World War Z

I'm getting into the habit of seeing movie previews and then picking up the book if I think it will be interesting or if I've heard good things about it.  So was the case for World War Z. I saw the preview and picked up the book because I'd heard good things.  The book was a solid offering.  I felt it dragged in some parts when some of the technical military descriptions went on long.  The stories of personal escapes or triumphs were the ones I gravitated towards.  The Z in World War Z stands for zombies.  You have every right to roll your eyes here.  If it's not for you, it's not for you and that's understandable.  Basically, there is a patient zero who kicks of this worldwide plague and then it's on.  All the nations have their own ways of battling the zombies and reclaiming their nation and their stories reflect that.  The book is written in a documentary style.  The narrator is traversing the world and interviewing survivors of the war in order to preserve their tales of survival.  It is an interesting way to tell this particular war story and it does work.  Some of the descriptions were so vivid that I did actually have a bad dream or two.  If an author can affect your mind in that way, I think that is evidence of a well done job. 

The Fall

This is another book that took me forever because I made the grave mistake of starting it at the beginning of LAST semester.  This is the sequel to The Strain, which I finished back in March.  I liked the first one better because it was all new.  Part 2 of this trilogy was good as well, but I wasn't as scared as I was while reading the first one.  Probably because I already got the idea.  There are some twists, but Del Toro takes his time getting you there.  Most of the main action is in the last 100 pages.

The Strain

First I have to give props to my girl Diva for recommending this book to me.  Second I will give you all the same warning she gave me:  DO NOT TRY AND READ THIS BOOK RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.  I'm not gonna lie, I was a little scared of the dark while reading this. There would be nights I would read a little bit of it and then try and go to bed, and I couldn't.  I was like a 6 year old afraid of the boogeyman.  Real talk.  But I loved it and will definitely be finishing this trilogy.