I review everything I read, on my blog and
on Goodreads. Most reviews are of a decent length but sometimes you
don't have much to say about the book because of its length or you DNFed
it or various other reasons. In cases like that it makes sense to write
a few mini reviews in one post and clear them out your way! So lets
catch up with some reviews from August and September!
1) Samie Sands-Lockdown
With a prank online
video, Leah hopes to catch the attention of Jake Colton, a cute,
blond-haired, blue-eyed co-worker she’s had a crush on for months. But
instead of sending it to Jake, she manages to forward the clip to her
boss—who buys every gory second. When mass panic ensues, Leah learns the video is more than a staged act… The
government is calling the virus AM13. As the outbreak spreads, citizens
are forced to stay indoors while they assess the gravity of the
illness. Most people are quarantined in their homes, but Leah, Jake, and
Leah’s best friend Michelle are some of the unlucky few who are stuck
at work when the Lockdown occurs. That’s where she first encounters one of the infected…
Leah is a researcher for a local station, the only journalism job she could get. To impress a prankster co-worker, she finds a zombie video online but sends it to her boss Jamie by mistake. Soon her colleagues are all investigating the story which no longer seems to be a hoax. *sigh* I liked the idea of stumbling across a real outbreak when you think you are seeing a good fake up. That was pretty much all I liked. Leah is a total airhead. She doesn't like her job so instead of doing it, she spends her work time on Facebook and YouTube, gossiping with her colleague Michelle or drooling at Jake. Her desperation at trying to get his attention is cringeworthy and she is always whining on about something. Her hangover, her looks, not having Jake, her job, whether her colleagues are laughing at her, losing a job she hates...it's never-ending. She is vain, lazy, annoying and ditzy. She is also pretty dumb and you don't ever want to follow any of her plans. She drove me mad!
The story is also really slow. We get all of Leah's woes about Jake, her job, the drunken night out, Jake, her insecurities, Jake, the prank going to Jamie so she fears losing her job and more Jake. It then goes on to Jamie quizzing her and then investigating the video, and getting everyone to look into proving it is not a hoax. Meanwhile Leah continues to fret over Jake and it is boring. The plot then goes on to the discovery that it is not a hoax, the planning of a strategy and the truth coming out but it just takes forever for something to happen. I was bored with it all and all I wanted was to see Leah being eaten but it didn't seem likely so I DNFed it.
Read September 2019
DNF 1 star.
2) Peter Tremayne-The Morgow Rises
While out to sea, aboard their ship, Ysolt IV, Billy and Jack have no choice but to explore further to find a decent haul. Suddenly,
something hard seemed to smash into the underside of the boat. The
waters around them seemed to erupt. Billy Scawen’s mouth dropped open in
horror, the briar pipe falling to the boards and smashing to pieces. Then young Jack Scawen gave one long, piercing shriek of terror…
A cornish fishing town is under attack from an ancient mythical monster, attacking both the people exploring the flooded caverns and fishermen out on the water. Claire is visiting her eccentric uncle who has become one of the missing and teams up with the local police and a flamboyant author living in the town. This should have been a good book. I was interested in the cornish setting and the legend of this morgow creature but the idea being good was as far as it went for me. The novelist character was so annoying that my eye-rolling reached new levels. He is supposed to be trying to get involved with Claire but he talks to her as if she is a dumb kid. He continually refers to her as 'child', lectures her pompously on food, cars, history and anything else he can think of and orders her food for her as he knows EVERYTHING about Cornish food, didn't you know? Ugh, he is so annoying.
The writing itself is really weird. I haven't met real people who talk the way these characters talk, using strange word choices and flowery language. It was pretty long winded and dull, focusing on Claire and author boy's dull conversations and the obligatory weird old witch cackling and telling everyone that they are doomed. We also get a burst of cornish poetry from a searcher as the search party enters the tunnels which was a bit odd. The actual search is described in a couple of dull paragraphs but we get pages of Claire and her date discussing food and other things not relevant to the plot. There is just too much focus on the people in the town and not enough on the actual monster. Even the few attacks mentioned weren't tense or scary and there wasn't much detail. I wasn't impressed by the lack of depth in the plot, the dull characters, or the old fashioned and flowery language and writing. Not my thing at all and I won't try anything else by the author.
Read September 2019
2 stars.
3) Shawn Underhill-Survive
Set against the backdrop
of the isolated forests north of New Hampshire's White Mountains, while
camping on family land, Tom and Lori Thornton (and their dog, Buck)
find themselves in a sudden SHTF scenario. No cellular service. Dangerous roads. Limited supplies. And far more questions than answers. After
the shocking murder of Tom's uncle by a band of looters, the couple's
already faltering marriage reaches the breaking point amid the chaos.
Trust and loyalties are challenged, old friendships are put to the test,
and while immediate answers and solutions elude them, they must rely on
raw instincts in order to survive.
Tom and Lori are shocked when his dying uncle collapses outside their cabin, shot by his long term neighbours, one of which is Tom's childhood friend Warner. Tom hears rumours about a deadly virus causing utter panic but nobody in the area seems to know for sure what is going on, leaving Tom trying to deal with dangerous neighbours, his wife having a breakdown and finding out for himself what is going on. The plot sounded interesting but I wasn't quite as keen on the execution or the twists that occured later. A lot of focus is on Tom's wife Lori who seems like a harpy from hell who hates his cabin, his country pursuits, guns, his life and is critical of every little thing he says or does. It is later that we discover that she suffers from serious mental illness which causes these meltdowns. Problem is, by the time I found this out I already didn't like her. Knowing that going into the story would have had me more sympathetic towards her from the start. In saying that, as soon as Tom starts exploring the area, Lori isn't seen again, stuck back at the cabin and being guarded by Warner's wife. She hardly even gets a mention.
I don't like putting in spoilers but in this case I do need to say what it was so readers can choose whether or not to read it. This is not a pandemic apocalypse book as I thought. It is about government agents dressed up in advanced suits like the Predator in the films, killing all but the elderly and infirm as they are no threat. They are running around this rural area hunting people down. The vast majority of this story is a flashback to see the events of the past as they unfolded then it switches to current events and what the survivors are doing now. To be honest I did not like the way this played out. None of this is what I expected from the blurb of the book-government conspiracy, local rebel militia fighting back...I was looking for the typical apocalypse society breakdown thing but didn't get it. I'm not saying it was badly written or a poor plot choice-it just isn't the kind of thing I like and had I known, I wouldn't have bought it. That said, others will no doubt enjoy this being different. Not for me. I won't be reading on with the series.
Read September 2019
2 stars.
4) Joseph Zuko-Jim's First Day
On a day like any other, Jim Blackmore finds himself at ground zero of the zombie apocalypse. He is forced to
run a blood-soaked gauntlet through a city overrun by an insurmountable
horde of the dead in a desperate attempt to reach his wife and two
small children. As he fights to get home he discovers that the living
are just as dangerous as the dead. But does Jim have the strength of
will to survive the perilous journey?
I wasn't a great fan of Jim to be honest. He was a bit childish and behaves more like a teenager than a father. His insistance that hi-fives are superior to fist bumps and the fact he does a H5 after sex is something I don't need to know when zombies are attacking! He then gets turned on during the crisis by messing about with a fire extinguisher after telling the reader it has sexual connotations, zones out on the phone while customers are talking to him yet moans that his friend Sam gets more sales, inappropriate comments about strippers and breasts constantly, talking down to his new friend Devon. I get he is supposed to be funny but I just found him really irritating. Devon was a much more interesting character as was Sam but instead Jim gets the starring role. Still, I didn't hate him and it didn't stop me reading, which is a positive.
Putting aside Jim's stupidity, it's not a bad zombie book overall. The real problem with the book is that there is too much action crammed into the journey and every minute Jim meets a new disaster. Helicopter crash, fire at his work, escape from work, zombies kill his friends, multiple car crashes, mugged, held up at gunpoint, captured by religious zealots, chased by countless strippers/kids/old people, attacked by zombie cows, exploding bridges, trapped in various buildings, boat crash, car shot at, mad rapists, Jim's multiple injuries...all in the space of a couple of hours. I felt that too much was being crammed in with one crisis after another on every page, leaving the reader no chance to take it all in. I like action packed zombie books but even this was too much for me. It would've been nice to have a few tension build ups between each thing happening instead of a mad rollercoaster that is jammed on full speed. I lost count of how many car crashes there were. Maybe Jim should let someone else drive! I felt that character development was sacrificed for action but just went a bit too far. Had these events been spaced over days, it might work better. It's a decent enough book, inventive situations, some good zombie moments, good supporting characters. It just lacks a bit of tension and pacing. It was a decent read but not enough for me to read on with the series.
Read September 2019
2.5/3 stars?
5) Michael Yowell-Sliggers
Mason Parker has
returned home from college, but he is not the only recent arrival in the
coastal town of Sweetboro. Savage, terrifying creatures from the deep
are about to make their presence known. And the hungry monsters are
growing bolder each night. Sheriff Jimmy Steele, his deputy,
the local marine biologist, and Mason will soon be forced to face this
nightmarish threat on a mission to infiltrate the creatures' lair and
destroy them for good.
The first thing I noticed about this book was the scary cover, which I love! The book itself turned out to be a decent read overall once it got into the plot. We do spend a lot of time focusing on the personal lives of the characters. Mason returns to town and is rocked with his mother's death, he's getting on the wrong side of the gang who bullied him at school and trying to date his childhood friend Eaver. His friend Danny lives with his bullying father Ricky, who is also secretly sleeping with the girl Danny has a crush on, Ricky wants Danny to quit school and get a job but won't give him one at his store. Danny is 20 and it is beyond me why he continues to be a doormat to a father who doesn't care about him. Why doesn't he move in with Mason? Eaver's mother puts pressure on her to work in the family business and not go to college. Yes, very supportive parents in this town!
Away from the family and love angst, people are starting to go missing around town from fishermen to courting couples. A local man insists that it is Sliggers, a mythical monster used in stories to scare previous generations of kids but this time the man is right. Sliggers are hitting town, attacking people in the water, the beaches and now in the town itself. The police join forces with a few concerned locals to try and find the lair of the creatues and destroy them before they destroy the town. I liked the whole idea of the Sliggers and the attacks on the people were nicely written and entertaining. Characters like Cinch-the cook who first sees the Sliggers, the police, the diving biologist...I very much liked the scenes they were in. While I liked our three MCs, I could do without their personal relationships, but it didn't destroy the main story either. The Sliggers and the investigation were interesting enough that the story didn't need the vendetta with Mal. Again though, I didn't hate it or anything.
It was a decent horror story and was well written. Characters were varied and mostly interesting. If you like a sea monster creature feature then this will keep you going for a few hours.I would read more by the author.
Read September 2019
3 stars.
Ryan Adler and his twin
sister, Jane, spent their happiest childhood days at their parents'
mountain Colorado cabin -- until divorce tore their family apart. Now,
with the house about to be sold, the Adler twins gather with their
closest friends for one last snowboarding-filled holiday. While
commitment-phobic Ryan gazes longingly at Lauren, wondering if his
playboy days are over, Jane's hopes of reconciling with her old
boyfriend evaporate when he brings along his new fiancée. As drama
builds among the friends, something lurks in the forest, watching the
cabin, growing ever bolder as the snow falls -- and hunger rises. After a
blizzard leaves the group stranded, the true test of their love and
loyalty begins as the hideous creatures outside close in, one bloody
attack at a time. Now Ryan, Jane, and their friends must fight -- tooth
and nail, bullet and blade -- for their lives. Or else surrender to
unspeakable deaths in the darkened woods.
My Review:
Ryan decides it will be fun to visit the family's vacation home one last time before new owners take it over. Inviting his sister Jane, her ex and his best friend Sawyer, Sawyer's girlfriend April and Jane's best friend Lauren, means that there will be more tension than fun. With the snow closing in, they are unaware that ancient creatures who come with the snow are closing in on all the humans in the area and taking them down for food. Now they are watching Ryan's house and waiting for their opportunity to strike.
I had high hopes going into this book as I can never resist books where the victims are somewhere isolated and there are monsters stalking them. The added interest of being stranded by the snow and being miles from help certainly caught my interest and this book made its way onto my TBR. My one fear was that the blurb talked about these angst filled relationships, which is not a favourite thing of mine when it comes to horror books. It turns out that I was right to be wary of this.
I very much enjoyed the start of the book which focuses on the creatures in the forest and how they are starting to stalk the people living there. I liked the idea that these creatures are part of a local legend where stories are told about how something nasty comes into the woods when the snow arrives. Kind of makes me wonder why anyone would want to live in that area when winter comes! We follow what happens to local people and winter sport lovers as they come into contact with the creatures. I liked reading this part a lot and there was plenty tension as we are introduced to the creatures. These monsters were nasty and creepy but the author also adds in a touch of humanity to them by making it clear that these things are starving and that they are a big social group who look after each other. I thought they were really interesting to read about and I liked this added layer to them.
We then move to Ryan's reunion plans at the house. The relationships do dominate this plot which I wasn't keen on. Ryan likes to think of himself as the playboy and every good relationship he had, he somehow managed to mess up. Now he looks at Lauren and sees a chance of a future with her but he has plans to move to Switzerland. Lauren knows his reputation but is attracted to him anyway, though his moving away is an issue. There is that flirtatious interest going on between them through the book. We get a lot about Jane's love life. She and Spencer were a couple, they broke up and Jane married Alex. Now she has divorced him for cheating on her. She is mad at Ryan for inviting Spencer but then wonders about them getting back together. However that plan is ruined because Spencer's possessive girlfriend has decided to invite herself along.
Frankly April is a whiny bitch who is determined to hate everything about the holiday. Spencer did not invite her so he could enjoy a last reunion with his old friends and tries everything to put off April but she insists on coming. From the moment she gets there, she is a pain. She won't make an effort to make friends with anyone and seems to revel in being the outsider so she can whine about it. She refuses to take part in the winter sports that the others are keen to do and sulks indoors while they are having fun on the slopes. She is constantly jealous and throwing tantrums so if anything was designed to make Spencer run back to Jane then her behaviour is it. The one redeeming quality she sort of has is that she is right to be paranoid about there still being feelings being Spencer and Jane but it doesn't make her any nicer to read about. I really couldn't stand her.
I also got mad with Jane for being such a doormat when it came to April. This woman turns up uninvited to your home, complains constantly, treats you like crud and makes you want to cry. So do you call her out for her behaviour and tell her to shape up or get out? No you just smile meekly and let her treat you like that and still try vainly to make her feel welcome! Grrr I was so mad at her! Grow a backbone why don't you! Nobody would get to speak to me like that on my property and if someone tried to do it I'd show them the door! We were getting tons of this angst through the early and middle parts of the book and it was just too much padding. For me this needed to be scaled back a fair bit with more focus on the creatures attacking other people. We got good bits of that but it was surrounded by all this relationship stuff that didn't interest me at all, and it also made the book feel a bit slow and dull in places.
Then we move on to when the creatures start to attack. They are at first just lurking in the trees watching and waiting, and then they get the chance to grab one of the group and take it. The others now become aware of the creatures and retreat back indoors to plan their next move. It doesn't take long for them to decide that the house is not going to be safe and that they need to hike out of there and to the road, in the hope of getting some help from other people. It is one of those situations where there is no good choice to be made. If you stay you must secure the whole house and survive on limited rations and wait for the snow to go away so you can drive to safety. If you leave, you will have to hike through the woods that the creatures know so well and hope that you find help before they kill you.
The final third of this book certainly has a lot of tense monster related action and I liked it. There were certainly good things about this book and the way the author writes the horror segments was certainly good. I feel that if 100 pages had been trimmed off to get rid of the padding and a bit more of the monsters in the middle added, this would have become a really great read. As it is, it was still an enjoyable horror book and I would try more by the author in the future.
Read August 2019
3 stars.
This has been a much better week! I completed the second coat of the raspberry coloured fence in the back garden so my work on that is done. Yet again I was dive bombed by that big mad wasp/hornet thing as I worked. I had hoped that the cooler temperatures would have got rid of the bugger but no such luck! There is one section of that fence to do but it is right beside the garden shed where the huge spiders live so my dad is dealing with that bit! There's no way I'm risking those hairy horrors crawling anywhere near me! I just need a few days of decent weather to get the other fence two coats of varnish but there are storms coming in tomorrow so that needs to wait another week at least. If I can just get that done, the rest of the garden will be over to the garden guy we are hiring. I'm still hoping we can get it done before winter but time is running out!
My dad has met the new renters next door and he likes them! He said they are a quiet spoken, friendly and they told my dad they gave up clubbing and now prefer quiet nights in front of the TV. They picked our area because a friend said it was pretty quiet. No noisy kids and no cats! Yea! I was worried about cats crapping all over our garden but all they have are guinea pigs and rabbits which is fine with me! Despite moving their stuff in all week, they have hardly made a sound and at the moment, I'm feeling pretty positive about things. I'll be meeting the two of them at some point but my dad is certainly happy! Fingers crossed that things may be looking up on that side of things!
I've had a bit of a struggle with my reading but I'm determined to get through spooky booky month and get some books read! I've had a lot of DNFs recently but that does help to reduce the pile a bit so I'm not too concerned about that! My new plan is to go through Goodreads checking out reviews for all the books I own and haven't read to see if there are any I can just get rid of, and make a list of those I still plan to try but I'm not as excited about. I might change the Autumn Reading List to accomodate some of these meh-er sounding books so I can deal with them quicker and get them off the shelves before the year ends. I haven't quite decided on that yet. This winter I also intend to go through the physical shelves in my bedroom and have a mass clearout in January of books I won't read again and get some shelf space back!
Hope everyone is having a good week!
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to
feature some of those neglected
books sitting on your bookshelf. You might
be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. Go to
Carole's blog and add your blog post link in to join in the fun! Hosted
by Carole at https://carolesrandomlife.blogspot.co.uk/
This seems
like a fun feature and I have been planning to take part since Carole
launched this so at last, here we go! I have a TON of unread books to
choose from in various genres and I'm looking forward to sharing some of
them with everybody.
Millions died when the
Enillo Virus swept the earth. Millions more were lost when the victims
of the plague refused to stay dead, instead rising to slay and feed on
those left alive. For survivors like John Talon and his son Jake, they
are faced with a choice: Do they submit to the dead, raising the white
flag of surrender? Or do they find the will to fight, to try and hang on
to the last shreds or humanity?
Back in January 2016 I read and enjoyed this zombie book a lot, but as usual I never got round to reading the rest of the series! I bought all of them as soon as I read this one and next year I really need to catch up with a lot of these series. I look forward to re-reading book one and then catching up with the rest of the series and the spin off books.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish
in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of
2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to
bring bookish friends together. http://www.thatartsyreadergirl.com/top-ten-tuesday/
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Ten great books with numbers in the title.
1) Zero Day-Bobby Adair
A new flu strain has
been spreading across Africa, Europe, and Asia. Disturbing news footage
is flooding the cable news channels. People are worried. People are
frightened. But Zed Zane is oblivious. Zed needs to borrow rent
money from his parents. He gets up Sunday morning, drinks enough tequila
to stifle his pride and heads to his mom’s house for a lunch of
begging, again.
But something is wrong. There’s blood in the
foyer. His mother’s corpse is on the living room floor. Zed’s stepdad,
Dan is wild with crazy-eyed violence and attacks Zed when he comes into
the house. They struggle into the kitchen. Dan’s yellow teeth tear at
Zed’s arm but Zed grabs a knife and stabs Dan, thirty-seven times, or so
the police later say. With infection burning in his blood, Zed
is arrested for murder but the world is falling apart and he soon finds
himself back on the street, fighting for his life among the infected who
would kill him and the normal people, who fear him.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18243819-zero-day
2) Ready Player One-Ernest Cline
IN THE YEAR 2044, reality is an ugly place.
The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked
into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to
studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines,
puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture
of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever
can unlock them.
But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he
finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate
prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to
win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one
3) After The Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy-Lou Kasischke
Near the top of Mount
Everest, on 10 May 1996, eight climbers died. It was the worst tragedy
in the mountain's history. Lou Kasischke was there. Now he tells the
harrowing story of what went wrong, as it has never been told before -
including why the climbers were desperately late and out of time. His
personal story, captured in the title AFTER THE WIND, tells about the
intense moments near the top.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23140244-after-the-wind
4) Three Maids For A Crown-Ella March Chase
In the second novel from
Ella March Chase, we meet sixteen-year-old Jane Grey, a quiet and
obedient young lady destined to become the shortest reigning English
monarch. Her beautiful middle sister Katherine Grey charms all the right
people--until loyalties shift. And finally Lady Mary Grey, a dwarf with
a twisted spine whose goal is simply to protect people she loves--but
at a terrible cost.
In an age in which begetting sons was all
that mattered and queens rose and fell on the sex of their child, these
three girls with royal Tudor blood lived under the dangerous whims of
parents with a passion for gambling. The stakes they would wager: their
daughters' lives against rampant ambition.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9745113-three-maids-for-a-crown
5) Three Days To Dead-Kelly Meding
When Evangeline Stone
wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger’s
body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there—her troubles
are only just beginning. Before that night she and the two other members
of her Triad were the city’s star bounty hunters, mercilessly cleansing
the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from
vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened
that not only cost all three of them their lives but also convinced the
city’s other Hunters that Evy was a traitor—and she can’t even remember
what it was.
Now she’s a fugitive, piecing together her memory,
trying to deal some serious justice—and discovering that she has only
three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears
off. Because in three days Evy will die again—but this time there’s no
second chance. . . .
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6257500-three-days-to-dead
6) 100 Days in Deadland-Rachel Aukes
In one day, the world
succumbed to a pestilence that decimated the living. In its place rose a
new species: vicious, gruesome, wandering monsters with an insatiable
hunger for the living. There is no government, no shelter.
Still
in her twenties, Cash has watched her friends die, only to walk again.
An office worker with few survival skills, she joins up with Clutch, a
grizzled Army veteran with PTSD. Together, they flee the city and
struggle through the nine circles of hell, with nothing but Clutch’s
military experience and Cash’s determination to live. As they fight to
survive in the zombie inferno, they quickly discover that nowhere is
safe from the undead… or the living.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17406353-100-days-in-deadland
7) A Song of Sixpence-Judith Arnopp
In the years after
Bosworth, a small boy is ripped from his rightful place as future king
of England. Years later when he reappears to take back his throne, his
sister Elizabeth, now Queen to the invading King, Henry Tudor, is torn
between family loyalty and duty.
As the final struggle between the
houses of York and Lancaster is played out, Elizabeth is torn by
conflicting loyalty, terror and unexpected love.
Will Elizabeth support the man claiming to be her brother, or will she choose the king?
Set
at the court of Henry VII A Song of Sixpence offers a new perspective
on the early years of Tudor rule. Elizabeth of York, often viewed as a
meek and uninspiring queen, emerges as a resilient woman whose strengths
lay in endurance rather than resistance.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25051111-a-song-of-sixpence
8) No Way Down: Life and Death on K2-Graham Bowley
K2, August 1st, 2008.
Thirty
climbers are attempting the summit of the most savage mountain on
Earth. They make it. But before they start their descent an ice shelf
collapses, sweeping away their ropes. It is dark. Their lines are gone.
They are low on oxygen. And it is getting very, very cold. How many will make it down alive?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8660439-no-way-down
9) One Rainy Night-Richard Laymon
Formerly friendly
neighbors turn to crazed maniacs. A stranger at a gas station shoves a
nozzle down a customer's throat and pulls the trigger. A soaking-wet
line of movie-goers smashes its way into a theater to slaughter the
people inside. A loving wife attacks her husband, still beating his head
against the floor long after he's dead. As the rain falls, blood flows
in the gutters -- and terror runs through the streets.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1419565.One_Rainy_Night
10) Dinosaur 65 Million-Catt Dahman
Dinosaur: 65 Million is
the newest reality television program. If you can survive it, you can
win it. How much? Sixty-five million dollars! All you have to do is
carry sixty-five pounds of gear, work with seven team mates and travel
sixty-five miles in the land of hungry tyrannosaurs, pteradons,
triceratops, and carnotaurs. The audience will cheer you and watch your
every move as you entertain them with your struggle to survive. Run,
fight, and hide. You’re the star…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18687577-dinosaurs
2) Peter Tremayne-The Morgow Rises 
4) Joseph Zuko-Jim's First Day 
