Tag: zombies

A Good Night for Shooting Zombies

Author: Jaco Jacobs
Illustrator: Jim Tierney
Published:  
Kindle: October 11, 2018
Paperback to be Published: March 12, 2019
160 pages

Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: November 9-11, 2018
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars

Book Description:

Martin’s life changes the day his dad is killed in a car accident. No one talks about it, his mum refuses to leave the house, and his only consolation through the sleepless nights is solving difficult maths problems. Until he forms an unlikely friendship with his neighbour Vusi who dreams of making a zombie movie. The two are plunged head first into a wild adventure, pulling everyone they know along with them. Shortlisted for the Found in Translation award, it has also since been made into a popular film in Afrikaans.

Jessica’s Review:

This is a short novel aimed for children ages 9-12 that they will enjoy, especially if they like stories with zombies. (Though these zombies are not real.)  This story was just recently translated into English from Afrikaans and there is also a movie I would like to see.

The story takes place in South Africa and features Martin (aka Clucky)  who lost his dad a couple of years ago and since then, his mother has not left the house.  Martin reminded me of Christopher from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time:  they both have a love for numbers.  There is an incident in A Good Night that deals with a chicken and through this moment Clucky meets Vusi and they become friends.  Vusi is determined to make a zombie movie which the boys work secretly at along with a girl, Chris.  They have many adventures and make mistakes as they film their movie.

This is a story that deals with tough topics very well: death, grief, and cancer. These issues are handled well where children will not be overcome with emotion, but understand these realities in life. I enjoyed this short novel. I wanted the kids to succeed with their movie and became attached to all our main characters: Clucky, Vusi, and Chris.  I liked how everything came together at the end of the novel.

This is a well done novel and I would recommend it.  There are also illustrations throughout the novel that help enhance the story. I wish I could have seen the illustrations in color, but my kindle is a paperwhite.

**Thank you to Oneworld Publications for granting me a copy via NetGalley.**

Purchase Links:
Amazon US
Amazon UK (available in Kindle and Paperback now)

 

Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies series finale: The Living is available NOW!

After nearly a decade of hard work, Isaac Marion has brought us The Living, the final book in the Warm Bodies Series:

In February of 2009, Marion printed the first 100 copies of Warm Bodies at a local print shop and started selling them on his website.  Later came a feature film and a long, difficult publishing journey which brought him full circle: He is independently publishing, printing, and selling the final book, The Living, on his own and it is out today!!!  You can order The Living here in hardback or e-book. I ordered my copy and can not wait for it to arrive!

I first listened to the audio book of Warm Bodies with my husband (at the time we were just dating) in September of 2010 when we were heading to Florida for our first vacation and we both really enjoyed it.   I need to read it again and the rest in the series! 

Book Description:

The New York Times bestselling Warm Bodies Series has captivated readers in twenty-five languages, inspiring a major film and transcending the zombie genre to become something “poetic” (Library Journal) “highly original” (Seattle Times) and “ultimately moving” (Time Out London). Now the story of a dead man’s search for life reaches its conclusion on a scale both epic and intimate.

Before he was a flesh-eating corpse, R was something worse. He remembers it all now, a life of greed and apathy more destructive than any virus, and he sees only one path to redemption: he must fight the forces he helped create. But what can R, Julie, and their tiny gang of fugitives do against the creeping might of the Axiom Group, the bizarre undead corporation that’s devouring what’s left of America?

It’s time for a road trip.

No more flyover country. This time they’ll face the madness on the ground, racing their RV across the wastelands as tensions rise and bonds unravel—because R isn’t the only one hiding painful secrets. Everyone is on their own desperate search: for a kidnapped daughter, a suicidal mother, and an abused little boy with a gift that could save humanity…if humanity can convince him it’s worth saving.

All roads lead home, to a final confrontation with the plague and its shareholders. But this is a monster that guns can’t kill. A battle only one weapon can win…

The rest of the series:

Warm Bodies:
270 pages

“R” is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.

And then he meets a girl.

First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn’t want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.

Isaac Marion’s genre-defying Warm Bodies series startled the literary world with its poignant subversion of the zombie mythos, inspiring a major film adaptation and being translated into twenty-seven languages.

The New Hunger (Prequel novella):
193 pages

The must-read prequel to the “highly original” (The Seattle Times) New York Times bestseller Warm Bodies—now a major motion picture—from the author whose genre-defying debut turned the classic horror story on its head.

The end of the world didn’t happen overnight.

After years of societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides, humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the world’s corpses rising up to make more.

Born into this bleak and bloody landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home.

Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brother’s sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle.

And in the darkness of a forest, a dead man opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter “R,” he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence—right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly.

The New Hunger is a crucial link between Warm Bodies and The Burning World, a glimpse into the past that sets the stage for an astonishing future.

The Burning World:
513 pages

Being alive is hard. Being human is harder. But since his recent recovery from death, R is making progress. He’s learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love, and the city’s undead population is showing signs of life. R can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart—building a new world from the ashes of the old one.

And then helicopters appear on the horizon. Someone is coming to restore order. To silence all this noise. To return things to the way they were, the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak. The plague is ancient and ambitious, and the Dead were never its only weapon.

How do you fight an enemy that’s in everyone? Can the world ever really change? With their home overrun by madmen, R, Julie, and their ragged group of refugees plunge into the otherworldly wastelands of America in search of answers. But there are some answers R doesn’t want to find. A past life, an old shadow, crawling up from the basement.

About the Author (from his website)

Isaac Marion grew up in small towns around the Pacific Northwest, pursuing careers in writing, painting, and music until one of these finally sparked with the publication of his debut novel in 2010. WARM BODIES become a New York Times Bestseller, inspired a major film, and was translated into 25 languages. He spent the next eight years writing the rest of the story over the course of four books, now concluded with THE LIVING. He lives and writes on Orcas Island and plays music in Seattle with the band, Thing Quartet.

Now here are the fun facts from Isaac about Isaac:

I also write music, though it’s been a while. Here’s an album I did in 2007, it’s called DEAD CHILDREN.
I used to PAINT and was fairly serious about it for a minute, but I haven’t touched a brush in many years.
I am sinister (left handed) do not trust me.
My beard hides a doorway to a hidden world.
I live in a van more often that you might expect.
I have never won a contest or prize of any kind.
The house my family lived in when I was 14 (a modified motorcycle garage) was condemned and burned down by the city. That was the year I started writing.
My job history is long and puzzling.
One time I almost got decapitated.
One time I felt genuine emotion toward a cactus. (his name is Stabby and he is my son.)
I have enjoyed the company of all the following pets: dog, cat, rat, mouse, gerbil, guinea pig, grasshopper, rabbit, turtle, frog, snake, iguana, horse, goat, fish, snail, slug, salamander, and unknown lamprey-like creature discovered in the mud of the Skagit River.
I’m tall and it brings me great delight when little old ladies ask me to get things off high store shelves for them. Finally I have purpose.
I don’t really understand what anything is for and I suspect it’s not for anything but I think we can invent our own meaning and live in it, like writing and reading a story.
I have never traveled anywhere warm or pleasant, only desolate European wastelands, probably because some part of me doesn’t think I deserve a tropical beach.
My number one travel destination is Antartica. Bury me in the ice until the next age.
Let me know if you’re ever on Orcas Island! I’m friendly and approachable and I love coffee, haha, lol, ok see you later!

Contact Isaac:
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Twitter @isaacinspace
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Trailer for the Warm Bodies movie: The book is so much more than this! 

 

 

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The Burning World is Out in Paperback Now!

I am excited to share that Isaac Marion’s The Burning World is out in paperback here in the US TODAY! The Burning World is the sequel to Warm Bodies. 

There are three books in this series to date, with the fourth and final novel The Living coming soon:
Warm Bodies
The New Hunger (A prequel novella to Warm Bodies)
The Burning World
The Living

Before you read The Burning World, find out what Warm Bodies is all about:

Published: April 26, 2011
270 pages

**I listened to the audiobook in 2011. I need to Read this whole seRies! There is a movie based off WaRm Bodies, and the traileR will be below, but it is NOTHING compaRed to the novel. Isaac MaRion is bRilliant!**

Book Description:

“R” is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.

And then he meets a girl.

First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn’t want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.

Isaac Marion’s genre-defying debut startled the literary world with its poignant subversion of the zombie mythos, inspiring a major film adaptation and being translated into twenty-seven languages. Read the groundbreaking first entry as the Warm Bodies series approaches its conclusion with The Living, coming in 2017.

Buy Warm Bodies on Amazon

Buy Warm Bodies the movie now:

Next up is The New Hunger, a prequel novella!


Published: October 5, 2016
193 pages

Novella Description:

The end of the world didn’t happen overnight.

After years of societal breakdowns, wars and quakes and rising tides, humanity was already near the edge. Then came a final blow no one could have expected: all the world’s corpses rising up to make more.

Born into this bleak and bloody landscape, twelve-year-old Julie struggles to hold on to hope as she and her parents drive across the wastelands of America, a nightmarish road trip in search of a new home.

Hungry, lost, and scared, sixteen-year-old Nora finds herself her brother’s sole guardian after her parents abandon them in the not-quite-empty ruins of Seattle.

And in the darkness of a forest, a dead man opens his eyes. Who is he? What is he? With no clues beyond a red tie and the letter “R,” he must unravel the grim mystery of his existence—right after he learns how to think, how to walk, and how to satisfy the monster howling in his belly.

The New Hunger is a crucial link between Warm Bodies and The Burning World, a glimpse into the past that sets the stage for an astonishing future.

Buy The New Hunger on Amazon now

What today is all about: The Burning World is now available in paperback!

Published: February 7, 2017; Paperback is out TODAY!
512 pages

Book Description:

Being alive is hard. Being human is harder. But since his recent recovery from death, R is making progress. He’s learning how to read, how to speak, maybe even how to love, and the city’s undead population is showing signs of life. R can almost imagine a future with Julie, this girl who restarted his heart—building a new world from the ashes of the old one.

And then helicopters appear on the horizon. Someone is coming to restore order. To silence all this noise. To return things to the way they were, the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak. The plague is ancient and ambitious, and the Dead were never its only weapon.

How do you fight an enemy that’s in everyone? Can the world ever really change? With their home overrun by madmen, R, Julie, and their ragged group of refugees plunge into the otherworldly wastelands of America in search of answers. But there are some answers R doesn’t want to find. A past life, an old shadow, crawling up from the basement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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***GIVEAWAY TIME!!!***

I will be giving away four pins that have the cover of The Burning World on them. They are wonderful! **This giveaway will be US only.** Another giveaway will be on the Bookies Facebook page. You will have 4 chances to win over at Bookies as well! The picture does not do these pins justice. They are much more impressive in person!

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About the Author:

Isaac Marion grew up in the mossy depths of the Pacific Northwest, where he worked as a heating installer, a security guard, and a visitation supervisor for foster children before publishing his debut novel in 2010. Warm Bodies became a #5 New York Times bestseller and inspired a major Hollywood film adaptation. It has been translated into twenty-five languages worldwide. Isaac lives in Seattle with his cat and a beloved cactus, writing fiction and music, and taking pictures of everything. Visit IsaacMarion.com for more on these endeavors.

Contact Isaac:
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Twitter @isaacinspace
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