survivors – One Book a Week

Max Brooks – Zombie Survival Guide (Der Zombie Survival Guide – Überleben unter Untoten)

I thought it would be quite cool to change my listening preferences for a while and dab into the amazing German language on my way to work. And it was absolutely the right choice when I was presented with some amazing words – “selbsmord” (literally killing of self – suicide) and “hinterhältigen” (devious) The ZombieContinue reading “Max Brooks – Zombie Survival Guide (Der Zombie Survival Guide – Überleben unter Untoten)”

Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick

I picked up this book only because I loved Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush Hush series. I must say I had a lovely surprise! A suspense, thriller, hike through the woods, serial killer on the loose, a mystery to decipher and a hot guy who might or might not be the killer. WOW! It started off wellContinue reading “Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick”

Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead Descent

Thank you Audible for this awesome performance! Now I do not think that it is a coincidence that this fifth book of the Walking Dead Novels came out within days of the new season of the TV show. I have been waiting a long time for both to come out and I really hope itContinue reading “Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead Descent”

Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand Book Review

I thought I had found God when reading “The Life of Pi” when Pi and his bengal tiger were desperate cast-aways, blowing in the seas, roasting in the sun, trying to catch a fish here and there. But then – I had not read Unbroken. Pi was lucky. Pi had some supplies and a net.Continue reading “Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand Book Review”

The Host – Stephanie Meyer

Completely different from Twilight and offering a slightly better love story than Bella and Edward, The Host is a book about an alien species who call themselves “souls” who like to invade unsuspecting planets and attach themselves in the aboriginal life forms and live on their life spans. It’s a story about an invasion aftermath,Continue reading “The Host – Stephanie Meyer”

Earth Abides – by George R. Stewart

From the series of post-apocalyptic novels like Emergence, Survivors and The Stand, comes a 1949 classic – Earth Abides. Different but still the same, the main difference in the disease outbreak survirvor comes in his easy detachment through which he looks at the world. He is a solitary being, used to observing events, not proneContinue reading “Earth Abides – by George R. Stewart”

Survivors * Terry Nation

From the series of Post-Apocalyptic novels comes Survivors, a book – for the first time – written on British soil and not in the USA. Before embarking on the Doctor Who trip, Terry Nations wrote a series of sci-fi novels – one of them being survivors which was later made into a TV series forContinue reading “Survivors * Terry Nation”