Please join me in welcoming author Mark Henry today as guest vlogs, chats and has a contest for the release of Battle Of The Network Zombies.

He’s got some great prizes, so stay tuned! You can read the reviews of his work by clicking here.

***PLEASE NOTE: These videos are probably not fit for young audiences,church or the workplace. Viewer discretion is not just advised, it is mandatory…as well as some popcorn. You may want to consult your therapist if you experience any extreme response from your viewing experience.

PART ONE: Watch this first, there will be several more parts coming throughout the day, so stay TUNED.

Direct link to video #1 so you can watch on your phone from work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLZ8Fr_oS9A

Part 2
Direct link to video #2 so you can watch on your phone from work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRmcMjNjAjc

Part 3
Direct link to video #3 so you can watch on your phone from work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH5FVnJZExA

Part 4
Direct link to video #4 so you can watch on your phone from work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qigln03oZHw

Part 5
Direct link to video #5 so you can watch on your phone from work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpjD5He0EKA

¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨

Learn more about Mark Henry below:
To read reviews of this author’s work go here.
To visit the author’s website go here.

¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°

Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. You can do just ONE or ALL of these things, and each thing you do will give you additional entries at a chance to WIN. REMEMBER you have Until 2/24/10 at 11:59 pm Central to do the different things that YOU choose to do. It is NOT mandatory you make a purchase to enter the contest. There are plenty of free ways to get entries as well.

He is also giving away several AMAZING prizes that are outlined in his vlogs above.

To Enter PLEASE….

LEAVE YOUR FIRST NAME AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME in your comment/post so we can give you the proper credit for your entries. Mandatory, if you don’t leave this, none of your entries will count.

1. Purchase copies of Mark’s books from Amazon
Click here

Purchase copies of Mark’s books from Barnes & Noble
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead
Battle of the Network Zombies

Good for 300 entries per book you purchase by using the links above. Email your receipt to the prize Goddess here bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Not valid on past purchases. THIS IS NOT MANDATORY

OR you can use the Barnes & Noble link HERE to make your purchase of ANY kind of merchandise during the contest. You can also use the Amazon link HERE to shop as well. Good for 100 entries to the contest for EACH item you purchase. Not valid on past purchases.

2. You MUST answer Mark’s questions he’s asked in his vlogs. Good for 10 entries.

4. Be friends with Mark by joining him here:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=680349602

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/markhenry_writer

Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/markhenry/join

Twitter: http://twitter.com/mark_henry

email your confirmations of friendship to the prize Goddess here bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Good for 25 entries per place you friend her.

5. Join us at our daily book chat here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=20101 RSVP for tomorrow’s event here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=19629 and vote in the weekly paranormal poll here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=20034 good for 25 entries for each one you do.

6. Spread the word about this event and invite everybody you know by using the new Share Buttons below at the bottom of the post to tell your friends about this contest and come back and tell us where you shared. This is the live link to the event: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=20107 if you don’t know how to use those functions. Good for 50 entries per place you post the event link. Be sure to click the shiny star and rate the event!

7. Join the Bitten by Books newsletter located on the upper right hand side of the site just above the video player. You must confirm your subscription which will come in an email. Email your confirmations of subscription to the prize Goddess here bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Good for 75 entries. Unconfirmed subscriptions are deleted. Also be SURE to check out our amazing line up of other author events this month here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=4

RULES AND LEGAL DISCLAIMERS

The contest ends on 2/24/10 at 11:59 pm Central and the winners will be contacted via email. You will receive your prize directly from the author. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME as well as a valid email where we can contact you. REMEMBER the more things you do, the more entries, the greater the chances of winning. PLEASE ALLOW THIRTY DAYS to receive your prize BEFORE EMAILING US.

1. Please note, the prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be absolutely no substitutions or changes the prize is non-transferable. If you don’t want the prize being offered, please don’t enter the contest. If you ever win an electronic copy of a book, please note that it is ILLEGAL to forward, give away or copy it in anyway once you receive it. Doing so violates copyright. If we find out that it has been done, you will no longer be eligible to win any of our contests.

2. You have FIVE days from the day the we contact you to claim your prize by sending your name/mailing address to me. Failure to contact me will forfeit your prize. BBB can at that time, choose either to re-award the prize to another entrant or not.

3. The prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be no substitutions, trades or changes. No exceptions. Please do not ask. If for some reason you do not wish to claim your prize, please let me know as soon as possible. Bitten by Books has the option to re-award it or not.

4. Contest is open to readers in the USA except where noted. The prizes are shipped directly from the author unless otherwise noted.

5. Bitten by Books is in NO way responsible for the prizes being offered in any of the contests. If for some reason a contributor does not honor their prize or it gets lost in transit to you, there is nothing we can or will do about it. We are not worried that this will happen, but we want to be very clear that WE are not offering these prizes, the contributor is and it is their responsibility to fulfill their prize obligations.

6. These rules are subject to change or be modified without prior written notice.

7. Contest is void where prohibited.

8. By entering this contest you are agreeing to our terms of entry

(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

 Loading ...

Social elite zombies, lawyer vampires, wood nymph talk show hosts, prepubescent pigtailed reapers and various other bizarre characters come together in another very unique and at times (OK, most of the time) riotous mystery adventure…oh, and did I forget to mention a whole stable of Yeti strippers? Be prepared for off the wall humor that leaves no taboo subject alone as Mark Henry lets us drop in on the trials of life (or afterlife of sorts) of zombie Amanda Feral as she leads a very eclectic group of creatures in investigating a murder mystery that fell into her lap (or at least whats left of her lap). Think Agatha Cristie meets Shaun of the Dead meets Reality XXX Game Show…

Amanda has hit a low time in her life, cash flow is low, as in getting her car repo’d low and almost to the point that she might have to go to her mom, the vampire strip club owner, for help. When the very popular reality television personality and crooner, Johnny Birch, comes to her with an offer for her to participate in his next reality show, her boss gives her the incentive to accept his offer. The wood nymph was known for more than his show, Tapping Birch’s Syrup, and meeting him at her mother’s strip club after he had acquainted himself with one of the strippers just drove home the reality of the rumors about him. Despite her misgivings about the man, she needed the cash and agreed to be one of the celebrity judges for Supernatural TV’s latest reality game show, America’s Minions. Amanda would, of course, be their Simon.

Amanda’s life as a zombie was never a smooth sailing, but to make matters worse, before heading into the mansion that was to house both the contestants, the judges and the actual set the contests would be played out on, Amanda and her boyfriend Scott have a big fight and he breaks up with her. What was with her luck? Now no car, no boyfriend, no money and her BFF had somehow wiggled her way onto the set and hopefully onto Johnny himself, eeeeewh.

Now, stuck in the mansion with too many off the wall creatures to mention, (OK, to mention a few: a largess mature voodoo priestess, a crossdressing werewolf, a hairy yeti stripper…I did say only a few) there wasn’t much to do but dwell on dealing with the break up of her relationship with the sexy werewolf (OK, it’s not like he won’t take her back someday….. right?), and facing the possibility that not only would she loose everything she still owned if the television show didn’t pan out but she might also have to face going home to live with the parental figure Ethel (again eeeeeewh).

Amanda and Wendy have to come up with a few ideas fast when Johnny is found dead - possibly murdered - and they take it upon themselves to use said murder as part of their own show and see if they can flush out the killer on film, assuring them of a ratings winner, cash flow and the renewed celebrity status she was due. With a houseful of possible suspects that seemingly had a taste of Johnny themselves, suspects were plentiful, but when the players in the game begin to drop out because they had dropped dead themselves, the list gets narrower but the tension and suspense expand tremendously.

When Ethel’s brothel becomes another casualty to the mystery, the stakes get higher, and after a visit to the precious reapers and their recuperative day spa, the group focuses on flushing out the true killer and finding the truth behind the mysterious relationships Johnny Birch found himself entangled in before his death. In true murder mystery fashion, the culprit is revealed and Amanda and her friends capture it all on film, ready for the next really big reality show phenomenon or possibly becoming a reality television shocker when they become targets of the killer or killers themselves.

Battle Of The Network Zombies left me holding my side in pain…physical pain from laughing so hard that I think I tore something important. The book should come with warnings to wear a fat belt to hold in parts that might rupture from said laughing and that readers should have full control of their bladder at all times.

This, unfortunately, was my first taste of Mark Henry’s written humor;it will NOT be my last. I had been warned before that to read a Mark Henry book you would be committing yourself to a lifetime addiction to the brilliant, snarky, raw and sometimes blue humor, but I scoffed at that warning. I am now fully prepared to commit myself (no, not that way) to the addiction again and again. Mark’s footnotes throughout the book are more than an added bonus…they provide the reader with a true incite into the mind that brought us the amazing Amanda Feral. Do NOT miss this book, I repeat: Do NOT miss out on putting Battle Of The Network Zombies on your bookshelf forever as the written word within will no doubt stay with you forever anyway.

Book Stats:

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kensington; Original edition (February 23, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758225261
• ISBN-13: 978-0758225269

To purchase a print copy of Battle of the Network Zombies from Amazon click here.

To purchase a print copy of Battle of the Network Zombies from Barnes & Noble click here.

Books in the series in the order they should be read:
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

Battle Of The Network Zombies

(No Ratings Yet)

 Loading ...

PLEASE NOTE: The contest portion of this event is now over. The winners will be chosen later and contacted via email. Thank you

Please join me in welcoming author Mark Henry today as guest vlogs, chats and has a contest for the re-release of Happy Hour of the Damned in mass market paperback! He’s got some great prizes, so stay tuned! You can read the reviews of his work by clicking here.

***PLEASE NOTE: These videos are probably not fit for young audiences,church or the workplace. Viewer discretion is not just advised, it is mandatory…as well as some popcorn. You may want to consult your therapist if you experience any extreme response from your viewing experience.

PART ONE: Watch this first, there will be several more parts coming, so stay TUNED.

Part 2 Same  warnings apply as in part 1. lol

Part 3

Part 4

¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨

Learn more about Mark Henry below:
To read reviews of this author’s work go here.
To visit the author’s website go here.

¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨¨¨¨°º©©º°

CONTEST: PLEASE NOTE There are also revisions to the rules for this contest, please read them all carefully. Also, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME in your comment/post so we can give you the proper credit for your entries.

Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. You can do just ONE or ALL of these things, and each thing you do will give you additional entries at a chance to WIN. REMEMBER you have Until 2/4/10 at 11:59 pm Central to do the different things that YOU choose to do. It is NOT mandatory you make a purchase to enter the contest. There are plenty of free ways to get entries as well.

He is also giving away several AMAZING prizes that are outlined in his vlogs above.

1. Purchase copies of Mark’s books from Amazon
Click here

Purchase copies of Mark’s books from Barnes & Noble
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead
Battle of the Network Zombies

Good for 300 entries per book you purchase by using the links above. Email your receipt to the prize Goddess here bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Not valid on past purchases.

OR you can use the Barnes & Noble link HERE to make your purchase of ANY kind of merchandise during the contest. You can also use the Amazon link HERE to shop as well. Good for 100 entries to the contest for EACH item you purchase. Not valid on past purchases.

2. You MUST answer Mark’s questions he’s asked in his vlogs. Good for 10 entries.

4. Be friends with Mark by joining him here:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=680349602

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/markhenry_writer

Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/markhenry/join

Twitter: http://twitter.com/mark_henry

email your confirmations of friendship to the prize Goddess here bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Good for 25 entries per place you friend her.

5. Join us at our daily book chat here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=19380 and vote in the weekly paranormal poll here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=19225 good for 25 entries for each one you do.

6. Spread the word about this event! Use this direct link to the event: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=19316 on twitter, at another blog, website, Myspace, Ning Group, Facebook, Yahoo Group, Goodreads, Shelfari (any group where it is appropriate). You MUST come back here to this interview and post those links in one response here in this thread so we can verify your entries. Good for 50 entries per place you post the event link.

7. Join the Bitten by Books newsletter located on the upper right hand side of the site just above the video player. You must confirm your subscription which will come in an email. Email your confirmations of subscription to the prize Goddess here bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Good for 75 entries. Unconfirmed subscriptions are deleted. Also be SURE to check out our amazing line up of other author events this  month here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?page_id=4

RULES AND LEGAL DISCLAIMERS

The contest ends on 2/4/10 at 11:59 pm Central and the winners will be contacted via email. You will receive your prize directly from the author. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME as well as a valid email where we can contact you. REMEMBER the more things you do, the more entries, the greater the chances of winning. PLEASE ALLOW THIRTY DAYS to receive your prize BEFORE EMAILING US.

1. Please note, the prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be absolutely no substitutions or changes the prize is non-transferable. If you don’t want the prize being offered, please don’t enter the contest. If you ever win an electronic copy of a book, please note that it is ILLEGAL to forward, give away or copy it in anyway once you receive it. Doing so violates copyright. If we find out that it has been done, you will no longer be eligible to win any of our contests.

2. You have FIVE days from the day the we contact you to claim your prize by sending your name/mailing address to me. Failure to contact me will forfeit your prize. BBB can at that time, choose either to re-award the prize to another entrant or not.

3. The prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be no substitutions, trades or changes. No exceptions. Please do not ask. If for some reason you do not wish to claim your prize, please let me know as soon as possible. Bitten by Books has the option to re-award it or not.

4. Contest is open to readers in the USA except where noted. The prizes are shipped directly from the author unless otherwise noted.

5. Bitten by Books is in NO way responsible for the prizes being offered in any of the contests. If for some reason a contributor does not honor their prize or it gets lost in transit to you, there is nothing we can or will do about it. We are not worried that this will happen, but we want to be very clear that WE are not offering these prizes, the contributor is and it is their responsibility to fulfill their prize obligations.

6. These rules are subject to change or be modified without prior written notice.

7. Contest is void where prohibited.

8. By entering this contest you are agreeing to our terms of entry

(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

 Loading ...

Please join me in welcoming author Mark Henry today as guest vlogs, chats and has a contest with us for our My Bloody Vampire celebration! He’s got some great prizes, so stay tuned! You can read the reviews of his work by clicking here.

***PLEASE NOTE: These videos are probably not fit for young audiences or the workplace. Viewer discretion is not just advised, it is mandatory…as well as some popcorn. You may want to consult your therapist if you experience any extreme response from your viewing experience.

PART ONE: Watch this first, there will be several more parts coming, so stay TUNED.

PART TWO: ALL Standard and non standard warnings apply.

PART 3: Tenderness

PART 4: Battle of the Network Zombies Reading 1

****************************************************
Learn more about Mark Henry here:

Read reviews of the author’s work here.
To visit the author’s website go here.

****************************************************

CONTEST: PLEASE NOTE THE NEW CONTEST EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO BELOW. There are also revisions to the rules for this contest, please read them all carefully. Also, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME in your comment/post so we can give you the proper credit for your entries.

Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. You can do just ONE or ALL of these things, and each thing you do will give you additional entries at a chance to WIN. REMEMBER you have Until 10/31/09 at 11:59 pm Central to do the different things that YOU choose to do.

He is giving away some amazing prizes! The contest is open to readers worldwide!

3 Battle Of The Network Zombies ARCs, Cover flats, a rubber ducky, a package of zombie breath mints, and a copy of the Snark Handbook (but that one goes to an aspiring writer).

1. The easiest way to enter is by purchasing copies of any of Marks’s books! Yep, it is true, if you purchase Mark’s books by using these links HERE:

By from Amazon:

Books in the series in the order they should be read:
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

Battle Of The Network Zombies

By from Barnes & Noble:

Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

You will get 300 entries to the contest for EACH copy you purchase. These books are are funny as all get out.

It is NOT mandatory to purchase anything to enter the contests, there are plenty of other ways to enter and win. Just email me a copy of your purchase receipt to bittenbybooks.contests @ gmail.com (no spaces). Sorry no faxes or snail mail copies.

2. In order to be entered into this contest the ONE thing you ALL have to do is ask Mark a question or leave a comment. It can be ANY question you like. No questions/comments = no entries! You can come by through 10/31/09 and ask Mark your questions. Good for 10 entries. (max 2 questions that count towards entries)

3. Spread the word! Use this direct link to the event: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=12465 on twitter, at another blog, website, Myspace, Ning Group, Facebook, Yahoo Group, Goodreads, Shelfari (any group where it is appropriate). You MUST come back here to this interview and post those links in one response here in this thread so we can verify your entries. Good for 100 entries per place you post the event link.

NOTE: if you post multiple links here, your post will not show up right away. If you don’t see it, don’t keep posting it, we WILL approve your entry later on in the day.

4. Be friends with Mark by joining him here:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=680349602

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/markhenry_writer

Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/markhenry/join

Twitter: http://twitter.com/mark_henry

5. VOTE in the poll for the 2009 FPAY FINAL round here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=12281 AND go and participate in the day 29&30 My Bloody Vampire Contest here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=12446 Good for 50.

RULES AND LEGAL DISCLAIMERS

The contest ends on 10/31/09 at 11:59 pm PDT and the winners will be contacted via email. You will receive your prize bag directly from the author. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME as well as a valid email where we can contact you. REMEMBER the more things you do, the more entries, the greater the chances of winning.

1. Please note, the prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be absolutely no substitutions or changes the prize is non-transferable. If you don’t want the prize being offered, please don’t enter the contest. If you ever win an electronic copy of a book, please note that it is ILLEGAL to forward, give away or copy it in anyway once you receive it. Doing so violates copyright. If we find out that it has been done, you will no longer be eligible to win any of our contests.

2. You have THREE days from the day the we contact you to claim your prize by sending your name/mailing address to me. Failure to contact me will forfeit your prize. BBB can at that time, choose either to re-award the prize to another entrant or not.

3. The prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be no substitutions, trades or changes. No exceptions. Please do not ask. If for some reason you do not wish to claim your prize, please let me know as soon as possible. Bitten by Books has the option to re-award it or not.

4. Contest is open to USA readers except where noted. The prizes are shipped directly from the author.

5. Bitten by Books is in NO way responsible for the prizes being offered in any of the contests. If for some reason a contributor does not honor their prize, there is nothing we can or will do about it. We are not worried that this will happen, but we want to be very clear that WE are not offering these prizes, the contributor is and it is their responsibility to fulfill their prize obligations.

6. These rules are subject to change or be modified without prior written notice.

7. Contest is void where prohibited.

8. By entering this contest you are agreeing to our terms of entry

(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

 Loading ...

Please join me in welcoming author Mark Henry today as guest vlogs, chats and has a contest with us for our 1 year birthday! Some of you may know that Mark’s book Happy Hour of the Damned was our very FIRST review posted on the site last year when we were starting out. It was a great moment, and we are so honored to have him back again 1 year later! He’s got some great prizes, so stay tuned! You can read the reviews of his work by clicking here. Please note these videos are probably not fit for young audiences or the workplace. Viewer discretion is advised…as well as some popcorn.

Watch part 1 first.

Part 2

Road Trip Dirtiness - A special evening presentation by Mark Henry

CONTEST: Readers, here’s how to enter the contest. You can do just ONE or ALL of these things, and each one will give you additional entries at a chance to WIN. Mark will be giving away books and ARC’s today. The contest portion of the event will run until 11:59 pm PDT 5/27/09 and is open to readers worldwide!

1. The easiest way to enter is by purchasing a copy of any of Mark’s books! Yep, it is true, just use the links below or the BBB search box on the right hand side of the site to make your purchase during the contest. Good for 100 entries to the contest for EACH copy you purchase.

By from Amazon:

Books in the series in the order they should be read:
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

By from Barnes & Noble:

Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

It is NOT mandatory to purchase anything to enter the contests, there are plenty of other ways to enter and win. Just email me a copy of your purchase receipt to racoo.smith @ gmail.com (no spaces). Sorry no faxes or snail mail copies.

2. In order to be entered into this contest the ONE thing you ALL have to do is leave a comment or question. No talking = no entries! You can come by through 5/27/09 and comment for more entries. Good for 10 entries.

3. SUBSCRIBE to the Bitten by Books newsletter here on the top right hand side of the site. Be sure you VERIFY your subscription, an email is sent with the verification link. Unverified subscribers will not be entered and will be deleted from the mailing list. If you are already a subscriber, just let us know and you will get entries too. Good for 10 entries.

4. Some time today, go and vote in our poll here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=7781 and enter the win a Kindle 2 contest here: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=6834 Good for 20 entries for each thing you do.

5. Spread the word, the more places you post the event, the more entries you get. Use this direct link to the event: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=7823 at another blog, website, Myspace, Ning Group, Facebook, Yahoo Group, Goodreads, Shelfari (any group where it is appropriate). You MUST come back here to this interview and post those links in one response here in this thread so we can verify your entries. Good for 50 entries per place you post the event link.

NOTE: if you post multiple links here, your post will not show up right away. If you don’t see it, don’t keep posting it, we WILL approve your entry later on in the day.

6. Be friends with Mark by joining him here:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=680349602

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/markhenry_writer

Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/markhenry/join

Twitter: http://twitter.com/mark_henry

Then send me all the confirmations you receive verifying subscription and friendship to: racoo.smith @ gmail.com (no spaces). Good for 20 entries per place you friend her.

7. Twitter and ask your friends to re-tweet the URL for this event be SURE to include us in your tweet @BittenbyBooks http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=7823. Good for 10 entries each day you tweet it.

8. Add Mark’s blog and website to your blog roll or links page: http://www.markhenry.us/ and http://www.markhenry.us/blog/ Good for 10 entries for each place you post the link.

IMPORTANT CONTEST RULES AND LEGAL DISCLAIMERS

GENERAL CONTEST INFORMATION:

The contest ends on 5/27/09 at 11:59 pm PDT and the winners will be contacted the following week. You will receive your prize directly from the author. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR FIRST AND THE INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME as well as a valid email where we can contact you. REMEMBER the more things you do, the more entries, the greater the chances of winning.

1. Please note, the prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be absolutely no substitutions or changes the prize is non-transferable. If you don’t want the prize being offered, please don’t enter the contest. If you ever win an electronic copy of a book, please note that it is ILLEGAL to forward, give away or copy it in anyway once you receive it. Doing so violates copyright. If we find out that it has been done, you will no longer be eligible to win any of our contests.

2. You have THREE days from the day the we contact you to claim your prize by sending your name/mailing address to me. Failure to contact me will forfeit your prize. BBB can at that time, choose either to re-award the prize to another entrant or not.

3. The prize stated IS the prize you will receive, there will be no substitutions, trades or changes. No exceptions. Please do not ask. If for some reason you do not wish to claim your prize, please let me know as soon as possible. Bitten by Books has the option to re-award it or not.

4. Contest is open to readers worldwide. The prize is shipped directly from the author.

5. Bitten by Books is in NO way responsible for the prizes being offered in any of the contests. If for some reason a contributor does not honor their prize, there is nothing we can or will do about it. We are not worried that this will happen, but we want to be very clear that WE are not offering these prizes, the contributor is and it is their responsibility to fulfill their prize obligations.

6. These rules are subject to change or be modified without prior written notice.

7. Contest is void where prohibited.

8. By entering this contest you are agreeing to our terms of entry

(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

 Loading ...

The fearsome threesome is back in Road Trip of the Living Dead. When Amanda gets a letter stating that her mother is dying, her first instinct is to pitch the letter and forget about it. After all, what did her mother ever do for her? Wendy and Gil appeal to the softer side of Amanda’s conscience. When things go wrong with a client in Gil’s new resurrection business, off they go to the middle of nowhere to pay one last visit to the woman who gave birth to Amanda. Along the way, they encounter some unusual characters. And of course, they also manage to encounter more trouble. Will Amanda be able to keep from bashing in her mother’s head with a bedpan? Will she be able to retain her youthful good looks while in the middle of danger?

I have to admit, I had bought Happy Hour of the Damned about two days before meeting Mark Henry at RT last year. It was nowhere near the top of my reading list, but when I came home, I sat down and started to read it. As I read the first chapter, I was not sure I wanted to keep reading the book, but by the time I finished it, I was glad I did. I knew I could not wait until he finished the next book. To find out that it would not come out until the following year was pure torture. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I got my hands on a copy for review. I loved it! Road Trip of the Living Dead is definitely worth 5 tombstones.

Amanda Feral is not your typical zombie and if it were not for her eating habits, you would never guess that she was anything but a diva. Road Trip is very snarky and, at times, very funny. Mr. Henry uses footnotes throughout the book as well as playlists and various other little unexpected surprises. By the time you finish the book, there is almost no way that you can dislike Amanda, Wendy and Gil, even if they do seem shallow and selfish at times. I do caution the faint of heart to read this a little bit at a time, as reading about zombies does tend to be a little…gross at times. Pick up Mark Henry and give his series a try. Road Trip is a fantastic read and you will not be disappointed.

Book Excerpt: “Celebrity party girl Amanda Feral is back from the dead, and hungrier than ever for a good time. With her zombie gal pal Wendy and vampy gay sidekick Gil, this stone cold fox is dressed to kill, on the prowl, and ready to take a big juicy bite out of Seattle’s supernatural nightlife. But what’s a zombie chick to do when her ‘Mommie Dearest’ gets sick? If you’re Amanda Feral, you can either ignore the wicked old witch - or bury the past by visiting Ethel before she kicks it. Amanda’s not thrilled about the idea of crossing three states just to be criticized. But Wendy, who’s always looking for fresh meat, is up for the adventure. And Gil, who just launched his ‘luxury’ resurrection business, needs to disappear because a pissed-off client is out for his blood. First, they pack their stiletto pumps and plasma into a skeevy rattrap on wheels that used to be a Winnebago. Then, with a little help from a Korean-ghost hood ornament, a masochist named Fishhook, and a slew of ‘moderately accurate’ psychics, they hit the highway - their way. Of course, they’ll have to navigate past some neo-Nazi skinheads, a horny dust devil, a hunky werewolf cop (who could pass for an underwear model) and an unsightly horde of supermarket shoppers. But for this glamorous gang of ghouls this trip is about to take a dangerous detour that could give road kill a brand new meaning.”

Book Stats:

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (February 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758225245
• ISBN-13: 978-0758225245

To purchase a print copy of Road Trip of the Living Dead click here.

Books in the series in the order they should be read:
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

Visit the author’s website by going here.
Visit the author’s blog by going here.

(4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)

 Loading ...

Another day, another book read. Today’s review is about a new book by Mark Henry a fellow Seattleite. Amazingly enough the book is set in Seattle as well. Ok not amazing, but cool none the less! Happy Hour of the Damned is an urban fantasy about modern day and oh so hip celebrity ghoul (read zombie) Amanda Feral and her adventures as one of Seattle’s newly undead. You really have to admit Feral is a perfect last name for a zombie!

Let me start by saying that zombies are really not my thing, and more than once felt myself fighting back a dry heave, upon reading some of the flesh eating, putrefying commentary. There was a line about a guy munching on an ear like a potato chip that almost did me in LOL. Give me a vampire and a little blood sucking any day! Pus and exploding bowels…not so much. It gives the phrase “no it doesn’t taste like chicken” a whole new meaning. Thankfully there are also vampires, werewolves, and a few succubi involved in the storyline. Despite my initial squeamishness, I dug in and really got into this groovy tale.

I think none of you will be surprised that Starbuck’s is featured and is at the center of a plot for global destruction. I commented to Mark that I would never look at bucky’s the same after reading this great book. Our local Safeway barista really has an undead look to her gaze. <shudder>

Amanda is a hip and sassy undead fashionista with a skin care regimen to make Liz Taylor proud. Really, even I learned some things from her!

This book was a slower read for me than usual. for the most part I can knock out a book in just a few hours. One thing that is different that slowed me down were a lot of footnotes. Pretty much on every page. But these weren’t your regular footnotes denoting resources, but a running commentary on whatever was going on. So, you have to read them to get the deeper nuances of some of the humor Mark presents. Since my normal Ellen Woodhead Sped Redding course mode of reading so fast I barely see the pages move wasn’t working, I found myself forgetting the footnotes and then remembering and having to go back. It isn’t critical that you read them, but they definitely add another dimension.

The humor presented in this book is definitely scathing and razor sharp. I pride myself on being fairly quick witted (no commentary from the Peanut Gallery needed thank you very much), but even I missed a few things that were thrown in, only to realize later what I had missed. So, it was good for a fun read, during and after. I am still chuckling about a few things. Plus I have a few new cocktail recipes to boot!

While I won’t be going out and digging up (ha ha) any new sources of Zombie reading material, I cannot WAIT for the next installment in the Amanda Feral chronicles “Road Trip of the Living Dead”.

Book stats:

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758225229
• ISBN-13: 978-0758225221

Purchase a copy of Happy Hour of the Damned by clicking this link.

Books in the series in the order they should be read:
Happy Hour of the Damned
Road Trip of the Living Dead

Visit the author’s website by going here.
Visit the author’s blog by going here.

(3 votes, average: 5 out of 5)

 Loading ...