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Bad Taste in Boys (Kate Grable #1)

by Carrie Harris (Goodreads Author)

3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 · rating details · 1,799 ratings · 439 reviews

Someone's been a very bad zombie.
Kate Grable is horrified to find out that the football coach has given the team steroids. Worse yet, the steriods are having an unexpected effect, turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless flesh-eating zombies. No one is safe--not her cute crush Aaron, not her dorky brother, Jonah . . . not even Kate! She's got to find an antidote--before he...more

Hardcover, 201 pages

Published July 12th 2011 by Delacorte Press

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Aug 01, 2011 Maja rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, zombies-zombies-everywhere, all-the-right-choices, books-for-rainy-days, favorites, role-models, my-flat-army, cover-lust, reviewed-in-2011

I’m at a loss on how to rate this book. It’s really in a league of its own. I was tempted to give five stars, but I just couldn’t do that out of respect for Feed, The Reapers Are the Angels, Raw Blue and other books that blew me away and changed me forever. But in all (un)seriousness: this book is five star material and it’s absolutely hilarious!

You know those comedies that don’t make the least bit of sense? The ones you watch fully aware that they are stupid, and yet you can’t help laughing you...more

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Oct 27, 2011 Carrie rated it 5 of 5 stars · (Review from the author)

I wrote it. If I didn't like it, there would be something wrong with me!

Okay, so there IS something wrong with me. A few things, even. Like I'm obsessed with Richard Simmons and I tend to do zombie impressions at inappropriate moments, but the not-liking-my-own-book thing is just going too far.

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Nov 18, 2011 The Holy Terror rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: color-black, color-grey, color-pink, zombies, young-adult, horror, borrowed, waste-of-time, hated-this-book, forgot-to-drink-the-kool-aid, 2011, abandoned-series

It is really disconcerting when I hate a book everyone loved. I don't look forward to writing these kinds of reviews (most of the time.) It especially pains me because Harris lives in Michigan, and I know she's been inside the book store I used to work at. To be honest though, the writing was juvenile and amateurish, and the plot was even more ridiculous than I thought a zombie story had any right to be.

At 200 pages, this short novel seems like it was written with middle-school children in mind...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Nic rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, paranormal-supernatural-world, young-adult, grin-worthy-read, so-much-fun, read-in-2011

FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cute, entertaining, fast paced fun from start to finish! This book was a blast to read!

Oh and the cover is even more gorgeous when you see it up close!

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Mar 09, 2012 Midu Hadi rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: young adult fans

Shelves: 212books, apocalyptic-post-apocalyptic, humor, fantasy, really-ya, romance, science, zombies, series, uptodateseries

So, what I liked about the book:
its cover is beautiful and related to the story-many beautiful covers have no connection to the story these days.
the story began and ended perfectly and I had no trouble getting into it.
it was the right length and a very fast read for me.
humor was done just right.
the balance between science and the paranormal elements was good.
What I did not like:
the female lead seemed to be head over heels in love with the coolest guy in school-how many more times is this going t...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Bonnie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone in dire need of a good giggle

Recommended to Bonnie by: Maja!

Shelves: zombies-like-brains, ya

I can’t remember the last time that a book made me laugh till I cried and made me feel like if I didn't stop reading right this second I just might wet myself. I think I timed this read at the perfect moment. I’m stuck at home on Friday night working from home… fortunately work is slow so all I have to do is sit here and… sit here. So I decide I’m going to start ‘Bad Taste for Boys’. My Friday night did a 180° to the point where I’m actually enjoying ‘working’ from home right now. :D

Keep in mind...more

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Aug 24, 2011 oliviasbooks rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to oliviasbooks by: Nic, Melanie

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, urban-fantasy-paranormal, horror, e-version, high-expectations, high-entertainment-factor, read-2011, ya-contemporary, laugh-a-little, zombies-monsters, love-story-romance, debut

"That puke was the most wonderful thing I'd ever seen. It was green and a little red. Technicolor, really, the color puke is supposed to be. It definitely wasn't black, and it didn't smell like toasty poop. This was a good sign."

I breezed through this book in one day. And let me tell you: I had an awfully good time, although I was very relieved that my commuter train compartment did not emanate the penetrating stink of stale sweat, geasy hair, beer and hamburgers gone bad like it usually does at...more "That puke was the most wonderful thing I'd ever seen. It was green and a little red. Technicolor, really, the color puke is supposed to be. It definitely wasn't black, and it didn't smell like toasty poop. This was a good sign."

I breezed through this book in one day. And let me tell you: I had an awfully good time, although I was very relieved that my commuter train compartment did not emanate the penetrating stink of stale sweat, geasy hair, beer and hamburgers gone bad like it usually does at rush hour in late August. I might have not been able to reign in my activated imagination otherwise and would have stared down the nose-offending passengers with a zombie-alert x-ray-expression disorting my face.

"Bad Taste in Boys" combines a wacky, deliciously hilarious story about "the world's worst football team" getting infected with a vampire virus instead of getting enhanced muscle-power thanks to being injected with the untested "Playwell" fluid and the female, geeky student coach assistent who saves the small town from being digested by them with a cute, wobbly-footed romance reminiscent of earlier Cabot books. A definite plus is the relationship between heroine Kate and her fifteen-year-old brother Jonah, a scifi-nerd who has recently joined the cheerleading team in order to impress a girl:

"Jonah squealed, jumping up and down and shaking his pom-poms. His skirt swished around his scrawny yellow knees. 'Jonah, can I give you a piece of sisterly advice?' 'Yeah' 'If you ever want to lose your virginity, don't do that again. Ever.' He dropped the pom-poms. It wasn't much of an improvement."

The best, however, is all that fun-dipped, unaffected goryness and the way aspiring future doctor Kate relates her experiences with gnawed-on ankles, ripped-off feet and black-putrid goo drizzling on the homecoming pancake grill. It felt like a trip down memory lane back to those times when a friend and I tried to outdo each other with nauseating stories from the make-belief "sanatorium" we both were stuck as the patients "Rrroberto and Alberrtina". (If you are shocked don't ask what other games I used to invent).

Since I had started with a quote, I will close with one as well:

"'Excuse me if I feel skeptical,' I said. 'Coach's foot fell off. How exactly do you propose to cure that? Superglue?'"(less)

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Aug 08, 2011 Crowinator rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, 2011-reads, zombieland

Well, that was just plain stupid fun. It would make a great horror-comedy of the B-movie persuasion, like a lighter, teen-ier version of Cabin Fever or Return of the Living Dead Part II, but much wittier and with better characters and a happier ending (and no nudity). Plus, you can read it in two, three hours. Yes, the entire story is ridiculous and has more holes than the movie Holes, but that's part of the fun. And Kate, the super-zombie-killing-science-nerd, is an appealing, self-depreciating...more

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Jun 18, 2010 laaaaames rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ag, this is a really great one. Like I said about A.M. Robinson's Vampire Crush, if more books were like it and Bad Taste in Boys, I wouldn't get so annoyed by paranormal's hold on the YA section.

Because, really. This is smart and funny with a heroine who could never be described as dull or passive or dim or in need of rescuing. I love me some Kate.

(read awhile ago, can't add to count, sadly!)

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Jul 28, 2011 Amy Jacobs rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

I was first intrigued by this book because of the cover. I thought it was creepy and eerie with the frost covered lips. I also have been trying to read more books about zombies lately since they seem to be the new rage in the book genre. Unfortunately, this book fell flat as a dead zombie for me.

Within the first chapter of this book, I could already tell that it was not going to be a book I would enjoy. The character is suppose to be in high school, yet her actions and personality of her friends...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Isamlq rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.75

Bad taste in Boys is mindless fun. It also marks the third book that I have read in a span of seven days where YA PNR has taken a comic twist. *See Durst's Drink, Slay, Love (vampires and unicorns) and Moore's Texas Gothic ( witches, some ghosts and cowbboys).* This one has Girl-genius single handedly attempting to save her highschool/her town from a zombie outbreak! If this is the new direction, please give me some more!

Again, mindless fun. Nevermind that a said girl with ziplock stash in...more

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Jul 16, 2011 Cathy/The Crazy Bookworm rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

"The noise came from the direction of the cafeteria, and I had horrific mental images of zombie lunch ladies. Our lunch ladies were kind of scary to begin with. But zombie lunch ladies? Almost as scary as clowns" -Kate Grable

You might have noticed by now that The Crazy Bookworm loves Zombie's about as much as they love brraaiinns. When I first heard about this novel, I was instantly excited to read it.

High school, romance AND Zombies? That is my kind of book, and Bad Taste in Boys gave me the f...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Kara rated it 2 of 5 stars

Bad Taste in Boys has so many rave reviews. So MANY of my friends loved it! Going into reading it, I truly thought I would be another fangirling review on the pile. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Somewhere we went wrong, and I think it was the extreme cheese-factor for which I was not able to suspend disbelief. There is a certain level of gross-out humor I can take and there is a certain level of ridiculous comedy that works for me and this book just went above and beyond what I was able to to...more Bad Taste in Boys has so many rave reviews. So MANY of my friends loved it! Going into reading it, I truly thought I would be another fangirling review on the pile. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Somewhere we went wrong, and I think it was the extreme cheese-factor for which I was not able to suspend disbelief. There is a certain level of gross-out humor I can take and there is a certain level of ridiculous comedy that works for me and this book just went above and beyond what I was able to tolerate.

And it's not only that. The story was just ho-hum for me. It wasn't original and there wasn't anything that made it stand out. You have a girl that is the assistant trainer for the varsity high school football team. They are the worst team of all-time and haven't won a game in a really long time. So the coach injects them with a performance enhancing drug to make them play better. Only it has a zombie virus in it. Before you know it, the entire school is in danger of becoming zombies because we have zombie football players running around. There is a lot of vomiting, lost appendages, and it just gets really...corny. And it's up to Kate to stop it all.

The thing that really sent this over the edge into books-I-don't-like territory was the way the zombie virus was cured. (This is not a spoiler. It was completely obvious by the halfway point that it was going to be cured.) It was completely unscientific and utterly ridiculous. And you know, that's okay if it's believable. But to me it wasn't. At all. And as a lover of science, it just was laughable to me. "But Kara! It's just fiction! Live a little!" Yeah, no. Sometimes I can do that but rarely. It's just not the way I read. Things have to be explained in a logical way for me. Usually. There was not a damn thing about this book that was logical.

So why two stars instead of one? Well, the romance was sweet albeit cheesy. The characters were decently written even though they were a little dull. It was compulsively readable and I got through it in a few hours The writing was pretty skilled. I liked the author's style and I think I would read something else she wrote, just not book two of this series. It's going to be about werewolves, and if this book is any indication, it will be loaded with lots of spittle, flying fur, and the mange. (less)

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Mar 25, 2011 D.J. added it

Carrie Harris' Bad Taste in Boys is only the second zombie book I've read. Zombies kind of gross me out, so I haven't really imersed myself into the zombie world. But when I read the description for this, I knew I had to read it and I would just have to face my zombie fear, haha.

Boy, am I glad I read it.

Despite the dark and rather serious-looking cover, the book is quite hilarious. Ms. Harris has given Kate a great voice, one that had me smiling and laughing like a fool. Kate's thoughts and rea...more

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Jul 31, 2011 Nan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: signed, young-adult, fantasy

I knew that Carrie Harris was signing books at Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor the other day. I couldn't make it to the signing, but since I was going there in the days following it, I decided to pick up a copy of her book while I was there. It was signed "Brains! Carrie Harris," and that should tell you a great deal about this book.

I'm not a huge fan of the zombie movement. I don't tend to find them all that fun, and I think they tend to make better zombie movies than books. However, this one was w...more

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Jan 28, 2012 Anzu The Great Destroyer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: gay aliens

Recommended to Anzu by: gay aliens

Shelves: is-it-just-me-goddammit, fat-kitty-judges-you, rotten-stinky-walking-dead, paranormal-fix, me-no-like-at-all, dafuq-did-i-just-read, ya-is-dead, the-fantasy-of-urbans, kill-it-with-fire, reviewed-2012, cheesetacular

I used to think anyone over the age of three who went by the name Kiki deserved to be drawn and quartered with a spork.

I’m with you on that sistah! But let me rephrase it a little bit.

I always think that anyone over the age of sixteen who writes a boring book about zombie fighting teenage geeks deserves to be drawn and quartered with a sledgehammer.

Much better, isn’t it?

So, what is Bad Taste in Boys all about? Geeks gone wild. With zombies. I love zombies!

Every highschool geeky girl’s dream is...more

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Apr 10, 2011 Chanelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: amazing-cover, arc-review, out-now

*Very annoying, Goodreads, that I typed up my review days ago and you choose not to save it*

Bad Taste in Boys was one of those books I was REALLY looking forward to. I had high hopes for it. I mean, look at that cover! Not to say that great books and great covers are always hand in hand, but the cover of this novel has to go down in my top favourite covers of ALL TIME. Seriously. Once I saw that cover, I had to know what the book was about. It just sealed me needing to read it even more. Zombies...more *Very annoying, Goodreads, that I typed up my review days ago and you choose not to save it*

Bad Taste in Boys was one of those books I was REALLY looking forward to. I had high hopes for it. I mean, look at that cover! Not to say that great books and great covers are always hand in hand, but the cover of this novel has to go down in my top favourite covers of ALL TIME. Seriously. Once I saw that cover, I had to know what the book was about. It just sealed me needing to read it even more. Zombies? Awesome!!

Except the book wasn't due out for months. I was sad. I emailed Carrie to talk to her and gush about how excited I was for the release, and she was so sweet. She said my gushing made her day! Even though she'd made mine just by answering my email.

Anyway, not long after that I landed myself an ARC of the book. I was nervous/excited to see the book in my hand. What if I read it and didn't like it? What if it was a huge let down? I never usually allow myself to get excited about books.

But I started reading and...

I really, really enjoyed it. It wasn't what I expected, but that was okay because what it actually was, was very enjoyable and entertaining. A light read to brighten up a dull journey to and from work.

The book follows self confessed nerd, Kate, as she crushes on a hot football player and tries to build up her college application by helping out the football team with medical problems. She accepts that she is not the prettiest of girls, but still manages to find happiness in herself. Those types of girls, I think, are the best kind for young ladies to read about.

I hoped this book would take a more serious approach to a virus turning people into zombies. And, wow, were there some sickening and gorey scenes!! Scenes, I loved, by the way. But the tone of the book was very light and humourous. Kate and her brother run over their zombie coach, and neither of them are remarkably freaked out by it. Or the severed foot they end up taking home.

But, in a weird way, this added to the likeability of Kate and the story itself. I think maybe if it were more serious, the readers would probably be a lot more freaked out at this book. There would be implications that would have to be addressed otherwise. And that would just take the book into a place it doesn't need to be.

There was a hot love interest, and while the romance between Kate and him wasn't sizzling, it was sweet and very realistic of your first high school love. All the supporting characters were well developed too. I especially liked Kate's younger brother. It was refreshing to see such a normal sibling relationship that wasn't the sole plot point of the book.

All in all, I really did enjoy this book. The zombie virus was gross, but so, so cool and the characters were realistically done and very entertaining to read about. I would recommend to zombie lovers who aren't afraid of a little gore, and who like light reads.(less)

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Jul 25, 2011 Seesen9 rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: zombie

Dear Good Reads, how could you have misled me so much? Claiming this book deserves more than 4star average? For the record – I DID expect a farfetched humoristic novel about zombies taking over high school. I was looking forward to it! My problem is that even though I could easily identify all the jokes, I just DIDNT laugh. I DID chuckle exactly 3 times (2 missing body parts incidents, 1 Twilight sparkling episode). That’s all. Geeky heroine with a periodic table for a bathing robe jumping into...more

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Aug 28, 2011 Kristy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Street Corner TBR Challenge
August pick #5 per Flannery

This was not what I expected. Looking at the cover, I thought this would be more deep, like Wintergirls or something. I sure wasn't expecting a zombie fest! Am I dissapointed? A little, but the story was fun nonetheless.

The Quick Version:
This was the quirky tale of Kate, the science geek; A virus that spread through a steriod like injection that turns the town into "zombies". It was her story of figuring this virus out, of saving the town.
E...more

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Sep 12, 2011 Noelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed, yay-for-ya

I was considering 3.5 stars but the only reason I'd bump this down a half star would be because I read it on vacation, meaning I was pretty distracted (by people watching, frozen drinks and seriously underestimating my SPF protection level.) This gave me a Buffy the Vampire Slayer "monster of the week" episode feel. If you don't know me, I'll translate: it was awesome. The heroine isn't the (physically) kick butt Buffy type but she seriously ruled. Kate saves the day with SCIENCE and determinati...more

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Mar 25, 2011 Andrea rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.5 out of 5 rating

The whole time I was reading this book, I kept thinking that it read like one of those teeny-bopper horror movies. Which sounds bad, but the thing is, I LIKE those teeny bopper movies!

Kate is a butt-kicking character with good morals--I liked that! And I liked the fact that she had such strong goals for her future and didn't question who she was and what she liked. And the secondary characters were good too (Rocky, Kiki, Jonah, Aaron) but I would have liked to know more about...more

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Oct 03, 2011 K rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: library

Quick and dirty and fun. Pure entertainment.

Kate’s a student trainer for her school’s football team. She locks up the meds, keeps track of EpiPens, and bandages minor wounds. Geeky though she may be, she’s the first one people run to when one of the players collapses at a party. It’s pretty obvious that Mike is dead, so color her surprised when he sits up, all monosyllabic. He’s much worse for the wear and she notices an injection site on his arm. She immediately recalls some mystery vials in Co...more

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Mar 17, 2013 Amy added it

This book was really funny. It would have been totally gory and scary if the main character weren't such a hoot. She was purely and adorably NERD and you just HAVE to love her. So fun.

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Mar 06, 2011 Kate rated it 5 of 5 stars

BAD TASTE IN BOYS, by Carrie Harris, is a smart, hilarious, and sometimes creepy story about a zombie takeover in a small town. Harris' depiction of a too-smart-for-her-own-good teen in the midst of a crisis of epic proportions will keep your eyes glued to the pages.

I loved this book. If you are not a fan of gushing I recommend you stop reading now. From the first few pages I connected with Kate. She is an intelligent, nerdy, and caring girl who I definitely want on my side during a zombie takeo...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Sarah (YA Love) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-debut-author-challenge, paranormal-ya, read-in-2011, young-adult-lit, zombies, favorites, recommended-summer-reading-2012

I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this, but I never thought I’d like a zombie book, let alone love one. Zombies simply aren’t my thing. When I bought Zombies vs. Unicorns I already knew I was Team Unicorn. I adored unicorn books when I was growing up. Zombies just gross me out. But then I heard about Bad Taste in Boys and read a ton of positive reviews. Plus, Carrie is signed up to be interviewed by my students so I wanted to get the book for them to read. I gave it a shot and loved every...more I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this, but I never thought I’d like a zombie book, let alone love one. Zombies simply aren’t my thing. When I bought Zombies vs. Unicorns I already knew I was Team Unicorn. I adored unicorn books when I was growing up. Zombies just gross me out. But then I heard about Bad Taste in Boys and read a ton of positive reviews. Plus, Carrie is signed up to be interviewed by my students so I wanted to get the book for them to read. I gave it a shot and loved every minute of it!

Are the zombies in this book gross? Yes, but I was still laughing even though body parts were falling off and guys were puking some seriously stinky stuff. Carrie has written a hilarious cast of characters that kept me laughing even as Kate was carrying around a man’s foot. Her dorky brother, Jonah was one of my favorite characters. He reminded me of my brother because even though he’s younger, he still looks out for Kate. He becomes a bigger part of the story once the zombie mayhem really picks up, and he had me giggling in all of his scenes. The “sword” from the game he plays with his friends cracked me up–plastic pipe and duct tape. Such a protective brother :)

Kate has become another favorite of mine as well. I love how geeky she is! She’s a science whiz, very witty, and awkward around guys, but she really holds her own. She’s worried about her guys (the football players) and wants to make sure they’re not being harmed when she discovers the unmarked vials in Coach’s office. She puts her knowledge to work and tries to keep everyone safe and from becoming a zombie. The fact that she’s pretty rational when she discovers what’s going on is really impressive. I’ve been hearing quite a bit of grumbling about female characters in paranormal YA being too wimpy. This is simply not the case with Kate Grable. She can kick zombie butt, uncover a mystery, and get a guy’s attention all at the same time without being the “damsel in distress.”

When I bought Bad Taste in Boys I was excited to find out that it isn’t a 400+ page door-stopper. I don’t have anything against long books, but it’s refreshing to read one that isn’t. Carrie Harris did a fantastic job pacing this story. Nothing felt rushed or like information was missing. It’s a fun, campy, well-written story. The characters and humor were by far my favorite things about the book.

I can’t wait to add this book to my classroom library this fall. I know I’m going to earn some major brownie points when I tell my students that I loved a zombie book and that I think they should read it too.(less)

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Feb 14, 2011 Princess Bookie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read2011

My Thoughts: Vampires? I Love! Werewolfs? So-So. Angels? Hot! Demons? Even Hotter! Faeries? Adore. Zombies? Meh. As you can tell, I'm not generally a fan of zombies. I don't read many zombie books. Usually zombies are flesh eating, stinky, yucky things. In Bad Taste In Boys, we get zombies, plus football, plus romance, so its a book I had to check out!

We are introduced to Kate who is super smart. She wants to be a doctor once she's out of high school so being the football team student trainer se...more My Thoughts: Vampires? I Love! Werewolfs? So-So. Angels? Hot! Demons? Even Hotter! Faeries? Adore. Zombies? Meh. As you can tell, I'm not generally a fan of zombies. I don't read many zombie books. Usually zombies are flesh eating, stinky, yucky things. In Bad Taste In Boys, we get zombies, plus football, plus romance, so its a book I had to check out!

We are introduced to Kate who is super smart. She wants to be a doctor once she's out of high school so being the football team student trainer seemed like a good opportunity for Kate. Kate knows what its like have something wrong with her medically too. She has seizures and its been a year since she has had one. So of course she gets to do normal things now, like have her license and drive a car! Yay!

Kate lives with her family which includes her mother, father, and her brother Jonah. Her mom is away a lot on business though so she chats wit her through video conference every week.

Kate has a crush on the star quarterback Aaron. Of course Aaron has to have an annoying best friend who likes to tease Kate. His name is Mike. She has a hard time forming two words to say to Aaron. She's shy around him and figures he doesn't know she exists. One day, Kate is putting away supplies in the coach's office and stumbles upon unlabeled vials. What could they be, she asks herself? She is usually the one who assists labeling anything so of course it sparks her curiosity and she pledges to find out whats in them.

Over the course of the next few weeks, she does everything in her power to figure out what they are. But in the process, some of the football players and townspeople are turning into black puking zombies!!!! What is Kate going to do? It gets real bad when Kate starts having seizures again, and her brother is puking up black stuff.

What happens next? Will Kate find a cure before its too late? Will she ever tell Aaron how she really feels? Can football be saved? Will her brother be ok? Read the book to find out.

I won't say much else or I'll give away the whole book. Its barely 200 pages so no more spoilers from me! If you like zombies, I recommend this book.

Overall: I actually enjoyed Bad Taste In Boys. I tend to stay away from zombies, but I'm glad I checked this one out. It was very interesting.

Cover: The cover is AMAZING. It definitely sparked my interest the moment I laid eyes on it! The lips on it are neat!

What I'd Give It: 4/5 Cupcakes

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Nov 30, 2011 Very rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, 2011, borrowed, first-person, great-title, screwy-teenagers, xx, ebooks

You really, really can't judge a book by its cover. You also can't trust glowing goodreads reviews when you're super bored at two in the morning and searching for a fun, fluffy book to pair with your insomnia. This was supposed to be a dark comedy about a bunch of high schoolers who get infected with a zombie virus. I thought it was going to be satirical and witty, an allegory even, if I was lucky. I wasn't lucky, in that sense, but I did fall asleep in the middle, so there's that.

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Apr 07, 2012 Katy rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book was filled with action, but it was like watching a bad horror movie. I know Harris was aiming for a fun read, but it was actually really ridiculous. Getting shot in the butt. Attacking his sister with a toy sword. Being in the middle of a crisis and kissing. Going through her underwear drawer. The dog dragging around a leg? And what's next - vampire virus? It was like Harris tried TOO hard to make the book bizarre.

And I know this wasn't meant to be a difficult book, but the whole conce...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Jord¥n rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: cover-love, disappointed, young-adult, zombies, why-did-i-read-this

Eh..I was very disappointed in this book. Iv been looking forward to reading this and finally got a copy of it and started reading it right away, bad choice. The number two things that got me into this book is : the cover and zombies. I love evrything about zombies, what's not to love?? But this book...ugh it seemed like the book jumped right into the zombie deal way too fast. I wish there was more background about the main character. I hate to say this but this whole book seemed like a cheesy l...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Kahina . rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: best-books-ever-3, epic-covers-are-epic

Absolutly delicious!!! (If i may say XD)

First, i loved the cover and the title was so tempting *_*
I added the book to my to-read list but since i didn't know where to get it, i was kind of hopeless about reading it that soon. Fortunatly, a friend of mine offered it to me (thanks to her, by the way ;)) I was really glad and i started reading it directly.
So, after reading reading and reading, i figured out there was no relation between the title and the story. (Or i'm just too stupid to get it xD...more

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