Shark Week discussion

I started a thread for chatting about everything not specific to books… You want to talk about the weather or you cat, this is the place… 🦈

Thanks for setting this up, Russ! Great banner!

Cathy wrote: "I started a thread for chatting about everything not specific to one book… 🦈"

Excellent idea--I love the discussion title!

I really like the banner you set up for the group as well!

Love the title. ;D
And yes, the banner is cool!

Afternoon all

If you're after some 'Non-Meg' titles...
Fathomless - Greig Beck
Hotel Megalodon - Rick Chesler
There's a graphic novel called Hook Jaw by Simon Spurrier
And of course there's the old classic, Peter Benchley's Jaws ;)

I also own but have not yet read the following, so can't vouch if they're good or bad ;)
Shark Island and Shark Beach - both by Chris Jameson
Megalodon and Megalodons - both by Eric S Brown
Thresher - Michael Cole

Happy munching, and may bits of the unlucky swimmer never stick in your teeth!

Hi Andy, thanks for the suggestions! Fathomless by Greig Beck is on my want-to-read list, but I am so overbooked at the moment, I never quite know when to read it… Thresher by Michael R. Cole sounds familiar as well, I‘ll have to take another looks.

I see you‘re reading a creature feature right now that could be right down my alley! I am not into slasher books though and some of the reviews are not promising…

I started a discussion post for those want-to-read books, feel free to head over there and add stuff!

Thanks Cathy, I'll have a look.

Heartily agree with you with slasher books, I read the occasional one but much prefer a nice scary giant creature (or swarm of creatures).

Andy wrote: "Afternoon all

If you're after some 'Non-Meg' titles...
Fathomless - Greig Beck
Hotel Megalodon - Rick Chesler
There's a graphic novel called Hook Jaw by Simon Spurrier
And of course there's the ol..."

I'm going to have to look in to Hook Jaw Volume 1.

So glad Andy is aboard!

Kathryn & Ami as well!

Cathy wrote: "I see you‘re reading a creature feature right now that could be right down my alley! I am not into slasher books though and some of the reviews are not promising..."

'Trouble at Camp Still Waters' I thought was going to be a creature feature. It has a rather large snake gliding through water towards some feet dangling off a jetty on the cover. It mentions 'enormous snake-fish, huge crabs, massive spiders and terrifying cryptids' on the back cover ... however I've read about 2/3 of the book now and it's mostly about the serial killer character haunting said camp Jason Voorhees style. There's been mention of a baby giant crab and a tentacle in a crevice, that's it. Not what I was expecting...

Ok then, pass! 😏

National Geographic & Disney have announced when SharkFest will air this year! (SharkFest mimics Shark Week but it's a month long and is supposedly more educational.) This is the tenth anniversary of the summer series.

It starts July 10, 2022, and runs for four weeks.

https://whatsondisneyplus.com/nationa...

https://people.com/pets/sharkfest-202...

I hope it will be on the German version of Disney+ too (we do not always get the same stuff and/or at the same time, see Netflix and Prime too).

I have started reading Thresher but set it aside because the writing is so clumsy. Does anyone know if it gets better and is worth persisting with?

Currently reading Zombie Sharks with Metal Teeth and was surprised to see that it's a short-story collection, not a novel as I was led to expect. It's good but still waiting to spot a zombie shark with metal teeth!

Fishface wrote: "I have started reading Thresher but set it aside because the writing is so clumsy. Does anyone know if it gets better and is worth persisting with?"

I wanted to read it but several people have commented on the writing style so I never did.

Fishface wrote: "I have started reading Thresher but set it aside because the writing is so clumsy. Does anyone know if it gets better and is worth persisting with?

Currently reading [book:Zombie S..."

I read it and liked it. The second half better than the first apparently. But I don't really remember at this point if it had anything to do with the writing.

Just had a look, apparently Shark Week 2023 begins on Tuesday, July 11th, and ends on Tuesday, July 18th.

Cathy wrote: "Just had a look, apparently Shark Week 2023 begins on Tuesday, July 11th, and ends on Tuesday, July 18th."

News we can use!

Cathy wrote: "Just had a look, apparently Shark Week 2023 begins on Tuesday, July 11th, and ends on Tuesday, July 18th."

Oh cool, good to know! Thanks for letting us know. *scribbles it into the calendar*

Nice. Thanks, Cathy! :)

Just spotted this at Pinterest

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fresh in: they actually filmed a sequel to MEG: htt ps: //ww w.imdb.com/video/vi292209689/?listId=...

Is the link broken on purpose?

Yes, because GR doesn't allow the full link for whatever reason. *sighs*

Didn‘t work though even with taking out the gaps, the rest of the link was missing… here is the trailer I just watched, looks like fun:
https://youtu.be/dG91B3hHyY4

Looks Like the same.

👍 The movie could always be worse than the book, but I doubt it. 😂 I will watch it, when it comes to a streaming service near me…

This will be atrociously bad, I'm sure. Yeah, let's watch it.

But so bad, it'll probably be HIGHLY entertaining. *lol*

Trish wrote: "But so bad, it'll probably be HIGHLY entertaining. *lol*"

I concur

Cathy wrote: "Just had a look, apparently Shark Week 2023 begins on Tuesday, July 11th, and ends on Tuesday, July 18th."

Thanks, Cathy! If anybody has new ideas for what to read this year, drop 'em over at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....

Then I can make polls for a couple rounds of voting.

The official Shark Week 2023 dates have been announced! It's later than initially expected, launching Sunday, July 23.

https://www.discovery.com/shark-week/

That‘s a partial overlap with Dewey‘s Readathon, at least at the beginning.

THE SHARK IS BROKEN!

https://twitter.com/SharkOnBroadway/s...

Fishface wrote: "THE SHARK IS BROKEN!

https://twitter.com/SharkOnBroadway/s..."

I had no idea such a play existed! Are you going to see it?

Shark Week is coming...

Do we have a definite date yet?

Trish wrote: "Do we have a definite date yet?"

IMDB says July 7th

https://m.imdb.com/news/ni64589583/?r...

Oh goodie! I should be able to watch as of July 8. Yay! Thanks for the link (AND HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT WORK HERE ON GR???).

Public service announcement: Jaws is on SyFy tonight 9:20 pm EDT!

I didn't even remember Shark Week was almost here, but I did just happen to finally see SHARK SIDE OF THE MOON yesterday on Tubi.

Russ wrote: "Public service announcement: Jaws is on SyFy tonight 9:20 pm EDT!"

My German streaming service has all of the Jaws movies right now. I watched Jaws recently and this week I watched Jaws II and I‘m in the middle of Jaws III.

I am pretty sure I read Jaws I and II at some point.

I just came home from a weekend of family gatherings and a wedding ... I need some chum!

Trish wrote: "I just came home from a weekend of family gatherings and a wedding ... I need some chum!"

Now that's not a sentence you hear every day lol

Fishface wrote: "Trish wrote: "I just came home from a weekend of family gatherings and a wedding ... I need some chum!"

Now that's not a sentence you hear every day lol"

You do when you have a family like I do. *lol*

Shark facts!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7IBzl...

I just read the first three chapters. Has anybody else started?

Here is the thread for the first half:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

No takers for the group read?

Cathy wrote: "No takers for the group read?"


I have it downloaded but had to finish another book first.