Day 8 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Zombie Queen of Newbury High
by Amanda Ashby

Our review(s):
Carrie
Cecilia
Velvet




More reviews:

Book Splot
Diana
Lisette
Liyana
Sophie
Yan

Movie of the day:

28 Weeks Later

Our review(s):

Velvet

Zombie author interview(s):

Cecilia - Brian James, author of Zombie Blondes

- check out his zombie dance playlist

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

news from the blogosphere:

J. Caleb Mozzocco - 28 Days Later #1

J. Caleb Mozzocco - Awakening, Vol. 1

nerdflood - Marvel vs. DC: Zombies eating your brains

Zombie books:

Cecilia - Never Slow Dance (teaser)

Cecilia - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (trailer)

Cecilia - World War Z (teaser)

Cecilia - Zombie Haiku review

Diana - Living Dead Anthology (trailer)

Blodeuedd - Dagger Star review

Blodeuedd - White Star review

titania86 - The Zen of Zombie review

Zombie movies:

titania86 - Planet Terror review

titania86 - Diary of the Dead review

Terra - Bob Hope, Democrats, and Zombies! Oh My!

Zombie music:

titania86 - Zombie music part 4

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunage part 6

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunes - The P.L.A.N.

Zombie creation(s):

Nicole - Zombie fic continued

Nicole - Zombie fic concluded

Zombie random:

Liyana - In Case of Zombies

Terra - Geek Survival Guide podcast

J.T. - The FB Zombie Apocalypse Discussions: Post the Second

In it you will discover how the Zombie Apocalypse results in polyamory. F’real.

J.T. - The FB Zombie Apocalypse Discussions: An Interlude

- some zombie haiku

Jordan - Zombie Walk??

Zombie-related reading challenges:

Misty - Spotlight on: Zombies (Helluva Halloween)

R.I.P. iv challenge has begun

- any zombie books read Sep to Oct counts towards the challenge

Giveaways:

Check out the complete list of contests and giveaways here.

--> Winners announced for offers that end today !!!

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

Day 7 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Zombie Blondes
by Brian James

Our review(s):
Cecilia
Velvet

More review(s):

Book Splot

Movie of the day:

28 Days Later (2002)

Our review(s):

Carrie

Velvet

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

E. Van Lowe - Zombiemania

Zombie books:

Cecilia - World War Z (teaser)

Cecilia - I Kissed A Zombie (trailer)

Sophie - Beautiful Dead

Zombie movies:

titania86 - Michael Myers Then and Now

The 20 Weirdest Zombie Movies Ever Made

Zombie music:

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunage part 5

Zombie creation(s):

Nicole - A Bit of Zombie Fic

Zombie interview(s):

Harry - Zombie Chat with Thea

Zombie random:

Jordan - Zombie.... Weddings???

Zombie-related reading challenges:

Misty - Spotlight on: Zombies (Helluva Halloween)

R.I.P. iv challenge has begun

- any zombie books read Sep to Oct counts towards the challenge

Giveaways:

Velvet - Ultimate Zombies - YA book of your choice (can be non-zombie)

Velvet - Zombie Blondes book

Check out complete list of contests and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

Day 6 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

You Are So Undead to Me
by Stacey Jay

Our review(s):
Cecilia
Velvet
Drea

More reviews:

Book Splot
Lexie
RagDollVampGirl
Robin Titan
Sara
Sophie

Movie of the day:

Night of the Living Dorks (2005)

Our review(s):

Velvet

Zombie Author guest post:

Cecilia - E. Van Lowe, author of Never Slow Dance With A Zombie

- check out E's zombie survival kit

Cecilia - Amanda Ashby, author of Zombie Queen of Newbury High

- find out How to tell if your BFF has turned into a zombie

Zombie fun:

Velvet - Zombie Haiku vote

Zombie books:

Cecilia - PP&Z (teaser)

Cecilia - Zombie Blondes (trailer)
Elnice - On My Wish List - World War Z (with Survival quiz)

Zombie movies:

Colette - Night of the Living Dead review

Velvet - Tokyo Zombie review

Jordan - Dawn of the Dead (1978) review

titania86 - Grace film review (zombie baby !!!)

titania86 - Fido film review

Zombie music:

titania86 - Zombie Songs Part 3
Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunage part 4

Zombie random:

Jordan - My opinion on zombies!

Harry - Zombie Week: Me & Zombie, Sitting in a Tree [don't gasp, I decapitate in the end]

Cecilia - Zombie food

Zombie-related reading challenge(s):

R.I.P. iv challenge has begun

- any zombie books read Sep to Oct counts towards the challenge

Giveaways:

Jess - Generation Dead book and wrist bands

Cecilia - Zombie survival kit

Check out the complete list of contests and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

Day 5 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith

Our review(s):
Cecilia
Velvet

More reviews:

austenfan

Cecelia Bedelia

Heather

Laura's Reviews

Midnight Cowgirl

Misty

Okbolover

raych

titania86

If you didn't already know there is a giveaway offer for those who have read this book details are here.

Movie of the day:

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Our review(s):

Carrie

Cecilia (trailer and giveaway)

Zombie fun:

Velvet - Book Blogger Zombie Giveaway

Velvet - Plush of the Dead
Terra - Playing Dead (gaming)

Zombie art:

Harry - Zombie Gallery

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

Lexie - Zombie Loan anime review

Harry - Walking Dead review

Zombie books:

Cecilia - My So-Called Death (waiting on)

Cecilia - You're So Undead (teaser)
Cecilia - Undead Much (trailer)

Cecilia - World War Z review

okbolover - World War Z review

Zombie Girrrl - World War Z review

Cecilia - I Kissed A Zombie And I Liked It (waiting on with book trailer)

Carrie - Waiting on Wedneday - I Kissed A Zombie And I Liked It and Dead-Tossed Waves
Velvet - Waiting on Wednesday - Zombie mashups
Kristen - Waiting on Wednesday - Dead Tossed Waves
Dahlia - Wish List Wednesday - Zombie Queen of Newbury High

Kristen - Zombie Book trailers

- My Rotten Life,

- The Forest of Hands and Teeth

- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Zombie movies:

Lexie - Resident Evil movie reviews
titania86 - Dead Snow review

titania86 - Deadgirl trailer and Zombie Feminism

Zombie music:

Nicole - My Favorite Zombie song

titania86 - Zombie Songs Part 2

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunage (part 3)

Terra - Dancing Dead

Zombie random:

Nicole - The Night I Met Zombie Spongebob

E. Van Lowe - Never Slow Dance With A Zombie: Outtake #1

Jordan - The start of the zombies!! - zombie kittehs

Jordan - More Zombies!! - zombie kittehs

Carrie - lolzombies!

Elnice - Get your zombie on!

Terra - Zombie Squad (zombie club)

Zombie interview(s):

Kristen - Zombie interview with Emma from Booking Through 365

Giveaways:

Velvet - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies book

Velvet - Book Blogger Zombie Giveaway

Check out complete list of contests and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

Day 4 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan

Our review(s):

Cecilia
Velvet
Velvet - book trailer and comic strip

More reviews:

April
Kristen

Mariah
Rebecca
Terra
Yan

Audiobook review:

Beth

Movie of the day:

Land of the Dead (2005)

Our review(s):

Velvet

Zombie author (guest post):

Cecilia - Adam Selzer (author of I Kissed A Zombie And I Liked It)

read about his Advice For Girls Who Wish To Become Zombies

Cecilia - Stacey Jay (author of You Are So Undead To Me)
find out her Ultimate Zombie Butt Kicking Playlist of Most Extreme Rocking Awesomeness!!

Zombie fun:

Velvet - Zombie Word Search
titania86 - Resident Evil 4 game review

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

Lexie - Zombie Loan review
Harry - Marvel Zombies, Volume 4 review

Zombie books:

Cecilia - Zombie Queen of Newbury High (teaser)

Cecilia - Undead Much (trailer)
Cecilia - Zombie PSA (trailer for I Kissed A Zombie And I Liked It)

Diana - How To Survive A Horror Movie review

Zombie movies:

Heather - White Zombie review

Popin - Fido
titania86 - Quarantine movie review

Zombie music:

titania86 - Zombie songs

Giveaways:

Cecilia - You Are So Undead To Me (cute) t-shirt

Check out contest and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

E. Van Lowe - Past, Present and Future

The Past

When I was growing up I was good at sports. A jock. I also read a lot. An intellectual. I had the incredible good fortune of being able to run in several circles, although I could never seem to bring my various circles of friends together. In fact, my two best friends--one a jock, the other an intellectual--at times told me they hated the other. I attempt to explore the idea of bringing various cliques together in Never Slow Dance With A Zombie. Flash forward: Those two hating friends are now the BEST OF FRIENDS. I LOVE that! I also love teasing them about how much they used to hate each other.

The Present

I am very happy with my life right now. I write full time at home. I never thought I'd enjoy not going to the office but I love it. I work out in the morning, and then I write. My big daily challenge is figuring out what to do for dinner before my wife gets home. No, I don't cook. But I have become quite adept at calling restaurants for take out.

The Future

I'd love to be more conversant in French and Italian... Okay, conversant in French and Italian. My foreign language skills are the equivalent of hunt and peck. I need to find the time to master a language besides Klingon... Oh, wait! I haven't mastered that either.

*E. Van Lowe - author of Never Slow Dance With A Zombie

Day 3 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Kiss of Life
by Daniel Waters

Our review(s):
Velvet

More reviews:

Lexie

Sophie

Movie of the day:


I Was A Teenage Zombie (1987)

Our review(s):

Velvet

Zombie history:

The Book Smugglers - they did a great zombie appreciation week in February 2009 and have an informative post on A Brief History of the Zombie

Zombie fun:

Velvet - The Zombie Bite Calculator

If bitten, how long before you become infected?

Take the test and win a prize.

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

Velvet - The Living and The Dead review
Harry - Link Extravaganza - includes various comic book reviews

Zombie books:

Diana - Razor Girl review

Popin - Razor Girl review

titania86 - Patient Zero review

Cecilia - Zombie Blondes (teaser)

Zombie movies:

Diana - Planet Terror

Cecilia - Shaun Of The Dead (trailer)

Zombie music:

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunage (part 2)
titania86 - Zombie songs

Zombie crowds:

titiania86 - Zombie Invasion at Comic Con

--check out the picture of the zombie impaled by an arm ;-D

E. Van Lowe - Zombie Walk at Comic Con

Zombie random:

Misty - Zombie Mayhem and Madness

Harry - Link Extravaganza

Giveaways:

Shaun of the Dead DVD here

World War Z book giveaway here

Check out more contest and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

E. Van Lowe's Fun Facts

5 Fun Facts

by E. Van Lowe

(author of Never Slow Dance With A Zombie)

1) When I wrote NSDWAZ I was in the early stages of writing something else—a story about a girl whose family was on the witness protection program. But this silly zombie story kept popping into my head. I never went back to that other book.

2) Margot’s manifesto is the result of something that happened to me. When I graduated from junior high school, I was very unhappy with my social standing. I promised myself that in high school I was going to be a totally different person. This is exactly how Margot felt. Unlike Margot, I was too chicken to write a manifesto.

3) Principal Taft’s daily sayings “Marvelous Monday” “Terrific Tuesday” are based on a guy I worked with several years ago. He was a bit older, and every morning he came into the office full of energy, and saying things like “What a wonderful Wednesday it is.” I thought the sayings were corny, but somehow cool. When I was looking for something to make Principal Taft sound unique, I thought of my old friend.

4) I am afraid of bridges. I know this has nothing to do with NSDWAZ, but this is something I never talk about, and so now you know something very personal about me. Every time I cross a bridge I get the feeling it’s going to fall down. It’s worse when I am driving. When I am in a car with others I pretend everything is okay, but on the inside I am screaming “The bridge is falling down! The bridge is falling down!”

5) Originally I called the book Getting By At Zombie High. I knew there was a better title. I worked on the title for quite a while, and after many, many months I came up with NSDWAZ. I’m glad I put the work in. I love the title—don’t you?

Day 2 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Generation Dead
by Daniel Waters

Our reviews:
Jess
Velvet

Author interview:

Sophie

More reviews:
Celia
Eleni
Diana

Haley
Liyana
RagDollVampGirl

Wrighty
Yan

Zombie Girrrl

Movie(s) of the day:


Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Our review(s):

Carrie - coming soon

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Our review(s):

Carrie

Velvet

Jordan

Zombie art:

Zombie Girrrl - original zombie picture and explanation of my zombie infatuation

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie art - emo zombie hunters

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie art - the kiss

Zombie fun:

titania86 - Plants vs. Zombies (zombie games)

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

titania86 - Walking Dead comic book series review

Zombie books:

Cecilia - Breathers by S.G. Browne review

titiania86 - Breathers by S.G. Browne review

Diana - Breathers (trailer)

Cecilia - Forest Of Hands And Feet (teaser)

Cecilia - Zombie Haiku (trailer)

Cecilia - interview with Ryan Mecum

Velvet - Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum review

Zombie movies:

Colette - John Carpenter's The Fog movie review

Steph - Wandering the streets and moaning "Brains...": Best & Worst Zombie Films Ever

Zombie music:

Zombie Girrrl - Zombie Tunage (part 1)

Zombie interviews:

Celia - zombie-licious survey

Zombie thoughts:

Celia - i'm afraid of the dark. and zombie movies.

Zombie survival:

Cecilia - What to do in a zombie attack

Giveaways:

Check out contest and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events for zombie week is here.

E. Van Lowe's Zombie Movie Pick

Welcome to day two of Zombie Week.   

Today I am going to review a movie.  Yes, Nancy, it’s a zombie flick.  Let me begin by saying I love zombie flicks.  Love, love, love them!  The remake of Night of The Living Dead and Twenty-Eight Days Later are among my all time favorites. 

 

Being a comedy writer, I also enjoy funny movies, so for me, a funny zombie movie is nirvana.  Movies like Fido and Shaun of The Dead—one of the funniest zombie movies ever made—are also on my list of favorites. 

Today I am going talk about a camp zombie flick.  Wikipedia defines camp as an aesthetic sensibility wherein something is appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value.   Bad taste and irony.  Yay!  To me there is nothing funnier than a campy movie, which brings me to Flight of The Living Dead: Outbreak On A Plane.  The name says it all, doesn't it?  This D-horror flick could have easily been called Zombies On A Plane, because that’s what it is.

 

Okay, here we go.  Mad scientist Leo Bennett, has discovered a way to alter humans so that when they die they come back to life--and he thought this was a good idea.  One of the other scientists’ wives is accidentally exposed to mad scientist Leo’s virus, so they put her in suspended animation until they can find a cure.  And then what do they do?  Why they take her on a 747 full of innocent people, of course.  Fortunately the people on the plane are not very likable, so we can't wait for them to die.  And die they do. 

 

Characters include: the aging flight captain who is on his last flight (And the minute he tells us this we know he’s dead);  two young couples we can't stand (We also can’t wait for them to become members of the living dead).  There’s even a plain clothes police officer with his sarcastic prisoner handcuffed to his wrist, and a few scantily clad flight attendants.  These characters may be cliched, but who cares.  They’re all going to die. 

 

Some of the dialogue in this movie is so bad it’s hysterically funny.  But the zombies are really SCARY, and there’s lots of action.  If you can put up with the dialogue and plot line, you are in for one heck of a thrill ride.  Once the action gets going it is pretty much non stop.  I'm not going to spill too much of the storyline because I don’t want to spoil the fun. 

 

My only warning is for those of you who like their movies to have something meaningful going on.   This movie is not very deep.  It isn’t going to win any awards, but I enjoyed it anyway.  It's perfect for those days when you want to watch something that doesn't require a lot of thought.  So, if you’re into campy movies, and love zombies and action, this movie is for you.  I rate it four brains.

 

E

Day 1 - September Zombies Week 2009

Book of the day:

Never Slow Dance with a Zombie
by E. Van Lowe

Our reviews:
Carrie
Cecilia
Drea
Jess
Velvet

More reviews:
B.A.M. Reviews
Celia

Diana

Eleni
I Heart Monster

{insert book title here}

Karin's Book Nook
Terra

titania86

Zombie Girrrl

Author interview(s):
PopinFresh

Movie of the day:


Dance of the Dead (2008)

Our review(s):

Velvet
titania86



Zombie author:

Amanda Ashby - September Zombie week announcement

Zombie history:

Heather - Zombie Origins

Heather - Zombie Origins II

Zombie Fun:

Nicole - Zombie Quiz

Zombie comics, manga, graphic novels:

Dannie - Marvel Zombies...Hell Yes
Harry - High School of the Dead manga review

Zombie books:

Cecilia - Jailbait Zombie (teaser)

Zombie movies:

titania86 - Pontypool Changes Everything

titiania86 - Pontypool movie review

Zombie interviews:

Yan - An interview with the author pretending that she's a zombie

Yan - Q&A with a blogger about her being a zombie stripper

Zombie thoughts:

Zombie Girrrl - Zombies many uses
Wordvore - Zombie attack

Zombie random:

Velvet - Zombie Hip Hop

Today's Giveaways:

Cecilia
- Shaun Of The Dead (giveaway)
- Any Zombie Book Reviewed (giveaway)

More contests and giveaways here.

The full schedule of events is here.

September Zombies Week Welcome from E. Van Lowe

Hi Zombie Lovers. I'm E. Van Lowe and I'd like to welcome you to Zombie Week.  

One solid week devoted to zombiness... Yes, that's a word.  There will be book reviews, giveaways, contests and lot's of cool zombie related activity.  Oh, yes, and my first YA novel, Never Slow Dance With A Zombie, has just come out.  I will be talking about it later in the week.  I'm so excited I could suck somebody's brains right now--I know, gross.  But you get my point.   I am extremely excited about my new book and about Zombie Week.  So let the fun and games begin.  You'll be hearing from me again tomorrow.  Buahahahaaa!  That's my sinister laugh.  I know, zombies don't laugh.  At least not any that I have encountered.  Well guess what?  This week, zombies can laugh.  How cool is that?

 

Please check back tomorrow where I will be discussing my favorite recent zombie movie discovery -- Flight of The Living Dead.  You won't want to miss it.

 

All for now,

 

E

Authors for Sep-Z 2009

E. Van Lowe -- September's Debut Zombie YA Author

Amanda Ashby

Seth Grahame-Smith

Brian James

Stacey Jay

Carrie Ryan

Daniel Waters