A Big Mess

I'm an absolute mess. I'm serious. I'm 27 and I feel like I'm falling apart. Course part of it is my lovely bruised toe thanks to my walking into furniture last night. Yeah, my little sister got an earful of that one! And no I was not drinking the Bacardi Watermelons from the night before. I was trying to have a quiet evening testing a muffin recipe and watching a zombie movie, but no, I had to go and maim myself instead. 

And now I've got a crick in my neck from sitting funny while watching that Dutch horror movie. See, I'm falling to pieces here. 

Anyway, sorry for posting so late. I spent my weekend reading Jonathan Maberry's new book, Patient Zero, and absolutely loved it (hence the need for a zombie flick last night). Yep, I dragged it to the gym and even fell asleep over it last night after taking my first insomnia fighting pill (still woke up three times, doc). It's fabulous, the book not the pill. And I just finished it and had to share it with you guys.

It is a bit hard to pin down genre-wise, but in a good way. I think it leaves more room for readers outside of one genre to get attached to an author. A good thing! Maberry is known for his Pine Deep trilogy (Ghost Road Blues, Dead Man's Song, and Bad Moon Rising) and now he's attacking zombies! It's sort of zombie horror meets military suspense meets thriller. I mean there are zombies and there are terrorists who make zombies and then there's the secret government group that fights the zombies. See, the best of all the action worlds. 

Seriously though, it begins with Joe Ledger having to kill the same man twice. The first time, he's on a task force tracking terrorist movement in the states. The second time, Ledger has been brought in to talk about the first incident with a group called the Department of Military Science. Seems that after Ledger killed his man, he didn't actually die. In fact, the guy went on to wreak havoc with the others who tried to drop him for good. Ledger finally succeeds, earning himself a spot with the DMS as their new team leader. But where do the zombies come from and how do you go about fighting an enemy you can't find? It's Joe's job to try and figure that out and his team of fellow badasses are all there to help. But when it begins to look as though one of their own may be in league with their as yet unidentified nemesis, well that just pisses Joe off. 

Patient Zero is fantastic. It's everything you want in a zombie book and so much more. Horror fans will love it and everyone else will, too (well almost everyone, Nicolas Sparks fans should probably avoid it as it's not so much of a heartwarming tale as it is a skin-crawling one). This book totally hit the spot for me and I want everyone to run out and buy it when it comes out next week. 

Oh, and if you're lucky enough to be trying to get back into a shape other than jiggly, like I am (hope you can sense the sarcasm in that one) and happen to take Joe and his zombie foe to the gym with you, I can tell you right now that Guns N' Roses is the best soundtrack! Seriously, I love my gym and one of the reasons is that they play pretty much all 80's cock rock! (Sorry now if that term offends anyone.) 

Happy reading!