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Post-Apocalyptic Tale of Wonder

The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

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I’ve been meaning to read The Girl with All the Gifts since the film came out last year. As usual, I kept putting it off until one of my book clubs assigned it. This was voted as the Mocha Girls Read supernatural pick for October. I read nearly half of it in one day, finally finished it up in December. I’m glad that I did, still a wild ride despite hearing spoilers during the in person discussion. I’m not a fiercely against them when it comes to books. The majority of the book is seen through the eyes of a young […]

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12/26/2017 's CBR9 Review No:7 |

Not that bad until the end

Ella the Slayer by A. W. Exley

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Cinderella meets zombies.  There’s your synopsis in three words.  But for the most part, it’s a lot more than that. Exley doesn’t just stick zombies in your stereotypical Cinderella story.  She explains what the characters know about how the zombies (or vermin, or turned) came to be.  The story takes place in England during the aftermath of World War I.  While the shell shocked men are coming home from war, a devastating bout of ‘influenza’ sweeps the country, killing millions.  Only they don’t stay dead.  They return, intent on feeding on their living countrymen.  With the men either dead or […]

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12/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

I wanted to be more into it

The Feral Road: An Omega Days Novel; Book 5 by John L. Campbell

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So this is book 5 in the Omega Days series.  I read the first four and loved them.  I think maybe if I had read this right after I finished book 4, I would’ve been more into it.  I kinda forgot about where everyone was in the world, and I kinda lost my connection to the characters.  I didn’t have the opportunity to read it right after I finished book 4 though, because it wasn’t out yet! Anyway… I feel like every single one of my reviews starts out with some sort of rant semi-related to the book I’m reviewing, […]

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10/17/2017 's CBR9 Review No:50 |

It’s about ethics in zombie journalism!

Feed by Mira Grant

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Zombies! So, I don’t have much luck with zombies. Stephen King’s Cell was pretty good, and Max Brooks’s zombie books are golden, but everything else is…..well, not worth talking about. Two things prompted me to give this one a go: I will always give zombies a go, because I always want those stories to be good (even though they rarely are), and Mira Grant is the pseudonym of Seanan McGuire, a fairly well-liked author in these parts whom I’ve never read. But I came away with fairly mixed feelings about the book, and am not sure whether to continue reading […]

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9/12/2017 's CBR9 Review No:61 |

Well, THAT was Totally Unexpected

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

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“To call the scene a disaster does it a terrific disservice. The final death toll was never fully calculated, for heaven only knew how many bodies might lie wedged in the rubble. And alas, there was no time for excavation.” – Hale Quarter

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4/17/2017 's CBR9 Review No:12 |

Book 2 in Newsflesh

Deadline (Newsflesh #2) by Mira Grant

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Ok so this is book 2 for the Newsflesh trilogy.  I loooved book 1.  Book 2 was kind of a chore.  I listened to it on my library’s app.  Sometimes I feel like an audiobook swims or sinks based on the voice talent.  I know that’s not a revolutionary opinion, but hear me out.  I know The Girl with All the Gifts was a freaking awesome book.  Listening to Finty Williams read it made it nearly magical.  I loved it so hard.  I don’t think I necessarily like the guy who voices Shaun Mason, and he’s basically the narrator for […]

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4/7/2017 's CBR9 Review No:17 |

Back to ZOMBIES! Yay!!

Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy Book 1) by Mira Grant

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I loved this book. I really did. I just spent the last two and a half hours finishing it, because I couldn’t stop. I loved the characters. I loved the point of view. I loved the idea of the virus and where it came from. Ok, enough praise. If you’ve ever read Mira Grant and liked her, I suspect this book is for you. I started out last year with her Parasitology trilogy. I liked them a lot, and I kept hearing about the Newsflesh series. I guess I just had other books on my list, because I kind of […]

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3/27/2017 's CBR9 Review No:15 |

I Believe the Zombie Children Are Our Future

The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

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Or, at the very least, they are the future in M.R. Carey’s book, The Girl With All the Gifts. The book is about Melanie, zombie child extraordinaire. She’s being held, along with several other (albeit less extraordinary) zombie children, at a research facility in England.  At the facility, they attend classes, eat grubs and occasionally get dissected, all in the name of science.  Dr. Caldwell does the dissecting, and Helen Justineau does the teaching. Below is a song I “wrote” about their adventures (please to be sung to the tune of Whitney Houston’s “Greatest Love of All”): I believe the […]

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3/21/2017 's CBR9 Review No:11 |


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