pickI love how Jonathan Maberry builds complex worlds in his stories that cross over into other series, a la Stephen King. This series pulls in characters from his Rot and Ruin series, as well as his Joe Ledger books. It‘s also clearly the prequel to the Rot and Ruin series, providing the backstory for the genesis of the virus. It‘s unique and science-based, which I like. An action-packed, quasi-plausible zombie apocalypse! What‘s not to like? 🧟♀️
pickActual doctor walks reader through the great unknown fictional apocalyptic event: Zombies. Wow! So science is explained on the level of potential infections (of actual body parts!). With concurrent UN documentation, it felt more authentic than your straight up ‘zombie!‘ Because it had science. A+ (my biology grade in Zombiology if taken in high school). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Gross.....but too gross? There is an impressive amount of information about decomposition in this book in the midst of reanimation of the dead. Friendship, family drama, and mad scientists fill out the rest.
panThis book was so bad. I wish I had dropped it after 100 pages instead of wasting my time. The whole “I want you, but I can‘t” romance was so repetitive, and I thought this was going to be about ghosts, not zombies…even though they never quite came out and called them that. Bummer dude.
pickA rec I got from the Podcast Books in the Freezer. I listened to it on audio and it was cute because the narrator sounded like a young Melissa McCarthy. We meet high school junior, Camilla “Mila” Flores at the funeral of her best friend, Riley. The 3rd alleged suicide in their small town. Mila and Riley were Wiccan besties and Mila knows better about her death which is why she uses a spell to bring her back with unexpected surprises. Mila is 👇🏼
I‘ve had specifically the tagged book for years on a recommendation from a cousin, because she thought I‘d like the author. And I just haven‘t gotten to it yet! It‘s just sitting there, waiting for me. 😅
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pickI initially got this to try listening with my son to see how he‘d do with an audiobook that didn‘t accompany a shorter picture book. It didn‘t hold his interest beyond the first chapter (but I think it would have been different if Libby had a whispersync feature like Kindle/Audible does). Normally I would DNF a book I intended to read with him when he loses interest, but I thought the sound effects were really cool and kept going with it. ⬇️
pickThis is basically pandemic + rapture + zombies. If you liked the movie Zombieland and can stomach a really sheltered teen narrator with less jokes, this might be for you.
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