Pick If For Me - November Read

[Janet , Moderator]

Hello all!

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

[Amber]

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Jared Diamond +1
Patricia

2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Karl Keating (This is supposed to be Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating)

3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Sarah Foot as part of The English Monarchs series (This is supposed to be Æthelstan: The First King of England )

4. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... by Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author) (This is supposed to be Authentic Vietnamese Cooking: Food from a Family Table) +1
Brenda

5. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Nicholas Wade (This is supposed to be Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors) +1
Daisy

6.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... by Desmond Seward (This is supposed to be The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453)

7.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... by Andrew Bridgeford


8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... by Barbara M. Walker, Garth Williams (Illustrator) (This is supposed to be The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories) +2
Agnieszka
Dana

9. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... by Terry Jones (this is supposed to be Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
by Terry Jones, Alan Ereira +7
Kirsten
Lisa
Sean
Shivam
Stefanie
Sophie
Mandy


and 10. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... by Greg Harvey (this is supposed to be The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-Earth for Dummies
by Greg Harvey) +2
Perri
Melanie

For the second damned month in a row, I had to REDO the links to all but links 9 and 10 because links 1-8 sent people to Harry Potter rather than the appropriate books.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will be adding Sun Tzu's THE ART OF WAR back to my TBR list for the December PIFM list. Short version? I was the third in a line of three for a copy but there are so few copies in my neck of the woods that there was not a snowball's chance in Hell that I'd get my copy in time to have it finished by Halloween.

I currently have a tie for 2nd place between the Little House cookbook and the one about Middle Earth... .

[Agnieszka]

Since I plan to read three from the old list there are three new cozy-mysteries:

1 Amber

2 Patricia, Melanie

3 Shivam, Dana, Darkslyric

1 = Brenda

1 Sean

1 Lisa

1 Daisy

0

3 Perri, Stefanie, Sophie

2 Kirsten, Mandy

[Patricia]

I want to read all of these, but don't know where to start -


by Rick Murcer
Amber - Mandy - Brenda

by Jodi Picoult
Agnieszka - Lisa - Daisy - Melanie - Stephanie - Dana

by Todd Moss

by Brad Meltzer

by Dean Koontz
Perri - Kirsten - Sean - Shivam - Sophie - Darkslyric

[Perri]

This month I picked titles with Dead or Death in them. What does it say about me that I have so many!?
Dead Man Talking
The Facts of Life and Death Sean, Mandy, Brenda
Death of a River Guide Patricia, Amber, Shivam
Naked in Death Agnieszka, Kirsten, Lisa, Melanie, Sophie, Dana
Dead Scared Daisy, Stephanie

[Kirsten]

I've decided to go for thriller series I'm THANKFUL for since Thanksgiving is this month.

DIRK PITT - Treasure of Khan by Clive Cussler

THE NUMA FILES - Devil's Gate by Clive Cussler
1 vote - Amber

YUSUF KHALIFA - The Labyrinth of Osiris by Paul Sussman
7 votes - Agnieszka, Patricia, Lisa, Melanie, Stefanie, Brenda, Darkslyric

MERCY THOMPSON - Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
1 vote - Perri

THE OREGON FILES - The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler
1 vote - Daisy

JOE PITT - Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston
3 votes - Shivam, Sophie, Mandy

ISAAC BELL - The Spy by Clive Cussler
2 votes - Sean, Dana

[Lisa]

I have a few more books to read to finish my A-Z Challenge for the year. My book title's begin with the letter "J" and these are all freebies:


Jaguar Sun
x1 Amber

Jet
x7 Patricia, Kirsten, Sean, Daisy, Mandy, Dana and Melanie

Journey of Self: Six Months in the Japanese Countryside

Jump When Ready
x2- Sophie and Darkslyric

Just a Matter of Time

Just Stop: A Brief Guide To Rational Thought For The Modern Conspiracy Theorist
x1- Agnnieszka

Justice or Injustice? What Really Happens In A Jury Room
x4 Perri, Stefanie, Brenda and Shivan

[Daisy]

Hide Lisa Gardner

Amber, Stefanie,Mandy,Dana

That Night Chevy Stevens

Gone for Good Harlan Coben

Lisa,Sophie

The Brass Verdict Michael Connelly

Killing Floor Lee Child

Agnieszka,Perri,Kirsten,Sean,Brenda

Rough Justice Lisa Scottoline

Melanie

Body Double Tess Gerritsen

Patricia,Shivam,

[Melanie]

So this month I am simply going to list the 10 books I have rated as "My next 10 to read". I like to mix up genres so they are not all Murder Mystery Thrillers, I hope that is OK.

1. The Golem and the Jinni (TBR) Library

2. Triptych (Finished)

3. The Fiery Cross Finished

4. Assassin's Apprentice (Finished)

5. The Devil's Punchbowl (Reading)

6. The Cellist of Sarajevo (Finished)

7. The Doomsday Key (TBR) On Kobo

8. The Wolf Gift (TBR) On Kobo

9. Cockroaches (TBR) On Kobo

10. A Great Deliverance (Finished)

[Stefanie]

For November, my list consists of a number of books I've accumulated on my Kindle but have yet to read

1. by Jennifer Haynes
0 Votes

2. by Andrew Kaufman
5 Votes: Amber, Sophie, Brenda, Daisy, Darkslyric

3. by Stacy Green
6 Votes: Agnieska, Perri, Patricia, Sean, Mandy, Dana

4. by Lucy Clarke
1 Vote: Shivan

5. by S.J. Watson
1 Vote: Kirsten

6. by W.H. Clark
1 Vote: Melanie

[Shivam]

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The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - 7 votes; Patricia, Agnieszka, Perri, Sean, Kirsten, Lisa, Darkslyric

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - 5 votes; Melanie, Mandy, Amber, Daisy, Dana

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne- 1 vote; Sophie

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 1 vote; Stephanie

The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan W. Watts

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 1 vote; Brenda

[Sophie]

My November list is another mixed bag:

1. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor Melanie, Lisa (2)
2. Stardust by Neil Gaiman Amber, Dana (2)
3. In the Darkness by Karin Fossum Patricia (1)
4. Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
5. Lamp Black, Wolf Grey by Paula Brackston
6. The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland
7. Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton Perri, Kirsten, Sean, Mandy, Shivam, Stefanie, Brenda, Darkslyic (8)
8. Outcast by Adrienne Kress

[Mandy]

These are all books set for various challenges I need to read by the end of the year! Some I have posted b4.

1. A Confederacy of Dunces

Amber

2. The Book Thief

Sean, Patricia, Stefanie, Dana, Daisy

3. The Shadow of the Wind

Melanie, Agnieszka, Perri, Lisa, Darkslyric

4. The Book of Life

Sophie

5. Labyrinth

Kirsten

6. Latitude Zero

7. The Last Day

Shivam

8. The Hummingbird Saint

Brenda

[Brenda]

The Money Makers

The Magpies -7
--Perri, Patricia, Amber, Kirsten, Sean, Stefanie, Daisy

Dead Silent -4
--Agnieszka, Dana, Lisa, Melanie

Chance -4
--Sophie, Mandy, Shivam, Darkslyric

Pretty Maidens All In a Row

[Dana]

Blood Test- 4 Votes: Amber, Sophie, Mandy, Darkslyric
Milk and Honey- 3 Votes: Agnieszka, Patricia, Perri
Vengeance in Death- 1 Vote: Kirsten
Gone Missing- 6 Votes: Lisa, Daisy, Shivam, Brenda, Sean, Melanie
Likely To Die

[Darkslyric]

I know it's late but as I am new to the group hopefully I can still get in on this PIFM

1-The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner
2 votes:Agnieszka, Dana

2-The Never List by Koethe Zan
5 votes:Patricia, Lisa, Sean, Shivan, Brenda

3-The Boylan House by Ron Ripley
3 votes: Perri, Kirsten, Melanie