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  1. Feed by Mira Grant

    Thursday, October 7, 2010

    Title: Feed
    Series: Newsflesh
    Author: Mira Grant
    Publisher: Orbit
    Release Date: May 1, 2010
    Source: Library

    From the Back Cover:
    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 out, even if it kills them.

    My Thoughts:
    Four words: New. Favourite. Zombie. Book.

    Feed explores the impact of a zombie rising far beyond the initial fear and chaos, looking at the long term influence on media, politics, security, and medicine. Mira Grant (pseudonym for Seanan McGuire) shows us the world in 2040 - a whole 26 years after the Rising. The panic has passed and the walking dead wanting to take a bite out of you is just another fact of life. The Rising catapulted bloggers into the spotlight as the only reliable news resource during a time when conventional news providers where under the thumb of censorship.

    I fell in love with the cast of characters that Grant put on the page. Georgia and Shaun Mason are siblings by adoption who are closer than most brothers and sisters. They run the news blogging site, After the End Times, along with their friend Georgette "Buffy" Meissonier, winning themselves the career making opportunity of a lifetime - exclusive access to Senator Ryman's presidential campaign. Georgia is the "Newsie" with a passion for truth. Shaun as their "Irwin" brings in the ratings by pulling risky stunts like poking zombies with sticks. As the "Fictional" Buffy writes stories and poems to entertain the masses. Together they create a dynamic team and I enjoyed Georgia's unique voice as the narrator.

    Feed has the perfect balance of political conspiracy and zombies along with plenty of tension, action. humour, and tears that kept me up into all hours of the night unable to set it down. I eagerly await the next book in the series, Deadline.


    Also Check Out:
    The Zombie Hunters by Jenny Romanchuck
    The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

    Terra

  2. 3 comments:

    1. Deepali said...

      Hi! I'm here on the Readathon, are you taking part? Have fun reading :)
      - Dee from e-Volving Books

    2. Terra said...

      I am taking part I just slept through the start of it. >_>

    3. Please help Mira Grant (Seanan McGuire) in her fight against Amazon!
      Mira Grant Seanan McGuire Amazon dispute Upcoming4.me

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