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The Best of 2024 – Reviews and More for The 4th Day of Christmas

Best February Reviews A Pub in the Underworld

The Best of 2024 – Reviews and More for The 4th Day of Christmas. Join me as I go down memory lane and curate the best of the best for you: books, videos, and more.

Note this is just the first quarter of 2024! I’ve got the rest of 2024 over the next 3 blog posts.

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The Best of 2024 Reviews > The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient Craft

The Globemakers
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Peter Bellerby


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January 28, 2024

What a cool book! I knew nothing about globemaking beyond gores; now I know a whole lot more, both of the multiple crafts involved and of its history.

But what makes the book great is the author’s personal story, telling how he went from making a handmade globe for his father’s 80th birthday to starting a bespoke globe company with a worldwide audience and customer base.

It’s a review of both the history of globemaking and of our recent history from 2008 to now.

I recommend this book to anyone with an ounce of curiosity.

Andy Zach, Author 10 books

The Best of 2024 Reviews – A Pub in the Underworld

Best February Reviews A Pub in the Underworld
The Best of 2024

I’ve read a lot of Harmon Cooper and this is the coziest book he’s ever written. Here we have a hardened soldier, Sylus Runewolf, dying as he fought his country’s enemies in a battle. After his death he wakes up in the underworld. What’s more, he has a deed to a pub.

Some of Sylus’ favorite memories are from his boyhood where he helped in his father’s pub, so he’s eager to get the pub up and going. It’s quite the fixer-upper. But he gets a pub cat, Patches, who’s magical and helps him protect the pub from rats–and demons.

The pub is in Ember Hollow which is hard by the Chasm, the hell that is below the underworld. Sometimes demons slip in. Overhead are are Celestial Plains, or heaven, glowing in the sky.

This book is a delight for brewers, fantasy lovers, and RPG lit readers!Do you have suggestions of books for me to read and review? Tell me all about them! If I read and review one you suggested, I’ll mention your name and give you a free book of your choice!

Andy Zach

Hilarious, Action-Packed Romp

Zombie Turkeys
The Best of 2024

September 25, 2024
“Zombie Turkeys” is a wildly entertaining and unpredictable ride that combines humor, horror, and heart. Sam Melvin, a small-town reporter, and his editor, Lisa Kambacher, find themselves at the forefront of a zombie turkey apocalypse.
Standout Elements:
1.⁠ ⁠Unique blend of humor and horror.
2.⁠ ⁠Well-developed, relatable protagonists.
3.⁠ ⁠Fast-paced, action-packed narrative.

Storyline:
Sam and Lisa navigate a chaotic world overrun by undead, unstoppable turkeys. As they report on the crisis, they face numerous challenges, from bloodthirsty hordes to paranoid militias.
Final Thoughts:
“Zombie Turkeys” is an outrageously entertaining and clever novel that will leave you laughing and on the edge of your seat. With its unique blend of humor and horror, this book is a must-read for fans of the genre.
M Khan

414 reviews

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First, I’ll cover my zombie turkey apocalypse parody, The Life After Life Chronicles.

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After that, you’ve got Oops! Tales of the Zombie Turkey Apocalypse

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Moving on to my teen superhero series, we have two audiobooks.

Secret Supers is available in Audible for free if you subscribe to Audible or if you’re from the United Kingdom.

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The next book in the series is Villain’s Vacation, the second of my three Secret Supers books.

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The Best of 2024 – Videos!

First, we have a rousing rendition of a folk dance from Lord of the Rings.

Next, you’ll laugh at this funny account of how the dinosaurs died.

Come back! This is only the first quarter of 2024! I’ve got more for the next four days of Christmas!

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Four More Free Audiobook Excerpts for Advent 12

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Four More Free Audiobook Excerpts for Advent 12. The four are performed by Michael Stafford, Luke Castle, and Khai Lannor. These are my gifts for you for Advent Day 12.

Michael Stafford is a professional voice actor who performed my short story collection, Oops! Listen to him by clicking here.

Here is one of the favorable reviews he’s received on Audible:

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • DabOfDarkness
  • 07-31-20

Great intro to the author’s works

This is a great book to start with if you haven’t tried any Andy Zach book before. It contains stories from both his Life After Life zombie comedy series and his superhero story Super Secrets. It also shows you Zach’s sense of humor (plus there’s one little horror story that isn’t overly gruesome). This book is great for both kids and adults and works just fine on it’s own.

I loved the silly story of the flying zombie cucumbers. Ha! Very fanciful. And they have migratory routes, like butterflies! Very silly and had me chuckling. I also loved the story with the hamster (who does play a role in Secret Supers). Perhaps rodents will truly save the world some day.

The stories also help fill in some of the blanks of the zombie comedy series, including one about Diane (the beloved zombie mother-in-law). But what I really liked was the stuff about genetic engineering and the aliens. Book 3 of the Life After Life Chronicles had a lot of stuff tossed into the story and some of these short stories really help fill those parts out.

All around, it’s a fun collection of tales. 5/5 stars.

The Narration: Michael Stafford was a good pick for narrating this anthology. While the Life After Life series and the Secret Supers use different narrators, Stafford was a good inbetween voice. He had unique voices for all the characters and his female voices sounded feminine. I also liked his kid voices for the Secret Supers kids. The pacing was good and there were no tech issues with the recording. 5/5 stars.

Enjoy the excerpt and laugh by clicking here >>> CLICK. Then click on “Preview”. Then leave a review–and read the whole book!

But Wait! There’s More!

I also have an audio dramatization of one of my favorite stories from the book on Youtube. Enjoy!

Four More Free Audiobook Excerpts – Secret Supers

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Secret Supers audiobook

Luke Castle is my narrator for this book. I selected him because he was a teenager, like my superhero characters. They are Jeremy Gentle, a nerdy genius with cerebral palsy. Dan Elanga, a Cameroon immigrant who was blind. Kayla Verdera, a former cheerleader who got spinal meningitis, lost her voice, and sense of balance. Aubrey Wilcosky, a softball-playing athlete who lost two legs in a car accident.

Listen and laugh now by clicking here! Here’s what a typical listener thought of the audiobook:

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • Anonymous User
  • 03-07-20

Everyone can be brave and heroic

I love that someone is writing fun superstories in which disabled and differently abled kids can see themselves as potentially brave and heroic. The story doesn’t just show them doing impossible things that fully abled people can’t even do; it shows them using their heads to solve problems and cooperating together to use their different gifts to change the world for the better. And it’s well told, with a youthful sounding narrator that highlights the 12-13 years of the characters.

I received this free audiobook and voluntarily left this honest review.

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Get Your Free Copy of My Most Popular Book–Advent Day 5

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Get your Zombie Turkeys here. You get a bushel of laughter with each book.

Get Your Free Copy of My Most Popular Book–and laughter! All of this is on the 5th day of advent. As I count down to Christmas, I’ll give you a gift every day.

What’s my most popular book? By a margin of 2:1 I sold more copies of Zombie Turkeys than any other book.

Why is Zombie Turkeys so popular? Listen to these readers:

A very fun, very funny read.

5.0 out of 5 stars 

I loved every gobbling, clucking page of this book. It’s this hilarious and insane story that wonderfully hits all the right zombie outbreak tropes I love, but done with turkeys and thanksgiving themes. SO FUNNY! I could read about heroic turkey farmers making chipper-shredder last stands for just about forever.

Side splitting paranormal fun

5.0 out of 5 stars 

I absolutely enjoyed reading this. The way the author used local cities in central Illinois was terrific. The plot was well written. It was a good fast read.

Makes You a Zombie Fan

5.0 out of 5 stars 

I am not a zombie fan, but have been known to like turkey especially with stuffing. No seriously, this book is so imaginative and original but I wouldn’t classify it as a novelty book. It is too well written for that. Especially like the author using small towns in central Illinois as sites of the attacks as I am also from central Illinois. This read will put a smile on your face no matter where you live. 

Julia A. Andrews

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Readers’ reviews from Audible:

You won’t look at turkeys the same way as before

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OK this was funny, I actually started with volume 2 in this series (My undead mother in law) and all the things that I was missing in the story in the one I started are explained here, its brilliant and very funny XD, one thing that I love about this series, the people reading the book (there’s more than one ^__^) they actually sound like they’re having fun, and that’s twice the fun for us that are listening to the audiobook.

Hilarious

I’ve never laughed so much listening to a zombie story before…but then again I’ve never listened to a book about zombie turkeys before either. Hilariously written and actually has some great characters too. Many cameos as well. Definitely an awesome time listening to this one. Hoping for a sequel!

Funny

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What added to the Zombie Turkey situation was the author took the reader through the different towns of Illinois by a reporter working on his big story added great humor to the saga. The reader has to wonder how Mr Zach dreams up these crazy stories but they all seem to work.

Dumb…silly…juvenile…couldn’t put it down

Comfort food for that juvenile part of you that never quite outgrew your comic books. Just forget that it’s preposterous (after all, you were already warned by the title; what did you expect?), and go with the flow…

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it’s part outrageously funny, bizarre and compelling. A very good and entertaining and riveting story.

Zombie Turkeys 🦃

This was an amazing story. It was very entertaining with many LOL moments. I’m definitely hooked. Can’t wait to listen to the next one.

Deliciously silly book!

What a deliciously silly book! If you love zombies and comedy, this zombiedy story is for you. The whole premise of zombie turkeys is just so ludicrous it makes the whole tale funny, no matter how seriously the characters take their roles. Story is suitable for the whole family. Very little blood & guts, no swearing, sweet, innocent romance.

Dark Humor

This dark comedy combines action and humor set mostly against the back drop of rural Indiana. Sam and his editor Lisa run a small town newspaper, 

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