Title: The Dead-Tossed Waves Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Publication Date: March 2010 Hardcover: 416 Pages Gabry lives a quiet life, secure in her town next to the sea and behind the Barrier. She’s…
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Steampunk Week – Joint Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Title: Boneshaker Author: Cherie Priest Genre: Steampunk/SF/Horror Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: September 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Clockwork Century series In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold…
Title: Deadtown Author: Nancy Holzner Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: December 2009 Paperback: 336 Pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a planned series How did I get this book: ARC from the publisher Why did…
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Smugglivus Day 29 – Guest Blogger: Harry of Temple Library Reviews
Welcome to Smugglivus – Day 29! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010. Today’s…
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Smugglivus Double Feature: Vampire Haiku by Ryan Mecum & I Am Scrooge by Adam Roberts
Today, we give you a supernatural double-shot of goodness, in the spirit of Smugglivus! First up, it’s the lyrical stylings of Ryan Mecum, followed by a zombified version of a holiday classic from Adam Roberts… Vampire Haiku by Ryan…
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Halloween Book Review: Dying to Live: Life Sentence by Kim Paffenroth
Title: Dying to Live: Life Sentence Author: Kim Paffenroth Genre: Horror, Zombies, Post-Apocalyptic Ficiton Publisher: Permuted Press Publication Date: October 2008 Paperback: 232 pages Stand alone or series: Sequel to Dying to Live, but can be read as a…
Disclaimer: Halloween is totally a Thea thing when she hijacks the blog and makes me watch and read all sorts of stuff that are way outside my comfort zone (I am SO NOT a horror/Halloween fan). Last year, it…
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Halloween Week Book Review: Never Slow Dance with a Zombie
Title: Never Slow Dance With A Zombie Author: E. Van Lowe Genre: YA (Horror) Publisher: Tor Teen Publishing Date: August 2009 Paperback: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone Why did I read the Book: It is a…
Today, we bring you all things zombie and zombie inspired. It’s the Zombie Day stop on our Book Smuggler tour of Hallowee–wait, what’s that? OH GOD! NO! NOOooooooo — *slurp gurgle slurp* *nom* *nom* *nom* BRAAAAAAAAAAAAINS! ******************** Title: Hater…
Title: Zombie Blondes Author: Brian James Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publication Date: June 2008 Paperback: 240 pages Stand alone or series: From what I can tell, this appears to be a stand alone novel…
Title: Kiss of Life Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion Publication Date: May 2009 Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the ongoing Generation Dead series. Why did I read…
Title: You Are So Undead To Me Author: Stacey Jay Genre: Young Adult, Speculative Fiction, Zombies, Romance Publisher:Razorbill (Penguin) Publication Date: January 2009 Paperback: 272 pages Stand Alone or Series: Book 1 in a planned series. Why did I…
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Joint Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Author: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Genre: Regency Romance, now with Ultra Zombie Mayhem! Publisher: Quirk Books Publication Date: April 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel, derived from…
“Humans…the other white meat. Unless you’re black, then it’s dark meat. Or if you’re Asian, then it’s yellow meat. Or if you’re Native American, it’s red meat. (Well…you get the idea.)” ~ Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead What…
When word about Forest of Hands and Teeth started to spread over the net, Thea grew more and more impatient to get her greedy hands on it. She finally did and she loved it . And we have to…
Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Apocalyptic Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication Date: March 2009 Hardcover: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Can be read as a stand alone…
…. Because we are guests at Jessica’s Racy Romance Reviews answering The Inaugural Racy Romance Questionnaire Extraordinaire: we were forced to answer to 13 dastardly questions by this person: so anything we said was under coercion and are subject…
We have come to the end of another Appreciation Week and it is time for a confession. When Thea first came up with the idea of a Zombie Appreciation Week quite a few months ago, I wasn’t very enthused.…
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Zombie Appreciation Week: Interview & Giveaway with Mark Henry
To cap off our Zombie Appreciation Week, we bring you an interview and giveaway with the fabulous Mark Henry, author of the recently reviewed Happy Hour of the Damned and Road Trip of the Living Dead. Although it took…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Road Trip of the Living Dead by Mark Henry
Title: Road Trip of the Living Dead Author: Mark henry Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombies, Comedy Publisher: Kensington Press Publication Date: February 2009 Trade Paperback: 288 Pages Stand Alone or Series: Book 2 in the Amanda Feral series Why did…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
Title: Happy Hour of the Damned Author: Mark Henry Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombies, Comedy Publisher: Kensington Press Publication Date: March 2008 Trade Paperback: 288 Pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Amanda Feral series (currently 2 books…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum
Title: Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your…Brains Author: Ryan Mecum Genre: Poetry (Haiku), Zombies, Horror, Humor Publisher: How Books Publication Date: July 2008 Paperback: 160 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone collection of haiku in a purported journal.…
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Zombies Appreciation Week – Graphic Novel Review: The Walking Dead Volume #1 by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore
Title: The Walking Dead Volume 1 – Days Gone Bye Author: Written by Robert Kirkman/ Art by Tony Moore Genre: Comics / Horror / Zombies Publisher: Image Comics Publishing Date: May, 2004 Paperback: 144 pages Stand Alone/ Series :…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Title: Generation Dead Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion Books (DBG) Publication Date: May 2008 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Generation Dead series. Book 2, Kiss of Life,…
Yesterday we gave you a good long look at the evolution of zombies in the film genre, highlighting some pivotal films. I could wax poetical all day about Romero’s movies, but the zombie movie has a lot of other…