A Good Thriller discussion

I bet you have one right around your corner..:)

No! I just checked it out; I would have heard about it, but I wanted to double check.

well,that might be a good thing in the long run..lol!!

You are so right, Marian

I buy all my books second hand on amazon market place, usually for £0.01 and £2.80 postage I usually buy 5 books a week :/
Only time I pay full price is if I'm waiting on new release in a series I love :)

that's a good idea, but I don't use my cc card online ( I'm askeered).

I'm curious about how you major book buyers keep track of what books you already have? (I'm looking at you, Sean :) Do you keep a list? Do you sort them when you get home and find you have duplicates? How do you organize them to find what you want? I have a hard time keeping track of the books I've read, let alone one's I haven't!

Perri wrote: "I'm curious about how you major book buyers keep track of what books you already have? (I'm looking at you, Sean :) Do you keep a list? Do you sort them when you get home and find you have duplicat..."

Not that I consider myself a major book buyer (and I'd like to keep repeating that to myself!), but I would like to share how I keep track. I usually print out a list for a series that I'm reading and keep it in my purse. This way I can still pick up books out of order when I see them in the bookstore, even when I'm planning to read them in order. This is better than going to the bookstore and feeling confused if you have already bought that one book or not. Other than that, Good Reads is the best place to keep track of my books! I log all my books as soon as I have bought them on GR.

Perri,

If I have a chance, I will go through my books, and find some I do have duplicates, not a lot, as I do tend to remember the main authors and the books I have.

Plus for 50p quite happy to take back to the charity shop and give them back.

It is hard keeping up with the books I have but just like to pick up books while I can find them at that cheap price.

So many authors, as you know many people have recommended Chelsea Cain, not once have I see her books in a charity shop.

But do try to build up a series of books for 3-4 authors, so I can then read in order, "If Possible"

I do keep a log, in my head, but as I get older, it does not work as well as it used to!!

Perri wrote: "I'm curious about how you major book buyers keep track of what books you already have? (I'm looking at you, Sean :) Do you keep a list? Do you sort them when you get home and find you have duplicat..."

@ Perri - Allow me to recommend the 'Calibre eBook Library Organizer'. If you have a large quantity of eBooks, it is an essential piece of eBook software, available for both Apple & Win OS's. It's free, though you can donate. It's entirely optional. It organizes all your books in alphabetical order, complete with the books covers & a short description of book's content. I have literally thousands of eBooks & find it invaluable. Try it. It's only a little over 200 Mbs & takes a few minutes ti install:

http://calibre-ebook.com/download

Huma, Great Reads has really organized my reading experience too. From home, I can check to compare what's available at my library and so on.
Sean, your memory's much better than mine! At my library we sell paperbacks for $1 and hardbacks for $2. How's that compare? Our charity shops here might sell for cheaper, I don't know.
Paul, I haven't really gotten into eBooks but maybe this is a good way to get started-thanks :)

Ack, that download loaded all kinds of crap on my computer :(

Perri wrote: "Ack, that download loaded all kinds of crap on my computer :("

That isn't my experience with Calibre Perri. I've never so much as received spam email in connection with Calibre. You would need to be more specific about "all kinds of crap". You can CHOOSE to download headlines from various newspapers & after trying this feature & not finding it to my liking, i turned it off.
So i would be curious to know the specifics of your problems with Calibre. I am not a shareholder in the software (lol), merely curious. When one says something negative about anything, without qualifying that statement, it's a bit vague & not very helpful to anyone considering trying, in this case, Calibre.
As should be obvious, i use Calibre & have done for a little under a year, with not a single problem. I have tried 1 or 2 other eBook library organizers on my PC & iMac, but none have had the level of functionality & value for money (hard to beat free) of Calibre.

I only have about 70 books on my kindle. Missed reading a book and putting up on my overflowing shelves.

I lasted little under a year reading ebooks. And have since went back and bought most in paperback or hardback. I recently re organised my bookshelves and would say I'm missing at least 100+ books from lending out. Like Sean I can usually remember the books I have read, mostly by name of author rather than book title

I'm moving house soon & am glad nearly all my books are eBooks. If even 10% of them were actual physical books, i'd need a truck, just for my books. Personally, once i've read a book, i'd just as soon give it away. They gather dust & take up space.

I love being surrounded by books, I have a lot of first edition signed collectibles. Not only that, I have books I properly started collecting when I was only 15, (now 37) they have came from Scotland to Ireland with me when I was 17, and when I'm in our study (my library) it's like looking at a diary of my life. I remember reading the French lieutenants woman at 16, then moving in to Thomas Hardy. My school closed in my last year and we got to choose a book from the library. I was presented with George Orwells 'Coming Up for Air' and 'Highland River' By Neil Gunn...I can say I never want to move house again has taken me 2 years to unpack and get shelving, still not enough shelving....but where I go my books go :)

Great story Deborah, and so true.

I grew up as a teenager reading every Alistair Maclean book.

Just obtained three more books...

Robert Crais(Ty must have quite a few now)

Stalking The Angel
Demolition Angel
and one I know you like The Watchman.

I have now nine to read, and read two.

Also found in my stock one Chelsea Cain book Sweetheart.

Also today obtained Simon Kernick first book. The Business of Dying with Dennis Milne

Sean I'm like you, at minute trying to build up books by some authors then make sure I read them in order. Picked 3 Robert Crais up few weeks ago 3 for £1, already have demolition man but still to read. Have 6/7 Karen Rose but yet to start. Reading inside man by Jeff Abbott then have to read The Target next and will be hooked a while on Lisa Gardner I think ;)

Yes I have loads of Karen Rose, loads of Andrew Gross, Robert Goddard, Patricia Cornwell, Tania Carver.

Have The Target to read, a few Lisa Gardner, Jo Nesbo, Robert Crais building up, want more Daniel Silva, although do not find many of his at the charity shops.#
Have 3-4 Jeff Abbott as well.

I will not run out of books to read

Me either...

This morning I was out for a bit,and went to my second hand book store and purchased..

Joseph Finder...The Moscow Club
Joseph Finder...Vanished
Joseph Finder..Power Play(I have my own copy now)
James Rollins..The Blood Gospel

Yesterday at our charity warehouse (off work this week)

Bought

Tess Gerritsen.. Vanish

Michael Connelly.. Trunk Music/The Brass Verdict/The Poet

Greg Iles(my first of his) Dead Sleep

John Grisham.. The Last Juror

Nicci French... What To Do When Someone Dies/The Red Room

Andy McNab.. Zero Hour

I've just got my hands on the 'Cities Noir', Akashic's Noir Series, numbering some 50 eBooks in all. Basically a collection of short, noir stories by every proponent of noir from around the world. I'm not usually a big fan of short stories, but if i had to pick one genera that suited the short story format, that would be noir. Lots of good reading, i think.

You got the ENTIRE series, @Paul??

Kirsten wrote: "You got the ENTIRE series, @Paul??"

Yes Kirsten. There are some great writers in this collection. As i said previously, i'm not usually a fan of short stories, but the Noir genera is ideal for this medium & it's a great way to introduce oneself into a wide range & number of writers.

Wow! How much did that set you back? I've got a couple of the books. Another nice series is the Best American Mystery Series.

These are the eBooks, not the physical copies. I think the full, physical set is about $500US.
I have the 2001 edition of the Best American Mystery Series. Edited by Lawrence Bloch & Otto Penzler, i think. Haven't read any of the stories yet. Am waiting till i get my new Kindle, as nearly all my books are eBooks now.

Today from book store I purchased

Personal by Lee Child
Bones Never Lie: by Kathy Reichs
Gravity by Tess Gerritsen

I also purchased from local charity store

The Red Room by Nicci French
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
The Associate by John Grisham
Under The Knife by Tess Gerritsen
Fractured by Karin Slaughter

Kyla wrote: "Today from book store I purchased

Personal by Lee Child
Bones Never Lie: by Kathy Reichs
Gravity by [author:Tess Gerritsen..."

Hi Kyla
The Innocent Man by John Grisham is a true crime novel..his only.But it is really good!!

Marian wrote: "Kyla wrote: "Today from book store I purchased

Personal by Lee Child
Bones Never Lie: by Kathy Reichs
Gravity by [author:T..."

Awesome I read more true crime books than anything else :) I am looking forward to reading that book now :)

Kyla wrote: "Marian wrote: "Kyla wrote: "Today from book store I purchased

Personal by Lee Child
Bones Never Lie: by Kathy Reichs
[book:Gravity|3226..."

Its soooo absorbing and so interesting.If you like true crime,then you will like this one.Enjoy:)

Kyla wrote: "Today from book store I purchased

Personal by Lee Child
Bones Never Lie: by Kathy Reichs
Gravity by Tess Gerritsen..."</i>

[book:The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town is one of the best books I've ever read. It literally changed my view of the legal system and my opinion concerning the death penalty.

Kyla wrote: "Today from book store I purchased

Personal by Lee Child
Bones Never Lie: by Kathy Reichs
Gravity by [author:Tess Gerritsen..."

I love your choices Kyla.

Just found eBook copies of these books on Noir in film, on the net. Has anyone got them/read them?

Paul Duncan - Film Noir

Mark T. Conard (ed. by) - The Philosophy of Film Noir
- The Philosophy of Neo-Noir

Steven Sanders & Aeon J. Skoble - The Philosophy of TV Noir

Wheeler Winston Dixon - Film Noir and the Cinema of Paranoia (2009)

The other day I saw two movies inspired by Emma airing on TV, so I ordered both Emma and Mansfield Park this weekend. Just got delivered today!

Clueless with Alicia Silverstone is one of the best inspired by Emma movies out there.

Kirsten wrote: "Clueless with Alicia Silverstone is one of the best inspired by Emma movies out there."

Yes I have watched Clueless and a Bollywood interpretation called Aisha. I liked both, but since I hadn't read Emma I couldn't compare how closely it followed the original characters.
I am now planning to watch the movie adaptations of Emma itself after I have read the book. Can you recommend any you have seen, I saw on IMDB that it has been made several times into a movie over the years.

Here are some recent antique store/garage sale finds I've added:

The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin

The Magic of Saida by M.G. Vassanji

The Night Manager by John le Carré

Today I got "Gods of Guilt"by Michael Connelly for 3 dollars

Tess Gerritson..Bone Garden

How lovelY!!!!!

Looking on the net, at all things Noir & came across an author, who's name i had seen, but i knew nothing about. Megan Abbott. She writes Noir? On the strength of a few reviews & the gorgeous artwork of her books covers, i am now the expectant owner of: , , , & . I am intrigued. Noir is usually a genera seemingly reserved for male writers, so it will be interesting to read it from a female perspective.

Paul; I also like NOIR, but more in flims.

You don't like Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, et al?

Frankly, Paul, I have not really read many of Chandler, and I have not read Hammett; I do love Film Noire.

oh, heavens I misspelled Film above. Forgve!!!!

Skye wrote: "Frankly, Paul, I have not really read many of Chandler, and I have not read Hammett; I do love Film Noire."

Me too Skye. All police procedural we see owe at less a nod to Chandler & Hammett. And i guess Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Edgar Allan Poe, to a lesser extent. But the hard-boiled detective, from which the classic noir movies are derived are mostly taken from works by the likes of Chandler, Hammett, Jim Thompson & a few others. Have just acquired a copy of 'Out of the Past' (1947) starring Robert Mitchum. Looking forward to viewing this:D

Ahhhh, I used to love Robert Mitchum; there are others, brb ( gotta google them)

Paul; I can't recall the titles of the movies; however, Linda Florentino played many roles in film noire.
I also ADORED Laura with Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney.