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Married with Zombies (Living with the Dead, #1)
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JESUS CHRIST, HOW MANY TIMES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO EDIT THIS!! THIS MASCOT COMPETITION IS TURNING INTO SOME MISS AMERICA SCANDAL!! WALBERT IS BACK IN THE RUNNING. HE HAS NO SHOT OF WINNING, BUT LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS!!! LOOOOOOK!! COMPARED TO THE BEE, HE IS THE PMOAT!!!
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/24...
as an aside- i really hate that bee, and it would make the site look like one for doofy toddlers, not bookish adults. i can stand to lose to a hedgehog, but that bee has got to go down (LGM)
so but zombies.
this book was much more enjoyable than i had feared. humorous zombie books are tricky to pull off. on the one hand, a creature that only wants to eat your brains is funny. on the other hand- seriously - it really wants to eat your brains. that's not funny.
but i found myself reluctantly charmed by this couple and their struggles to maintain their relationship and not get turned into zombies, all in the same day. thankfully, they had seen some zombie movies (which they were not afraid to reference). the "figuring out" part of zombie movies and books is always a real downer. "what are these creatures?? what do they want???" please. if i go outside today and see someone shuffling down the street, head cocked, moaning a little, i am going to crossbow it in the head. and if it is simply a stroke victim - well, mea culpa. you would have been thanking me if it had been a zombie. but when characters waste too much time scratching their heads and wondering "what do we dooooo?", it just frustrates the audience.
this book had good ass-kickery mixed with actual humor (i.e. - humor that made me laugh, not just cheap placeholder humor) and a bonus cult situation. the surprises never felt contrived - there were some genuinely intense moments, and i ended up rooting for the pair to rekindle their love and shoot some corpses in the head. good times.
on halloween, i was read-walking this very book down the street, and i saw the saddest thing: a little princess had rung the doorbell of an old man's house, and he opened the door and bellowed "no trick or treaters!!!" dude! just don't answer the door, no need to be a jerk about it. i kind of wish she had been a zombie, and had eaten him. then i wrote a story in my head where all the trick-or-treaters were zombies and i walked a little more quickly to escape them.
in summary:
bee= bad
this book = good.
also - just for the record - i do not like how this book tore the rbrs apart into two factions. can we come together again for next month, pleeeeeze??
come to my blog!
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/24...
as an aside- i really hate that bee, and it would make the site look like one for doofy toddlers, not bookish adults. i can stand to lose to a hedgehog, but that bee has got to go down (LGM)
so but zombies.
this book was much more enjoyable than i had feared. humorous zombie books are tricky to pull off. on the one hand, a creature that only wants to eat your brains is funny. on the other hand- seriously - it really wants to eat your brains. that's not funny.
but i found myself reluctantly charmed by this couple and their struggles to maintain their relationship and not get turned into zombies, all in the same day. thankfully, they had seen some zombie movies (which they were not afraid to reference). the "figuring out" part of zombie movies and books is always a real downer. "what are these creatures?? what do they want???" please. if i go outside today and see someone shuffling down the street, head cocked, moaning a little, i am going to crossbow it in the head. and if it is simply a stroke victim - well, mea culpa. you would have been thanking me if it had been a zombie. but when characters waste too much time scratching their heads and wondering "what do we dooooo?", it just frustrates the audience.
this book had good ass-kickery mixed with actual humor (i.e. - humor that made me laugh, not just cheap placeholder humor) and a bonus cult situation. the surprises never felt contrived - there were some genuinely intense moments, and i ended up rooting for the pair to rekindle their love and shoot some corpses in the head. good times.
on halloween, i was read-walking this very book down the street, and i saw the saddest thing: a little princess had rung the doorbell of an old man's house, and he opened the door and bellowed "no trick or treaters!!!" dude! just don't answer the door, no need to be a jerk about it. i kind of wish she had been a zombie, and had eaten him. then i wrote a story in my head where all the trick-or-treaters were zombies and i walked a little more quickly to escape them.
in summary:
bee= bad
this book = good.
also - just for the record - i do not like how this book tore the rbrs apart into two factions. can we come together again for next month, pleeeeeze??
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October 30, 2010
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October 30, 2010
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November 1, 2010
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Oh my gosh. Everything is wrong for that book... The pub date is 08/23/11.
![David](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1472052100p1/3073544.jpg)
But I DO really, really love that hedgehog.
And this guy:
http://photo.goodreads.com/photos/128...
![Joel](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1612195247p1/2863914.jpg)
in fact i am going to change my vote to vote for whatever has the best chance of beating the bee, like when i voted for john kerry.
![karen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1596291582p1/45618.jpg)
just because that bee is the worst.
![David](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1472052100p1/3073544.jpg)
My favorites from the Corky Division:
This one's clearly Mr. Hanky moonlighting:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/photos/1285459749p8/158855.jpg)
This guy scares the crap out of me. He could easily play the Gordon Jump child molester character from the very special episode of Diff'rent Strokes:
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/photos/1285341825p8/158191.jpg)
Exercising those sensory motor skills! (I don't care if you're four. Keep your fucking day job, retard.)
![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/photos/1285118797p8/157121.jpg)
![David](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1472052100p1/3073544.jpg)
![Joel](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1612195247p1/2863914.jpg)
![karen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1596291582p1/45618.jpg)
i hate that bee the way i hate that other person i hate. if this were a learning to read site, for babies, i could see it. but aren't we all mostly adults??
![David](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1472052100p1/3073544.jpg)
![karen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1596291582p1/45618.jpg)
Wow. I hope MFSO is always on my side of the damage.
![Esteban del Mal](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1432140681p1/2251009.jpg)
![Joshua Nomen-Mutatio](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1363779897p1/1447864.jpg)
Yeah, she's kinda gross. (I remember when there were ads for that Wanted movie everywhere all I could see were her emaciated arms.) But I figured that the celebritarded teens who seem to like the bee so much would also be dumb enough to be swayed by a celebrity "endorsement."
![Esteban del Mal](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1432140681p1/2251009.jpg)
Yeah, she's kinda gross. (I remember when there were ads for that Wanted movie everywhere all I could see ..."
Good point. Do a Hello Kitty.
![Joel](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1612195247p1/2863914.jpg)
![Joshua Nomen-Mutatio](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1363779897p1/1447864.jpg)
![karen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1596291582p1/45618.jpg)
![karen](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1596291582p1/45618.jpg)
not that i had anything to do with the book choices, but i want to get the band back together!
Oh no. No book cover yet! Can a goodreads librarian please help? It is up on Amazon...