A Good Thriller discussion
Introduction
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Please Introduce Yourself, Let's All Get To Know Each Other
Hi, Noorilhuda here. Am a journalist and broadcast producer (currently in between jobs), love to read thrillers/ mysteries, have written two books - the historical women's fiction The Governess (got mixed reviews) and have just debuted a psychological suspense novel Catharsis. Great to be here.
Hello Nooriilhuda, welcome to the group. Enjoy!!
Welcome, Noorilhuda! Great group here on goodreads. Will check out your novels - congratulations! Looks like we're in good company.
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I hope you enjoy the group
Hi,I live in a place called Thatcham in West Berkshire, England. I'm an author of several novels, two Horror, the remainder Crime and Terrorism. My favourite authors are Jack Higgins and Andy McNab. I'm currently working on a political thriller. A M. P's wife is kidnapped by a London street gang.
At the moment I'm reading 'Harps and Tears' by Phil Rowan...
Thanks Sean, Paula and H.A.! And hi JM.
If anyone wishes to check out my novels, please feel free.. Any other work can be found on my Website at jmshorney.wordpress.comPleased to meet everyone....
Morning!I am a very new member and am a reader and as of a couple of weeks a debut author.
I live in London and enjoy crime fiction; Simon Kernick, Irvine Welsh (elastically crime fiction, I suppose), John Grisham and Mark Billingham are some favourites, John Le Carre an inspiration and Lee Child a guilty pleasure!
Always happy for feedback on my writing and to join in group discussions.
Thanks for having me.
Morning Jamie, welcome to the group. Congratulations on your debut as an author :)
Hello Jamie, welcome to the group. Congrats!!
Hello all! This in my first group on goodreads. I am living on a small island in South Carolina. I love to read, but I don't make enough time to read. I am busy teaching and raising two young daughters. I can't wait to start getting more into books again!!!
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Hello Arinn, welcome to the group. Beware of the sharks. I'm sure you haven't heard that before. I'm in MA not far from where Jaws was about. Enjoy reading again.
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Jamie, Simon Kernick a great favourite of mine and the groups.
Arinn, we will try to encourage you to read with many recommendations.
You can learn a lot about a person by listening to at least ONE of his (or her) YouTube Playlists. I have three main playlists and at least two where I have placed holiday themed videos.This is video 89 of 137 on my 3rd main playlist: Johnny Horton NORTH TO ALASKA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0N... This was a John Wayne movie as well. This was preceded by a video for the Five Satins 1956 song IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT as recorded for the soundtrack of the George Lucas movie AMERICAN GRAFFITI
There are also things on my playlist that will make you think that Classical isn't as boring as you may have once believed when you listen to well executed METAL versions... .
Amber wrote: "You can learn a lot about a person by listening to at least ONE of his (or her) YouTube Playlists. I have three main playlists and at least two where I have placed holiday themed videos.This is ..."
I like those songs too, Amber. I love that move American Graffiti. Thank you for sharing your playlist. I'll have to watch/listen to it soon.
Welcome to all new members. Enjoy our quaint little group.
Hello My name is Cozy. nice to meet u guys. feel free to add me friends.
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It's good to have Aaron and maybe others introducing themselves every once in a while, so we'll have some serial introductors around.I missed all the previous ones, so the latest sounded pretty fresh -:)
Not bad. Sitting by the Med this very moment. Yourself? Back to Nova Scotia or still 'in transit'?
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Aaron welcome back again.
Hello Nik
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Have a safe flight. Piloting or as a passenger?Hi Cozy, let's be friends, why not.
Hi Sean & Janet and other elders of the tribe
Hi Cozy, welcome to the group. Enjoy!!Welcome Back Aaron!!
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If we get anything resembling a Summer I'll need a sit down!!!
Paula wrote: "Amber wrote: "You can learn a lot about a person by listening to at least ONE of his (or her) YouTube Playlists. I have three main playlists and at least two where I have placed holiday themed vid..."Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpyVa... is the first video on playlist #1.
Much as I usually enjoy listening to the VS. series videos based on STAR WARS< I wasn't willing today to watch the video ov Darth Vader vs, Darth Caedus today ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDdyE... ) . That single video is nearly an hour long! I only get 3 hrs. a day online.
Hi everyone-My name is Kristin, from Wisconsin. I'm earning a degree in journalism and film studies. (I live for trips to the theater! Books and movies are my jam.)
I fell in love with reading first when I read a simpler version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in elementary school and again when I picked up F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby in seventh grade.
From then on, I've come to know and love the mystery and adventure that can be packed into novels by Harlan Coben, Gillian Flynn and others of the like.
I look forward to hearing some of your reviews and recommendations!
Cheers!
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We love movies, theater, TV, and of course thriller books
Hi everyone,Usually I don't like to introduce myself but since Sean (or Susan) asked so nicely and it seems to be common in this group:
My name is Agnieszka. I'm forty - since two days :-) was born in Poland but spend most of my life in Germany. Since about five years I'm living in the Frankfurt metropolitan area.
I have so many different interests I don't even start about I don't wont you sitting tomorrow reading about all this stuff ;-)
I'm a total number freak with a big passion for reading and if in the mood for good movies.
I read almost everything just hate horror and hard core SiFi/Fantasy (with mutants, strange worlds, destruction and that kind of stuff) love mostly Christian romantic suspense, thriller and mystery novels, sometimes romantic or historical novels too.
I you want to know more about me feel free to ask :-)
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So welcome Agnieszka, I hope you enjoy the group.
Nice to know all the countries we have here.
Hi Kristin, welcome to the group. You'll get lots of recommendations here. Enjoy!!
Hi. I'm 89, finishing 4th mystery novel. First wrote at age 82. An Indie Excellence Finalist. 4th gen. Calif. Oakland native. Books locale: Bay Area, see following:How HELL’S ANGELS influenced CASEY’S SLIP.
Over the years we berthed several of our sailboats at a marina in Oakland where several semi-retired Hell’s Angels were live-a-boards.
Those gents were great neighbors and knew everything there was to know about boats. They had every tool imaginable and were free with lending and advice. On top of that and because of their reputation as “dangerous”, theft was virtually nonexistent at that marina. A very real plus.
I’ve remained friends with one of those “gents” for many years and he eventually became a model for one of the chief characters in Casey’s Slip. At my invitation he has attended a couple of my book signings and more than once was asked to also sign my book.
I refer to him as a “gent” because of an impression he made on my wife early on. We were attending a wake for old time seaman at the marina and my friend, upon meeting my wife for the first time, gallantly bent over from his six foot plus height gently took my wife’s hand and kissed it.
“What a gentleman,” was my wife’s comment. That man became Smitty in my book.
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I cannot wait to retire, and I will be happy to reach 89 years old....young
And becoming an author at 82 is great, keep going
Kirk Douglas has a new book out (poems) at 98 years old
Hello Richard, welcome to the group. That's great, I always say it's never too late to do what you want to do. Enjoy!!
He'll be the next to die, I think, Sean. Kirk Douglas, I mean.
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But you never know !
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yes if you read Linda Castillo, Karin Slaughter or Sharon Bolton, gruesome thrillers
Hi,I'm Stephanie, based in Glasgow, UK. I love a good thriller, and my favourite authors are Karin Slaughter, Mo Hayder, and Camilla Lackberg.
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we love Karin Slaughter, our only author to have done 2 Q & A for this group
Hello Adrian and Stephanie, welcome to the group.
Hi, Kristin, Agnieszka, Richard, Adrian, Stephanie, and everyone else that I have missed! I am so happy to have you here with us and welcome to the group. I also want to say hello and welcome to Aaron who is new to me, and I love how involved he has been with the group! I want you all to do the same and feel free to jump in, participate, start conversation and feel comfortable here. You are all important and your opinions and thoughts are welcomed and wanted. My name is Autumn and I help out Sean however I can. I hope you all check out Book Pals and the games and have fun! Book Pals is a great way to take down that TBR list while getting to know people in the group one on one. You can read the same book, or pick different ones for the other to read. It is a lot of fun!Once again, welcome and I cannot wait to get to know all of you!
Hi, all. I'm Aurora. I'm an attorney in Colorado, and reading is my favorite! Especially thrillers. :) I'm writing my first novel but by writing I mean outlining, so I'm quite a ways away from having finished a work. hahaI just want to make some online friends who love reading thrillers as much as I do, and get some good recommendations. Cheers!
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lots of great recommendations, and I can also recommend Angela Marsons, our next Q & A author on the 25th August.
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welcome to the group.
I was born in Nairobi, Kenya !
In the 1950's !