Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum

Zombie Haiku
by Ryan Mecum

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Zombies
Published: 2008
Paperback: 139
Rating: 5

Inspiration: September Zombie Week

Description from book:
What you hold in your hands is a document from the early days of the zombie plague. Little is known about the author before his infection -- only that he was a poet. This facsimile of his actual journal recounts the events of humanity's darkest hours through the intimate poetry of haiku. Inside you'll find increasingly disjointed and terrifying three-line poems (all in the classic 5-7-5 syllable structure), and follow the undead poet on a journey through deserted streets and barricaded doors.

Experience every eye-popping, gut-wrenching, flesh-eating moment of the eventual downfall of the human race from the point of view of a zombie, and gain insight to help you survive--if you can.

Excerpt (pg 32):
One thing on my mind,
only one thing on my mind.
I'm going to eat you.

Zombification: plague

My thoughts:
In-a-word: uhhhhhhhh

Loved this "cute" little book. It is filled with Western Haiku by a poet-turned-zombie's perspective. The pages are splattered with blood along with pictures and sketches and other visual goodies to make it truly zombie-ish. I didn't look too carefully at the pictures for fear of scaring myself too much.

Zombie treat:
Ryan will be featured in a guest post during September Zombies Week at the epic rat.

Never Slow Dance Dress

If books were dresses...

(a weekly post where I create fashionable wear with book cover art)

Never Slow Dance With A Zombie
by E. Van Lowe






If you've been following me, you knew this was inevitable. It's for September Zombies week !


Read about E's first reading for this book.

*source for silhouette

Zombie Week Countdown

Zombie appreciation week countdown...

3 more days until September Zombies week begins!

Comment below and you can be eligible to win a copy of:

Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains by Ryan Mecum

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+1 comment on something zombie related

Offer ends: September 5, 2009

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*image source: Blog of the Living Dead

Waiting on Wednesday - 13

I'm waiting for...

The Dead-Tossed Waves
by Carrie Ryan

-sequel to The Forest of Hands and Teeth which will be featured during September Zombies week

Release date: March 9, 2010

U.K. Book cover teaser:
Like the dead, secrets stay buried.



Description from amazon.com:
Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She’s content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like the secrets Gabry’s mother thought she left behind when she escaped from the Sisterhood and the Forest of Hands and Teeth. Like the cult of religious zealots who worship the dead. Like the stranger from the forest who seems to know Gabry. And suddenly, everything is changing. One reckless moment, and half of Gabry’s generation is dead, the other half imprisoned. Now Gabry only knows one thing: she must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves.


* Waiting on Wednesday
was created by Jill at Breaking the Spine

Japanese Literature Challenge 3

Japanese Literature Challenge 3
hosted by Magical Mystical Teacher and BellezzaJuly 30, 2009 and January 30, 2010~~ completed ~~
It's confirmed. I am nuts. I'm joining another reading challenge. This would by the 5th one for this year.

Details:
Read one work of Japanese origin. It can be literature of course, but don’t feel confined to that. You may choose to read poetry, biographies, short stories or even manga.

My reading list:

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon

Knowing me, I'll probably add a bit more to this list along with some movie-related reviews ;-D

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Not on my original challenge list:

Tokyo Zombie by Yusaku Hanakuma - my review

Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto - my review

*spotted this challenge on sidebar of Suko's Notebook