#Andrew Krivak

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...no matter how long winter lasted, spring followed.

- The Bear by Andrew Krivak

#Andrew Krivak #the bear #book quotes #quote #surviving #grief quotes #wordsthatmattered

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Signal Flame | Author: Andrew Krivak | Publisher: Scribner (2017)

#books #The Signal Flame #Andrew Krivak

[ademella]

currently reading

#books #reading #the bear #book cover #andrew krivak

[hythlodaes]

trying to be good and read on my break but ofc that’s when my brain figures out how to write this scene in my wip skdhdkd

#autocorrect tried to change that keysmash to hahaha #that’s not who i am…. #anyway this is a good thing #but i’m reading the bear by andrew krivak and that’s also very good #i need more than a half hour ig #gg txt

[dextervexter]

-it snowed today

-my studio got some extra funding

-i landed a pretty big interview??? somehow??

-the mailbox library on my walking trail had a copy of a book i really loved

#ive been super stressed the past two weeks so this feels super nice #the book is the bear by andrew krivak

[moonspirit]

What kinds of books do you enjoy? And do you ever get inspired by books/stories you've read?

Hello Myrtle!

So I don't have a particular type of book I prefer; if it interests me enough, I'll read it xD Recently I've read: Dust Child (Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai), The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (Keigo Higashino), and Stone Maidens (Lloyd Devereux Richards).

(so that explains enough xD A historic fiction, a slice of life, and a crime thriller lmao). I have the Celestial Kingdom duology up next on my reading list (so that covers fantasy xD).

And yessss! I'm inspired plenty by what I read (and watch and listen). If I had to provide an example, VBEOW is a result of wanting to tell a story that incorporates elements of the wonder of life and living, taking readers on an adventure both physical and emotional, and of bonding; all of which are inspired by the likes of The Bear (book; Andrew Krivak), Mushishi, Avatar (the movies), and also to an extent by Miyazaki and Shinkai works, among others.

This became quite long I'm sorry T_T

#ask #myrtlesandasphodels #trying to get my hands on a series of beautiful hardbacks about folk/fairytales from around the world #but they're expensive as fuck 🥲

[tough-n-dumb]

thank u @sagiow and @combat-librarian for the tag :)

last song: mykonos by fleet foxes, from my high school hits playlist lol also the lyrics “and the sun to maybe dissipate / shadows of the mess you made” hits hard when coming up on a big 2 yr anniversary

currently watching: started heartstopper s2 but haven’t finished it and just watched the first three episodes of only murders in the building s3 (watch this show if you haven’t. it’s so good)

currently reading: i am Supposed to be reading the guest by emma cline for my bookclub but have had a grand total of zero motivation to do anything but slump in bed and zone out after work. also doesn’t help that my friends didn’t like it very much. oh but actually i did start re-reading the bear by andrew krivak today for a project at work

current obsession: …yeah it’s still six of crows. can’t say i expected this obsession to happen when i thought “oh, s&b tv show is fun, maybe i should try reading soc!” in april yet here we are and uh i think it’s here to stay for a while longer. but can you blame me when kanej😭 and who doesn’t love a caper with six smart yet idiotic war criminals

tagging: @luarenah @little-kinger @divinecomedienne and whoever else would like to do it!!

#i’m so sorry folks you will have to rip soc from my cold dead hands

[girl4pay]

The broken earth trilogy by NK Jemisin is excellent post-apocalyptic & not romance-focused scifi (themes of intergenerational trauma), and I loved the archivist wasp for a stand-alone post-apocalyptic mystery/ghost story. Also the bear by Andrew Krivak did make me cry a few times but it’s not very scifi at all

thank you! ❤️❤️

[ajaegerpilot]

ok to make myself feel better im writing out a list of books i've read since my dad died, possibly in order of having been read:

gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir (an 'and then there were none' murder mystery novel set in a decrepit castle on an abandoned planet wherein the system everyone grew up in was traumatic and continues to be traumatic in unique ways)

harrow the ninth (secondary because gideon was not the protag. but huge props for the way the voice(s) were written from the new perspective. in a sense both more and less plot-heavy than the first, quite different overall it just happens that the first will probably be my favourite out of the whole series)

braiding sweetgrass by robin wall kimmerer (paradigm-changing book for sure. collection of short essays, so it's very manageable to read though taking time to think about the concepts which for me were often quite new made it a longer read. also, while this is technically nonfiction I suppose, it's still beautifully written and very much a series of stories being told, so I'm counting it as 'fiction' as it scratches that part of my brain as well)

myth of sisyphus by albert camus (i love this bitch. grimly inspirational and cunty all at the same time, he has the range. the translation i got was beautifully written, though ofc I can't say much for its fidelity to the original)

the little prince (short, easily achievable, makes me feel kind of morose. read it because i wanted to recreate the gideon the ninth vibes. does let you meditate about what love and childhood and imagination is)

her body and other parties by carmen maria machado (collection of short-stories, typically with a horror element, and honestly short-story collections might be my favourite type of book to read as someone who is not great at reading. incredibly rich imagination, written beautifully (although sometimes the descriptions can be Too Much). re-readability potential is HIGH as sometimes you don't understand what's happening until the end (if then) + I think this would be a great book for a book club. except that it has tons of triggers and is kind of horny.)

im trying to read the bear by andrew krivak right now but i think its a little too simply written for me. a kind of want to read 'a man called ove' by frederick backman as i've heard it's good(??), maybe carmen maria machado's more recent book/autobiography bc again I was very impressed by her writing style. i'm working through an e.e. cummings' poetry collection (who knows when i'll finish that) and a book on science writing with my lab. also I feel like I mayy like ursula guein's books, so I'm kind of eyeing her up as well. anyway, I think what I need in a story, or specifically a long story, is 1) beautiful writing 2) characters I care about, and I'll DNF pretty much anything else :P. anyway if u guys have recommendations i'll take 'em.

#btw my dad being dead is not really completely relevant to the fact of the books its just that this is how i categorize my life now #misha speaks #the exception to the beautiful writing thing was that 'this is how we win the time war' book because like. again i think the characters are #the same character and im NOT interested in a romance between the same characters. i dont care that its a novella its too long to keep me. #reads

[badassbiburgerbob]

For the book asks: 2, 18, and 19

2. Top 5 Books of all time?

The Hobbit, By J. R. R. Tolkien

You Are Special, By Max Lucado

The Bear, By Andrew Krivak

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

13th Reality Series, by James Dashner

2 honorable mentions: The Shadow Children series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix and the Barcode Rebellion, by Suzanne Weyn. Also very good books

18. Do you like historical books? Which time period?

Not really. I don't dislike them I just haven't picked one up. I did read a great historical fiction series (The missing) By Margaret Peterson Haddix. But if I was to pick up an actual historical book it would probably be either about the middle ages (in Europe and what the rest of the world was doing) or the 20th century.

19. Most disliked popular books?

Twilight, hp, 50 shades. Idk what else I stopped paying attention to what was popular in books a long time ago lol.

#asks #book asks #book recommendations #good books to read

[pawatruecrime]

Andrew Krivak Faces Trial Again for Putnam County Killing – NBC New York

[wordsthatmattered]

"...no matter how long winter lasted, spring followed." 

- The Bear by Andrew Krivak 

I haven't read a story as gentle as this one in such a long time.

So many stories of the tail end of humanity focus on the brutality of loss and the end of society. This one doesn't. This replaces the hopelessness and betrayal of those stories with the quiet beauty of small moments together at the end.

It's not a fizzle or a bang, we end with a content sigh.

The love between the father and daughter in this book brought me so many mixed emotions of sorrow and hope. Even when I knew where the story was headed I couldn't help but be glad we've all had a little time together, even if it's not for forever.

This is a wonderful book for anyone on their own journey through grief.

#the bear #andrew krivak #book review #grief #books and reading

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Bear | Author: Andrew Krivak | Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press (2020)

#books #The Bear #Andrew Krivak

[bookmama]

Ready for a bedtime story?✨📖

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Thank you to @librofm @highbridgeaudio and Andrew Krivak for those ALC of The Bear. This book is poetically beautiful and reminiscent of a folktale or story passed down to the next generation in front of a campfire.

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Synopsis from the publisher: In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. They possess a few remnants of civilization: some books, a pane of glass, a set of flint and steel, a comb. The father teaches the girl how to fish and hunt, the secrets of the seasons and the stars. He is preparing her for an adulthood in harmony with nature, for they are the last of humankind. But when the girl finds herself alone in an unknown landscape, it is a bear that will lead her back home through a vast wilderness that offers the greatest lessons of all, if she can only learn to listen.

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This was an amazing story about love, loss, grief, and the perseverance to survive. This story had a lovely sense of magical realism where you aren’t sure if there really is an other worldly power at play, or it might just be the way the girl copes with loss and life after it. This was a short audiobook with beautiful narration. The perfect book to spend and afternoon or evening with.

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Do you enjoy books that you can read entirely in one sitting?

#the bear #highbridge audio #librofm #andrew krivak #bookstagram #bookish #bookworm #book review #audiobooks

[whatsheread]

A gentle post-apocalyptic read According to the blurb, The Bear by Andrew Krivak is a fable. I have no idea whether this is correct.

#Andrew Krivak #Bellevue Literary Press #Fable #February 2020 Releases #Literary Fiction #NetGalley

[serataino]

February Reading Roundup

This month was an incredibly satisfying reading month. I DNF’d very few books (which we will not discuss) and really hit romance harder than in January. There are just too many great titles being published in the genre and I had to dive into that bounty. Reviews are presented in no particular order.

The Earl I Ruined/The Duke I Tempted/The Lord I Left – Scarlett Peckham (Audiobooks)

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