A Good Thriller discussion
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Please Introduce Yourself, Let's All Get To Know Each Other
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May 22, 2014 05:26AM
Welcome to the group Ted! I hope that you will enjoy our group!
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Ter'e wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Hi, guys. I've been a member for a while and have no idea if I've formally introduced myself yet. I'm Victoria Dougherty and I'm a mad thriller fan. I'm also an author of historica..."Tell me about it, Ter'e!My mom, who grew up in very old houses thought we were crazy when we bought ours and she was right! We do live in harmony with them, though. And it always makes a great story. Where in FL are you? I have family there.
Hello: I'm a writer, living in Mexico. Published mysteries include the just released The Dancing Boy (Dark Oak Mysteries) and Takeshi's Choice. Both available at Amazon.com
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welcome to the group,
please do go to the authors area and give more information on your book. Lots of authors here.
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Bienvenidos Michael!!
Hello everyone, I joined this group at the invitation of Sean, and so far I'm really enjoying the interaction with other members. I'm really bad with filling the "about me" section on any website, but let's give it a try once more...By qualification, I'm an engineer who has a day job in a consultancy firm in Pakistan. But reading books has always been one of my favorite hobbies and passions. My favorite genre is that of mystery/ thriller, but one that I totally avoid is horror. On my shelves you will find a huge collection of books by David Baldacci, John Grisham and Jeffrey Archer. In fact I have read more than 90% of the books ever written by these 3 authors. Needless to say, my most prized collection are my two volumes of The Complete Sherlock Holmes and the semi-complete collection of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries.
In case anyone's curious, I'm also pretty passionate about cricket, especially when my team takes the field!
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It's great when members post and keep all the threads interesting and lively.
Hi everyone. I'm kind of new to the Thriller genre, so I'm looking forward to getting a few good recommendations as well as meeting the members of this group.
Hi everyone! I joined a few days ago and recently decided to come back to goodreads and keep track of my reading. With work and a full time graduate student, I don't have time to read as much as I'd like to, but I'm working on it. I love thrillers and looking forward to having fun in this group and finding out more about this genre. Hope everyone's doing well!
Hi Abby and Beau. Nice to meet you both. Beau - start with the classics - LaCarre, Chandler - then move on to Ken Follet, Daniel Silva, Alan Furst, Ken Bruen. So many good recommendations here, too. Newer, lesser known authors, try John Dolan, who's a part of our group. SJ Bolton did a Q & A here and was great.
Hi,I'm Jenni and I live in Far North Queensland Australia with my partner. I have two children and three step children. I love nothing more than hitching up the camper trailer and travelling, drawing on my experiences whether it be the outback or the dangerous waters of the Top End, I use these places and my imagination to write my stories. I love to sew and garden, anything that allows me to be creative. If you would like some insight about my books you can visit my web page www.jenniboydbooks.com
Hi, I"m Nadia!
Hello and welcome to all the newcomers!
Hi and welcome to all the new people! Jump right in and join the conversations. A wealth of great info flows thru all the many threads here!MN Chris
Hey everyone, my name is Brenda, live in sunny Mobile, Alabama (US). I love reading, pretty much my #1 hobby. When I am not reading, I love cooking, gardening, and chatting with friends.
I love making new friends, especially those who read books, so if anyone wants to add me as a friend here on Goodreads, please do :)
A big hello welcome to anyone who posted before me and after me. Over 50 pages, so forgive me for not listed you all :)
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Welcome Beau, Abby, Jenni, Nadia and Brendy.
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Thank you for the welcomes everyone.Victoria, thank you for your recommendations. My reading list thanks you (but my bank balance probably isn't as happy with you).
Welcome to our new members: Huma, Beau,Abby,Jenni, Nadia, and Brenda. I hope you enjoy yourselves here and please vote on our next group read.
Warm welcome to all newcomers!!
hey aaron just came to welcome everyone. back to the chat lounge now.
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My name is Kelly everyone. I'm a working mother of 2 and live in Atlanta. I love to read crime thrillers (especially lawyer books), historical fiction, dystopia/some young fiction, and biographies and memoirs. So glad to be a part of this group! I love reading the comments and am trying really hard to participate in the group reads. I'm typically reading 3-4 books at any given time.
Hi Kelly! Great to meet you and welcome to the group.:)
I only read one book at a time. I'm not that great a multi-tasker.
I only read one book at a time. I'm not that great a multi-tasker.
Amber wrote: "hey aaron just came to welcome everyone. back to the chat lounge now."
Hey Amber. I'll follow you to the chat lounge.
Hey Amber. I'll follow you to the chat lounge.
Hello!
I'm Steph, currently of Sussex, UK, and soon to be a full-time caravan dweller living wherever the roads take us.
I'm pretty new to Goodreads and joined this group because I've just finished a great thriller and wanted to shout about it. Love it when I get enthusiastic about a book :)
Anyway, it's Precious Thing by Colette McBeth and I read it in less than 24 hours because I just couldn't leave it put down for long! Precious Thing is partly set in Brighton where I used to live, and is the story of what happens when two women who have been best friends since childhood start to discover things about each other that perhaps would have been better left secret.
I'm Steph, currently of Sussex, UK, and soon to be a full-time caravan dweller living wherever the roads take us.
I'm pretty new to Goodreads and joined this group because I've just finished a great thriller and wanted to shout about it. Love it when I get enthusiastic about a book :)
Anyway, it's Precious Thing by Colette McBeth and I read it in less than 24 hours because I just couldn't leave it put down for long! Precious Thing is partly set in Brighton where I used to live, and is the story of what happens when two women who have been best friends since childhood start to discover things about each other that perhaps would have been better left secret.
Steph wrote: "Hello!I'm Steph, currently of Sussex, UK, and soon to be a full-time caravan dweller living wherever the roads take us.
I'm pretty new to Goodreads and joined this group because I've just finishe..."
Steph,
We are RV (American for caravan) enthusiasts. We have traveled throughout much of the US, and hope to take the RV into Canada in the not to distant future.
We have talked about full-timing once we retire, but think we will probably still need the house and my husband's workshop.
Welcome to the group.
All the best,
Cynthia (The Garrett half of Garrett Smith)
Aaron{{REBLAST}} wrote: "Hi Kelly! Great to meet you and welcome to the group.:)I only read one book at a time. I'm not that great a multi-tasker."
I have sworn off multi-tasking. It is a good way to do everything poorly.
Cynthia (The Garrett half of Garrett Smith)
Hi Cynthia,
Pleased to meet you :)
We're really taking the plunge, selling up the house and I'm eBaying anything that's not bolted to the walls! We spent the winter in our caravan in Spain/Portugal for the first time this year and absolutely loved the lifestyle.
Dave has talked about voyaging around America. We've visited Austin, Texas a couple of times and to New Orleans as well. We love our Americana music!
Pleased to meet you :)
We're really taking the plunge, selling up the house and I'm eBaying anything that's not bolted to the walls! We spent the winter in our caravan in Spain/Portugal for the first time this year and absolutely loved the lifestyle.
Dave has talked about voyaging around America. We've visited Austin, Texas a couple of times and to New Orleans as well. We love our Americana music!
Welcome to all the new members! I had to be away for a few days and missed saying hello to some of you! Look around and have some fun!
Steph wrote: "Hi Cynthia,Pleased to meet you :)
We're really taking the plunge, selling up the house and I'm eBaying anything that's not bolted to the walls! We spent the winter in our caravan in Spain/Portuga..."
If you could get used to driving on the right (by that I mean the opposite of left) side of the road, you could rent an RV and see the US!
Your lifestyle makes me jealous. :)
Cynthia (The Garrett half of Garrett Smith)
Welcome Kelly & Steph!
Sean wrote: "Kelly Brown My name is Kelly everyone. I'm a working mother of 2 and live in Atlanta. I love to read crime thrillers (especially lawyer books), historical fiction, dystopia/some young fiction, an..."
Hi, Kelly - it's a great group. You'll love it :)
Victoria
Steph wrote: "Hello!I'm Steph, currently of Sussex, UK, and soon to be a full-time caravan dweller living wherever the roads take us.
I'm pretty new to Goodreads and joined this group because I've just finishe..."
Steph, I have seen some reviews of this book and thought it looked really good--I have it on my to read list. Any other recent favorites?
MN Chris
Hello everyone! *waving*
Christine: My last 5 Star read was A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler, but it's not a thriller, more observations on dysfunctional family life.
Two good 4 Star thrillers recently though were The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith which is set in Russia and is the 2nd of a trilogy. (My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Also Manukau Bluebirds by Tin Larrick. This one is a nicely peopled police drama set in New Zealand. (My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
What would you recommend?
Christine: My last 5 Star read was A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler, but it's not a thriller, more observations on dysfunctional family life.
Two good 4 Star thrillers recently though were The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith which is set in Russia and is the 2nd of a trilogy. (My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
Also Manukau Bluebirds by Tin Larrick. This one is a nicely peopled police drama set in New Zealand. (My review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...)
What would you recommend?
Beau wrote: "Thank you for the welcomes everyone.Victoria, thank you for your recommendations. My reading list thanks you (but my bank balance probably isn't as happy with you)."
:)
Good morning, awesome people!!
I read The Accidental Tourist and really enjoyed it, DianeAlice.
Victoria wrote: "Ter'e wrote: "Victoria wrote: "Hi, guys. I've been a member for a while and have no idea if I've formally introduced myself yet. I'm Victoria Dougherty and I'm a mad thriller fan. I'm also an autho..."We live in Parrish, just south of Tampa. It's an area that is rapidly growing.
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