Love in the Time of Global Warming (Paperback)

from EKAnderson

I love a good mythology book. I also love a good retelling of a classic. In her latest, Francesca Lia Block manages to blend the mythology and themes of The Odyssey with a story of survival in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. On the day the Earth Shaker came, Penelope was in her family's pink hous...

from goorgoahead

I've been aware of Francesca Lia Block's writing for a while, and even own at least one of her other books (The Rose and the Beast) but have never actually gotten around to reading anything of hers. I'm kicking myself now, because Love in the Time of Global Warming was a fantastic adventure. Bloc...

from usagijihen

It never fails to amaze me how much better my mentor gets with each book she releases. Seriously. I'm feeling stupid for putting off (though there were circumstances, to my credit) reading this for so long, and I finished it in one sitting. Blending her trademark lyrical magical realism style alo...

from NeedMoreShelves

This YA novel was a fairly loose retelling of The Odyssey, and it didn't work all that well for me. I thought the writing was lovely, but I didn't particularly care for the story as Block told it. I thought it was difficult to follow, and there were certain plot elements that seemed to be added m...

from Mirandalg14

This is a bad combo of you can't put everything into one book and some so-so writing. You can sometimes have one of the two and it will still work, but the two together just drag it down. I had a hard time with the relationships-they seemed really contrived to me and were missing a natural feelin...