Tag: zombies
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Quick Takes of 2011 Novels
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. These are shorter reviews of good reads published in 2011. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt (2011) The notorious hired killers, the Sisters brothers, set out on one last job to track down and kill a gold miner and…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell (2010) It’s hard to believe that someone could come out with a fresh and different take on the zombie apocalypse novel, but Bell has done it here. He seamlessly combines Southern gothic tropes…
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Reading journal: Ringing in 2016
This year, I’ve decided to post snippets from my ongoing reading journal that aren’t full reviews, just thoughts about what I’m reading and what I want to read. This will possibly be terribly dull; I’ll let you decide. Here’s what I’ve been reading since the start of the year — a lot of short books!…
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Zombies are the things that get us that we don’t see coming…
World War Z is getting a lot of coverage this weekend, but I would like to remind everyone that it is a pretty good novel. By all accounts, the book is different enough from the movie that it’s worth reading even after seeing the movie. I have been reading some profiles of the author, Max…
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