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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Review: Unfed

Title - Unfed
Author - Kirsty McKay
Series - Undead #2
Genre - YA Zombies
Published - August 27th 2013
Publisher - Scholastic

Synopsis

The good news: Bobby survived her Undead school trip. Bad news: her best mate, Smitty, is missing. Bobby knows she's got to find him even if it means risking it all and going out into the starving-zombie-infested wastelands again. Even if it means taking fellow survivors including a couple of old frenemies along for the ride. And even if the zombies are not the only ones who are chasing them this time.

Review
I received Undfed in return for an honest review from the publisher via Netgalley. Unfed is the second installment in the Undead series. The book starts right where the first book ended with the bus crashing. Bobby wakes up in a hospital six weeks later having been in a coma, she’s told that there only four survivors and her mother isn’t one of them. Before she can figure out what’s going on the facility is under attack from zombies but these aren’t the slow run of the mill zombies these are smarter and faster. While attempting to flee the zombie children Bobby finds Alice in a room in a room and they get lucky finding Pete with another crash survive Russ.

As the four flee the facility running from the zombies as well as the Xanthro’s military that wants them alive. With the clues left on Bobby’s cell phone she’s sure that Smitty and her mom are still alive and if she follows the clues she will find them. When they find Smitty they set out to find her mom knowing she will have the solution to get them out of Scotland since it’s been locked down due to the outbreak. Will they make it away from the Xanthro’s military which are hot on their heels or will the super zombies not be so easily to avoid.

Oh how I love Bobby more concerned about avoiding the zombies than wearing pants.  I love the way she thinks, she’s one of those kick ass zombie slaying characters you can’t help loving. I mean she goes up against super zombies as well as four legged zombies still managing to survive. We also have Pete, Alice and Smitty from the first book that grew on me.

I knew after finishing the first one I would need to read the second one after all I needed to know what was going to happen. I love the zombie concept the author adds her own unique spin on how the whole outbreak happens. The story is captivating right from the start packed with action, zombies, humor and even a little romance that makes for a hard to put down book.  I really enjoyed the characters Bobby is easy to connect with plus she’s kick ass one of my favorite character types. I like that the story aside from a little blood and guts is clean because teens as well as adults will enjoy it. I honestly really enjoyed Unfed it was hard to put down I gobbled it up this afternoon. I hope for another book in the series because I see potential for more but I haven’t heard anything so I can hope for more of Bobby and her little zombie team. Lastly look at those covers how can you not want to read them. 
5 out of 5 stars

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

W...W...W... Wednesdays

W...W...W... Wednesdays October 9th 2013



W...W...W... Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Be sure to link up to her so others can see what your reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions...

1.What are you currently reading?
2.What did you recently finish reading?
3.What do you think you'll read next?

Books

1.What are you currently reading? Hunted: Cycle Thirteen: Book 1 by Jill Kaelin (Goodreads)
2.What did you recently finish reading? Fairies in My Fireplace by R.L. Naquin (Review)
3.What do you think you'll read next? Unfed by Kirsty Mckay (Goodreads)

What are you reading?

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

September Re-cap

September 2013 Re-cap
What happened in September at The Reading Diaries


It's not been a bad month. Not as many books read as I would have liked but hopefully I can kickstart for the last three months to make my goal. September I had lots of fun posts and read some awesome books. Also added a bunch to my wish list. This month I completed 15 books. 

Read this month
My Own Mr. Darcy by Karey White (Review)
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (Review)
Undead by Kirsty McKay (Review)
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (Review)
The Howling Heart by April Bostic (Review)
Cursed by Monica Wolfson (Review)
Tied by Laney McMann (Review)
Cassie's Cowboy Crave by Kimberly Krey (Review)
Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich & Dorien Kelly (Review)
Breaking the Reins by Juliana Haygert (Review)
On the Edge by Ilona Andrews (Review)
A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest (Review)
The Outside by Laura Bickle (Review)
Blooded by Amanda Carlson (Review)
Nigh Myst by Yasmine Galenorn (Review)

October Plans 
My reading goal for October is 25 plus books. 
These are the ones so far I'm planning to read. 

Taking Back Forever by Karen Amanda Hooper (Goodreads)
Shadow Eyes by Dusty Crabtree (Goodreads)
Emerge by S.E. Hall (Goodreads)
Permanent Shadows by C.E. Wilson (Goodreads)
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg (Goodreads)
Tangled Souls by Jana Oliver (Goodreads)
Pendomus by Carissa Andrews (Goodreads)
The Dollhouse Asylum by Mary Gray (Goodreads)
Unfed by Kirsty McKay (Goodreads)
Hunted: Cycle Thirteen: Book 1 by Jill Kaelin (Goodreads)
Heartbreaker Ranch by Anastasia Ryan (Goodreads)
Volition by Lee Strauss (Goodreads)



I've also got a few giveaways planned. 
I'm still working on a few fun Halloween posts I hope you'll all enjoy. 
I'm not sure where my challenges are this month but I need to take a look. 

Alright October I'm ready do your worst. 

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 18th 2014
Welcome to It's Monday! is a weekly event hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney to share with others what you've read the past week and are planning to read the next.

It wasn't bad I read 4 this week I'm hoping for at least 4 but more like 6 with the hubby out of town.  

Read last week
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Review)
Unfed by Kirsty McKay (Review)
Sun Damage by Nikki Rae (Review)
Donna of the Dead by Alison Kemper (Review) 

Currently Reading
Werewolf in Denver by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Goodreads)

Up Next 
Pride & Popularity by Jenni James (Goodreads)
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads)
Recipe for Disaster by Nina Harrington (Goodreads)

What are you reading this week?

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

W...W...W... Wednesdays

W...W...W... Wednesdays March 12th 2014

W...W...W... Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Be sure to link up to her so others can see what your reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions..

1.What are you currently reading? 
2.What did you recently finish reading? 
3.What do you think you'll read next? 

Books
1.What are you currently reading? Unfed by Kirsty McKay (Goodreads)
2.What did you recently finish reading? Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads)
3.What do you think you'll read next? The Convenience of Lies by The Convenience of Lies by Kimberly Castillo (Goodreads)

What are you reading this week?

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Halloween Spotlight ~ Zombies

During the month of October I want to spotlight as many different types of Halloween books as I can. Some of my favorites while others are on my to read list. Each post will have a theme for example this one is all about Zombies!!!!!

I have a soft spot for zombies I just can’t seem to get enough of them. I think it’s because they scare me and deep down I figure one day they will be in some form walking the earth. I know far-fetched but I have an overactive imagination. My hubby and friends love to give me a hard time but who knows maybe a scientist will accidently create the walking dead. 

My favorite Zombie books
 Dead Over Heels by Alison Kemper (Review)
Donna of the Dead by Alison Kemper (Review)
PODs by Michelle K. Pickett (Review)
Taste by Kate Evangelista (Review)
Undead by Kirsty McKay (Review)
Unfed by Kirsty McKay (Review)

I have a huge TBR of zombies book I have every intention of reading. So I decided to narrow it down to just a few. So many great zombie books available to read that I may have to do challenge myself to read a bunch next year since they are my favorite.

Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (Here)

She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.

Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.

Her father was right. The monsters are real….

To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….


I wish I could go back and do a thousand things differently.
I'd tell my sister no.
I'd never beg my mother to talk to my dad.
I'd zip my lips and swallow those hateful words.
Or, barring all of that, I'd hug my sister, my mom and my dad one last time.
I'd tell them I love them.

I wish... Yeah, I wish.

I love the Alice concept but I've heard so many mixed thoughts I've procrastinated starting this series. However with the beautiful covers maybe it's time I just give it a chance. 


Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield (Goodreads)


Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realizes the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished.
And with her, nearly all of civilization.

Where once-lush hills carried cars and commerce, the roads today see only cannibalistic Beaters -- people turned hungry for human flesh by a government experiment gone wrong.

In a broken, barren California, Cass will undergo a harrowing quest to get Ruthie back. Few people trust an outsider, let alone a woman who became a zombie and somehow turned back, but she finds help from an enigmatic outlaw, Smoke. Smoke is her savior, and her safety.

For the Beaters are out there.


And the humans grip at survival with their trigger fingers. Especially when they learn that she and Ruthie have become the most feared, and desired, of weapons in a brave new world….

I've had this one on my kindle for a while but never seem to get around to it but it sound intriguing. I love scary zombie books but can't read them before bed or I'm doomed to have nightmares. 

Feed by Mira Grant (Goodreads)

The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. 

The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives - the dark conspiracy behind the infected. 

The truth will get out, even if it kills them

I've heard so much about Feed but it sound scary so I've been waiting. I hope to get to it this month.

Do you have any favorite zombie books? I'm always looking to add to my collection of zombie books. 

Don't forget to enter my Spooktacular giveaway (here) over 200 other blogs.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Top Ten Tuesday!

Top Ten Tuesday!
Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke And The Brookish. Who doesn't love lists. They make life easy! And fun!! It's always a never ending topic.

This week's topic:
Top ten best/worst series endings

I wanted to do the topic but I don't have the chance to finish many series. I've got so many going that I'm behind in. So I'm going to copy another post I saw this week. 

Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner has created a alternate topic I'm going to copy. 
Top ten sequels I still haven't read yet (But plan to!)

It's easy to explain why I haven't been able to finish series. I'm the kind of girl who used to be unable to say now when I got a review request. Now I have so many amazing review books to read all the series I love are kind of on the back burner unless I can sneak them in for challenges. One day soon I hope to catch up but some days it feels like I'm not making any headway.

1. Frost Bitten by Richelle Mead 2nd book in the Vampire Academy series. (Goodreads) I would love to finish this series because it has a end. 

2. Golden Lily by Richelle Mead 2nd book in the Bloodlines series. (Goodreads) I've even got the third in hardback and have the next one to order. One day I hope. 

3. Kiss the Dead by Laurell K. Hamilton 21st in the Anita Blake Series. (Goodreads) I've been for a while in a love hate mood with Anita. I want to read this one and the next one but I'm so tired of all the smut. I want kick-ass Anita back. 

4. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 16th in the Stephanie Plum Series. (Goodreads) I'm still a big fan of Steph, just since I started blogging she's been on the back burner for a while. I need to catch up my sister who never reads is current with the series. 

5. Unfed by Kirsty McKay 2nd book in Undead Series (Goodreads) I'm planning on reading this one sometime this week. Well hoping to find the time. The first one was awesome. 

6. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 2nd book in The Mortal Instruments. (Goodreads) I read the first one before the movie came out and I'm curious to continue the series. I still haven't seen the movie to much real life stuff kept getting in the way. 

7 . Wrecked by Alyssa Rose Ivy 3rd book int he Clayton Falls Series. (Goodreads) I loved the first two so of course when the third one came out I purchased it right away. I've had this one on my kindle for ages teasing me but I haven't been able to slip it in between reviews. 

8. Hidden by Sophie Jordan the third book in the Firelight series. (Goodreads) I read the first two in the course of a weekend when my hubby was TDY. However I've waited forever to read the last one maybe because I'm afraid how it will end. It's on my kindle just haven't gotten the nerve you could say to let it end. 

9. The Thing About Weres by Leigh Evans 2nd book in the Mystwalker series. (Goodreads) I really loved the first one just haven't had time for the second one. Maybe this month I hope. 

10. Northern Bites by Nikki Jefford 2nd book in the Aurora Sky: Vampire Hunter Series. (Goodreads) I received a review copy from the author it's on my TBR list for this month. 

What do you have on your list this week?

Monday, March 10, 2014

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? March 10th 2014
Welcome to It's Monday! is a weekly event hosted by Sheila at Bookjourney to share with others what you've read the past week and are planning to read the next.

It wasn't a bad week but I have big plans for this week. 

Read last week
Everlasting by Candace Knoebel (Review)
Evil Red by Nikki Jefford (Review)
Werewolf in Seattle by Vicki Lewis Thompson (Review)\

Currently Reading
 
Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads)

Up Next 
Unfed by Kirsty McKay (Goodreads)
Sun Damage by Nikki Rae (Goodreads)
Pride & Popularity by Jenni James (Goodreads)

What are you reading this week?