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2013 March Pick It For Me! Challenge
LethalLovely~I Think I Might've Inhaled You wrote: "Hey, Melissa! It was a little hard picking for you since a lot of the 90 books on your TBR shelf haven't been released yet, but I managed to find 5 from your TBR. I hope you enjoy my recs for you t..."I finished Things I Can't Forget. It's cute! Thanks again for the picks!
Ty wrote: "Hey Nadine!I tried to go one from your TBR and one off. Hope you like your picks!
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(spicy) - Club Shadowlands - so spicy you will need to drown in milk. okay, maybe that's not very appetizin..."
TY thank you again for your picks. I really enjoyed Lumberjack in Love it was a cute easy read, I am looking forward to reading her EPILOGUE: CHRISTMAS EDITION which I have downloaded from her website.
It was also fun to do it as a buddy read with you :)
Hey Ruth Ann
I just finished again the magic and secrets of a summer night and will get to it happened one autumn day after tomorrow:):)
I just finished again the magic and secrets of a summer night and will get to it happened one autumn day after tomorrow:):)
I finished my first pick
yesterday. It was a very good book and now I am completely caught up with the series.
Carrie wrote: "Hey Christina I have finished my first pick,
, not the one I said I was going to read but that's fine. :P It was great, thank you!"Hi Carrie - I'm glad you liked it. I'm working on this series right now and I love them.
Nadine wrote: "TY thank you again for your picks. I really enjoyed Lumberjack in Love it was a cute easy read, I am looking forward to reading her EPILOGUE: CHRISTMAS EDITION which I have downloaded from her website.It was also fun to do it as a buddy read with you :)
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You're welcome! It was cute, quick read, which I thankfully was in the mood for :)
Kami - I'm glad you liked your picks this month!
Karen --I finished Storm's Heart today. I'm really enjoying this series. While I didn't end up liking Niniane as much as I liked Pia, I still found the book to be very enjoyable. :) I'm looking forward to reading the next one. 3 stars
Katie wrote: "Karen --I finished Storm's Heart today. I'm really enjoying this series. While I didn't end up liking Niniane as much as I liked Pia, I still found the book to be very enjoyable. :) I'm lookin..."
Wow, Katie, I can't believe how many recs you've read!
I agree about Storm's Heart, not nearly as good as Dragon Bound, but still lots of fun.
Jojo wrote: "Hi Pam – I had a great time looking through your shelves and hope I’ve found some books you can enjoy. If there’s nothing to suit you let me know and I’ll quite happily browse your shelves again...."
Hi Jojo-
Finally had the chance to read a March PIFM that you recommended. I finished
. Not sure how I missed reading this because generally I read JAK in all her permutations pretty quickly. I enjoyed it enough that I started it and finished it during a three hour plane ride this morning. Not my favorite one but a good solid 4 stars! Hope to finish one more this month with the next four days off! Even better,the library notified me that it is finally my turn for
!
~KarenH~ wrote: "Katie wrote: "Karen --I finished Storm's Heart today. I'm really enjoying this series. While I didn't end up liking Niniane as much as I liked Pia, I still found the book to be very enjoyable. ..."
You made so many great recs, I'm trying to get through as many as I can! :) I'm on to Offside now.
Katie wrote: "You made so many great recs, I'm trying to get through as many as I can! :) I'm on to Offside now."I'm glad you liked the picks! I'll be very interested in what you think of Offside, since I'm reading it next month in the m/m buddy read.
Hi Fran, I finished my eighth pick! I think you might be going for a record here! I really enjoyed Unraveled, it was a lot sweeter than I was expecting. I started How to Misbehave this morning, but only got a few chapters read before I went out to run errands. You mentioned that as a buddy read, so I'm letting you know if you still want to join in. I know, last minute... Sorry!
MountainKat wrote: "Hi Fran, I finished my eighth pick! I think you might be going for a record here! I really enjoyed Unraveled, it was a lot sweeter than I was expecting. I started How to Misbehave this morning, ..."Kat, I can't believe how many you read this month! yay! I will start How To Misbehave tomorrow and see how far I can get in the next few days. Kids are still off from school so it may be hard to get much reading in but I will try!
Not sure if I have gotten all my updates correct.... :Dthis is what I have read!
Lover At Last **currently reading
Thanks again Vilda for all the great picks!
Melissa ** wrote: "LethalLovely~I Think I Might've Inhaled You wrote: "Hey, Melissa! It was a little hard picking for you since a lot of the 90 books on your TBR shelf haven't been released yet, but I managed to find..."I'm relieved to hear you enjoyed Things I Can't Forget & Bad Boys Do given that I haven't read either, Melissa! *gives self a pat on the back*
Nichole, thank you very much for your recs this month. I ended up reading
&
& gave 4-★'s to both! I'm also currently reading two of your other picks,
&
& hope to have them finished by the end of March. Again THANK YOU. I've been participating in the PIFM challenges since 2010 & this is the first time I've read FOUR books that my picker rec'd!
Yay! I'm so glad you liked them. I gave myself a cookie for doing a good job! Okay, it was 2 but whatever.
Sorry, I ate both(3) of them already. Maybe next time!
meanie :( oh well, I think I have some left-over pre-made Toll House Ultimate Chocolate Chip cookies in the fridge, so i'll make those and you can't have any!! ;)
Dang, you got me. Yours is better :)
Hi Fran, finished How to Misbehave - so sweet! Thanks for all the great picks! I have several of the other ones high on my TBR, but I don't know if I can finish anymore this month - not that I have stopped trying! =)
MountainKat wrote: "Hi Fran, finished How to Misbehave - so sweet! Thanks for all the great picks! I have several of the other ones high on my TBR, but I don't know if I can finish anymore this month - not that I ha..."You did amazing! And I am so glad you threw How To Misbehave in at the last minute- I loved it! Way better than Ride With Me. I didn't love that one as much as everyone else. Couldn't stand the hero. But this one....just awesome. I adored both Tony and Amber. She was so funny and sassy, he so broken buy sexy...and sweet!
This was a first for me by this author, so lucky me that it was better!
Hi Vi! I always seem to forget the end of month PIFM wrap up. I read Night Road and Something About You by Julie James. Night Road brought me to tears.
MountainKat wrote: "This was a first for me by this author, so lucky me that it was better!"Oh I'm jealous of you guys just discovering ruthie Knox! Along for the ride is a fav of mine
Yay, Roxy!!
bought me to tears as well. I love Hannah's writing,
PamI finished my fourth pick
and I have put almost all your other picks to my TBR list. Thanks for the great suggestions, many new authors for me to explore!
Ok, my final count!this is what I have read!
Thanks again Vilda for all the great picks!
Daffodil I finished Taking Chase. It was great, so much so that I finished the series. LOL Thanks for the rec!
I'm done with
Absolutely love this! A 5 star book!
Penney, I finished
just in the nick of time. I loved it. I loved Keir, Xylara and the supporting cast as well. I'm so intrigued by the world the author has created. I'm definitely picking up the next book in the series. Thanks for the push!I'll be starting
as well but it'll be April before I finish.
Karen --I finished up Offside this morning. It was 3 star good. Not bad, but I really don't think I got to know either of the main characters very well, and at the end of the story, I was left feeling sort of unsatisfied.
Even though I know I won't get it finished in time, I'm going to start Fifteen Shades of Gay today anyway. Thanks for a month of great picks!
Finished my last pick of the month Rock Hard didn't like this one too much despite the book's popularity.. oh well..
Katie wrote: "Karen --I finished up Offside this morning. It was 3 star good. Not bad, but I really don't think I got to know either of the main characters very well, and at the end of the story, I was left ..."
I'm glad you enjoyed your picks this month, Katie!
Woohoo - managed to finish my 10th pick! And I am pretty sure that is in fact a record! I really liked Mistress Christmas - super hot and super sweet! Thanks Fran for all the great picks!!
I was sick last week and didn't get a whole lot of reading (or updating) done.I ended up reading a total of 6 picks in March, Thanks ShoSho!
3/3
3/9
3/11
3/14
3/19
3/25
Hey Magen,I wanted to thank you for my recommended book:
. I enjoyed it
MountainKat wrote: "Woohoo - managed to finish my 10th pick! And I am pretty sure that is in fact a record! I really liked Mistress Christmas - super hot and super sweet! Thanks Fran for all the great picks!!"Holy Cow! Awesome Kat- so glad you enjoyed your picks :)
Daffodil wrote: "I was sick last week and didn't get a whole lot of reading (or updating) done.I ended up reading a total of 6 picks in March, Thanks ShoSho!
3/3[bookcover:Rainsh..."
That's great:)
I hope you enjoyed them all
I finished one last pick, although life interfered a bit and I didn't quite manage to finish within the month. Oh, well, I read The One That Got Away and thought it was great, even if it didn't count for the challenge! Thanks again for the great picks this month, Brandilyn!
Karen -- I know I finished this one too late to count here, but Fifteen Shades of Gay (despite it's sad title) was really good! 4 stars. If you haven't read it yet, I totally recommend you put it on your list!
Katie wrote: "Karen -- I know I finished this one too late to count here, but Fifteen Shades of Gay (despite it's sad title) was really good! 4 stars. If you haven't read it yet, I totally recommend you put it..."Thanks, Katie - I actually read it a couple of months ago, and really liked it a lot! Glad to see I'm not the only one trying (unsuccessfully) to squeeze in one last pick before the end of the month! :D
2013 March PIFM ChallengeFinal Stats
I have to include that we had 100% of the participants make picks this month!!
75 total participants
59 participants reported completing the challenge
79% completion rate!
Overall, we had 152 books read for this challenge - WOW!!
The Roarke group had a 76% completion rate with 22 of the 29 reporting that they read one of their picks.
The Sawyer group had a 67% completion rate, 6 of the 9 reported reading a pick.
The Lord Ian group finished with a completion rate of 75%, 6 of the 8 reported reading at least one of their picks.
The Bones group came in at a 77% completion rate, 10 of 13 finished this challenge.
The McKay/Ty and Zane group finished up at 92% with 12 of 13 reporting back that they read a pick. I guess we really do like our smut! =P
Thanks for allowing me to host this challenge again! I hope you had as much fun as I did!!
All the Pretty Books We Read!
so pretty! Thanks for hosting, MK! You rock, as always. :)
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are you interested in doing a buddy read?
Hey, whoops. completely forgot about that. I just got in from out of town. Sure, I can squeeze ..."
sounds good!