A Good Thriller discussion

The Plot Thickens...and Updates for 12 October

New Members:
Feel free to introduce yourself here.

Authors:
Please remember to only post book promotions in the appropriate promotions folder. See this link for instructions and links.

Quarter and Half Star Ratings
Goodreads is now allowing quarter and half star ratings. You can open an existing review and update the rating or just use them for future reviews.

Challenges
There's still time to join the October Monthly "Spooktober" Challenge . Join here.

The Quarterly Challenge "TV Detectives: from Screen to Novel' is open. You can join here.

October BOTMs:
The Grotesque: A Haunting Psychological Thriller by Sean Foy - Psychological thriller
The Last Heretic: The True Meaning Behind the Creed by Steve Goldsmith - Historical Religious thriller
Outside Eden's Gate: A Shadow Falls by Adam Kervale - Technothriller

Book Chatter
We're having some great discussions in our Book Chatter threads. Join us here.

Group Bookshelves: Help to grow our Group bookshelves by posting your thriller reviews Here or Here. 4 & 5★ reviews will be added to the shelves (books must have at least 100 ratings before adding).

Group Bookshelf: adding Your Recommendations

Now when sharing your Review and you wish to highly recommend your 4⭐ or 5⭐ novel with others, please let us know in your comment and it will be added to the Group's Bookshelf to share with others.

Add any information to help Tag the novel properly like:

I would like to have added to the bookshelf or recommend:
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
Psychological Thriller
LA Times Book Prize
Set in England

Check out the new look for the Group's Bookshelf.
As Members build it with recommendations it will be a go to for the Group's Challenges. With a section on settings of Countries and States.

Like to look at what others have read in your favorite Genre? or
Check out the Bookshelf and see what are Sean's Picks.

Link:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Have you checked out our Group Bookshelf?

It contains your book recommendations of your 4 and 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reviews!!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
z-rec-4-star (3) and z-rec-5-star (3) SIX books recommended already!

Sean is building his own shelf with Sean's Picks! 📚
Shhh.....It is probably full of Action Adventure Thrillers lol !

Need a book for a challenge that includes New York? 🗽
Look at the shelf USA Northeast and find a book setting in NY!
usa-northeast (15) This shelf has 15 books on it currently for you to look at!

Go check it out!!
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

Many of the Bell Notifications stem from your Profile Settings.
To get a notification regarding upcoming Group Reads / BOTM:

1. Click on your Profile
2. In the Drop down
3. Choose Account Settings
4. Choose Account & Notifications
4. Click on the link under Notifications
5. Right spot if you see: "Friends & following"
6. Under Groups make sure all are checked that you want notices from
7. Last item under Groups reads:
Notify me on Goodreads about these activities from my groups:
✔️ One of my groups is about to start reading a book

Members

Mark Edwards, Joseph Finder and Carter Wilson

Are all giving a signed copy of their book for the best question.

Authors:

Please be aware that authors are getting emails supposedly from someone in a variety of groups stating that their book has been nominated for "X" or to be added as a Group Read. Of course, the emails are stating there is an administrative fee and wanting detailed information from the authors.

This a scam. Please don't click on any links or provide the information requested in the email. It's a scam.

See Message 1 for the latest Updates and News. Here is the link.

Welcome to our June update for A Good Thriller. We hope to see you in the comments and activities.

You wanted more Challenges:
**NEW Monthly and Quarterly Challenges starting 1st JUNE are now open. Come and Join in!**

The June-August Seasonal / Quarterly Challenge (1 June - 31 August): The Q3 Espionage Genre Quest can be found Here.

The Monthly Quest Challenge (1 June - 30 June) :
The June BOTM Quest can be found Here. .

Games: The Games section is going to be reimagined with new games coming soon.

You wanted more Group Reads / BOTM options.
We continue to add more BOTMs as the year progresses. We have Q&As with three more top Authors lined up for the year: Joseph Finder, Carter Wilson, and Robin Burcell. At least one of their books has been added as a BOTM.

We also have something in the works for BOTMs that you can nominate. There will be more on that in the July broadcast.

Thanks to Mehmet Demirci and Richard T. Ryan for two great BOTM reads in May.

June BOTMs
A:) Vanished by Joseph Finder. Comments are taking place here.

Q&A with the author will occur on June 30th. Place your questions for the author here.

B.) Concern: A black-ops investigator uncovers an espionage conspiracy rooted in quantum code by Christopher Bentley. Comments and questions are taking place here.

Thanks for being a member.

Sean, Carolyn, Pam, Neha, Lucy, and Mark

The latest AGT news and updates can be found in message 1 here.

Members, Goodreads is rolling out the ability to have quarter and half-star ratings. I was able to update my Sep and Oct books to the applicable rating.

PamG wrote: "Members, Goodreads is rolling out the ability to have quarter and half-star ratings. I was able to update my Sep and Oct books to the applicable rating."

That's awesome

The latest AGT news and updates can be found in message 1 here.

Welcome to our November update for A Good Thriller. We hope to see you in the comments and activities.

MEMBERS suggestions needed for our January BOTM
We would like your suggestions for a January 2027 BOTM/Group Read. You can see the guidelines as well as make your suggestions in this thread.

Book Chatter: Join our discussions on books, authors, and series. Here are links to a few of them.
What books are you excited about reading next?
What makes a thriller worth rereading after you know the reveal?
Favorite action thriller authors and series
New-To-You Thriller Authors
Psychological thrillers
Police Thrillers

The November 1..2..3 Read Challenge is live. Join here.

The September -November Seasonal / Quarterly Challenge (1 September - 30 November): The Q4 "TV Detectives" Challenge can be found Here. It's not too late to join.

Our Newest Game
Join the fun and come camping with us in the What's In You Backpack game. You can join here.

November BOTMs:
Action Thriller: Ospreys by Arnar Vik
TechnoThriller: The Deep Surge by Lee D. Blumenthal

December BOTM Preview:
Crime Thriller: The Color of Evil: by Armando Rodera
Revenge Horror Thriller: Inanimate by Deryck Jason

Please join us in reading our November and December BOTMs.

Thanks to Sean Foy, Steve Goldsmith, and Adam Kervale for three great BOTM reads in October.

Thanks to all for being a member.

Sean, Carolyn, Pam, Neha, and Lucy

We're still seeking suggestions for a January BOTM/Group Read.
(no self-promotions).

You can place your suggestions here.