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May Science Fiction Reviews for You

May Science Fiction Reviews for You that may please you. Where do I start? I’ve been so busy reading books I barely have had time to read my own reviews. But here they are, somewhat in time order.

May Science Fiction Reviews
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The Science Officer (The Science Officer #1)
Rating 4 of 5 stars
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FormatKindle Edition edit
StatusMay 9, 2022 – Finished Reading2 Show more
ReviewDelightful little novella. He introduces a vivid character, former Space Academy graduate and space scout, Javier Aritza, who raises chickens, fruits and vegetables while exploring the universe.

Too bad he runs into pirates. But with some aggressive negotiation skills, he agrees to join them as their science officer. Their air is barely breathable and their water barely drinkable but he fixes that.

For such a short read, Blaze Ward packed in a lot of character development and adventure.

Recommended!
Andy Zach’s review

May Science Fiction Reviews – Your Next Review

Get Your Zombie Turkeys Laughter
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May 19, 2022

it was amazing

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.

If you want a series that makes you laugh, with lots of gore and at the same time, even normal life, yeah people get to know each other and they even marry, yeah I guess you could say this is for all ages hahah

I got a free ARC from StoryOrigin and this is my honest opinion

Sofia rated it 

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May Science Fiction Reviews – Your Third Follows

May Science Fiction Reviews
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Review ofThe Mind Field (The Science Officer #2)
Rating4 of 5 stars
Shelvesaction-adventurehumormilitary-scifireadscience-fiction edit
FormatKindle Edition edit
StatusMay 18, 2022 – Shelved as: science-fictionShow more
ReviewOkay, Blaze Ward’s first book was good and his second was better.

The story begins with the pirate crew going to a haunted system. Ships that go there, never come back. And that almost happens to them, but thanks to the quick thinking of Javier, their Science Officer, they escape.

Does the stalwart, former military pirate captain use the opportunity to escape? Nope. They get into problems they never expected.

I won’t give away any spoilers.

Read and enjoy. (less)
by Andy Zach

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Sofia

May 03, 2022

SciFi Story Fuel My Undead Mother-in-law
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it was amazing

One of the most funny books about zombies, where the zombies are not the monster or the bad guy, actually being zombified, cures all sorts of health problems, from being overweight to the death doors, and you feel much more energetic and strong.

What can I say that wont give spoilers, but it will explain in details what I did enjoy about this audiobook, both voice actors, you had a male and a female, they seemed to enjoy themselves while they were reading it, so it was so much more fun, it was also very nice the way they interact with the other, great fun, the story was also fun, and with lots of action and violence, but in a way that you will find yourself laughing out loud while listening to the violence, yeah the first dinner in the parents-in-law in the first few minutes of the book set what I was sure I would find during the book and it didn’t disappoint.

Just try it out, keep in mind that this it’s not your usual zombie story 😉 it was really a good fun, and I highly recommend, I started by this volume, I understand this is the second in the series, but unlike many other stories I didn’t find myself lost or in need to go back and read or listen the first book in the series, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to go back (sure I want) but if like me you start by this one, I don’t think you’ll find yourself lost in anyway.

Thank you StoryOrigin by the free Audible and I am leaving this review voluntarily. (less)

Sofia rated it 

Your Fifth May Science Fiction Review

May Science Fiction Reveiws
Review ofThe Gilded Cage (The Science Officer #3)
Rating4 of 5 stars
Shelvesaction-adventuremilitary-scifireadscience-fiction edit
FormatKindle Edition edit
StatusMay 19, 2022 – Shelved as: science-fictionShow more
ReviewMuch to my delight, Blaze Ward continues his high-quality writing in the third installment of his military scifi series, The Science officer.

Javier Aritza was captured by space pirates, who destroyed his scout ship and upset his life. He negotiates his way out of slavery and into a valuable officer on their ship, where he can pay off his slave debt.

But things change. The imperturbable captain Zolokov keeps generating new challenges for Javier. Once again, Javier must risk his life to save a crew member or three. One of them hate his guts. They’re in a den of pirates. Oh my.

Oddly, Javier had been there before.

Read and find out what happens. 
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My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook Reviews for You

My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook

My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook reviews for you, my dear reader and audiobook listener. I’m Andy Zach, your manic, but friendly, comic paranormal animal and human author.

Here are all my reviews so far on Audible. You’re free to add yours!

Click any of my links to go to the My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook page to listen to a free sample.

Or, you can email me your review at [email protected] or leave a comment or send me a message.

Outlandish Fun

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 01-09-21

Andy Zach continues his unrelenting attack on the horror/zombie genre with outlandish humor. What will society do with the new human zombies after the havoc caused by The Turkey Zombies?!? That was a rhetorical question…so just laugh! 😉

JH & DDDH

Most adorable mother-in-law ever

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
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  • 07-31-20

Note: While this is Book 2 in the series, it works pretty well as a stand alone story.

Set several months after the zombie turkey outbreak of Book 1, the contagion continues to pop up in other species. Now that several zombie humans have been created, the government can no longer hide it. In fact, most zombie humans continue to work, play, cook, attend church, and have family get-togethers.

Diane is such a fun mother-in-law! She’s a bit overbearing but ferociously protective of her family. I love her dedication to zombie acceptance and beating down zombie stereotypes. Also, she’s a great brawler. I would not want to be on any team opposing Diane!

The zombie critters were great too! I love that the contaminated corn (the suspected source of the zombie outbreaks) is still the main suspected source of these new zombie species – like snakes and chipmunks. That scene with the rat and the snake hijacking the plane – haha! This story had me chuckling often.

I did miss Sam and Lisa from Book 1 but they do have minor roles in this book. In fact, seeing what this book does to them, I really hope we see more of them in Book 3. While there isn’t nearly as many zombie turkeys, we do get a few zombie turkey gobbles in this tale (which makes me laugh like a maniacal little kid).

DabOfDarkness

My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook Review, Part 2

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Overall, this was a fun story though I did enjoy Book 1 a smidge more. This story had a few slow moments, but Diane would usually rescue us and bring life back to the tale. The end of the story leaves us having a lengthy ceremony and dinner with a political figure and I found that to be a little off-putting. While Book 1 had a different political figure, he was caught up in the action and we didn’t get long speeches from him. In this book, we get a few long speeches from this political figure and I found it a little boring. Plus I read to escape today’s politics and having those politics invade my books is a little grating. Despite that, I look forward to Book 3. 4.5/5 stars.

The Narration: Phil Blechman and Raven Perez continue to do a great job with this series. I love Blechman’s zombie turkey calls – makes me laugh every time no matter how gruesome the scene. Perez was spectacular as Diane – loud, proud, boisterous, hilarious. The technical recording quality is also top notch. Blechman and Perez sound like they are in the same room for the recording. It’s seamless when they trade off or even back and forth in the same conversation. Excellent all around! 5/5 stars.

DabOfDarkness

Great Book! Fun Twist to Zombie Story!

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 05-16-20

Not your usual zombie story. This one is fun and funny. I laughed several times throughout the story. I’m looking forward to the next installment of the series.

Jared Christensen

My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook – “Gotta love these books”

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 05-13-20
My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook
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Andy Zach has done it again for me, I love the Audiobooks. The Performances by Raven Perez, and Phil Blechman, are outrageously Great. Not too many turkey gobbling sounds in this story, but I can live with that. Read the first book and you’ll understand. All in all, I’d double the number of stars for the first book, and this one if I could.

Walt

My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook – “Funny”

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 04-29-20

Very entertaining. Didn’t know what to expect other than I thought it would be amusing. It was! I played some for my husband and laughed tears at one point just as I had.

Lisa M.

Perhaps Andy could titled this Supers’ Origins

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 04-20-20

Is a super story about a super mother in law. father in law, brother and sister in law and a bunch of “Sidekicks” real impressive side kicks. Good triumph over evil through pain and persistence and a real bad villan is finally defeated; or is he? The Narration is outrageously hilarious and so “Camp” that I smile when I think about this listen.

I am becoming a lover of Zombisim, in fact long live Zombies, no perhaps live isn’t quite the right word. Any way If a great listen is what you need these days first listen to Andy’s first book Zombie Turkeys “gooble gooble” and than for a continuous great listen meet the mother in law

Virgil Perryman

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More News, Reviews, and Blog Tour Sites for You

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More News, Reviews, and Blog Tour Sites for You. My last blog halted after a couple days of the tour. You’ll get the rest here.

What’s new? All my best links, memes and videos of May. I’ve got them next.

What kind of reviews for you? Perhaps you’re a try before buying kind of guy–or gal. I’ve gotten a bunch of reviews on my books. I’ll give you a free sample of them. Let me know if anything appeals to you.

More News, Reviews – News First

First things first: my favorite Facebook group, the SciFi Roundtable posted this fine image:

Meet dozens of delightful denizens of science fiction and sorcery here, in their noteworthy newsletter.

Did you hear about this science news item? Adjustable solar satellites suitable for intercepting objects:

Next, word is heard from my wonderful illustrator, Sean Patrick “Fuzzy” Flanagan:

Still more Fuzzy art:

The third’s a charm:

More News, Reviews – Your Reviews Are Here

Look what turned up in my Facebook feed:

So happy with my latest purchase!! So I was given the audiobook by Andy in exchange for my review. After listening I had to contact Andy Zach for a signed copy!! It’s hilarious!! The series all started with zombie turkey’s.🤣 I didn’t read book 1 (yet) but didn’t need to. I even played part of the audiobook for my husband. We both laughed till we cried! Andy even added a thank you note. Fabulously fun mail in my box today! Love coming home to books! Thanks for the good laughs Andy!

Reader Lisa Mettler on Facebook

I sent Lisa and autographed copy of my book. You can get yours here.

My book Zombie Turkeys also got some review love:

Loved this Audiobook.

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 Infectious laughter 

This very funny tale has it all. There’s peril, adventure, mayhem, even a love story and a happy ending.

I laughed so hard that I occasionally had to stop and go back a few minutes so I could hear what I missed while I was cracking up.
There were moments when I had to wipe my eyes, because I was laughing so hard I cried.

I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

The Rest of the Blog Tour Here, Beginning Day Three

Oh? You missed the first part? Here it is.

Divas With a Purpose – creative title!

Jeremy Gentle
Jeremy, seventh grade superhero

Her review:

I was excited to listen to Secret Supers and invited my 8- and 12-year-old to listen along with me. Since we’ve been distance learning the last month or so, we would spend time afterwards listening to this audiobook while eating our lunch together. It was the first time either of them had listened to an audiobook and this was a great one to start them off with.

Secret Supers caught our attention quickly. The storyline kept both my 2nd and 6th grader engaged and excited to listen to it each day. It took us about a week to finish as we listened in 30 minute increments.

Secret Supers is geared towards kids. It’s fun to listen to with them, but the target audience is the tween age group. The storyline is straight to the point and easy to follow. The key characters (Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey) are very relatable. As a parent, I loved that it opened up dialogue with my children on realizing no matter what a person looks like, they all have their own “super power” that should not be disregarded. What I loved even more is that it was my 8-year-old who pointed that out!

Teamwork was another resounding theme. Despite their disabilities and learning their new superpowers, each of the characters came together for a greater good. 

Overall, we each gave Secret Supers by Andy Zach two thumbs up! And are hoping this is the beginning of a great series!

Divas With a Purpose I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Day Three, Continued

Book Junkie Reads – Another great blog title!

Eileen Troemel features Secret Supers

More News, Reviews, Day Four – Blog Tour Hump Day

More News, Reviews
Kayla Verdera, 7th-grade superhero with spinal meningitis

Nesie’s Place – Go here for a character review.

Libreria Beppe – another interesting blog name.

The Clipped Nightengale – Our first bird-based blog.

Blog Tour – Your Fifth Day

Kit’n’Kabookie – Endlessly creative!

Momma Says to Read or Not to Read – includes a review!

Momma Says: 4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Secret Supers is such a fun story, and it has a great message. I listened with my mid-grade kiddos, one boy and one girl, and they both enjoyed the story. The target audience may be mid-grade kids, but this is the type of story that is entertaining for both kids and adults.

This book is fast-paced and just loads of fun from start to finish, and it has such a positive vibe. The kids each have a different disability, and those disabilities are handled honestly while still keeping an upbeat vibe. I love how their individual super powers gave them what they needed, and the four together complimented each other so well. The kids are all lovable and quirky, and you can’t help but root for their successes and smile when they do succeed.

It’s interesting that the story is narrated by a teenager. In fact, my kiddos noticed it right away and commented about it. It gave them a whole new appreciation for audiobooks, and they’ll both be looking for more stories narrated by Luke Castle. This young man really seems to enjoy himself as he narrates this book, and that certainly comes through. For me, some of the voices were maybe a little over the top, but my tweens had no complaints, and since this is a mid-grade story, I would say that’s the most important thing. They were thoroughly entertained by both Andy Zach’s story and Luke Castle’s performance, and I have to say that the two do go well together.

All in all, Andy Zach has done a terrific job with this book. The story and its characters are a positive force in a world that is all too often focused on the negative, and it all comes together for one entertaining and uplifting listen for kids of all ages. 

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

2 Girls and a Book – literal blog name.

Your Sixth Day of Blog Touring

Jazzy Book Reviews with audiobook excerpt for your listening pleasure.

Super Booked! with narrator interview.

Teatime and Books for a Secret Supers Spotlight

The Last Day of My First Blog Tour

Pam’s Wild Rose Blog book feature

Willow Writes and Reads

And there you have it! I enjoyed learning about all these different book blogs. I hope you visit them and maybe find some new books to read.

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