A Good Thriller discussion

I am not allowed to say naughty words on here..........so I will behave.
But my mouth is forming the word Smart_________!!!! Haha.

@ Ter'e - You meant Alec right? Smart Alec?

Of course I did!
that's exactly what I thought.......

At my library's standing book sale I bought 10 hardcover novels for $4. They included:

Curse of the Spellmans Lisa Lutz
The Genesis Code John Case
The Fifth Horseman John Case
The Havana Room Colin Harrison
Black List Brad Thor
Full Black Brad Thor

Hi Olivia,

Not read yet, but want to read Brad Thor.

Just bought Take One With You :D Exciiiiiited for it to arrive.

Just bought Zero Day & The Innocent by David Baldacci

$5 bin at Wal-mart

Marianne wrote: "Just bought Zero Day & The Innocent by David Baldacci

$5 bin at Wal-mart"

I love the $5 movie bin at Wal-Mart. Pick up a lot of oldies but goodies.

Lorrea(Threein3) wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Just bought Zero Day & The Innocent by David Baldacci

$5 bin at Wal-mart"

I love the $5 movie bin at Wal-Mart. Pick up a lot of o..."

Hello: Lorrea: Yes, I do the same, always look through the movies and books!

Finally getting into The Hit..........man, it starts out with a BANG!!!! Get it????? BANG!!!!!! This will be a doosey of a book. I am all excited.

@ Ter'e - You say BANG one more time and I'm gonna have to really stop my brain from going places.

Lets put together "A Bang List". It's the list of books that REALLY go Bang. (What were you thinking?)

Bang! Bang! Bang!!!!
Just ordered David Wiltse "Heartland" by David Wiltse. Mentioning The Serpent.....made me think how much I enjoy David Wiltse. So peeked at his books and realized I NEED Heartland. Bought it for a penny on Amazon.

Am NOT going to the 25% off book sale at Goodwill Books. I cannot be trusted. 3 more magazines arrived!!!!! I am covered up in reading material!

Gorgeous blue skies today. Think we are going to take the dogs out to Anna Maria Island. Honey is home for the day........so it is a play day. I will get nothing accomplished but play time. :-)

Just downloaded to the iPod:

The Trouble with J.J.

The Weird Sisters and

Zero Day

I have the 2nd two books of the Lunar Chronicles on my nightstand but am only partially into one and have been for about a month, 4 books on my Kindle which I haven't even looked at, and Allegiant on Audio which I have not had a chance to listen to! It sucks but I'm on full-blown writing mode caught between two publications dates (One 2 weeks ago, one 2 weeks from now!) and though it is awesome reading weather, I need to type on.

There is literally a cyclone above my head right now wreaking havoc over the Whitsunday's. I should be in bed snuggled up with a book but I type on! Sigh.

The only book I bought recently was yesterday. The InsiderI bought this one with three gift cards and a 15% off one item coupon at Barnes and noble. After all of that was taken into account, the book was only $1.47 which was a great deal.

I have a group of friends i exchange eBooks with, so i acquired these books yesterday;

Echoes From The Dead #1
The Darkest Room #2
The Quarry #3 by John Theorin (The Oland Trilogy)

The Accident Man #1
No Survivors #2
Assassin #3 by Tom Cain (The Samuel Carver Series)

Death Without Company #2
Another Man's Moccasins #4 by Craig Johnson (the Walt Longmire Series)

& 1974 #1 by David Peace (The Red Riding Quartet)

All free, thanks to my buds.

Today's acquisitions (LOL);

Harry Turtledove;

1- The World That Came Early #3
2- Supervolcano Series
3- Worldwar Series
4- Gladiator
5- Britania Ruled
6- Guns of the South

Tom Cain;

1- Carver
2- Dictator

Peter May;

1- A Vintage Corpse
2- Blowback
3- Drybones (Extraordinary People)
4- Freeze Frame

Misc:

*Losers Live Longer - Russell Atwood
*The Burning Girl - Mark Billingham
*Savage Bride - Cornell Woolrich
*Wild Wives - Charles Willeford
*Heed the Thunder - Jim Thompson
*Murder Undressed - David Scott

David Peace (remainder of 'The Red Riding Quartet' (these have a number of glowing reviews)

1. 1977 #2
2. 1980 #3
3. 1983 #4

I picked up book 4 of the Jackson Brodie series:

Started Early, Took the Dog by Kate Atkinson

First book in the Adam Dalgliesh series:

Cover Her Face by P.D. James

Paul,
What did you do???? Rob a bookstore????? that's one pile of books!

Lorrea(Threein3) wrote: ""

Hahahahahahaha... me? An impulse buyer?

Well as mentioned in my group message, another author is doing a Q & A for us.

So today I bought his new book

Tom Bale .. The Catch

also got today new

Robert Crais The Suspect

Mo Hayder.. Poppet

from the second shop

Jeffery Deaver.. The Bone Collector
Michael Donnelly.. The Lincoln Lawayer (seen the film)
James Patterson.. The 9th Judgement

I was running short of books.... LOL

DianeAlice..........Honey.....don't even ask that question!!!!!! We don't want to ask ourselves that!!!!

I recently got a read 4 review request from Mr. Ty Patterson called The Warrior so I got it in exchange for an honest review so I can't wait to check it out! :)

What is this bank statement we are talking about? Does it do our laundry, does it cook food for us, does clean our houses? What is it? *Rolls eyes and wonders*

YEA!!!! Guess what arrived in my mail today?????
Oh, you can't guess????
I got my very first Sharon Bolton book.......

It looks scary.......even on this desolate cover!!!!!!!! I will have to sleep entwined with Hubs.........I can tell this will scare me to death.
Oh boy!!!!!

Awesome Terre! Happy Reading.

Sharon Bolton...YES...

This is all about the dark street of London, not as scary as some earlier books...

have u guys ever read the warrior? Just curious. I'm going to sink my teeth into it soon.

Well from what I can see they seem to be stand alone.

The Catch is his fourth book.

@ Ter'e - Somebody needs to save the next mail man. The mail man who delivered the S.J.Bolton book to you is missing since then. Did ya eat him?

@ DianeAlice - I was lazing about on the couch (while some people are getting about looking pretty) when I was notified of a missing mail man who was last seen delivering a book to Ter'e. Now I am raising funds for "Save The Mailman".

Oh okay cool. and Thanks Rita! I will. :) I review the books I read here anyway.

Here's the book link for it DianeAlice: It's about a mercenary and stuff. The Warrior. I'm going to start it soon.

The Warrior I am sure will be one book we will all read, as Ty is an active member here, and his book was one we voted for recently for April-May.

In fact all 20 books look good, that were nominated for voting.

Awesome Sean. I got it as a read for review request so I'll be starting on it soon.

Awesome and no problem DianeAlice! :)

I have just bought In The Dark and Sorry Anyone read them?

I just bought 3 books by a Finnish author Leena Lehtolainen. These are set in Helsinki Finland where I'm from. Only .99 cents each on kindle each. Copper Heart,
My first murder and Her Enemy.

Just got Brian Freeman's for the iPod.

Another author I have to find more books, ready for when he does a Q & A later.

I just have to stop walking into the charity shops.

In my head I am thinking of all the authors recommended, all the books I need in a series, and of course what is on the shelf.

Today I got thirteen books

Michael Connelly(not read yet building my stock)
City Of Bones
Trunk Music
A Darkness More Than Night

my first J,D Robb
New York to Dallas

Another Jeffery Deaver
Shallow Graves

My first Jonathan Kellerman
True Detectives

Another Val McDermid
The Mermaids Singing

Tess Gerritsen
Harvest

John Connelly
The Lovers

Chris Ryan
Who Dares Win (lent to someone never got it back)

Sue Grafton
R Is For Richochet

Jack Kerley

The Death Collection.

Belinda Bauer
Blacklands

all for 50p to a 99p !

Now nearly 900 books !! to Read

I think I need a minder to help me carry them home !!

We have a unique opportunity to help new authors break in to the writing/publishing industry. If we each took a chance and bought one new first book a month, It might jump start a career. Some great books are out there, undiscovered, for very cheap price.

Speaking of unique:
You know how to catch a unique rabbit?
Unique up on it.

You know how to catch a tame rabbit?
Tame way. Unique up on it.
(Chuckle)

I agree Thomas.

I hope we are doing our bit here on this group for new authors.

I admit to buying lots of new books, new authors all the time.

Tom Bale is an example of this a new British author with only three books, but I am really enjoying the book already (The Catch). Now a member here as well.

Thomas wrote: "We have a unique opportunity to help new authors break in to the writing/publishing industry. If we each took a chance and bought one new first book a month, It might jump start a career. Some grea..."

Teehee love these.

Sean wrote: "I just have to stop walking into the charity shops.

In my head I am thinking of all the authors recommended, all the books I need in a series, and of course what is on the shelf.

Today I got thir..."
Uh oh Sean...........you need to stop "thinking".......
I will have to say.......you did great!!!!! I think I need to run to my Goodwill Books and check out their stock on David Baldacci, my new best friend.

Thomas wrote: "We have a unique opportunity to help new authors break in to the writing/publishing industry. If we each took a chance and bought one new first book a month, It might jump start a career. Some grea..."

This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This.This. This. This. This.This.This. This. This. This.

as a new author i know, and share that with other fellow new authors, how desperately hard it is to breathe the same oxygen that all known authors breathe...and any miniscule tilting of the scales will help.

Ty......
You are creating another monster!!! i just bought "The Monkey's Raincoat by Robt Crais!!!!
:-)

Ter'e wrote: "Ty......
You are creating another monster!!! i just bought "The Monkey's Raincoat by Robt Crais!!!!
:-)"

stay with the books, Te're, even if you find the first few ones OK-ish.

the books pick up steam from about Voodoo River and then L.A. Requiem, Last Detective, Forgotten Man, Watchman, First Rule and Taken are just fire.

like every author, not every book of his at the same high level obviously.

a couple of stand alones of his, Two Minute Rule, and Suspect are good too.