Readalong with Catie.
YEAAAAAH.

Well, well... :P
I am watching!

Like a HAWK.
I knew the word 'zombie' would make you crawl out of the woodwork.

;-)

Haha, nah, Temple is the one who did it. I love that girl.

I'm so excited for this one.
I haven't read a zombook for a while :-D

You better like it, or else. :D

Oh gosh, it's not been made into a film starring Adrien Brody has it?
You need to e-mail me a list of films I need to watch so this sexual tension between us disappears.

;-)

Definitely your place this time. :), I mean '), I mean 8)

Damn it. My emoticon wink isn't working.

Pah! I laughed so hard I woke my poor child! :D

Also, just to start things off...

KETCHUP EGGS?? I really wish that I hadn't just read that while at the same time chewing a huge bite of food.

How does she know about ketchup?

I just vommed everywhere. :-|


I have a secret (view spoiler)[I don't like ketchup at all. Or tomato sauce, should I say *remember you are English Jo*... but on eggs? Herrurghhh. (hide spoiler)]

Hmm. Did you read the beginning yet? Specifically, page 12?

I'm on my kindle, so I'm in percentage mode.
Which bit did you mean?

This book is gruesome.. :-D

I also love the word 'palaver' and wish it was used more in every day conversation.

This part:

"The place where the eye was is now a mushy soup of thick clear fluid mixed with blood, like ketchup eggs."

Ohh, yeah I just got to that bit. I'm sorry but a lot of things would be going through my head if there was a decomposing body on the beach.... oh yeah... WHO WAS STILL ALIVE.... but ketchup eggs?


Probably the last thing that I would think of.

:-S

Actually I thought that was very descriptive. I just wonder if she's running into ketchup in this post-apocalyptic world.

I wonder how long everything's been going on. And by "everything" I mean hordes of zombies taking over the planet.

I better keep reading!

The synopsis says 25 years...

I'm loving the prose so far though. It is descriptive... if not a bit grim.

But I love grim because I'm a freak.
And I love authors who aren't afraid to be a bit vile and 'Eeeeeh, that's gross'... :-D

Yeah, me too.

I never read the synopses. Not because I don't want to be spoiled so much as I just don't think about it. I'm all..."What? Maja says it's good? SIGN ME UP!" and I have no idea what it's even about.

I still have no idea what this book is about, other than zombies.

Me either, actually!

But to be honest, anything zombie-ey and Maja-approved is good enough for me, too. :-D

Hokay, well happy reading tonight. I've gotta go put the mini-mes to bed. I might be on later, but it will be the wee hours for you.

Iffen I don't see ya, I'll catch up tomorrow!

Yes yes... I think I'm gonna stop at the end of chapter two :-D

I'm doing sweet F.A tomorrow so I'll be able to crack on with it.... although I have approximately a bajillion reviews to write and... *shudders* real life stuff.

Ew.

Major ew. Real life stuff sucks.

I agree, Bonnie.

End of Chapter two: (view spoiler)[ Can we start a petition forbidding the phrase "fecal ooze" to feature in books? ... :-|

Temple is exactly the kind of girl I would like to be with in a zombie apocalypse. She's so.... calm. (hide spoiler)]

I am SO excited you are reading this. But I warn you, our friendship hangs in the balance. o - O

Wendy Darling wrote: "I am SO excited you are reading this. But I warn you, our friendship hangs in the balance. o - O"

Lol No pressure.

Jo wrote: "fecal ooze"

My husband thinks that would be a great band name.

That scene was INTENSE! My heart was in my throat. She's all calm, like, "Oh look, the flashlight has fallen to the ground. Oh well." And I'm screaming, "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IN EVERY ZOMBIE FILM!! RUUUUUUNNNN!"

But then she killed them all quite handily so I shouldn't have been worried.

I kept reading because I didn't see your note. I'll stop soon (to give myself a bit of a buffer for when you wake up and read like a maniac tomorrow morning).

I am at 15%. I don't trust these guys.

Haha, I know. I was so on edge through that scene.
She's so unflappable. I think if I was her sidekick in this book she'd just shoot me and put me out of my misery.
I've just gone past 15%, I was expected them to pull a 28 Days Later on us... and I guess I wasn't that far off!

"They don't bother you so much, she says, if you can stay out from between their teeth."
Hahaha... I'd like to think if I was in an apocalyptic scenario I could come up with quips like that... but I doubt it.

I am at 44%. I read for a while last night. *Sheepish look*

I will be gone all morning though. The drama camp is culminating in what I can only assume will be a tony worthy performance this morning. I will be doing the gushy mom thing with camera and so forth.

So, needless to say, I really love this book. It's making me think a lot. I think that Temple is one of the most well developed and thought out characters I've read. He really thought about what kind of a person would emerge from a childhood of violence and survival with very little stability.

Haha, don't worry... I read on too.
I'm stopping at 50% now (which is handy because it's the end of part 2)

I've got a few things to do today anyway, so I don't mind waiting.

Haha, that sounds so sweet Catie. (view spoiler)[Take lots of pictures to embarass them when they're older. MUHAHAHA. (hide spoiler)]

Exactly!! And videos!

Phew, I'm glad that you kept going. It's hard to stop.

Haha, I know.

I bet I end up finishing it today and ignoring everything else.

I'll try not to. But I ain't promisin' anything.
:-|

OK, guys, I have to say this, but I swear I'm only going to say it once, just one little time, and I will never, ever, under any circumstances say it again. That is, unless you ask me to. Nicely. :D

Here it goes:

(view spoiler)[TOLD YOU SO! (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[Did we say we didn't believe you?
You are the Queen of Zombies. I trust you 100% in your recommendations for books on shamblers. (hide spoiler)]

;-)

Oh, but you were right too! I'm loving The Knife of Never Letting Go so much! I've never read anything at all like it before.

Yes. Yes. YES.

:-D
I love that book. I've always been scared to recommend it to people because it's a bit different and the last person I did (my sister) gave up on it.

I think the whole idea is so ingenious and horrifying (view spoiler)[I wouldn't want to know what the boys I know where thinking. *shudder* (hide spoiler)]

Oooh, and the writing, the language (you were so right about that!) and the repetitivness... I feel like I'm drowning in it. I hope Vinaya likes it too because I intend to gush and gush some more!

But back to Temple!

Haha, I'm stalking your updates.

Yes.
(view spoiler)[She's so calm and collected. It's quite... unnerving. But I guess that's what you would be like if you had grown up in a world where everyone you had ever loved/known has died.
I really liked the part with the hunters in the woods. "There are still majestical things to see". It's very hopeful. Goosebumps. (hide spoiler)]

68%: Mmmm. I'm not entirely sure about this bit...

Alright. I'm back, finally. Now to catch up!

Reeeeead.

I'm still loving it but there are certain parts that I wish weren't in it... haha, don't mean to sound so vague.

Are you talking about the bench?

....bench?
(view spoiler)[The whole bit with Moses and the weird mutant zombies. I'm not seeing how they fit in with anything at all. It's such a jarring change of pace.
Maybe it will all make sense eventually... (hide spoiler)]

Okay, back in a mo.

MUST NOT READ SPOILERS.

Aaaah, now I get it!
(view spoiler)[ I thought that the sex on the bench part bothered you.

I don't think there's supposed to be a purpose. It's all there to show the dynamic of her relationship with Moses, which is really what the book is all about. Lisa did an excellent job explaining it in her review. She used a spoiler tag so you can read it when you finish. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[Haha, no that didn't bother me at all. She needed a release.. good on her.
I didn't even realise it was on a bench, I thought it was on a hill.

I know it's a zombie book and therefore not really realistic but... the rest of the book seems like it would actually happen except that bit.
I don't know.. it just feels a bit off.

Like I said, I'm still loving it. I've become very fond of Maury and I'm a bit worried that something dreadful is going to happen to him. (hide spoiler)]

Well, it was my least favorite part as well. But I guess it had it's purpose.

Catie, leave those spoiler tags alone. :D

Hmmm... I've only just left that part so it might more sense as I go on.

And yeah Catie. NO CHEATING.

Haha, I feel like I just got transported to a scene from The Hobbit.

And now I'm in Deliverance.

Ok, now I'm following this thread too. Gotta know where the cool kids are.