Pick It For Me - September Read

[Janet , Moderator]

Hello all!

The time has come to choose your book selections for your September 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 September 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.

[Kirsten]

Yippee!! As I've mentioned in another thread, I've decided for September my theme is going to be "books I probably should've read in school but somehow graduated without actually reading them"

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - I was assigned this one, but only read the first 5 chapters and still got an "A" on my essay.
2 votes - Faouzia, Kimberley

Hiroshima by John Hersey - How I got away without reading this one is beyond me. Every other class seemed to be reading it my Junior year and I live right next door (same county) as the facility that produced the plutonium for it.
1 vote - Amber

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - For some reason, I didn't read any Hemingway in high school. Though, my sister - 3 years younger than me - read this one.
1 vote - Perri

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2 votes - Brenda, Agnieszka

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Modern American Lit read this, but I took Basic American Lit
3 votes - Dana, Sophie, Daisy

Lord of the Flies by William Golding - same as Gatsby
2 votes - Patricia, Sean

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut - I don't think this is the Vonnegut I have read. I read the one with ice-9.
4 votes - Mallory Heart, Lisa, Stefanie, Mandy

[Dana]

These are non-fiction choices this month:
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
9 Votes-Mallory Heart, Patricia, Brenda, Stefanie, Amber, Sophie, Kimberley, Daisy, Mandy

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
5 Votes- Kirsten, Perri, Faouzia, Lisa, Sean

The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
1 Vote- Agnieszka
Thanks!

[REMEMBER UKRAINE NOW ReadingReindeer]

September Theme: UK [Crime Fiction & Police Procedurals]

American Crow: Perri, Lisa, Brenda, Amber, Sophie! Agnieszka

Close To Home--Sean, Kimberley

Disclaimer--Stefanie

The Girl Next Door--Dana, Faouzia, Patricia

Last Writes-Agnieszka

little girls lost

Murder In Thrall--Patricia

The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery-Daisy

[Patricia]

These are "Oldies But Goodies" that were found in some used book stores.



St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters
Amber

Death by Water by Michael Innes

The Hollow by Agatha Christie
Sean - Perri - Faouzia - Stephanie

The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey
Mallory - Kirsten

Laidlaw by William McIlvanney
Sophie

Stick by Elmore Leonard
Dana - Lisa - Kimberley

Unknown Man #89 by Elmore Leonard

Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald
Brenda

[Faouzia]

For September my topic will be "books about mysterious books and bookstores" :)

1. The End of Mr. Y: 2 votes
Perri/ Brenda

2. The Angel's Game: 6 votes
Dana/ Kirsten/ Kimberley/ Daisy/ Agnieszka/ Mandy

3. The Library of Shadows: 4 votes
Mallory/ Amber/ Sophie/ Sean

4. The Book of Air and Shadows

5. The Weeping Books Of Blinney Lane: 3 votes
Patricia/ Lisa/ Stefanie

[Lisa]

For September I will be doing "B" titled books from my free e-books.

The Back Door Man
x2 Perri and Patricia

The Belial Stone

Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3

Beyond Sticks and Stones: Bullying and Cyberbullying

Blood Moon Rising
x4 Brenda, Mandy, Sean and Amber

Blood Orchids
x3 Stefanie, Agnieszka and Sophie

Bookworm
x3 Dana, Faouzia and Kimberely

Burnt Offerings
x4 Kirsten, Daisy, Agnieszka and Mallory

[Brenda]

Broken Harbor by Tana French - 4
--Mallory Heart, Kimberley, Faouzia, Agnieszka

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly - 2
--Amber, Sean

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel - 7
--Stefanie, Perri, Dana, Lisa, Sophie, Mandy, Kirsten

A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen

The Last Child by John Hart - 2
--Patricia, Daisy

[Stefanie]

Hi All!! This month I am listing books that I own. I feel that I keep buying more and more and then end up reading library books ect and not the ones I bought! I figured you guys could help me out with that!

1.
5 Votes: Dana, Patricia, Lisa, Mandy, Kristin
2.
4 Votes: Brenda, Sean, Kimberley, Agnieszka
3.
1 Vote: Faouzia
4.
1 Vote: Sophie
5.
3 Votes: Mallory, Amber, Daisy
6.
1 Vote: Perri

[Amber]

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... +3
Kirsten
Kimberley
Lisa

2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Karl Keating
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Sarah Foot as part of The English Monarchs series
4. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy by Max Hastings +5
Dana
Mallory Heart
Patricia
Brenda
Daisy

5.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
by Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author)
6. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Nicholas Wade +1
Mandy

7. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Desmond Seward +1
Sean

8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Sun Tzu +1
Sophie

9. 1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry
by Andrew Bridgeford
and 10.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
by Barbara M. Walker, Garth Williams (Illustrator) +2
Perri
Agnieszka

So far it looks like I'm going to end up reading the one about D-Day, 1944 as I have not received a vote since the 19th.

[Perri]

These are book I want to read but find easy to put off-give me the nudge I need!
The Screwtape Letters Faouzia, Brenda, Sophie, Kimberley, Agnieszka
A Shropshire Lad Patricia
Dandelion Wine Dana, Lisa, Amber
The Left Hand of Darkness Mallory, Kirsten, Sean, Mandy
Man's Search for Meaning

[Sean, Moderator]

Well completely out of my comfort zone, lots of new authors, well known, but not read.

Dead Ringer

(Agnieszka))


Red Mist

(Amber and Sophie)


The Bat

(Kirsten)

No Way Back


Play Dead


Birdman

(Brenda, Dana, Mallory Heart, Mandy, Perri, Kimberley)


Just Take My Heart


Freak


(Daisy)


The Ice Princess


Killer Instinct

(Patricia and Lisa)

[Cj]

I prefer dead ringer birdman and red mist... I am female and love these authors a male may not

[Lynn]

Birdman by Mo Hayder
White is the Coldest Colour by John Nicholl
Black Machetes by Ryan K. Howard
Patriot by A.S. Bond
A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church

[Sophie]

No rhyme or reason just books I want to clear from my ever-expanding TBR list. This month is as follows:

1. Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb Kimberley, Mandy (2)
2. Florence and Giles by John Harding Paticia (1)
3. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Dana, Kirsten, Brenda, Sean, Agnieszka (5)
4. The Girls by Lisa Jewell Faouzia, Lisa, Stefanie (3)
5. The Remains by Vincent Zandri Mallory Heart, Daisy (2)
6. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Perri (1)
7. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin Amber (1)

[[deleted user]]

Keeping my selection short this month so my books are;

Irène Pierre Lemaitre 4votes votes
Mallory, Sean, Sophie, Agnieszka

The Stand Stephen King 7votes
Amber, Kirsten, Perri, Dana, Lisa, Stefanie , Mandy

What Remains Tim Weaver 4 votes
Faouzia, Brenda, Patricia, Daisy

[Mandy]

This is a list of books "I should have read ages ago"

To Kill a Mockingbird

Daisy, Sean, Amber, Stefanie, Brenda, Kirsten

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Patricia, Perri, Lisa

The Subtle Knife

Sophie, Mallory Heart

A Confederacy of Dunces

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

The Shadow of the Wind

Agnieska, Kimberley, Dana, Faouzia

[Daisy]

Those Girls Chevy Stevens

Trust No One Paul Cleave

The Murderer's Daughter Jonathan Kellerman

The Crazy Psychologist Miller Caldwell

The Post Office: A Suspense Thriller Borne of Goodness, Addiction and a Psychopath Kim Cruise

[Agnieszka]

This time I go for something light, funny and still with a touch of mystery or suspense

2 Lisa, Sophie

3 Dana, Perri, Patricia

1 Amber

0

3 Mallory, Sean, Kirsten

1 Brenda

4 Stefanie, Daisy, Faouzia, Kimberley

1 = Mandy

0

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[Tyler]

Would love feedback! In the mood for a good thriller. :)

Trust Your Eyes

Watching You

The Lost Ones

Help for the Haunted

Into the Darkest Corner

Cold Vengeance

From the Dead

Dark Places

[Amber]

Tyler: The voting ended on August 31st for the September book.

[Tyler]

Amber wrote: "Tyler: The voting ended on August 31st for the September book."

Oh okay thanks

[Brenda]

Tyler wrote: "Amber wrote: "Tyler: The voting ended on August 31st for the September book."

Oh okay thanks"

But Tyler, the October threads will go up soon, so save your list!

[Cj]

I love linwood Barclay and also preston .. I am sure if you want to read something you can't go wrong with either,,, Or for that matter the other books look pretty good too

[Amber]

You're welcome, Tyler.