tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post7375501009701909878..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Station Eleven - Emily St. John MandelSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-56750169590229381642020-03-22T13:06:49.264-05:002020-03-22T13:06:49.264-05:00I have loved dystopian novels since I was a teenag...I have loved dystopian novels since I was a teenager. I always look at them as training manuals for our possible future. Looks like I may have been right about that. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-7756990259290618842020-03-21T21:16:59.146-05:002020-03-21T21:16:59.146-05:00STATION ELEVEN is a unique one. Definitely memorab...STATION ELEVEN is a unique one. Definitely memorable. For some reason, I've been on a fictional dystopian kick during this IRL pandemic. I've read several of them this month. Maybe to remind myself that, comparatively, things aren't THAT bad!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344704891037668456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-31675661223615995732020-03-19T07:30:35.453-05:002020-03-19T07:30:35.453-05:00Sounds like it's really getting crazy in Londo...Sounds like it's really getting crazy in London, with the metro being at least partially shut down and the possibility that the whole city will self-quarantine soon. I saw this morning that the grocery stores are asking for police protection if that actually happens.<br /><br />You know, I suspect that the world will never be quite the same again, even after all of this is "over." Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-72151901636136071582020-03-19T07:24:33.946-05:002020-03-19T07:24:33.946-05:00It was on my list for almost six years, so I know ...It was on my list for almost six years, so I know what you mean. I'm glad I didn't lose my list. :-0<br />Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60166610196021874722020-03-19T05:49:08.566-05:002020-03-19T05:49:08.566-05:00Thanks, Sam, we will certainly take care, we'r...Thanks, Sam, we will certainly take care, we're lucky in that we have a daughter close by who wants to help as much as possible. You're right, this will definitely get worse before it gets better, this is just the beginning, a scary thought. <br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that your wife is high risk, much more than my husband by the sound of it. (He's quite annoyed that we've Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-34006799683204039452020-03-18T11:29:46.020-05:002020-03-18T11:29:46.020-05:00I still haven't read this one, but it's be...I still haven't read this one, but it's been on my TBR list for forever. Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-47902399828063572742020-03-17T20:10:14.607-05:002020-03-17T20:10:14.607-05:00You guys take care of yourselves because I think i...You guys take care of yourselves because I think it's going to get considerably worse before it gets better. I'm still trying to figure out how to help my father from a distance but the facility is on lockdown for the second week now, and so far so good...no virus amongst the 160 residents.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-41277673107964406822020-03-17T20:08:06.029-05:002020-03-17T20:08:06.029-05:00Cath, I'm a fan of dystopians and have read qu...Cath, I'm a fan of dystopians and have read quite a few of them, so many that they all start to blend together in my mind. This one was a notch above most all of them and because of the circumstances I'll remember it forever.<br /><br />My wife is high risk because she doesn't have full lung capacity any longer and cannot take any antibiotics without creating worse problems than she Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-3615410046643241152020-03-17T18:13:25.282-05:002020-03-17T18:13:25.282-05:00I think this would not be for me right now, if at ...I think this would not be for me right now, if at all as I'm really not a dystopian fan and even less so at the moment. In Cornwall still but heading home tomorrow, feel fortunate to have seen the Cornish side of my family before the real lockdown begins. I suggested to Judith at Reader in the Wilderness that some of us book bloggers who know each other should try to post often to keep our Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.com