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Results of The First Pick For Me Challenge - April 2017
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Bev - come on, you know you can do it! You are nearly there :0)
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Bev, no worries....you can DNF in this challenge. The book police wont come and arrest you.
Leslie wrote: "Bev, no worries....you can DNF in this challenge. The book police wont come and arrest you."That's a good thing too, otherwise I'd be serving life.
I'm dying to hear from Amy on Figure Eight....tap, tap, tap...yoohoo, Amy!!!
So far is sounds like she's frustrated with "But OMG the typos. THE TYPOS. Not misspelled words but incorrect words."
Ela wrote: "So far is sounds like she's frustrated with "But OMG the typos. THE TYPOS. Not misspelled words but incorrect words.""Oooh, that's bad. Sorry for you, Amy! Very difficult to finish a book when those bother you.
I'm finally starting my book,
tonight!
Oooooh Nay, I loved Ghost!!! Thats a good book and sexy H (despite the stupid nickname)
Leslie wrote: "Oooooh Nay, I loved Ghost!!! Thats a good book and sexy H (despite the stupid nickname)"I really enjoyed the first two. I just hope my reading tastes haven't changed since all those years ago and I enjoy this one as well. I've been putting off reading it for a loooong time for some reason!
Oh crap, I didnt think of that. I read this a long time ago.
Leslie--I forgot this is a Samhain book, so it's a good, solid storyline that's well edited. And of course it's extremely HOT too! lol So far I'm loving it!
Leslie wrote: "I am finally starting my pick 
"That book has a super cool cover.
Fingers crossed it's a good one. I just finished
series by same author and enjoyed it.
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Ooooh! Remember, you will sympathize with her! Just... not at first.
I finished Diamonds
! I love K.A. Linde, but this wasnt my fave. It was a little too Paper Princess-ish for my taste. It did hold my interest (I was dying to find out Jude's deal) but I don't think I will continue with rest of series.
3.5 ***
:) That works. I can see the Paper Princess thing. Same age and maturity.
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Leslie wrote: "I finished Diamonds ! I love K.A. Linde, but this wasnt my fave. It was a little too Paper Princess-ish for my taste. It did hold my interest (I was dying to find out..."
Leslie--I didn't read Paper Princess, but I remember things y'all said about it, and I felt the exact same way about Diamonds. It's just one of those that I read and never rated, and I didn't want to say anything until you finished it. It was a 3-star read for me and the h majorly got on my nerves. From what I remember, she was waaaay too immature for my tastes--the older I get, the more that happens with some of the younger characters. I also decided not to continue with the rest of the series, so you're not alone! Now that you've finished, I'll go rate it too.
Nay, I think the problem for me is books with teenagers that try (and fail miserably) to act too grown up. The h in this one was very unlikeable and NOT in a "love to hate" kind of a way. I need my young adult mc's to act more like teenagers.
Finished Leave Me Breathless right under the gun! Nothing hugely special about it for me, but I gave it 4 stars because I did enjoy it and it was written well...and it was sexy and hot! The drama from the hero's perspective was a little OTT for me at times (in a non-masculine way), but I still loved him and thought it was a good read. I miss the days of the well-written Samhain erotic romance books!I won't be continuing with the series, however. I think I've read enough about the Ross siblings and their friends!
Hurrah! 2* - so I am assuming it was not a good read? Think I will move that down my TBR!
Not for me, no. But Jean loved it, so don't discount it.
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I'm STILL thinking about my April read... Larks...
Renee, sorry you didn't love Leave Me Breathless.....I did read it a long time ago and I know most of our tastes have changed over the years!
Paula and bev, what book are you talking about that I loved?
Grey wrote: "Awesome, so does anyone know how did Amy do with Figure Eight?"I saw she finished it, but didn't say much...maybe that means she didn't care for it too much and doesn't want to say I'm a sucky picker!!!
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But remember--these are books that WE say we want to read, so you're (we're) picking books that are picked for us to pick from. So like Grey said--it's another off the TBR.Also, people like me put a bunch of books on their list that have been on their TBR for years. And we all know how much things have changed book-wise over the past 4-5 years. I may end up dnf'ing books from my pick-for-me list that I never would have dnf'd all those years ago.
I'm reading one now that I would have loved back then, but the lack of care that I can already tell has been put into the editing for content is just pissing me off, and if it continues, I'm going to dnf it, plain and simple.
I just ain't got time for no shitty books!!! 😠
Renee wrote: "But remember--these are books that WE say we want to read, so you're (we're) picking books that are picked for us to pick from. So like Grey said--it's another off the TBR.Also, people like me pu..."
Well said Renee. (Your whole comment)
Jean wrote: "Renee, sorry you didn't love Leave Me Breathless.....I did read it a long time ago and I know most of our tastes have changed over the years!"No worries, Jean! I picked it for you to pick, and I'm SO glad I finally got it off my tbr! I hated that I didn't read it long ago when I felt like *everyone* had read it. It was good because it was well written, and, of course, Ghost was super sexy, which I didn't mind AT ALL--it just didn't blow my mind, but that's a rarity these days.
Renee, doesn't it feel great to clean up your TBR this way? This was such a great idea!
Jean wrote: "Renee, doesn't it feel great to clean up your TBR this way? This was such a great idea!"Definitely!
OK I made myself finish my book (Night Owl) in a burst of self-discipline. I did end up skimming, although I put the brakes on when I spotted the STUFFED MANATEE. Yes, Manny. How sweet. But overall, it just wasn't my cup of tea and I 1.5 starred it. Ah well, Yes, Jean, Ela, Renee, it IS great to tidy up the tbr a bit, although really, mine is still out of control. Hehe.
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I think im just a bad partner for this challenge.