2013 September Pick It For Me! Challenge

[Sassafrass]

Renee wrote: "
Sassafrass!!


Not like I'm surprised, but we have very similar tastes, girl! Going through your shelves was so much fun, it was just hard to narrow all my picks down. So, lucky you, I'm gonna g..."


Renee AWESOME picks! I love them all, so I have no idea where I'm going to start first. I'm going to try to get to them all this month. We'll see!

[Ezi]

Now, I have gone and bought Surviving Raine. I hope it is as good as you guys say :)

[Fran, Moderator]

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Now, I have gone and bought Surviving Raine. I hope it is as good as you guys say :)"

I hope you love it Ezinwanyi!

[Dee]

ok, MountainKate - here we go ;)

Fire:
Rapunzel - from your to-read-ASAP shelf
My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan - kinda quirky YA but really good, I highly recommend the audiobook

Water:
Her Forbidden Hero - N2U
All or Nothing - your to-read-ASAP shelf

Air:
Flowers from the Storm - your shelf
Firefly Lane - not on your chosen shelf, but you have it marked as to-read - I was a blubbering mess by the end of it
Just This Once - from your to-read

Earth:
Eat Play Lust - a real cute shortie - it is released on the 26th
Along Came Trouble - some angst in minor characters, but not so much in the main ones - from your chosen shelf

[Brett]

Sandy
Your bday is a day before mine! I hope you like the picks :)

Fire:
TBR:Russka: The Novel of Russiaby Edward Rutherford- has a red cover and looks super cool!
New:Maid for Loveby Marie Force- Stubborn character and it's a guilty pleasure series for me.

Water:
TBR:Here be Dragonsby Sharon Kay Penman-I saw this on your TBR and I had to put down for dark blue cover. This is my all time favorite historical fiction. She is one of my favorite authors.
New:Playing for Keepsby RL Mathewson-this is a sweet read

Air:
TBR:If I Stayby Gayle Forman- this is a sad, but good book
New:Dirtyby Megan Hart- really emotional, but awesome

Earth:
TBR:Backstage Passby Olivia Cunning- fun, HOT book and a light read ;)
New:Flat-Out Loveby Jessica Park-another light read

[Sassafrass]

Lisa:

Thanks for waiting for your picks. I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize that we were doing them early this month! Anyway, we don't have a ton of books in common, so I tried to pick from your shelves (especially your "want-to-read-next" shelf) and a few that are new to you. I hope you find something you like, if not, let me know and I can repick for ya!

FIRE: I'm a sucker for alpha men. Talk about stubborn, so I went with that for this option. You've got some great books on your TBR for this so I had plenty to pick from.

--great start to a great series. Loved this one. And talk about the epitome of alpha. Lucas is yummy and is definitely not taking no for an answer!

--you had book 2 on your shelf but not book one. And you enjoyed the FSOG trilogy, so I think this will be right up your alley. Gideon Cross is definitely stubborn. And he deliciously doesn't tends to ignore "no".

--for something different, I thought we should focus on the girls a bit. Meritt is super stubborn and very strong. I love a kick ass heroine.

WATER: We're going with covers for this one, so I chose,
(water), (dark blue), and (dark blue)
but I also decided to throw in because it's sweet and loving. A little sexy too!



AIR: ANGST is the name of the game here and you have plenty to choose from. LOL, I went with , , and . I'm getting Emo just thinking about these!

EARTH: after getting bogged down with all that angst in the last category, I decided not to take myself too seriously, and give you a few laughs. So, I hope one of these fits your fancy:
--very cute, more serious out of all of them in this category though
--funny and a bit unique in that it's written from the male POV
--ha! I'm crackin' up just thinking about this one.
--can't take yourself too seriously with a pink cover and men's drawers on the cover!


Well, I hope that you can find something to read this month!

[Elke]

Pam,


I'm so sorry I haven't gotten your picks up yet. Things have come up and I wont be able to get them done until Monday morning! I'm normally right on time....again I'm sorry!!!

[Amy]

Penney wrote: "Hi Amy! That was fun, and really hard. Thank the Lord for Breann's rules, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pick and choose. As it is, I left quite a few books on the cutting room floor. ..."

Penney Great selection!
I will start with one of the new ones Sins and Needles:) If I Were You sounds interesting too! Oh and maybe Good Girls Don't and Wicked Ties.
Thanks again.

[Regina]

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "Regina wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: " FOR YOU, REGINA P

You can't go wrong with most of those. Make time for the great Lisa Kleypas though :)


Thanks! I´ll look for the book on Amazon.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Dee wrote: "ok, MountainKate - here we go ;)

Fire:
Rapunzel - from your to-read-ASAP shelf
My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan - kinda quirky YA but really good, I highly recommend the audiobook

Water:
Her Forb..."

Thanks Dee! I hope to read several of your picks this month, but I know I will read Flowers from the Storm since it is by the FAC author. Now I just have to wait until next week to start...

[Dee]

that's why I picked it - plus I love it - Maddy is such a different heroine ;) and all her books are coming out in audio now

[Carla]

Gea, here are your picks. I hope that you see something that you like. If not, let me know and I can re-pick.

Fire: Causing Havoc by Lori Foster (I haven’t read this one but like her books); Hot as Sin by Bella Andre

Water: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis is a sweet story about a woman who gives to everyone; Blue cover: Tears of the Renegade by Linda Howard.

Air: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney is a very angst-y book with a hero with issues. Not a romance, but a love story, The Fault in Our Stars is emotional and has a blue cover. It is funny and sad, and I can’t recommend it enough. My book group just read it and everyone loved it.

Earth: Green Cover: Skin in the Game by Jackie Barbosa; Landscape/brown cover: The Outlaw and the Lady by Lorraine Heath.

[Carla]

Zara wrote: "Hi Carla


Sorry for the delay in getting your list to you. I've been fighting a nasty cold that my beautiful children decided they would share around. lol

I hope there's something from the select..."

Thanks for all the great picks...so difficult to choose :) I'll plan to order some from the library tomorrow.

[Ruth Ann]

Ab2y-Thanks for waiting for your picks. Here are they are. I hope you find something you can read this month. Enjoy!

Fire:
Sweet Savage Love
It Happened One Autumn

Water:
TouchStone for play
Glass Houses

Air:
If I Stay
Dirty

Earth:
The Peach Keeper
Flat-Out Love

[Ruth Ann]

Ty wrote: "Hi Ruth Ann! Great seeing your stack of books, which we have a log in common! Your TBR is massive! Plus, how could you go wrong with Gandy as your pic? nom nom noms. Hope you like your picks - if y..."

Hi Ty! Thanks for the pics. I love them all. Not sure which one to start with. I will have to look and see which ones I own. I will get back to you on that!!

[Lisa]

Sassafrass wrote: "Lisa:

Thanks for waiting for your picks. I wasn't paying attention and didn't realize that we were doing them early this month! Anyway, we don't have a ton of books in common, so I tried to pick..."

Thank you I am sure I will find something good to read. their are a lot I really want to read next so I will have a hard time picking LOL

[Penney]

Ab2y wrote: "Hi Penney ,
i forgot about this challenge , thanks for the pm :)
I had fun going thru your shelves as usual , i hope you like my picks :)"

Thanks for the pics Ab2y! I think I'll give a try. Looks like fun!

[Lisa]

Dee

Hope I didn't take to long to get these out and most important hope I am doing this right. If not let me know please.

Well I seen people giving sugestions from all Fire,water air and earth so I did the same


Fire



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air




earth



I hope these are good to chose from. let me know if you want different one I will keep looking.

[[deleted user]]

Brett here are you picks

Fire:
Wicked Ties (Wicked Lovers, #1)
By Black, Shayla
Kiss at Your Own Risk (Soulfire, #1)
Bye Rowe, Stephanie
Water:
Water Bound
by Christine Feehan
The Demon's Daughter (Tale of the Demon World #1)
by Emma Holly
Air:
Flowers from the Storm
by Laura Kinsale
It's All Greek to Me
by Katie MacAlister
Earth:
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov,
Once in Every Life
by Kristin Hannah

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Hi Renee!

I have here your picks. I hope you'll find something interesting to read.

FIRE:


WATER


AIR


EARTH


Happy reading!

[Bror (Abrar)]

Ruth Ann wrote: "Ab2y-Thanks for waiting for your picks. Here are they are. I hope you find something you can read this month. Enjoy!

Fire:
Sweet Savage Love
It Happened One Autumn

Water:
TouchStone for play
..."

Thanks for the picks :) i think i'll read them all but i already read can you re-pick that one ?

[Bror (Abrar)]

Penney wrote: "Ab2y wrote: "Hi Penney ,
i forgot about this challenge , thanks for the pm :)
I had fun going thru your shelves as usual , i hope you like my picks :)"

Thanks for the pics Ab2y! I think I'll giv..."

You're very welcome , i loved that book i hope you do too :)

[Gea]

Carla wrote: "Gea, here are your picks. I hope that you see something that you like. If not, let me know and I can re-pick..."

Thanks for the picks, Carla :) I will definitely read and but there some other books that look good and I hope I can manage to squeeze them in

[[deleted user]]

Gea

I have to see what books I can get from my Library I will tell you what I am reading when I get them

[Zara's Retreat]

Carla wrote: "Zara wrote: "Hi Carla


Sorry for the delay in getting your list to you. I've been fighting a nasty cold that my beautiful children decided they would share around. lol

I hope there's something fr..."

I'm glad you liked your picks. You have an awesome collection of books. I look forward to seeing what you choose to read.

[Tiff]

Hey Apilif!

So, I took a look at your books and yup, we do have very very different tastes in books! Well, I would say, you did a good job! ;)
Thanks! I look forward to reading them!

[Lauren]

Thanks for the great picks Diane. So many good ones to choose from :0)

I'll definitely read

[Isha]

Hi Amy J! We didn't have that many books in common so I did pick a few books for you for each catgeory and I hope you find something that you would like to read.


Fire
[TBR] The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton - This was a very hot read with a very sweet romantic hero.
[TBR] Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning
[NEW] Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost - Both the main H/h are a very strong and stubborn characters.
[NEW] Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh - You didn't enjoy the last book in the series but you should definitely give this one a go, it was one of my favourites of the series.




Water
[TBR] Bared To You by Sylvia Day
[TBR] Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
[NEW] The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley - This was a very sweet story with amazing characters and this is one of my favourite historical romance novel.




Air
[TBR] The Siren by Tiffany Reiz - very emotional read. I didn't like the book so much but I know many people who absolutely loved it.
[TBR] Lover At Last by J.R. Ward
[NEW] On Dublin Street by Samantha Young - very angsty and emotional with great characters and one of my favourite reads of last year




Earth
[TBR] Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison - a great, light PNR book
[TBR] Playing for Keeps by R.L. Mathewson - I've heard great things about this book
[NEW] Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - A great fun, sweet, light read
[NEW] Tangled by Emma Chase - this was a very light, sweet and funny book from the male's pov and one of my favourite reads of this year.

[Tiff]

Hi Roxy!
It was kind of hard to look for books for you since it seems that we don't have the same type of books, boo. But hopefully, I did okay! If ever you need me to re-pick anything, just say the word!

FIRE
The Hunger Games (TBR)
Hot Zone (TBR)
Divergent (TBR)
Big Bad Wolf (NEW)

WATER
An Echo in the Bone (TBR)
Mad About the Earl (TBR)
Mouth to Mouth (NEW)
Lick (NEW)

AIR
Delicious (TBR)
Web of Love (TBR)
Josh and Hannah (NEW)
Love Left Behind (NEW)

EARTH
The Man from Gossamer Ridge (TBR)
The Doctor's Deadly Affair (TBR)
Protecting What's His (NEW)
Dangerous Grounds (NEW)

[Nici]

Joyce, I will do your picks tomorrow morning! exciting!

[Ty]

Fran wrote: "LOL! I have offered up Surviving Raine a few times! I really think you will like it....I hope so since you are reading it for me! No pressure or anything!

Let me know when you can get to Shine No..."

After the 15th sounds good! I'll let you know when I get it.

[Amy J.]

Ashley,

your picks will be up in a couple of hours. Sorry for the delay.

[Renee]

Sassafrass wrote: "Renee AWESOME picks! I love them all, so I have no idea where I'm going to start first. I'm going to try to get to them all this month. We'll see!"

So glad you liked them!! If you use a Kindle, I have about half of those books on my "kindle-lendable" shelf and would be happy to let you borrow any of them :-)

[Renee]

Yz the Whyz wrote: "Hi Renee!

I have here your picks. I hope you'll find something interesting to read."

Thank you, Yz!! I'm going to go out on a limb this month and read some stuff that I don't usually go for. Definitely The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie and Exclusively Yours. Gonna try and fit Wallbanger and Rush in there too, since I have those listed for other challenges as well. Woohoo, can't wait for September!!

[Amy J.]

Nikita wrote: "Hi Amy J! We didn't have that many books in common so I did pick a few books for you for each catgeory and I hope you find something that you would like to read.

Thanks for the picks Nikita!

I'm going to start with Branded by Fire. Although I didn't like the fifth book, I love all the ones that came before it. So, I'm willing to give the series another try.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Renee wrote: "Thank you, Yz!! I'm going to go out on a limb this month and read some stuff that I don't usually go for. Definitely The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie and Exclusively Yours. Gonna try and fit Wallbanger and Rush in there too, since I have those listed for other challenges as well. Woohoo, can't wait for September!! "

Cool. I decided to give you a mixture of genres so you can pick the ones you are in the mood for. : )

[SandyC]

Brett wrote: "Sandy
Your bday is a day before mine! I hope you like the picks :)

Fire:
TBR:Russka: The Novel of Russiaby Edward Rutherford- has a red cover and looks super cool!
New:Maid for Loveby Marie Forc..."

Brett, thanks for the great picks!
I will definitely read
If I Stay. I have Russka: The Novel of Russia sitting on my shelf and would love to read it too. Here be Dragons looks really good, but I'm trying to finish another Penman doorstopper for a HF challenge!

Thanks again!

[Isha]

Amy J. wrote: "Nikita wrote: "Hi Amy J! We didn't have that many books in common so I did pick a few books for you for each catgeory and I hope you find something that you would like to read.

Thanks for the pick..."

Glad you found something Amy J and I hope you enjoy Branded by Fire.

[Carla]

Gea wrote: "Carla wrote: "Gea, here are your picks. I hope that you see something that you like. If not, let me know and I can re-pick..."

Thanks for the picks, Carla :) I will definitely read [bookcover:Sk..."
I'm glad that you found something that looked good. I love that green cover :)

[Daffodil]

Apilif I'm not as familiar with the m/m genre as others, so I relied mainly on the covers to pick from your TBR. For original picks, I used your favorites shelf as a jumping off place and explored "Readers also enjoyed" & listopia from there. I hope you enjoy your picks, have fun reading in September.


Fire: Fire people are impassioned and devoted lovers, and may tend toward flamboyant romantic gestures. Pick a book with a strong and/or stubborn character, someone who is determined to end up with The One and doesn’t take no for an answer. Or choose a book with a red, yellow or orange cover or with fire on the cover.
Your TBR:
Something New:

Water: Romance comes naturally to Water people; they give and receive love easily. Recommend a book that has a sweet and loving story. Or pick a book with a dark blue cover or one that has water on the cover.
Your TBR:
Something New:

Air: Since commitment doesn't come naturally to Air they can have difficulty in relationships. Choose an angsty and/or emotional book. Or recommend a book with a white or light blue cover or a book with a blue sky on the cover.
Your TBR:
Something New:

Earth: The Earth person commits readily, they don’t experience much conflict when choosing to commit, and may not see it as having negative aspects. Recommend a book with little conflict, something light and easy. Or a book with a brown or green cover or a book with any landscape on the cover.
Your TBR:
Something New:

[Dee]

Lisa wrote: "Dee

Hope I didn't take to long to get these out and most important hope I am doing this right. If not let me know please.

Well I seen people giving sugestions from all Fire,water air and earth so..."

They look good Lisa! Not sure which ones going to read ;)

[Fi]

Daffodil wrote: "Apilif I'm not as familiar with the m/m genre as others, so I relied mainly on the covers to pick from your TBR. For original picks, I used your favorites shelf as a jumping off place and explore..."

Daffodil, you did a great job with the picks, thanks! :)

I will try to read
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I'm supposed to read for a challenge this month, but I might change gears and read it in september.

And , how I would love to read you, if only you weren't nearly 1500 pages long...:p

[Katie]

Apilif wrote: "Daffodil wrote: "Apilif I'm not as familiar with the m/m genre as others, so I relied mainly on the covers to pick from your TBR. For original picks, I used your favorites shelf as a jumping off ..."

1500 pages of awesome, though! FREE awesome, at that. :P

[Becca]

How is it free? :)

[Dee]

if you click on the booklink - you can download the ebook versions free

[Brett]

Arena wrote: "Brett here are you picks

Fire:
Wicked Ties (Wicked Lovers, #1)
By Black, Shayla
Kiss at Your Own Risk (Soulfire, #1)
Bye Rowe, Stephanie
Water:
Water Bound
by Christine Feehan
The Demon'..."

Thanks for the picks!
I'll read Flowers from the Storm for sure.

[Becca]

It's not showing up for me :/

[Becca]

Elizabeth! Thanks so much for the great picks! Hopefully I'll be able to get to a couple of them this month and I added all the new books to my TBR! They look great! Nici, I'll work on your picks tomorrow, I would do them sooner but I have to work a double today :(

[Ruth Ann]

Ab2y wrote: "Ruth Ann wrote: "Ab2y-Thanks for waiting for your picks. Here are they are. I hope you find something you can read this month. Enjoy!

Fire:
Sweet Savage Love
It Happened One Autumn

Water:
Tou..."

Sorry about that, Hope this one works-Let me know

Tangled

[Dee]

Becca wrote: "It's not showing up for me :/"

here you go ;) - http://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/downl...