Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

I'm brushing up on my Dale Brown - not to be confused with Dan Brown. Techno-thriller stuff, heavy on military materiel and jargon, but less politics-focused than Clancy.

I've reread Night of the Hawk (Patrick McLanahan #2) several times, can't find a nice paperback #3, so I'm gonna continue with book #4 onwards. Just a few dozen to go ...

Igor

Binary Storm by Christopher Hinz is a SF adventure, a prequel to his Paratwa trilogy that was written & should be read afterward. It fills in some gaps & I really liked it. I was a bit surprised since often such additions are a let down. This wasn't. I gave it a 4 star review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean and gave it 4 stars. I'll save my specific thoughts for the book discussion next month.

I'm currently reading Armor by John Steakley which is a military-SF book with some long and exciting combat action sequences.

It's time for the May/June 2018 Featured Member-Author Group Read Nominations.

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Just started: "Day of the Cheetah" by Dale Brown:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

Classic, formulaic, cliche, good.

It's very similar to the second book in the series, Night of the Hawk (the first one was added AFTER the second, and I never got to read the third).

We have a Russian deep-cover agent impersonating an American top-shot pilot in order to get a hand of Area 51 spy stuff aircraft technology. In NoTH, we had an American pilot captured by the Soviets and brainwashed to think he's Russian, and of course, there's a state-of-art plane there, as well!

It's been 20 years since I've read some of the books in this series, and it's time to start fresh. Simple, straightforward action, like everything made in the 80s.

Igor

It's time for our Random Read June Group Read Nominations. Drop by before May 18th to make a selection for the book you'd like us to read in June!

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I'm reading The Driver. It's more action thriller than adventure, but it's very well-written and very entertaining. The Driver

Igor wrote: "I'm brushing up on my Dale Brown - not to be confused with Dan Brown. Techno-thriller stuff, heavy on military materiel and jargon, but less politics-focused than Clancy.

I've reread Night of the ..."

Try either .epub or audiobooks to fill in the gaps.

The June Random Read group read poll is up. It will closeon May 27th:

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Actually, I'm writing my fourth novel.

I still do a lot of reading but it's mostly to find out what other authors are doing so I can make my book better.

Hello all, I just started reading Diamond Roulette and so far it has my attention! I will update once I finish the book

Leslye wrote: "Hello all, I just started reading Diamond Roulette and so far it has my attention! I will update once I finish the book"

This book sounds intriguing...Looking forward to hearing what you think once you are finished reading it.

I finished


March Violets by Philip Kerr

a terrific detective novel which is set in 1936 Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party as the Olympic Games are about to begin. The mystery part is good but when you add the vivid historical setting it really puts the story over the top, I gave it 5 stars.

I recently read:
The Chalk Man
The Girl With All the Gifts
Noir
The Call of Cthulhu

Now I'm reading The Outsider.

Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand.

Finished Day of the Cheetah. 'Twas good.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Igor

Just finished The Titan's Curse on audio and I started The Promise. The audiobooks are a life-saver. I'm so busy with stuff that I don't always have time to open a book. I listen to lots of audios instead.

I am hurriedly reading the first INCOGNITO: Life on the Lam novella because the second one INCOGNITO: The Honey Trap was just released. Life on the Lam has gotten a bunch of FIVE star reviews. Both are only 99 cents each.


http://adamjames.blackdogebooks.com/

The August group read nominations thread is open. Drop by and make a suggestion by July 18th.

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I recently finished The Outsider and A Head Full of Ghosts. I liked them both.

Now I'm reading Dolores Claiborne.

The September group read nomination thread is open. Drop by and make a suggestion for the Femme Fatale book you'd like to read in September by August 10th:

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The Nomination thread is now up for the September/October Featured Member-Author Group Read:

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The September Femme Fatale Group Read Poll is up. Drop in and vote by August 18th!

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The Killing Kind is the literary analog to stock footage. That said, the author cut the clips together really well, producing a killer-killing-killers story that's highly familiar but still entertaining for the time it takes to read it. Empty calories? Sure, but they go down easy. Two and a half stars rounded up to three.

Read the full review here.

We're ready to select our October group read theme. Drop by the discussion thread and make your suggestion before September 8th, when the poll will go up.

October 2018 Group Read Theme Nominations

I just started In Cold Blood it's been on my to be read for some time..like hundreds of other books.

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "I just started In Cold Blood it's been on my to be read for some time..like hundreds of other books."

I understand...For every one book I read, I add 100 to my tbr pile!

True. I've said before I asked God to let me stay around till I caught up on my TBR List, but since I keep adding to it (usually I add more than I finish in a given period of time) it's probably not a reasonable request...

Mike (the Paladin) wrote: "True. I've said before I asked God to let me stay around till I caught up on my TBR List, but since I keep adding to it (usually I add more than I finish in a given period of time) it's probably no..."

It's a nice idea though!

I really enjoyed so I am continuing on with the second in the series

I'm reading The Cartel by Don Winslow

This series can't be beat, I'm sure. Just finished book 3 and it was absolutely gripping.

Just finished by Myke Cole

Book two in the Shadow Ops series. This is a series that I discovered here in our AAA group and it is becoming one of my favorites. Can't wait to read the next in the series.

I enjoyed the first Shadow Ops series as well, Lisa. As you and Mike have said, there are too many books.

I finished Watchmen, which was actually an assigned read for my class. My first time reading it.

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I recently finished Dolores Claiborne and The Manitou.

Now, I'm about half way through Sacré Bleu.

I recently finished Term Limits by Vince Flynn and First Family by David Baldacci. I am listening to The Sixth Man by David Baldacci and reading Brief Cases by Jim Butcher.

Leslie's series is faaaan-tastic! Check it out!

The Battle Begins

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Where You'll Find Me: Risks, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova by Ty Gagne.

I recently read Sacré Bleu, Abarat, and The Haunting of Hill House.

I think I'm going to read Insomnia now.

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I am reading Night Fall (John Corey, #3) by Nelson DeMille, Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2) by Neal Shusterman, and The Silent Corner (Jane Hawk, #1) by Dean Koontz.

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