Why did I read this book: A few months back, Meljean Brook wrote a blog post after she finished Life As We Knew It, and I (sucker for apocalypse/post-apocalypse stories that I am) immediately added it to my ‘to buy’ list.
The third and final book, titled This World We Live In, is a direct sequel to both companion books and will be released in 2009. Both Life As We Knew It and book 2, the dead and the gone can be read as stand alone novels as they are companion books (different characters, different location) and follow the same catastrophic events from different perspectives. (Oct.Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the ‘Moon Crush’ trilogy. Miranda's changing priorities, undying love for her family and heightened appreciation of simple pleasures will likely provoke discussion and inspire gratitude for life as we know it now. Things are bad enough without having to remind myself of just how bad things are," she explains), her words also evoke a strain of hope which proves to be her most essential survival tool. Though the entries paint a grim picture of a rapidly shrinking civilization ("I write stuff down in here and I don't read it.
The story unfolds through Miranda's journal entries, from May, when the asteroid strikes, to the following March. This survival tale by the author of The Year Without MichaelĬelebrates the fortitude and resourcefulness of human beings during critical times. The book may be lengthy, but most readers will find it absorbing from first page to last. Yet their situation becomes more critical as other unexpected disasters arise. They have a pantry filled with canned goods and plenty of logs to fuel their wood-burning stove. Thanks to her mother's foresight and preparedness, Miranda and her two brothers are better off than many families in their Pennsylvania community. Suddenly, things she has taken for granted-electricity, news from the outside world and three square meals a day-are a thing of the past. When an asteroid collides with the moon, causing natural disasters-tidal waves, volcanoes, earthquakes and climate changes-on Earth, life as 16-year-old Miranda knows it will never be the same.
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