Oct 132012
 
Group Discussion and Review: Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin

Sometimes, a regular review just isn’t right for a book. Sometimes, we are so excited about a book that we need to share our enthusiasm with others. Welcome to Badass Book Reviews discusses Ashen Winter by Mike Mullin. This is a spoiler-free discussion, so feel free to read without covering your eyes.       Darla’s inventions/contraptions/etc. – Discuss AH: Darla is definitely someone you want on your side in the event of a volcanic apocalypse. The girl has serious mechanical engineering talents. A method to heat greenhouses without electricity, a grindstone, Bikezilla, and more. Darla rules. D.G.: I love Darla [ Read More of this Review ]

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 Posted by on October 13, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Oct 112012
 
Ashen Winter Guest Post - Mike Mullin

The ladies of Badass Book Reviews are pleased to welcome a guest post by Mike Mullin the author of Ashfall and Ashen Winter. How People React to an Apocalypse In writing my debut novel, ASHFALL, I put a lot of time into researching the geology of the real supervolcano that underlies Yellowstone National Park. (ASHFALL is about a teen struggling to survive and find his family after it erupts.) But even once I had a firm handle on what the geological facts of a big eruption would be, I still didn’t know enough to write ASHFALL. Why? I had to [ Read More of this Review ]

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 Posted by on October 11, 2012 at 1:00 am
Oct 252011
 
Review:  Ashfall by Mike Mullin

      Ashfall by Mike Mullin Received from Netgalley AH’s Review – A or 5 Stars There was a time when I used to watch all those Discovery Channel science shows. Shark Week, Storm Chasers, I watched them all. My all-time favorites were the volcano shows. Then I learned about the Yellowstone Super Volcano. The sheer size of this volcano boggles the mind and should it decide to blow, life on earth (especially North America) would undergo some drastic changes. Ashfall begins on an ordinary Friday afternoon in late August. Alex Halprin, almost 16 years old, is being left [ Read More of this Review ]

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 Posted by on October 25, 2011 at 5:35 am
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