Book Review; Book Club; My Life as a White Trash Zombie

My Life As a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book!
I read the entire thing on the plane flying interstate and am really glad I took it as there was no point in which I wanted to put it down.
The domestic subject matter was handled really well and the epiphany Angel has about what 'looser' really means was brilliant.
Now the zombie bits, I found this an interesting take on the zombie myths and thought it was really thought out and explained well. The brain cravings were detailed and you really could understand how a zombie could go 'rogue'.
Angel came leaps and bounds in the book and really picked herself up, even if she had to die to find the motivation. Her confidence and self belief grow much slower and I can understand why.
Friendships are built up and this could easily be about a 'white trash' girl getting herself out of the gutter without the zombie bits and it would still be a good read. The zombie parts definatley add to it.
Though tagged as a young adult book, I found it really easy to forget that it was and just enjoy the story.

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Quick Shopping Post!

 Went to DFO for a little bit with the man, and picked up a couple of things.

I had gone to get the bag only for a steampunk remake, but 3 pairs of sunglasses for $1 each was just too good to walk away from

 I LOVE Gargoyles!

Isn't she just darling

I want to give her a hair cut though, give her a bobcut instead

 Online: finally succumbed to buying some post stockings

I got the peacock feather in gray

 And the flock of bats on pale

Get your here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/tattoosocks?ref=pr_shop_more

So many designs to choose from.

 Put in a huge halloween candy order with CandyCrate.com

 

 Lastly but definatley not least I bought this amazing little ceramic skull from Dan Stocks on Etsy.

It stinks a bit but I gave it a good wash and its ready for the Curio cabnet.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/shrunkenheaddotcom?ref=pr_shop_more

SupaNova : BrisNova 2012

I was lucky enough to get time off of work this year to head to Supanova in Brisbane on

November 9th-12th

I had a blast.

 Michelle Pfieffer Cat Woman

 Blue - Master Chief

 Catwoman and Batman

 The cutest little Jawa I ever did see

(Yes, I know what a Jawa is!!)

 A box of crayons

(well i thought it was rather clever)

 Tom Hopper from Merlin

 If you don't know what this guy is then you really don't care anyway

 I got Spike's autograph. He was really nice and chatty and shook everyones hand

(A girl I met on my way out of the line nearly fainted when I told her that)

 Had to have my photo taken with Elvira

 A heap of the people in the Vaginal Fantasy book club rocked up to SupaNova and we had a bit meet up. Its an online bookclub so people came from all over the country.

The founder of the bookclub Felicia Day was there for Supanova and met with us aswell.

Borrowed some of Jess's photos :-)

The Crystal Head Vodka

By no means was this cheap, but its a lovely vodka!

Did I taste enough of a difference to pay the extra dosh?

Hell no!

I paid for the skull bottle, which goes well with a gothic or steampunk kitchen

I shot it the first time around and its a warmer alright, went down well and still a pretty good vodka

Steampunk Repaint -

So this is my steampunk repaint of the 80's Keyper toy.

Cute aint she?

Available in store

www.lunakaos.etsy.com

 This is what she looked like when I got her.



Book Club Review: Dearly Departed

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It took me forever to finish this!
For a zombie book it was rather boring. Ms Dearly is a spoilt brat, and how many time did she faint?? Bram was kinda nice for a dead guy, really sweet in his love for her. Pam kinda got kick arse, though timid in the start of the story clearly extreme situations bring out the best in some people.
This book was boring but was clearly setting up the series and more than likely gets much better in the next few books. I doubt the events in the series will make sense without reading this one, so if you are into 'zombie love' then this is probably going to be a great series.
There are clearly some very serious racial issues explored in the book, using the New Victorians vs the Punks then the Living vs the Dead to get the points across.
This also didn't really read as a steampunk as the 'punks' seemed the only ones with steam-technology.

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