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🧟‍♀️ I gave a lot of weight to the “plucky” descriptor when I considered which book had characters fighting the machine. If you like zombie stories, I highly recommend Mira Grant‘s entire Newsflesh series. The characters are definitely plucky!

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

3.75⭐
⬗ This wasn‘t weighed down with too much zombie gore, which was favorable since I can‘t handle the constant anxiety of dodging zombies— it stresses me out and ruins my experience. I didn't love this book, but I did like it for the most part. The political issues were a bit too much for my taste, but at least they were completely unrelated to what we have today.
⬗ The narration by Paula Christensen & Jesse Bernstein was quite good.

Remembering some of the books I read during my #zombie phase

#WickedWhispers @eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I harp on about this book a lot. But this is my October recommendation nonetheless! 😂

First in a series, but can be read as a standalone. This is a political thriller with Zombies. And it made me cry on a train 🤣 (I also enjoy the names of the groups like the Irwin‘s who go out to poke Zombies!)

#SkeletonCrew #HauntedShelf

Day 18 #Scarathlon Photo Challenge - Zombie. I rarely read zombie books since I prefer to watch TV or movies. However, this is one of the best zombie books I've ever read. #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge #Zombie
@Clwojick @StayCurious

I did like this book, but definitely the least out of all of McGuire‘s books.

It has nothing to do with the book, but more that I read it at the beginning of the pandemic! 😂😂😂 Bad idea.

I‘ll try it again at another time!

#SundayFunday Have a great day and remember to tag me!

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts Day 25 #Zombie

Love this zombie apocalypse book!

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

This is a zombie/political thriller/adventure. Basically a non-stop ride that is definitely more thriller than horror (very little graphic description of deaths). I would love to see this as a show, and this feels even more timely in Covid times. I am taking away a half star as the villain was a bit on the nose. 4.5⭐️
#BigJuneReadathon

I admit to being a Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire fangirl who is finally getting to this series. This is a well built world with interesting characters. This won‘t be everyone‘s cup of tea considering the last 2 years, but I appreciate the research she puts into her books. I also love her sense of humor - danger seeking bloggers are called Irwins & the MC is named for George Romero.

Book 10🎧

Oooo what a great introduction to this series!🧨
I didn‘t expect the book to be as political as it was, but I enjoyed the journey!

Deadline is next, I wonder who we‘ll meet🎙

It‘s 2040, 20 years after the first outbreak, and it‘s an election year! What news are you following?🩸

OK, here‘s the deal… I read this book at the wrong time. Conspiracy theories? Political upheaval? Government coverups? A virus? Granted it is more of a zombie virus than anything else, but this hits too close to reality, and instead of giving me escapism give me anxiety. Top of that with the ending, I just couldn‘t hang. The writing is really well done. The research is thorough. @TheAromaofBooks for #bookspinbingo

So much better than I expected it to be. 4⭐

Audiobooks are a life saver! I have the flu and have zero energy. Being able to set a sleep timer and just let a book play is exactly what I need.

Haven't posted in forever. Again lol. Don't ya just love when someone gets you a random book gift, because they thought of you when they seen a book?! Hope you all have a great day and week! Happy August😊📚☺️!!

#Bookspin Feed by Mira Grant
#Doublespin Hallowe‘en Party by Agatha Christie, which is also my #groupm #LMPBC selection this month.

Merry #creepychristmas!
I 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 everything about this 📦 @Nazgul93
From the wrapping paper, to the books I‘ve wanted, to the minty treats, this is perfection in a swap box.
That coloring book is amazing. And you can never go wrong with Nessie. I “may” have squealed a little when I saw the shark wrapping paper. The #manpanion thought I was having some sort of fit.
Thank you so much. This made my so happy.
You are an amazing stalker (shopper)

My November #bookspin I am still working on October books....

This was looking like a so-so for a good part of the book. As much as l liked the characters, the book is more about politics & journalism than it is about zombies, and I'm not really into that. But that twist got me hook, line, and sinker.

#Screamathon 😱 @4thhouseontheleft

Time to switch it up from witches to zombies. 🧟‍♂️🧠

#Screamathon

This starts off really slowly, too many details about their blogging & not enough zombies, but it does improve. Not sure I would read the sequels though. 3.5🌟

#3books #RecommendedtoMe

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Why does it seem to take forever to get into her books? I‘ve been reading this book off and on for months. It didn‘t really keep my attention until 300 pages in. I had the same complaint about Into the Drowning Deep. The second half makes me want to finish the series but the first half wants me to cut my losses. Anyone else feel this way?

another light pick. Grant's take on a zombie book is actually pretty unique, focusing on a future where people have learned to adjust to the outbreaks by way of technology and intense blogging. I do think parts of the book are a bit too mundane/overly focused on the technical sides of things and it clashes with the more intense aspects. still, overall, I did enjoy this book even if it's often rough around the edges.

This is by far my favorite zombie series. FAR! Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) is so good at action, emotions, and unique characters.

And the story here is excellent. So much more than a zombie apocalypse series.

#20series20days (day 4)

It‘s time for some horror!

1. Tagged! Pandemic zombies! ?
2. I like werewolf stories, but I‘m also becoming a fan of the horror stories that take the typically good, or at least benign, creatures and make them vicious. Like The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín.
3. Yup! Still tagged, but probably a bad idea. ? Not going to do that again.

Happy Sunday! And don‘t forget to tag me! #sundayfunday

Day 11 of #BiblioMAYnia is #RippedYourHeartOut

Despite being a novel with zombies, I have not chosen this as a literal ripping out of the heart. The end of this book had me sobbing, but trying very hard to control myself, as I was in public on a train. I think the caught off guard ones sometimes hit you more!

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

What more do you want from a pandemic read than a book about the mutation of a virus into an infection that turns people into the undead?

McGuire, as Grant, is pretty good at taking the world we‘re familiar with and adding just enough thrills and terror without swamping everything else in the story.

But I felt this was predictable, especially the villain, and the writing was repetitive. I can tell this is one of her earlier books. 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

Back when this whole thing started, Seanan McGuire wrote a few Twitter threads about pandemics b/c more than anything else, that‘s what‘s at the heart of the NEWSFLESH series (despite it being perceived as zombie fiction.) I first read this series in 2013 & have reread it at least half a dozen times since.

After 7yrs of reading on my kindle, I finally ordered hard copies of the trilogy.

📚💉🧟‍♀️
#treatyoself #pandemicfiction #currentlyreading

My six month long hold on this just came in! 🤣🤣🤣

Be honest, just how many nightmares am I going to have?

Y‘all this book was So Good and doesn‘t fall into my least favourite horror trope of “the characters have clearly never seen a horror movie before” in fact they make reference to several horror movies! I love the world building Mira Grant does so much! A great read if you want some zombie apocalypse horror to read during this quarantine!
The bookmark is by sharksanddonuts (insta) and it says “guess I‘ll just die” around a nat 1 (also it sparkles)

I've been put in the mood to read this something FIERCE. Wonder why... I'm tearing through it, as ever.

Never thought I would cry so much about a zombie outbreak story. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

4/5⭐ I really enjoy Grant's brand of horror. It does a good job of having gruesome/gritty elements, plus well-written action, without compromising on character or the complexity of layered themes. I adored the sibling relationship between Shaun and Georgia. The story was weirdly predictive of the current political climate with news integrity issues, religious fervor, etc. Also I'm still shaking from that twist near the end.

Going to try the #WeeklyForecast again.

This week I'm hoping to *finally* finish The Toll and get in my #bookspin book and my first book for the #lohfreadathon

This should be a good reading week if it all plays out right!

@Cinfhen

I absolutely am in love with this series. The best zombie series I've read. Honesty, integrity and personal responsibility are recurring themes. Well written and realized.

We took a world huge with possibility, and we made it as small as we could.
Feeling safe yet??
Parts of this book are so damn good....is the entire series this good?? Anyone read 'Mira Grant'....??
♥️

#wintergames #ReadNosedReindeer @Clwojick @StayCurious #holidaytradition
A holiday tradition I have done since childhood.....
Advent Calendars

WooHoo Winter Games have begun!
#wintergames #ReadNosedReindeer @Clwojick @StayCurious
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2. 150
3. Feed by Mira Grant
4 holiday season....halloween thru new years!

My first zombie book, and I liked it! Set in an alternative, zombie-laden future, this book follows a brother-sister pair of journalists covering the presidential campaign. Snarky, first-person perspectives and thoughtful details made this one a fun read.

This is infuriatingly bad, perhaps more so because it came rec by NPR on their list of 100 scariest stories. Really, NPR? 🤔 This reads like self-published dreck by someone who loves predictable thriller movies. The writing, the dialogue, the characters are all painfully uninspired. The most shocking thing about it is the many lines that are finished exactly the way you would expect them to be. The shock being: how could ANYONE publish this?

Ever read a book where you liked the concept but hated every part of the execution? That‘s me with Feed. The idea is interesting enough but I felt like every part of the book was amateur at best. The plot devices were clunky. The writing style aggravated me. It took ages for me to finish this book. I‘m still curious about the rest of the series but I know now to lower my expectations. I feel bad because this is a beloved series but it‘s not for me

📚 Feed by Mira Grant
🎬 Resident Evil
🎶 Day of the Dead by Hollywood Undead
#manicmonday @JoScho

"Feed" is a book by Seanan McGuire, writing under the pseudonym Mira Grant. This is a darker book than those she writes under the McGuire name. It's a political thriller with the zombies as a backdrop and not the main storyline. Although an easy read, it scarily mimics todays political and religious climates with the real catch being that it was copyrighted in 2010. Thoroughly recommend.