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Did not expect to love a book about zombies

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

December 21, 2020 by Malin 6 Comments

4.5 stars Official book description: The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies

Malin's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, cbr12, ensemble cast, horror, Malin, Max Brooks, World War Z, zombies ·
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I wasn’t expecting such a serious book based on the title

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

November 18, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre is the story of of a group of yuppies fighting for survival against a tribe of starving Sasquatch after Mount Rainier erupts. Most of the novel is told from the point of view of Kate, a new resident to the western Washington planned village of Greenloop. Kate and her husband, Dan, have been having marital troubles, in part because Dan can’t find a job. Kate is hoping the tech and creative community in Greenloop will inspire Dan and […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Max Brooks, sasquatch, survival, volcano, Washington

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:59 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Max Brooks, sasquatch, survival, volcano, Washington ·
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Post Apocalyptic Comfort

World War Z by Max Brooks

September 9, 2020 by caragwapa 2 Comments

Is it weird that World War Z is one of my comfort reads? I rarely reread books. I get anxious when I’m rereading because I keep thinking that I should be reading something new. I mean, my to be read list is not getting any shorter. World War Z is one of the few books that I have reread more than once. The others are The Drifters by James Michener, A Ring of Endless Light by L’Engle and Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: caragwapa, cbr12, Max Brooks, post apocalytpic, zombies

caragwapa's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: caragwapa, cbr12, Max Brooks, post apocalytpic, zombies ·
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Nature, red in tooth and claw (CBR12Bingo: Pandemic)

Devolution by Max Brooks

August 3, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I live in West Michigan, in a county that is known to have the highest incidences of deer collisions in the state. We’re a big city, but with patches of woods sprinkled throughout, and even though I am 100% in The City, I have been in touching distance of deer in large part to my next door neighbor being one of the largest woodland preserves in the city. I mention this because on a walk with the octolet through said park, I saw a deer, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Max Brooks, pandemic, World War Z

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:85 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Max Brooks, pandemic, World War Z ·
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BIGFOOT!

Devolution by Max Brooks

July 28, 2020 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

… Or, more accurately, BIGFEET. Wait! Don’t go! I know it sounds silly but trust me, this was a good read! Max Brooks, who brought genuine terror and superior storytelling to the Zombie genre, has now turned his sights on the Sasquatch. And he does a bloody great job of it. Here’s the premise: A group of privileged folk (artists, authors, wealthy vegan tech types) are living out their homesteading, off-grid fantasy in the very small eco-community called Greenloop in the mountains near Seattle. They […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, Max Brooks, World War Z

Caesar's Wife's CBR12 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Fiction, Max Brooks, World War Z ·
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Well, I’m Definitely Not Ever Going Camping Now

Devolution by Max Brooks

July 12, 2020 by Jen K 5 Comments

Bingo Square: Pandemic Bingo 1: 4th column While I enjoy the occasional zombie story, it definitely isn’t my go to sub-genre – I haven’t seen a single episode of The Walking Dead, for example. And yet, World War Z is a novel I still bring up quite frequently (and should absolutely re-read), and may have even unknowingly become one of my favorite books – top 20 for sure! I just love the complex analysis behind the novel, how Brooks used history to predict various countries’ […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Devolution, Max Brooks, sasquatch

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: cbr12bingo, Devolution, Max Brooks, sasquatch ·
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