Riley Sager's Blog - Posts Tagged "books"
Read With Riley
Confession: I have always wanted to be in a book club. You know, read a book, drink some wine, have some cake and then gab about how much you loved/hated everything/nothing about said book. The problem is that no one has asked me to join one.
So I’m starting my own, dammit! Well, at least I’m going to try. Therefore I happily announce Read With Riley.
Here’s how it’s going to work: For the month of October, I’m going to read a classic creepy book I’ve never read before. I’ll announce the title on the first of the month. Those of you who want to read along can do so at your leisure. Then we all get together on Twitter at 9 p.m. EST on the last Wednesday of the month – Oct. 25th, in this case – to discuss it. The Twitter chat will last an hour and can be accessed using the hashtag #ReadWithRiley.
If enough people are interested and everything goes smoothly, it could become a monthly thing beginning Jan. 1.
I plan on keeping it mostly horror novels from the 70s and 80s, but am open to suggestions. I’ve got the perfect inaugural book already picked out: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury.
I'm not sure why I never got around to reading it. Newer, flashier books appeared, I suppose. But now it's time. I'd love it if you read along with me and joined the Twitter chat on Oct. 25th. Until then, happy reading!
So I’m starting my own, dammit! Well, at least I’m going to try. Therefore I happily announce Read With Riley.
Here’s how it’s going to work: For the month of October, I’m going to read a classic creepy book I’ve never read before. I’ll announce the title on the first of the month. Those of you who want to read along can do so at your leisure. Then we all get together on Twitter at 9 p.m. EST on the last Wednesday of the month – Oct. 25th, in this case – to discuss it. The Twitter chat will last an hour and can be accessed using the hashtag #ReadWithRiley.
If enough people are interested and everything goes smoothly, it could become a monthly thing beginning Jan. 1.
I plan on keeping it mostly horror novels from the 70s and 80s, but am open to suggestions. I’ve got the perfect inaugural book already picked out: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury.
I'm not sure why I never got around to reading it. Newer, flashier books appeared, I suppose. But now it's time. I'd love it if you read along with me and joined the Twitter chat on Oct. 25th. Until then, happy reading!
My Favorite Thrillers
It's Mystery and Thriller Week on Goodreads, which makes it the perfect time for a big, fat, juicy list.
After much soul-searching and shelf browsing and re-reading, I've compiled a list of a dozen of my favorite mysteries and thrillers. Each one of these books was a white-knuckle read for me. I couldn't put them down.
So, without further ado, here they are, in order of when they were published:
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
A stone-cold classic.
ROSEMARY'S BABY by Ira Levin
Apartment hunting has never looked so scary.
MISERY by Stephen King
Tense. Gripping. And proof that there's nothing more terrifying than writer's block.
THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt
Read this my freshman year of college, which is the absolute perfect time to read it.
THE ALIENIST by Caleb Carr
Historical suspense at its best.
TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben
This was my first visit to Coben country. I've been back many times since then.
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
It became such an over-hyped phenomenon that many people forget how much fun it was to read. I don't.
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl
I loved this book with the power of a thousand hearts.
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
And this was my first trip to Lippman country. I've also been back many times.
DARK PLACES by Gillian Flynn
Yes, GONE GIRL gets all the praise, but this one is darker and more disturbing.
DARE ME by Megan Abbott
Cheerleader noir. What more do you need?
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
A Valentine to Hitchcock lovers like me, with a wonderful, unreliably wry narrator at its center.
I know I've forgotten some, which will no doubt pop into my head in the dead of night. Still, it's an excellent list, if I do say so myself. How many have you read? And what mysteries and thrillers would you add?
After much soul-searching and shelf browsing and re-reading, I've compiled a list of a dozen of my favorite mysteries and thrillers. Each one of these books was a white-knuckle read for me. I couldn't put them down.
So, without further ado, here they are, in order of when they were published:
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
A stone-cold classic.
ROSEMARY'S BABY by Ira Levin
Apartment hunting has never looked so scary.
MISERY by Stephen King
Tense. Gripping. And proof that there's nothing more terrifying than writer's block.
THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt
Read this my freshman year of college, which is the absolute perfect time to read it.
THE ALIENIST by Caleb Carr
Historical suspense at its best.
TELL NO ONE by Harlan Coben
This was my first visit to Coben country. I've been back many times since then.
THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
It became such an over-hyped phenomenon that many people forget how much fun it was to read. I don't.
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS by Marisha Pessl
I loved this book with the power of a thousand hearts.
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
And this was my first trip to Lippman country. I've also been back many times.
DARK PLACES by Gillian Flynn
Yes, GONE GIRL gets all the praise, but this one is darker and more disturbing.
DARE ME by Megan Abbott
Cheerleader noir. What more do you need?
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn
A Valentine to Hitchcock lovers like me, with a wonderful, unreliably wry narrator at its center.
I know I've forgotten some, which will no doubt pop into my head in the dead of night. Still, it's an excellent list, if I do say so myself. How many have you read? And what mysteries and thrillers would you add?
