christianreader | 2017 December Books

Only Dead on the Inside: A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse by James Breakwell 3/5

I read an advanced copy of this through NetGalley, but by the time I finished it, the book was already released. I guess you could say it didn't hold my interest terribly well. But it's funny. The author is a 30-something guy with 4 daughters, ages 2 to 7. I follow him on Instagram and Twitter because he posts funny things that his kids say. (And I don't even have a Twitter account. I just check his feed periodically.) The IndyStar newspaper has recently hired him to write a weekly column, and I think those are more entertaining than this book. I like his sense of humor, but the book lost me on a couple of things. First, I'm not into zombie stuff. Second, where his humor works in short bursts (social media and a newspaper column), it got tedious in a longer book form.

Completely Yours by Erin Nicholas 3/5

This is the first of three "Opposites Attract" romance books by this author. The opposites in this case are geeky adult women and the hunky men who fall for them. These women are best friends and roommates, so they each show up in each other's books. They are into "geeky" things like video games, super heroes, and cosplay. This first book focuses on Kiara, a video game designer. When she and her friends are at a local Comicon, the roof partially caves in, causing many injuries. Zach is one of the EMTs who comes to the scene. That's how he meets Kiara and they live happily ever after.