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My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie, #1)

Diana Rowland,

Daniel Dos Santos (Cover Artist)

Start date: February 12, 2014

Finish date: March 3, 2014

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Oct 13, 2012 Michael rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012

Angel Crawford is a self-professed loser.

A high school drop-out, she staggers from dead-end-job to dead-end-job. She regularly drowns her sorrows at the local dive bar with her on-again, off-again boyfriend who repairs cars and while he lives in a trailer, he's got the best in high electronics.

All that changes one night when Angel wakes up in a hospital after what she believes was a severe bender. She can't recall what happened, but a mysterious note tells her that a job as the driver for the l ...more

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Apr 15, 2012 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: what-modern-fantasy, where-grr-mine, what-horror, what-tastes-like-children

I'm shocked that I like this book. I figured it was a one liner made into a book to capitalize on the whole zombie fad but it's actually quite good. More than once I found myself wondering if the author worked in a morgue (where the main character works) since she includes a lot of tidbits to make it real that aren't common knowledge such as how the skull is opened and what they do with the organs. The premise is clever and the zombies believable.

The character is well fleshed-out (pun intended) ...more

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May 07, 2015 Nancy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I wanted to hate this book - I mean me, read about zombies? You've got to be kidding right? But Angel Crawford is an awesome heroine. She's got just the right mix of humour, self-deprecation, guts and feistiness. I found that I was compelled to read and find out what had happened to her, who had 'turned' her and how she was going to survive. I honestly loved it and I'll definitely read more of the series. Go on, knock me over with a feather. Yet another book which I would never have imagined rea ...more

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Aug 23, 2025 Marla rated it liked it

Shelves: adult, series, romance, horror, paranormal, mystery, zombies, library-request

3.5 stars.. I have a problem with humorous books. I guess I don't have much of a sense of humor, I like snarky dialogue, not silliness. I also have a problem with enjoying books when I don't like any of the characters. After Chapter 6, I'm struggling with abandoning this book, but my GRs friends have good things to say about it, so I'm going to keep going for now. By Chapter 9, I am hooked, so I almost gave up too soon. I am planning on reading the next book next time I need a zombie book for a ...more

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Nov 17, 2012 Brenda rated it did not like it

Shelves: did-not-finish

I'm about 75 pages in, and I'm giving up on this one. I just don't really care enough about the story to continue. I don't think I like having a zombie as the main character. It didn't work for me, and besides that, Angel isn't even likable. There's nothing interesting here. ...more

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