The Dreamers - Karen Thompson Walker

This is a bit of an unusual one.  In a small college town, first one student mysteriously falls into a deep sleep and can't be woken, needing to be hospitalized.  Then more keep falling into the same dream sleep getting everyone worried that it will happen to them and their loved ones.  No-one appears safe, and young and old are struck down. 

I liked the writing of this novel and felt it seems ripe for being made into a teen orientated movie, as  it seems like the type of story to be filled with 30 year old model/actors being employed to play lovestruck 17 year olds .  Add in a couple of wrinkled 39 year olds to play the parents,  one grey haired actress over 70 as the sole old person and a couple of precocious 6 year olds and it will be a hit. 4/5

The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker

The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker (2012)

On what seems like a normal Saturday, Julia and her parents wake to find that the earth has changed, it is slowing down and the day is longer by several minutes.  This gradual slowing down continues each day, affecting everybody and every living thing.

I was drawn in by this clever little novel, and raced to bed and finished it on the second night of reading and I thought about it all day.  The only thing that annoyed me was Julias age of eleven, I thought her voice and experiences seemed of a teenager,  slightly older than her in the story.

Certainly thought provoking, and memorable read  5/5