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

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

"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 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 in parentheses after that person's name in the pick list, 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 for December, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!

December pairs:
Jennifer picks 1 for Jackie
Denise picks 5 for Jennifer
Joy picks 1 for Denise
Martha picks 3 for Joy
Lance picks 1 for Martha
Jackie picks 3 for Lance

Joy D wrote: "Finished book 2 of 3 for November. It is more plot-driven than character-driven so not really my cup of tea, but is very well written:
Shrines of Gaiety by [author:Kate Atkinson|100..."

She's someone I have to really be in the mood for, although I liked Case Histories quite a bit, Joy. Congrats on finishing it!

Sorry I wasn't here to help with the confusion: I'm not getting notifications about this thread! I hate when that happens. Connie, I'm picking for you which I must have read a dozen times when I was a kid.

My next three:

I was just thinking that.. bio night at the improv, apparently! Lol

Hi!

It's time to nominate non-fiction books for our first quarter 2023 NF group read. The nominations thread will be open through the 25th.

On November 26th, I'll put up a poll. The winner will be announced on December 15, which should give everyone who is interested some time to get the book if they are interested in starting it on January 1.

Let the nominations begin!

I'll nominate something I read recently and really liked:

Oh, good to know, Beth: that series is in TBR.

AND it's off your shelf. :)

Glad you liked it, Eileen!

Crossed for you!

You had to pick that up for sure, Beth.

What a gorgeous cover though, Beth.

For November 2022

An enchanting tale filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won’t let you go.

Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways.

Right off the coast of South Carolina, on Mallow Island, The Dellawisp sits—a stunning old cobblestone building shaped like a horseshoe, and named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy.

When Zoey comes to claim her deceased mother’s apartment at the Dellawisp she meets her quirky and secretive neighbors, including a young woman with a past, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and a lonely chef, and three ghosts. The sudden death of one of Zoey's new neighbors sets off a search that leads to the island's famous author and to a long-estranged relative of the sisters.
Each of them has a story, and each story has an ending which hasn't yet been written.

Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen

For November 2022:

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees.

That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood

Wow, that's horrifying. If Desley doesn't pop up by around this time tomorrow, I'll make another pick for you.

Sure.

*moves it back down the list*

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "In for five, please!
PIFM"

Hope I picked an interesting mix for this month:
[bookcover:Things We Do in the Dar..."

These look great, Beth! Thank you!

Our "moderator recommends" poll winner for November is Jess Kidd's The Night Ship .

Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island.

1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks.

1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck…

With her trademark “thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written” (Graham Norton, New York Times bestselling author) storytelling, Jess Kidd weaves “a true work of magic” (V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) about friendship, sacrifice, brutality, and forgiveness.