 😬 #readingafrica2022 #drc

Rollins writes about historical mysteries that impact the present. I love that I started this book on Christmas Day as the historical mystery this go round seems to be about a descendant of one of the Three Wise Men. How perfect is that?

#readingafrica2022 #drc @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Where this book is set. #readingafrica2022 #democraticrepublicofcongo @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

My new books I received for Christmas. I‘m going to try to start the tagged book because it‘s set in Africa and maybe I can squeeze in one more #readingafrica2022 book! 😁 and it is by one of favorite authors!!

I hope everyone is having a nice relaxing #jolabokaflod tonight.

I love this series. The mix of military guys with brains and loyalty and bravery get me every time.

I nabbed this one to read for #RepublicofCongo, but turns out it‘s set in #DRC! Oh well. It was entertaining enough that I kept listening, though truthfully I didn‘t pay that much attention to it. It‘s a wildly implausible, back-to-back action, cinematic, gory book. With one token female, natch. This one is like masculine fluff.

Even a trip to Sam‘s Club for massive amounts of paper towels and oatmeal packets (😆) can net you some books off your #tbr. #bookhaul