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The Best of 2024 Part 4 – Surprising Videos, Reviews

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The Best of 2024 Part 4 – Surprising Videos, Reviews, all for you. These videos were my favorites and the reviews are of my favorite books! This is the last quarter of 2024! This is my gift for the 7th day of Christmas. I’ve got more gifts in the next post.

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The Best of 2024 Part 4 – Your First, Best Video

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The Best of 2024 Part 4 – What Was the Most Dangerous Dinosaur?

So, which dinosaur do you think was the most dangerous in the Jurassic Era?

The Best of 2024 Part 4 – Favorite Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!

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ki fan

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024

Very entertaining and well written story. Has everything a great book needs. Heroes, villains, and a really great storyline. Absolutely love this series!

5.0 out of 5 stars As electrifying as their powers!

Nemesis

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024

“Villain’s Vacation” by Andy Zach, narrated by Michael Stafford, whisks you on a thrilling ride as four disabled seventh graders with superpowers take on Coaster World. The writing is as electrifying as their powers, keeping you glued to each twist and turn. Stafford’s narration brings each character to life, adding an extra layer of excitement to this action-packed adventure.

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The Best of 2024 Part 4 – Reviews

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Andy Zach

Author 10 books

96 followers

December 16, 2024

This is the first book I’ve read of Kimberly Rogers and I enjoyed it. It was a classic fantasy romance tale, based off the fairy tale ‘Beauty and the Beast’. But there’s a twist.

The Fae Lord Faustin is slowly turning into a beast, and he has a goblin tinkerer who replaces his non-working parts with mechanical ones. Quite horrible, actually.

This curse is thanks to a hag who cursed him because he didn’t do what she wanted.

Then for the female lead character, Solange Durant, who’s an escapee from the French Revolution (the novel begins in 1796). There, they persecute people with magic. Solange is a changling, half fae, half human.

Desperate for work and pursued by anti-magic mob, Solange finds her way to Lord Faustin’s decrepit estate. That’s when the novel really begins.

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Here are twenty-nine gifts for the twenty-four days of Advent and the six days of Christmas–so far!

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The Best of 2024 – Videos!

What do you get when you mix yodeling and a rock band? I don’t know, but here it is:

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

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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

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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

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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

15 followers

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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.

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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.

Four More Free Audiobook Excerpts – Villain’s Vacation

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