I have been procrastinating on this post as the two books are good, but neither are amazing. While I wanted to love Patrick Ness's More Than This based on his previous work, the book just did not have what it takes to keep me engrossed. It was okay. I was honestly surprised to see it make it this far. I knew going in that Bomb must have something magical to keep it moving forward, and it did have some glimmers of greatness. Again, not a book that I MUST recommend to my students the day after finishing it, which is the benchmark I use for books-that-must-be-read. It was certainly interesting, and while Sheinkin's narrative style and my ignorance on the topic kept the plot going, I still finished this book thinking, "Wow. We live in a crazy world. Now what can I read that does not involve the splitting of uranium atoms?"
I guess that's why I reluctantly vote for Bomb to move forward. It is the better of two slightly-more-than-lukewarm choices. And while my zombie pick might be wasted as this book was eliminated early and very few others probably read it, I would love to see Eleanor & Park resurrected. It deserves a second chance.
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