June Reading

Happy Summer Everyone!

As we close in on the longest day of the year we are taking the opportunity to branch out from adult science fiction into a piece of young adult sci-fi, in the form of "The Rest of Us Just Live Here" by Patrick Ness.

Author Bio: Patrick Ness is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter. He won the annual Carnegie Medal in 2011 and 2012 for "Monsters of Men" and "A Monster Calls" respectively. He also wrote the screenplay of the 2016 film adaptation of "A Monster Calls", and was the creator and writer of the "Doctor Who" spin-off series "Class". Ness has taught creative writing at the University of Oxford University and has written and reviewed for The Daily Telegraph, The Times Literary Supplement, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Guardian.

Summary: What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school? Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.

Book: "The Rest of Us Just Live Here"

Author: Patrick Ness

Info:  "The Rest of Us Just Live Here" is the trials and tribulations of ordinary, non-Chosen One types as they struggle to survive life in a small town high school....while sidelining a mystery involving zombie deer, Chosen Ones dying, you know, typical end-of-the-world fair.

Availability: it is an 8 year-old-book and is currently available in both hardback and trade paperback; however It is also available for purchase as an audiobook CD, an Audible book & for the Kindle (could also work with other digital systems). But local libraries, Amazon.com, aLibris.com, Bookshop.org, and others of their ilk should be able to provide access to the story, either via print, digital, or audiobook.

Format: Print: Trade paperback & hardback; Digital, Audible and Audio CD

Date: 17 June 2024

Time: 1800 - 2000 (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.)

Location: Zoom

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Enjoy reading outside and working on your tans

-Moderators Jess & Beth