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Book 3 of a trilogy that I don’t think I finished book 2 of?

November 28, 2016 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

So for some reason, I’m really into all Alice in Wonderland stories.  Alice in Deadland also has zombies (a virus causes “The Rising”), so for me that’s a win-win.  I think I downloaded this Kindle book like five years ago.  I read all of book 1, and loved it.  I’m pretty sure I’m going to read it again to finish out my Cannonball this year.  The problem was book 2.  I think it stalled me, so I never got to book 3 (this one).  Conveniently, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Alice, Mainak Dhar, zombies

kfishgirl's CBR8 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alice, Mainak Dhar, zombies ·
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We’ve got five years, my brain hurts a lot.

October 12, 2016 by Bea Pants 2 Comments

  I love post apocalypse fiction. Give me a breakdown of society and roving bands of raiders and I am a happy girl. There are certain standouts in the genre though: The Stand, World War Z (the book, not that godawful movie) and now, The Girl With All the Gifts. Zombie apocalypse fiction has flooded what used to be a niche market in recent years with the popularity of The Walking Dead. M.R. Carey manages to contribute a unique offering to a style that can […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, horror, zombies

Bea Pants's CBR8 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: CBR8, horror, zombies ·
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I loved the first third of this so much that the rest doesn’t even really matter.

September 28, 2016 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

I’ve read an awful lot of zombie stories over the past 10 years. I’m really not sure why, as zombies aren’t really my thing. I don’t watch The Walking Dead and I’m not an aficionado of George Romero movies. I think its just ended up that a lot of authors that I like have tried a zombie story, so I’ve gone along with it. Some have been great, like World War Z or This Year’s Class Picture. Some have been less wonderful…like Pride and Prejudice […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, MR Carey, Scootsa1000, The Girl with All the Gifts, zombies

scootsa1000's CBR8 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR8, MR Carey, Scootsa1000, The Girl with All the Gifts, zombies ·
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The Couple that Slays Together Stays Together

May 5, 2016 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I don’t know how Married with Zombies came to be on my Goodreads recommendation list, perhaps Warm Bodies or even Station Eleven triggered its algorithim. The writing style is very amateurish but the story is cute enough- it’s a silly, mostly enjoyable take on the zombie apocalypse. But I have to say, the zombie plague saved my marriage. And if you follow the rules, have each other’s backs and stick together… it could save yours, too Sarah and Dave are trying to save their relationship through marriage counseling, unfortunately on their way […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: jesse petersen, married with zombies, zombies

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: jesse petersen, married with zombies, zombies ·
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Call me sexist…..Okay. You are, Dresden. You’re a sexist.

March 25, 2016 by ingres77 6 Comments

The Dresden books are really good airport reads. I’m partial to genre fiction, so I read a lot more science fiction and fantasy than, say, James Patterson or John Grisham. But I think these books fall quite nicely into that quick, fun read section of the bookstore which is also inhabited by Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz, and other, similar, authors. There’s nothing revolutionary, or particularly meaningful here. Butcher isn’t exploring the existential quandary his characters, or delving some broader exploration of life in the early […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dresden Files, fairies, hardboiled detective, supernatural, T-rex, vampires, werewolves, zombies

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: Dresden Files, fairies, hardboiled detective, supernatural, T-rex, vampires, werewolves, zombies ·
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Melanie makes you love her, even if she maybe wants to eat you

March 21, 2016 by kfishgirl 2 Comments

This story is about a military outpost in post-apocalyptic England.  You don’t really get all the details right away, so I won’t ruin it.  I can say that it’s a “zombie” story, but I put zombie in quotes because it’s not your regular zombie story. I’m listening to this audiobook in my car, and I’ve never wanted to drive places more than now!  I can’t stop listening.  I’ve ended up parked outside my house just finishing listening to a chapter multiple times.  I’m keeping notes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: happy ending?, I loved this book, M.R. Carey, zombies

kfishgirl's CBR8 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: happy ending?, I loved this book, M.R. Carey, zombies ·
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