A Good Thriller discussion

Janet wrote: "I just bought Someone Out There by Catherine Hunt. Supposed to be a terrific debut. 99p for Kindle version."

Great buy, Janet. I had to spend $3.99 on that one. Just looked, and still $3.99 in the States.

@Aaron and Lynn, I read Doctors decades ago! Probably late 80s when I first started my job as full staff member at the clinic. I LOVED it and still have the tattered old paperback copy that I read. Some day I will read it again to see what I think about it now.

See above, Aaron. I had to fix my post.

Cameron wrote: "Well, thanks to Christine I ordered Retribution, The Cutting Room, and Last Witness all by Jilliane Hoffman. Oh, but I could not stop there..."

Cambo!!! I am happy to take full responsibility for your debauchery, being a proud bookaholic myself. Astounding buy on that Connelly trio!

Janet wrote: "I think there's quite a few of us, Cameron, that's in the bookaholics club!! A brilliant haul, enjoy!"

@Janet. "brilliant haul", lol, lol, lol!

Janet wrote: "I just bought Someone Out There by Catherine Hunt. Supposed to be a terrific debut. 99p for Kindle version."

I'm reading that this week as my Buddy read for July, really looking forward to it!

Christine wrote: "Janet wrote: "I just bought Someone Out There by Catherine Hunt. Supposed to be a terrific debut. 99p for Kindle version."

Great buy, Janet. I had to spend $3.99 on that one. Just looked, and s..."

I was just going to check on the price here Chris thanks for doing that for me, I have a library copy to read this week

Cameron wrote: "Well, thanks to Christine I ordered Retribution, The Cutting Room, and Last Witness all by Jilliane Hoffman. Oh, but I could not stop there..."

Wow Cam! I'm jealous! I've been meaning to start the Harry Bosch series, can't wait to see what you think of those

Stefanie wrote: "Cameron wrote: "Well, thanks to Christine I ordered Retribution, The Cutting Room, and Last Witness all by Jilliane Hoffman. Oh, but I coul..."

Stef, I have read the first one, Black Echo. 5 stars. You will like.

First of all, I left off the Tom Wood book that I also purchased-Killer which is book one in the Victor the Assassin series.

Stefanie, I love John Connelly's Harry Bosch character. I have only read a few uhh, The Closers and City of Bones come to mind. And I loved The Poet.

Me three! (As in love Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch)

Hey thriller fans, today is a good day to snap up some great Michael Koryta books on Kindle. Amazon has a $1.99 special on three of his books:
The Ridge
The Cypress House
The Prophet

Not in the UK folks, just checked. Maybe in the future! Though I've never read his books, or er um heard of him!!

Tom wrote: "Hey thriller fans, today is a good day to snap up some great Michael Koryta books on Kindle. Amazon has a $1.99 special on three of his books:
The Ridge[bookcover:The ..."

Terrific, Tom. I checked these over and just bought my first Koryta book, The Prophet. Thanks!

Tom wrote: "Hey thriller fans, today is a good day to snap up some great Michael Koryta books on Kindle. Amazon has a $1.99 special on three of his books:
The Ridge[bookcover:The ..."

I love Michael Koryta! The Ridge was a brillant book if you do not mind a touch of supernatural.

Tom - that's for the heads-up about the Michael Koryta books. I just picked up "Cypress House", it's the one of the three that I haven't read.

Pat wrote: "Tom - that's for the heads-up about the Michael Koryta books. I just picked up "Cypress House", it's the one of the three that I haven't read."

I bought it when it first came out but I still haven't read it. I love the concept. As I said to someone this morning, 'Take a guy who can look at people and see that they will die soon and drop him in the middle of one of America's greatest natural disasters. What's not to love about that?'

Tom wrote: "Pat wrote: "Tom - that's for the heads-up about the Michael Koryta books. I just picked up "Cypress House", it's the one of the three that I haven't read."

I bought it when it first came out but ..."

True, true! My husband read it and he loved it.

Just picked up a handful at the bargain book store near my house. All the books are brand new and cost 2 dollars each! All the Patterson's and the Deaver book are hardcover (they were overstocked!)

Stefanie wrote: "Just picked up a handful at the bargain book store near my house. All the books are brand new and cost 2 dollars each! All the Patterson's and the Deaver book are hardcover (they were overstocked!)..."

WOW Stefanie, You got a great haul! Enjoy!

Bought, on Janet's recommendation on special today.

Someone Else's Skin

Sean wrote: "Bought, on Janet's recommendation on special today.

Someone Else's Skin"
I have both her books here to read. Should be really good!

Haven't read book 2 yet, but hope so! :)

Also bought on Amazon now

Bite by Nick Outh

It looked good

Just bought , and .
Very happy :)

Went to a library sale and got
All the Pretty Horses
The End of the Affair
The Drop
Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens
Cuba Libre
Plainsong
Selected Stories of O. Henry
Bastard Out of Carolina
The Concrete Blonde

Nice haul, Tom. Some great books there.

Stefanie wrote: "Just picked up a handful at the bargain book store near my house. All the books are brand new and cost 2 dollars each! All the Patterson's and the Deaver book are hardcover (they were overstocked!)..."

Nice!!!

Tom wrote: "Went to a library sale and got
All the Pretty Horses
The End of the Affair
[book:The Drop..."

Nice again!

Tom wrote: "Went to a library sale and got
All the Pretty Horses
The End of the Affair
[book:The Drop..."

Great haul, Tom. I really liked All the Pretty Horses, the first book in a trilogy and I'm sure that the Connelly book has to be good.

Stefanie wrote: "Just picked up a handful at the bargain book store near my house. All the books are brand new and cost 2 dollars each! All the Patterson's and the Deaver book are hardcover (they were overstocked!)..."

Way to go Stefanie.

Cameron wrote: "Great haul, Tom. I really liked All the Pretty Horses, the first book in a trilogy and I'm sure that the Connelly book has to be good. "

I read Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy several years ago and it is wonderful. The Concrete Blonde was the first Michael Connelly book that I ever read but I want to go back and read all of his Harry Bosch books in order.

I've also read Plainsong but picked it up as Kent Haruf just passed away and I'm sure I will want to reread his series. Nobody has captured my native Colorado as well as he did in his series about the fictional town of Holt.

The rest are all new for me and I'm looking forward to reading them.

Too busy to read like I usually do:crying: but I did go the the Buck a Bag sale today:ok::ok:

I scored at the BUCK A BAG sale. Not as good as last year but still good. Spent $3.00 and got 70 pounds of stuff…yes I weighed it, lol. 3 pairs of jeans, 1 shirt, 112 Cooking magazines:):), 31 books and 3 DVD's. I love this sale.

3 bucks for all this??? Where in TN is this sale and how often do they have it?

The last book I bought was a Thai Cookbook from the 70's or 80's. $1.15 at the surplus rack at my public library.

I snagged a free pre-release copy of The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner via Amazon's Kindle First offer. It sounds interesting.

I also spent a whopping $.99 on a Kindle reprint of Solomon's Vineyard . I'd never heard of it before but as GR friend Melki says, "you had me at grave-robbing, religious cults, kinky sex, and whorehouse violence. Yeah, I know. I'm easily amused."

a lot of titles on my head, but i think i will buy the "Divergent" trilogy next time, i liked the idea of the society devided into factions that rejects the persons who don't fit in one of these factions, or fit in them all. I think it's not that different of our societies. And i saw the two first movies, good enough. With "a Song of Ice and Fire", "Lord of the Rings" and "Divergent" and of course i need to read some other books, i will be busy this year.

Tom, I just got the free copy of The Good Neighbour too. Sounds good.

Oh I should check that out. I forget about Kindle First. They don't always appeal.

The mail and a quick trip to Bay Books added these to my overstocked library shelves:
In Cold Blood
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
The High Window

Yes I know what you mean but that one looks worth a go for free.

What is Kindle First, you guys?

When you're an Amazon Prime member 3 maybe 4 books are offered to you for free as a perk as of the first of each month. You get to choose either either one, sometimes two. I don't select one each month, depends on what's being offered. If they look crap I don't bother.

Janet wrote: "When you're an Amazon Prime member 3 maybe 4 books are offered to you for free as a perk as of the first of each month. You get to choose either either one, sometimes two. I don't select one each..."

In its defense, sometimes they offer some pretty good books. Bird Box was one I was offered and that has been fairly popular with the GR crowd.

OK, thanks, Janet and Tom.

Hhmmm. Bird Box not my kind of box but yes there was a lot of buzz about it.

Christine wrote: "3 bucks for all this??? Where in TN is this sale and how often do they have it?"

It was just over the border in NC. This church had their first sale last summer. It was pretty awesome. They do it once a year. Last year by 8am there were 100 people on line….this year there was 500. It was very very crowded. Not too many books though. That's how I ended up with all the Taste of Home magazines. I love to cook and bake:)

Just got these two from the library

and


Pleased as i was going to buy these at some point.

NICE, Kim!!!

Just came back from the bookstore (it feels great just to be there after 4 months), i came home with the book i had in mind, "Needful Things" by Stephen King :D I really loved the idea of the book, a new store opens in a small town, people can find there the things they want at a low price, but the owner ask every customer to do a small thing. And appearently there going to be big consequences in this city. I will read it as soon as i finish "the Shining" then i will post a review.