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29 posts tagged with "thriller"

Creation Lake — 30 December, 2024

Creation Lake was a shortlist finalist for the Booker Prize which has become one of my go-to sources of great reading. I have read maybe…

The Devil by Name — 17 November, 2024

After reading Fever House I knew that I would need to read The Devil by Name which is the sequel. Like nearly all sequels, the most novel…

Fever House — 12 November, 2024

I heard about Fever House from a NYT Book Review podcast episode about favorite horror books from a couple famous horror authors. Joe Hill…

The Talented Mr. Ripley — 16 April, 2021

I am really glad I decided to read The Talented Mr. Ripley. I was thinking that I had seen the movie but after reading it I don't think I…

Black List — 26 March, 2021

Black List is yet another Scot Harvath novel by Brad Thor. It was still fun to read but they keep getting worse. This was did quite a bit of…

Full Black — 22 January, 2021

Full Black is the next installment in the Scot Harvath series by Brad Thor. I have read all of them so far. They are pretty much all the…

The Athena Project — 14 June, 2020

The Athena Project is the next installment in the Scot Harvath series by Brad Thor. Once again not much to talk about. I like these books, I…

The Silent Wife — 04 March, 2019

Taya had a book club with some friends, and for some reason they decided to read The Silent Wife. As we share Kindle books, I decided to…

Foreign Influence — 17 February, 2019

Foreign Influence is the next entry in the Scot Harvath series from Brad Thor. An indulgent page turner from the get go, this one falls in…

In a Dark, Dark Wood — 31 January, 2019

In the same general genre as Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, In a Dark, Dark Wood is a thriller with some violence and a few twists and…

The Apostle — 09 December, 2018

The Apostle is book eight in the Scot Harvath series by Brad Thor. Not much to say about this one, it was about on par with the other books…

Heart-Shaped Box — 30 October, 2018

I enjoyed all the other Joe Hill books I have read so far, and Heart-Shaped Box is no exception. This was a engaging and actually somewhat…

The Last Patriot — 29 August, 2018

The Last Patriot is the next installment in the Scot Harvath series after The First Commandment. Not much to say here, the books in this…

The Shining — 12 July, 2018

The Shining is yet another Stephen King book that made it on to my list. I have seen the movie more than a few times over my life but never…

Artemis — 06 April, 2018

From the author of The Martian, Artemis is a great heist story set on the moon in the future. Once again he strikes just the right balance…

Dark Matter — 15 March, 2018

In trying to keep the sources of my books diverse I pull from some lists periodically just to keep an eye on what other people are reading…

The First Commandment — 31 December, 2017

Yet another Scot Harvath book from Brad Thor, The First Commandment was just as good as the rest. These books are a bit of my guilty reading…

The Cartel — 30 November, 2017

The Cartel is the sequel to Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog which blew me away when I read it in January of last year. I immediately put…

The Lost Codex — 18 December, 2015

After reading a few of the Scot Harvath books by Brad Thor, Amazon recommended The Lost Codex which is part of the OPSIG series by Alan…

The Grownup — 16 December, 2015

Gillian Flynn has proven to be one of my favorite authors. I have yet to read something by her that I did not like. This short story, The…

Takedown — 10 December, 2015

I just finished Takedown, which is book 5 in Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series. These books take me less than 24 hours to put down, mostly…

Blowback — 03 November, 2015

Blowback is book four in Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series. I am not sure why I am sometimes able to suspend disbelief and sometimes I am…

Pretty Girls — 29 October, 2015

Since I am back on the reading train, I went all in and plowed through Pretty Girls, which I decided to check out after an Amazon…

State of the Union — 09 July, 2015

I decided to put State of the Union on my reading list after reading a couple of the other Scot Harvath books. I have to say the first two…

Path of the Assassin — 16 June, 2015

After reading The Lions of Lucerne, I really wanted to read more about Scot Harvath, so I followed up with the second book in the series…

Dark Places — 25 May, 2015

This is the last of Gillian Flynn's books that I needed to read. I read them nonchronologically, reading Gone Girl first, then Sharp Objects…

The Girl on the Train — 17 May, 2015

The Amazon lists of top books seems to be a bit hit or miss with me, but more hit than miss. The Girl on the Train is definitely a hit on…

The Lions of Lucerne — 24 February, 2015

I have always liked thrillers like Rainbow Six and The Bourne Identity, so when I heard about the Scot Harvath series, I decided to through…

I Am Pilgrim — 19 January, 2015

Focus is one of the attributes that I like most about myself. It allows me to drop out of the rest of the world and engross myself in a book…

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