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Tilt | Emma Pattee
11 posts | 8 read | 2 reading | 21 to read
'A swift, exhilarating punch to the gut' Lydia Kiesling'I couldn't put it down' Helen Phillips
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Deblovestoread
Tilt | Emma Pattee
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Voted! The long list is full of fantastic sounding books, so many new to me titles. I can‘t wait to see what we will be reading. Don‘t forget to vote by May 9. Link is on @BarbaraBB #CampLitsy25 post.

BarbaraBB Thanks for sharing and voting for such great books 😘 1d
Caroline2 Great choices. I wanna read all of these! 😂 21h
squirrelbrain Thanks for sharing! Great choices. ❤️ 20h
monalyisha I almost voted for Tilt, too! 6h
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SonyaBeatty
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"I will write after work and on the weekends. That‘s what I tell myself. And, sure, I set my alarm for 5:00 a.m. once or twice. But who has any good ideas at 5:00 a.m.? It‘s like life is this powerful river, of doing laundry and buying groceries and driving to work and scrolling on my phone, and the weekends are so short."

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Erinreadsthebooks
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Woah, buddy! This one was INTENSE and I loved it! Set in the aftermath of a huge earthquake, this is not for the faint of heart, but dang what a story?! My blood pressure was probably at a steady high while reading this book, but this writing is incredible. And to be a debut? Wowza. Top 10 books of the year, for sure! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Reggie
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I loved this book. Annie is in an IKEA when an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest strikes. She‘s 37 weeks pregnant, miserably pregnant, and we follow her on her journey to find a loved one and home. This is broken up by chapters depicting her life leading up to this day. The whole time, she‘s talking to Bean, her unborn baby. This book was a rollercoaster of emotion for me. I was horrified, I laughed, cause Annie is funny, and I cried. Pick!👇🏼

Reggie Anybody still in the mood for a pregnant protagonist against the backdrop of disaster, in this case a pandemic, I would suggest this book. It‘s also great. 2w
BarbaraBB I can‘t wait to read this one! Great review 2w
CarolynM Sounds good 🙂 2w
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Cathythoughts Great review, I have it stacked already 👍🏻 2w
Suet624 Can‘t wait to read this!! 2w
Reggie @BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Cathythoughts @Suet624 @Rissreadswithcats Annie‘s husband is an aspiring actor and her flashbacks with him can be sooo funny and infuriating. There‘s a certain scene where he monologues at a parenting class. Pure gold. lol hope ya‘ll like it. 5d
CarolynM I‘ve just voted for it for #CampLitsy2025 😊 Fingers crossed. 4d
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nitalibrarian
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I'm starting Tilt tonight.

#aardvarkbookclub

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EmberIvyRose
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This book was intense. A 37-week pregnant woman is shopping in IKEA when a devastating earthquake hits, causing widespread choas and destruction.
The book is about her journey home on foot. I'm not a crier, but one chapter actually had me tears.
Expertly weaved in, is the story of her life up to that point. The ending could have been better, but overall this was really well written.

JenniferEgnor NPR‘s book of the day podcast spoke with the author about this book the other day…I‘m looking forward to reading it. 2w
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Megabooks
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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! 1mo
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nitalibrarian
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I ended up picking 5 books between April's Book of the Month and Aardvark. 😍

#botm #aardvarkbookclub

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Hooked_on_books
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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…. 1mo
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! 😱🫣 1mo
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: 1mo
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everlocalwest
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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 1mo
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squirrelbrain
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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. 2mo
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! 2mo
squirrelbrain I think I‘d be too scared to read it if I lived there! @chaoticmissadventures 2mo
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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. 2mo
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! 2mo
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. 2mo
BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures That‘s probably how things go. You learn to live with it. 2mo
Reggie Horror you said? Stacked! 2mo
Reggie Omg it doesn‘t come to my library until Mar 25 and 9 people are in front of me. Boooo 2mo
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? 2mo
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