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[Kirsty]

Logan - I've added that book to my to-read list... It must be good for you to rate it as your number 1 favourite. I'll probably scare myself silly and regret reading it though lol. I like to be scared whilst reading/watching a movie, but then afterwards my mind goes into overdrive and I don't sleep for days... lmao

[Chloe]

Kirsty, I have the same problem. For some reason it becomes especially severe when I watch a zombie movie or a shark/giant squid movie. For days afterward I have crazy apocalyptic zombie dreams and find myself plotting zombie escape routes whenever I'm out and about. Luckily I don't live by the ocean anymore (whoa, never thought I'd utter that phrase) because I used to have incredibly vivid daydreams about giant squid plucking me off my surfboard and dragging me down into the depths. Sometimes a good imagination can be a curse.

[Lorena]

Kirsty - I love horror movies, not much into the bloody genre, more of the suspense horror, but there have been a couple of movies that had left me wondering at night, like the Emily Rose movie and American Hunting, not to mention the first Exorcist movie which I watch when I was 10! I don't know what my mom was thinking...

[Kirsty]

Logan, your post made me laugh out loud!

[Lorena]

:::Laughing::: LOL, Logan and here I was thinking I was the only one cursed with an over-active imagination ... LOL

[Kirsty]

I'm not a big fan of horror movies I have to say... because of the over-active imagination thing! I tend to stick to rom-coms and dramas.

[Lori, Super Mod]

I used to live near a cemetary, literally three houses away from me, and after seeing Pet Cemetary, you couldnt PAY me to walk outside at nite... I was terrifed that a evil reanimated corpse was lurking behind the gravestones and trees just waiting to snatch me!!

If you guys like creepy, mess with your mind horror stories, I have to recommend Come Closer by Sara Gran. Its really short...Its about a woman who is slowly being possessed by a demon, and is totally aware of it. It was really freaking creepy. I hated to go bed at nite (my hubby works overnite and its usually just me and the kids at home) after reading it, my house makes little creaks and pops throughout the nite and theres a part in the begining that talks about tapping in the walls..... its amazing what books can do to you....

[Chloe]

Lori, if your house is at all creepy then you would love House of Leaves. A setting like that can not be beat.

Kirsty, there are several key steps to escaping ravenous hordes of zombies. These steps work with both the old school "shuffling along sleep-walking zombies" from films like Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead or Planet Terror, as well as the new-school Super Zombies in films like the 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake and 28 Days Later.

First, get over the denial. So many people die in zombie movies because they just can't believe that it's happening. The dead are hungry for brains, deal with it. If you start from the premise that anything's possible then a minor outbreak of zombieism isn't too ludicrous.

Next, arm up. Guns are preferable because they allow for long-range zombie removal, but if you can't find any then improvise. You need something sharp or heavy enough to crack a skull (just as they crave our brains, so are their brains their only weakness) but still long enough that you don't have to get too close to their plague-ridden jaws.

Thirdly, seek shelter. If you're out in public find a storage closet/lockable bathroom/changing room or something. Don't try to escape until the initial panic is over. You may think it's a good idea to hide in the middle of a large crowd of people, but how are you to know if the person next to you hasn't been bitten already and may turn at an inopportune moment? You're far better off trying to make it out on your own when the main zombie horde is distracted by feeding on the newly dead around you. Also, if you're with loved ones you need to make sure that a) they have not been bitten and b) that they are watching your back.

Next, make for some form of transport. I'm not normally an advocate of SUVs or Hummers, but come the zombie apocalypse you need something with a sturdy frame that you could run over the undead with. Not that I recommend actually buying one in advance. Odds are you can kill an undead zombie yuppie (oh-so-satisfying) and take their keys from their pockets. Check the gas levels, you can't escape on an empty tank.

Finally, try to make it to a lowly populated area. Definitely avoid the highways. As more people are turned zombie the roads will be littered with car wrecks and hungry ghouls. You don't want to have to slow down and then have a hungry zombie leap onto your car, that's just a recipe for trouble. Stick to back roads as much as possible. Fortunately, here in Arizona there are large swathes of desert as far as the eye can see, so it's relatively easy to get away from population centers.

The rest is pretty basic post-apocalyptic planning. Get food, get shelter etc. etc. I recommend high ground as you can see further around you and it's more difficult for zombies to you.

Yeah, I've spent WAY too much time thinking through this. In fact, you'd think I would just stop watching zombie movies but I can't. I am repulsed by yet totally drawn into this odd genre of horror.

[Kirsty]

<> Logan... you need to get out more hun! That was very entertaining... I can see you've really thought about it :)

[Sherry]

*LOL*Oh Logan that was my first real good laugh of the day thank you and you also have my abject and sincere apologies for my lack of sensitivity to your angsts of post apocalyptic zombie outbreaks!
It was good to see so many of my favorite movies mentioned,especially Shaun of the Dead which was the best.

Well have only been on for a short while and already have two books to add to my ever expanding wish list-Call of the Wild and House of Leaves. Sigh... Lauren,Mandy is absolutely right,your list will grow and grow and grow.
Seems to me I recently posted that I would try and show some restraint but I knew it was a lie!

Lori,I have absolutely have no intention of reading about some chick afflicted with a demon.Now that's scary.I'd rather face zombies and the Acopalypse!

[Renata]

My daughter is really wondering what the heck I'm laughing at while staring at the computer. But, of course, it's Logan's zombie escape plot. These are all very good points to keep in mind. And I'm so glad to have you guys around to keep us laughing (and reading). I got a huge haul from Amazon just now - will post it on the Splurge thread.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Logan, that was excellent! I wonder, are you planning on writing a "how to survive a Zombie Attack" handbook any time soon, cause I would defintely buy it!! You crack me up!!!

Btw, Love love love Shaun of the Dead. its my all time fave spoofy horrory movie! I would rather battle those type of slow moving retarded zombies than the new breed that keep popping up.. those bastards are hard core...

[Melanie]

Logan - the zombie escape plan is fabulous! In the spirit of all this talk, I am starting Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse.

Mandy - I finished On Chesil Beach and completely agree with what you said. I couldn't stand it while I was reading it. Yet once I finished it, I was really able to appreciate his writing. I think I will try another book by him again.

[Katie]

Logan -- Dude, you kill me!

[Mandy]

Melanie, I'm glad you felt the same way. As I was reading it I wasn't sure what was wrong with me, I'd read so much good stuff about the book and I just thought huh, all that for this?!?! But as with you I think I will read some more of his in the future.

[Emily]

Logan, that was amazing. And I also think that you and my boyfriend should become friends - he is thinking semi-seriously about building a compound for the "inevitable" zombie attack.

Lori, I agree, Shaun of the Dead is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen!

[Lorena]

"If you start from the premise that anything's possible then a minor outbreak of zombieism isn't too ludicrous."

LOL Oh my God!!!!! LOL ... I was laughing so loud the dog got scared!

[Chloe]

Thanks for the kind words, all. Lori, I would write a manual on how to deal with a zombie outbreak, but Max Brooks already beat me to it. I haven't read his guide yet, but I've heard that it's pretty funny. The fun thing about living in Arizona is that you have to drive for a good long time before you reach anywhere cool, so you spend a lot of time staring at empty brown desert.

Over the course of our last few trips through the wastelands to get back to California to visit friends I've daydreamed a pretty decent (in my opinion) scenario for a zombie tale set in the desert. I keep intending to write it out but distractions abound- work and goodreads being where most of my time goes. Maybe I'll knuckle down this summer and see about putting it on a page.

[Sherry]

Logan,I definitely encourage you put it to paper.It was well thought out and well written and sooo entertaining!I would definitely read anything you would write.

[Cynthia]

Wow...I go away for two days...my computer I think got fried by the electrical storm the other night and I didn't have to work till today so I wasn't able to go online...I was going nuts!!!! I will have to get it fixed if possible soon. I can't go this long without Goodreads....it really is addictive!

[Laura]

Logan! I just recently joined this group. For me nothing is better than having a cup of coffee on a quiet Saturday (or Sunday) morning and reading something enjoyable. You made my day start out great! You definitely have a gift, keep it up!

I've attached a link I follow and really enjoy reading, and thought you might too. Jaye Wells is working on her first book and this is her blagh. She is someone else who keeps me laughing over Zombies, Vampires and the whole lot.
http://jayeblahg.blogspot.com/

I am off to spend a few hours in my favorite place….the bookstore….I’ll be looking for House of Leaves…

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I just started Revelation, by C. J. Sansom, which is a mystery set in 1543 London.

[Sherry]

I started reading No End In Sight Iraq's Descent Into Chaos this morning.It's the full investigative record to the documentary which I haven't seen but will definitely check out now that I'm reading the book.With the others I have on the go it should take a while before I finish!

[Katie]

Kate -- That sounds like fun reading...I may just have to add that to my TBR list...soon I'll be at 500...I think this is a problem! *L*

[Mandy]

Kate, every Monday I click on the PostSecrets website to read the Sunday secrets (being in Australia it's Monday for me). I love it and I have thought about getting the books - are they essentially what's on the website or are they new postsecrets?

[Heather]

I just finished Odd Thomas. I had been eyeing it for awhile and after I read the more than favorable comments about I finally bought it. I really enjoyed it. I've read a few Koontz books, but I've never read one with such likeable characters. I just started Stranger in a Strange Land. I read a review that stated it paired nicely with Brave New World. Can't wait to find out if it's true. Of course, that means I'll probably need to re-read BNW.

[ScottK]

Hey HeatherR I am more than half way through odd thomas ...if you really likie koontz you should read Strangers also By The Light of the Moon is kind of close to Odd ....... Strangers is awesome.!!!

[Heather]

Thanks Scott! I just put those on my TBR list. I read Lightning eons ago and really enjoyed it. I'm thinking of re-reading it.

[Lori, Super Mod]

HeatherR.. glad to hear you loved Oddy... are you going to continue reading the series? I know that the new one is... but i just cant justify buying it in hardcover yet... who knows.. i may break down and get it soon enough. I am still suprized at my will, holding out THIS long :)

[Kirsty]

I'm reading A Dirty Job . Am 20 pages in and am loving it!

[Heather]

Lori...I definitely plan on reading the rest of the series. I really loved all of the allusions to books, movies, etc. (I'm so glad I read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd before this!) About half way through the book I started thinking out a rationale to use the book in my classroom. I think it would appeal to resistant readers.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I'm about two-thirds of the way through C. J. Sansom's Revelation, which is set in 1543 London, and really enjoying it.

[Sherry]

Finished Lord of the Rings and now I'm trying to decide between A Dirty Job which I shold read or House of Leaves which I started and is calling my name.Decisions,decisions!

[Chloe]

You really can't go wrong with either one. You've got some great options there.

[Jim]

Just finished Chronicles Volume 1 by Bob Dylan

very entertaining except for later part where goes over a lot of songs but doesn't tell any thing about why he wrote the song etc - but that isn't very much of book

just started ON THE ROAD by Kerouac

[Mandy]

Started Blindness last night, about 30 or so pages in and I really didn't want to put it down, can't wait until my next reading time out.

[TheReadingKnitter/]

Right now I'm listening to The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult. Then I'll watch the movie on Lifetime :). I'm also reading Carrie by Stephen King and after I'm done reading it I'm going to rent the movie.

[Lori, Super Mod]

Mandy, I am currently reading The Cave by Saramago, and true to Saramago style, the book gripped me from the first page and even tho its slow going for me... (im only about 115 pages in, and i started about 5 days ago..grrr..) it isnt due to lack of interest! I really like his writing. He has this ability to paint a picture with his words, without actually spelling it all out, if you know what i mean...

[Mandy]

I know exactly what you mean, Lori, and I have to thank you and all the other lovely people in this group that have been recommending and raving about this book, it's not something I normally would have picked up (as are most of my books lately) but am so glad that I have and I shall have to read some more of his books in the future.

[Sherry]

Mandy,it was one of those books I could not put down.I read 2/3s of the book in one day,something I seldom do.I'm glad you're enjoying it.
I have decided to start a Dirty Job for our group read.House of Leaves will have to wait :(

[Mandy]

Sherry, I wish I could have kept on reading but unfortunately it was time for dinner. Things like breakfast, lunch and dinner take a back seat to reading but we all got to do it, sometimes it's just such an inconvenience :-)

I liked A Dirty Job, thought it was funny and very imaginative, hope you like it.

[Sherry]

I know,or having to really,really go pee when there is a really,really suspenseful part of the book.Very inconvenient!

[Lorena]

Mandy - Sherry, LOL!! I feel the same way, what about feeding your family, why can they just feed themselves?!? He he he

Now one thing I have to be very careful with is bedtime, I can read for hours at a time and then realize I only have like three hours to sleep before my next day has to start and its so frustrating because I really want to know what happens next, so there I lie in bed thinking about the book not being able to fall asleep...

[Holli]

I'm reading The Knitting Circle right now....have any of you read this one?

[Chloe]

Lorena, I had that same problem last night with Infinite Jest. I told myself I would just read a paragraph or two and then go to sleep but the next thing I knew it was 4 in the morning and my alarm was set to go off 1 1/2 hours later. Today is going to be painful at work, but it was worth it.

I can say this about Infinite Jest: it took a solid 500 pages of reading before I started to get pulled into this book, but I am glad that I had those 500 pages in which to get familiar with Wallace's style and the backstory of his universe and characters. Now I can't seem to put it down.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

I just finished Revelation. What a ride!

[Sherry]

Wow Logan,500 pages?That's staying power!Not sure I could have stuck by it.

[Cynthia]

I just finished reading Becoming Jane Austen by Spence...it was just like reading a text book about her life...most of the facts I already new anyway so it took awhile to get through.

I started reading Chasing Harry Winston last night and this morning...good so far...I really like Weisberger's books.

[Nancy]

I am currently reading Jacquelyn Frank's Elijah, the third book in the Nightwalker series. It's a fun, fast-paced and very sexy paranormal romance series.

Also reading bits and pieces of The Other Boleyn Girl which I've started back in April and am only up to page 250. It's just not drawing me in, and I'm thinking of just giving up at this point.

[Katie]

Cynthia - I just bought that last week! I really enjoyed Everyone Worth Knowing. I'll be interested to hear what you think!!