A Good Thriller discussion

My last 5 book acquisitions:

Back to War by C.G. Cooper - Kindle Daily Deal

Bitch Planet, Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick - Kindle

Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James - Overdrive Kindle

Anarchy Found by J.A. Huss - Kindle

The X-Files: Trust No One by Jonathan Maberry - Audible Daily Deal

My library bookstore has half priced books on Wednesdays. So I bought 6 paperbacks for $1.00.










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So I took my mom to the mall, and I thought: there is a bookstore here, and I m waiting for my mom anyway... So I went home with "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King because the movie trailer was really intriguing and because it s Stephen King! , and "Treasure Island" by Stevenson. I picked the second one because I used to watch the cartoon when I was a kid and it was amazing , I want to live the experience again.

Aymen wrote: "So I took my mom to the mall, and I thought: there is a bookstore here, and I m waiting for my mom anyway... So I went home with "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King because the movie trailer was really ..."

Wow! That was a pretty good trade! I hope your dad wasn't too upset. ;>)

Lol Jean I wouldn't trade my mom for nothing in this world, I would stop reading if she ask me to (crazy right?)

Aymen wrote: "Lol Jean I wouldn't trade my mom for nothing in this world, I would stop reading if she ask me to (crazy right?)"

If that happened I would know it wasn't really my mom. She's the one who turned me on to Shakespeare and even Giovanni Boccaccio.

Your mother did great Tom by sharing her love of reading with you. For me my father was the reader in the family, we read the same books sometimes.

Aymen wrote: "So I took my mom to the mall, and I thought: there is a bookstore here, and I m waiting for my mom anyway... So I went home with "Bag of Bones" by Stephen King because the movie trailer was really ..."

You mean the Disney movie Treasure Planet?

No Amber I mean this japanease anime
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=saVsdLM...

I purchased Orphan X last week and regret buying it digitally. At least I could give away a physical book, or donate/sell it. I've tried getting into it but (to me!) it's annoying. It's like reading a screenplay: "he walked around the table", "he held the door open". Even the scene components are laid out as if you're watching from the audience. Actions are placed jarringly in different places/areas without transitions/flow, as if the curtain should fall and be lifted to another set. I feel halted at every sentence.
I'm going to keep trying at it, since I paid for it, but I don't know if I'll make it through. :-/

So, instead, I'm reading "Deadly Messengers" for our group!

Aymen wrote: "No Amber I mean this japanease anime
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=saVsdLM..."

Added to my Playlist #1

Great Amber I hope you enjoy it

Dunno. I have 5 playlists. Two of which are dedicated to Halloween and Christmas. Currently on video #201 of 254 on Playlist #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDOKw...

I have done really well. I downloaded two books that I have been waiting for to go on sale:
Trail of Broken Wings
and
The Perfect Son



And then…I stopped at two thrift stores today. One had 25 cent books which I thought was good but the other one had 10 cent books which was better. For $2.20 I got:

The Time Traveler's Wife
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Finding Laura Buggs
Eat, Pray, Love
One Summer
The Last Time They Met
Spider Bones
The Poisonwood Bible
The Blind Side
Caught
Cannery Row
and
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind(this is for a friend)

Lisa: What a haul. I have read Unbroken which is a great book. I also have read Caught which I also enjoyed. After reading Seabiscuit, you should rent the movie. It was really good.

Rhonda wrote: "Lisa: What a haul. I have read Unbroken which is a great book. I also have read Caught which I also enjoyed. After reading Seabiscuit, you should rent the movie. It was really good."

Thanks Rhonda.

Lisa wrote: "I have done really well. I downloaded two books that I have been waiting for to go on sale:
Trail of Broken Wings
and
The Perfect Son

I loved Cannery Row Lisa.


And then…I stopped at two th..."

I have to stop buying books, oh look, a bookstore! I just bought "Sisters" by Patricia MacDonald, and "Now you see her" by James Patterson, plus a tunisian book called "the Geopolitics of Blood" . with all the other books I haven t read yet, I think I really should stop buying books for maybe 4 months, or at least try...

Aymen wrote: "I have to stop buying books, oh look, a bookstore! I just bought "Sisters" by Patricia MacDonald, and "Now you see her" by James Patterson, plus a tunisian book called "the Geopolitics of Blood" . ..."

At least stop buying Patterson.

Hehe! Never read one. Don't really intend to. :)

Lol Tom, I wasn t planning to but, book shopping don t go as I plan most of the time. But I ve read one Patterson "Kill Me if you Can" , and I liked the book. But I m a weirdo so...

Aymen wrote: "Lol Tom, I wasn t planning to but, book shopping don t go as I plan most of the time. But I ve read one Patterson "Kill Me if you Can" , and I liked the book. But I m a weirdo so..."

Reading one Patterson won't kill you but his books are so formulaic that if you have read one, you may as well have read them all.

Lol I get it Tom. I hope this one is a little different than the other one.

Tom wrote: "Aymen wrote: "I have to stop buying books, oh look, a bookstore! I just bought "Sisters" by Patricia MacDonald, and "Now you see her" by James Patterson, plus a tunisian book called "the Geopolitic..."

Ha Ha Ha Tom! You funny.

Lisa wrote: "I have done really well. I downloaded two books that I have been waiting for to go on sale:
Trail of Broken Wings
and
The Perfect Son

Wow, Lisa. You really know how to hall them in. I, too, picked up Trail of Broken Wings. And, I also found Steinbeck's Cannery Row to be a very good book.

And then…I stopped at two th..."

I'm seeing a lot of favourable stuff about David Videcettte's book, The Thesus Paradox. I've just downloaded it and am hoping it's going to live up to the hype! :)

Oh, and it's on offer until Monday. 99p folks!

Tammy wrote: "I purchased Orphan X last week and regret buying it digitally. At least I could give away a physical book, or donate/sell it. I've tried getting into it but (to me!) it's annoying. It's like readin..."

Thanks for your input, I'll remove this from my tbr file.
Joann

Beside Myself by Ann Morton

Marilyn: In the Flash

The last 5 books I've acquired:

The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici by Elizabeth Lev - Amazon Kindle
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - Overdrive MP3
The Hollow by Nora Roberts - Overdrive Kindle
Amber Beach by Elizabeth Lowell - Overdrive Kindle
The Wicked Wallflower by Maya Rodale - Overdrive MP3

I downloaded this earlier today. I got in on high recommendation from a good friend. Sounds like a very hard hitting read but it got me intrigued. I'm going to exercise caution because I may end up hating it.

Break Her

The last 5 books I have acquired are:

A Lost Lady by Willa Cather - Kindle

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd - Overdrive Kindle

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan - Overdrive MP3

A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands - Overdrive Kindle

Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway - Kindle

Went to Sam's this afternoon and ended up buying two favorite magazine AND Karin Slaughter's "Broken". It's a Will Trent book --- and I love me some Will Trent!!!!!

Went to Sam's this afternoon and ended up buying two favorite magazine AND Karin Slaughter's "Broken". It's a Will Trent book --- and I love me some Will Trent!!!!!

Whoops.........was trying to make correction........and off my post went.
Sorry!!!!

Just bought The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald for 99p. Amazon currently has a Spring sale on. The Ice Twins is on offer too if anyone hasn't read it yet. Check out the sale. :)

Suckered again!!! Was rushing at Sam's.......knew the cover of the book was new to me........saw "Cop Town".........mentioned on the cover and ASSUMED the book was new. Have read this one years ago. Gave it a 5 then.
Will just pass on to my daughter. Grrrrrrrr made at me for making the mistake........hating it when "the powers that be" do this.
I should have moved slower and been smarter!!!!

I just bought You Can Run by one of our own authors Greg Smith. Looking forward to starting it.

Just ordered Angela Marsons new book, out soon

Last 5 books that I have acquired:

On the Road with Del and Louise: A Novel in Stories by Art Taylor - Kindle

Sea Storm by Christine Feehan - Overdrive Kindle

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie - Overdrive Kindle

[bookcover :After I Do|18775359]After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Overdrive Kindle

The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate

Often I forget to add now. I guess mainly as I now don't go to the shops to physically buy the books.

Just press a button and on the kindle !

Often free through Book Bub or Net Galley or the author.

But did buy today

NEW Victor book from Tom Wood " A Time to Die"

and John Gilstrap... No Mercy

The last 5 books I've acquired:

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael Tougias - Overdrive Kindle

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt - Overdrive Kindle

Fake ID by Lamar Giles - Kindle

'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick - Library Hardcover Edition

Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld - Library Hardcover Edition

Just bought these two books, one of my favourite authors, and a new author, I can't wait!
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Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Scoreless Thai by Lawrence Block
Hit and Run by Lawrence Block

Marwan wrote: " Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
The Daughter of Time by [author:Josephine Tey|4402..."

Wow! Great choices!

Last 5 books I have acquired:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke -- Overdrive Kindle

Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling -- Overdrive Kindle

The Girl from Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux -- Library Book

The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke -- Library Book

Snake Skin by C.J. Lyons -- Library Book

Unspeakable On Audio through Audible.
since I am still the last poster, I am adding: Lie In Wait and Shark Attacks: Terrifying True Accounts Of Shark Attacks Worldwide I bought the latter because it was cheap sitting out there by the register when I was in line at Walmart. I always like to read about animal attacks and survivors and not.

today I bought "Dr Sleep" by Stephen King, I can't wait to read it and see how Dany grew up as an adult, and if he has things in common with his father Jack Torrance. I like the fact that there are 40 years between the two books, more than my age.

Received a delicious book in today's mail ------ The Killing Kind by Chris Holm.
Anxious to finish my latest book.........and then start this one. It looks like a great break.

(Jean and Christine) I am actually working in the hooking room today. I wish you could see the piles and piles of wool in front of me. Wish you two were here to help fold!!!!! I am color sorting.

I need a glass of wine!!!!!!! No, make that a bottle!!!!

Just picked up the follow up to Andrew Barrett's remarkable The Third Rule, Black by Rose for only 99 cents!! Woo-hoo!!