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June 30, 2012 · 2:07 am

Married With Zombies Readalong Ch. 21 – 26

 

Woo-hoo, the final week! Sorry this is a day late – I’ve been exhausted from work. So little energy I might as well be a zombie, haha. Questions this week are from Missie at The Unread Reader.

1. In Chapter 21, David and Sarah venture into a grocery store to try to find some essentials. Show us a picture of the top three items you consider your essentials when you go shopping.

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My coffee, and the sandwich basics for the honeyman’s lunches. On the list just about every week.

2. Sarah and David travel quite a distance to “visit” a family member. Show us a picture of your most recent family vacation. Who did you visit and where did you go?

Yeah, my family doesn’t really do family vacations. Like, ever. So sadly, no pictures exist of such an event. Hopefully someday soon though. It’d be nice if we could all take a trip to Hawaii to visit our cousins.

3. Sarah refers to David’s sister as the Martha Stewart type because she likes to make things from scratch. Show us a picture a hobby or home project you get enthusiastic about making/doing.

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I used to scrapbook all the time. The latest that I was working on was putting together all of my childhood photos into one big pretty scrapbook. It’s not very fancy or anything (I wish I had a Cricut machine!) but the sentiment is there, and I miss playing with all my scrapbooking stuff.

4. David and Sarah decide to start up their own Zombie exterminators business, and even come up with a name and slogan for it, “S and D Zombie Extermination. We take care of your undead issues.” If you opened up your own zombie killing business, what would you call it, and what would your slogan be?

Well, if I’m slaying zombies with the honeyman, it’d be something practical like “Zombie Response Team for Hire – For all your extermination needs”. But I’d personally lean towards something a little more snarky like “We-Told-You-So Zombie Slayers – Prepared to kill zombies since before they were zombies” or something of that nature.

5. What were your favorite/least favorite parts of Married with Zombies? Aside from David and Sarah, who was your favorite/least favorite character?

I think my favorite parts are the fun perks of the zombie apocalypse – stealing cars, crashing into stuff, scavenging / looting, etc. My least favorite part might be the beginning, because Sarah was such a BRAT and David was such a loser and at first you want to hit their heads together and tell them to grow up. But then you know, zombies come along and make them grow up anyways.

I definitely didn’t like David’s sister… what was her name? I was kind of glad that she immediately became a zombie snack. My favorite other character was probably that girl who saved their asses in the car shop and then refused to go with them. She was a tough young girl, and paranoid. I liked that.

6. What do you think is coming up next for David and Sarah? Which do you think has a better chance of survival, their marriage or their humanity? Will you continue reading this series, and if so, what do you hope to see happen in the next book?

Well that’s not fair cause I’ve already read them all! I can say though that after the way the third book ended, I really really hope that we see more of Sarah and David someday. Sadly Orbit (I think that’s the publisher… don’t have the book in front of me) only did a 3-book contract for this storyline or something, so if there’s another S&D book it’ll be self-published by Jesse Petersen. I wish there was more we could do as readers, cause I’d love another 3 books about them!

Anyways, so happy I got to re-read this book with all of you!! And I loved the scavenger hunt aspect. SO much fun!!! Thanks a million to all the hosts!

~Sarah

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June 22, 2012 · 3:09 pm

Married With Zombies Readalong – Ch. 16-20

 

Alriiiight week 4!  This week’s questions are from Tina’s Book Reviews:

1. In chapter 16 David and Sarah are attacked by freezer zombies in chef attire. Despite its rotten food and disgusting kitchen, lets think about what it could of been before the attack, give me a picture of your dream kitchen or a pic of you cooking your favorite food in your own kitchen… or both!!!

 

This is very similar to what my dream kitchen would look like – lots of natural wood, some windows, and with an island. And hopefully two ovens.

 
2. In Chapter 16, David winds up killing those freezer zombies with a blank show me your best one….and yes it must be yours!!!!

OK, we were supposed to show our machetes, right? Or was is just any big blade? Anyways, this is our machete. We should go buy some more, now that I think about it. Can’t have enough machetes in the house.

 

3. In Chapter 17 David and Sarah find themselves with some cult like people and wind up trapped. How would you escape? Ropes? Blankets….show me your best.

 

So sheets is a great idea but I’m too lazy to go tie up my own for a picture. But hopefully in this situation we’d be wearing paracord bracelets – certain types of paracord can hold up to 550 lbs and would definitely be handy in that scenario.

 

4. In Chapter 19 David and Sarah find a surprise in the car they stole…in the midst of crazy its a nice welcome. Now whip me up your favorite one and share……you can include recipes!!

Cheers! My go-to drink is an amaretto sour – one part amaretto, one part triple sec, and two parts sweet and sour mix. Love that this gave me an excuse to go make and drink one :-)

 
5. In chapter 20, Sarah gets to kill a zombie with a cash register, bringing back memories of her worst retail job ever….so tell me whats the worst job you’ve had……if you can include pictures in your uniform I will die laughing…..or a picture of the place you worked will be good too…:).

A costume store that only opens for Halloween and then closes right after. I had to stand by the side of the road in costumes holding signs. Enough said.

I can’t believe we’re almost done! This is where I think Sarah and David really come together as a team, and I love the looting/scavenging scene in the sports store. It’s one of the things I look forward to the most in zombie apocalypse :)

Oh and in case anyone is wondering, that scratch on my forehead is from my kitty. She ran over my face in the middle of the night and I woke up with that. She’s lucky she’s cute.

~Sarah

 

 

 

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June 15, 2012 · 7:00 am

Married With Zombies Readalong – Ch. 11-16

Hi guys! Yayyy it’s week 3! The honeyman has been reading this book too and he finished it earlier in the week and liked it :-) Fun for girls AND boys!

So, here’s the stuff for this week, hosted by Loretta at Between the Pages.

1.) In Chapter 11 Sarah, Dave & Amanda were rushed by 4 zombies. At this time Sarah screams something. 
SHOW ME YOURS!! Don’t have one? That is ok, show me what you would grab outside to protect your self!!

Yeah… I was worried this would come up. Whether or not I own any firearms, you can be damn certain I’ll never be displaying them on the internet. But rest assured that once we buy a house, there’ll be something like this in every room.

 

2.) At the end of Chapter 12 they are saved by someone looking very “Underworld” awesome. Let me see your best “Slay em’ Gear” . Don’t want to model your outfit? That is ok, lay it out.. don’t forget to add your weapons!! 

Add in some sneakers that this is what I have on hand. The honeyman really needs to take me leather jacket shopping soon, cause I wouldn’t want my arms this bare.

3.) Near the end of Chapter 13 Sarah finds something under the seat to help Dave, that she saved for whenever the need gave in.  What was it? “Strike” your best pose!

Hmm, a tiny little flame looks weird on camera. Love my long candle lighter.

 

4.) Nothing very “action pic” happens in Chapters 14 & 15. So this is where you can show me what car you would pic to ride around town, trying to survive. This can totally be a “Google” pic or you can go find one!! Think outside the box!

 

I’d start off with my car – it’s good on gas, compact enough to fit in tight spaces, and the rounded shape will make it harder for zombies to latch on.

 

And once my Beetle is no longer usable, we’d switch to some sort of SUV – the Honda CRV has enough room, is big enough to help push some smaller vehicles out of the way, and is good on gas. Honestly I’d take whatever SUV comes along though, and assume that we’d have to switch vehicles often.

5.) How are you enjoying the book so FAR?!!!

Still loving it. I would have to kick some serious crazy cult ass. And even though Amanda was finally pulling her weight, she kind of really had to go. I don’t understand Dave’s pack-mentality. Sure, it seems like there’s safety in numbers, but being in a large group of survivors also means you’re at the mercy of the decisions of people you don’t know or trust and that they’ll slow you down. I’m with Lisa – better off just one or two people than in a group.

So you know, if it’s zombie apocalypse outside, don’t show up at my house. We’re not taking tag-alongs.

 

~Sarah

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June 8, 2012 · 11:22 am

Married With Zombies Readalong – Ch. 6-10

Hi guys!!! It’s week 2 of the Married With Zombie Scavenger Hunt Readlong! (Man, try typing that 5 times faster.) This week’s questions are from Ashley at The Bookish Brunette, and again for convenience’s sake I copied the questions here along with my pics / answers!

1.In Chapter 6, Sarah and Dave raid Amanda’s apartment for guns… When they come out they run into their super, Mr. Gonzales, when he tries to attract Sarah: What does she hit? Do you have one of these? You could totally bash some Zombie brains with one! Show me whatcha got! If you don’t have one of these, then anything that you would find in a hallway of an apartment building! (good luck!) lol
 

I never really noticed this in our hallway before. Good to know!

 
2. In Chapter 7, Sarah and David are watching a news report of the zombie attacks when the doctor on TV attacks the reporter… The news crew steps in and starts bashing the zombie with a _______, grab the nearest similar object (whatever’s handy) that you would use if you were attacked at WORK!
 

I’m kind of screwed if I get attacked at work. I work in a tiny little shack that I can’t defend, and my best weapon is a hole punch. I’ll have to make it to my car somehow. Oh and look – another fire extinguisher!

3. Chapter 8… Amanda, Sarah and Dave are preparing to head out of town, and while they’re getting in the car, three zombies attack them! Sarah bashes one with the butt of her shot gun as instinct takes over, so whatcha got? You’re getting in your car, fleeing the city- zombies attack, no guns or knives… What are you going to use to defend yourself??

 

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Sorry for the crappy image, but I took this in my car right before work at 2 AM, so it was a bit dark. Anyways, this is a metal rod my little brother gave to me as a apt.-warming present. He knows I like to be prepared to defend myself!

 

4. In Chapter 9 & 10 there aren’t any zombie killings… That we could replicate!!! So, give me a couple of your favorite quotes from Chapters 5-10!!!

Oooohhh fun! There’s so many great quotes in this book :-)

“Give each other a compliment every day. Even when the undead attack, its nice to feel pretty. Or badass.”

“Have you ever just wanted to smash your car? Or break a television? Or maybe burn a big fire in the middle of a city square? If the answer is yes, then you’d have some fun during a zombie infestation. It’s the little moments, you know?”

 

So, the plot moves forward! There’s lots of nice zombie action in these chapters, and Sarah and David are still kind of on the rocks but they’re also starting to learn how to enjoy the little things acknowledge each other’s strengths. And now there’s HELLA lots of zombies for them to battle through! Love it, I can’t wait to read the next chapters! (I’m really gonna have to re-read the rest of the series too after his one is done.)

~Sarah

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June 1, 2012 · 8:00 am

Married With Zombies Readalong – Ch. 1-5

Hi everyone! I am so, so, so excited to be re-reading Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen, and I am SO pumped for this readalong. So, this week’s questions are from Jen at In the Closet with a Bibliophile, and just for convenience’s sake I copied the questions here along with my pics / answers!

1. In chapter 2 Sarah has to put her marriage therapist “to rest” with a letter opener. Let’s see your weaponized letter opener in mid-action! No letter opener? Think fast! You need to rescue your friend/significant other! What are you going to use when no actual weapons are available? No knives, no guns! Show me what you’ve got!  
 

This was my grandma’s, otherwise I wouldn’t have a letter opener. Thanks, Grandma!

2.  In chapter 2 Sarah is wrestling with Dr. Kelly and David can’t seem to find a weapon to help his dear wife with. Until…Sarah yells at him to use something on Dr. Kelly’s body, which he grabs and smashes into her head. I want to see your most killer pair of this item!
 

Umm yeah, my most “killer pair” have a 1-inch heel. That ain’t gonna do much…

 
3. In chapter 3, Sarah hears an unexpected noise in the bathroom while she’s nervously peeing. She grabs “the closest thing there was to a weapon in the room”. I want a picture of the same type of item that is closest to you….no soft edges people. They won’t do the brain damage necessary to kill the living dead. 
 

The honeyman’s giant leatherbound hardcover of Gray’s Anatomy should do nicely. Oh the irony.

 
4. At the end of chapter 5, Dave gives Sarah a weapon just before they are leaving their apartment to pay a little visit to Jack & Amanda’s apartment. Let’s see a picture of yours (same type of item).

If my survival depends on a flashlight, I’m screwed. This thing is super flimy (but holds drill bits inside) and the light itself doesn’t even work. Add one more thing to my apocalypse to-buy list…

5.  How do you feel about the book up to this point? Any thoughts you want to share? 

I forgot how fun these books are. I also forgot how annoying Sarah is in the beginning, lol. She’s really kind of bitchy. But I do love her funny little jokes, like joking that her therapist didn’t need a sandwich, she needed a “manwich”. LOL. I really like how the author does SUCH a good job of painting a realistic day-one scenario. Using whatever’s around as a weapon, getting used to the gore quickly, debating whether or not to add a person to your group, etc.

Anyways, can’t wait to read the next section! These chapters fly by so fast!

~Sarah

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May 27, 2012 · 9:14 pm

Married With Zombies Scavenger Hunt Read-A-Long!

You guys, this sounds EPIC. You know how much I love Jesse Petersen’s Living With the Dead trilogy? Well there is a readalong coming up in June for the first book, Married With Zombies, and it’s  SCAVENGER HUNT READALONG and it sounds amazing. (And thanks to Ash at Smash Attack Reads, which is where I found out about this.) You guys so need to sign up, okay? For serious.

 

This is some of the info that I got off of one of the hosting blogs, The Bookish Brunette:

Scavenger Hunt Schedule:

Week1: Chapters 1-5 (June 1st) – Jen @ In the Closet With a Bibliophile
Week2: Chapters 6-10 (June 8th) – Ashley @ The Bookish Brunette
Week3: Chapters 11-15 (June 15th) – Loretta @ Between the Pages
Week4: Chapters 16-20 (June 22nd) – Tina @ Tina’s Book Reviews
Week5: Chapters 21-26 (June 29th) – Missie @ The Unread Reader

RULES and DIRECTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS:

 
1. Must have a blog or outlet to participate in the answering of questions (if you don’t have a blog, GoodReads will work or any place you can post up your pictures/answer to the questions and people can visit.) For all those who don’t have a blog, they are free to open and you can close it whenever you want.2. You must answer all the questions on your site.3. This read-a-long is a scavenger hunt. It WILL INVOLVE PICTURES. We will be posting pictures of things you’ll be asked to find around your house, from the book. You will NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE of yourself with said item and post it up.

4. There will be 4 items to find every week and 1 question to answer.

5. The 4 items and 1 question for each week will be available the previous week. They will be found on the blog that is hosting the following week (i.e. Ashley @ The Bookish Brunette will host the 2nd week of June. On June 1st (week 1) you will find her items/questions ON HER BLOG for week 2.)

6. After posting up your pictures/question, make sure to link your DIRECT URL into the linky of that weeks hosting blog.

7. Visit the other linked up participants and leave comments on their posts.

8. Everyone who signs up for the read-along and participates each week will be entered for a chance to win one of three prizes. Best part: there will one winner per prize! Winners will be chosen using Random.org.

9. International participants: The giveaway is open to you as well (as long as The Book Depository delivers to your country).

 
Wanna join us?
Visit any of the participating blogs above to sign up and head on over to Jen’s at In the Closet With a Bibliophile to grab the first set of Scavenger Items for week one!
Prize Packs:

Does this not sound amazing??? I’m SO excited to get get started. The first participating post goes up this Friday, on June 1st, so you still have the whole week to sign up and get a copy of the book! It’s short, and really fun and I bet you’ll love it. And I’m due for a nice re-read of this series anyways :-)

Yayyyyy Married With Zombies!

~Sarah

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· 8:36 am

Sarah Sunday!

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The honeyman thought this was funny. I disagree on some points but overall, yeah it made me laugh.

Good morning people!

Sarah update: SO. My few days off earlier this week were pretty laid back – I cleaned, read a little bit, caught up on some Cougar Town and Glee episodes, took naps with the kitty, etc. Finally got my brakes done, so yay no more grinding as I drive. Of course as soon as work started on Thursday, it was a horrible day. My mp3 player stopped working, work was insanely busy and I was really tired, and I stubbed my toe on a stupid cart at the grocery store and it started bleeding. It was a really rough day.

Thursday night we went over to my sister’s house so that her husband could do my brakes, and after dinner we ended up hanging out for a bit and we watched the first two episodes of The Big Bang Theory and yeah I totally fell in love. I’ve had the first season for over a month but was trying to catch up on other tv-watching before starting it, but I brought it to work with me this weekend and already finished it. Love it! Especially Leonard and Sheldon :-) I was surprised that Penny wasn’t around that much, but from what I understand she’s more of a main character in the later seasons. I need to go buy season 2 ASAP.

What else… I finally scheduled my vacation days for July, and taking 4 days off from work will give me an 11-day long vacation. I cannot wait, for serious. I’m also taking a random Sunday off in July because me and my friend are going to have a girl’s night the night before, which will be fun and full of drinking.

This week coming up should be quite nice. I’ll have 4 days off. My little brother’s birthday is on Tuesday, he’s turning 19. Holy crap. Not so little anymore. I am kind of excited about the present I got him though. So I expect at some point we’ll be doing something to celebrate that, and I have to go to the library this week… and that’s about it. OH and True Blood season 4 comes out on Tuesday which means the honeyman and I will be spending LOTS of time watching that.

Tonight is date night, but I think we might be staying in. Well, we might go out for food, but otherwise our plan is to watch some of the first seasons of Archer and The Big Bang Theory. I’ve only seen one episode of Archer before and it was pretty funny, so I’m looking forward to that too.

Oh and we got Gabby one of those cardboard scratching-board things and she loves it. Mainly cause there’s a little butterfly on a spring attached to it and she goes nuts attacking it. Cutest thing ever, I swear.

Bookish update: I haven’t finished any books since the readathon. I did start one romance novel, but I’m DNF-ing it and I’ll probably write about that tomorrow or something. I’ve started reading Visions of the Multiverse by Steven Manly and that’s pretty good so far. And I should be finishing American Gods today, as it’s the last week for the readalong.

In other much more exciting news, there are two readalongs coming up in June that you guys NEED to know about and should probably join…

Outlander Read-a-long

Married With Zombies SCAVENGER HUNT Read-a-long

You know how much I love Outlander, and if you’ve ever considered reading it then June would be the perfect time! I won’t be reading along because I’ve read it like 3 or 4 times already, but I’m definitely going to be following the discussions and probably chiming in here and there.

The Married With Zombies readalong sounds amazing. I’m going to be doing a sign-up post later to help spread the word, but in the meantime just click the link. MWZ is SUCH a fun zombie book- possibly the best of its kind, because it’s really funny too. It’s a short, easy read too. And I have never heard of a Scavenger Hunt readalong before, but it sounds like SO. MUCH. FUN. I literally cannot wait to participate.

Also, I’m thinking I might do an In-My-Mailbox type of post later this week… I’m not doing the actual meme anymore, but screw it I don’t need a meme to share the awesome books that I’ve accrued with all of you, right? Right.

So, I think that’s all my updating for today. I hope everyone has a great  week!!!

~Sarah

 

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July 3, 2011 · 4:08 pm

>Eat Slay Love by Jesse Petersen (Living With the Dead 3)

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*Sigh…* I love this series. This is the third book in the Living With the Dead series, and it’s awesome. Perfect funny, fluffy, reading with a bit of gore. Seriously, if you like zombie movies like Zombieland, or Shaun of the Dead… this will be perfect for you. Like the cover says, the series is a romantic comedy, but takes place amidst a bunch of zombie-killin’. But warning, there will be a bit of spoilers so read the other books in the series first.

So the book starts off where the last one ended – Sarah and David are slowly making there way to the rumored “Midwest Wall” in Illinois, where apparently the zombie outbreak hasn’t reached. They’re also in possession of a small vial of The Cure – it saved David from being zombified in the last book, and they’re hoping that they can get it into good hands at the Wall. Things get a little more complicated when they meet entertainment reporter Nicole, and doped-up, ex-rockstar Colin McCray. While the foursome are trying to escape hordes of zombies and cults, Sarah notices David’s stranges new habits… like that he doesn’t bleed and can lift really heavy crap. Uh oh….

So, this book was hilarious and great and oh-my-gawd I hope it’s not the last Sarah & David book. Sarah is funny, snarky, and pretty kick-ass while also remaining human and compassionate. David is sweet and funny, and there were a lot of sweet/funny/worrisome moments throughout the book. And I have to say that after all the crap they went through in the previous two books, it was nice that they found more friends than psychos in this one. At least for the most part.

Also, the cursing in this book cracks me up. For example, this little passage…

“Our eyes met and despite the fact that we’d been sniping at each other a bit, the connection between us was stronger than ever. He got me, he got my autopilot reaction of going bitchcakes when I got scared because it was the only way I could function without falling apart. And I got him, too.”

Yup, bitchcakes. Seriously if that doesn’t make you want to read this series, I don’t know what will.

Sarah Says: 4 stars!

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November 5, 2010 · 12:57 am

Married With Zombies by Jesse Petersen

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Well, if you’re looking for some silly fluffy-stuff to read, this is it. If you’re not too grossed out by zombie sludge and rotting flesh, that is.

I went into Borders yesterday intending to buy a Christmas romance that I wanted, but instead came out with this. It was on the same display, and I picked it up out of curiosity, read a few pages, and got it. It’s definitely entertaining, and never dull.

Sarah and David have been in marriage counseling for 6 months now, and they’re on the verge of divorce. One day they walk into their appointment to find their therapist eating her previous clients. And from there the story starts, with Sarah and David bonding and saving their marriage while killing zombies.

I got quite a few laughs out of this one… and seriously… I think I’d have fun in a zombie outbreak. Yeah, it would suck… but it’d be sweet to run around shooting zombies and looting stores for supplies, with my honeyman by my side.

So yeah – in the mood for some silly zombie-slaying (reminiscent of Zombieland or Shaun of the Dead)? This is the book for you.

I’ll probably be picking out the sequel that comes out in January, just for fun.

4 stars

~Sarah

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