A Good Thriller discussion

If you want dark fantasy, Aymen, try Wizard's First Rule. be warned though, if you do enjoy it, it's a 15 book series.

Aymen wrote: "Did anyone read Harry Potter? I like fantasy but it has to be a bit dark and scary, so what do you think? Should i start reading the series.?"

I watched all the Harry Potter movies, Aymen, and i'm reading the serie this year, i got to the 4th book and it's good!!
The thing is that with every book the story gets better, i like this one more than the two first books!
So, i think reading only a bit of the first book won't be enough ;)

I just bought by John Connolly. This collection of stories follows book 4 in his Charlie Parker series.

Thank you David, but15 books is too much, i still have 5 books of The song of Ice and Fire to read and i still can t find the time.

Thank you Faouzia, i ll try to read few pages of Harry Potter to see if i like it, but i m thinking about reading "the Lord of the Rings" first, what do you think?

Aymen wrote: "Thank you David, but15 books is too much, i still have 5 books of The song of Ice and Fire to read and i still can t find the time."

Each book in the series, does reach a satisfactory conclusion, though. Kind of one individual story within each book, with an overarching story that runs the entire series. I have them all on my shelf :~)

Aymen wrote: "Thank you Faouzia, i ll try to read few pages of Harry Potter to see if i like it, but i m thinking about reading "the Lord of the Rings" first, what do you think?"

I think you should start with the lord of the rings (only 3 parts LOL), i liked it better than the movies and found it very interesting :)

Thanks Faouzia, i will do that :) David i think i can give it a try if like you said each book has a satisfying conclusion, not like Game of Thrones :)

Are you kidding! Harry Potter is awesome. The entire series is excellent. I enjoyed the movies, but the books are far better. Of course I also loved LOTR and am getting ready to read it again. Certainly two of the best series out there. As to which is darker, I would say LOTR. But both Harry Potter and LOTR are not to be missed.

Thanks John, i think i have to read them both, maybe i will start with LOTR.

Speaking of LOTR, just last night I ordered the 50th Anniversary hardback edition from Amazon. Can't wait to read it again!

Awesome! I can t wait to read the books, i saw the movies long time ago, i don t remember much, but they were good, i expect the books to be better.

So , i finally bought "Lord of the Rings"
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That's great Aymen :D i hope you'll like them :)

John wrote: "Are you kidding! Harry Potter is awesome. The entire series is excellent. I enjoyed the movies, but the books are far better. Of course I also loved LOTR and am getting ready to read it again. Cer..."

You're right John!! I'm reading the whole serie of Harry Potter now, my goal for 2015. i'm almost done with the fourth and i LOVE it!!! far better than the movie, especially this part :)

Thank you Faouzia, i m sure i will, i can t wait to read them! I saw Harry Potter too, i ll see about that later :)

I have enjoyed the Harry Potter series. I am finally down to the last one Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

2 couple of weeks ago I gotDead Zero Just 2 more books by Stephen Hunter and I own all of his novels.

Two books came knocking at my door this morning.
The Black Road by Tania Carver
And
The Bone Tree by Greg Iles.
Will read The Iles book as we drive to KC next month.

I've just downloaded a debut called Lullaby Girl by Aly Sidgwick. Supposed to be really good. Only 49p.

Looks good Janet. Not in the States until June.

I just returned from a visit to Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. I planned on spending several hours there but ran out of money in less that an hour. I got signed copies of and . I also bought , , and .

I just brought by Jenni Boyd - strong positive feedback from Sue and Christine... Just couldn't resist.

I have read all the Harry Potter books and I love all of them!

just bought , , , (never heard of the author but the book seemed interesting), and
Really happy about them :D

Some heavy stuff in there, Faouzia. Gideon looks intriguing. Will wait for you to read and review! Nice haul!

Good haul Tom. Isn't Powells amazing? I'm tempted to return someday.

Thanks Christine :D i went home really happy today after i bought these books, they're spread around me now, adding them to my "catalogue" and trying to decide which to read first :D

Just rec'd The Doll's House by Tania Carver. Can't wait to read this one.
It's marked as "Seriously Scary".
Now........if I could just make it thru "The Neighbor"...........Lisa gardner. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Ter'e wrote: "Just rec'd The Doll's House by Tania Carver. Can't wait to read this one.
It's marked as "Seriously Scary".
Now........if I could just make it thru "The Neighbor"...........Lisa gardner. ZZZZZZZZZ..."

Why don't you dnf the snoozer and go with the seriously scary one, TT? You will feel better immediately!

On the way home from Oregon I dropped into a half-price store and picked up a copy of Hard Case Crime's . This publisher is reintroducing a lot of great pulps from the 50s and 60s to a new generation.

Christine wrote: "Ter'e wrote: "Just rec'd The Doll's House by Tania Carver. Can't wait to read this one.
It's marked as "Seriously Scary".
Now........if I could just make it thru "The Neighbor"...........Lisa gard..."

I am a glutton for punishment!!!!!! My next book will prolly be the next D.D. Book in the series. I know. i know.........

I just purchased, on Kindle, "Steel Mill Mafia". My Realtor is singing the praises of this book. Have any of you read it????? From what I hear, it is being made into a movie.

I can't wait to read it.......

I keep forgetting to add my new books from Book Bub, not so many and Net Galley.

But a total of around 45-50 books.

Sean,
What a bad boy you are!!!!!

LOL

I know I keep getting told off by Janet and Christine !

I just purchased Because She Loves Meby Mark Edwards, Wreckageby Emily Bleeker, I Should Have Told You by Joanne Clancey and The Silent Girls by Eric Rickstad. I really wanted to purchase Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton but I couldn't get myself to pay 18$ (US) for it and I promised myself I would spend 40 dollars or under! I cant believe I stuck to it!

Very well behaved.... LOL

I have just bought Random by Craig Robertson, Broken Silence by Danielle Ramsay, Evil Games by Angela Marsons,Cold Grantie by Stuart McBride and The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver, looking forward to starting them. Four of these are by authors I have never read before.

So, now that I've had an eye test (my first ever!!), I've been told this old crinkly needs reading glasses! Man alive.... will I ever get used to them?!! They feel so weird!! Anyways, this means I can now read 'real' books, so I had a bit of a book haul yesterday!

Got the following:-

The Surgeon
The Apprentice

Snow White Must Die

And a couple of none crime ones

The Storyteller

Songs of the Humpback Whale

All discount bookstore finds! Now I can read some of my gifts too off my bookshelf.

HAHAHAHA Janet!!! Now you can see you you can get more books. I love that!! Gosh, I couldn't see the blackboard in 2nd grade and have had glasses (which never come off except to sleep) since then, Being without them would be as weird to me as wearing them is weird for you. Think of them as a fashion statement, Janet. And yes indeedy, you will get used to them, particularly since they are making reading even better for you.

I cannot believe you have NEVER had an eye test before, Janet. I've
probably had over 60 of them...

Christine wrote: "HAHAHAHA Janet!!! Now you can see you you can get more books. I love that!! Gosh, I couldn't see the blackboard in 2nd grade and have had glasses (which never come off except to sleep) since then,..."

Totally true, in fact I was expecting something kind of horrible outcome because I've always known my right eye wasn't quite right. It turns out the lens when being formed at birth (or before) isn't quite straight, there's a slight curve so it affects vision. Either that or my optician was lying to me! Not a lack of vision just a slight defect that I was born with. Have just got old age deteoriation which happens to be the best of us I suppose. I guess I did well to last this long. Distance is fine, it is just reading, couldn't read the tiny print on jars and stuff. So now when I put them on I look up and everything is a blur ... lol ... it's weird. I tried to choose trendy designer frames.... possibly failed miserably. They feel so alien!

Boy, sounds like you need bifocals, Girlfriend. Join the crowd! I have the opposite issue that you have. I can read any fine print right in front of my face, but you would be totally fuzzy if you stood 2 feet in front of me.
Yep, I bet they feel alien, but truly, you will get used to them. Do they make a big difference for you?

I can see distance fine, in detail. Just struggled with tiny, fine print so they are just for reading books, doing paperwork, that type of thing. Don't really need them for devices, computer etc, because fonts can be made bigger! Oh the irony. It does bug me how in books, especially paperback typefaces seem to be getting smaller and smaller. Don't think I'll ever prefer actual books to a Kindle again. They're so much easier to hold and comfortable on the eyes.

I have worn glasses since my early 20's. Like Christine, I can't see distance and after 40, have trouble reading up close print. Bifocal strong!!!

I have been buying more print books since learning from the news that backlight on devices can cause sleep problems - can't get to sleep because the brain thinks it's still daytime. I have struggled with this in the past few years - huh, I wonder if that's the problem???

There could be something in that, Pat. But then it could be that people are just automatically more drawn to them than ever before. Wherever you go now people are on devices of some description everywhere. Borders on the ridiculous really.

That was one point made by the doctor on the news talking about this. We are addicted to devices and people obsess and cannot get off their devices. But all that bright light in the eyes is confusing our brain signals that its night time and we should be getting sleepy. Recommendation was no phones, tablets etc. one hour before bed.

*heck, puts down phone as it's now 2:00 am)*

Night, night.

I slept crappy even before devices were invented. I need that last hour to catch up on reading, lol. My main likes with reading on devices is that they are indeed easier to hold. If you are at a table you don't even have to hold it. I can eat snacks and read at the same time. Really handy when I'm cracking peanut shells. Also LOVE the search button when I forget who someone is. Oh, and by using the iPad Kindle app I can read and check email all at once. Almost.