Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

I just went and you can come out of your fortified bunker now...all clear.

Eileen wrote: "I just went and you can come out of your fortified bunker now...all clear."

Sure I can (Said the spider (black widow?) to the fly)... I'll be right out. (after I do some work around the house...(sigh) I'm healing to fast.

Fine...be that way. You get "fluttering eyelashes from a caricature, and you get weak in the knees! :)

Oh, wow, what a genius here...Hey! Dude-eronomy! Gi-irl.

(imagine the Girl sing song like.... okay, it was funnier in my head. Give me a minute I'm sortin Laundry here! )

Hate to interrupt...

Lee...

*fluttering eyelashes*

but that was my fluttering eyelash thing right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwfmbX...

My swan song.

Hugh (The other Hugh) wrote: "but that was my fluttering eyelash thing right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwfmbX...

My swan song."


Of course...

I started The Rook today. I hope it's as good as Pawn.

You guys are funny! lol

Just finished Blind Pursuit by Michael Prescott. Fast read...I couldn't find a place that I wanted to stop. Lots of plat twists with good character development. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading about serial killers, psychotics, and general disruption of peoples lives.

I am getting ready to start ready Lethal People. I think I saw were one of you just finished this book.

I did, there's a review.

Nancy wrote: "Just finished Blind Pursuit by Michael Prescott. Fast read...I couldn't find a place that I wanted to stop. Lots of plat twists with good character development. I would recommend this book to a..."

And I'll have to put this on my TBR now.

Alice wrote: "I started The Rook today. I hope it's as good as Pawn."

You won't be disapointed if you liked the first book. I didn't like this one as much as I did the third and fourth, in the series (fifth coming out soon!)

I like his adopted daughter, especially when she's interacting (or interfering) with Patrick. (He kind of needs her to look more like a human and less like a grumpy old monk waiting meet God. She's the most interesting character in the bunch in my opinion. (Though her and Patrick have a symbiotic relationship that probably means neither would look interesting without the other for very long.)

I am enjoying it so far Hugh. That's one of the things I liked so much about The Pawn- Patrick isn't a typical character by most definitions. Makes for a more interesting read.

Alice wrote: "I am enjoying it so far Hugh. That's one of the things I liked so much about The Pawn- Patrick isn't a typical character by most definitions. Makes for a more interesting read."

Yea and when I read about him and (why can't I remember the girl's name, she's one of my favorite Characters in the Series!)his daughter, creatively put together in the only way something like that would have worked.

I can't wait for "Queen" (which may actually be out already, but, not in Kindle format (DARN IT!).

Between his daughter, his "Profiler" (yea, those are expressed as "finger Quotes") and the other women in his life, it makes you wonder if this guy was raised around women.)

Nancy wrote: "Just finished Blind Pursuit by Michael Prescott. Fast read...I couldn't find a place that I wanted to stop. Lots of plat twists with good character development. I would recommend this book to a..."

You make it sound so irresistible, Nancy! :)

His daughter's name is Tessa or, as he calls her, Raven.

Alice wrote: "His daughter's name is Tessa or, as he calls her, Raven."

That's her! Man... you saved me from one of those "Catch 22 Moments" where I walk around mumbling "I'll remember that girls name before I look it up in the book if it's the last thing I do. HEY, You Kids! Get out of my YARD!" It almost switched me to grumpy old man mode.

Nancy wrote: "Just finished Blind Pursuit by Michael Prescott. Fast read...I couldn't find a place that I wanted to stop. Lots of plat twists with good character development. I would recommend this book to a..."

I'm so behind on things I want to read and I keep finding MORE! Thank you Nancy!

Hugh (The other Hugh) wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Just finished Blind Pursuit by Michael Prescott. Fast read...I couldn't find a place that I wanted to stop. Lots of plat twists with good character development. I would recommend ..."

I have a list a mile long of want to reads. And seem to add more daily...LOL

Hugh (The other Hugh) wrote: "Alice wrote: "His daughter's name is Tessa or, as he calls her, Raven."

That's her! Man... you saved me from one of those "Catch 22 Moments" where I walk around mumbling "I'll remember that girls..."

Lately my memory is running about a day behind. I keep remembering names or titles about a day after I bring it into conversation.

About those kids...I guess since I'm the person in my neighborhood screaming at the kids that makes me a grumpy old man...huh. Who knew.

It explains so much.

Up next...

Alice wrote: "Hugh (The other Hugh) wrote: "Alice wrote: "His daughter's name is Tessa or, as he calls her, Raven."

That's her! Man... you saved me from one of those "Catch 22 Moments" where I walk around mumb..."

There's a little bit of the Great Crumudgeon in all of us. It just needs a voice to come out.

My pastor warns me not to become the old man on the block who keeps the kid's ball when it lands in his yard. So far, I'm not. But then we don't have a lot of kids in this neighborhood.

I guess I'll find out how many on Halloween.

I bet your like the guy in "Sand Lot." with the big dog in the back yard.

Noooo....but I'd consider it.

Just finished reading Lethal People by John Locke. Great read. I found it amusing that their "headquarters" was in Bedford, VA. That is a really small town about 30 miles from where I live. I can't quite image their being any kind of "secret" headquarters anywhere in Bedford....LOL>

I was born in Bedford.

Did you like the book?

Reading Sheepfarmer's Daughter for fantasy and On Basilisk Station for science fiction. Basilisk Station is reminding me a little of the videogame Mass Effect so far, not the story but the atmosphere. I'm expecting some action/adventure elements from this one. And I like Sheepfarmer's Daughter more than I thought I would.

What impresses me about this is that John Locke is still alive! He was born in 1632!

Lol. I was thinking the bald dude from Lost wrote a book. :)

By the way Traci...I suspect you know how highly I recommend Sheepfarmer's Daughter. LOL

Really you do? I had no idea. Lol. You're actually the reason I'm reading it.

LOL. I love those books. I just re-read them.

You know, my library only has one of the Locke, Donovan Creed books and it's a later one so i don't want to start there. Maybe I'll break down and try them later.

Since most of them are cheap on the kindle $0.99 or so. I got all-a lot of them.

One of the reviews I read on Lethal People, included an interview with John Locke. He is actually a very interesting guy.

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "My pastor warns me not to become the old man on the block who keeps the kid's ball when it lands in his yard. So far, I'm not. But then we don't have a lot of kids in this neighborhood.

I guess I'..."

You're lucky Mike. We're one of only two houses on our street with no kids. Our immediate neighbors kids think it's okay to leave bikes, scooters, balls, etc. in our driveway, yard or front porch. So I've started either throwing their stuff out or giving it to friends with kids.

Some of them also like shooting pellet guns at our cat. It's easy to be the 'mean old man' on the street.

Yikes, I'd turn into Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino."

I shoot pellet guns...but not at cats. I live in Metro Nashville, so air guns are the only legal target option I have.

Ween I first moved here there were kids playing across our lawn (no big deal really, my jokes aside). They seem to have moved (though if this were a "B horror" movie something else might be afoot, dum,dum,dum). Anyway...the only kids who live close now are like a block away. The only problem I know of is my daughter says they're bad to just run out into the street.

Hugh (The other Hugh) wrote: "I was born in Bedford.

Did you like the book?"

Hugh I did like the book. Donovan Creed was an awesome character such a bad good guy. It was another one of those books that I couldn't put down. Just had to finish it.

Nancy wrote: "Hugh (The other Hugh) wrote: "I was born in Bedford.

Did you like the book?"

Hugh I did like the book. Donovan Creed was an awesome character such a bad good guy. It was another one of those bo..."

I liked it too. The good guys were a little badder than I'm used to, but something about them was endearing. I'm glad you liked it. If your a Kindle person, ten bucks and you can get all of them for your kindle (lots of Donovan Creed books.)

Hugh I am a Kindle person. Love my kindle. That's funny that you were born in Bedford. I was born in Eagle Rock. How's that for coincidence. I will check into the other Creed books.

I've got family of family all through Craig county and my uncle lives in Roanoke.

Hugh it is really a small world...LOL> I live in Vinton.

WHen I was born, my father was the Minister of the First Christian Church of Bedford in the early 1960s. He's moved on to other things. We moved to Johnstown PA when I was 3 or 4. I'm not sure of all the names of places. I've visited my Uncle several times.

Currently reading Grimspace. Me/here/now point of view expirement isn't my favorite (First Person plus present tense). The story is good and Jax is a tough cookie. I'm enjoying it. I'd like to have seen her do as JA Konrath did with his "ebook" when he wrote a Jack Daniel's story that jumped to different places in time. Konrath included a copy (on the Kindle Version) that had everything follow a linier timeline and in proper order for those who wanted to read it.

I liked the original version, but having the choice was nice.

The books edgy (in a good way) but reminds me of that movie Molly Ringworld made with Peter Fonda and Micheal Ironside. (Not a fair comparison mind you, but that's what keeps coming in my head as I read/listen to it.

It's a fun read so far. Even with the Me-here-now point of view.

Oh, yea, and "Queen" is now availible on Kindle and I have it! (Patrick Bowers series). The Queen: A Patrick Bowers Thriller Oh, yeah.

Enjoy! I am loving The Rook so far.

Good. I'm going to have to create two new shelves. the TBR-Priority shelf, (those in the cue to move into read books and the "Hot BOOK, comin' through" pile for jumping books to the head of the waiting line.