Our guest this week, Chelsea Hofmann, loves to feel her pulse quicken and gets excited by the idea that anything could happen. She lives her life spontaneously so her love of the thriller genre with its twists, turns, and surprise endings fit her personality just fine.

After finishing college and moving to Southern California with her husband, she wanted to reconnect with her love of reading books that she had as a child but none of the book clubs she tried felt like a good fit. So she started a virtual book club on the Instagram platform called Thrillers By The Bookclub. As that virtual club became became popular with members all over the globe, people started asking her about in-person book clubs. Chelsea nurtured this idea, encouraging book lovers to start their own Thriller By The Book Club chapters. There are now over 27 chapters and more are still forming. We chat with Chelsea in this episode about all the thrilling books she reads.

- You can find Chelsea on instagram at @thrillerbookbabe.
- To find out more about Thrillers By The Book club, to see if they have a chapter in your area or to get more information about starting your own, check out their instagram at @thrillersbythebookclub .
- Local Louisville listeners , there is a chapter in town. @txbc_louisville

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Books mentioned in this episode:

1- Boxcar Children series
2- Nancy Drew series
3- Hardy Boys series
4- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
5- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
6- Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver
7- His & Hers by Alice Feeney
8- In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
9- The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel
10- Survive the Night by Riley Sager
11- This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
12- The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
13- Outside by Ragnor Jonasson
14- The Mist by Ragnor Jonasson
15- Snowblind by Ragnor Jonasson
16- An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helena Tursten
17- An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helena Tursten
18- The Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snickett

TV series:
1- The Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix 2017-2019)