Activity #9 involves zombies.  You ought to go over and check it out.  Kristin at Bookworming in the 21st Century shared this fun nugget of information.  How long would it take you to become infected from a zombie bite?

Along these same lines, I finally finished my first book of the Holiday Break Reading Challenge.  BONESHAKER by Cherie Priest was an entertaining book.  I’ll post more of a review later, but I will say that it is told from two different points of view – a mother and a son, Briar and Zeke more specifically.  BONESHAKER isn’t marketed as a young adult book, but it totally could be.  I loved Briar’s chapters and found myself speeding through Zeke’s in order to get to her’s again.  So, if you want a little zombie action read BONESHAKER.  It is filled with Rotters (what Priest used to refer to the walking dead in the book).

Now, on to my Zombie Infection Rate results.

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From the author of Saving Juliet comes a romantic comedy that is good to the last drop. When Katrina spots a homeless guy sleeping in the alley behind her grandmother’s coffee shop, she decides to leave him a cup of coffee, a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans, and some pastries to tide him over. Little does she know that this random act of kindness is about to turn her life upside down.  Because this adorable vagrant, Malcolm, is really a guardian angel on a break between missions. And he won’t leave until he can reward Katrina’s selflessness by fulfilling her deepest desire. Now if only she could decide what that might be . . .

HERE IS MY REVIEW

Thanks to everyone who reads and follows Karin’s Book Nook.  You’ve made this a wonderful year and I hope to only getting better in the years to come.  Thanks for sticking with me.  Happy Holidays to everyone.

We were in the square, in the square where I’d run, holding her, carrying her, telling her to stay alive, stay alive till we got safe, till we got to Haven so I could save her – But there weren’t no safety, no safety at all, there was just him and his men…Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor’s new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode…”The Ask and the Answer” is a tense, shocking and deeply moving novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure. This is the second title in the “Chaos Walking” trilogy.

HERE IS MY REVIEW

I’ve stumbled upon another challenge that I’m going to join.  It is called the Flashback Challenge.  There are three different levels you can choose.  Click HERE to read all the details.

You can sign up for the following levels:
Bookworm – Up to three books
Scholar – Four to six books
Literati – Over six books

I’m going to be a Bookworm and reread:

1. FREAK SHOW by James St. James

2. UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld

3. JESSICA’S GUIDE TO DATING ON THE DARK SIDE by Beth Fantaskey

What do you do if you can deadlift a car, and you spend your nights flying to get away from it all? If you’re fifteen-year-old Avery Pirzwick, you keep that information to yourself. When you’re a former jock turned freak, you can’t afford to let the secret slip.But then Avery makes some friends who are as extraordinary as he is. He realizes they’re more than just freaks—together, maybe they have a chance to be heroes. First, though, they have to decide whether to trust the mysterious Cherchette, a powerful wouldbe mentor whose remarkable generosity may come at a terrible price.

HERE IS MY REVIEW

Oscar Banks has everything under control. In a town where his father brainwashes everyone, he’s found a way to secretly fight the subliminal Messages. He’s got them all fooled: Oscar’s the top student and the best-behaved teen in town. Nobody knows he’s made his own Messages to deprogram his brain. Oscar has even found a way to get rich. For a hefty price, he helps new kids escape Candor, Florida before they’re transformed into cookie-cutter teens. But then Nia Silva moves to Candor, and Oscar’s carefully-controlled world crumbles.

HERE IS MY REVIEW

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For Christmas, thanks to my parents, I’m going to get a Nook.  I’m really excited – especially since I have a $50 gift card from Barnes and Noble I haven’t spent yet.

Here are the specifics:

1. Anyone can join. You don’t need a blog to participate.
–Non-Bloggers: Include your information in the comment section.

2. There are four levels:

5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Only books started on January 1st count towards this challenge.

I’ll try for the Addicted category on this one.

I won’t be listing my books in advance because I have no idea what I’ll read. I’m excited!

Here are the specifics from Book Chick City:

Timeline: 1st Jan 2010~ 31st Dec 2010. Only books started on January 1st count towards this challenge.

1. Anyone can join.  You don’t have to blog to be a participant.

2. There are four levels:

• Inquisitive – Read 3 Speculative Fiction books.
• Enthusiastic – Read 6 Speculative Fiction books.
• Addicted – Read 12 Speculative Fiction books.
• Obsessed – Read 24 Speculative Fiction books.

3. Any book format counts. (WOO HOO)  My audio books can count!)

4. You don’t have to select your books ahead of time, you can just add them as you go. Also if you do list them upfront then you can change them, nothing is set in stone!

5. The books you choose can crossover into other challenges you have on the go.

6. If you decide to participate in this challenge please use the links I have set up below with the buttons to post on your sidebar, this way others can find their way back to this post and join in the fun.

7. If you decide to join this challenge be sure to create a post telling others, please make sure you add a link back to this post so others can join in.

8. There will be a place for you to link your reviews, but this is optional.

I am going to shoot for the Obsessed category.  I absolutely love Speculative Fiction.  I don’t have a book list yet, but I know of one book that I’ll be reading next year that will fit in this challenge.  It is a sequel to a book I read a while ago, THE SKY INSIDE.  The sequel is called THE WALL HAS EYES by Clare Dunkle.

Harlequin Teen – April 10, 2010

Trella is a scrub.  She lives on the lower levels of the Inside and cleans the water and air ducts in order to keep everyone safe from contamination.  Life as a scrub isn’t a pleasant experience.  All the scrubs live in cramped quarters, work ten hour shifts with hardly any time off, and are watched carefully by the Pop Cops (Population Control Police).

Trella only has one friend, Cogon, and when he drags her to meet, yet another, Prophet spouting nonsense about the Gateway to the Outside, she goes with only one purpose in mind – to discredit the Prophet.  If she can prove there is no Outside, Cog won’t get his heart broken when the Gateway turns out to be nothing but a dream.

Trella isn’t prepared for the danger she gets herself into when she starts looking for the Gateway.  With her knowledge of the vents and ducts, only she can get to some of the places where secret information is stored and once the Pop Cops find out what is going on, they stop at nothing to prevent her from finding out about Gateway and Outside.

INSIDE OUT is a science fiction novel from the author of POISON STUDY.  I’m sure there will be some out there that will absolutely love this book, but here are the things preventing me from giving it a higher rating:

• Inside, where everyone lives, is built like a cube, with levels and sectors.  It was difficult for me to picture it in my mind when Trella referred to places like Sector H1.
• Since Harlequin Teen is publishing this book, there has to be a little romance in it, but what is there is at the very end and feels like it was just stuck in for the purpose of fitting the publishers requirements.
• Trella is unsure of her family history and when given the information to answer he questions – doesn’t take it.  This irritated me.  I know there is going to be a sequel and we might find out about it then, but …
• The ending wasn’t very satisfying to me.  It seemed like it was a little too quickly wrapped up.  Again, I know there will be a sequel, but…

The sequel is called OUTSIDE IN and due for release in 2011.

When more of you guys have read this book, be sure to come back and tell me what you think about it.