Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Seems as if a lot of his earlier books had strong sci-fi elements and almost always a romance as well but most of them seemed paced like many of the thrillers I've read.

Just started I, Sniper.

Started Aprils The Gray Man...good beginning.

Just started Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich.

Janet Evonovich is supposed to have a sense of humor... is this a fun read?

She is great. I love her books and yes she has a huge sense of humor. Lulu makes me laugh out loud and that looks kind of weird when I'm in my car alone. Stephanie takes everything in stride but she has this thing of getting things blown up, especially cars. I would totally recommend her.

Cool. Since I'm out of Bubba books (Bubba and the Dead Woman) I need a good book that helps me laugh. Especially since I went from BLOOD STAINED to Swan Song.

I love both books but it's like I'm quoting Poe here.

"Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered, weak and weary over many pages of forgotton Lore, Suddenly there came a rushing, as if someone gently flushing water cross my chamber floor...only this and nothing more.

I leapt astride my motor scooter hailed by a large black bird that screamed ROTOR ROOTER! ..and away go troubles down the drain!"

Or something like that. Anyway, some comic relief will be nice. Swan Song is twisting my heart strings and makin' me cry...oops... more grumpy guy cool points gone huh? (Sorry Splitter!)

I'm just about to start reading Forever Hunger by David Salkin.

Bible Camp Bloodbath. surprisingly good so far.

I started The Judas Strain by James Rollins the other day but didn't get to read any over the weekend as I had my niece staying with me.

Finished the The Gray Man thoughts about the book to come. Also finished reading Cry Wolf and Alpha & Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf which I enjoyed. Started Taken and after finishing The Gray Man it reminded me I've been away from Joe Pike to long.

Just starting Lost in Shangri-la: The True Story of a Plane Crash into a Hidden World by Mitchell Zuckoff...a real-life adventure story!

I'v finished Swan Song and started Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia.

Swan Song was great. Loved it.

Just started The Affair. Git to love Reacher.

I just started MHI and, this is a good example of action adventure with an Urban Fantasy setting!

Owen's cool, but Julia...what a BABE! Splitter, this girl can break down a .45 cal pistol blindfolded! and she does her own gunsmithing!

That's my kind of woman there!

I might start MHI, not sure yet. So...anyone ever get stuck on what to read next? Not that I don't have plenty to choose from it's just...I'm not sure which direction to go in.

I got it from Audible.com for free with my one credit for this month!

(Yea, I'm cheap.)

I was thinking of using one of my free credits for it this month.

That's how I got it. If you want it in a Kindle format, you can buy it direct from the author (his website anyway).

It' starts fast, and it's pretty good, got a good sense of humor. Noir-gritty too.

I guess I'm in the mood for something with humor, action, a little romance, a female that could do it all and take no prisoners, kind of book. See why I have no idea what to read next, lol.

Well, Lucy Guiardino is a good character for that too, and she's the main character (or lead).

And, Monster Hunters International is fun too... I'm likin' it.

Curmudgeon wrote: "I just started MHI and, this is a good example of action adventure with an Urban Fantasy setting!

Owen's cool, but Julia...what a BABE! Splitter, this girl can break down a .45 cal pistol blindfo..."

I need to get my wife to read that. She loves to shoot, but thinks it is illegal for a woman to clean her own pistols in this state (of course, my state is weird so that moght be true...).

Splitter

Get her a nice designer cleaning kit, with all the trimmings. Maybe in a nice pastel case???? Does she like pastels? If not, you know, one in her favorite color.

The only way my wife would get into gun cleaning is if I told her it was okay to shoot at her in-laws.

....humm, frowned on in most states.

Yea, that's probably a good thing.

Besides, he in-laws would return fire. My mother is one of the best shots I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. She's from Texas.

Yep, almost as good as being from Tennessee....

Well, there is a Davy Crockett connection there.

And Sam Huston and others:
http://www.tn4me.org/article.cfm/a_id...

Tennessee and Texas were closely tied back when. No wonder Texans are good shots.

:)

Yea, but Texas...Texas is a whole other country.

And Tennessee is the home of "Country" :).

That's the truth! I try to explain it to people, but you just have to live there a while.

I've given up om the gun cleaning thing. Het last comment was, "Why? It's just going to get dirty again the next time I shoot it."

Other than that, she's perfect.

Splitter

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "And Tennessee is the home of "Country" :)."

Well, I was born in Virginia... the home of Patrick Henry, famous for saying "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!"

C.S. Splitter wrote: "That's the truth! I try to explain it to people, but you just have to live there a while.

I've given up om the gun cleaning thing. Het last comment was, "Why? It's just going to get dirty again..."

You should send her deer hunting with Bill Engvall's Wife.

and moving on in MHI #1. Still good, and about to get into something gnarly it seems.

"You're not going to shoot it!?!?!?"


By the way, ever see the movie Shooter?

"Welcome to Tennessee, patron state of shootin' stuff".

:)

I grew up in the Smokies...you never shake it.

Have you read anything else by Correia Curmudgeon?

Curmudgeon wrote: "C.S. Splitter wrote: "That's the truth! I try to explain it to people, but you just have to live there a while.

I've given up om the gun cleaning thing. Het last comment was, "Why? It's just go..."

Yeah, I don't think the coffee can would work for her either...

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "Have you read anything else by Correia Curmudgeon?"

Nope, this is my first, though I do have a copy of Hard Magic on the kindle.

Good but very different. I like everything I've read by him.

Eileen, I noticed your reading MHI #1, How are you liking it so far?

I just started Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel by Jeffrey Deaver.

Lisa, Dean Koontz Ice Bound is kind of action/adventure. It's not horror, like many of his other books. It's so long ago that I read it, I can't quite remember the plot, but I recall liking it very much. It's probably one of the first action/adventure books I ever read.

I just started Ice Hunt by James Rollins. Love his books, so am looking forward to this one.

Thanks Allison...I might have to check out Ice Bound. Hope you enjoy Ice Hunt...it was my favorite!

Finished The Judas Strain by James Rollins yesterday which I really enjoyed and started Hell Island by Matthew Reilly.

I loved the Judas Strain (of course I like the entire series). I'm with Lisa, Ice Hunt is my favorite (especially among the stand alones novels.) when it comes to Rollins.

I'm reading Monster Hunter International and so far, it's a lot of fun! (in a Buffy-esque sort of way.)

Curmudgeon wrote: "Eileen, I noticed your reading MHI #1, How are you liking it so far?"

Just getting into it and so far, so good. I can tell this will be a good one.

I have to agree on this gun cleaning thing, why? If it came in a pretty designer box, maybe? Now, my favorite type of gun to use around the house is my staple gun. One year a guy stapled christmas lights all around his house, talk about staple gun envy, lol! I do wish they made "girlie" staple guns!

Forgot to mention, I got a chuckle out of reading the founder was named Bubba! Bubba Waston wins the Masters! Gotta love anyone named Bubba!!

Yep, gotta love a guy named Bubba who likes to kill.. um... re-kill... um.. eliminated animated dead things.

I am halfway finished with The Affair and just started Private Games.