Book #19 Autumn the City by David Moody

A bleak apocalypse survival story that David Moody crafted after his hugely popular novel Hater. I'm going to keep this short and sweet...I liked it. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst, I kept turning the pages but I wasn't staying up all night reading it. After all these survival books, I'm going to be the best person to be with if anything big goes down.

Book #18 Pariah by Bob Fingerman

Lets just say I don't even want to spend the time to think up a good synopsis for Pariah by Bob Fingerman, so here is a quote from Amazon.


"When a zombie pandemic sweeps the land, a group of survivors hide out in an Upper East Side apartment building. As food supplies dwindle tensions rise, and their only salvation appears in the form of Mona, a mysterious girl who repels the zombies."

Very realistic on the terrible side of humanity. This zombie novel touch too much on the real side of humanity and what would probably happen during the apocalypse. I felt really uncomfortable reading most parts of the book and just wanted to finish it. There was way to much sex and weird violence that just wasn't want I usually like in my zombie novels. Like I've said before, I like to read horror novels because I can escape reality and I just couldn't escape in this book.

If you like harsh reality and want a book that leaves you feeling a little queasy and sad....this is it.

Book #15 #16 #17 The Hunger Games Book Series by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games book series by Suzanne Collins was recommended by my friend Megan with the warning that once you start you will not be about to do anything else but finish the series. I was skeptical but she was 100% right and I knew this when I was ½ way into it and in love with Katniss the main character. I’m not a writer of reviews, so I will let you just take my word for it and if you don’t want to do that, you can the review on Amazon and decide for yourself. This series was well worth it and I truly hope Collins comes out with another series in the near future for me to devourer like a piece of cake after a month of dieting.

The Hunger Games series has a measurable success being in Amazon’s #1 spot for eBook purchases for what seems like forever. I know your wondering “Oh no, not another teen book series craze” or “Wow... is she really diving into the teen love stories now, she must be zombie’ed out?”.  Yes and No, this is another teen series book that has a crazy amount of fans and 1000’s of eBook reviews giving is a whopping 4.5 stars on Amazon and NO I still love zombie books. Its a huge sensation but I don’t see it making the giant cultural spash Twilight made. Its just too soon and maybe teens want another thing to latch onto but I don’t see this post-apocalyptic action-pact love drama making the cut because it wasn’t the super sappy love story Twilight was. The plot was way better than that!

I tried reading Twilight and just couldn’t stand the romance. It was like a romance novel that threw in a few supernatural creatures in to “spice” it up and most readers loved it. When I referred to “readers” I’m referring to women (mostly) and most women love romance and that’s what sells in books and in the box office. Katniss is not your typical teenage girl, she is defiant, head strong and determined to break the mold. She is by far a much different character than most popular teen reads. She is a great role model for young girls, she thinks outside the box and doesn’t give into the enormous amount of pressure forced on her. She is strong and doesn't really know it throughout the story so you can relate to her insecurities. I highly recommend this book series to any women of any age and especially young pre-teen girls.