What is a Thriller?
In honor of Jenn's Bookshelves' Fright Fest, I put together a video on "What is a Thriller?" During Bouchercon, I asked a handful of folks from the crime fiction community to share their definitions with me. Here is the result. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to leave your own definitions in the comments!
14 comments:
Nice, Jen.
Thanks for letting me participate!
I enjoyed this Jen. The link made a nice inclusion to my monthly reminder for my mystery book group. So, I'm drumming up business for you and for the authors! LOL
How delightful. What nice insights. Great service to avid readers like myself. Thank you.
Love the video, Jen! i enjoyed hearing everyone's take on what a thriller means. I think thrillers are fast-paced yet suspenseful.
What a great idea to make a video when there are so many talented folks gathered under one roof. Nicely done!
Nice! Once again, you get extra credit for blog creativity.
Thanks for all the nice comments everyone. It was fun putting the video together. I think I was having a little more fun that I should have actually been allowed to have!
Alafair, thank YOU! You're always so agreeable to my hair-brained schemes.
Kay, you are the best! I'm always so tickled when you stop by.
what a great idea for a video. the start of a series?
'grabs you from the first page and never lets go' worked for me,
though Mr Coleman nailed it, kind of.
will come back to this when i need to focus
Great job on the video.
Always interesting, innovative website.
I must update my thriller list.
Awesome video. And I learned something!
This was so great, Jen! Thanks for doing this for Fright Fest!! It was so great & interesting to hear everyone's definition of a thriller!
What a fun idea! Though I've never been fired, I have had to drag my butt into work on occasion after staying up too late reading "just one more chapter". ;-)
And what Alafair said? I've gone back to reread a book because I wasn't able keep myself from just devouring it the first time.
This was neat! I think Reed's definition hits the nail on the head for me. Although, I didn't know it until I heard it. :)
When I was in high school, I was always late because I could never put down a mystery--ever. Detention was worth it.
And, now I do stay up all night when I can't stop turning pages. The exhaustion the next day is worth it.
It's when life interferes with the reading that is a problem.
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