My friend Mitch, from the blog Gerich Gardens, approached me with this book and I believe it sounds like something we all may enjoy. So I asked him if he would write me up a review to share with all of you, and he accepted! 

Without any further delay here is Mitch's fantastic review of...

The Age of Miracles: A Novel by Karen Thompson Walker

"I started reading this book because my cousin handed it to me with very high praise. She is someone I trust with books as she is a very serious reader and majored in English in college. I wasn't disappointed.

Told from the viewpoint of an adolescent girl hovering on that blurry line of teen and preteen while living in California, The Age of Miracles is a tale of an apocalypse of sorts. The author, Karen Thompson Walker, has explored what would happen to Earth, and to us, if the world's rotation suddenly slowed. Named "the slowing," we are given a glimpse of the fear, excitement and awkwardness that comes with living life as a young person forced into becoming more aware of the world around her as the world itself slows down. Days and nights start lasting much longer than we are used to. Animals and plants are thrown into chaos. Humans are not much further behind. Yet in this girls world, she is still experiencing things most adolescents experience. Sudden awareness that her parents are actually two people, two flawed people. Friends turning their backs. Crushes that may or may not come to pass.

While this novel reads at a pretty easy level it also paints a world that we can only imagine about and does it in a very clear and beautiful way. The scenery comes alive. The scenarios become real. You find yourself hoping for the best but suspecting it may never come. It is a page turner and a heart breaker and a symbol of hope that human beings will find a way despite the odds.

Highly recommended."