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Michelle wrote: ""Sundered"I've had this book in my kindle for a while. I really liked this. I need to check on two and three. But will definitely get if I don't. I'm not sure why I've held off, other than the b..."
I'm not sure when I'll work this series in my reading schedule but if you are up to it, maybe we can do another buddy read on it sometime this fall/winter?
I could do that, just give a shout later on. I found this one interesting.
#20 Shannon Mayer's "Sundered" - complete 18 chapter book .. I thought we did that one already, or at least I did.#21 Lyra McKen's "Finn: A Zombified Short" - short story
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#22 Lyra McKen's "Zombified" - excerpt, prologue and ch 1
They both appeared to be the same "world".
The story of Finn was good. I feel comforted knowing that is was not meant to be a stand-alone rather a side story of the larger series. It did hold my attention which is a plus.
Zombified: OK the start of this one threw me off. I think it was because the short story ended so abruptly and this one follows (?) so they just flowed together too close.
They are both macabre, focusing on the grisly cannibalism of the zombies. Yet they have a dark humor to them, which helped to lighten the mental visualization of the scene.
My hope with the book (series) is that they some how connect the characters together. The stories read disjointed.
I am "iffy" on reading on in this series.
#23 Cynthia Melton's "Zombie Awakening: A short story of what happened before and after The Darkening - A Prequel
This was very good. I would read more of this story. It opens in an intense action scene and is solid action from then on.
I do not know if we see more of Rachel in the other books of the series or not, but judging solely on this sample, I like this authors writing style enough to look for more of her work.
I added the first book of the Zombies Awakening series to my wish list as a reminder the next time I am purchasing.
#24 Kristen Middleton's "Hope: for A Happy Ending: A Zombie Games Short"
In all my time reading zombies, I have never thought about how a zombie outbreak would take place in a Nursing Home.
Or how the 80 and 90 year old individuals would fair in a zombies apocalypse (either as survivors or as zombies).
This was a cute story.
I do not think that I would read on in the story line about the survivors of this book, but I believe the main story (which we will be reading in the next group) will be focused on younger survivors.
Hey guys,It's Thursday.....
I'll post my comments on this read tomorrow evening.
Sorry for going MIA. My youngest got very ill and we have been back and forth with him to the hospital.My take on the stories:
#21 - "Finn" - was interesting and agree that glad it went with another story.
#22 - "Zombified" - if it wasn't for "Finn" I would have no idea it was a zombie tale. It was a strange beginning and stopped with no indication as what the plot was.
#23 - "Zombie Awakening" - I really liked this one. I liked the it took off and kept going. I think I will be reading more of this series.
#24 - "Hope" - I liked this one. I haven't read about nursing home either, but wondered. It was a cute story and I'm curious to see how they will be included into the other books.
I wasn't sure if we would be continuing this read or not.I think if you are game we read and comment on the next five Thursday ?
I am a little behind on some of the reading due to the craziness in my house right now. I do apologize.#25 Kristen Middleton's "Zombie Games: Origins"
#26 Chrissy Peeble's "The Z Chronicles ..."
#27 Jeannie Rae's "The Sickness: Monte's Story"
#28 Suzanne Robb's "Dentist, Autopsies, and Nutritionist, Oh My !"
#29 Julienne Snow's "Days With the Undead: Book One"
Not to worry.I've had a busy week-weekend myself.
I'm going to have to read & review 4 short stories just to get caught up on my goodreads challenge.
I do not think I'll ever set my challenge this high again!
My thought on #25 Zombie Games: Origins - I really did like this one. It went at a good pace and kept going. I liked the way the characters were solid individuals, not just weak kneed second hand airhead types relying on the 'tough hot guy' to save them. I want to know what is next for sure, so I will be reading the other books. I think I may already have some in my Kindle cloud.I am almost finished with #26. I am struggling through it. I liked the way it started, but it is dragging off track into more of a family reunion story. At this point I'm getting discouraged by it.
I will post more when I am caught up.
Again I apologize for falling behind. I'm hoping to get caught up now.
Not a problem. Thursday works for me. Are we still on 25-29 or the next five. I got myself mixed up.
Michelle wrote: "Not a problem. Thursday works for me. Are we still on 25-29 or the next five. I got myself mixed up."25-29 works for me
Ok. I had my pretty chart all made, but our puppy decided he wanted to help me put stuff away over the weekend. Needless to say, "The dog ate my homework". ;)good luck ge
Ok. I had my pretty chart all made, but our puppy decided he wanted to help me put stuff away over the weekend. Needless to say, "The dog ate my homework". ;)good luck ge
oops, was saying, good luck getting your review done.
My problem is all the duds that I'm finding. I start a book get 10 pages in before I'm ready to delete it.I'm currently reading Hive by Griffen Hayes.... It's a confusing mess but I'm half done so that's a plus.
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I thought I would post a notice to update anyone interested.As a collective group, Michelle, Randy and Myself decided to end this buddy read.
None of us were particularly motivated to keep reading it because the stories were either too short, too choppy, and/or frankly not appealing.
I am shelving this as a DNF at 42%.
There are a couple interesting stories, but not enough to push through to the end of the book.
I've had this book in my kindle for a while. I really liked this. I need to check on two and three. But will definitely get if I don't. I'm not sure why I've held off, other than the blog review always harp on the "romance" of the story and I want the good parts. You know zombie actions, survival etc. I really liked Dan & Bob and Scout was different too.