Jennifer’s Comments (group member since Dec 03, 2021)

Jennifer’s comments from the On The Same Page group.

Vikki wrote: "My picks for Jennifer:

Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal - I like rock/metal music
The Princess - this one is also o..."

Excellent picks and excellent variety!

The poll winner for the November focus genre is True Crime. Looking forward to seeing your picks!

The Accidental Bestseller
Wendy Wax


Once upon a time four aspiring authors met at their very first writers' conference. Ten years later they're still friends, survivors of the ultra-competitive New York publishing world. Mallory St. James is a workaholic whose bestsellers support a lavish lifestyle. Tanya Mason is a single mother juggling two jobs, two kids, and too many deadlines. Faye Truett is the wife of a famous televangelist and the author of inspirational romances: no one would ever guess her explosive secret. Kendall Aims's once-promising career is on the skids-and so is her marriage. Her sales are dismal, her new editor detests her work-and her husband is cheating. Barely able to think, let alone meet her final deadline, Kendall holes up in a mountain cabin to confront a blank page and a blanker future. But her friends won't let her face this trial alone. Together they collaborate on a novel using their own lives as fodder, assuming no one will ever discover the truth behind their words.

No one is more surprised than they are when the book becomes a runaway bestseller. But with success comes scrutiny and scandal...as these four best friends suddenly realize how little they've truly known each other.

You don't sound sorry. Just sayin.

Lance, what I got from your post is this month I'll be adding 5 books to my TBR because of you, instead of only 4.

Pairs are in post 1!

In for five, please!
PIFM

Hi, everyone!

For anyone unfamiliar, this is a monthly challenge where you post a link to a shelf you created. It can be named "PIFM" or "Pick It For Me" etc, if you want one dedicated only to this challenge, or you can use an existing shelf you already have, as long as it has 100 or fewer books on it. The link must be to the specific shelf, or you will not be partnered.. Indicate how many books you would like to have picked for you from that shelf for the month in question. There is no lower limit as to how many books you can have on your shelf, but, of course, they should be books you are interested in reading during the next month and have ready access to.

On or about the 19th of each month, I will post the next month's challenge.

On or about the 25th of each month, I will post who picks for whom. In order to accommodate an uneven number of participants, pairs will not be reciprocal -- in other words, it won't be Joanne picking for Jennifer and Jennifer picking for Joanne. It may be Joanne picks for Jennifer, Jennifer picks for Herman, and Herman picks for Suzanne, and someone else entirely picks for Joanne.

If anyone has not been "picked for" by the 30th, I will pick for them if the designated picker can't be contacted by PM.

When you are assigned someone to pick for, note the number of books that person wishes to have picked, go to the link for their shelf, and pick that number of books for them. Post the books in a new message here. That person has the entire following month to read his/her picks. Someone will be picking for you the same way. We all like to see what people think about their picks, so we hope you will keep us posted in this thread!

Example: "In for five, please!
PIFM"

The HTML template for linking your shelf can be found HERE and if you have trouble, PM me and I will help you.

Your designated shelf must be set so that others can see it. To set up a PIFM shelf for those who would like to, go to the "MY BOOKS" link in the GOODREADS toolbar, scroll down below your shelves on the left until you see the "add shelf" button, and click that. Name it PIFM or Pick It For Me. Add books to it, and post the link to it in this challenge as described above. Again, if you need help, please don't hesitate to PM me!

If you are in, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!


November pairs:

Vikki picks 5 for Jennifer
Jelena picks 5 for Joy
Lance picks 1 for Denise
Joy picks 1 for Jackie
Jackie picks 3 for Jelena
Jennifer picks 5 for Lance
Denise picks 1 for Vikki

The colors for the November color challenge are cranberry red and tan. Looking forward to seeing your picks!

Oh wow, wish I'd thought of that one Bill!

I'll nominate True Crime.

I'm committing to Old Girls on Deck.

Audible has aged out so many of its Plus books this summer that I've spent months listening to books that were "listen now or it's gone unless you want to pay for it" choices. As a result, I'm behind on my legit 2025 challenge books. This is one of them.

I'm so sorry this is so late! I just realized it wasn't up.

You know the deal!

This is the thread for the October "Commit to one book monthly" challenge. In this thread, post one book you intend to read for October, so that everyone else can see your pick. When you finish reading it, we'd love for you to come back and post your opinion.

Hi, everyone!

Please nominate a genre for November 2025 in this thread, if you would like to. The only rule for genre nominations is that you cannot nominate a genre that we've already read this calendar year. Below is a list of the genres that have already been chosen this calendar year, which are therefore ineligible.

List of Ineligible Genres

Historical Fiction
Romantic Comedy
Police Procedural Mystery
Short Stories
Cozy Mystery
Banned Books
Domestic Suspense
Summer Reads
Mystery
Young Adult
Literary Fiction
Paranormal

Not planning to be a huge stickler on the "genre vs subgenre" thing. If it's a recognized book category (i.e. you can reasonably expect the average Goodreads reader to know what it is), post it.

Nominations open until 10/14, poll to follow.

Lance wrote: "Hi Jennifer!

Always tough to choose your 5 - Ilike to give you variety. So here goes

Foursome.

Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir [bo..."

That makes the score, what? Lance 35, Jennifer 1? But curse away, my friend. Great picks!

I finished . It was fascinating and as with many things that turned out to be inventive, effective and important, there's virtually no way what happened in Tuxedo Park could happen again. Too many forces working against it.

The Sun Down Motel
Simone St. James

The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel from the national bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.

Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn't right at the Sun Down, and before long she's determined to uncover all of the secrets hidden…

To the surprise of no one this Halloween season, the focus genre for October 2025 is paranormal. Looking forward to seeing your reads!

I hope you get it soon, Bonnie. I really enjoyed it.

Denise, as a farewell to summer I'm picking for you.