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Pick It For Me Challenge: May/June 2017
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My name: Karen
My partner: Sarah
The books picked for me:
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
Yay!!! I'm really excited about ALL of my books! Thanks Sarah!
My partner: Sarah
The books picked for me:
5 stars
4 stars
3 starsYay!!! I'm really excited about ALL of my books! Thanks Sarah!
My name: Jenny
My partner: Oda
The books picked for me:
YAY! Excited to read all of these :)
3.5 stars
This was a pretty cute historical fiction. I did guess the "twist" pretty early on, as I'm sure almost anyone would. But I enjoyed the read!
4 stars
This was a cute read! I loved the characters in this one. My only big gripe was the very abrupt ending, a few pages more would have been nice!
4 stars
I really enjoyed this one, it was incredibly cute and funny!
My partner: Oda
The books picked for me:
YAY! Excited to read all of these :)
3.5 starsThis was a pretty cute historical fiction. I did guess the "twist" pretty early on, as I'm sure almost anyone would. But I enjoyed the read!
4 starsThis was a cute read! I loved the characters in this one. My only big gripe was the very abrupt ending, a few pages more would have been nice!
4 starsI really enjoyed this one, it was incredibly cute and funny!
My name is: melissa My partner is: Joycedale
My books:
read 5/7 5 stars. I really enjoyed reading this book. I found what I really like was the main charter. It was really fun to read it because she was telling her story. all in all a fun read with a nice message at the end.
My name is: SarahMy partner is: Karen
The books picked for me are:
I'm excited about all of these! Thanks Karen!
Sarah wrote: "My name is: Sarah
My partner is: Karen
The books picked for me are:

I'm excited ab..."
REALLY GREAT reads!!
My partner is: Karen
The books picked for me are:

I'm excited ab..."
REALLY GREAT reads!!
I finished my first book,
3.5 stars
This was a pretty cute historical fiction. I did guess the "twist" pretty early on, as I'm sure almost anyone would. But I enjoyed the read!
3.5 starsThis was a pretty cute historical fiction. I did guess the "twist" pretty early on, as I'm sure almost anyone would. But I enjoyed the read!
I finished
4 stars
This was a cute read! I loved the characters in this one. My only big gripe was the very abrupt ending, a few pages more would have been nice!
Next I'm going to be reading
4 starsThis was a cute read! I loved the characters in this one. My only big gripe was the very abrupt ending, a few pages more would have been nice!
Next I'm going to be reading
am having a slow reading month, but enjoying norse code atm.
I finished my first 2 books,
and
I listened to Fahrenheit 451 on audio and would switch to the print here and there. I think it was ahead of its time when it was originally published, but it didn't knock my socks off. I guess they're making a movie now so maybe I'll change my mind once I see what they do with it. I'm so glad I've finally read it though because I don't know how many times I've picked it up and put it back down. :) Now I know! I ended up rating it 3 stars. It was decent and kept my interest!
And then there's Strange the Dreamer which absolutely knocked my socks off and then some! I almost have no words as to how this book affected me. The two MCs are in my top favorite characters of all time. And this book will be my favorite read of 2017. I just don't see that it can be topped. 5,000 stars!!
Perfect picks, Sarah!! Thanks!
and
I listened to Fahrenheit 451 on audio and would switch to the print here and there. I think it was ahead of its time when it was originally published, but it didn't knock my socks off. I guess they're making a movie now so maybe I'll change my mind once I see what they do with it. I'm so glad I've finally read it though because I don't know how many times I've picked it up and put it back down. :) Now I know! I ended up rating it 3 stars. It was decent and kept my interest!
And then there's Strange the Dreamer which absolutely knocked my socks off and then some! I almost have no words as to how this book affected me. The two MCs are in my top favorite characters of all time. And this book will be my favorite read of 2017. I just don't see that it can be topped. 5,000 stars!!
Perfect picks, Sarah!! Thanks!
FINALLY finished
! Read from May 26-June 13. I think that says something in itself because it never takes me that long to read a book but I kept picking it up and putting it down. I liked the idea but was slightly let down in the execution. The fact that it took until page 200 for the action to really get going also wasn't helpful. Not a bad book, just didn't hook me like I expected. I own this one though (but I think it's going to the used bookstore) as well as the other 3 so I guess I'm sticking with the series. 2.5 stars overall.(I read after this about this author behaving badly in several respects and now I'm not sure what to do! I have 4 more books by him I haven't read so I guess he's already got his money but dang.)
Finished
today (read from June 14-17) and it got a strong 4 stars from me. Very intrigued to see where the rest of this series goes!Started
last night and finished it today. Good quick read. I gave it 4 stars. Not sure how she built a sequel off of it because it was good as a stand alone but I guess we'll see!
Sarah wrote: "FINALLY finished
! Read from May 26-June 13. I think that says something in itself because it never takes me that long to read a book but I kept picking it up and putting i..."
I haven't heard about what the author did. Off to google.
! Read from May 26-June 13. I think that says something in itself because it never takes me that long to read a book but I kept picking it up and putting i..."I haven't heard about what the author did. Off to google.
Just finished
. It was a decent post-apocalytic read about a world where there are no more females being born. Zoey is one of only a handful of young women left and are at a government facility which is trying to cure this anomaly. I gave it 4 stars. :)
Great pick, Sarah! This one has been on my TBR forever and I do want to continue the series now.
. It was a decent post-apocalytic read about a world where there are no more females being born. Zoey is one of only a handful of young women left and are at a government facility which is trying to cure this anomaly. I gave it 4 stars. :)Great pick, Sarah! This one has been on my TBR forever and I do want to continue the series now.
Karen wrote: "So glad you liked
, Sarah! I really enjoyed the series!"I did! I have the other 2 so I'll have to get to them! Glad to hear you liked the last girl too. I guess I'll have to bump it up my TBR list!
Embarissingly I havent read many of the books from the list.. because life. but will try to read them over the summer. soonish.
the unnatrulaist I dnf-ed
the unnatrulaist I dnf-ed
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Jenny and Oda
Sarah and Karen
Melissa and Joycedale
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1. Jenny https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
2. Oda https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
3. Joycedale https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
4. Sarah https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
5. Karen https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
6. Melissa https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
***If you do not have access to your partner's shelf, please send a friend request to your partner!***
You now have one week to decide amongst yourselves how many books you will pick for each other, and to make those choices.
You can chat with your partner either here or by PM- PREFERABLY BY PERSONAL MESSAGE SO THAT THIS BOARD IS NOT CLUTTERED UP.
Either way, all of you MUST do a post on here this week that is similar to the example that I did on the first post:
My name: Jenny
My partner: Sarah
The books picked for me:
Cinder (read 3/16/2015)- 4 stars. Intriguing premise, great characters, and a really cool retelling that was unfortunately plagued by predictability.
The Hunt (read 3/28/2015)- 4 stars. The Hunt had lots of suspense, admirable lead characters, and kept me scared and nervous.
Note that you have until the end of June to READ THE BOOKS and edit/fill in the information/short review at the bottom.
Have fun!