Historical fiction featuring zombies and a female POC zombie killer? Yes, please!
This book has been on my radar for a while now and now that I’ve readHistorical fiction featuring zombies and a female POC zombie killer? Yes, please!
This book has been on my radar for a while now and now that I’ve read it I can say that it was worth the wait. I was never bored reading this book. The action kept me on my toes. I wanted to keep reading but I have to sleep sometime. I had no idea this is going to be a series when I loaned this from the library. How long do I have to wait for the sequel?...more
I’m torn. I really wanted to like this book. The violence and the seemingly never ending quest seemed to drag on and on. Maybe this book will translatI’m torn. I really wanted to like this book. The violence and the seemingly never ending quest seemed to drag on and on. Maybe this book will translate better on screen. ...more
Girls around the world discover that they can maim or kill the opposite sex by an electric current with just a simple flick of their wrist. Women haveGirls around the world discover that they can maim or kill the opposite sex by an electric current with just a simple flick of their wrist. Women have this power as well - they just need a girl to bring it out of them. They story is told through multiple points of view. The reader follows Margot, Allie, Roxy, Jocelyn and Tunde and how they are dealing with their power and their encounters with those who have it.
I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if the tables were turned and men were the weaker sex. Would the world be a kinder, more peaceful place or aggressive and power hungry? What if men were peaceful and the women eager for war?
I did enjoy reading this but some might disturbed with the violence and sex. This had the potential of being a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read but the ending was disappointing and left me with some unanswered questions....more
When a book stays with you after you read it and you can't come up with the words to describe how powerful it is. This is that book. Just wow. I heardWhen a book stays with you after you read it and you can't come up with the words to describe how powerful it is. This is that book. Just wow. I heard many good things about this book and they're all true. I was very lucky my library had this to borrow so soon free the release date. ...more
This was a very dark, grim and violent read. Not an easy book to get through but I couldn't put it down. What makes this book so unsettling is that veThis was a very dark, grim and violent read. Not an easy book to get through but I couldn't put it down. What makes this book so unsettling is that version of America could actually happen here. The cause of the second civil war and the environmental changes parallels the current social and political climate of today and reveals an alternate and devastating future. ...more
Thanks to NetGalley for this novel. I would recommend this book for pre-teens. As an adult who appreciates teen driven dystopian novels, this was a slThanks to NetGalley for this novel. I would recommend this book for pre-teens. As an adult who appreciates teen driven dystopian novels, this was a slight disappointment. My attention wandered and I found myself flipping through pages when I felt the chapter was dragging a bit too much. There could a sequel based on how the book ended but I think I will pass if that comes to be. ...more
Micka is a 15-year-old girl living in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a pandemic that wiped out the majority of the world's population. She is Micka is a 15-year-old girl living in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a pandemic that wiped out the majority of the world's population. She is hell bent on killing herself. When you read further into the book, you find out the reasons why. Her father is her town's turbine operator and after fixing it one evening, she and her family receive a visit from a man with a proposal that will change the course of Micka's life forever. Will she accept it?
This isn't your typical teen dystopian series. This isn't a happy book. It's dark gritty and uncomfortable. Micka is thrown into some very adult situations. If swearing, graphic violence, abuse and implied sex bother you, stay way. This book isn't for you.
I had no idea what to expect from the book. It was a freebie for being on the author's email list. I finished it in about a day. I was hooked. There were enough twists and turns and questions to keep me interested. The world described in this book could happen if we don't watch ourselves. That's frightening.
I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.
I really couldn't get into this book. I can't waste time on a book that doesn't grab my interest. But now that I've read spoilers, I should pick it upI really couldn't get into this book. I can't waste time on a book that doesn't grab my interest. But now that I've read spoilers, I should pick it up again and read how everything went down....more
You know, I really had hopes for this series. I should have know it would end badly when I couldn't get into the second book. Book 3 was such a chore You know, I really had hopes for this series. I should have know it would end badly when I couldn't get into the second book. Book 3 was such a chore that I gave up with a hundred pages left. I don't even want to know the end. If I'm spoiled later one, it wouldn't matter because I really don't care that much. Ugh. Such a shame. I might come back to but at this point in time, I'm not interested. ...more
The second book picks up where the first left off. The world is under siege by a parasite/virus that turns those affected by it into vampires. The MasThe second book picks up where the first left off. The world is under siege by a parasite/virus that turns those affected by it into vampires. The Master, considerably weakened from his confrontation with Eph and friends, is roaming around New York City controlling his minions and creating more vampires and is hell bent in destroying the human race. Eldritch Palmer, an aged megalomaniac billionaire (think Donald Trump meets Mr Burns) who is virtually on his deathbed, finances The Master's plan in exchange for immortality, a request originally denied to him by The Ancients, the original and oldest vampires in existence. The Ancients have created a killing squad of their own led by Gus Elizade, a gang member and survivor of the plague.
Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the protagonist in the first book, has more problems of his own. He is a wanted man by the FBI and someone very close to him has been turned into a vampire and is determined to turn his son Zack into one and Eph would do anything in his power to protect his son. Abraham Setrakian, an aged vampire hunter, believes that a grimoire of sorts called the Occido Lumen is the key to defeating The Master and wants to find it before The Master does.
I didn't exactly love the book but I didn't hate it either. It didn't grab me like the first book did (Isn't that always the case is sequels?) The book moved too slowly for me at times and I found myself skipping through pages until I got to the good stuff. It picked up speed in the last few chapters and then I couldn't wait to get to see how it finished. What a cliffhanger!
Another book that only took me a couple of days to get through. Although this book was released in 2009, I never heard of it. Someone posted a photo oAnother book that only took me a couple of days to get through. Although this book was released in 2009, I never heard of it. Someone posted a photo of the book on Instagram and I was intrigued. I noticed that Guillermo del Toro authored the book. Now this is the same guy who brought Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy and Blade II to life so I knew some kind of horrific mayhem was going to be happening in this book and I wasn't wrong. The Strian did not disappoint. I was hooked right from the beginning.
A jetliner lands in New York's JFK airport and suddenly goes dark. The engine is off. The power is off. The shades are pulled down. There is no response from the crew at all. No distress call from the passengers. No signs of life. Investigators from the CDC are called in because whatever happened could be biological, quite possibly a virus that came along in the plane from Germany. Well, it is a virus - a gruesome, horrid virus that turned the seemingly deceased passengers and the four survivors into vampires. These vampires aren't the beautiful, romantic, tortured vampires of the Twilight generation. These are disgusting, bloodthirsty beasts (just the way I like them), sort similar to the vampires of Blade II. The myths and legends pf the vampires that everyone knows of if given a modern twist by del Toro and it works in this book. A new vampire for the new century.
Dr. Ephraim Goodweather is the CDC doctor who boarded the plane. As the story goes on, he learns about this virus strain from a Holocaust survivor who fist encountered vampires in his youth while in a concentration camp and has waited for this inevitable moment in time to happen and is prepared for it. He, Ephraim and others set out to rid NYC of this "virus" and for Ephraim it has become very personal.
I have to admit that the story did get a bit convoluted towards the the end of the book. Some scenes were drawn out and not really necessary to the story. I found myself rushing through those scenes to get to the core of what was happening. That didn't take away from the enjoyment from reading the book.
This is one series I really want to see made into a movie....more
I came across this book a few times as a suggested read. I wasn't interested. Going by the synopsis, Warm Bodies didn't come across as a book I would I came across this book a few times as a suggested read. I wasn't interested. Going by the synopsis, Warm Bodies didn't come across as a book I would want to read. Then I saw the movie trailer and it was so twisted and so silly that I just had to read the book.
Told in the voice of a young man who only goes by the name of R, Warm Zombies takes place in dystopian world somewhere in the U.S. Zombies roam the land. R is one of those zombies. He doesn't remember anything about his previous life - his age or his name, where he came from, his family. R spends his days milling around an abandoned airport, riding the escalators up and down and occasionally standing around moaning and groaning with the other zombies. He even has a best friend - M. But R isn't like the typical walking dead. When he isn't eating people, he reflects in an airplane he calls home. When he does sleep. he dreams. He listens to music - R has a nice vinyl collection. Like I wrote, R isn't the typical zombie.
One day on an outing to get some "food", R attacks a young man named Perry and eats his brain. Zombies eat brains for the victim's memories. By eating the brain, the zombie can almost remember what it's like to be human, to feel again, to be alive. And it's by eating Perry's brain and experiencing his memories, R learns that Perry was very in love with a girl named Julie. R sees Julie and that's where everything changes for R. He becomes fascinated with Julie. He protects from the other zombies. He gives her shelter in his "home." He finds food and beer for her in the airport. R knows a few words so they're able to talk to each other for the most part. Julie is initially wary of R but she slowly warms up to him and her feelings for R grow. What R and Julie feel for each other has the potential to actually change the world and some don't like that possibility and they're gonna stop it before it goes too far.
This book was a fun read. I went in thinking that this book wouldn't be much but I'm glad I was proven wrong. Sometimes you need to read that one book that gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling after reading it and this was the book for me.
I loved R. He's the quintessential romantic hero. He's endearing and funny and just so darn likeable. But he's a zombie. You're not supposed to like zombies. Julie isn't bad either. She's one tough cookie. Julie had a rough time coming of age in the safe confines of a football stadium. She got herself in some questionable situations and made some bad choices but don't mistake that as weak. Julie can hold her own.
I'm glad this book wasn't The Walking Dead meets Twilight. Ick. That would have been a mess. It's a well written, touching and humorous story. I'm anxious to see how it plays on film.
The ending leaves a possibility for a sequel but Warm Bodies really doesn't need a sequel. Is there going to be a part two? I would like to see how things came to be after the events in the book. ...more