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Review: Zero G by Dan Wells 🎧

Posted on by Tarryn Atkinson

Trilogy (Zero G, Dragon Planet, Stargazer)

My sons (14yo and 11yo) are real bookworms and they especially love audiobooks!

We listened to this trilogy over the past few weeks but finished a significant portion of it while we were travelling and on holiday at the Kruger National Park (South Africa) last week.

The story revolves around Zero, a young scientist to be, whose family is being relocated to a new planet to start a colony for Earth. Through the 3 books, Zero has many adventures, meets a fairly wild bunch of characters including space pirates and discovers some really amazing new creatures on the new planet.

These books are really funny, but also have some cool science concepts that kids can easily grasp. We had many discussions on cryogenics, gravity, gases, buoyancy etc.

My boys really enjoyed it, and it was a great break from our ongoing Rick Riordan marathon.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Review: My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood 🎧

Posted on by Tarryn Atkinson

Thoroughly enjoyed this short story. It really wasn’t what I had expected and I found myself delighted.

I listened to the audiobook on my way to the office on Tuesday and ended up sitting in my car in the basement parking so I could finish it.

A daughter reminisces about her unusual mother. Tales about magic, potions, curses and her father, the garden gnome had me smiling and laughing with joy.

Definitely recommended.

My one word to describe the book:

Whimsical ✨

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Posted on by Tarryn Atkinson

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” 

Dr. Seuss (American children’s author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker)