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message 1: by Netanella (last edited May 31, 2014 07:04PM) (new)

Netanella | 2108 comments The Summer of Zombie Blog Tour takes place from June 1 to June 30!

33 amazing zombie authors. Interviews, teasers, guest posts, prizes, and of course, great zombie reads! You can find out more about the Summer of Zombie Blog Tour here: Facebook Event Site and here: Author Armand Rosamilia's Site

In honor of the Summer of Zombie Blog Tour, I'm proposing a special, year-long, zombie-filled reading challenge.

There are 5 levels for this challenge, and 5 books for each level. You can read from 1 to 5 levels - this is a year-long challenge, after all! But you do need to read all 5 books to complete one level. You don't have to complete one level to start another one. You can start out small and add on, or decrease if you chomped off too much!

☢ You may only use the 33 authors participating in the Summer of Zombie Blog Tour. You may use an author more than once, but for different levels. Each book, however, can only be used once for the entire challenge.

Level 1: Read 1 category, 5 books
Level 2: Read 2 categories, 10 books
Level 3: Read 3 categories, 15 books
Level 4: Read 4 categories, 20 books
Level 5: Read 5 categories, 25 books

Categories:

A. Read a book for each of the following sub-categories of zombie horror. You may use an author only once.
1. Traditional Survival
2. Military
3. Western
4. Government Conspiracy
5. Sci-Fi/Alien

B. Read a book with the following items on the cover.
1. a guy (alive or undead)
2. a girl (alive or undead)
3. an animal (alive or undead)
4. a limb (cannot be a complete corpse)
5. a road

C. Read a book with the following items on the cover.
1. a moon
2. a building (factory, abandoned farmhouse, etc.)
3. clouds
4. a weapon
5. a vehicle

D. Read the following:
1. The Summer of Zombie Blog Tour is an Internet event. Read a book where the Internet or technology is featured prominently.
2. The Summer of Zombie takes place during the month of June. Read a book that takes place during the summer, or in a vacation destination, or in or on the beach.
3. Read a book by an author who is also a member of the Zombies! group.
4. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
5. Read a book by an author you're already familiar with.

E. Down and dirty: Read 5 zombie titles, using an author only once.

By the way, a special thanks to the RRRC Group and Fran for the idea for this challenge!


message 2: by Netanella (last edited Jun 04, 2014 04:51PM) (new)

Netanella | 2108 comments Here's a complete list of the authors who are participating in the Summer of Zombie Blog Tour during the month of June. Click on the author's name to go straight to their Amazon author site!


Alex Laybourne
Armand Rosamilia
Bryan Cassiday
Charles Ingersoll
Chris Tucker
Christine Verstraete
Claire Riley
David P Forsyth
Erik Gustafson
Ian McClellan
Ian Woodhead
Jack Wallen
Jaime Johnesee
Jay Wilburn
John O’Brien
Julianne Snow
Kirk Allmond
Mark Tufo
Melanie Karsak
Peggy Martinez
Rebecca Besser
Rhonda Parrish
Robert Chazz Chute
Sarah Lyons Fleming
Shana Festa
Shawn Chesser
Stephen Kozeniewski
Stevie Kopas
Thomas M. Malafarina
Timothy Baker
T.S. Alan
T.W. Brown
T.W. Piperbrook


message 3: by Shana (new)

Shana Festa | 67 comments Excellent! Thanks for participating in this =)


message 4: by Netanella (new)

Netanella | 2108 comments It's a year long challenge, so completing all the levels in 7 months is very doable for most of us! Let's see some reader action here, folks!

Log your books as you read them, and leave a review, please.


message 5: by Karen (new)

Karen | 612 comments I'm going to try and read some of these books


message 6: by Ian (new)

Ian McClellan | 294 comments There are some great contests going on all the time. Right now, you can win David Forsyth's Sovereign Spirit Saga: Volume One or TW Piperbrook's Contamination Boxed Set!

https://www.facebook.com/events/28621...


message 7: by Netanella (last edited Jun 10, 2014 08:23PM) (new)

Netanella | 2108 comments All right, I'm testing the waters on this challenge and will push myself to Level 5! I've selected most of the books for the categories, but not all of them. I'm also gonna reserve the right to switch books out if I need to, but hopefully not!

Books Read: 3/25
Level: 0/5


A. Read a book for each of the following sub-categories of zombie horror. You may use an author only once.
1. Traditional Survival: Zombie Fallout
2. Military: A New World: Chaos
3. Western: Cursed Bounty
4. Government Conspiracy
5. Sci-Fi/Alien
Zombie Fallout (Zombie Fallout, #1) by Mark Tufo A New World Chaos (A New World, #1) by John O'Brien Cursed Bounty by Rebecca Besser X X

B. Read a book with the following items on the cover.
1. a guy (alive or undead): A New World: Sanctuary
2. a girl (alive or undead): Zombie Fallout 2: A Plague Upon Your Family
3. an animal (alive or undead)
4. a limb (cannot be a complete corpse) Miami Spy Games: Russian Zombie Gun
5. a road: Zombie Fallout 3: The End
A New World Sanctuary (A New World, #3) by John O'Brien Zombie Fallout 2 A Plague Upon Your Family (Zombie Fallout, #2) by Mark Tufo X Miami Spy Games Russian Zombie Gun by Armand Rosamilia Zombie Fallout 3 The End (Zombie Fallout, #3) by Mark Tufo

C. Read a book with the following items on the cover.
1. a moon: Zombie Fallout 6: 'Till Death Do Us Part
2. a building: Zombie Fallout 5: Alive In A Dead World
3. clouds: This Plague of Days
4. a weapon: A New World: Return
5. a vehicle: This Plague of Days, Season 1
Zombie Fallout 6 'Till Death Do Us Part (Zombie Fallout, #6) by Mark Tufo Zombie Fallout 5 Alive In A Dead World (Zombie Fallout, #5) by Mark Tufo This Plague of Days (Season 2) by Robert Chazz Chute A New World Return (A New World, #2) by John O'Brien This Plague of Days, Season 1 by Robert Chazz Chute

D. Read the following:
1. The Summer of Zombie Blog Tour is an Internet event. Read a book where the Internet or technology is featured prominently.
✔ 2. The Summer of Zombie takes place during the month of June. Read a book that takes place during the summer, or in a vacation destination, or in or on the beach: Time of Death: Induction by Shana Festa - 06.07.2014 (★★★★)
3. Read a book by an author who is also a member of the Zombies! group: The Breadwinner
4. Read a book by an author who is new to you: Dead: The Ugly Beginning
5. ✔ Read a book by an author you're already familiar with: Interludes in Hell - 06.10.2014 (★★★★)
X Time of Death Induction (Time of Death #1) by Shana Festa The Breadwinner by Stevie Kopas Dead The Ugly Beginning (Dead, #1) by T.W. Brown Interludes in Hell by David P. Forsyth

E. Down and dirty: Read 5 zombie titles, using an author only once.
1. Girl Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie
2. A New World: Taken
3. Zombie Fallout 4: The End Has Come and Gone
4. Haven
5. ✔ T.W. Brown, Gruesomely Grimm Zombie Tales - 06.08.2014 (★★★★)
Girl Z My Life as a Teenage Zombie by Christine Verstraete A New World Taken (A New World, #4) by John O'Brien Zombie Fallout 4 The End Has Come and Gone (Zombie Fallout, #4) by Mark Tufo Haven by Stevie Kopas Gruesomely Grimm Zombie Tales (Volume #1) by T.W. Brown


message 8: by Armand (new)

Armand Rosamilia (armandrosamilia) | 77 comments Wow, so cool to see people using the great authors in the tour for this!

Armand Rosamilia
Dying Days


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