June Burn

I enjoyed this one more than the first - 3.5 stars. It's still delving into racism, but instead of color/religion this time, it's taking it further with zombies who have been recreated (memories returned). The experiments and doctors are compared to Nazis several times for good reason. It is not exactly the same moral message of the first with racism, but a different perspective, covering two bases. The MC is more likable this time around too, since she was so bullyish and obstinate in show more Zom-B. Here she has regret and she's learned. Oh, and soup brains? Eyeballs? Shan stays gross like his other series, but he also stays inventive. show less

B wakes up in an underground facility as a zombie, but with enough human judgment to process thoughts and make decisions. The scientists refer to others like B as revitalized and the scientists are constantly observing them. They won’t tell the revitalizeds about the outside world. B does not agree with the scientist’s methods and how the reviatlizeds are being forced to attack the mindless zombies as part of some sick experiment. However, things go very wrong when an undead clown named show more Mr. Downing and the mutants in hoodies show up and things at the facility become chaotic.

I was very anxious for this sequel because I absolutely adored the first book. I still love B and the internal struggles B mentally debates. In this book B debates the savagery of killing other zombies for sport. There is something mesmerizing and gritty about following B, the artwork was awesome once again, and the new supporting characters were interesting to follow. Yet, there must be some grand conspiracy we are yet to learn the details about that link all the strange occurrences together and I’m just getting a little impatient waiting to find out what they are. Also, I felt like this book was a little slower than the first, but not slow enough to stop me from picking up the next book, Zom-B: City, as soon as it comes out. I have to know what is next for B! show less

B wakes up in an underground facility as a zombie, but with enough human judgment to process thoughts and make decisions. The scientists refer to others like B as revitalized and the scientists are constantly observing them. They won’t tell the revitalizeds about the outside world. B does not agree with the scientist’s methods and how the reviatlizeds are being forced to attack the mindless zombies as part of some sick experiment. However, things go very wrong when an undead clown named show more Mr. Downing and the mutants in hoodies show up and things at the facility become chaotic.

I was very anxious for this sequel because I absolutely adored the first book. I still love B and the internal struggles B mentally debates. In this book B debates the savagery of killing other zombies for sport. There is something mesmerizing and gritty about following B, the artwork was awesome once again, and the new supporting characters were interesting to follow. Yet, there must be some grand conspiracy we are yet to learn the details about that link all the strange occurrences together and I’m just getting a little impatient waiting to find out what they are. Also, I felt like this book was a little slower than the first, but not slow enough to stop me from picking up the next book, Zom-B: City, as soon as it comes out. I have to know what is next for B! show less

Living High is called an "Unconventional Autobiography" and I would have to agree. Not because it doesn't cover a life from the sunrise of birth to the sunset of death, but because it has a moral to the story. There is a lesson to be learned within Living High's pages and that lesson is live life to the fullest. Enjoy every single moment of each and every day. June is elegant and adventurous when describing living on the gumdrop island of Sentinel off Puget Sound with her husband, Farrar; or show more remembering walrus hunting and dogsledding in Alaska; or later, bombing around the west coast in the Burn's Ballad Bungalow with Farrar and two kids (named North and South, I kid you not). show less