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Tilt | Emma Pattee
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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! 14h
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nitalibrarian
Tilt | Emma Pattee
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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
Tilt | Emma Pattee
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Pickpick

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: 4d
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Brooke_H
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Pickpick

This book was respectful, beautifully written, exhaustively researched storytelling at its finest. Even though I knew how things were going to end up, this was still a nail-biter. I caught myself thinking, wow, I really really really hope they call off this launch… It might not seem like a glowing recommendation to say, “Read this! It gave me nightmares!” but it really is one of the best nonfiction books I‘ve ever read.

TheBookHippie I still think about this book! 7d
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TheSpineView
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Eggs 🌊 😭 ⛵️ 1w
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everlocalwest
Tilt | Emma Pattee
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Mehso-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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Brooke_H
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Sunday morning read

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w
Leftcoastzen 👏🐶 1w
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CSeydel
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Powerful and compelling. I‘ve seen a few reviews complaining that it felt like too much NASA history rather than focusing only on the Challenger itself, but I truly believe the historical context is necessary to explain some decision-making down the line that seems inexplicable on its own. There was a lot I didn‘t know about the Rogers Commission findings (I was only 10, ok) and I knew nothing about Thiokol‘s warnings about the O-rings. ✨5 stars✨

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CSeydel
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In a book with so many sad, heartbreaking moments, this sentence has to be the saddest.

“The Columbia Accident Investigation Board delivered its report on August 26, 2003, and concluded that many of the lessons of the Challenger disaster had gone unheeded.”

TheBookHippie Makes me sick all over again. 3w
GingerAntics I remember when they came out. Sadly, I wasn‘t as surprised when they said it as other people. I was mostly surprised they actually said those words. I was a huge NASA fan at the time, and was actually working toward working for them one day. 3w
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HeatherBookNerd
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Pickpick

This an exceptionally deep dive into the NASA shuttle program, culminating in the devastating - and tragically preventable - explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. Gives me a new respect for the bravery of the astronauts. But it was a great disappointment to learn how NASA was run and the disservice done in failing to protect the lives of those willing to risk their lives to venture into space.

GingerAntics I wish they would just shut down NASA until someone willing to properly fund them comes back into office. The cost of human lives is just too great. 3w
HeatherBookNerd @GingerAntics It was a sobering read 3w
GingerAntics @HeatherBookNerd I haven‘t read this one, but I‘ve read several things on this incident, the whistleblower, his uphill and ultimately (at the time) futile fight, and it‘s truly heartbreaking and sobering. The thought this could so easily happen again (and probably repeatedly) because of the current view on NASA, its mission, and its people… I just wish we could do something to keep these brilliant people safe. 3w
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