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Planetary Tarantella #1
The Big Book of Post-Collapse Fun
Mab is an unemployed feminist blogger with a philosophy degree, a deathly allergy to bee stings, and the real-world experience of a domestic rabbit. When Portland, Oregon is evacuated, no one thinks to look for her in her unlabeled apartment. She can still get news from the outside world for days. All the news is bad. The planetary Tarantella dance has started, and the world is shaking itself apart. Volcanoes and earthquakes abound. Taking stock of her supplies, she finds that her best survival gear includes a 49cc moped and clothing that wouldn't keep a chihuahua warm in a Florida winter.
Left alone in the city, Mab fumbles along and documents her post-apocalypse adventures through the lens of mankind's greatest coping mechanism: Inappropriate humor. She learns from experience as she misinterprets survival tips, battles wild geese, steals cars, befriends a buffoon of a dog, and discovers the difference between instinct and cultural training.
When Mab learns of a geologically stable place in Canada, she leaves Portland behind. Vet, the world's dumbest remaining dog, goes with her, and while they try to navigate the wilderness, mountains become volcanoes. Strangers become bandits. Mab wasn't prepared for this, but she writes the book on how to improvise in case of apocalypse.
Left alone in the city, Mab fumbles along and documents her post-apocalypse adventures through the lens of mankind's greatest coping mechanism: Inappropriate humor. She learns from experience as she misinterprets survival tips, battles wild geese, steals cars, befriends a buffoon of a dog, and discovers the difference between instinct and cultural training.
When Mab learns of a geologically stable place in Canada, she leaves Portland behind. Vet, the world's dumbest remaining dog, goes with her, and while they try to navigate the wilderness, mountains become volcanoes. Strangers become bandits. Mab wasn't prepared for this, but she writes the book on how to improvise in case of apocalypse.
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Kestrel Casey
12 books61 followersKestrel Casey is an author, activist, and defective manic pixie dream girl.
They are the author of the Phaethon and Planetary Tarantella trilogies, and have published short stories in anthologies from Tyche Books, Art Over Chaos Publishing, and more. They are a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.
They also live with chronic illness, play ukulele, and try to save the planet.
They are the author of the Phaethon and Planetary Tarantella trilogies, and have published short stories in anthologies from Tyche Books, Art Over Chaos Publishing, and more. They are a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.
They also live with chronic illness, play ukulele, and try to save the planet.
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July 29, 2015
Y'all, I LOVED this book. Mab's journey from typical millennial to apocalypse survivor is hilarious and moving, and rings emotionally true. I laughed, I got verklempt, I couldn't stop turning the pages. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys apocalypse stories, humor, and protagonists in a constant state of existential crisis.
(I must add, I really appreciate this book's avoidance of certain tropes of apocalyptic fiction. I absolutely hate it when collapse-of-society stories revert to 1950s gender roles [complete with rampant sexual assault], because ~cavemen~ or something. This book doesn't go there at all, which made me very happy.)
(I must add, I really appreciate this book's avoidance of certain tropes of apocalyptic fiction. I absolutely hate it when collapse-of-society stories revert to 1950s gender roles [complete with rampant sexual assault], because ~cavemen~ or something. This book doesn't go there at all, which made me very happy.)
April 6, 2016
This is a unique look at the Apocalypse. Mab, an unemployed Philosophy major from Portland, OR; gets 'left behind' by the populace and is all but alone in a post apocalyptic Portland. The destruction is caused by natural disasters when the ring of fire pops off, the New Madrid fault creates a new volcano in Memphis and the continent splits in half.
She spends the first few days in panic and denial. Her gradual discovery that she knows absolutely nothing she needs to survive is well handled and her choices are realistic. Eventually she realizes she needs to leave Portland and sets out for Canada accompanied by a dog, a chicken and a goat.
As she travels she destroys and loses vehicles, learns to trap, hunt and survive in the wilderness. And she also discovers that as opposed to wanting to be a woman represented by a Feminist slogan she has become a woman survivor who doesn't need slogans.
She spends the first few days in panic and denial. Her gradual discovery that she knows absolutely nothing she needs to survive is well handled and her choices are realistic. Eventually she realizes she needs to leave Portland and sets out for Canada accompanied by a dog, a chicken and a goat.
As she travels she destroys and loses vehicles, learns to trap, hunt and survive in the wilderness. And she also discovers that as opposed to wanting to be a woman represented by a Feminist slogan she has become a woman survivor who doesn't need slogans.
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February 1, 2016Let’s face it, my darling smooshy-faces, we will not all be Carols or Roberta Warrens when the Apocalypse unfolds.
Some (many) of us will be Mabs.
Mab is a delightfully sarcastic, introspective protagonist. TBBOPCF draws you right in with Mabs snarky, self deprecating narration of the dystopian events occurring around her.
I enjoyed the consistent pace of the story line. At times I was chuckling at the absurdity of the situations Mab finds herself in. However, really, when time is everything and nothing, why not free the inmates of a pet shop?
The evolution of Mabs was fascinating to me. At start of the novel, Mab is out of sorts, both mentally and physically. As the seriousness of her situation plays out, she taps into a deep inner strength. You know, I was slightly irritated with Mab at time initially…the way she fumbles through the early days of the Apocalypse. After a bit of contemplation, I realized that the reaction I had was towards Mab’s flaws were actually towards her humanity. Her very real reaction to the world going to shite around her. I think her humanity was what I valued most towards the end of the novel.
I liked the Mab at the beginning of the book. I was hugely fond of the end-of-book Mab.
It is my hope that Rachel Sharp will continue Mab’s story. Two thumbs up for me. I quite enjoyed The Big Book of Post Collapse Fun.
Some (many) of us will be Mabs.
Mab is a delightfully sarcastic, introspective protagonist. TBBOPCF draws you right in with Mabs snarky, self deprecating narration of the dystopian events occurring around her.
I enjoyed the consistent pace of the story line. At times I was chuckling at the absurdity of the situations Mab finds herself in. However, really, when time is everything and nothing, why not free the inmates of a pet shop?
The evolution of Mabs was fascinating to me. At start of the novel, Mab is out of sorts, both mentally and physically. As the seriousness of her situation plays out, she taps into a deep inner strength. You know, I was slightly irritated with Mab at time initially…the way she fumbles through the early days of the Apocalypse. After a bit of contemplation, I realized that the reaction I had was towards Mab’s flaws were actually towards her humanity. Her very real reaction to the world going to shite around her. I think her humanity was what I valued most towards the end of the novel.
I liked the Mab at the beginning of the book. I was hugely fond of the end-of-book Mab.
It is my hope that Rachel Sharp will continue Mab’s story. Two thumbs up for me. I quite enjoyed The Big Book of Post Collapse Fun.
May 5, 2016
Guys, this book was SO FUN!! It was hilarious without being overbearing and altogether fascinating. If you like dystopian stories, girls who get scared and cry but then do the scary thing anyways, dumb but lovable dogs, and humor in the face of adversity, this is the book for you. I am beyond excited to read the next one!!
July 3, 2015
very well done and unique piece of post apocalyptic fiction. refreshing to see a female heroine who learns through her mistakes
May 20, 2020
Wow, this book was FUN!
A series of global geological disasters kind of destroys civilization as we know it. Earthquakes, mountains turn into volcanoes, entire cities are evacuated, that kind of stuff. The main character, a young woman called Mab, somehow manages to miss the evacuation of her home city, and suddenly finds herself all alone. She then spends the rest of the book trying to learn how to cope in this new world where she is the only human, adopts a dog, a goat and a chicken, and starts to make her way to a certain part of Canada that is supposed to be exceptionally stable.
For a book about the apocalypse, most of this story is actually really fun and peaceful and revolves around Mab solving one obstacle after the other. She has to learn how to get supplies, looks for a book with some instructions on how to survive, and uses different means of transportation. It is really fun, because Mab at the beginning of the story is all of us: She spends all her time on the Internet and knows only the barest minimum of survival strategies. So she has to learn everything from zero, and the way she behaves is just so VERY relatable. I think the only thing I would have done differently from her is that I would have left the goat and taken some more chickens instead. Over the course of her adventures, Mab grows and becomes incredibly badass.
CN for your usual post-apocalyptic stuff. It is mostly going on at the margins or behind the scenes, but lots of people die. At some point, one is murdered “on screen”.
There is a second book in this series, and I am really looking forward to reading that one, too. If it is anywhere near as good as this one, it will be a blast.
A series of global geological disasters kind of destroys civilization as we know it. Earthquakes, mountains turn into volcanoes, entire cities are evacuated, that kind of stuff. The main character, a young woman called Mab, somehow manages to miss the evacuation of her home city, and suddenly finds herself all alone. She then spends the rest of the book trying to learn how to cope in this new world where she is the only human, adopts a dog, a goat and a chicken, and starts to make her way to a certain part of Canada that is supposed to be exceptionally stable.
For a book about the apocalypse, most of this story is actually really fun and peaceful and revolves around Mab solving one obstacle after the other. She has to learn how to get supplies, looks for a book with some instructions on how to survive, and uses different means of transportation. It is really fun, because Mab at the beginning of the story is all of us: She spends all her time on the Internet and knows only the barest minimum of survival strategies. So she has to learn everything from zero, and the way she behaves is just so VERY relatable. I think the only thing I would have done differently from her is that I would have left the goat and taken some more chickens instead. Over the course of her adventures, Mab grows and becomes incredibly badass.
CN for your usual post-apocalyptic stuff. It is mostly going on at the margins or behind the scenes, but lots of people die. At some point, one is murdered “on screen”.
There is a second book in this series, and I am really looking forward to reading that one, too. If it is anywhere near as good as this one, it will be a blast.
January 15, 2023
What a great read! It is so difficult to write an entertaining book that has one character for the majority of the word count, but Rachel Sharp did it, and with bountiful humor too. There were some decisions that Mab made that seemed like Obviously Bad Decisions when, to me, there were Obviously Better Decisions, which sometimes drew me out of the story, and I did see a typo or too, but in general, I'd say this book was well-written, funny, endearing and, somehow, had a happy ending (spoiler alert). I will definitely be looking for more from here!
February 6, 2020
Oddly engrossing
This was much better than I thought it would be. The voice of the narrator rang true. The odds are incredibly against her and she seems like one of the least likely to make it through. Yet she does. It made me hit Wikipedia a few times to learn stuff and more than once gave me pause to think about the fragility of civilization, the dark and the light in the human soul and wonder about what would I do?
This was much better than I thought it would be. The voice of the narrator rang true. The odds are incredibly against her and she seems like one of the least likely to make it through. Yet she does. It made me hit Wikipedia a few times to learn stuff and more than once gave me pause to think about the fragility of civilization, the dark and the light in the human soul and wonder about what would I do?
January 5, 2019
A good book. it deals respectfully with the apocalypse theme while being captivating and refreshing.
I was a bit put off by the casual ableism and cissexism.
CNs for those, death (obviously), natural disaster, murder, trauma, injury, animal death (don't worry, the dog will be fine)
I was a bit put off by the casual ableism and cissexism.
CNs for those, death (obviously), natural disaster, murder, trauma, injury, animal death (don't worry, the dog will be fine)
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March 4, 2020
Very interesting post-apocalyptic story
Anyone who reads "after the end of the world" stories should get this one. It's a very different take on the genre.
Anyone who reads "after the end of the world" stories should get this one. It's a very different take on the genre.
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September 11, 2020Started reading this earlier this year. Was a bit too stressful to read back then, but came back to it because it was really good, and finished it within a few days.
May 15, 2018
I reeeaaaallly enjoyed this book! It’s pretty unlike anything I’ve ever read before; I would not have expected that a first-person narration with almost no other human characters could suck me in so entirely. Mab is such a relatable and realistic character, and going along with her as she matter-of-factly faces the apocalypse was strangely comforting. She’s also really funny—the book had me laughing out loud in public places more than once! I’m looking forward to reading more of Rachel’s books. <3
January 2, 2017
Review to come soon!My husband and his friend have zombie-preparedness plans. In fact, he’s so serious about them that we had zombie plans IN OUR WEDDING VOWS. Not even kidding.
But ya’ll, when it comes to fight or flight…I HIDE. So I completely related to Mab when she hid and hid and hid some more until she finally could nit hide anymore. When she came out of that third story apartment to realize “Um, hey, where’s everybody at? OH SHIT!” I almost died. Of course…so did Mab.
The Big Book of Post-Collapse Fun is written like a travel memoir–think Wild if Cheryl Strayed were walking the PCT while it was exploding. It’s also SUPER campy, thanks to Sharp’s incredible sense of humor. It’s equal parts serious, as in, OMG THE SUPER VOLCANO IS HAPPENING, but also HEY LET’S STEAL A HOT AIR BALLOON.
By the way, I would be dead, in this scenario because the Midwest just falls into a cavernous lake. All those dreams of Florida falling off into the sea? Nope. Rachel Sharp killed the Midwest. Thanks Rachel Sharp. Love you too.
I do though. This book is the very last book of 2016, and what a way to end the year. Actual fire and brimstone. Sounds about right.
But ya’ll, when it comes to fight or flight…I HIDE. So I completely related to Mab when she hid and hid and hid some more until she finally could nit hide anymore. When she came out of that third story apartment to realize “Um, hey, where’s everybody at? OH SHIT!” I almost died. Of course…so did Mab.
The Big Book of Post-Collapse Fun is written like a travel memoir–think Wild if Cheryl Strayed were walking the PCT while it was exploding. It’s also SUPER campy, thanks to Sharp’s incredible sense of humor. It’s equal parts serious, as in, OMG THE SUPER VOLCANO IS HAPPENING, but also HEY LET’S STEAL A HOT AIR BALLOON.
By the way, I would be dead, in this scenario because the Midwest just falls into a cavernous lake. All those dreams of Florida falling off into the sea? Nope. Rachel Sharp killed the Midwest. Thanks Rachel Sharp. Love you too.
I do though. This book is the very last book of 2016, and what a way to end the year. Actual fire and brimstone. Sounds about right.
July 29, 2015
I loved this book. It’s a post-Apocalyptic adventure and personal journey. Its narrator is a young woman left behind after a general exodus of residents from Portland, Oregon because of earthquakes and eruptions of Mount St. Helens and Mt. Hood. Actually, most of the Pacific Northwest is destroyed by the cataclysmic events that continue to play out around her. Suddenly, this Philosophy major and blogger must find her way through a world that is literally falling apart. There’s lava on the highway. The bridges are down. Her apartment building collapses.
So begins her bizarre journey through the mental and physical hazards of this strange and deadly world – all told in her brassy, no-nonsense voice. “I was stringing up a tarp between three trees when I heard the noise. Guns do not go ‘pew.’ In the unpopulated quiet, coming from a long way off, they sound like a lightning strike turning a tree into splinters. A lot of synapses snapped together in my brain at the same time. Gun. Guns don’t go off by themselves, so that means people. People! Run towards the sound! People firing guns. Run away from the sound. Good people. Bad people. Schrodinger’s people. Go find out what it was. Get as far away as possible. Stay right where I am and throw up because my stomach feels like a kiddie pool with a downed power line in it.”
At one point she breaks into an abandoned house, looking for food and water. Instead, she finds a dog, identified as “Vet” on his nametag. So she takes Vet with her, as well as a goat she finds abandoned, and a chicken, and she piles them all into a stolen car. “I hesitated before turning off the car. If it didn’t start again, we were all in big trouble. On the other hand, if the car exploded, we were in even bigger trouble. I turned the key and took it out of the ignition, holding it in front of me like something precious but dangerous. A poisoned Faberge egg, maybe, or a rock star boyfriend.”
She learns how to butcher and skin animals, how to drive a boat, how to operate a hot-air balloon, how to drive a stick-shift with one broken foot, how to scare off a bear. But her biggest challenge comes from the bandits she meets when she thinks she’s made it to safety.
The book is non-stop adventure and discovery. The narrative voice is consistent and wonderfully irreverent, the flow effortless. What a treat.
Grab a copy of The Big Book of Post-Collapse Fun. Highly recommended.
So begins her bizarre journey through the mental and physical hazards of this strange and deadly world – all told in her brassy, no-nonsense voice. “I was stringing up a tarp between three trees when I heard the noise. Guns do not go ‘pew.’ In the unpopulated quiet, coming from a long way off, they sound like a lightning strike turning a tree into splinters. A lot of synapses snapped together in my brain at the same time. Gun. Guns don’t go off by themselves, so that means people. People! Run towards the sound! People firing guns. Run away from the sound. Good people. Bad people. Schrodinger’s people. Go find out what it was. Get as far away as possible. Stay right where I am and throw up because my stomach feels like a kiddie pool with a downed power line in it.”
At one point she breaks into an abandoned house, looking for food and water. Instead, she finds a dog, identified as “Vet” on his nametag. So she takes Vet with her, as well as a goat she finds abandoned, and a chicken, and she piles them all into a stolen car. “I hesitated before turning off the car. If it didn’t start again, we were all in big trouble. On the other hand, if the car exploded, we were in even bigger trouble. I turned the key and took it out of the ignition, holding it in front of me like something precious but dangerous. A poisoned Faberge egg, maybe, or a rock star boyfriend.”
She learns how to butcher and skin animals, how to drive a boat, how to operate a hot-air balloon, how to drive a stick-shift with one broken foot, how to scare off a bear. But her biggest challenge comes from the bandits she meets when she thinks she’s made it to safety.
The book is non-stop adventure and discovery. The narrative voice is consistent and wonderfully irreverent, the flow effortless. What a treat.
Grab a copy of The Big Book of Post-Collapse Fun. Highly recommended.
April 5, 2016
Mab is an ordinary person with the same problems that most people have: paying bills while unemployed, rising credit card debt, student loans etc. When the world ends, Mab isn't ready for it, not in any way. All of her years of education means nothing in the face of earthquakes, volcanoes, sink holes, and constantly falling ash.
I loved Mab, and her struggle to figure out how to survive. She makes many mistakes, most of them fairly realistic for a person who has never contemplated preparedness in any way. But she is resourceful, and manages to figure things out.
What I liked about Mab is that she thinks and feels the same way a lot of people would in her situation. She cries, gets mad, laughs at herself, and eventually comes up with a plan.
She goes on an incredible journey of survival. Along the way, she finds a dog named Vet. She's also broken down, traumatized, but comes out stronger.
The first chapter or two is a bit slow, but once Mab starts to figure out how to survive, it really takes off.
Thoroughly enjoyable book, and I already bought the second one in the series.
I loved Mab, and her struggle to figure out how to survive. She makes many mistakes, most of them fairly realistic for a person who has never contemplated preparedness in any way. But she is resourceful, and manages to figure things out.
What I liked about Mab is that she thinks and feels the same way a lot of people would in her situation. She cries, gets mad, laughs at herself, and eventually comes up with a plan.
She goes on an incredible journey of survival. Along the way, she finds a dog named Vet. She's also broken down, traumatized, but comes out stronger.
The first chapter or two is a bit slow, but once Mab starts to figure out how to survive, it really takes off.
Thoroughly enjoyable book, and I already bought the second one in the series.
April 6, 2016
This is the book I wish I had written about the post Apocalypse. Unique in concept, though Sharp doesn’t drown the reader in the technical details too much, the heart of The Big Book of Post-Collapse Fun is the main character, Mab. She’s a late 20’s Portlandia-esque Olive Oil type who can argue up and down about Philosphy, but literally has no idea what to do when the story starts to come apart at the seams and the wifi goes out.
What I didn’t expect from this novel was how funny it was, with razor sharp inner monolugues and just brilliant scenes of Mab coming to terms with the literal End As She Knew it. There’s a welcome respite from gore-splattered violence, although there are a few hair-raising encounters, over all the story stayed pretty much on the rails. The joy comes from seeing Mab going from panicked quipping nitwit to daring adventurer who still lays out some pretty hilarious witticisms.
I highly recommend this book for people who might be frightened away by the post apocalypse genre due to its dreary, dark trends to gore and hopelessness ( Hello Walking Dead) and for folks who want humor and optimism from their characters.
What I didn’t expect from this novel was how funny it was, with razor sharp inner monolugues and just brilliant scenes of Mab coming to terms with the literal End As She Knew it. There’s a welcome respite from gore-splattered violence, although there are a few hair-raising encounters, over all the story stayed pretty much on the rails. The joy comes from seeing Mab going from panicked quipping nitwit to daring adventurer who still lays out some pretty hilarious witticisms.
I highly recommend this book for people who might be frightened away by the post apocalypse genre due to its dreary, dark trends to gore and hopelessness ( Hello Walking Dead) and for folks who want humor and optimism from their characters.
May 21, 2015
I loved this book. It was so hilarious that it took me a bit longer to read than normal because I had to put it away at night once my husband fell asleep. The first night I read it after he had been sleeping and I burst out in laughter so loud he literally jumped out of a sound sleep. I tried to go back to it after he went back to sleep - thinking I could control my very loud laughter. I was very wrong. The second time I woke him up I got an evil glare and decided it was time to put the book away for the night. So the next day I started it much earlier while my husband was still up doing things. Every time I bust out in laughter I got a look that resembled the night before, telling me he probably hadn't completely forgiven me yet. So it took me a couple extra days to finish it but it was well worth it. Loved this story and highly recommend it.
September 21, 2015
This was a fun little book. Mab is a likable character and fairly relatable to most folks in her age range. Watching her go from a timid, scared city dweller to a post-apocalypse survivor was an interesting journey, though it did sag a bit around the middle. Mostly due to a lack of much outside stimuli. I got a little bored, hoping she'd run into people and have to deal with that some but given the story, that bit of boredom and lack of people makes sense. And thankfully, by the time I was wondering if more would happen, more happened. I really liked the end section and how it fleshed out what it meant to survive something so horrible. Overall, a fun read and I'll be interested to see what comes next for Mab and Vet.
May 25, 2016
After the world collapses, Mab has to find her way to safer geological area in Canada.
I wish I had more to say summary-wise, but I can't talk about character interactions, because there are no other characters for the first 95% of the book. And while I love survivalist, life-threatening drama, at the end of the day, I care far more about character than any other element of a book.
Mab's character has a good arc, I'll admit. But you know what would have made it better?
More characters!
The next book, however, seems to have more characters (and therefore more character interactions), so here's hoping it turns out better for my tastes.
I wish I had more to say summary-wise, but I can't talk about character interactions, because there are no other characters for the first 95% of the book. And while I love survivalist, life-threatening drama, at the end of the day, I care far more about character than any other element of a book.
Mab's character has a good arc, I'll admit. But you know what would have made it better?
More characters!
The next book, however, seems to have more characters (and therefore more character interactions), so here's hoping it turns out better for my tastes.
May 14, 2016
Wow, when I picked this up I thought it would be okay, at best, and not really my style at all. I was not ready..
I LOVED IT!
l fell in love with Mab instantly and her journey through this book is amazing. Her physical journey of course, but especially her mental journey. It was believable to me, her reactions to whatever happened to her, I could definitely see myself react in a similar way.
I would recommend this book to everyone, but especially millennials that have the ability too laugh at themselves and realise that when it all comes around maybe not everything we treasure is that important.
It was a great experience reading this book, very glad I did!
I LOVED IT!
l fell in love with Mab instantly and her journey through this book is amazing. Her physical journey of course, but especially her mental journey. It was believable to me, her reactions to whatever happened to her, I could definitely see myself react in a similar way.
I would recommend this book to everyone, but especially millennials that have the ability too laugh at themselves and realise that when it all comes around maybe not everything we treasure is that important.
It was a great experience reading this book, very glad I did!
August 9, 2015
An incredibly witty, sarcastic, and above all FUN account of the apocalypse. Whether it's describing the people around a campfire (Pink Hair, The Sweatshirt, and Generic College Student) or her injured foot ("...like a watercolor painting") Sharp has a knack for conversational prose that reads more like a conversation with a friend--in a good way. It just works.
This book will leave you laughing and asking yourself, "How was YOUR apocalypse?"
This book will leave you laughing and asking yourself, "How was YOUR apocalypse?"
June 14, 2016
End of the world book and I loved it. I wish I had written it.
This book is from the point of view of a smart, single twenty something woman on the west coast. I laughed at her musings, I cried with her pain and I read every single work. Humor and horror and adventure. Perfect.
If you like this also try Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Flemming.
FYI: My favorite zombie book is World War Z and my favorite prepper books are The Jakarta Pandemic and One Second After.
This book is from the point of view of a smart, single twenty something woman on the west coast. I laughed at her musings, I cried with her pain and I read every single work. Humor and horror and adventure. Perfect.
If you like this also try Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Flemming.
FYI: My favorite zombie book is World War Z and my favorite prepper books are The Jakarta Pandemic and One Second After.
May 9, 2015
This is a must have book. I don't often pick up a real paper book (or even a kindle copy for that matter) but I agreed to read this one for a friend. I spent the next I don't know how many hours glued to this book, I could not put it down. Seriously this has got to be one of the best books I have read in the last 10 years hands down.
October 27, 2015
Mab finds herself alone in Portland, Oregon after everyone else has been evacuated due to an apocalypse. She sets out in search of survival gear, food and shelter items and from there her adventures begin. The story is told with lots of humor and will keep you amused throughout. A fun book that will get you to thinking about what you yourself would do in the same situation.
May 8, 2016
Awesome
Truly funny but without sacrificing the seriousness of surviving an apocalypse woefully unprepared. I loved it, I'm reading everything by this author I can get my grubby paws on because funny is hard to find in any genre. Great story and likeable main character too.
Truly funny but without sacrificing the seriousness of surviving an apocalypse woefully unprepared. I loved it, I'm reading everything by this author I can get my grubby paws on because funny is hard to find in any genre. Great story and likeable main character too.
September 7, 2015
LOVE THIS BOOK!
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February 15, 2020This book was so much fun! Rtc
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