The phrase "a particular thrill" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a specific excitement or enjoyment derived from an experience or activity.
Example: "Riding the roller coaster gave me a particular thrill that I hadn't felt in years."
Alternatives: "a specific excitement" or "a distinct pleasure".
Some of us remain that way: my fianc e, for example, still gets a particular thrill out of buying just the right pens before the year begins.
The tropicbirds were a particular thrill since only six are recorded in the annals of New York birding, according to "Bull's Birds of New York State".
A particular thrill arises this season from watching James Samson and Sean Mahoney, not least in their brief dances together in "Beloved Renegade".
There was a particular thrill to catching the three-feet-long eels — their writhing bodies impossible to grip for their thick mucus slime.
The path — with a wonderful bare minimum of lighting — runs beside a large and rushing stream, the noise of the waters a particular thrill in the later evening.
That performance had a particular thrill of surprise, but she demonstrates the same free-wheeling ease of movement here, dominating whenever she appears.
But Rosenberg is convincing; and there is a very particular thrill to reading about Evan Williams, Nick Denton and Josh Marshall as sort of the Franklin, Hamilton and Madison of the Blogging Republic.
Finally, talking to a niche magazine can be its own particular thrill if you've been a fan of the magazine for years.
Such is the particular thrill that a metropolitan daily newspaper -- poised between intellectual detachment and journalistic immediacy -- can provide that history books rarely do.
My particular thrill was to see a nomination for the short film Mixtape, directed by 23-year-old Luke Snellin.
Fans of a certain age can still remember the particular thrill they felt, round after round, when the chair umpire announced "game, set and match to Lieutenant Ashe".
