Pick If For Me - August Read

[Janet , Moderator]

Hello all!

The time has come to choose your book selections for your August read in the PIFM challenge.

The rules are:-

* You can choose any number of books. A minimum of two and up to a maximum of 10.

* Please, only ONE MESSAGE per member. That means NO REPLYING or CHATTING in this thread.

* Once you have made your selections and posted, when your votes start to come in you can then add your votes cast by other members beneath your book titles ie. the following might be how my list would look:-

The Ties That Bind - Erin Kelly
x 1 - Christine

Hidden - Emma Kavanagh
x 1 - Sue
x 1 - Pat

How you post is your choice, you can link, do pictures, the above is just an example. The key is that you stick with the one message and update it as the votes come in. Your list can be placed when the August threads go up.

PLEASE NOTE:

PIFM is meant to be FUN and not to be taken seriously. I would appreciate it if all participants just chilled and not get worked up about voting, who votes, who doesn't, etc. Please bear in mind that some will just want to vote, many don't come on everyday and most of us have time constraints. I just want a relaxed approach to it all and for you all to just enjoy the process! I'd really appreciate your courtesy in this matter. Thanks.

[Icy-Cobwebs-Crossing-SpaceTime]

I've made my selections through December!!

For August--California Theme:

California

California Blood--Patricia, Kimberley, Dana

California Schemin'--Amber, Agnieszka

The Good Know Nothing: A California Century Mystery--Kirsten, Brenda

The Hotel California--Lynn, Perri, Faouzia, Daisy, David

Telegraph Hill--Lisa

Townhouse--

Where Serpents Lie--Sophie, Stefanie, Christine, Jenifer, Kelby, E.

[Kirsten]

August? Well, it's the middle of baseball season. So, to celebrate the Boys of Summer, I thought I'd like to read a baseball-themed mystery

The Cincinnati Red Stalkings by Troy Soos
7 votes - Sophie, Brenda, Patricia, Stefanie, Mandy, Jenifer, E.

The Convict, the Rookie Card, and the Redemption of Gertie Thump by Becky Lyn Rickman
1 vote - Agnieszka

Double Play by Robert B. Parker
7 votes - Lisa, Mallory Heart, Sean, Daisy, Kimberley, David, Dana

Fear in Fenway by Crabbe Evers
3 votes - Lynn, Amber, Kelby

Murder in the Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough

Murder in Wrigley Field by Crabbe Evers
3 votes - Perri, Faouzia, Christine

[Lynn Renee]

Afraid
...Brenda
...Dana
...E.
...Jenifer
...Kimberley
...Perri
...Sean
...Sophie
...Stephanie

Don't Close Your Eyes

The Poisoned Rose
...Amber
...Faouzia

Malevolent
...Christine
...David
...Lisa
...Mallory Heart
...Mandy

The Gingerbread Man
...Agnieszka
...Daisy
...Kelby
...Kirsten
...Patricia

[Sophie]

Reposting a couple from previous months that I haven't got round to yet with some newbies thrown in too :)

1. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream Perri, Dana (2)
2. The Bone Clocks
3. The Girls Patricia, Jenifer (2)
4. Warm Bodies Mallory Heart, Kimberley, David (3)
5. The Enchanted Brenda, Lisa, E. (3)
6. Weightless Christine, Agnieszka (2)
7. Splinter
8. The Ward Lynn, Amber, Sean, Faouzia, Stefanie, Mandy, Daisy, Kelby (8)

[[deleted user]]

My August selection are

2 votes
My Sister’s Secret
Christine, Daisy

2 votes
Summertime
Patricia, Perri

3 votes
You
Brenda, Stefanie, Dana

7 votes
Blood Moon
Kirsten, Lynn, Amber, Lisa, Jenifer, Kelby, David

7votes
The Comfort of Black
Sophie, Mallory heart, Sean, Faouzia, Mandy, E, Agnieszka

[Amber]

1. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond +1
Perri

2. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain by Marc Morris +8
Kimberley*
Patricia
Sean
Christine
Mallory Heart
Daisy
Kelby
Agnieszka

3. Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating

4. Æthelstan: The First King of England by Sarah Foot as part of The English Monarchs series
5. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy by Max Hastings +1
Stefanie


6. Authentic Vietnamese Cooking: Food from a Family Table
by Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author)
7. Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade +1
Lisa

8. The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453 by Desmond Seward +2
Faouzia
Jenifer

9. The Art of War by Sun Tzu +3
Brenda
E
Dana

and 10. 1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry
by Andrew Bridgeford +1
David

*Kimberley actually voted for that one after I had stopped counting my July votes and I promised her she'd be listed as my first August vote.

Due to not having received a new vote since the 24th, I will be reading "A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain" by Marc Morris for my August PIFM.

[Lisa]

Wow August picks already. I just finished June's read, lol.

My August theme will be books starting with "A"


Ash

Brenda, Faouzia, E., Mandy, Dana and Mallory

An American Fraud: One Lawyer's Case Against Mormonism

Amber and Perri

Alone

Daisy, Kimberley, Kelby, and David

Almost Perfect

Stefanie

 
All The Pretty Bones

Kirsten, Sean, Jenifer and Patricia


All Fall Down

Agnieszka

Advice of Counsel

Sophie and Christine

Adrenaline

[Brenda]

Chance
1~Agnieszka

The Crucifix Killer
8~Lisa, Amber, Mallory Heart, Sean, Christine, Lynn, Mandy, Kimberley

Pretty Maidens All In a Row
1~Patricia

Rain of Terror
1~Jenifer

Twisted
10~Kirsten, Sophie, Perri, Stefanie, Faouzia, Daisy, Kelby, Dana, E., David

[Patricia]

The 9th Girl

Kirsten - Amber - Perri - Sean - Stephanie - Jenifer - Kelby - E

Wicked Moon

Lynn - Daisy

Drop Dead Perfect

Lisa - Brenda


A White Trail

Christine - David

Rage Against the Dying

Faouzia - Sophie - Mandy - Kimberley - Agnieszka

Surgical

Mallory

[Faouzia]

My choices for August are the first of series. Time to discover new series :)

1. Think of a Number: 4 votes
Mallory/ Jenifer/ E/ David

2.She Shall Have Murder: 1 vote
Amber

3.Triptych: 8 votes
Kirsten/ Brenda/ Patricia/ Sophie/ Stefanie/ Mandy/ Daisy/ Kimberley/ Kelby

4.He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not: 1 vote
Christine

5.Sworn to Silence: 5 votes
Lisa/ Perri/ Lynn/ Agnieszka/ Dana

[Perri]

My Choices come from Best Beach Reads 2015 on Listopia:

Dark Places Lynn, Jenifer, Daisy, Kelby, Agnieszka
Shutter Island Sophie,Sean, Patricia, Faouzia,Kimberley, E., David
The Kind Worth Killing Brenda, Mallory, Stefanie
Still Missing Christine, Mandy
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania Kirsten, Amber, Lisa

[Christine]

My picks are all books on my "on deck" shelf:

Girl Underwater Claire Kells
(Amber, Agnieszka

The Seneca Scourge Carrie Rubin
(Daisy

I Let You Go Clare Mackintosh
(Brenda, Sophie, Sean, Jenifer, Lisa(TN), Kimberley, David

The Boy In The Woods Carter Wilson
(Patricia. MH, Stefanie, Kirsten, Lynn, Kelby, E, Dana

Irreparable Deeds Sloane Kady
(Perri, Faouzia, Mandy

[Stefanie]

My list is again from a library books that have to go back in a timely fashion. There are two repeats on the list but the rest new, thanks for taking the time to vote
1.
7 Votes: Christine, Mallory Heart, Lynn, Amber, Kimberley, E, Dana
2.
0 Votes
3.
5 Votes: Kristin, Brenda, Perri, Jenifer, Daisy
4.
2 Votes: Kelby, David
5.
6 Votes: Patricia, Sean, Lisa, Sophie, Mandy, Agnieska

[Sean, Moderator]

Mine are all Net Galley Book




(Patricia, Stefanie, Kimberley, E )




(Amber, Sophie, Kelby, David, Dana)



(Perri)



(Agnieszka)



(Christine, Lynn, Daisy)




(Mandy, Brenda)



(Lisa, Jenifer)






(Mallory Heart, Kirstin)

[Mandy]

Darkside
Amber, Lynn

The Reckoning

The Killing Place
Stefanie, Jennifer, Daisy, Kimberley, Faouzia, E, Kelby, Lisa

Someone Else's Skin
Patricia, Brenda, Sophie

Ultimatum
Sean, Agniezska

Scream: A DCI Mark Lapslie Investigation
Mallory Heart

The Violet Hour. Richard Montanari
Kirsten

Breakneck
Perri, Christine, Dana, David

[Jenifer]

My choices:
*Sophie, Lisa,

1.
Christine

2.
Amber, Mallory, Sean, Stefanie, Mandy, Patricia, Daisy. Kimberly

3.
Kirsten, Brenda, Perri,

4.
Faouzia

5.
Lynn

[Daisy]

I'm a little late adding my list this time, but here it is.

1.
Sophie

2.
Lynn
Amber
Patricia
Mallory Heart
Perri
Sean
Mandy
Kimberley
Kelby
Kirsten
David

3.

4.
Christine
Jenifer

5.
Lisa
E.
Agnieska
Dana

6.
Faouzia
Stefanie

[E.]

These are authors I haven't read, ranging from thriller to mystery to dystopian adventure to intenseYA.

*•8 No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay
(Lynn, Amber, Kimberly, Kelby, Patricia, Sean, Brenda, Mallory)

•0 More Than This - Patrick Ness

•4 Dangerous Girls - Abigail Haas
(Daisy, Lisa, Agnieszka, Christine)

•1 The Wire In The Blood - Val McDermid
(Faouzia)

*•8 The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
(Perri, Kirsten, Stefanie, Mandy, David, Sophie, Jenifer, Dana)

* it's a tie!

[Kelby *TwistedCactusReads*]

It's my first time doing this so I hope I'm doing it right...


Sophie, Amber, Agnieszka, Dana


Brenda




David, Kristen,Mallory, Sean, Setfanie, Christine, Jenifer, Daisy, Kimberley, David




Lisa, Perri, E.

[Agnieszka]

I fear most of you won't know much of the stuff, but it's time again for one of my Christian thriller / romantic suspense books.

Don't Look Back by Lynette Eason
3 - Christine, Stefanie, E

Sidetracked by Brandilyn Collins
9 - Lynn, Amber, Lisa, Patricia, Perri, Jenifer, Kirsten, Sophie, Brenda

Sanctuary Breached by Lisa Phillips
0

Taken by Dee Henderson
8 - Kimberly, David, Dana, Sean, Daisy, Kelby, Mandy, Faouzia

Fatal Exchange by Lisa Harris
1 - Mallory

[Dana]

The Weight of Blood -4 votes

In the Woods - 7 votes

Descent - 3 votes

Nightshade - 1 vote

[[deleted user]]

Oh Janet I have a tie, could you do the honours please? :)

[Bodo]

Safe Havens: Shadow Masters

I would recommend "Safe Havens: Shadow Masters", a fascinating spy thriller with a frightening realistic government conspiracy ala Jason Bourne. It is one of my all time favourites and for free on Amazon this weekend only!

[Samantha]

Bodo - thanks for the recommendation - downloaded!

[Bodo]

Samantha - you're welcome! Please let me know if you enjoyed it!