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[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I just finished reading the books in the Hellequin series by Steve McHugh, and I definitely recommend it to fans of urban fantasy who like lots of action. I can't wait for book four:

[Ctgt]

David wrote: "Then I am reading my Mar KOLL: Primal Fury. I love the PRIMAL books, reminds me of Strikeback (cable series). Lots of well written action! "

I just picked up PRIMAL Vengeance a couple of weeks back. Glad to hear you liked them David. Moving up my list.

[Roger]

I heard that Suspect is going to be made into a movie.

[William]

I am going back and forth bewtween The Rented Mule and Private L.A.
Private L.A. is winning more of my attention at the moment.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Just finished Blood and Bullets...whew. The house is a mess. Blood and viscera everywhere, expended cartridges, broken weapons, dead vamps (well dust), the whole place smells of cordite and...death. That book is pretty much nonstop action.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Our May 2014 group read theme is Magic Noir Urban Fantasy. Feel free to take part in the book nomination process. The thread is open:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The poll will go up on March 22nd!

[David]

I am halfway thru:

Just finished reading and enjoying:

[Roger]

William wrote: "I am going back and forth bewtween The Rented Mule and Private L.A.
Private L.A. is winning more of my attention at the moment."

Interesting choices, William. The Rented Mule appears to be outselling Patterson at the moment. Have you finished either of them yet? If so, which one would you recommend?

[Travis]

Finished and enjoyed Suspect. Also done with Mockingjay and Feed and The Idiot. Now I'm reading Hugh Howey's Dust (Wool, #9)

[Magiccats]

I also finished Suspect. Really enjoyed it and am now reading Agatha Christie's "And Then There were None" .

[Eileen]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Thanks. I think I'll get it from the library and try it."

Looking forward to your review of Suspect

[Eileen]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "I just finished reading the books in the Hellequin series by Steve McHugh, and I definitely recommend it to fans of urban fantasy who like lots of action. I can't wait for book four:

[bookcover:C..."

This series looks interesting, thanks Danielle!! I added it to my TBR list.

[Eileen]

Roger wrote: "
I heard that Suspect is going to be made into a movie."

That would be great. It was a good book.

[Eileen]

Looks like everyone enjoyed Suspect. I don't think I've read anything by Robert Craig's I didn't enjoy.

I'm on a roll with good books lately. Besides enjoying Suspect I finished Night Broken #8 in the Mercy Thompson series and just started the science fiction thriller The Martian which has been excellent so far.

[Tim The Enchanter]

I'm on a roll with good books lately. Besides enjoying Suspect I finished [b..."

Lucky you! I have a had a string of great audiobooks but was a big slump on the books I was reading. Fortunatly, I just finished two 5 star reads in a row. Hopefully things are looking up. They were The Dark Monk and Providence Rag: A Liam Mulligan Novel

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Haven't picked Suspect up from the library yet. Other than that I've had a mix of good to mediocre books lately.

[Eileen]

Tim "The Enchanter" wrote: " I'm on a roll with good books lately. Besides enjoying Suspect I finished [b..."

Lucky you! I have a had a string of great audiobooks but was a big slump on the books I was readi..."

Were your 5 star reads audiobooks?

[Eileen]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Haven't picked Suspect up from the library yet. Other than that I've had a mix of good to mediocre books lately."

Reading can certainly be a roller coaster ride sometimes. : )

[Tim The Enchanter]

So far this year 6 (one was a kids book that my kids really liked. Had to give it 5 stars.) of 25 were 5 stars. 2 audio 5 stars (Chosen - Alex Verus #4 and Monster Hunter Alpha) and 4 written (Boy Soup, Genghis: Birth of an Empire, Dark Monk and Providence Rag).

[Sharon]

Just finishing up a re-read of Claude Bouchard's "Vigilante" series before starting the newest one, which I haven't read yet.

[Sharon]

Finished Thirteen to Nonelast night and definitely enjoyed every minute. Interesting twist, with the usual male leads the 'victims' in this case.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

David wrote: "I am halfway thru:

Just finished reading and enjoying:

Definitely need to pick that up. Love Will Robie!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Eileen wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "I just finished reading the books in the Hellequin series by Steve McHugh, and I definitely recommend it to fans of urban fantasy who..."

Eileen, the Hellequin books are highly addictive. The author is working on book five right now. He says he can write at least twenty, which is fine by me!

[Mike (the Paladin)]

The Hellequin books are pretty good. I've read the first 2. I've actually found a few good series lately.

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

I'm moving on in the Gamma LAW books by Daley (more than halfway through the "Daley Collection" now).

Gama Law is a fun traditional sci-fi series written in that 1970s and 80s style. Strong characters well some are kind of insane, but still strong. Some interesting themes and a battle in a Daley book involves noir-ish sentimentality....which menas, arms get ripped off and people get squashed, blown up and other sorts of stuff. Good read. Not as good as Alacrity Fitzhugh and Hobart Floyt, but, that's a matter of taste mostly. Still good reading.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

The May group read poll (Magic Noir Urban Fantasy) is up. It closes on March 29th.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

[Eileen]

I'm currently reading The Affair so far so good and what's not to like about Jack Reacher. I've come to a conclusion why I didn't like the movie with Tom Curse as much as I was hoping. And not for the obvious reason that Cruise doesn't look anything like Jack Reacher. It's because the movie didn't tell a story as well as Lee Child does in his books.

My thought for the day. ; )

[Eileen]

I've moved on to Assassin's Code great series.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Just started Dust Devils...interesting so far if a bit, well the jury is still out.

[Donna]

Halfway through Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson. Could take me another week to finish as it's soooo huge!

[Rizwan]

I'm currently more than half way through Summer Knight, and its so much fun! Loving all the faerie-business and almost always universally-screwed up situations for Harry :D

[Mark]

Ctgt wrote: "David wrote: "Then I am reading my Mar KOLL: Primal Fury. I love the PRIMAL books, reminds me of Strikeback (cable series). Lots of well written action! "

I just picked up [book:PRIMAL Vengeance|1..."

Just recently discovered the PRIMAL series myself. Oddly enough, I discovered them when another indie action author I was Facebooking with commented that he thought they were overrated. I had to check them out for myself and found them rather enjoyable. I've only read the first one and skimmed the second, mind you, but I think Silkstone knows how to write a slick action sequence. Definitely looking forward to checking out the rest of the series.

[Asmaa]

more than Halfway through 1984 by George Orwell( such a great book that talks about the destiny of the world which will be ruled by strong forces....), almost finished The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho ( which also a good book that is based on the story of Elijah from the Hebrew Bible).

[Ctgt]

Mark wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "David wrote: "Then I am reading my Mar KOLL: Primal Fury. I love the PRIMAL books, reminds me of Strikeback (cable series). Lots of well written action! "

I just picked up [book:PRIMA..."

Thanks Mark. Hopefully I'll be able to work it into the reading schedule soon.

[Ctgt]

asmaa wrote: "more than Halfway through 1984 by George Orwell( such a great book that talks about the destiny of the world which will be ruled by strong forces....), almost finished The Fifth Mountain by Paulo C..."

I read and enjoyed The Alchemist so I'll be interested to hear what you thought of this.

[Asmaa]

Ctgt wrote: "asmaa wrote: "more than Halfway through 1984 by George Orwell( such a great book that talks about the destiny of the world which will be ruled by strong forces....), almost finished The Fifth Mount..."

thanks ctgt :)
The Alchemist ,in my opinion, is one of Paulo's master pieces. i assume as you have read it that you know that The Alchemist follows the journey of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Santiago, believing a recurring dream to be prophetic, decides to travel to a Romani in a nearby town to discover its meaning. A gypsy woman tells him that there is a treasure in the Pyramids in Egypt.....and so one.
but this novel is more than a simple novel, it's a symbolic one. it's main theme is about finding one's destiny and spirituality. i read a sentence about this novel and i think you will like it as i did , it says that The Alchemist is "more self-help than literature". this sentence is really summarizes what i am trying to say about this book.it's not just a book, it's an experience and a way to deal with world . it's spirituality that connected the whole religions under one true word "maktub" which an Arabic word for your information means it's written and also connected different people, different dreams, different areas with different traditions and a lot is really awesome and intresting . every word plays a big rule in building a sentence that could be a great quot. i enjoyed this book very much and if i start to talk about it ,i think 'll go very far. hope you liked my point of view and hope to hear yours for sure.

[Tracy]

Eileen wrote: "I'm currently reading The Affair so far so good and what's not to like about Jack Reacher. I've come to a conclusion why I didn't like the movie with Tom Curse as much as I was hopi..."

I wouldn't think anyone in Hollywood could keep up with Child Eileen. They also had to give up the description of Reacher since Cruise wouldn't fit it anywhere.

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

The Han Solo AdventuresI've read the Gammalaw series by Brian Daley, first book, Smoke on the Water. This is pretty nice quick moving sci-fi story (closer to "hard Sci-fi" than "Fantasy sci-fi") written with a Noir-ish feel to it.

Lots of action fights things blowing up attacks by sea creatures and other things.

Now I'm finishing up my Daley tour with The Han Solo Adventures. It's a lot of fun. The second novel/novella starts off with Han, unwittingly, starting a holy war with a race of giant cockraches. You gotta read it. It's funny.

There are good Solo and gotcha, Solo lines through out. this is another action book and pretty quick pased. I'm enjoying the read.

[Mark]

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Just finished Blood and Bullets...whew. The house is a mess. Blood and viscera everywhere, expended cartridges, broken weapons, dead vamps (well dust), the whole place smells of cor..."
Just checked out the sample over on Amazon. I may have to give this one a chance. Seems like it may be a touch shallow for my tastes, but then again, sometimes I'm just in the mood for a straight-forward "badass kicks vampire ass" story.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

I'm a great endorser of brain candy...

[Travis]

Working my way through a fairly complex bit with Neal Srephensons baroque cycle. Into volume 6 of the 8 volume series. Volume 1 I really didn't like it was too history and science and math class.since then it dances between half cocked jack the king of the vagabond/ pirate and then the political and phylisophical bit of 16-1700 Europe. By the end they'll have touched most of the globe though.

[Mike (the Paladin)]

Never been much of a NS fan. Matter of taste.

[Ctgt]

asmaa wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "asmaa wrote: "more than Halfway through 1984 by George Orwell( such a great book that talks about the destiny of the world which will be ruled by strong forces....), almost finished Th..."

Thanks for the reply asmaa, I'm adding it to my massive tbr list. Hopefully I'll be able to get to it shortly?!

[Willie]

I'm reading Red, White and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth. Good from the start!

[Roger]

Mark wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "David wrote: "Then I am reading my Mar KOLL: Primal Fury. I love the PRIMAL books, reminds me of Strikeback (cable series). Lots of well written action! "

I just picked up [book:PRIMA..."

I've heard good things about Silkstone as well. I will have to put him on my TBR list.

[Asmaa]

Ctgt wrote: "asmaa wrote: "Ctgt wrote: "asmaa wrote: "more than Halfway through 1984 by George Orwell( such a great book that talks about the destiny of the world which will be ruled by strong forces....), almo..."

You are most welcome ctgt :) hope so :)

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

I finished the Han Solo adventures by Brian Daley. Those are fun, and definately action oriented sci-fi. Daley was the first author allowed to write a spin-off from the Star Wars movies. Solo is more fun in the book than he is in the three movies!

Great one liners like...

Can Wookies fly small fighters?

"Sure,we'll just build a dormer on the canopy bubble and that hyperthyroid dust mop of yours can fly the damned thing with his knee caps."

Lots of fun here. A wonderful scene with the Chewie, Han a droid and two others on the slide of their lives after chewie rips down a huge gong and uses it as a sled. ...yeah, it was an escape of grand purportions.

[Eileen]

Needing some levity in my life so I'm reading What's So Funny?: My Hilarious Life and it didn't disappoint. Very funny book for anyone who is old enough to remember the Carol Burnett show or who knows who Tim Conway is. Lol

[Travis]

About a quarter through The Way of Kings. I don't know what I think k of it yet. Sanderson goes to such extensive world building and soany characters that I never really know what's going on until I finish the book

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

The poll for the June Group Read theme is up. It closes on April 22nd.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...