Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Please tell us a little about yourself and say hi!

Hello, I'm Hugh. I'm currently reading "Event," by David L. Golemon and James Rollins "Sigma Force" Series. I just hope I'm a smart guy.

Hi, I'm Danielle. I am a bookaholic, and a Goodreadsaholic. I read a lot of genres, but I admit I love a good action book. My favorite action authors are Matt Reilly and Lee Child. Although urban fantasy, Ilona Andrews writes some really great action scenes.

It was actually Hugh's idea to start the group. Great idea Hugh.

Aw...shucks! thank you Danielle. I also enjoy a good Clive Cussler story now and then. I'm glad there's a group for action adventure now. Suspense/Thriller doesn't quite cover the genre anymore.

Hey there, I'm Alice. Lady D has great taste- John Maxim, Matt Reilly and Lee Child are some of my favorite authors. I also enjoy James Rollins, Ted Bell and Douglas Preston.

Hello Alice, welcome.

Hi Hugh and Alice. Glad you joined!

Hi Guys! I'm Jason. This looks like a great place. Thanks for the invite!

Your welcome, Jason. I'm glad to see you here. Thanks for joining!

I am Alex. I read mainly fantasy and YA novels, but I always enjoy a good action novel. This summer I discovered James Rollins and I am enthralled. I also like Matthew Reilley and Lincoln Child.

Hey Alex. Welcome. Glad to have you here. I'm going to have to try soem Mathew Reilley now. I love Rollins too. I'm a Joe Kowalski (Character) fan myself.

Hi Jason and Alex! Glad you joined.

Hi, Danielle! It seems that our taste in literature is kinda similar. Hugh, thanks for the warm welcome. I am sure that you will like Mathew. Start with "The Contest"- awesome standalone action novel.

Your welcome. I am glad you joined us.

Darth, I have noticed how our taste in books parallels each other. I'll read anything Matt Reilly writes. That man knows how to write action!

Darth, I think you'd like "Hounded" too. It's UF but pretty fun.

Hi, I'm Eileen. Thanks for the invite. Great idea for a group. I enjoy reading just about anything as long as there's some action. Just finished reading Hounded and already got the next two in the series in my tbr list, which gets longer everyday.

Welcome Eileen. We're glad to have you. I've got the next two on my wish list too. I liked Hounded.

Thanks, Hugh!

Eileen wrote: "Thanks, Hugh!"

Your welcome... I read you on the boards (many of them) and I'm glad your here.

What can I say, I'm addicted to Goodreads. I have found some amazing people and books on GR. That's why I keep coming back.

Other than Hounded, is there anything else?

Welcome, Eileen. I'm addicted to GRs too! I am a sucker for a good action storyline.

Thanks, Lady Danielle!


Now you got me thinking, Hugh. I like alot of Urban Fantasy because of the action. One of my favorites is The Ghost Walker series by Christine Feehan. Always looking for new suggestions on good action books. One I'm hoping to read soon is For Nothing.

I'm working on Event and enjoying it. Not sure about a thumbs up or down, but it's kind of ... Je ne ce pas? ... cleanly written... polished ... I like it. And I'm a huge fan of James Rollins and James Stewart (The James Boys)... Patric Bowers Files and Sigma Force. Good reads.

I love the GhostWalkers, Eileen. We will be friends forever now! I'm rereading Ruthless Game on audiobook right now. I love how scary Javier is. I can't wait to read his book. The action is awesome in this series.

Hi, many of you have already met me...others, well I'm not as unbalanced as I may seem at first. (Of course, if I was, would I know it? oh well.)

I enjoy A/A reads and of course Fantasy, Science Fiction and their sub-genres. There is a lot of cross over here and there. I'm reading (though it had to go on the proverbial "back burner" as I finish some library books) Hard Magic right now which could be said to straddle the line A/A-UF. I just got Monster Hunter Alpha and Chimera both of which will fit the same description. I'm a fan of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden, a couple of Rob Thurman's series, the Repairman Jack books. I also like techno thrillers (Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, [some] Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Robert Ludlum [that is actually Robert Ludlum], Harold Coyle, David Morrell and others).

Looking forward to adding thousands and thousands more books to the multiple thousands I already have waiting to be read...of which i hope to actually read a large portion. LOL

At this time I'm also reading some nonfiction...but I won't belabor that. :)

Welcom Mike. Glad to see you here. I'm on board with Robert Ludlum, I like the Covert One series but the best Ludlum is The Holcroft Covenant, The Parsifal Mosaic and things from that era.

Oh, and by the way, I thought the Hal stuff on the other board was pretty funny.

MIKE....I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN....


Sorry about that, he's a little finicky right now, had to get control of the house locks away from him, sheesh.

For a while (especially back in the '80s) I was on a Ludlum quest almost. I actually think I like The Bourne Identity most (thus I hate the recent movie which completely rewrote the plot and changed the book to the point it was unrecognizable). The earlier miniseries with Richard Chamberlain was pretty good.

I forgot to mention Frederick Forsyth, I just gave myself 5 demerits for that.

The Movie for the Holcroft Covenant re-wrote everything so much I wanted to barf too. The book was super good. Tense... exciting. The movie? Well lets just say this was after Micheal Caine's prime (Though I liked him in the Fourth Protocol).

I hate intros...

I know most of you, I think, so I'll be brief. I wasn't originally going to join this group because I don't actually read a lot of non-fantasy action-adventure; however, I do watch a lot of AA movies... and I was invited... so here I am.

Hi.

Welcome Mike and Colleen. We're glad you joined.

Colleen, we'll talk movies and tv too!

Can we talk old TV? Being...somewhat seasoned, many of my favorite action TV series are, classic or possibility...vintage.

Definitely. There is a tv thread just awaiting for you. We have already been talking about The Avengers.

Welcome Colleen I'm so glad you joined. We like movies here too. And Someone younger than I needs to be here. I remember all the old guy stuff!

Hey Mike, Great to see you here!

Hi Colleen, Great to see you here, too!

Hi, Mike and Colleen!

Hi folks, know most of ya already. Hugh, seen you lately on HA.
You guys have covered the big boys of action already, that I enjoy also.

Darth, I agree Reilly's "Contest" is a very fun read. His Schofield series is non-stop action.
Preston & Child, haven't written a bad one yet.

Welcome Lee. Glad to have you. I think there's a Thread dedicated to Reilly already waiting for you. We haven't talked much about Preston and Childs, but I loved Relic and Reliquary. Glad to have you.

WElcome Lee.

Hello all,

I'm a pretty big fantasy / sci fi bookaholic, but I also read a fair bit of murder mysteries and action adventure. I love the Jack Ryan series by Tom Clancy, (books and films)! I read Robert B. Parker as well.

I spend a fair bit of time on Goodreads, so I already know (and adore) many of you. And, I've already added a ton of your recommendations within the group threads to my wish list. Matthew Reilly looks especially promising!

Hi Lee and Laurel! I'm really glad to see you guys here!

Hi Lee and Laurel!

Hi Laurel and Lee, it's good to see you here.

Hi, Laurel. Glad you joined. Definitely check out Matt Reilly!

I've read since I was 4 or 5 years old and over the years, some of almost everything. With limited bookshelf space, I actually own only those books that I enjoy re-reading, but those seem to encompass everything from many of the Louis L'Amour westerns, through some of the Georgette Heyer period romances, lots of fantasy, science fiction and mystery ... and a some action/adventure.

I have to admit both of the authors I enjoy the most are deceased now, Alastair MacLean and Desmond Bagley. I've read some of the Clive Cussler books as well as a few others and I suspect some of the mysteries I have tend to overlap into this category as well.

Will definitely look forward to new authors to try, have two on my list for the next library trip now.

Welcome, Sharon! I am glad you joined. I expect to get lots of recommendations from the various members who are amazingly well-read in their own ways.

Hey, Sharon. I'm glad to see you here. Guess what. The Enemy is one of my all time favorate Espionage books, (even with my decided love of Robert Ludlum's work). Welcome. I started an Alistair MacLean thread if your interested. I was looking at my library the other day and realized..."boy, this guy wrote a lot of books and their all goodl" I liked The Gun's of Navarone (an essintial in my opinion) and Breakheart Pass.

Glad to have you here.The Enemy

The Guns of Navarone

*wave* Hello familiar people.
I'll admit this is a genre I know little about and I'm a little confused about which books fall into this category. I'm a fan of the Preston/Child books and pulp era sword & sorcery action, like Burroughs and Howard. I'm open to reading almost anything though and I figure there'll be plenty of books and authors to be introduced to here.