Monster Island

I just finished reading David Wellington's Monster Island. It's a book about zombies that take over New York, and the quest of a few living people to put a stop to them. I know, I know, it isn't exactly the deepest book I've ever read, but it was pretty entertaining all the same.

The characters were engaging, and it took a few surprising twists that I didn't see coming. But in the end it is a zombie novel, and the only thing you really want to read about is awesome gut-splattering violence done to the undead (and the occasional undead munch fest on the living). I think I surprise myself with how much I love the idea of zombies. Not that I would want the dead to start rising or anything, but I find it to be a really interesting concept. I love zombies. I do.

I'd suggest it to any of you that like zombies. Wellington actually published the book in an online format, along with his other two zombie sequels. The link is above, but you should read a few chapters before you buy it.

If you like this sort of thing, I'd also suggest picking up Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead", a graphic novel about... well, you know.