Zombie Love

"This is the way the world ends - not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door."

OK.
So I did it.  I read the book I said I wouldn't read.
And it was ok.  Just OK mind you.  I'm not a horror movie fan (or scary book fan for that matter.)
Hollowland was the only book I'd not read by Amanda Hocking (so far) so I thought I'd give it a shot.
 
Your typical apocalyptic zombie story (like those crazy movie my brother always loves) we have a world infected with a deadly virus that turns people into flesh-eating monsters.  Also we have those who have to run and hide from the zombies.   Remy, our teenage heroine, is searching for her little brother Max, who was taken by the military to an unknown "safe" location.  She teams up with a rock-star, a few other normal citizens, and some end-of-days cult members on her quest.
Love and Sacrifice (and lots of gore.) 
Everything you want and expect from a zombie story, I guess!

Letters from a vampire...

Yeah, yeah, I know...  Another vampire book.  

And this one titled after a song by one of my favorite bands when I was a teen (long, long, ago.)

The Cure (and yes, I had this poster on my wall many years ago.)

This one is a novella to accompany the My Blood Approves series by Amanda Hocking.  Hocking is my new heroine.  A self-published novelist who is very prolific.  She's put out quite a few books and I've read almost all of them so far.  (My favorite is the Trylle Trilogy.) Nothing serious or life changing.  Just fun to read (which is what we all need sometimes!)  Can't bring myself to read the zombie love story she wrote yet... (not a zombie fan, can you believe it?) 

In this novella we have letters from Peter (my favorite hunk in the My Blood Approves stories) to his first true love, Elise.  A sad story that makes you realize why he acts the way he does in the other novels.  Still, I wish Alice had been smart enough to choose Peter.  He makes Edward look like a dork.

I say "Trolls", You Say "Trylles?"

Again I'm into the realm of fantasy...

Trylle Trilogy (Books 1 and 2)

 
Wendy is a girl who had her mother try to stab her with the knife that was meant to cut her sixth birthday cake because she says she is a monster.  Her brother is the only thing that saves her.  Talk about a hard beginning...
Fast forward eleven years or so and Wendy finds out that maybe her mom was right... MAYBE she isn't human after all...
Maybe she is a Troll Princess.  

Changelings, Trolls, and (hot) bodyguards, oh my. 


I am fascinated by the Indie book publishing thing (that I didn't know existed until this series.) These books are only available in e-formats I believe except for a limited few.  The author self-publishes and you download on your Kindle or Nook, etc.  I LOVE this idea.  Now, I don't love the whole "no editor" thing.   There are very obvious type-o's and grammatical errors that an editor (probably) would have caught.  Now, that being said...

I really enjoyed the beginnings of this series and can't wait for the next one to come out! 

Coming in January 2011!