2015 September Pick-It-For-Me! Challenge

[Olivera]

♥KathyD♥ wrote: "Olivia...I'm sorry I didn't get these to you last night...hope you find something you'll enjoy!

Top Hat — Pick a book with rich characters or a historical romance.
[bookcover:On Dublin Street|1576..."


Thank you for the books! I'm very intrigued by almost all of them! :D

[Nancy H]

Shannan wrote: "Hi NancyH!

I enjoyed looking through your TBR shelf; it was huge!! I tried to add books from it that were both older on the list and newer in regards to your added date, and I've given you a lot o..."

Shannan,
Thank you so much! These look great! It will be hard to choose which one to start with, for sure. I will let you know what I choose. I would like to read them all, of course, but we will see what September brings.

[Nancy H]

Penney
Thank you so much for your continued patience! We got home late last night and I was so tired I knew I wouldn't do a good job then. I am working on your picks now, but don't hold your breath quite yet since I have three real-meeting commitments today that I must fulfill. I PROMISE you you will have them by tonight!!!

[Pam]

For Stacie Mass D-Struction

Top Hat: both historical and both new to you The Soldier Grace Burrowes has become one of my favorite historical authors. This is the second in the series--I don't think you need to read them in order; I haven't. OR The Spymaster's Lady I couldn't put this book down when I read it.

Party Hat: From your TBR Dangerous Curves Ahead Sugar Jamison always makes me laugh out loud. OR new to you And One Last Thing ...

Mortarboard: Both from your TBR:Vampire Academy or Divine By Mistake

Hard Hat: Going with the vehicle on cover. From your TBR (a boat) The Last Letter from Your Lover or new to you Driving Mr. Dead

Fedora: From your TBR Sixth Grave on the Edge How much darker can the son of Satan be? Plus it's time to get to the 8th book! New to you in the suspense genre Friction

Cowboy: Combining West and Animals and new to you Still the One or the first book in the series Animal Magnetism or just the West Second Chance Summer Not sure why these all ended up Shalvis but she's easy to read. I love the Animal Magnetism series.

Baseball: From your TBR Who Do You Love (a runner) or new Under the Lights (football)

Beret: both former military from your TBR Virgin River or new Against the Sky

Hope you find something you want to read in this mix of old and new books!

[☘KathyD☘]

Kristin I don't think I sent my thank you to you for the great picks! So THANK YOU! :)

[Penney]

Nancy H wrote: "Penney
Thank you so much for your continued patience! We got home late last night and I was so tired I knew I wouldn't do a good job then. I am working on your picks now, but don't hold your breath..."


I'm in no rush Nancy, although I'm looking forward to your picks :-)

[Alexa]

I'm so sorry Emelie! I'm sitting down to do your picks right now! I've had a sick baby the last couple of days and haven't had time to do anything except take care of him.

[Alexa]

Aright Emelie, here are your picks. I really hope I found something that suits you. I don't read MM at all, so if was really hard going through your to read list, since I'd never heard of most of them. I hope something strikes your fancy.

Top Hat
(TBR) Think of England
(New) A Kingdom of Dreams

Party Hat
(TBR) Rock Chick
(New) How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf

Mortarboard
(TBR) We Danced
(New) On the Island

Hard Hat
(TBR) The Biker's Omega
(New) The Sea of Tranquility

Fedora
(TBR) Sempre
(New) Halfway to the Grave

Cowboy Hat
(TBR) If I Must
(New) Annie's Song

Baseball Cap
(TBR) The Blinding Light
(New) Second Chance Summer

Beret
(TBR) Her Mad Hatter
(New) The Darkest Hour

[Alexa]

Emerson wrote: "For Alexis:

The first listed is from your PIFM/TBR shelf; the second is NEW (I tried to find new authors but it was rather difficult not to suggest ones I had read from authors you had already tri..."

Hello Emerson!You did a great job with the picks! Sorry it took me a few days to get back to you. I've had a sick baby I've been trying to take care of. Thef act that you found it difficult to make the list is great. It means you really put a lot of thought into your picks!! I can't wait to dive into some of these books! Thank you so much.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Pairings post is updated through here and reminders have been sent. Hopefully everyone will have their picks by tomorrow!

[Stacie]

Pam wrote: "For Stacie Mass D-Struction

Top Hat: both historical and both new to you The Soldier Grace Burrowes has become one of my favorite historical authors. This is the second in the ser..."

Thank you Pam!!!

[Stacey]

Hi Katherine! Sorry this took so long to post. I had my work cut out for me this time. I tried to make sure that you hadn't read any of these but please let me know if you need any re-picks. Hope you enjoy!
Top Hat
N2Y
TBR

Party Hat
N2Y
also N2Y

Mortarboard
N2U
TBR

Hard Hat
N2Y
also N2Y

Fedora
N2U
TBR

Cowboy Hat
N2U
also N2U

Ball Cap
TBR

Beret
N2U
also N2U

[Emeli]

Thank you alexis you made some awsome choices and i think i will start with the blinding light

[[deleted user]]

Hi Chocolatesoup, here are your picks.
The first in each is from your TBR shelf and the second is a book new to you. I hope you find something you enjoy.

Top Hat
Borrowed Dreams
Bittersweet

Party Hat
Tangled Up In You
Love, Lies & High Heels

Mortarboard
Yours Until Dawn
Eyes Turned Skyward

Hard Hat
Bluegrass State of Mind
Motorcycles, Sushi & One Strange Book

Fedora
Off the Edge
The Clockwork Dagger

Cowboy Hat
Texas Destiny
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold

Baseball Cap
Offside
Summer at Willow Lake

Beret
Forged In Ash
The Prairie Prince

[Chocolatesoup]

Thank you :-)

Kat wrote: "Hi Chocolatesoup, here are your picks.
The first in each is from your TBR shelf and the second is a book new to you. I hope you find something you enjoy.

Top Hat
Borrowed Dreams
[bo..."

[[deleted user]]

Irina wrote: "Hi Kat!
We don't have similar reading tastes but I still tried to find you some book you may like. Let me know if you want re-picks though...
Here are my picks for you:-

1. Top Hat – TBR:[bookco..."

Thank you, Irina. I'll see how many I can get through during the month.

[Nancy H]

Hi Penney,
Here you go - I hope you can find some you like. If not, please let me know and I will add more. Thank you so much for your patience! (It was so frustrating not to be able to do this and other internet things for the past 6 days, even though we loved visiting my brother on his mountaintop.)

Top Hat: Historical fiction: (TBR); Historical fiction and rich: (NEW); Rich: (TBR); Rich and Fun: (NEW)

Party Hat: (TBR) - I loved this one! (TBR)

Mortarboard: - child (NEW); (ancient building) - (TBR)

Hard Hat: - beekeeper/chef - works with hands (TBR); - vehicle, great cover + great book about friendship (NEW)

Fedora: suspense (TBR); - darker cover (TBR)

Cowboy Hat: west/ranch - (TBR) and (TBR); plus another one just for fun: (NEW)

Baseball cap: sports - (NEW); outdoorsy cover - (TBR)

Beret: - featuring sexy SEALS (Note - This is one in a series, but I read them as individual books, not in order, and loved them.) (NEW); - mystery, romance, and hats! (NEW)


PLEASE let me know if you can't find anything you like, and I will give you more.
Thanks again for the patience!

[Emerson]

Alexis wrote: "Emerson wrote: "For Alexis:

The first listed is from your PIFM/TBR shelf; the second is NEW (I tried to find new authors but it was rather difficult not to suggest ones I had read from authors you..."

Hi Alexis, I am glad to hear from you. I hope some work out for you. I have started a couple that were suggested to me and I have to say, I am pretty happy with this first challenge so far. It is getting me motivated for more.

[Katherine]

Stacey wrote: "Hi Katherine! Sorry this took so long to post. I had my work cut out for me this time. I tried to make sure that you hadn't read any of these but please let me know if you need any re-picks. Ho..."

Thanks for the picks.

[Sassafrass]

Jensine wrote: "I am sooooo, so sorry! I think I misunderstood what we were doing for this challenge. Was I supposed to give you picks for all the "hats" or just the group we were in?

I feel terrible :(

Hi Jensine. That makes more sense now that I know what you were thinking. I certainly do have some books to read out of your picks but if you wouldn't mind, I'd love to see what you'd pick for the other categories.

I actually think it was amazing you were able to find all those books for one category! Lol

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Jensine wrote: "I am sooooo, so sorry! I think I misunderstood what we were doing for this challenge. Was I supposed to give you picks for all the "hats" or just the group we were in?

I feel terrible :( ."

Hi Jensine, how this is supposed to work is that you would give one or two picks for each rule - depending on how many rules, sometimes there are four and sometimes eight. So it would be at least 8 picks total, four new and four from their shelf, but most of us can't limit ourselves to just the eight - we have no self control! I'm explaining for everyone's benefit, but since Sass has asked that you give her picks from every rule, it would be great if you would do that. Thanks!

[Shelby]

Breann - I'm sorry! Totally fell asleep doing your picks last night. I'm about halfway through them. Will finish up shortly.

[Shelby]

Breann after much delay here these are finally...Hope you get many pleasurable hours of reading in. :D

Top Hat
Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas (TBR)
Loving a Lost Lord (New)

Party Hat
Vision in White (TBR)
Take My Picture (New)

Mortarboard
The King (TBR)
Ready Player One (New)

Hard Hat
Daring to Dream (TBR)
Stories Beneath Our Skin (New)

Fedora
Revenant (TBR)
The Assassin's Blade (New)

Cowboy Hat
Out of the Darkness (TBR)
The Heart of Texas (New)

Baseball Cap
Training Complex (TBR)
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (New) - Ok so this is kind of a weird selection, but the book is FANTASTIC!!! Listened to the audio and just fell in love with this story.

Beret
Blind Faith (TBR)
Driftwood (New)

[Penney]

Nancy H wrote: "Hi Penney,
Here you go - I hope you can find some you like. If not, please let me know and I will add more. Thank you so much for your patience! (It was so frustrating not to be able to do this an..."

Wow! That's a lot of great books to choose from Nancy, thanks. I'll let you know what I decide after I coordinate my other challenges. I'm glad you were able to spend time with family, so much more important. Thanks again! :-)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Repicks are assigned as follows:

Elke picks for Pam
MountainKat picks for Elke

[MountainKat, Moderator]

OK Elke, here you go! I hope you enjoy! I gave you at least one new and one from your shelves for each category and I tried to stick mostly to your preferred shelf, but had to venture out from there a little.

Top Hat -
NEW: A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James - Enjoyable fairy tale retold.
TBR: Valentine by Samantha Young - Love this series! Or Desires of a Baron by Rose Gordon.

Party Hat -
NEW: Last Call by Alice Clayton - Fun series!
TBR: Twisted by Emma Chase - Not my favorite, but still good.

Mortarboard -
NEW: Shaken or 10 Ways To Steal Your Lover both by Dee Tenorio - one emotional and one more fun, both fit this category!
TBR: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh - Listening to one in this series right now!

Hard Hat -
NEW: Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis - Looks like you like the author, but haven't read this series yet. I think it is really good, also wonderful in audio!
TBR: Collide by Juliana Stone - I enjoyed this one.

Fedora -
NEW: Hard as It Gets by Laura Kaye - This author gives me the same type of feeling as Samantha Young, not the same type of stories though.
TBR: Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian - I just finished the most recent one in the series. The hardest part about that - waiting for the next one!

Cowboy Hat -
NEW: Rode Hard, Put Up Wet by Lorelei James - this series got better the further I read and she is the FAC for September!
TBR: Hope Burns by Jaci Burton - I need to get back to this series... =)

Baseball Cap -
NEW: Exclusively Yours or Under the Lights by Shannon Stacey - I think you might like her stuff, especially since you like Jaci Burton and Jill Shalvis.
TBR: One Reckless Summer by Toni Blake - I read this first one and really enjoyed it, always meant to get back to the series - so many books!

Beret -
NEW: Midnight Man or Into the Crossfire by Lisa Marie Rice - I couldn't decide between them, they are both so good!
TBR: The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton - This title was tailor made for this category!

Happy Reading!!

[Raine]

So sorry I missed the pick deadline. I've been out the last couple of days with a fever and a headcold and haven't had a chance to log into goodreads.

Hopefully I can catch back up the next month.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Raine wrote: "So sorry I missed the pick deadline. I've been out the last couple of days with a fever and a headcold and haven't had a chance to log into goodreads.

Hopefully I can catch back up the next month."

If you are feeling up to it, you can go ahead and make your picks for Pam. It doesn't look like Elke has made them yet and even if she does, I'm sure Pam wouldn't mind having two sets of picks to choose from!

[Elke]

Pam,

Here are your picks! Hope you like them! Happy Reading!!

Top Hat: Her Sudden Groom-great start to a great series!

Party Hat: Head Over Heels-funny, fun and quick read! Love Jill Shalvis

Mortarboard: The Veil- the start to Chloe Neill'snew series!

Hard Hat: The Bourbon Kings- one of the Mc's is a gardener/landscaper.

Fedora: The Dark Side Of Chemistry-new author to me a few months back and was very pleasantly surprised!

Cowboy Hat: Where the Wind Blows-rad this a while ago but liked it!

Baseball Cap: Changing the Game-sports themed and it is about baseball and the cover is HOT!

Beret: The Navy Seal's Email Order Bride- obviously it is about military...but it is a quick hot read!

[Elke]

Thanks so much for the picks MK!! I will let you know what I read!! :D

[Shannan]

Karla wrote: "Shannan,
Here are your picks. I tried to made as many picks from your preferred shelf as would fit the categories, then I moved to your tbr to fill the rest. It looks like you have a wide taste in ..."

Hi Karla!! Thanks so much for the great picks! I'll hopefully be able to read a few of them this month :) I think I'll start with and move on to .

[Pam]

Thanks Elke. I'll let you know when I decide what to read

[Pamela Su]

Rochella wrote: "For Pamela Su
Top Hat - Sweetwater (SHELF)
Party Hat - The Rules of Ever After (NEW)
Mortarboard - Raising the Rent (SHELF)
Hard Hat - [book:Lawnboy|..."

Oops! I completely missed this post. LOL.

I'll let you know what I read at the end of the month :)

[Rebecca]

I have finished I was drawn in and couldn't stop reading, Roswell meets Twilight. 4 Stars.

[Sassafrass]

Thanks, Jensine. I'm looking forward to delving into those picks!

[Fran, Moderator]

Hi Stacie Mass D-Struction!

I finished my first pick from your list, . This was a freebie on Amazon, so even better! I really enjoyed this funny, fast read. I didn't realize it was a series when I started it, now I need to read the rest of Shannon and Declan's romance :)

Thanks for the great pick, I love humor in my romance and this was a great way to start off the month. I hope to get to a few more of your picks in September if I can :)

[Elizabeth]

Just tried to read and couldn't get into it at all,been trying to read it since 5:00 this morning and it's now 12:21 pm . I even stepped way from it and then picked it back up as well as restarted it but the same thing happened.so it gets a half a star from me ,which means I'm DNF it which is something I don't do that much.

[Leigh]

Emelie,

I have finished my first pick . I enjoyed it and plan on reading the rest of the series. Thank you for the pick.

[Rebecca]

I finished my second pick I didn't really know what type of book this was and would never have chosen it myself but I'm glad I read it... 4 STARS

[Elizabeth]

So I've been trying to read and I just can't get into it at all, so this is the second one of the books that I picked to be DNF.

[Elizabeth]

Thinks Diane once again for the great picks.so here are the ones I've
and added to my September TBR

Romance Readers Reading Challenge: September's 2015 Pick It For Me Challenge:
September 2015 PIFM Challenge - Picked by Diane

Top Hat - Pick a book with rich characters or a historical romance. 1 star DNF

Party Hat - Suggest a book with some sort of celebration or a humorous romance.

Mortarboard - Recommend a book with a teacher, student or child/ren in the story or one with a building on the cover.

Hard Hat - Pick a book where a MC works with their hands or a book with any vehicle on the cover.

Fedora - Suggest a book with some level of mystery or suspense or darker cover.

Cowboy Hat - Pick a book set in the west or on a ranch or farm or has animals on the cover. looking forward to this one since I'm going be starting Eragon for a week read a Thon and will be carrying it over

Baseball Cap - Recommend a book that features any sports or one with an outdoorsy cover. and


Beret - Suggest a book with a character who is either in the military or is former military or one with any hat on the cover. 1 star DNF

[Emeli]

Just finished



And i give it 5/5

It was soo Good and such a heartwarming story

[Lashae]

A hard hat

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Lashae wrote: "A hard hat"

I'm sorry Lashae, this challenge has already started. Keep your eyes open for the October challenge, it should be posted by the 20th.

[Rebecca]

I have just finished my third pick , Its well plotted but it was difficult for me to get into. I will give the second book a try some time in the future. I gave it 2 Stars

[Sunshine]

Rebecca wrote: "I have just finished my third pick , Its well plotted but it was difficult for me to get into. I will give the second book a try some time in the future. I gave it ..."

Sorry, that didn't work for you. It had such high ratings :-(

[Sunshine]

Rebecca wrote: "I finished my second pick I didn't really know what type of book this was and would never have chosen it myself but I'm glad I read it... 4 STARS"

Good to know. I have this on my TBR, too.

[Elke]

Read my first pick -it was pretty good!

[Ty]

Hey Ashley,

Finished my first pick for the month -

Loved it. seriously. loved it so much I went back every day since I finished it to reread some of my favorite scenes. I keep waffling back and forth btwn and 4 and 5*. I dunno why. It's usually a 5 if I'm rereading it this much.... anyhoo, thanks for the picks!!

[Erin]

Sassafras, I finished my first pick this afternoon, , and I really enjoyed it. Really made me long for winter though. It's been a really hot summer. I have both and on hold at my library, so hopefully they will become available before month's end.