I am alive! I swear!

WOW. So, the last time I posted was on May 31, 2012. That's pathetic. I have been absent so so so much but really, there just hasn't been that much to share. I mostly use this blog to review books that I have read, to discuss dreams that I have had, and to share any other tidbits I find appealing to the masses.

Aint' none of that been hap'nin lately. In fact, that post in May was a book post and that. was. the. last. book. I. read. until. this. weekend. Yep. You heard me. I haven't read a single book since May. That's 4+ months and that's plain insane, yo'.

However, I did end the non-reading streak by picking up the newest in one of my favorite series. And I enjoyed every single second of the 24-hour period that it took for me to read it. I may not be reading lately, but I've not lost my ability to read 400 pages in a day. ;)

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Lee Child is one of my favorite authors and his character, Jack Reacher, is seriously one of the most bada** people EVER. He is a former military cop who has been living off the grid for over a decade, traveling all around the United States trying to live life without any sort of attachments. He succeeds, that is, until he finds himself in the middle of some sort of scrape. Trouble seems to follow him and because he is just such an awesome dude, he never leaves a problem without first solving it. [Tell me you didn't just whip out some Vanilla with the 9 right there. I so did.]

 

In this latest novel, he is hitchhiking towards Virginia from his last adventure in the mid-West. In the middle of nowhere Nebraska he is picked up by two men and a very quiet woman, all dressed in matching denim shirts and claiming to be on their way back from a company retreat.

 

All. lies.

 

Meanwhile, you learn there has been a murder nearby, and it is so important that the FBI, the CIA, and a counterterrorism group from Kansas are all involved. Naturally, Reacher somehow becomes a suspect and while trying to solve the mystery of who was killed and why and by who, he finds himself in the middle of a very crazy government debacle. Man, all he wanted to do was get to Virginia!

 

If you love crime dramas, mysteries, and really awesome men, I think you will like this series. You can probably pick up at any point to read them. It's not really like you will lose incredible information between each installment; however, to get the full punch that is Jack Reacher's story, you will want to start with Book 1.

 

You may also want to know that it has turned into a movie, soon. The first novel in the series will come to theaters in December of this year. This is where stuff gets stupid though. Jack Reacher is FREQUENTLY described as being over 6-feet tall, 250 pounds, massive, enormous, huge, big-as-a-doorway, intimidating, HUGE, tall, wide, ferocious, HUGE.

 

So, who do they get to play him in the motion picture? Freaking Tom Cruise, that's who. For those of us who have read the series and fallen in love with ol' Jack, the following trailer is legit like watching an SNL parody. It's ridiculous. He's not at all Reacher, and Reacher is not really supposed to be all that skilled at driving cars. He was in the military. He learned, but he goes everywhere by foot now. Fast driving is not his thing. Anyway. Watch at your own risk. As they say in internet world... SMH (shake my head).

 

 

 

Here's hoping it won't suck, majorly.