I am almost certain that I will die a horrible and excruciating death for taking this long to recognize the FDO’s print debut title Infected. Before it became a print novel it gathered quiet a following as a podio-book. Now unlike most of the others I have reviewed Infected does not have a full cast. Scott Sigler himself reads the novel with a lot of feeling and well at times anger. Infected centers around Perry Dawsey and his fight against his violent past but once infected he must embrace his violent tendencies in his fight to survive. This horror thriller will keep you at the edge of your seat and itching for more! I’ll tell you in listening to this for the first time I was starting to worry about that odd itch on my arm..
Perry Dawsey is 6-foot-5, 265 pounds of angry ex-linebacker. He knows all too well that if he doesn’t control his quick temper, people get hurt. Through constant focus, he has locked his violent past away in the deep dungeons of his mind.
The infection changes everything.
Strange microscopic parasites tap into Perry’s bloodstream like tiny little vampires. They start as bright orange blisters, but soon take the shape of triangular growths just beneath his skin. The “Triangles,” as Perry calls them, try to control their host by manipulating hormone levels and flooding his body with neurotransmitters — imbalances of which cause paranoia, schizophrenia and excessive aggression. As Perry begins a desperate battle to cut the Triangles out of his body before it’s too late, his self-control dissolves into raging, murderous madness.
In an hour and thirty minutes I will be starting on a mad dash to 50k words! Tonight at midnight NaNoWriMo starts and I intend to get a nice start! I’ll be adding a word counter either to this post if anyone wants to see my progress! Fell free to add me as a writing buddy too if you’re writing this year. Worland102688 is my screen name for the NaNo site!
So I have been listening to Infected by Scott Sigler again so that I can review it for you guys. Let me tell you. It’s even better the second time around. There are a lot of things you don’t catch the first time around. I’m about half wa…
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I read this article on 5 reasons it sucks to be a Joss Whedon fan and wanted to throw my opinion out there on it. There are parts I agree with and parts I do not agree with and here they are.
He will slaughter everything that makes you happy inside.
This one is 100% true but I don’t get too pissed about it. In the world of TV and Movies there arn’t many times where you care enough about a character to actually mourn their passing but with Whedon’s shows I do. He makes you care about his characters and care what actually happens to them and then boom! You think maybe it won’t happen this time, then he hits you with the dark side of life. Many of my favorite characters have gone this way and don’t think just because they’re a main character they/you are safe from this fact because he is not afraid to kill. As much as I hate it when it happens it is refreshing and I like that no one is safe!
Personally I’ll give any Whedon show a try. I loved Buffy, Angel, and Firefly and even if it starts off slow they usually pick up. So far Dollhouse is dull, I gave it a whole season and the only thing that really drew me in was the final episode that wasn’t even aired: Epitaph One! I haven’t watched much of Dollhouse season 2 and personally I’d be happy if Dollhouse was canceled because maybe he’ll start on another show with the story and power of the previously three mentioned shows.
All in all I think the article hit a few points but most of it in my opinion is pointless bashing with no real point behind it. Joss should be held to the same standards as everyone else even if he starts his shows off slow.
School is back in session, TV shows are all new, and my favorite Podio-book authors are back to they’re recording! Plans for moving in march are falling together and I have started a new job. My local grocery store caved into my obsessive application regiment and decided to give me a try. So for I’m doing great and love it. It’s funny. I love customer service but I HATE people. As a group people annoy me to no end but when it comes to helping someone and talking to them I’m great. It feels good to make someone smile.
Well onto the review for this post and let me tell you it’s overdue! Down from Ten by J. Daniel Sawyer is an amazing podio-book that’ll have you hooked within four episodes. I don’t want to give too much info seeing as it is a mystery of sorts but I highly recommend you check it out! Official synopsis and trailer incoming:
In early January, a group of friends get together for an annual retreat; eight artists, scientists, and authors cloistered together in a mansion in the mountains above Redding, California for ten days of games, conversation, exhibition, and hedonism, while isolated from the outside world. It might all have been quite pleasant, if it weren’t for the biggest California snowstorm in over twenty years. When the storm hits, the house is buried in an avalanche, leaving our heroes with no way to hike out. Instead, they must find a way to survive and stay sane while waiting for rescue – which becomes difficult when they all start having the same dream.
The past couple weeks have been kinda hetic. A lot is going on in my life right now, including planing a move out of my mothers house! Summer is almost over and so the podcasts should start back up again! I thought only TV went on break for the summer, I guess I was wrong. I know I promised reviews of Infected and Contagious by Scott Sigler and to do that I need to re-read them! Not that I don’t know how awesome they were I just need to refresh myself on them so I don’t just give a bland non personal review.
Fall weather is here and with it comes peace and calm. I hope it keeps up! Hope to update soon! Till then.
The patient file you’re holding represents the strangest case I’ve ever seen: a blind “psychic” serial killer with a secret past matching wits with an art therapist whose refusal to give up on his patient borders on obsession. Along the way love triangles, conspiracies, ghosts, and more twists than a suspense movie. Follow up on everything to determine ho the “personal effects” collected by Zach Taylor relate to the case.This is the synopsis for the book Personal Effects: Dark Art, the debut novel (in print) of author J.C. Hutchins. This is a book unlike any other I have read. One of the things that makes this book different than any other, at least to my knowledge, is that it comes with actual documents, business cards, letters, and pictures all related to the story giving you a chance to explore the case along with Zach. You see a phone number in the book? Call it! You’ll hear what they hear. Find a website in the book? Explore that too! It’s really cool the way they get you into the story. Finding your own clues and thread on what is going on. Now for those who feel that is too, I don’t know.. Gimmicky, just forget about the extras and enjoy the book. You don’t need to dig around the extras to understand what’s going on. This well written thriller novel is definitely on my must read list! Learn more about the book and it’s prequel here
It’s been too long since I posted my last entry and I wanted to share what I’ve been watching, reading, and listening too. Lets start with the books.
Two weeks or so back I headed out to the local Barnes and Noble to pick up some books off my wishlist. I ended up picking up Infected in paperback by Scott Sigler which I haven’t read but I listened to via podio-book and it was great! I wanted to pick up Contagious too but they’d have had to order it but I don’t get to the Barnes and Noble nearly enough to ask them to order it. I picked up the first two books in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. I had heard a lot about them but never got around to reading them. I’ll start on them once I’m done reading Personal Effects: Dark Art by J.C. Hutchins which I have to say is awesome! That’s it for my books. On to what I’ve been watching.
So I know I’m late on this one but I just finished Firefly and Serenity. So now I know what all the outrage was about when it was canceled. The first time I watched it I saw what I thought was the first episode “The Train Job” and not much made sense. It didn’t catch me at that time but the local comic shop owner told me to look up the episode order on wikipedia and give it a second chance. I was happy to see Hulu had them in their correct order and I LOVED the show. I would expect no less from Joss! I am now one of them, you know. the people wishing it would be brought back. Hell I even bought copies of firefly which is a big deal seeing as torrents are so much easier and well.. free.
As for podcasts. Metamor City is officially done for the summer. The story was over quiet a bit ago but Chris was still working on his final Feedback shows which are just as entertaining as the actual story! I’ve been keeping up on J.C. Hutchins’ Personal Effects: Sword of Blood which is the prequel to dark art and it is just as enthralling at the book. Lastly I’ve been keeping up on Down From Ten by J. Daniel Sawyer which I am hooked on.
I’ll probably go a bit more in depth on some of these in future reviews. I also just realized I don’t think I’d done a review on Infected or Contagious which is horrible of me seeing as they’re so awesome. More coming soon! Till then
Finally I am back for another review! I know I know, my two or three fans must have missed me. This time I am here to finally give my review on The Takeover! After following Playing for Keeps I’ve become a big fan of Mur Lafferty so when I heard a promo for The Takeover I couldn’t help but laugh. The Takeover is a comedy where a company is being merged with zombinc, a company who trains zombies to work for you. It shows the office workers coping with the oddities that come with working with zombies. I really enjoyed it! You should give it a listen! As per usual here is the official synopsis and trailer:
If you’ve ever worked with corporate zombies, then you’ve experienced The Takeover. Web designer Maureen and her friends struggle to adapt to their new work environment as coworkers from Zombinc, the zombie staffing company, come to work with them. Language barriers, arguments over the contents of the work fridge, and what a “promotion” really means are all addressed in this “Shaun of the Dead” meets “The Office” audiodrama.
Official website for “The Takeover” by Mur Lafferty is here.
Hey guys, sorry of the lack of posts. I’ve been letting my writing slip the last week or so. Like the podcast says, I should be writing! Lately I’ve been engrossed in yet another watching of Buffy. Such a great show. Hopefully I can get my writing up to that caliber sometime. Ok well when I get to it I have yet another podcast review! This time it’s The Takedown.
So I have been listening to Infected by 
