Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The book I chose for this assignment is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. 

I know we were told to stay away from saying "I liked it", but I quite enjoyed this book. I listened to it on Audible to save time and have the option of multitasking. I will say though that the accent the reader used didn't really help the story. It was a little distracting honestly. If I had had time to actually read it, I think I would have enjoyed it more and it would have gone a little more smoothly. But this is an art college and time is of the essence, so c'est la vie.

Aside from the above, I found this to be a good read/listen. Part of me thinks that I most likely wouldn't have enjoyed the original because without the zombie parts, the story seemed a little dry. I think at some point i'll get around to watching the  It could also just not be my forte. Either way, the zombie parts were a nice touch to what seemed like what would just be a romance story. They made the main female characters seem a little more bad ass with the fact that they could take care of themselves against zombies popping out of the mud. I know i would have died in a heartbeat. Its actually quite ironic that i picked this book because I have a horrible fear of zombies. Yet at the same time they intrigue me.

I thought it was pretty smart how the zombies were incorporated into the story. For example, the ladies had to plan wether to take a horse and carriage or just a horse to travel the countryside. The carriage would be slower and have a greater chance of being attacked by the random zombies popping out of the earth. A more subtle example would be the post. Sometimes it would get lost due to the deliverer being attacked or eaten by the unmentionables. 

Overall this was a really good read/listen that I would recommend for any horror and zombie lover.  

The origins of Caitlyn. I grew up right here in good ol' Sarasota; the hottest, old people infested, boring place I know. I come from a long line of, as we call them, Colleran-beans. The nut job side of the family being mom's, and the more..."normal" side being dad's. No matter which side you look at, both have some interesting history behind them, making me and my lineage for lack of a better term, mutt. Both my mom and dad came from Massachusetts, but other parts of my family grew up in different areas such as Japan and Germany. How I ended up here....who knows.

As far as my influences, if I had that time the list would go on and on. I think id have to start with the obvious, my family. Growing up being told what to do and what not to do has definitely had an influence on what i've done with my life. I think that goes for most people though....Moving on to the more...potent influences. To start with, id have to say Avril Lavigne had a pretty large influence on the way that I look. I loved that she was a punk, tomboy kind of chick. I wanted to be just like that...and I was. Until i hit the age where i started listening to Marilyn Manson. Once I started listening and getting into his things, my entire person took off entirely. My look, my personality...I found who I wanted and still want to be. It'll always be a work in progress, but at least it's something.


Ideology.....i'm not entirely sure what to say with this one. I know a portion of my beliefs are based on what goes around comes around. I know for a fact that karma can be a bitch when it comes back to bite you in the butt. I know that bragging has never gotten me any where, in fact it's reversed things. As far as morals, those just come from your way of life. If you do bad things and never have consequences for them, than in my opinion, you will never have good morals. Morals come from lessons of life. Which can be linked to fate and karma, and what goes around comes around.