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[Margaret]

Hi I'm Margaret and I love reading. My favourite crime author at the moment is Ian Rankin although I also love to read C J Sansom. I look forward to joining the discussions.

[Joanne]

Hi Margaret
I'm new to the site enjoying meeting new friends finding out what their reading it's a great group.

[Nicola]

Jenni wrote: "Rizwan wrote: "Hello everyone, just joined the group.

Although Action-Adventure is my primary staple food for reading, Mystery/Crime Thriller is right below that. Christie & Doyle are always my a..."

Metthew Reilly, Clive Cussler are my two favourite Action Adventure authors!

[Rizwan]

Jenni wrote: "Rizwan wrote: "Hello everyone, just joined the group.

Although Action-Adventure is my primary staple food for reading, Mystery/Crime Thriller is right below that. Christie & Doyle are always my a..."

HAHAHA you're right in some ways, the books that can be classified as "Action-Adventure" are first & foremost VISUAL, as in a good action book is less about reading the dialogs or monologs, and more about visualizing the action/adventure sequences (most of the time in exotic, extreme locations), almost the same as watching a film, but through the mind's eye.

I read books mostly for the fun of it, to be entertained, and a great action-adventure novel can make me travel the whole world (and beyond), make me go thru countless deadly situations along with my hero, and the adrenaline rush I can feel makes me truly alive....all from the corner of my room :D

Most of the time, there are offcourse some level of mystery or thriller get mixed in these type of books, but the primary focus (like 80-90% of it) is ALWAYS on the adventure and action-suspense aspect of it (I categorize "Crime" with cops & robbers/gangsters, so doesn't validate here, and a "Thriller" mainly means the likes of Dean Koontz, Thomas Harris, Stephen King, or Jeffery Deaver...the element that present here only minorly).

Some of the GREAT Action-Adventure authors I love or keen on reading are: James Rollins, Clive Cussler, Matthew Reilly, Jack Du Brul,Steve Berry, Greig Beck, Jeremy Robinson, Boyd Morrison, Andy McDermott, David Lynn Golemon, Paul Sussman, David Wood, Chris Kuzneski etc. Browse some of their works and I guess you'll get some ideas. Hope I was helpful in some degree. :)

[Heather]

Hi I'm new. I have always loved to read, mostly Stephen King, but just published my first novel about my adoption. Now I love to write and would like to start a second novel. I live in Quincy Ma with hubby and my cat Ernie who I truly believes has more attitude than my husband

[Leigh]

Welcome Heather. Congratulations on the publication of your first book.

[Heather]

Thank you

[Heather]

Has anyone read Ghost story by Peter Straub???

[Andrea]

Welcome to the group Heather!

[Andrea]

Welcome to the group Heather!

[Heather]

Andrea wrote: "Welcome to the group Heather!"
Thank you

[Rachel]

Hello :) My name is Rachel Frank. I am a 29 y/o graduate student and freelance writer. I currently live in SC and spent the past 9 years living in HI. I am an avid reader and crazy cat lady (14 cats oh my lol).

My spare time for reading has been limited the past 4 years, but I'm finally getting more "me" time now. I love reading from all genres. I really like to have thriller/ mystery aspects in what I read to keep my mind engaged and the excitement and suspense building.

I just finally found and joined goodreads after hearing about it from friends and family. I feel like I have been so out of the loop due to school lol. I look forward to joining the grop and I'm heading out to get a copy of Fragile to join this month's book club.

[Patrick]

Hello Heather and Rachel welcome to the group Im sure you will be right at home here

[Heather]

Patrick wrote: "Hello Heather and Rachel welcome to the group Im sure you will be right at home here"

Thank you

[Sue Em]

Hi Rachel welcome and you even have me beat in the crazy cat lady category. I'm down from 7 to 3 over the past half year. Good reads has helped entertain me and soften their loss. Good books and people sharing their love of books -- very healing. Hope you find friends and a lot of good conversations.

[Andrea]

Its a pleasure to have you join us Rachel! I'm certain that you'll find plenty in common with many of our other cat lover members!

[Jennifer]

Hi, I'm Jennifer and I live in southern Ontario. I joined the group about a week ago but have been too busy to say hi till now. I read after seeing it on here and I enjoyed it. I am looking forward to future recommendations and branching out to read different authors. (Of course, I am finishing up graduate school so my pleasure reading falls between breaks.)

[Lexie]

Hello, I'm new to this group.

My name is Lexie Conyngham, I live in north east Scotland and I've loved crime novels since I read my first Agatha Christie short story (The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding) on Boxing Day when I was about ten. I have a vast collection but there are still lots of authors I'd like to explore in this genre.

I also have four historical crime novels out on Kindle and Smashwords, set in Georgian Scotland - fifth to follow shortly!

By the way, do we have to solve the mystery of the photo at the top of the page? If so, I'd plump for Trinity College Library, Dublin!

[Linda]

Hello and welcome all newcomers.

[Ava Catherine]

Hi Lexie! Welcome to the group. You sound like a perfect fit for MCT!

[Ava Catherine]

Welcome to the group, Jennifer. We are so glad you found the group readCreep and hope you enjoy the discussions, too. We are thrilled to have you join our group! : )

[Ava Catherine]

Rachel wrote: "Hello :) My name is Rachel Frank. I am a 29 y/o graduate student and freelance writer. I currently live in SC and spent the past 9 years living in HI. I am an avid reader and crazy cat lady (14..."

Welcome to the group, Rachel! We are so excited to welcome you as a new member! Glad you have discovered the group reads and discussions. Great fun! : )

[Ava Catherine]

Heather wrote: "Hi I'm new. I have always loved to read, mostly Stephen King, but just published my first novel about my adoption. Now I love to write and would like to start a second novel. I live in Quincy Ma wi..."

Welcome to MCT, Heather! We are thrilled to have you join us.

[Ava Catherine]

Margaret wrote: "Hi I'm Margaret and I love reading. My favourite crime author at the moment is Ian Rankin although I also love to read C J Sansom. I look forward to joining the discussions."

Margaret, welcome to the group! Ian Rankin is a big hit with readers in MCT, so you will get lots of great recommendations. : )

[Ava Catherine]

Chris Kinsella wrote: "Hi everyone,
Joined about a week ago and then ... life got in the way!!! I live in central New York (state not city) and am an avid reader across many genres. Basically, if it can catch my interes..."

Welcome to the group, Chris!

[Ava Catherine]

Rizwan wrote: "Hello everyone, just joined the group.

Although Action-Adventure is my primary staple food for reading, Mystery/Crime Thriller is right below that. Christie & Doyle are always my all-time fevorit..."

Christie and Doyle are fantastic! Rizwan, glad to welcome you to the group! : )

[Suzanne]

Howdy from the great state of Texas! I'm currently living in San Antonio, although with my husband's job we have lived several places over the past ten years. I am a 30 year old stay at home mom to two wonderful kids, one of each. They are 11 and 10. My boxer keeps me company during the day while they are at school.

I enjoy reading all types of books. Most recently, Chevy Stevens has caught my attention. I just can't put her books down! I am currently reading the Game of Thrones series (I've a little over halfway done with the books he has out so far). I love finding new authors to read and absolutely love finding that book that I stay up all night reading because I HAVE to know what happens next.

[Roger]

Hi. Welcome

[Roger]

Welcome Suzanne

[Jerry]

Great to meet you guys. I'm Jerry, and I live/work/write from the suburbs of Houston, Texas. Look forward to getting to know you.

Jerry

[Ann]

Hi ~ Happy to find this group; looking forward to hearing everyone's opinions on books and finding new authors to love! :)

[Jerry]

Thx, Ashton. Happy to be here. :)

[Marie]

Hi....
I'm Marie and I enjoy mysteries. I also like mysteries which combine humor and those of historical fiction.

[Deb]

Hey there... Somewhat new to Goodreads and to this group... Devout reader of mysteries in pretty much every form (though not a huge fan of the courtroom ones)... Looking forward to learning about some new authors in here!

[Ann]

Thanks for the suggestion, Ashton ... sounds like a few late-night prowls thru the archives are in order! Yaay!

[Annie]

Hi everyone, I'm from northwest England, I love reading and discovering new authors, but I love Makin new friends

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Hi my name is Janessa I am a student study theatre and business. I do a ton of reading for school as well as for fun. It is one way I am able to relieve stress. My other way of relieving stress is by watching movies, I especially enjoy the classic, Film Noir any one? I also want to say thank you to Jac for inventing me to this group.

[Annie]

Haha it is always raining!! We had two weeks of sunny summer last year, so far we have had one day!! I tend to read American authors... I Derek ciccone an joe conlan-both new author. Kerry wilkinson is English-about to print his 3rd book. I like Peter James and Marian Keyes as well as cecila ahern, sorry mis spellings!! Pleased to meet you.- wondered why I was gaining twitter followers lol coz I'm English??!! Xxx

[Cathy]

Hi Suzanne, Jerry, Annie, Deb, and Marie:

Hope I didn't leave out any new members to the group.

Fortunately for us, we have the best moderator on Goodreads, Jenni. Any thoughts, suggestions, anything, just let her know. She's here to help us, is very active and loves to hear our thoughts.

Hope you enjoy the dialogue with our fellow members on the different threads. We're a killer group!

I'm from Florida...a native of my hometown (a tourism site) in north Florida. Maybe the last native Floridian. (Of course not, but it seems like it sometimes.)

I love the fact that we have members of the group from all over the world. Our commonality is loving the mystery/thriller genre.

Enjoy the discussion. Welcome home, friends!

Cathy D.

[Jed]

Hello ..........I'm from Yorkshire in the UK and I've loved reading ever since I can remember. I'll read just about anything, fiction or non-fiction. As far as crime, mystery, thrillers etc, I love Connelly's Harry Bosch, Rankin's Rebus, Robert Crais's Elvis Cole, Lee Child's Reacher .......but I also love Black Dagger Brotherhood, Dark Hunter, Midnight Breed and Diana Gabaldon's Outlander.

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Jac wrote: "Janessa wrote: "Hi my name is Janessa I am a student study theatre and business. I do a ton of reading for school as well as for fun. It is one way I am able to relieve stress. My other way of reli..."
I would have to say that my favorite playwrights are William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams.

[Cathy]

Jed wrote: "Hello ..........I'm from Yorkshire in the UK and I've loved reading ever since I can remember. I'll read just about anything, fiction or non-fiction. As far as crime, mystery, thrillers etc, I ..."

Hi Jed:

A man after my heart mentioning Harry Bosch and Elvis Cole. I'm a long, very long time Travis McGee follower...but Elvis is right there. And Harry, for sure.

You'll love this group.

Cathy

[Tetsu]

Hello! I'm from Yokohama Japan. I'm not good at writing English, but looking forward to your opinion.

[Cathy]

Tetsu wrote: "Hello! I'm from Yokohama Japan. I'm not good at writing English, but looking forward to your opinion."

Tetsu! Your English is great. No worries here, this group is kind, gentle and easygoing.

My opinion is you are so very welcome to be here and join in.

[Melissa]

Hi! I am Melissa and I am from NW Florida. I read a little of everything (Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Action/adventure, Fantasy, you get the idea)I love Steve Berry, Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Michael Connelly, Robert Parker and the list goes on. Just Finished "The Bubble Gum Thief" by Jeff Miller and I am looking forward to more from him.
Thank you for including me in your group.

[Cathy]

Welcome, Melissa.

Hope your weather was better than ours. It rained over nine inches in two days...coastal city, so everything was flooded.

You'll enjoy this group. We're fun.

[Melissa]

Cathy wrote: "Welcome, Melissa.

Hope your weather was better than ours. It rained over nine inches in two days...coastal city, so everything was flooded.

You'll enjoy this group. We're fun."

Stormed last night and there are small branches everywhere but today: sunny and cool.

[Ava Catherine]

Melissa wrote: "Hi! I am Melissa and I am from NW Florida. I read a little of everything (Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Action/adventure, Fantasy, you get the idea)I love Steve Berry, Patricia Cornwell, Kath..."

Melissa, welcome to the group. So glad to have you with us! ; )

[Ava Catherine]

Tetsu wrote: "Hello! I'm from Yokohama Japan. I'm not good at writing English, but looking forward to your opinion."

Welcome to our group, Tetsu! We are thrilled to have you as a new member of our group. ; ) Please let us know if we can help you in any way. I tutor Japanese students, so I am especially pleased to meet you. If something doesn't make sense in English, please ask for help. ; )

[Ava Catherine]

Jed wrote: "Hello ..........I'm from Yorkshire in the UK and I've loved reading ever since I can remember. I'll read just about anything, fiction or non-fiction. As far as crime, mystery, thrillers etc, I ..."

Hi Jed. You sound like my kind of reader. I love reading, too, and will read almost anything, also. I am thrilled to welcome you to MCT and know you will love it here. : )