A Good Thriller discussion
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Welcome Emily! :) I want to read more dark and creepy, I'm sure i'll find some good ones on your GR-shelves! ;)
Lee wrote: "Hey Amber, you already Lord of the Rings'd me. You'll have to give Frank Sinatra to someone else. 😉"Didn't realize I'd already given you your "Welcome to the Family" URL, Lee. Sorry for the double dip.
Hi, Emily. "Your Welcome to the Family" URL is: Another One Bites the Dust by Queen with lyrics (Iron Man 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfEc...
Hi, Eva. Your "Welcome t the Family" URL is Lord of The Rings - Battle of Helms Deep Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXC-j...
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Sure you would Like Linda Castillo, gruesome thrillers as well as Angela Marsons, Casey Hill.
Hi Emily and Eva, welcome... so you like dark and creepy thrillers? Check out my page 😉
Hi everyone,I'm 26, live in Germany and while I joined Goodreads about a year ago, I have hardly looked at the groups around here by now, so I'm trying to change that.
I love thrillers where the characters do everything right and still can't escape what's coming for them (I don't need happy endings all the time, although I generally like them). I absolutely need thrillers with plots I can't guess at after approximately 20 pages. Also I love reasonable, well constructed plot twists. The ones that work towards story development, not just plot twists for plot twists sake.
Other than that I read a lot of (urban) fantasy and magic realism.
I'm always looking for people to follow and to spice up my feed, because I don't want to get stuck to the same-old books I've read at least twice already (*cough* Lincoln Rhyme series *cough*).
If you have any questions, go ahead and ask, I'm quite bad at this introduction thing :D
Hi Avarla! Welcome! I'm sort of new too, everyone's super friendly. Enjoy!
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Hi! I'm Teresa. I am from Missouri. I love to read. I read different genres but prefer the type of story that makes me think and try to figure out what is going to happen. I typically read two books at a time. One on my phone when I have a spare moment during the day and a regular print book when I am at home. I am a kindergarten teacher but my dream would to own a bookstore and serve coffee inside. It would be a tranquil place for people to come spend a couple of hours.
Hey Tessa, your coffee shop sounds pretty good to me! Welcome to this group.
Sorry, stupid predictive text!!...Teresa.
teresa wrote: "Hi! I'm Teresa. I am from Missouri. I love to read. I read different genres but prefer the type of story that makes me think and try to figure out what is going to happen. I typically read two book..."I would love to have that dream come true as well, although I think I'd get very little work done, I'd be too busy reading! And drinking coffee! :)
Hello all. Thrilled to be here. Pun was intended. Looking forward to being a part of this group. I became a mystery thriller lover at a young age. My uncle used to read Alfred Hitchcock Magazine and had them all over the place. First one I read had me hooked. I am a huge fan of the Hercule Poirot character. I read 2 or 3 books at a time and enjoy other genres as well. Lee Child is one of my favs currently as is John Grisham and Dan Brown. I also have recently discovered David Baldacci. Look forward to new stories and authors.Thanks ,
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Teresa and Gavin
Enjoy the group
David Baldacci is great especially Will Robie and John Puller characters
Avarla wrote: "Hi everyone,I'm 26, live in Germany and while I joined Goodreads about a year ago, I have hardly looked at the groups around here by now, so I'm trying to change that.
I love thrillers where the ..."
Hi, Avarla. Your "Welcome to the Family URL is RUN-DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR07r...
Hi, teresa. Your "Welcome to the Family" URL is Alexander Kalinin Russian Dance 'Trepak' Nutcracker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiuN...
Hi, Gavin. Your "Welcome to the Family" URL is Silver Bells-Kate Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_Lw...
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G’day all, My name is Terence and I live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A few years ago I retired after about 55 years in the retailing industry all over Australia. I have been happily married to Adrienne for fifty years come February. I have three loving and much loved children, all of whom are married and two of whom have provided us with three delightful grandsons.
After many years as a practising Catholic, including a number of teen years in a seminary preparing for the priesthood, I now identify as a Secular Humanist and an Agnostic Atheist.
My interests include All Classical Music; All Classical Sacred Music; Modern (post 1950) Jazz; Early Rock; and Books.
My favourite books are Crime/Mystery/Action; General Fiction; Science; and the Philosophy of Religion/Faith/Belief (not the 'how to' but the 'why').
Over the past few years, because of illness complications which have affected my eyesight, I have restricted myself to buying, borrowing or otherwise acquiring e-books and audiobooks. I can read with my Kobo Touch by increasing fonts sizes and line separation, etc., and this can be quite satisfactory, but my main source of ‘reading’ comes from my large collection of audiobooks. An excellent free library service is an indispensable resource!
I joined Goodreads in 2011 and have been more active in the past two or three years than in the earlier years. I use Goodreads exclusively for categorisation, etc., of my 4,000 plus audiobooks and ‘calibre’ exclusively for my almost 6,000 e-books.
I look forward to becoming a member of “A Good Thriller” and hopefully I can learn a lot and perhaps contribute a little.
Hi Terence, wow...6000 ebooks is a serious amount! Ha Ha
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Congratulations on nearly fifty years of marriage, and becoming a grandfather.
Welcome to the group do enjoy
Hi, Terence. I know it's NOT your usual, but it's what's on my current playlist at the moment. Your "Welcome to the Family" URL is Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHP...
Thank you for your kind words of welcome Lee, Rebecca Jaqueline, Kirsten and Sean.Thank you Amber for my Welcome to the Family - Bon Jovi. You're quite right, not my usual, but as an old 50's rocker I understand their roots and loved the energy of the performance. That said, I had HEARD of Bon Jovi of course, but that was my first ever Bon Jovi experience. I am wiser and happier as a result!
You're welcome. Just for the fun of it, this is for everyone today: Frosty the snowman: Lai Youttitham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jgmb...
Hello Booklovers-I am Cold War baby, so I grew up with the Cold War thrillers were the Communists(U.S.S.R., Red China etc) spent all they time plotting to destroy the West. I love a good conspiracy thriller, the wilder the better-Robert Ludlum is a favorite. Today I like the novels by Jon Land
Not a big fan of serial killer thriller, the last one I really liked was The Silence of the Lambs.....so long ago.
Over the years I have discovered that the thrillers have jump from genre to genre-s/f , horror, religious etc.
So it is fun to find this group....
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Enjoy lots of really great thriller recommendations.
Paul wrote: "Hello Booklovers-I am Cold War baby, so I grew up with the Cold War thrillers were the Communists(U.S.S.R., Red China etc) spent all they time plotting to destroy the West. I love a good conspirac..."
I miss those Cold War thrillers. I really liked the Bernie Sansom trilogy by Len Deighton
Paul wrote: "Hello Booklovers-I am Cold War baby, so I grew up with the Cold War thrillers were the Communists(U.S.S.R., Red China etc) spent all they time plotting to destroy the West. I love a good conspirac..."
Welcome, Paul!
I still tend to read some of the Cold War thrillers and enjoy reading them. I think that more people should read them. A lot of them don't have as much gore as you see in some of them written today and still have plenty of action.
Welcome Paul! I just recently reread Silence of the Lambs, it's one of my very favorite books! You'll enjoy the group:)
Hi, I'm not a new member, but I've been away for awhile. I have MS, so I have long periods of not doing much. Glad to write to you again.
Kirsten wrote: "Paul wrote: "Hello Booklovers-I am Cold War baby, so I grew up with the Cold War thrillers were the Communists(U.S.S.R., Red China etc) spent all they time plotting to destroy the West. I love a g..."
Thanks for the welcomes friends-a good thriller is long read for me, not a rush from chapter to chapter, but cliffhanger to cliffhanger. For I, in my childhood, had the good luck to see the great movie serials 1930's-1950's , fantastic plots, heroes, villains that put Dr. Doom to shame, and action, action, action.
Now all thrillers do not have be fast paced, look at the British spy novels-Len Deighton, Anthony Price, and John Le Care, is this stories thrills can come through the search old records, interviews and local background.
Here are five of favorite:
SS-GB-Len Deighton
The Great Impersonation-E. Phillips Oppenheim-WWI
The Most Dangerous Game-Richard Connell-one of the most famous short stories, who has adapted for movie, radio and tv.
Slayground-Richard Stark/Donald Westlake-one of best Parker caper novels.
and finally in my opinion the best spy thriller ever-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy-John Le Care.
I will stop now, everyone have a pleasant evening,
Hi. Paul. Your "Welcome to the Family" URL is DREAM ON (Aerosmith) Harp Twins - Camille and Kennerly HARP ROCK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF7it...Alan, your "Welcome back" URL is Hanggai - The Vast Grassland / 辽阔的草原 汉语字幕版: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nf1H...
Both are from my Favorites Playlist on YouTube.
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good that your a little better.
Alan wrote: "Hi, I'm not a new member, but I've been away for awhile. I have MS, so I have long periods of not doing much. Glad to write to you again."I can understand what you mean, Alan. I've been suffering from daily migraines and light sensitivity issues among other problems for two and a half years. I have some good and some bad days. The past few week have been rough on me where I've had one decent reading day.
Ugh. That would qualify as a big fat, cast iron pain in the ass for me, Tim.... .
Welcome back Alan, from another Alan. Glad you are here again!
Hello, My name is Paul Ladipo, and I am a sucker for thrillers, and I'm in the process of completing my first (well, first in awhile) novel. I'm about 2/3 of the way through. I do hope that it gets picked up by an agent and publisher in the near future, and I hope that some of you find the time to read it if it does get published. I love nothing more than to see people entertained and I hope that you all get to experience this journey with me.
Besides writing, I enjoy board games, Netflix, Hulu, and music. Hope to get to know the community better as I delve into books and hone my craft.
Hi, Paul. Youur "Welcome to the Family" URL Is Vitamin String Quartet- Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVNbi...Your Christmas Edition "Welcome to the Family" URL is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Nat King Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxMEs...
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Do Enjoy and join in
Hello my name is Kate from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I have always loved reading and am a lover of thrillers! Some of my favorite authors right now are Lisa Gardner and although I am only on my second Karin Slaughter book, I absolutely love her! Aside from reading I love to spend time with my son and my golden retriever. Looking forward to discussing thrillers with the group!
Welcome Paul & Kate!!
Welcome, Kate! Goldens are awesome!
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Many fans of Lisa Gardner and Karin Slaughter.
Karin, a very nice lady who did do a Q and A here a while ago.
Another author like these two...
Linda Castillo, great author.
Also Angela Marsons and Robert Brydnza.
I love Karin Slaughter! I'll have to check out the other ones!
i love Karin Slaughter and Linda Castillo. I haven't read any Lisa Gardner. I will have to look into that author. I also enjoy Chevy Stevens. If you need another author option.
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I wish upon all wishes that one day I could write a magnificent thriller! I've made some attempts, but time is precious around here.
I'm a non-traditional psychology student, and I find it to be absolutely fascinating beyond belief. Ties right in with books with characters like ol' Hannibal Lector.
Looking forward to making new friends and possibly getting some good recommendations in this lovely group! :)