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Disease — fictitious and otherwise

Pandemic (The Extinction Files, #1) by A.G. Riddle

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life by Mallory Smith

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee

August 28, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

All right, we’re going to start with the cheesy fiction and move on to very serious non-fiction. (4 stars) Pandemic (The Extinction Files #1) by A.G. Riddle Holy exposition, Batman. I have NEVER read a book that did so much telling instead of showing. I swear, a good 50% of this novel is composed of flashbacks, recovered memories or letters discovered in secret hideouts. That being said, I found it wildly entertaining and now feel very nostalgic for the medical thriller books my best friend […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: A.G. Riddle, badkittyuno, Mallory Smith, Rachael Lippincott, Steffanie Strathdee

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:148 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: A.G. Riddle, badkittyuno, Mallory Smith, Rachael Lippincott, Steffanie Strathdee ·
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