Katherine’s Comments (group member since Aug 27, 2012)

Katherine’s comments from the Beyond Reality group.

I don't have much to do with zombies, but it's getting hard to avoid them and keep up with current sci-fi. In this book, the plot is straightforward, but meaningful in its simplicity. It's clear once you find out about the conditions the children are kept in, and the hungries, that there is a connection. You can see the relationship between Melanie and Miss J. due to their dangerous escape. The ending was not completely surprising but was very satisfying. no other ending would have worked. Although, if I had remembered about the zombie fungus in insects, I would have stayed far away - that is terrifying!

I'm just about half way through reading the book. The story is so powerful, I have to take breaks and read something else. The relationship between Miss Justine and Melanie makes them very sympathetic. But we do keep wondering what Melanie is and why she is central to the story. Keep reading!

by Erika Johansen. Was reading it on my tablet, but the tablet is running out of electrons, and the charger is at home. It is getting very hard to put down as I get further into the story.

Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Book 1 in the Old Man's War trilogy. I'm actually on the second book, The Ghost Brigades. I bought the 3-book bundle for Nook. Highly recommended.

Not truly SF, but semi-post-apocalyptic, I am reading by Chris Bohjalian. It's the story of a teen who escapes the area of a nuclear power plant meltdown; she must deal with the knowledge that her father, the plant's engineer, caused the catastrophe. Better written that that sentence, for sure.

The Secret Place by Tana French
The Fifties by David Halberstam
Tracks by Robyn Davidson

also perhaps Ruin - Part One by Deborah Bladon

I've read the trilogy and I'm still trying to figure out what it's about. I'm feeling that I'll go back and try to read parts over. The story does start coming together in book 2. You should try that if you liked the first book at all. Everything wrapped up at the end - sort of. Now, if I can only figure out what 'everything' is.

I read it recently.

I am reading by Margaret Atwood.

Started it but it didn't catch my interest. Want to read the first Honor Harrington.