Broken Lands:

Broken Lands By: Jonathan Maberry
Fiction: YA, Sci-fi, 533 pages

This book is about a world where most people have died from a parasite that causes zombies.  It takes place years after the first night of the outbreak and most of the main characters are teens who were too young to really remember what the world was like before zombies.  There are 3 groups that the story is centered around.  The main group is in a town called New Alamo (near the former Mexican border) and is about 15 year old Gutsy Gomez and her 2 best friends right after her mother died and came back as a zombie.  The next group is Benny, also a teen, and his group of friends that live in Reclamation (in California.)  The last group is a lone man who lives in woods away from what little civilization is left. 

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks:

The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by: Max Brooks Art by: Ibraim Roberson
Fiction: Graphic novel, Sci-Fi


A collection of stories of zombie attacks from back in the cave man days until modern times. This story all takes place before "World War Z." 

Uncle John's Strange History:

Uncle John's Strange History by: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Non:fiction: short stories, history, 416 pages

This is much like most bathroom readers with articles from a couple of lines long to a few pages.  This one is all on history. 

Apocalypse Taco:

Apocalypse Taco by: Nathan Hale
Fiction: YA, graphic novel, Sci-Fi, 122 pages

A mysterious taco place appears in the middle of the night.  A high school drama club student and the teacher's 2 middle school aged children are on a burger run when they happen on the place.  They go though the drive thru and get nachos that try to eat them.  From then on it is like they are in a soft gooey copy of the world.   

A Daily Defense: 365 Days ( plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist:

A Daily Defense: 365 Days ( plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist by: Jimmy Akin
Non-fiction: Religion, History, 366 pages

This book is about a page per day dealing with a question on the faith.  Some questions are asked on more then 1 day, with each day dealing with a different aspect or method of explaining it. And there are a lot of references and information for if you want to read more on each subject.

The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb:

The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by: Neal Bascomb
Non-fiction: History, E-book

This book is about heavy water being made in Norway during WWII.  Heavy water being a by-product being made in the plant in Vemork, Norway that was thought to be useful in the making of atomic bombs. It is the story of mostly Norwegian people who worked with the Allies (mostly Britain) to sabotage the plant and the Nazis efforts in Norway. 

Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! (Lumberjanes #1):

Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power! (Lumberjanes #1) by Mariko Tamaki,  Brooke Allen
Fiction: Children's, Fantasy, 239 pages

A book about if the Girl Scouts actually did things and unicorns smelled bad. 

The Seventh Bride:

The Seventh Bride by:  T. Kingfisher
Fiction: YA, Fantasy, E-book

1st, after reading this I learned that on Goodreads it shows you if a friend of yours also read the book and what they rated it.  So unsurprising the author's husband and other friends like this book.  This story is about a simple Miller's daughter who with the help of a hedgehog, other magical beings, and her wits works to fight an evil sorcerer nobleman who wants her to be his 7th wife.  (Most of which are still alive or not dead and all on/in the same property.) 

American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty:

American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty by: Michael W. Cuneo
Non-Fiction: Religion, History, Pop Culture 281 pages

This book is a look at exorcisms, deliverance, generational bondage and other ways/ideas about demons affecting human's lives in modern American Christianity.  It starts with the interest that "The Exorcist"  book and movie caused in exorcism and end with when the book was written in the early 2000's.  It covers a wide range of Catholic and Protestant groups, rituals, practices, etc.  As well as major changes and personalities that shaped the current demonology thoughts. 

The Ludwig Conspiracy:

The Ludwig Conspiracy by Oliver Potzsch
Fiction: Mystery, History, E-book

This book is about Ludwig II of Bavaria.  He was known for making beautiful castles, being deposed by being declared insane and then dying shortly afterwards under mysterious circumstances.  He is a figure of interest and surrounded by mystery even today.  This story is a fictionalized account of his last days as told by an journal/dairy from a made up character and with a modern story of the people with the journal solving the mysteries in it and being hunted down by people who want to: kill them, silence them, keep the journal secret and/or get the journal for themselves. 
At the end there is more information on what was made up for this book and what things are known or believed by people about the real historic event.