Megan's Reads & Reviews

Author: Yann Martel Title: Life of Pi Genre: Adventure Publication Date: September 11, 2001 Number of Pages: 460 Geographical Setting: Pacific Ocean, Pondicherry, India Toronto, Canada, and Tomatlan, Mexico  Time Period: 1977 Plot Summary: Life of Pi tells the story of a young boy, Pi, who finds himself lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after a shipwreck caused by a storm during his family’s journey from India to Canada with several animals. As a result of the storm, Pi heads out of his bunk to investigate the explosion, he tries to wake his family but falls into a lifeboat. Then he realizes he is on a boat with a zebra and a hyena, and an orangutan, nearby in the water. Eventually, the hyena kills the other animals, and Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger emerges from the side of the boat, and now he and Pi are alone together. They spend the next 227 alone at sea together, trying to survive, as Pi trains Richard Parker to live safely with him. Pi struggles with dehydration, starv...

1. I am looking for a book by Laurel K. Hamilton. I just read the third book in the Anita Blake series and I can’t figure out which one comes next! The 4th book in this series is Lunatic Café. Process: I searched series on Novelist Reasoning: I chose this book because it was listed 4th in the series and the patron just finished book 3 of the series Process: Searched series on Novelist. 2. What have I read recently? Well, I just finished this great book by Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer. I really liked the way it was written, you know, the way she used language. I wouldn’t mind something a bit faster paced though .  Pick 1: Moral Compass by Danielle Steel. Reasoning: Mainstream fiction like Prodigal Summer and described as fast paced Pick 2: The Overstory by Richard Powers Reasoning: Both use lyrical, lush language and writing styles  Process: First read alike on Novelist according to title. Looked for same writing style and language on Novelist. Searched genre as well...