Zombies
Two New YA Books That Put a Unique Twist on Zombie Stories: Burn Down, Rise Up and The Undead Truth of Us
Do you think we’ve had enough vampire books or zombie novels? I recently read some people discussing how vampire stories aren’t over and done until we get to read an over abundance of vampire stories written by people of color. And by recently I mean a few months ago, long enough ago that I unfortunately […]
13 Thoughts Author Carrie Mesrobian Had About The Walking Dead
If you follow author Carrie Mesrobian on Twitter, you know that she is a big fan of The Walking Dead. She is part of the reason that this week became Zombie Week, our shared love of zombies and The Walking Dead. So to round up Zombie Week, Carrie Mesrobian is sharing some thoughts she has […]
Take 5 for Zombie Week: Variant Zombie Tales
I like a good zombie book. I also love a good zombie book which presents a variation on the traditional zombie tale. Sure I like them dark and scary and brooding. I like a good old fashioned zombie plague as much as the next living undead person. But I also love to read a new […]
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The Walking Dead: The Comics VS. The TV Show (a guest post by Geri Diorio)
Today for Zombie Week librarian Geri Diorio is joining us once again to talk about The Walking Dead graphic novel series and how it compares to the TV show. WARNING! SPOILERS for the comic up to issue 138 and the show as of March 15, 2015 The Walking Dead may be one of the most […]
Zombie Love: Why Are Zombie Things So Popular? (A guest post by Geri Diorio)
This week we’re – and by we’re I mean people like me and author Carrie Mesrobian, not necessarily everyone here at TLT – counting down the days until The Walking Dead season finale. So while we’re counting down, we thought we would dedicate the week to zombies. We’ll here from author Carrie Mesrobian later in […]
TPiB: Turn Your Library into Lovecraft Middle School (spooky crafts and Halloween fun)
Halloween is one of my most favorite times of the year. The leaves turn beautiful colors and glide gently to the ground, perfect for leaf pile jumping. Everyone gets to dress up. And there is candy. Lots and lots and lots of candy. I may or may not be the parent who sneaks candy out […]
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Book Review: Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart
The first thing you need to know is this: Eat, Brains, Love is not really a play or spoof on Eat, Pray, Love. It is not Pride and Prejudice with Zombies. It is its own book, and it is actually really good. Jake is sitting in the school cafeteria. He doesn’t feel so well. And […]
Fiction Lessons from The Walking Dead, a guest post by Carrie Mesrobian
26 of the best Walking Dead memes at KilltheHydra.com The Walking Dead is just a gory zombie story, right? Just a show about killing bad guys with sick special effects? It can’t teach us anything about writing, can it? Dude. If you read or write fiction, you are out of your mind if you’re not […]
Book Review: Monsters by Ilsa J. Bick
A bolt of bright yellow light sprang from the dark. Nearly blinded by the glare, Alex squinted and would have put a hand up if she hadn’t needed both to hang on. Belatedly, she realized that the light must be for her. The Changed saw very well in the dark. She saw Wolf, his legs […]
Book Review: Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi
“It might be kind of funny, if the cows weren’t trying to eat you . . . “ It’s easy to dismiss zombie books, and I see it happen often. Yes, zombie books have – by definition – some type of zombie in them. But zombie books are most often a layered reading experience, there […]
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