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message 8801: by Julie (new)

Julie Mccluskey | 2 comments Hi im Julie and i live on the South Coast of England. I love reading especially mystery and thrillers. As a teenager i was an avid fan of Agatha Christie, now i love anything psychological. After a career in banking and working for a local school i am now a parent carer for my daughter and have lots of time for reading ☺


message 8802: by Kath (new)

Kath | 2 comments Hi, I’m Kath ! Thanks for the invite :)
I live South Coast of England and work part time in the motor trade. I score for my local cricket team in the Summer and play pool in the pub! I watch (while reading) lots of other sports live and on tv. Too many to list!
The rest of the time I read. About 300 books a year which I also review! Most genres apart from romance/erotica!
I share a house with my big bro and, as I’m responsible for the chores, it’s usually pretty messy (but clean) that’s cos I read when I’m supposed to be doing them! But bro don’t mind as long as the cat we share with a neighbour gets fed!
That’s me! Thanks for reading.


message 8803: by Bookish Trina (new)

Bookish Trina (bookishtrina) Hello Everyone!

My name is Trina and I live in the US (Texas). I'm originally from Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love:-) I've worked in law for over 20 years and now I teach legal courses and do pro bono work as a Mediator and Arbitrator in various courthouses. I fell in love with reading at the age of 8 when I read Ramona the Pest. I'm very excited to be a part of this group and look forward to lively discussions with you all.


message 8804: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Welcome Trina

Thanks for joining the group

Lots of great topics

Pick It For Me(PIFM)
Just Finished
10 Random Facts
Net Galley

and much more


message 8805: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Hello Rose,

Welcome, and enjoy the group


message 8806: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 5526 comments WELCOME EVERYONE!


message 8807: by David (new)

David Putnam (davidputnam) | 88 comments Hello, My name is David, I'm retired and love reading. I mostly dwell heavily in mystery and thriller but step out often to read anything that is well written. I live in Temecula Calif. with my wife and three dogs. Any members of my tribe (avid readers) who want to stay in wine country your most welcome. John Sanford is one of my favorites along with Harry Dolan, Jonathon Moore, Michael Connelly, Noah Boyd, Crais, Child, Flynn, Meany and others.
Love to talk about books. I'm currently reading, Night Fire with a slew of others on deck, A Dangerous Man, The Deserter, This Tender Land, Good Girl, Bad Girl, Cold Storage.

d.


message 8808: by David (new)

David Putnam (davidputnam) | 88 comments Child 44


message 8809: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Hi welcome David and Mark,

David, love action thrillers, and I will be looking at your books when I catch up, only about 75 books behind....

Thanks for joining.

Mark

Child 44 is a great book, enjoy


message 8810: by P.K. (new)

P.K. Davies | 549 comments Mark wrote: "Hello all
I’m Mark and I’m from London and read about 1 book a month
I recently read Stasi Child and now seem to seek out thrillers from the Cold War
Any recommendations greatly received!"


Welcome Mark. Stasi Child won the Yeovil International Prize where my own book Getting Tyson was shortlisted.


message 8811: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 5526 comments WELCOME DAVID AND MARK!


message 8812: by Kelly (new)

Kelly (marquis784) | 5 comments Thanks for the invite, Sean!
I love a good thriller!
I’m Kelly and live in MA with my 2 teens and 5 cats ( yes! You read that correctly! Adopted 2 and found the others 2 weeks old in my barn). I like to read almost anything but lately my interest has been with mysteries and thrillers. I’ve also been reading real crime stories as well.

Hello everyone!


message 8813: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Thanks for joining...

Welcome to all new members.

I hope and wish more members would come and introduce themselves and join in all the topics and posts...

Please add you Ten Random Facts... Post


message 8814: by Anthony (new)

Anthony McGill (anthonym) | 212 comments Hi,
I am Anthony or you prefer Tony. I also answer to Antoine, Anton, Antonio or any similar variation, depending on my global outlook at the time.
I just joined on recommendation from Wsm, so I hope I can contribute something worthwhile to the group over time.
I am now retired after spending the last 32 years working on a hospital ward as a clerk which in reality meant being a part time social worker, caterer, administrator, co-ordinator and general dogs body.
I also was a union representative for my profession and mediator for staff and management in dispute settling.

Old fashioned, life long book reader and collector. My major specialty is film with more than 4000 books (many rare) plus 3500 film magazines and 3000 CDs specializing in film music (not counting all the old vinyl), DVDs and all the other relative stuff.
I love a good mystery/thriller (who doesn't?) and have a vast interest in the genre, ever since reading Sherlock Holmes as a schoolboy (sometime in another century!)

I live in Melbourne, Australia. I grew up in the outer east of the city and in the Dandenongs. I have lived in the inner city for the past 25 years, a stone's throw from the Yarra River and spend part of my day feeding native birds and discussing world events with my very vocal 14 year old tabby cat Pawtucket.
Apart from reading and writing book and film reviews, I spend far too much time watching cable news, sporting events and old movies. I like all movies that entertain and challenge me. I have become particularly interested in silent films recently and really enjoy foreign-language films as an extra way of learning about other cultures / contrary points of view, etc. especially when I reside geographically so far away from the rest of the world.

Re mystery books: I probably prefer contemporary novels but I'll read anything if it is worth reading! And always looking for exciting new writers.
I am also a longtime Simenon fan - ever since watching the old Rupert Davies -BBC Maigret series as a kid and buying the famous old Penguin editions with the green covers. Since then I have collected numerous editions and still regularly read them - probably not thrillers as such but I'm sure they still qualify for discussion.
Enough of me and my obsessions.
Looking forward to participating with the group sometime soon!


message 8815: by W (last edited Nov 13, 2019 10:13PM) (new)

W | 34 comments Glad to see you here,Anthony.


message 8816: by Alan (new)

Alan | 41 comments Glad to meet you, Tony. I'd love to visit Australia. Sadly, I have MS and am cripple. I, too, love a good mystery novel--I have written six! Alan


message 8817: by Anthony (new)

Anthony McGill (anthonym) | 212 comments Hi Alan!
Many thanks for your greeting.
Congratulations on your writing - I will look out for them.
Keep as well as possible and keep on with the writing - must be very heartening to achieve what so many us never get round to.
Would love to know more about your days as a "struggling" actor - sounds fascinating.
You're heading towards winter so stay warm and cosy - we're going the other way. And while in Melbourne it has been surprisingly cool so far, a lot of the country has been extremely hot with scores of bushfires raging, resulting in death and destruction and taking a terrible toll on native flora and fauna.
And as Melbourne and environs is one of the most fire prone areas in the world, we can only hope we don't experience similar when the real hot weather strikes here.
All the very best, Alan, enjoy reading and writing mystery novels and thanks again for the greeting.


message 8818: by CYIReadBooks (new)

CYIReadBooks (Claire) | 3 comments Thank you for the invite. I'm Claire and I'm from Florence, AZ. I joined Goodreads sometime ago, but am just now exploring the groups. Thrillers is just one of my favorite genres. I don't like Romance, nor any of those "Hallmark Movie Channel Type" novels.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is reading.


message 8819: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Enjoy Claire and welcome


message 8820: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 5526 comments WELCOME KELLY AND ANTHONY AND CLAIRE AND ALAN!


message 8821: by Kathryn (new)

Kathryn Hi, I’m Kathryn, and I used to belong to this group several years ago but quit Goodreads because I went back to work. I wanted to be able to help my kids through college. Now that our last is in his final year, I’m able to stay home again and enjoy being a housewife. Love to cook and clean and it also enables me to get back to reading. I’m looking forward to interacting with all of you again about great mysteries and thrillers!


Natasha | natashainyourphone (natashainyourphone) Hi everyone! I'm Natasha and I live in Salt Lake City with my husband and our small zoo (2 tiny poodles, 1 parrot, 7 reptiles and a salt water fish tank).

We love animals and have memberships to our local zoo, aviary, and aquarium. We (well mostly my husband) love watching movies. We love to travel - our favorite place being the Philippines and we love to scuba dive.

My husband and I both work full-time - my husband is an independent Medicare insurance broker and also helps seniors qualify for Medicaid if they need to stay at a long-term care facility. I work for state government.

I've always had a love for reading, but lost it somewhere along the way during my school years and just got back into reading 3-4 years ago - my coworker suggested we read Brother by Ania Ahlborn together and I was hooked! I've since found my preferred genres are thriller/mystery/horror, contemporary romance, and the occasional historical fiction or non-fiction.

I'm always looking for new, amazing thrillers to read. I feel like a druggy chasing a high - the more thrillers I read, the better I get at predicting the twist, but I'm always wanting to be completely surprised.

Anyway, this is long and I'm just happy to be here!


message 8823: by Creolecat (new)

Creolecat  | 16 comments Hello everyone. My name is Marie. I live in Southern California. I'm an ardent reader, and I have an all-consuming love of films. Thanks to Tony for the invite.


message 8824: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Hi Ladies,

I love my thrillers, as of course we all do.

But also a huge film fan, especially the classics.

Lots of film topics.

Also love my music

Again lots of topics.

Lots of great recommendations, great authors.


message 8825: by Anthony (new)

Anthony McGill (anthonym) | 212 comments Creolecat wrote: "Hello everyone. My name is Marie. I live in Southern California. I'm an ardent reader, and I have an all-consuming love of films. Thanks to Tony for the invite."

Thanks for joining up, Marie. Looking forward to reading and enjoying your comments.


message 8826: by Rob (new)

Rob | 400 comments Hi all,
I'm Rob and I hale from Victoria Australia. I'll read anything, in fact my wife tells me that I suffer from OCRD for the uninitiated that's obsessive compulsive reading disorder, but I'm happy with my disorder. Looking forward to your review and comments.

Thanks to Woman Reading for the invite.


message 8827: by Mike (the Paladin) (new)

Mike (the Paladin) (thepaladin) | 652 comments Try getting hooked on audio books and see if it pleases your wife more????


message 8828: by Mike (the Paladin) (new)

Mike (the Paladin) (thepaladin) | 652 comments Oh, welcome.

:)


message 8829: by Woman Reading (new)

Woman Reading  (is away exploring) | 577 comments Welcome, Rob & other new members!


message 8830: by Rob (new)

Rob | 400 comments Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Try getting hooked on audio books and see if it pleases your wife more????"

That's already an other OCRD I display.


message 8831: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Wow

Hello to all the new members, and the members that have been invited by new members.... LOL

Please join in


message 8832: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Welcome Alex,

Don't be nervous, we are all friendly here, and can always help


Natasha | natashainyourphone (natashainyourphone) Yes! I'm excited to be here! I'm Natasha. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm married and also own a small zoo - 2 tiny poodles, 1 parrot, 7 reptiles, and a salt water fish tank.

I've slowly been getting back into reading the last few years and it's turned into a full blown obsession this year (2017- 12 books; 2018 - 25 books; 2019 - 42 so far, will probably hit 50). The majority of those are thrillers. I'm currently reading Violet by Scott Thomas and some of my favorites that I've read this year are The Silent Patient, The Anonymous Girl, Lock Every Door, A Stranger in the House, and Someone We Know.

I'm really excited to connect with other thriller lovers as well as find good thrillers! I feel like I've read so many that most endings are predictable.


message 8834: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca Amiss (rebeccaamiss) | 476 comments Welcome, new members!!


message 8835: by Susanne (new)

Susanne Leist (susanneleist) | 8 comments Hi,
I love reading thrillers and mysteries. The more twists and turns in the plot, the better.


message 8836: by Katerina (new)

Katerina | 3 comments Hi! My name is Katerina and although I'm a member in Goodreads a few years I'm not familiar with groups so much! I accepted wsm's invitation to join this group and saw it as a good chance to get some good recommendations for thirllers because I haven't read many!


message 8837: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Welcome Kat

Enjoy the group


message 8838: by Kandice (new)

Kandice | 2061 comments I've been a member of Goodreads for a very long time, but am a new member to this group. I live in Southern California, have three children, well adults, since the youngest is a Junior in College (NY), and my husband and I are feeling the pangs of the empty nest. None of them are having children anytime soon, so granparenthood is a ways off as well. At least I have books!

Thanks for the invite.


message 8839: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Welcome Kandice,

Nice to see you are busy already on our film section/posts.

Surprisingly these seem to be so popular lately as a few of us love films as well as "A Good Thriller"

Although want to keep everyone happy.

Great author recommendations here.


message 8840: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 5526 comments WELCOME EVERYONE!


message 8841: by Katerina (new)

Katerina | 3 comments Sean wrote: "Welcome Kat

Enjoy the group"


Thank you Sean!


message 8842: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
I hope all our new members can add all the books they have read to our total.

As a group we have read over 1,000,000 pages and want to reach 1.5 million if not more....

You can also add your own totals to keep as well.


message 8843: by W (last edited Nov 30, 2019 02:58PM) (new)

W | 34 comments Welcome Cphe,CreoleCat,Kat and Kandice,nice to see you here.


message 8844: by Katerina (new)

Katerina | 3 comments Wsm wrote: "Welcome Cphe,CreoleCat,Kat and Kandice,nice to see you here."

Thank you for the welcome and for the invite Wsm!


message 8845: by Creolecat (new)

Creolecat  | 16 comments Thank you everyone for the welcome!


message 8846: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 5526 comments WELCOME EVERYONE!


message 8847: by Sonja (new)

Sonja (sonjapple) | 7 comments Hello!
I'm Sonja from South Africa, a happily lone mom with my 13 year old son. Glad I found this group as I'm totally addicted to thrillers and mysteries, especially the ones you don't see coming.


message 8848: by Christine (new)

Christine Hatfield  (christinesbookshelves) | 5526 comments WELCOME SONJA!


message 8849: by Sean, Moderator (new)

Sean Peters | 10512 comments Mod
Welcome Sonja


message 8850: by sonya (new)

sonya marie madden  | 369 comments I'm writing a short story collection. I hope to be done by May 2020


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