Happy Holidays! New episode just posted!
We've tallied up the votes and our latest Thriller is...“The Cardinal of the Kremlin“ by Tom Clancy.
Next on the agenda is finalizing our author 2025 project. Listed below are the nominations and the works we'd read if the author is chosen. Place your votes and we'll get started on this project in January.
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pickThis is a sturdy novel about a Cold War destroyer captain who plays too close to the edge in games with a Soviet sub. A jaded rapscallion of a press liaison is on hand as the audience surrogate, watching with suspicion as the captain‘s fanatical (and also surprisingly complex) nature is slowly revealed and the crew is amped up to a state of constant tension. Definite Caine Mutiny vibes with a touch of nuclear war…I mean, warning.
pickI haven't read Koontz in several years, though he's been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. Pulled this one from the stacks at the library recently, and dove in head first without any idea what it would be about. It was bizarre, but it was really good too. To that point, I'm not sure I've ever really read anything by him that wasn't.
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Edited to add: The banter between Aleem and Kuba was amazing!!!
How awful! 😐🫣😱
Safe to assume none of my fellow Litsy family would do such a vile thing. 😝
pickAlways a fun ride, Koontz novels are simple and quick to read. No monsters in this one which is unusual, but enough suspense to make it a good story.
pick(1989) The 4th volume in Clancy's series of thrillers featuring intelligence analyst Jack Ryan has Ryan responding to a covert military operation gone sour, targeting drug production in Colombia. I haven't been a fan of this series but it's growing on me: it's turning into a sort of technothrillers where the "techno" is US political machinery (plus enough peril to keep the ship moving). Flaws, yes, but interesting, and this is my favorite so far
I am not really a Koontz fan as in I haven‘t read enough of his books to have a valid opinion . However, really enjoying this podcast!
Enjoying the arrival of book mail isn‘t just about opening the box. Unwrapping a new Dean Koontz book is layers of excitement; there‘s the book cover, then the unique hardcover, and finally the gorgeous endpapers. A signed, first edition of After Death arrived in my mailbox from The Poisoned Pen, an independent bookseller, in Scottsdale, Arizona. 🌵
More pictures at https://abookandadog.com
Monsays are rough, ya'll... Buster and I needed a quick power nap to get through the afternoon! We are listening to the tagged audiobook and thoroughly enjoying it
