The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown

TITLE:  The Weird Sisters
AUTHOR:  Brown, Eleanor
GENRE:  Fiction
DATES READ:  4/6/2012 - 4/22/2012
MY RATING:  4/5

The plot development for this novel was slightly slow.  However, the third person inner dialogue was fascinating!  This book showcases the complications of sisterhood beautifully.  Even though I don't have a sister of my own, this book helped me to experience the ins and outs, ups and downs.

I loved the setting of a small town (much like where I grew up).  I also enjoyed the flashback elements.  This book drives home how our childhood experiences shape who we become as adults.  With the Shakespearean quotes, and charming descriptive passages, this novel is truly a gem.  One of my favorite quotes is as follows (Brown, Eleanor; The Weird Sisters; pg. 78):

"Because despite his money and his looks and all the good-on-paper attributes he possessed, he was not a reader, and, well, let's just say that is the sort of nonsense up with which we will not put."

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Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel by Jonathan Maberry

TITLE:  Dead of Night: A Zombie Novel
AUTHOR:  Maberry, Jonathan
GENRE:  Horror/Thriller
DATES READ:  3/24/2012 - 4/6/2012
MY RATING:  3/5

Anyway...  seeing as The Walking Dead is on hiatus until this fall (::sob::), I'm feeling some major zombie withdrawal (as you can tell from my last book choice as well!).  I decided on another work of zombie fiction.  However, instead of a comedic science fiction, Dead of Night:  A Zombie Novel is more of a horror/thriller...

...I recently finished Dead of Night:  A Zombie Novel, and the story line was fantastic.  I really appreciated the spin the author put on a possible zombie apocalypse.  It was interesting as well as believable.  Having majored in Biology, I truly enjoyed the process of the disease spread.  Also, it was one hell of a ride.  Anyone who loves zombie stories would love this novel.

Some of the characters were slightly far-fetched, but the dialogue was enjoyable.  While the characters may not be believable, I could picture them clearly and they all had great presence.

If I were to give the plot and characters a rating, it would definitely be a 4/5.  The only reason I gave the novel a 3/5 was due to an author's worst nightmare (besides writer's block).  Typos.  Typos are a particular pet peeve of mine.  Just throughout my read, I noted at least 4 typos.  It was definitely distracting and I was constantly waiting for the next one.  However, that was my main gripe.

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