Blood,Sweat and Books

For this week's Zurvival Saturday I will be reviewing the Short Story Prequel End Dayz by Kellie Sheridan. Add To Goodreads Author: Kellie Sheridan Title: End Dayz Series: The Hitchhiker Strain 0.5 Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Zombies, Post-Apocalyptic Format: E-Book Copy Provided By: Purchased Publication Date: January 5,2013 Rating:★★★★  Buy It Now: Amazon It's month after the dead first began to walk. The miracle vaccine that was supposed to save us all has failed. Now, four teens fight to stay alive as a stronger, smarter breed of zombie begins to appear, threatening to end humanity for good. * Four short stories, 11,000 words total. Review: Normally I don't take the time to formally review short stories on the blog preferring short reviews on the site I purchased instead. However, since I planned on reading the main storyline I figured I'd break habit this time.  End Dayz comes in at barely 30 pages but it was sooo good I didn't...

Author: Ryan Henry Title: Omega Zero Format: E-Book Copy Provided By: Author Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Adult Page Length: 157 Publication Date: January 10,2013 Buy It Now:  Amazon Trent was the epitome of an American hero, a Marine; the word itself instantly creating feelings of pride and honor. Unfortunately, Trent met the fate of so many soldiers no longer soldiering- he had no where to come home. This novel takes you through the journey of this unlikely antihero, from a night with the dregs of the backstreets in Virginia to a post-apocalyptic world of emptiness and fear. Trent and his unlikely ally Emily encounter enemies lying in wait at every turn. They soon discover that nothing is what it seems, and survival is far from certain. ***Warning: Graphic Content and Harsh Language*** Review: Omega Zero starts out following a Meth dealer named Trent. After a drug deal gone bad Trent ends up on the run fleeing into the Appalachian mounta...

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine . For this week's Waiting On Wednesday I chose *drumroll* The Lives We Lost by Megan Crewe. Author: Megan Crewe Page Count: 288 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Expected Publication: February 12,2013 First, the virus took Kaelyn’s friends. Then, her family. Now it’s taken away her home. But she can't look back—the life she once had is gone forever. A deadly virus has destroyed Kaelyn’s small island community and spread beyond the quarantine. No one is safe. But when Kaelyn finds samples of a vaccine in her father's abandoned lab, she knows there must be someone, somewhere, who can replicate it. As Kaelyn and her friends head to the mainland, they encounter a world beyond recognition. It’s not only the “friendly flu” that’s a killer—there are people who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the vaccine. How much will Kaelyn risk for an unproven cure, when the search could either destroy those ...

Lex Thomas Publication Date: July,2012 Publisher: EgmontUSA It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you’re as good as dead. And David has no gang. It’s just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. Review: Take every clique from your average High School, throw them together in a desperate life or death situation where they've been quarantined from any adult interaction and you have one hair raising thrill ride. Mix together Mean Girls with The Hunger Games and a little bit ...

2013 is finally upon us and that means that it's time to reveal my Top Ten Favorite Books of 2012. Since the start of December I've been contemplating my list and while some books have been added or bumped I feel this final list does this past year of amazing reads justice. I want to further explain that just because these are my favorites it does not deter whatsoever the other amazing books that I've read in 2012. From Young adult to Non-Fiction the literature put out this past year has exceeded my expectations and I can only hope 2013 proves to be the same or maybe dare I say it even better!! Anyway I know your curious which books I've chosen. Without any further ado Let's get to it shall we?! In order from 10-1 here are my Top Ten Favorite Books of 2012: 10.) Plague by Lisa Hinsley Released: April 30, 2012 I loved this book. This story wasn't happy it is after all about a Plague but it was gripping and a realistic account of a Plague being unleashed ...

Harrison Demchick Pages: 288 Expected Publication: December 17,2012 Publisher: Bancroft Press Before the plague, and the quarantine, fourteen-year-old Daniel Raymond had only heard of the Listeners. They were a gang, or at least that's what his best friend Katie's police officer father had said. They were criminals, thieves, monsters--deadly men clearly identifiable by the removal of their right ears. That's what Daniel had heard. But he didn't know. He didn't know much in those early days. He didn't know how the plague began, but then, no one did. The doctors and emergency medical personnel said it was airborne, and highly contagious. They said those infected became distorted both inside and out, and very, very dangerous. Then the helicopters came and took the doctors away, and no one said much of anything after that. Except the police officers. They said they'd provide food and order, in exchange for guns and, ultimately, anything else they f...

For this week's Zurvival Saturday I wanted to share my favorite movies usually mistaken for Zombie movies. I have to admit that I tend to lump these movies into the Zombie genre but if one wants to get technical they really aren't. In no particular order my choices are: 28 Days Later & 28 Weeks Later I love these movies!!! Though technically a viral plague after infected they behave much the same as your traditional zombies with the exception that they eventually do perish and they don't gorge themselves on the flesh of their victims. REC 2 I really didn't like REC 2 in comparison to the first movie but finding out that the "zombies" were actually possessed individuals now that was cool! Plus if this series does one thing right it's creepy kids. The Crazies This infection wasn't spread by bites but through tainted water. What makes these "zombies" so much fun is how they literally go crazy and not all crazy is created equal. Th...

This is definitely something right up my alley. So I decided to join Dark Faerie Tales Dystopian Reading Challenge. Here are the general rules: Timeline: January 1, 2012 until December 31, 2012 Goal: GET LIBERATED — to read at least 24 dystopian novels in 2012 Reading Levels: 1. Propaganda – Choose 6 books to read 2. Contagion – Choose 12 books to read 3. Oppressed – Choose 18 books to read 4. Liberated – Choose 24 books to read 5. Totalitarian – Choose 30+ books to read The reading challenge is open to everyone. You don’t need a blog to participate. If you don’t have a blog – you can leave a comment with your book selection in this post. If you don’t have a blog and would like to write a review – you are welcome to do a guest review on this blog. You can join at anytime to participate in this challenge. If you are going to participate in this challenge, please post about it on your blog and add a link back to this post. You can grab the challenge button on...