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
so-so(1987) Testosteroney, sometimes ridiculously so, and starry-eyed about royalty. But it promises thrills and then delivers them. If this is the kind of thing you like then you'll like it pretty well. On balance, I liked it better than expected.
so-so(1984) I tried this once years ago and bounced off. I remember hearing Clancy's work described as "thrillers for people who find 'Jane's Fighting Ships' thrilling," and that matched my experience. But this time I pushed, let the jargon slide by, and ... It wasn't bad. There's a submarine duel near the end that was thrilling even for this guy who likes "Jane's" only for pretty pictures. Still not my thing but this time I get its appeal
I just found out that my co host doesn't like Harrison Ford. Very disturbed by this.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Z8WM58P6GXTKSHakaRbG6?si=YA5F4sfxTSS67tYYuTnqL...
Monday was very manic for me, wasn't on Litsy all day.
📚 Tagged
✒ Mike Resnick, Mack Reynolds, Matthew Reilly
📽 Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Road Warrior, Real Genius
🎙 R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, The Replacements
🎶 Runaway Train/Soul Asylum, Road to Nowhere/Talking Heads, Rock the Casbah/The Clash, Rush/Big Audio Dynamite, Russians/Sting
#manicmonday #letterR @CBee
My October #Bookspin list😛.
Just posted a new episode over on our Patreon page! We're doing another thriller, which is quite frankly, thrilling. We nominated about 14 books and we are leaving it up to our Patrons to select what we do for the read-along. So head over there and check it out!
https://www.patreon.com/therewillbebooks
@thespineview's #twofortuesday
1. Fast-paced or slow-burn?
It really depends on the shifting sands of the reading moods I'm caught up in at the moment (I do like caper romps), but I'm usually too slow and scattered of a reader for it to really matter if the plot takes me along or not. Crime and Punishment and Lord of the Rings were both slow-burns, but I'm grateful I stuck with them, appreciating the final sections of both.
2. Solid plot tagged
