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shanaqui
Mehso-so

It's... okay, but some stuff that was meant to be funny was pretty meh, and I guess I felt kind of... “yes, and?“ about it. It wasn't that insightful, at least for someone with my particular academic background (both science and literature).

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shanaqui

I think the author should stay in his lane and not foolishly declare that there will never be a pandemic with a high death toll just because COVID didn't kill that big a percentage of the population, or (contrary to actual fact) that the risk of disease decreases with globalisation (it increases).

Faranae I feel like knocking on all the wood thanks to this one guy now. 5d
shanaqui @Faranae Can you imagine my face when I read that chapter? 😅 Yeesh, dude. 5d
willaful W.T.A.F. 5d
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JenniferEgnor
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Pickpick

I think we all think about the end of the world or ourselves, if only briefly, at least once a day. We imagine how it will happen—quick, painful? With warning, time to prepare and make final rounds? We consume film, literature, and headlines that talk about it—because we love it. We think we will get the time off from work, lose our worries, lose our financial debts, our jury duties. If we lose these things, will we also lose our sense of⬇️

JenniferEgnor self? If we survive, will we retain our humanity? Humans have been obsessed with this ‘great escape‘ for as long as we have existed. Our oldest myths tell us that. We fantasize about the end—but when it comes, will we actually be ready for it? Will we accept it? What if it isn‘t the kind of end that we want? What makes one more terrible than another? With all we have done and continue to do to each other, do we deserve to go on existing? 3mo
JenniferEgnor Each chapter discusses a different way we think our doom will arrive, using art, literature, film, history, modern events. The world seems an uneasy place these days, with sociopaths in the halls of power. The real question is, what will we choose to do with what we have? 3mo
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JenniferEgnor
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A conversation with the author about his latest book.

Link to listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-club/id1158913265?i=1000652169412

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totefairie
Good Omens | Neil Gaiman
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Sharpeipup
Good Omens | Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
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My Sunday.

Tamra Love it! 4mo
wanderinglynn How lovely! 4mo
MemoirsForMe 😍🙌🏻 4mo
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Chelsea.Poole
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Pickpick

“Everybody dies, everything ends—but not now. Not now.”

This book covers the end of the world as we know it, or at least the end of humanity, and how that may come to pass. Chapters feature ways we‘ll go out like pandemics, nuclear weapons, climate change, overpopulation, war, cosmic events and more. Far from depressing, this was a fun look at the way humans have thought about the end of times over many years, through books, movies, etc.

AmyG Sounds fun 😳🤣 5mo
JenniferEgnor I was thinking about checking out this book when I saw it… 5mo
Chelsea.Poole @amyg ok, maybe the “fun” in my review wasn‘t the right word 😂 5mo
Gissy Sounds so interesting 👍Stacked! 5mo
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booklover3258
Day by Day Armageddon | J. L. Bourne
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Pickpick

What a great zombie book. Looking forward to reading more in the series.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/HoFR9PNHDc4?feature=share

Enjoy!

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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Nice ? ? #ChristmasCheer ?°❆⛄⋆.ೃ࿔?*:・❄️

#BookNerd ???

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👌🏻 8mo
Eggs Well played👍🏼 8mo
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catiewithac
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#NYT new book preview for Jan ‘25. Excited for this one! #TBR

DogMomIrene This one does sound good! 8mo
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