My mates over at Tanglewood Press have asked me not to review this book until a month prior to its release. 
 So. Instead, I give you: 
 Elle's Top Ten List of Things Learnt From Reading Ashfall 
 1. Mike Mullin is a genius 
 2. Bald chicks are hot 
 3. Bunnies are delicious 
 4. Toilet water is also delicious 
 5. I should really get around to planting that corn field... 
 6. Mike Mullin is who I will befriend during the next apocalypse 
 7. Darla: a name no longer reserved for 1930's boobalicious southern damsels 
 8. Despite what you've been told, Obama will not save you from a slow and excruciating demise 
 9. If a cannibal comes a knockin', Taekwondo kick him in the balls 
 10. And for the love of all that is good and true: DON'T PISS OFF THE GAYS