Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Leslie wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Hi Elise

thanks for your amazing picks. I know how hard it is to stick to just one per category. I'm tempted to say I can't find anything and let you do it again!! (Just kidding LO..."

Let me know what you think of them ;)

Nancy wrote: "Macwolf01 [Elise],
Here are your picks! If you don't see anything you like, PLEASE let me know because there are lots more that I could have recommended but didn't because of the 'one-per-challeng..."

Hi Nancy, great picks I'll read either or ... both if I have time

hi erin

here are the picks for you
Home Run:
Almost Forever Howard, Linda


Field of Dreams:
Time and Again (Time Travel, #1-2) Roberts, Nora
Clean Up Hitter:
Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy, #2)
Harkness, Deborah

World Series:
Seduce Me at Sunrise (The Hathaways, #2)
Kleypas, Lisa

Football - From Your Shelves or New to Them:
First and Goal:
Surrender (MacKinnon’s Rangers, #1)
Clare, Pamela

Friday Night Lights:
The Host (The Host, #1)
Meyer, Stephenie

Touchdown:
Night Road
Hannah, Kristin

Super Bowl:
The Next Always (Inn BoonsBoro, #1)
Roberts, Nora

Misskim
thanks for the picks i have to see what i can get from my library to read

Daffodil wrote: "Yz, I enjoyed going through your shelves and found a lot of books/series listed that I love. My first impulse seems to be towards Urban Fantasy & Paranormal, but I tried to reign that in and give..."

Love the recommendations.

I can't decide which one to read first. I'm going to prioritize the series books: Roberts, Kleypas and Ashley.

Again, thanks for the great recs.

Tania wrote: "Hi Jim,

I had great fun looking through your read shelf. Hopefully you will find something here that you’ll enjoy reading.


Baseball Picks


Home Run: Favourite authors for me are books that ..."

Tania, thank you so much! So many good choices...

I don't know what to read. I'll have to see what strikes my fancy come this weekend.

Regina

Here are your picks. Hope you find something you like.

Home Run: Rapture
Field of Dreams:A Quick Bite
Clean Up Hitter: Let Me Be The One
World Series: Highlander Ever After

First and Goal: Tall, Dark & Lonely
Friday Night Lights: New Moon
Touchdown: Seduction and Snacks
Super Bowl: Mystery Man

Jane (PS) wrote: "Hi KarenH - I've leaned heavily on your 'cant' wait to read' shelf which made my selections incredibly easy ;) And because you had so many similar books on your shelves to me, I let myself 'go' on..."

Wow Jane, great picks! I'm definitely planning on reading Lethal Rider and Fifty Shades Freed this month - they're already penciled in to my monthly challenge. Hopefully I'll have time to get through a few more before I run out of month because several of the others look really good too. The ones I don't have already are definitely going on my wishlist. Thanks!

You were so easy to pick for Karen - it was more a matter of choosing from the masses rather than finding a book that suited the categories :) Happy reading!

Sandy - I think I'll go with Archangel's Blade initially and try to fit in Ruthless Game as well. I want to have a go at Outlander but I know it is a doorstop and I don' think I'll have time this month... Thanks for the great picks!

Daffodil,
I hope you like your picks, and I also hope I didn’t screw it up by selecting books you’ve already read. If I picks books you’ve read let me know and I’ll re-pick. I’m thinking your interesting shelves and to buy shelves are ones you have not read but I could be wrong.

Baseball - From Their To-Read (or Similar Unread) Shelf:

Home Run: Predatory Game (Ghostwalkers, 6) by: Christine Feehan. It looks like you have a lot of her books on your shelves so I hope this is a good choice.

Field of Dreams: Be Mine Tonight by: Kathryn Smith

Clean Up Hitter: Lover Revealed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #4)
byJ.R. Ward
World Series: In Bed With A Highlander (McCabe Trilogy #1)
byMaya Banks

Football - From Your Shelves or New to Them:

First and Goal: Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by: Christie Craig. This is one of my favorite Authors and she is a good pick if you like funny and corky kind of books. The second book was my favorite out of the series, but this one is also good.

Friday Night Lights: Fifty Shades of Grey by: E.L. James.

Touchdown: Dirty by: Megan Hart

Super Bowl: Virgin River by Robyn Carr. This is a series that was recommended to me and I have been following it ever since and fell in love with all the characters.

Thanks Ty for the picks. I think I will be reading either empty or mystery man this month. I've been wanting to read club shadowlands for a while now but I refuse to pay that price for a short story, but we'll see maybe I'll breakdown and buy it.
Ty wrote: "Hi Amanda!

Hope you like the picks. If you need something changed, please let me know.

Home Run - Public Displays of Affection - since you didn't have a favorite author list, I went with what you..."

Thanks for the great picks Rena! I'm hoping to be able to read Shadow of Night, but I'm not sure if they will be time this month. If not, I'll go with either Seduce Me At Sunrise of Almost Forever. Now if only it were September so I could start...

Rena wrote: "hi erin

here are the picks for you
Home Run:
Almost Forever Howard, Linda


Field of Dreams:
Time and Again (Time Travel, #1-2) Roberts, Nora
Clean Up Hitter:
Shadow of Night (All Souls T..."

Jane (PS) wrote: "You were so easy to pick for Karen - it was more a matter of choosing from the masses rather than finding a book that suited the categories :) Happy reading!"

I'm glad it was easy for you! I just wish I was going to have enough time in September to read them all, but unfortunately I don't see that happening. I just haven't decided for sure which ones to read right away and which ones to add to the "can't wait to read" shelf! :)

Hi ROXY, here are you picks, sorry for the delay.

Baseball:

Home Run: The hunger games By: Suzanne Collins

Field of Dreams: A wall flower Christmas By: Lisa Kleypas

Clean up Hitter: Shadow Music By: Julie Garwood

World series: Prisoner of my desire By: Johanna Lindsey

Foot ball From my shelve.

First and Goal: He is just a friend By: Mary B. Morrison

Friday Night Light: Shadowland By: Meg Cobot

Touchdown: Something Borrowed By: Emily Giffin.

Super Bowl: Daughter of smoke and bone By: Laini Taylor.

Hope you like my picks, let me know what you want to do for buddy reads.

Gosh, waiting is hard. I feel like I keep checking this thread every few minutes LOL

so do I Susan...every time I see a new post its like whee!! oh nuts ;)

Kate wrote: " Regina

Here are your picks. Hope you find something you like.

Home Run: Rapture
Field of Dreams:A Quick Bite
Clean Up Hitter: Let Me Be The One
World Series: Highlander Ever After

First and Goa..."


Thanks for the recs.

I´m reading
Tall, Dark & Lonely and Seduction and Snacks this month

Dee wrote: "so do I Susan...every time I see a new post its like whee!! oh nuts ;)"

I keep checking every time I get an email showing someone has added something... looking forward to getting my recs so I can pick something up from the library

When will be the October pifm challenge?

Tanya - the Oct. should open after Sep 18 and we should have picks around the Sep 28.

Amanda wrote: "Daffodil,
I hope you like your picks, and I also hope I didn’t screw it up by selecting books you’ve already read. If I picks books you’ve read let me know and I’ll re-pick. I’m thinking your inte..."

Thanks Amanda!

I've requested & from the library. I'm probably also going to try & . I'm also trying to decide what to do about the Feehan and Ward series. It's been so long since I stopped reading either of them, I almost feel like I need to reread the first books in the series before moving on. I may choose one of those as a project for this month. LOL.

Dee wrote: "so do I Susan...every time I see a new post its like whee!! oh nuts ;)"

Dee, it seems like you are waiting every month! Hopefully those waiting will get their picks soon!

Thanks DG for answering!

I know...its a conspiracy I tell you!!

Dee wrote: "I know...its a conspiracy I tell you!!"

LOL, *hugs* I hope your wait is over soon.

I can help with repicks if needed :)

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Coffeentea

I had fun looking through your shelves. We like a lot of the same books, so I hope I pick some that sound good to you.

Baseball
1. Home Run - Since it is suppose to be from your TBR, ..."

Diane ~Firefly~, thanks for the great picks! For now, I'll go the books I already have - Agnes and the Hitman and The Corset Diary. I'll try to track down By a Thread and Blackhearted Betrayal over the weekend.

Susan (susayq),

Sorry it has taken me so long to get your picks posted. I spent a long time looking through your bookshelves. I know the books under Football are suppose to be from my shelves or new to you but I had a hard time finding something not on your TBR shelf. So with that said I hope you find something you are interested in reading, if not let me know and I will try again.


Baseball - From Their To-Read Shelf:
Home Run: Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh
Field of Dreams: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
Clean Up Hitter: Witness in Death by J D Robb
World Series: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Football - From Yoour Shelves or New to Them
First & Goal: Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Friday Night Lights: A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Touchdown: Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
Super Bowl: Laid Bare by Lauren Dane

Mounika,

Thanks for the recommendations. I am going to read a couple at least this month.

The Witness by Nora Roberts
Play of Passion by NAlini Singh

Ty wrote: "Irina wrote: "Hey Ty!
I got a bit confused because I saw a tick mark next to your name when I hadn't even gotten around to making the picks. I am just hoping that was a typo and someone else didn'..."

Oops.. I guess I overlooked the publishing date would you like me to pick another book for that category?
once again sorry for that silly mistake :P
Let me know when you are free to read Pushing the Limits I already have the book on Kindle :)

Ruth Ann wrote: "Hi Kimberly!! All I can say is WOW. I love your book lists!! It was a joy to go through it. Here are your picks. I hope you can find something to read. If I need to change anything, please le..."

Thanks Ruth Ann I love my picks! Now the hard part is deciding which one to read first!

Irina, no worries! I can start the buddy read sometime next week when I'm back in town - once I get the book.

MountainKat wrote: "Dee wrote: "so do I Susan...every time I see a new post its like whee!! oh nuts ;)"

Dee, it seems like you are waiting every month! Hopefully those waiting will get their picks soon!

Thanks DG f..."

I think Dee secretly thrives on the angst of waiting ;)

Laura wrote: "Hey Sue! heres your picks :)


Baseball:
Home Run: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

Field of Dreams: Samson's Lovely Mortal

Clean Up Hitter: Vengeance in Death

World Series: Guilty Wives
..."


Laura, I'm gathering recs for you now. Sorry for the delay. I don't think I've ever picked this late for anyone. The last few days have been crazy which included a doctors appointment that somehow led to an upcoming procedure. Good times!!! You'll have your picks shortly.

Gigi wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hey Sue! heres your picks :)


Baseball:
Home Run: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

Field of Dreams: Samson's Lovely Mortal

Clean Up Hitter: Vengeance in Death

World Series:..."

Its okay, i have been busy myself, so dont worry about it :)

Hi Laura

Again, so sorry for the delay. I really hope you find something that you enjoy. If not, I really don't mind picking again. I tried to pick as many books as possible from your 'Next to Read' shelf. I love your TBR by the way...I want to be like you when I grow up!

Baseball - From Their To-Read (or Similar Unread) Shelf:
Home Run: Favorite Author
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris

Field of Dreams: If you build it they will come... Suggest a paranormal romance or time travel
Naked in Death by JD Robb

Clean Up Hitter: To clean up their shelves, pick the next book in a series your pickee has enjoyed,
Blameless by Gail Carriger

World Series: So suggest a book set outside the US.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Football - From Your Shelves or New to Them:
First and Goal: Suggest a new author
Graceling by Kristen Cashore

Friday Night Lights: Pick a book that has been or will be made into a movie or TV show.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Touchdown: Recommend one of your five star reads from this year.
Do Over by Mari Carr

Super Bowl: suggest a book that you loved that is in a series
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian

Happy reading!!!

Laura wrote: "Gigi wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hey Sue! heres your picks :)


Baseball:
Home Run: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

Field of Dreams: Samson's Lovely Mortal

Clean Up Hitter: Vengeance in Death

..."

Thank you Laura for your understanding. Picks are up. Please do not hesitate to let me know if I completely missed the mark. I'm totally fine with repicking.

Melissa wrote: "Gigi,
I was happy to see you have LOTS of books on your "to read" shelf...I hope you keep it updated and haven't read all of the following picks!

Baseball
Home Run : Since you have a whole shelf d..."

Hi Melissa!! Thank you for the great recs. I'm always so indecisive when it comes to picking a rec. So, I'm torn between Charming the Prince and Size 12 isn't Fat. For some reason, I can't get through Lover Unleashed- maybe I'll try and push myself again this month. LOL

Gigi wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Gigi,
I was happy to see you have LOTS of books on your "to read" shelf...I hope you keep it updated and haven't read all of the following picks!

Baseball
Home Run : Since you have..."


I own all the Black Dagger books and have only read the first one so I know what you mean about not being able to get through it! I hesitated to recommend it, even, because of my feelings towards the series, but knew I was in the minority.

I hope all is well and that enjoy whichever book you do read!

Gigi wrote: "Hi Laura

Again, so sorry for the delay. I really hope you find something that you enjoy. If not, I really don't mind picking again. I tried to pick as many books as possible from your 'Next to R..."

Thanx for the picks :) there are so many in the list i wanna read. I will read for sure and if i have time and

I don't know if I'm going to be able to give ♥DarlingAmanda ♥(Private) her picks, she still hasn't accepted my friend invitation and I can't see her shelves. If you need someone to be a picker for repicks, send me a private message and I'll pick for someone else!

Kimberly wrote: "Hi Rena!
I have to say your TBR list is awesome I saw a lot of great authors I know on it and I stole some new ones too :)


Baseball - From Their To-Read (or Similar Unread) Shelf:
Home Run: Blu..."

Kimberly, I really hate to say this, but you were looking at the participants list, not the pairings list. You are supposed to pick for Kate. I hope you will be still be able to do the picks!

Suzanne wrote: "I don't know if I'm going to be able to give ♥DarlingAmanda ♥(Private) her picks, she still hasn't accepted my friend invitation and I can't see her shelves. If you need someone to be a picker for..."

I suggest you just do the best you can without seeing her shelves. Just pick books you think will work, or what you would like picked for you even! It is hard to do more than that, but maybe she will get in touch with you sometime today - I hope!

That's what I did MK when I had a pickee like that

When do re-picks get announced? DarlingAmanda was the one who was going to pick for me.

Hey Jodi I'm really really really sorry for the long delay. I've been moving this week and just haven't sat down on my computer at all!! Anyways I really apologize, but I hope you find a something good to read in my picks!

Baseball
1. Homerun Low Pressure by Sandra Brown. You've read quite a few of her books and you tend to rate them highly, so hopefully you'll enjoy this one as well.
2. Field of Dreams: The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson. This book is set in a silly parallel universe of Alaska. It's a cute and quick read that I really enjoyed.
3. Clean Up Hitter: Willow Springs by Toni Blake. You've enjoyed this series thus far! I don't think I really enjoyed this book as much, but it is still great to return to that little town.
4. World Series: The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson. This one takes place in London. And honestly, it was the only book I could find outside of the US so hopefully you'll like it! ;)



Football
1. First and Goal Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley. You like a lot of mystery and contemporary romance from what I've seen. Kristen Ashley has it all. I picked this book up on a whim and could not put it down. She's a great author that few seem to know about.
2. Friday Night Lights: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Even if this book doesn't seem to be your cup of tea, you should give it a try. These are really well written books that draw you right in. I didn't think I'd like it when I began reading, but they are now staples on my shelf at home.
3. Touchdown: Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard. This is a great book with a lot of mystery and intrigue. It's a qucik read, because you won't want to put it down.
4. Super Bowl: Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne. This is similar to the Virgin River. It's a sweet read that will keep you smiling through it!

~KarenH~ wrote: "Ok, Lexa, here you go! It was great to be able to pick for my fellow Seahawks fan!


Baseball - From Their To-Read (or Similar Unread) Shelf:

Home Run: Ok, we both love Jill Shalvis and this i..."

Yay! I'm so glad you got to pick for me two months in a row! Since, as you said we have a ton in common! I'm going to start with since as you said. I love Jill Shalvis and I'm trying to work through her back list while I wait for the next book to come out in November. I'm also going to try to read more. I'm just not sure which others yet so I'll let you know when I get to them.

Emily wrote: "When do re-picks get announced? DarlingAmanda was the one who was going to pick for me."

Tomorrow at 2 PM Pacific time! But hopefully you will get your picks before then!

I did not get my pick from Dawn...

Laura wrote: "Gigi wrote: "Hi Laura

Again, so sorry for the delay. I really hope you find something that you enjoy. If not, I really don't mind picking again. I tried to pick as many books as possible from yo..."

Oh good! I'm so glad you like your picks. Let me know how they are.

Melissa wrote: "Gigi wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Gigi,
I was happy to see you have LOTS of books on your "to read" shelf...I hope you keep it updated and haven't read all of the following picks!

Baseball
Home Run : S..."

The first and second books are ok. However, the third book is one of the best in the series. I hope you'll read that one one day.