Tess Gerritsen Fans discussion

We will be featuring Gravity as a group read April 15th - May 15th, 2011. Please consider joining us if you're interested :-)
This story caught the attention of Stephen King(another best-selling author who resides in Maine - you may have heard of him). Gravity is listed as recommended reading in King's On Writing.

Gravity by Tess Gerritsen

I just requested Gravity from the library - see y'all soon!

Dustin, is there a link for this group read like there was for the last one we read?

Christina wrote: "Dustin, is there a link for this group read like there was for the last one we read?"

You're posting in the discussion thread for Gravity so the link will only bring you back to where you already are :-)

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

Ooops! Thought I was on the Tess Gerritsen general page. Sorry about that!

That's okay :-) Will you be reading Gravity with us then?

Yes! I will download it to my iPad tonight!

I've got audio and print version from the library but I have a few other titles lined up before I can start.

I've tried to read this one twice now & never passed the first chapter for some reason, so I think I'll give it another shot with you guys

Helen wrote: "I've tried to read this one twice now & never passed the first chapter for some reason, so I think I'll give it another shot with you guys"

Awesome!

Helen wrote: "I've tried to read this one twice now & never passed the first chapter for some reason, so I think I'll give it another shot with you guys"

It isn't what you are accustomed to reading from her, is it? Not to say that it isn't going to be interesting. I am on the second chapter and I am not bored with it.

Tracy wrote: "Helen wrote: "I've tried to read this one twice now & never passed the first chapter for some reason, so I think I'll give it another shot with you guys"

It isn't what you are accustomed to read..."

I think I will start it tonight then & see how I get on!

Couldn't Gravity be rightly tagged as "Sci-Fi"? It seems so from what I remember with all the NASA and space elements of the story :-)

"Tess Gerritsen is an automatic must-read in my house; what Anne Rice is to vampires, Gerritsen is to the tale of medical suspense. She is better than Palmer, better than Cook...yes, even better than Crichton. If you've never read Gerritsen, figure in the price of electricity when you buy your first novel by her...'cause baby, you are going to be up all night."
- STEPHEN KING (from the cover of Gravity)

I just started this book yesterday. I wasn't sure if I was going to like it because of how different it is from the Rizzoli and Isles books of hers that I have read. But I have to say that I am 150 pages into it and am really enjoying it!!!

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Couldn't Gravity be rightly tagged as "Sci-Fi"? It seems so from what I remember with all the NASA and space elements of the story :-)"

I found it in the Sci-Fi section at my library.

Just finished this book and REALLY enjoyed it! I couldn't put it down all day!

I just finished Gravity and found it to be totally different from any of the other Tess Gerritsen books I have ever read. If I didn't know better I would have thought I was reading something by Robin Cook.

I wonder what NASA thought of this book? Definitely SciFi and definitely a fast paced thriller. I liked it and would give it ★★★★★’s.

I'm now half way through this book & find its only just getting to the 'cant put it down stage' for me. Glad I decided to finally start reading it though.

Her first four 'main stream' books were definitly medical mysteries ala Robin Cook or Michael Crichton. While I love the Rizzoli/Isles series, I do have to say I wouldn't mind another like Gravity or Bloodstream.

Another really good non Rizzoli book by Tess is Harvest. Has anyone read that one?

ONe I haven't read which is on my tbr list is Life Support. What did you all think of that one?

I've read everything by Tess...Life Support is the fourth non Romantic suspense or Rizzoli/Isles book. They're all good, IMO.

Sheila wrote: "Another really good non Rizzoli book by Tess is Harvest. Has anyone read that one?

ONe I haven't read which is on my tbr list is Life Support. What did you all think of that one?"

I've got & read both Life Support & Harvest. They are both very good.

Sheila wrote: "ONe I haven't read which is on my tbr list is Life Support"

We can feature Life Support as an upcoming group read if you want. I will read it with you but I've still got to read Gravity so you may get to it before I do, unless you don't mind waiting about a month :-)

A month would be fine with me Dustin or even longer would be OK. I'm too busy playing with my new toy. My kids gave me a Kindle for my birthday last week and I am now in search mode of free books to load on it. So far I've been so busy acquiring books that I haven't had time to read any, haha

I did win one here on Goodreads called death by facebook that I have started.

Anyone else interested in reading or re-reading Life Support? I'm thinking probably May 15th - June 15th after Gravity but we could feature it sooner or later if you wanted.

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Anyone else interested in reading or re-reading Life Support? I'm thinking probably May 15th - June 15th after Gravity but we could feature it sooner or later if you wanted."

I will re-read Life support with you after I've read Gravity & caught up on Rizzoli & Isles books whilst they are fresh in my head!! I've got Keeping the dead & The killing place to read for the first time so I'm REALLY excited!!! I'm reading quickly so can probably do June for Life Support.

I will read it with you guys. I haven't read it before.

I haven't read Life Support yet, so I am in!!!

Wow! We've got a great group ready to read Life Support :-) Thanks for everyone's enthusiasm.

Link to Life Support Discussion Thread:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...

I've just finished Gravity & I have to say I am glad I decided to read it. It did take a bit of getting into for me & only really got going/exciting in the 2nd half. For me it would probably make a better film than a book although still a good read so would recommend it.

I've only read 17% so far but I think I really like it. Will look for Life Support when I'm done with Gravity. Nice to have something by Tess Gerritsen to read while waiting for the new Rizzoli & Isles :-)

I just finished this about a week ago. I thought it wasn't very interesting at first, but thought I'd continue with it since it's a Tess Gerritsen book. I'm really glad I did because it's actually a very good book! It started getting interesting when Jack was trying to save Bill's wife, and after that it progressively became more interesting to the point where I did not want to put the book down.

I never read that book

I read this bood awhile ago. Your right it did start out slow but the more I read the better it got. It was very good.

I'm so happy Gravity has been made into a movie! I saw part of the trailer earlier without seeing the name, and thought: " Hmm, astronauts. Oh it would be so cool if Gravity was made into a movie!". Later I saw the trailer again from the beginning and I put on a big smile cause it WAS Gravity!

Is the movie based on Tess Gerritsen's book?

I just read about it online and it turns out I may have jumped to conclusions. It is not about an alien virus and the main character is not called Emma Watson. But it is about a medical engineer who goes into space and then debris from a satellite crashes into the space shuttle and mostly destroys it, and the characters almost run out of air, which is in the book if I remember correctly. The official website doesn't mention Tess Gerritsen at all. So maybe it's just a coincidence that it's an astronaut movie called Gravity.

I'm still gonna watch it though. Seems cool.

The new movie with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is not based on Tess Gerritsen's book. The writing credits are for the director and his brother.

Clarina wrote: "I just read about it online and it turns out I may have jumped to conclusions. It is not about an alien virus and the main character is not called Emma Watson. But it is about a medical engineer ..."

When I first heard about the movie, I immediately thought Tess Gerritsen too :-)

Thanks Laura, for clearing that up.

Clarina wrote: "I'm still gonna watch it though. Seems cool."

I might watch it too :-)