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TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.
YOUR BOOK BEGINNING
MY BOOK BEGINNING
Moving a guy as big as Keever wasn't easy. It was like trying to wrestle a king-sized mattress off a waterbed.
Make Me by Lee Child. This is the 20th Jack Reacher book.
I'm a big fan and I'm enjoying this one enough. But I'm two-thirds of the way through and I'm still waiting for the plot to gel. And I'm getting a little tired of Reacher books that start with him in a two-track town in the middle of Nebraska. Make Me came out in 2015 and I am only reading it now because, based on the description, I was sure I had read it already.
Haha. I like that first line. Great choice & thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI read the first book in th4e Jack Reacher series early this year, I think. The book grew on me, but I'm not sure if I'll invest the time to read the rest of this series. There are so many books and they aren't short books, either.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read a Jack Reacher book in ages - have to get back to that! :)
ReplyDeleteI used to have a waterbed so I know how difficult it is to move someone who's on one...good beginning...haven't read anything by this author yet
ReplyDeleteI loved this book. Hope you enjoy it too. Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the series for years (though not the movie) but somewhere along the way I lost interest. I suppose my prediction that Jack would work things out and the bad guys die horribly came true too often that is in every book I read. Perhaps I should try again. They were addictive.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of Lee Child's books! There are so many - is it best to read them in order, or not?
ReplyDeleteI don't believe I've read anything by this author before, but I might have heard about this book. It seems interesting. Thanks for mentioning it. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the title coupled with the author's name. I can picture a child saying "Make me!" very easily. I know as a child, it was a regular part of my vocabulary. haha
ReplyDeleteDavid and I have had the experience of moving a king-size waterbed before. We were helping a friend move. The waterbed was upstairs in a townhouse apartment. That was not fun nor is it on our list of things to do ever again. :)
Have a blessed Easter weekend!
I have not read anything by Lee Child. This sounds like something I would enjoy. Here is my post
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I never started this series--and with so many books already published, I doubt I will. Hope it gets more enjoyable for you.
ReplyDeleteI love the Jack Reacher novels.
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I really need to start this series.
ReplyDeleteSounds perfectly suspenseful!
ReplyDeleteHaving had a waterbed back in the day, that visual image grabbed me! lol
ReplyDeleteI sometimes have problems with series that have run on a long time. It starts to feel like the author is reaching to get everything to make sense of it's just same old same old. I do want to try the series. I've enjoyed the movie but have never read the books.
ReplyDeleteI read this book paired with Reacher Said Nothing: Lee Child and the Making of Make Me by Andy Martin. Although not the best or most insightful analysis, it did give some fascinating insights into the book and Lee Child's writing process.
ReplyDeleteI also saw an interview where Lee Child said something to the effect that he didn't want Reacher to change too much. It is difficult to incorporate any sort of character arc over a series of twenty books or whatever.
Hope you enjoy it.
Love the description in the opening! It's been a while since I read a book by this author. This sounds like a good one.
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting Book Beginnings.
I read the 1st 3 or 4 and then stopped. But for no good reason. I think I got wrapped up with local authors and had to make cuts.
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