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[Jennings]

Linda wrote: "I'm new to Goodreads and still trying to figure out how it works, but I'm already glad I joined this group. Will be getting your book, Jennings, since it is in my favorite genre. LindaA"

Thanks! I'm glad to find the fellow treasure hunters. We hold our shovels high! :o)

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Welcome, Linda!

[Eileen]

Welcome, Jennings and Linda!

[Jim]

Welcome, Jennings. Some good choices, and what's not to like about doges, eh?

[Jennings]

Jim wrote: "Welcome, Jennings. Some good choices, and what's not to like about doges, eh?"

Thanks for the welcome Jim and Eileen. Glad to have found this forum! Doges are good, and their treasure is even better!

[Sharan]

Hello Everyone.. I'm Sharan. I am from India, but currently from the past 4 years working from Brussels, Belgium. An IT consultant by profession.
Just joined this group last week...
I love reading Thrillers, Mystery and Adventure, and also comics...
I am addicted to reading, the only other addiction being watching movies / series.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi Sharan, welcome.

[Eileen]

Welcome, Sharan!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Welcome, Sharan!

[Janey]

Hi Sharan, welcome to the group.

[Sharan]

Thanks for the welcome Mike, Eileen, Lady Danielle and Pam :)

[Sharan]

Janey wrote: "Hi Sharan, welcome to the group."

Thanks for the welcome Janey :)

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Hi Sharan, welcome to the group. We are glad to have you with us!

[Sharan]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Hi Sharan, welcome to the group. We are glad to have you with us!"
Thanks Hugh

[Thomas]

Well, hello all~! Jesus christ, I cannot even begin to exclaim my joy that others know the name of Robert R. McCammon! I ain't gonna give away anything, but Wolf's Hour?

Yeah. Better than They Thirst, if yer into it. :D Not as good as Swan Song though.

Well, that's one way to intro oneself. The name's Thomas Duder, but that's, like, one name out of four you can choose to call me. I'm a local (well, for my place) model, blogger, gamer, reader, author, and ex-musician as well as wannabe vocal talent.

Well, I've been TOLD I got talent, but every time I focus on a new project I usually set aside all others until I feel done with it.

I came here to network with other readers, market and promote my own action-adventure urban fantasy novella series, and mingle with other action junkies.

I, literally, found this group by typing "action-adventure" into the search bar here at Goodreads. :D How can I not join a group after my own heart, y'knowwhatImean?

~Thomas Duder

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Welcome, Thomas! Hugh and Eileen have put together a wonderful program for authors on the group. Check this folder:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Welcome Thomas! We're glad to have you here. Wolf's Hour is good, but, I'm with you Swan Song is great. We're just ramping up for another "Featured Member Author Group Read" and This month's Group read is Wolf's Hour.

[Jay]

Hello Friends
I am Jay. I live in NJ, US. I am mostly into murder mystery novels. I recently authored a novel named CONTRIVED. Please check it out - http://www.amazon.com/CONTRIVED-ebook...

[Eileen]

Welcome, Thomas and Jay!!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Hello Jay, we're glad to have you here!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Welcome, Jay!

[Jim]

Hey, everybody. I'm not "new" anymore, but I've never stopped in just to say "Hi" or "Hey" as they say in Sweden. I'm watching Wallender episodes. They were always way-cool up there. Eh? As they say in Canadia.

So I'm still editing the beejeezus out of my Catalina Eddie book and hope to have it ready in time for Christmas (year undetermined). The good news is that it just keeps getting better and better. It's so good now I can hardly stand it. But y'all just gotta wait.

This week seems to have been Festival of the Book Week all around the country. Our FOB here in Missoula, Montana, was great fun. James Lee Burke read the opening lines from his current work in progress. It was an absolute knockout. Forgot the title, but it's about the nature of evil.

So there ya go, folks!

[Jim]

Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress wrote: "Welcome, Thomas! Hugh and Eileen have put together a wonderful program for authors on the group. Check this folder:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_..."

You guys certainly have put a WONDERFUL program together. Thanks so much!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Jim wrote: "Hey, everybody. I'm not "new" anymore, but I've never stopped in just to say "Hi" or "Hey" as they say in Sweden. I'm watching Wallender episodes. They were always way-cool up there. Eh? As they sa..."

Officially hello, we're glad to have you!

[Karrie]

Hi! My name is Karrie and I love a good action read. Right now I'm all about James Rollins!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Welcome Karrie, we have a thread devoted to Rollins in our author section. Were glad to have you here.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Hi, welcome.

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

Welcome Karrie!

[Eileen]

Jim wrote: "Lady Danielle aka The Book Huntress wrote: "Welcome, Thomas! Hugh and Eileen have put together a wonderful program for authors on the group. Check this folder:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/gro..."

You're welcome, Jim!

And Welcome to AAA!!

[Eileen]

Welcome, Karrie!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Welcome, Karrie!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Jim wrote: "Hey, everybody. I'm not "new" anymore, but I've never stopped in just to say "Hi" or "Hey" as they say in Sweden. I'm watching Wallender episodes. They were always way-cool up there. Eh? As they sa..."

Hi back at you. Glad you enjoyed your book festival!

[Alex]

Karrie wrote: "Hi! My name is Karrie and I love a good action read. Right now I'm all about James Rollins!"

Hi Karrie! I'm always happy to welcome a James Rollins fan - he's on my Top 5 Favorite Authors list. I have to say I miss his stand-alone stories. While his Sigma novels are good, they've got a whiff of 'formula' like so many of the stories in that military-AA vein. Amazonia is my #1 fav of his. I must have said, 'How in the world does this guy think this stuff up????' at least a dozen times while I read that one. :)

[Karrie]

Alex - I haven't tried any of his stand alone books yet..slacking I know!

[Alex]

Hi Karrie,

When you do read them, (seems like there are 6), read them slooooowly - you'll want to flip the pages quickly, but resist because it seems like Rollins is done doing the great stand-alones. I am totally jonesing on it. There are few writers who tell stories like that, they are all so different, well-written, great idea stuff and wonderfully thought out.

[Alex]

James Rollins was my absolute #1 fav writer when he was in the stand-alone mode. After he switched over to the Sigma stuff I tried really hard to find another author that told 'different and intriguing' stories, but had no luck. That's why I started writing last year. Talk about jonesing!

[Alex]

Here are James Rollins' stand-alone books, in order:

Subterranean 1999
Excavation 2000
Deep Fathom 2001
Amazonia 2002
Ice Hunt 2004
Sandstorm 2005

Rollins is now showing Sandstorm as part of his Sigma series on his website, but it really reads like the last of his stand-alones, it just happened to have characters that he then takes into the Sigma series. To me the difference is, the 'formal' Sigma stuff reads more military ops than adventure. For me, once he turned the Sigma corner his books lost the true 'AA' vibe. To quote Mr. Rollins, AA requires the application of the three M's = Magic, Murder and Mayhem. The Sigma series has no magic for me, although I enjoy those books, I don't rush out to buy them.

[Jennings]

hey everyone new - I have been busy and not here as much as I'd like (although I did read 12:21 and post).

On Rollins, I agree, the Sigma Force franchise books are different than the stand alones, and I didn't even finish the last one. I really loved them at first, because they're treasure hunts, and I love treasure hunts. But now, yes, formula. Character development issues. I'd love to see him do another totally new book.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Jennings wrote: "hey everyone new - I have been busy and not here as much as I'd like (although I did read 12:21 and post).

On Rollins, I agree, the Sigma Force franchise books are different than the stand alones..."

The Blood Gospel: The Order of the Sanguines Series coming soon to a book store near you!

[Karrie]

Thanks so much Alex!

[Janey]

Welcome to all the new members :-)

[Jennings]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: The Blood Gospel

Awesome! Interesting that he co-wrote... I'll definitely read it!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I've already pre-purchased my kindle copy.

[Michelle]

Alex wrote: "Here are James Rollins' stand-alone books, in order:

Subterranean 1999
Excavation 2000
Deep Fathom 2001
Amazonia 2002
Ice Hunt 2004
Sandstorm 2005

Rollins is now showing Sandstorm as part of his
..."

Alex, Did you try "Altar of Eden", from 2010? That was my first Rollins stand-alone - very interesting and fast-paced, with swamp chases and genetic experiments, I think it was categorized as "techno-thriller".

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Of the stand alone novels, I'm an Ice Hunt fan...but that's only if I had to pick one. I like all of them.

We have a lot of good discussion, information and links on the James Rollins Page in the Author (non-memeber-author) section.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6...

[Patricia]

Alex wrote: "Here are James Rollins' stand-alone books, in order:

Subterranean 1999
Excavation 2000
Deep Fathom 2001
Amazonia 2002
Ice Hunt 2004
Sandstorm 2005

Rollins is now showing Sandstorm as part of his ..."

Alter of Eden is a later stand alone and my favorite.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Welcome, Nora!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Hey Nora,

I am one of those two. I read lots of things in logs of genres. We're glad to have you here with us when your in your Action Adventure mood.

Welcome!

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

Welcome Nora!