Announcing the tag for January

[Meli]

Holly R W wrote: "I think I'll try "My sister, the serial killer" for the tag."

Cool, we can chat about it!

[Holly R W]

Yes, I'd really like that!

[Elise]

My only goal in 2020 is to read only books from my TBR list, so for thriller that means Dark Matter by Blake Crouch or In the Woods by Tana French. There might be others but they're too far down the list, I didn't see them. So I'll try for one of those two.

[Joi]

Amy wrote: "Isn't anybody interested in reading Darling Rose Gold with me? Feels like it just came out and folks are five starring it everywhere. Its on my 2020 priority list in fact."

I am, but I see the release date as March 2020, so I don't see it happening for me.

As you folks know. I'm always reading thriller and am still on the everlasting 'psychological thriller' boat. Will be awaiting what you all think of Woman in the Window. I really enjoyed it this year, and am excited for the movie in 2020 also.

I'll be reading/considering
-Hidden Bodies- Second in the You series. Creepy, thriller, and has a netflix series which the second season is coming out this week.
-The Wife Between Us
-Bring Me Back
-Behind Her Eyes- making up for not reading it as a Trim book this year
-Lock Every Door

[Amy]

I think I put it on hold at my library.... Funny that I didn't know it wasn't yet released. I will keep you guys posted. It just became a possible Trim Continuation Buddy Read at #22.

[Shelly]

Here are some less obvious recommendations:

Mystic River
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Fight Club
The Lincoln Lawyer
Defending Jacob
The Boys from Brazil

I am probably going with either
The Woman in the Window
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

[Idit]

Anita wrote: "Yes Idit! Read Women in the Window with us. We will hold your virtual hand through the scary parts."

LOL that makes me feel better!
Don't know if you remember my suffering messages during The Road...

[Jen]

There are so many on the thriller list which are also on my TBR I think I will wait to see what I feel like!

[Nicole D.]

I've really been enjoying the Dennis Lehane Kenzie and Gennaro series, Gone, Baby, Gone probably the most famous.

[Nicole R]

I have read very little (any?) Lehane despite liking his movies! Maybe one of these days...

[Booknblues]

Nicole R wrote: "I have read very little (any?) Lehane despite liking his movies! Maybe one of these days..."

I think you might like some Lehane, but I know for sure that you should avoid Mystic River. I used to read everything that he came out with, but did not love Shutter Island, so I haven't read any since then, even though I put them on my tbr.

[Darci]

I think I'm going to read The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for this. I might also try to finish The Woman in the Window. I tried to read it for the October challenge, but gave up on it half way through.

[Holly R W]

Meli wrote: "Holly R W wrote: "I think I'll try "My sister, the serial killer" for the tag."

Cool, we can chat about it!"

Hi Meli, I brought the book home from the library yesterday. In looking at it, I realize that this is not a book for me. I'll be interested in reading your thoughts on it.

[Barbara M]

Booknblues wrote: "So I received an email from Amazon today about mystery, thriller and suspense. I was surprised to find A Gentleman in Moscow on that list and when I checked Goodreads, 10 people had..."

I completely agree! I loved A Gentleman in Moscow and it's not scary - I wouldn't have tagged as thriller. But that works.

[Karin]

Darci wrote: "I think I'm going to read The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for this. I might also try to finish The Woman in the Window. I tried to read it for the October challen..."

I might read that for this one, but I have another one here already, so will see if I manage to read two thrillers in one month. It's a Jan group read in one of my GR groups.

[Jen K]

Newbie here, is there a minimum number of tags for a book to qualify? Or is even just 1 person enough? Thanks!

[Nicole R]

Welcome, Jen K! There is no minimum number of times a book must be tagged in order for it to count—1 is sufficient!

In fact, with our monthly tags, we are even more flexible than that. You can read any book you think fits thriller even if it is NOT tagged that way at all. So long as you have a rational reason for believing a book is a thriller, that works for us!

Note that when it comes to the official PBT Challenges (Poll Ballot Tally and BINGO in 2020) then we are more strict and those two challenges have their own set of rules.

But for general reading for the monthly tag, we are flexible!

[Jen K]

Awesome, thanks for the quick response!

[Kathy]

What a great tag to start 2020!

I have on my list:

The Wife Between Us
Dark Places
Sharp Objects
Along Came a Spider
Killing Floor
Cop Town

I already had The Wife Between Us on my Kindle. And I've never read anything written by James Patterson, so this may be a good time!

[Sara]

I didn't initially think I would be reading much for this tag, but my library sent two books I had requested a while back both tagged thriller, after I had already picked a book from my personal library to read. Three books for this tag is way more than I expected.

[Nicole R]

Sara, I am in the same boat! I also have three books from the library for thriller that all came in at once. Now I have to read them all in the next two weeks 😂

[Joanne]

Looks like # 3 got everyone! I also had 2 books on hold-it wasn't looking good, so I picked a 3rd to start.....the other 2 showed up yesterday! Yikes-time to burrow in and do some reading I guess!

[Amy]

I have three thrillers for this month too! I’m even reading In the Woods for 2007, even though it’s not on my bingo card. Simply because it fits the tag...

[Joi]

OMG this tag is NOT HELPING me cut back my TBR list!!!

[Joanne]

Joi wrote: "OMG this tag is NOT HELPING me cut back my TBR list!!!"

I noticed that as I was going through all the threads Joi..LoL

[Booknblues]

I think thrillers are fairly quick reads and I have a number on my tbr. The drawback is that I won't feel like reading any for a while after this month.

I used to live on a diet of thrillers, mysteries and romances, but that doesn't hit the spot for me any longer.

[Meli]

Booknblues wrote: "I think thrillers are fairly quick reads and I have a number on my tbr. The drawback is that I won't feel like reading any for a while after this month.

I used to live on a diet of thrillers, mys..."

I am going through the same thing where I binged them and now I am fatigued on that formula.