A Good Thriller discussion

This thread is where you can chat about all things PIFM, ask questions and once books have been read, review your selected reads. A complete free for all.

PLEASE NOTE:

PIFM is meant to be FUN and not to be taken seriously. I would appreciate it if all participants just chilled and not get worked up about voting, who votes, who doesn't, etc. Please bear in mind that some will just want to vote, many don't come on everyday and most of us have time constraints. I just want a relaxed approach to it all and for you all to just enjoy the process! I'd really appreciate your courtesy in this matter. Many thanks.

Wrong thread Kirsten. :)

Oh, dear. My only excuse is that I got to a sad part of TFIOS and was not thinking clearly.

Kirsten wrote: "Oh, dear. My only excuse is that I got to a sad part of TFIOS and was not thinking clearly."

Lol
So funny!

Hello everyone,
just wanted to let you know I'm back. I followed some of the discussions over the last month and have to admit I missed you all.

Agnieszka wrote: "Hello everyone,
just wanted to let you know I'm back. I followed some of the discussions over the last month and have to admit I missed you all."

Great to see you! You were missed!

I’m glad that your back Agnieszka and lol I love when people make mistakes Kirsten lol

Welcome back Agnieszka. I have been gone too while in the process of moving and getting our wifi hooked up. Also, my computer and mouse has been acting up so posting my books this month was difficult. I believe I have it corrected now.

I hope your move went well Patricia

Agnieszka wrote: "Hello everyone,
just wanted to let you know I'm back. I followed some of the discussions over the last month and have to admit I missed you all."

Welcome back Agnieszka!

Welcome back, Agnieszka!! Hope everything is well in your part of the world, considering you're closer to the Ukraine than I am .

Wow! It's neck and neck between Dark Voyage and Bangkok Tattoo! Not like last month where Fault in Our Stars won in a landslide!

Christine wrote: "I hope your move went well Patricia"

I have collected way too many things over the years. There are still boxes to open. Have discovered goodies that I had totally forgotten I had owned. Moving is quite an adventure.

Welcome back! I am a little late but have voted.

Hope everyone has a great March.

Kirsten wrote: "Welcome back, Agnieszka!! Hope everything is well in your part of the world, considering you're closer to the Ukraine than I am ."

I'm getting some bits and pieces of information but all in all am avoiding news for almost two years now. I try to concentrate on the more uplifting aspects and living in central Germany the war is far away there're no immediate effects on us yet. I hope it will stay this way and the people of Ukraine will vanquish this attempt on their freedom soon.

Kirsten wrote: "Wow! It's neck and neck between Dark Voyage and Bangkok Tattoo! Not like last month where Fault in Our Stars won in a landslide!"

I have two of those as well. Fałszerz (The Deceiver) and The Truth Teller changed positions three times already. I'm curious which one will win.

Welcome Sarah,

you've done it well. If you want to vote for others' books you can do it in the thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... though you don't have to if you'd rather take it slow in the beginning. You'll find there what we picked for you as well.

I love the cutie in your avatar picture.

Thank you so much. I hope to work it all out I’m not the best with technology

Sarah wrote: "Thank you so much. I hope to work it all out I’m not the best with technology"

All of us had to start somewhere :-D

So I’m a little late but have put up my April list and just voted for everyone

Sue wrote: "So I’m a little late but have put up my April list and just voted for everyone"

You have some great books on your list. It was rather difficult to make a decision between my two favorites :-D

Sarah wrote: "Thank you so much. I hope to work it all out I’m not the best with technology"

Don't forget to vote, Sarah!!

I've got a 3 way tie between Hamnet, The Sanatorium and It Ends with Us if someone wouldn't mind breaking it please?

I can not change my vote. I chose It Ends with Us. Hopefully someone will change to that. It was so good!

Vicki Willis wrote: "I can not change my vote. I chose It Ends with Us. Hopefully someone will change to that. It was so good!"

Because of such a strong recommendation I changed my vote to It Ends with Us now.

That IS a strong recommendation. I'm currently reading Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover and forgot how much I enjoy her books so I'm looking forward to reading It Ends with Us!

It Ends With Us was really good, but my favorite of hers is still November 9!

I just finished reading the second choice pick, Quilt City Murders. I just couldn't wait since I just moved to Paducah, Kentucky which is the setting for the book. The quilt week will begin here in April so the book is timely for me. The actual murderer was a complete surprise to me. I didn't come close to quessing.

I am now going to start "Easy Prey" by John Sanford which is the 1st choice. I have really enjoyed his other books so am looking forward to this one.

Kirsten wrote: "It Ends With Us was really good, but my favorite of hers is still November 9!"

I haven't read November 9th, but it is on my list. Maybe I will put it in the next voting page.

Patricia wrote: "I just finished reading the second choice pick, Quilt City Murders. I just couldn't wait since I just moved to Paducah, Kentucky which is the setting for the book. The quilt week will begin here in..."

I'm so glad you liked this book as I put in on my watch list after seeing it between your books.
Does quilting have a prominent role in this book or is it rather maginal? I'm still looking for interesting quilting themed books for the third part of the quilting challenge :-D

Agnieszka wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I just finished reading the second choice pick, Quilt City Murders. I just couldn't wait since I just moved to Paducah, Kentucky which is the setting for the book. The quilt week w..."

Yes, it is centered around the quilters in Paducah. The quilt museum houses the winners of Quilt Week and the first place winner receives $20,000. The sponsors are fabric, sewing machine, and a variety of other manufacturers. You would probably enjoy the book if you are a quilter or just like a good mystery.

Patricia wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "Patricia wrote: "I just finished reading the second choice pick, Quilt City Murders. I just couldn't wait since I just moved to Paducah, Kentucky which is the setting for the book..."

Thank you!

I still have a tie... If you haven't voted, please do!!

Can’t believe it’s nearly April!! 😳

I can't wait for April. It's my birthday month and I have just over a week off work in the run up to Easter weekend to hopefully get some R 'n' R, some home projects and do plenty of reading in the sunshine on the balcony of my new home! I've been trawling Pinterest and Tiktok for ideas on how to turn my balcony into a little oasis ready for summer :)

Sounds lovely,Sophie.

Awesome Sophie!
Everyone should have a reading oasis!

Sophie, You have given me some ideas. I love to create places to sit and read. I am planting some roses in our entry walkway so now the front porch will be a pleasant place to sit and read.

Patricia wrote: "Sophie, You have given me some ideas. I love to create places to sit and read. I am planting some roses in our entry walkway so now the front porch will be a pleasant place to sit and read."

I’ve just ordered a couple of roses which I will plant in a bed by my patio that gets the evening sun so I will have lovely scents to sit & read by. You can get roses that will grow in tubs for your balcony Sophie

Me too, Patricia. I moved from a house to an apartment in September so have lost a lot of outside space but plan to make the most of what I do have by planting things in pots. My Grandma sent me a packet of night-scented stock seeds, which she assures me smell wonderful on summer nights. I'm also going to buy maybe a jasmine plant to grow up the wall and train along the balcony rail and, of course, have some fairy lights, lanterns and comfortable seating

I've always dreamed of having a window seat.

Sophie wrote: "Me too, Patricia. I moved from a house to an apartment in September so have lost a lot of outside space but plan to make the most of what I do have by planting things in pots. My Grandma sent me a ..."

That sounds great, especially the fragrance choices. I chose only fragrant roses for my garden since I like to have some in vases in the house.

Kirsten wrote: "I've always dreamed of having a window seat."

A window seat would be amazing! I've always rather liked the idea of a rocking chair by a window or a large comfy armchair. It might be my next purchase.

The roses sound fabulous, Patricia. My home is full of daffodils at the moment, which smell lovely. I don't think I'll have room to plant roses on my balcony, unless I went for climbers - which could be a possibility...

That sounds really nice Sophie!! Lots of plants :)

Still got a tie! Dark Voyage v Bangkok Tattoo!! Help!!

Kirsten wrote: "Still got a tie! Dark Voyage v Bangkok Tattoo!! Help!!"

Sorry can't help, I'm still for Dark Voyge (even if I was willing to consider changing my vote :-D)
Worst case you could try to roll the dice (with even numbers for one of the books and odd for the other *grins*)

I'll have to dig up some dice. Haven't used them in years.

Kirsten wrote: "I'll have to dig up some dice. Haven't used them in years."

Or you use https://www.random.org/dice/?num=1 (pre-set for one die, if you want more you can change it in the address field) I got a four if that helps :-D

I finished 1 book in April and it was called Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

A bit late, but better late than never I guess! I finished Then She Was Gone

Not my favourite Lisa Jewell but a good read. I think I read too many of hers in a row.

Finally finished my April book late last night.

Fałszerz=The Deceiver by Frederick Forsyth 3* 6/1 - it wasn't one story but four interconnected by the MC set over a period of seven years (1983-1990) each with a long, slow build-up and short ending full of action (for the first three). Additional issues for me:
- much too much (unnecessary) swearing
- the publisher decided to give each of the four parts to a different translator which created four different styles - I wan't fond of the first three, the last one was ok.
Until the very end I was ambivalent with the MC, he was as much likeable as off-putting - which is realistic but not very entertaining.
I doubt I'll read another book by this author, though could be swayed if I see another one on my father's shelf (they are all Polish translation and I need all the contact with my mother tongue I can get)