A Good Thriller discussion
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Please Introduce Yourself, Let's All Get To Know Each Other
Hey everyone! I'm Jamie from Ontario Canada, and I recently got hooked on reading again. I figured I'd join this group in hopes of finding new books to read and meet other bookworms.
welcome Pat, Matt & Jamie! we will get you lots of recommendations!
Hi Pat, Matt, Jamie welcome.
Matt wrote: "My name is Matt Van Every. I live in Oklahoma City. Journalism BS and I enjoy writing almost as much as reading! I can talk about books all day long! Totally a favorite topic of mine. I've read..."
Wow Matt, many of those authors are my faves and what's great is most of those names aren't those mainstream thriller readers have heard of. Eisler, Kyle Mills, Taylor Thor. De Mille etc..
Have you tried Quinn Olson, Greg Rucka, PT Deutermann, Joseph Finder, John Connolly?
Xerox used to have the best danged sales training in the world and several of the world's corporates benefitted from it.
Hope that's still the case.
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Welcome Pat, Matt, Tara and Jamie
Thanks for introducing yourself.
So many great authors, my bookshelf and to read list has grown so much.
Welcome to all new members! :)
Welcome, new members! Sounds like you've all come to the right place, and boy, will you find great recommendations here!
Welcome to all the new members! Be sure to go and sign up for the Book Pals! This is a great way to get to know other people in the group!
Welcome to all our new members. You will positively love our group.Hey Matt...........you are so quiet and shy!!!! You'll fit in just fine. LOL
Ter'e/Central FL
Hallo, this is Tushar from Pune in India. I love cozy murder mysteries. Currently reading Malice- A mystery by Keigo Higashino. Enjoyed his earlier Devotion of Suspect X and Salvation of A Saint a lot. Agatha Christie is favourite. Thanks.
hello fellow thrill seekers. It's been a long time since I've been online. Welcome to all of the newest members and hello to my old friends!!
Oh Lorrea........Bless your heart. Welcome back to us. We have missed you, girl!!!!
See, there is life after "difficult times". Lean on your buddies. We will hold you up.
There's not one of us that has not gone thru our own he.........ah..........hard times.
(Hugs) Welcome Home.
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Hi everyone, I'm a Goodreads Author - here is the link to my page: https://www.goodreads.com/LeslieTentler Looking forward to meeting others and talking about favorite books. My personal favorites are pretty much anything by Sandra Brown and the HeartSick series by Chelsea Cain.
I'm a native of East Tennessee, but have lived in Atlanta for quite awhile now. Hello! ::waves::
Hi Leslie. Welcome. What part of East TN?I grew up on a small farm about half way between Johnson City and Kingsport. The address was Rural Route 2, Jonesborough.
Hi Mike, Small world - I know that area well! I'm from Kingsport. I grew up there and attended college at ETSU. :-) Good to meet you here on GR!
Hi Leslie, welcome to our group. I will have to check out your page.
Hi Dawn,Nice to meet you and thanks for the welcome!
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Thanks for joining, and introducing yourself.
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Hi Sean, it looks like a great group - thanks for inviting me! And hi Janet, thanks for the welcome!
Hi everybody I'm Robin. Just spotted this group a minute ago. So basic info, i'm a college student in the UK, goodreads and all the the books which I read because of it is my escape from all the academic stuff I read through every day. Looking forward to all the discussions and recommendations from the group
welcome all new members! you will have fun! Lorrea YEA Welcome home!
Welcome! Tushar, I also read Keigo Higashino. I loved "Devotion of Suspect X" and did not know he had a new book "Malice" out. I'll definitely pick that up.Welcome Leslie! I am in awe of communicating with real authors.
Welcome Robin!
Hi Leslie,First, let me say........what a lovely photo.
Secondly, I am married to an East Tennessean!!!!! My David was raised in LaFollette, just north of Knoxville. We lived in Kingsport for a short while, while he worked in Surgoinsville. Seems to me, we went to some kind of a festival in Jonesborough. Wouldn't we have driven thru Jones. Had we been headed out to a huge lake??? Shoot, even the lakes name escapes me.
Am I thinking of the right area? Somewhere around there was a restaurant called the Crazy Cajun. You could get an excellent Muffalatta and shine, at the same time. I think it was somewhere in that area.
I am a native Californian..........so the area was Greek for me. TN was Greek to me, but unbelievably beautiful. Lovely place to visit.
Welcome aboard!!!!!
Welcome Leslie and Robin! :)
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pleased you found us, the best group on goodreads.com
Thank you, Pat! It's great to be here!
Thank you, Kimberley!And Ter'e: Thank you! And yes, very familiar with that area. My aunt lives in Jonesborough and yes, there is a big festival there, if I recall. And there are quite a few lakes in that area - Boone Lake is a big one and there's also Patrick Henry Lake. I haven't been to the Crazy Cajun but that sounds like something I'd go for! I'll have to ask my brother if it's there - he lives in Johnson City. Nice to meet you!
Rhonda wrote: "My name is Rhonda. I live in Colorado and am retired. I now to get read almost as much as I like. Favorite authors Rhys Bowen, Victoria Thompson, Peter Robinson, Linwood Barclay, Harlan Coben an..."Hi Rhonda!
Welcome, I know you will like this group. I get all my suggestions of Thrillers to read from this group. I also like the authors Linwood Barclay and Harlan Coben.
Paige
Sue wrote: "My name is Sue and I joined this group awhile ago after RonHummer recommended this group to me. I put forward the book to read, "A Tap On The Window" by Linwood Barclay, which I have to read next. ..."Sue
I loved A TAP ON THE WINDOW it has lots of twists and turns! I am sure you will like it! Please log on and ad some books you enjoyed.
Welcome!
Paige
Sean wrote: "Welcome Robin,pleased you found us, the best group on goodreads.com"
Hmmm no comment
Paige,I have yet to read the first Harlan Coben book. I own several, but have not read them. Help me.......what do you enjoy about his writing?????
Thx.
East TN has a huge number of lakes. Boone is near the NC border. Holston is near Kingsport. Jonesborough is the oldest settlement/town in TN so that's the celebration. The funny thing is though our mail came out of the Jonesborough Post Office we never went there. We were about 2 miles down a dirt road (Old Fordtown Rd.) from Grays Station which is now called Gray. I went to elementary school there. We'd go into Kingsport every week of so to buy groceries and "stuff like that".
We built a house in Timberland Estates in 1997........in Kingsport. We used to boat at Holston. Gosh, the most scared I ever was on a sailboat, was in this lake and I was at the helm!!!The area was gorgeous, but Kingsport didn't offer alot for me. Beautiful home, beautiful area.......but it didn't capture my heart.
Sometimes there is no place like home..........I'm heading back to MO, I hope. Thats where our kids are. Thats where we feel "at home".
Mike, did you ever go to The Crazy Cajun????? Awesome food. Weirdest batjrooms in the world. It was a cool place to go. And the shine.........??
LOL
No, but when I lived there I didn't eat out often. My wife and I lived in the Knoxville area and the Maryville area back in '77. My parents lived in Morristown till they passed. I live up north for a while and now live in Nashville. I haven't been back to East TN in years. I'd like to do a "Bucket List" road trip but so far can't swing it.
Mike........I am with you, buddy!!!! We can't do our Bucket List either. Thank God we did alot of neat things when we were younger.
...some of the things I did when I was younger...I don't talk about.At least not in certain states.
T'erI guess I liked Harlin's books because there were so many twists and turns never boring. I read Six Years and just brought home another of his books. I will let you know how I like it.
Ter'e wrote: "Paige,I have yet to read the first Harlan Coben book. I own several, but have not read them. Help me.......what do you enjoy about his writing?????
Thx."
His early Myron Bolitar books are very good. I don't like his stand alones that much.
Hi everyone,My name is Becky. I live in NJ. Huge reader all my life and just recently a newly published author - ahhhhh!!! I spend the majority of my time with books in some fashion or another! I am really excited to get some good recommendations from this group!
Welcome Becky!I've read several Harlan Coben and I think "Tell No One" is the best.
I have never read any Harlan Coben - I will definitely check it out!
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Malia - we are friends on Goodreads and your posting of joining this group helped to inspire me to join. I checked out the group and yes, it does seem very friendly so thanks for the unexpected recommendation.