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Journal Entry 1 by AM10000 from Sunnyvale, California USA on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
 In this outrageous parody of a survival guide, Saturday Night Live staff writer Brooks prepares humanity for its eventual battle with zombies. One would expect the son of Mel Brooks to have a genetic predisposition to humor, and indeed, he does, and he exhibits it relentlessly here: he outlines virtually every possible zombie-human encounter, drafts detailed plans for defense and attack and outlines past recorded attacks dating from 60,000 B.C. to 2002. In planning for that catastrophic day when "the dead rise," Brooks urges readers to get to know themselves, their bodies, their weaponry, their surroundings and, just in case, their escape routes. Some of the book's more amusing aspects are the laughable analyses Brooks proposes on all aspects of zombiehood, and the specificity with which he enumerates the necessary actions for survival-i.e., a member of an anti-zombie team must be sure to have with him at all times two emergency flares, a signaling mirror, daily rations, a personal mess kit and two pairs of socks. Comic, though unnecessarily exhaustive, this is a good bet for Halloween gag gifts and fans of Bored of the Rings-esque humor. 100 line drawings.
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Journal Entry 2 by AM10000 at Sunnyvale, California USA on Saturday, February 26, 2011
Released 1 yr ago (2/25/2011 UTC) at Sunnyvale, California USA CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sent today as part of the Halloween Swap at Bookobsessed.com
Enjoy! :)
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Journal Entry 4 by Daelith at Trade w/ another bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Sunday, November 13, 2011
Released 6 mos ago (11/12/2011 UTC) at Trade w/ another bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Mailed to adrienne10
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Journal Entry 6 by adrienne10 at Seattle, Washington USA on Saturday, December 31, 2011
From what I'd heard about this book and what I had in mind that it was, it fell very flat. Sadly, bits people find clever, I find stupid. The things I thought were going to be clever ended up being something different and stupid. So, overall, I don't care for this book.
I'm actually not a fan of zombie movies, but my husband is, so we've consumed quite a bit of zombie culture. Brooks is essentially making up his own type of zombie and then not-so-slyly cracking on every other rendition of the zombie genre and saying every one else is wrong. To me, this seems like an outsider coming to play in someone else's sandbox and changing all the rules.
Usually I give a book about 30 pages to give up. However, it has taken a week for me to read 10 pages. I need to read books a little faster than 10 pages a week, and I'm not going to waste 3 weeks on a book I'm not going to read. The 30 page rule used to be because that would give me about a half-hour with a book and if I didn't like it after that, then so be it. The fact that I haven't pulled this out on a bus ride during the past week to get 30 minutes to read shows that my level of interest from just the introduction is pretty poor.
I'm going to let my son read this book, because he's been asking if he can and then I'll pass it along to another bookcrosser.
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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
