2014 August Pick It For Me! Challenge

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Hey, Breann!

I've finished three of your recommendations in the last couple of days, and I enjoyed them all! Doe and the Wolf was just what I have come to expect from Eve Langlais - funny, a little silly, but just plain fun. Crave The Night was not my favorite of the series, but still very good, and really advanced the overall story. And BTW I Love You was just plain sweet! Thanks for the great recommendations - I'm going to try to get to more by the end of the month, but need to switch gears to my Meet & Greet books for a bit...

[LaurLa]

I was able to finish all the picks for me this month. There were some really awesome picks here - I really enjoyed reading them all! Thanks!!!

August 2014 PIFM Challenge – From Macwolf01 [Elise]

✔Blue: Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts - TBR - 08.04 ★★★★★
✔Green: The Secret by Julie Garwood - NEW - 08.08 ★★★1/2
✔Red: Shades of Passion by Virna DePaul - TBR - 08.10 ★★★★
✔Purple: Love, Me by Tiffany White - TBR - 08.12 ★★★
✔Black: The Love Game by Emma Hart - TBR - 08.16 ★★★
✔Orange: The Perpetual Quest for the Perfect Life by Michelle Pace - TBR - 08.12 ★★★★
✔Yellow: Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell - TBR - 08.17 ★★★★
✔Pink: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - NEW - 08.18 ★★★★

[Elke]

Sunshine,

On a roll this month! ;)

Finished my 4th pick - it was good! Will continue with the series!

On to #5...but am celebrating my mom's 60th this weekend so we shall see how much I get to read!

[Fran, Moderator]

Hi Tia!

I finished a third pick...Bound . It was cool to read something by Lorelei James that wasn't cowboy related, lol. I liked the book, thanks for the pick :)

[Daffodil]

Ramneek,

Thanks for recommending . I just finished it a little bit ago and loved it.

[Sunshine]

Dee...

I loved .. I got 2 more books in the series... Thanks

[Ramneek]

Daffodil wrote: "Ramneek,

Thanks for recommending . I just finished it a little bit ago and loved it."

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[Dee]

Fran wrote: "Hi Tia!

I finished a third pick...Bound. It was cool to read something by Lorelei James that wasn't cowboy related, lol. I liked the book, thanks for the ..."

i have this on my pile - but kind of scared to read it...

[Dee]

hi Daffodil - i finished listening to magic slays last night in the car - I think its my favorite in the series so far - I've already reserved bk 6 at the libary and can't wait to listen to it

[Daffodil]

Glad you enjoyed it! This is one of my favorite series, one I'll probably continue to buy in hardback because I just can't wait to read it.

[Fran, Moderator]

Dee wrote: "Fran wrote: "Hi Tia!

I finished a third pick...Bound. It was cool to read something by Lorelei James that wasn't cowboy related, lol. I liked the book, th..."


It was a lot of sex. Very 50 shades, older guy with lots of secrets and a kink, younger, sheltered girl. It was a quick read, I thought it was ok, but not great. It's gotten a lot of great reviews, so it could just be me. That's happened to me a lot lately, LOL.

[Dee]

that's what i've heard from lots of people - and also that it was supposedly broken into 2 parts? IDK - I haven't even read her last rough riders series because the last few have been disappoitning

[Fran, Moderator]

Dee wrote: "that's what i've heard from lots of people - and also that it was supposedly broken into 2 parts? IDK - I haven't even read her last rough riders series because the last few have been disappoitning"

I agree Dee, the last few of her Rough Riders have been disappointing. This one leaves off with a cliffhanger. I really do prefer when a story wraps up in one book!

[[deleted user]]

Hi Arena,

I read two of your picks so far.

[Daffodil]

Ramneek

I finished another book last night. Loved .

[Ramneek]

Daffodil wrote: "Ramneek

I finished another book last night. Loved ."

That's great! Was it similar to the first one? :)

[Daffodil]

Yes, very much so.

[Elke]

Sunshine,

Ok, read my 5th pick ..I always forget how sweet Rose Gordon books are!

Thanks again for the great picks!!

[Vi]

MountainKat, I finished two of your recs - & . I really loved Ain't she sweet though I had problems with the characters - it all happened in high school. They needed to grow up. I felt like the only person who had a right to hold a grudge was Colin after the way she treated him. But I really enjoyed it - loved the way how SEP had written Sugar Beth.

Thanks for the picks, MK! I have a couple other of your picks on hand but I'm fitting them according to the challenges that I have to do.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I loved how SEP wrote Sugar Beth too! I think that was one of the best things about that book! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hope you enjoy the others too if you get to them!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Joyce, I sort of finished another of your picks. I finished Outlander which Runell also picked for me in July. So I started it as her pick and finished it as yours! I liked it, but I especially liked the audio! I thought it wandered a bit much, but it was all interesting. I want to continue with the series, but I think it might take a while to work up the courage to start another audiobook even longer than the first one.

[Sunshine]

Elke wrote: "Sunshine,

Ok, read my 5th pick ..I always forget how sweet Rose Gordon books are!

Thanks again for the great picks!!"

You're a reading machine. ;). You go girl...

[Nancy H]

Hi Beppy,
I finished another of your picks for me and it was beyond excellent! If I could give it more than 5 stars, I certainly would. What a great book!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

MountainKat, I've finished my fourth pick this month - and really liked it. Thanks so much for all the great picks!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I'm glad you liked you picks Diane!

[Breann]

Penney, I had the best on intentions this month :) but I still managed to get a few in.

Conscious Decisions of the Heart was amazing! I loved it and I'm so glad I stumbled upon this series.

Sometimes You Just Know was good but it didn't quite have the emotional punch I was expecting.

I really wanted to like Trouble & the Wallflower more than I did. I have a feeling it was the narrator that I just didn't jive with.

Thanks for the picks!

[Erin]

Suzanne wrote: "Hi Erin! Here are your picks this month, Enjoy!

Blue:
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen - Blue Cover
It's All Greek to Me by [auth..."

Hi Suzanne. I finally got a chance to read one of my picks, [bookcover:Concealed in Death|18079757], today and it was great! I have a few others on hold at the library but I'm not sure they'll come in before the end of the month. Thanks for all the great picks though!

[Sassafrass]

Lisa

So these are my choices for the month:

√ √ √ √


I finished my 4th pick: last night, and while it was good, I felt like I didn't truly connect with the characters for some reason. It was the first time that happened to me in this series. Maybe because I have "known" them as long? I'm not sure.

Anyway, I should be able to get to one more pick before the month is out!

[SandyC]

Kait I managed to finish one of my picks!

is an AMAZING book! 5 stars! Loved it but it's very sad, too.

[Pam]

Karen ♐
Finished Pick #3 and #4
I really liked this book. I had read one Virgin River book before but I liked this one more. This was just a nice story with a HEA. 4 stars. I also finished which I also liked. I may manage to sneak one more in this month but it is back to school tomorrow (sigh).

[Carla]

Jamie--I finished my 4th PIFM this month, His Secondhand Wife, and liked it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Madison ✨]

Arielle wrote: "Hi Kristin!

Here are your picks. I hope you find something you enjoy =]

Blue: The Fault in Our Stars (blue cover, I loved this book.)

Green: Vision in White (new ..."


Hi Arielle!
I finally read The Fault in Our Stars and loved it! (Although I did sob through the entire ending) Thanks for picking it for me!

[Macwolf01 [Elise]]

Hi Christina

I also finished , I really enjoyed and now have a new series to work on Thanks so much!!

[Ty]

not sure if I ever updated....

finished Sentinel and The Maze Runner from my picks. sooo glad to get these off my TBR. :D Thanks for the picks!

[Elke]

Sunshine wrote: "Elke wrote: "Sunshine,

Ok, read my 5th pick ..I always forget how sweet Rose Gordon books are!

Thanks again for the great picks!!"

You're a reading machine..."

Thanks Sunshine!

[~Leslie~]

Hi Shelby These are the books I've read so far



Written in Red was my favorite! Loved it. 5 ★'s !!

I will be able to finish one more this month. I am currently listening to . Love the story but I'm not crazy about the narrator. I will have to read it at some point.
Thanks for the picks -great job!!

[Dee]

ok, so I can't remember which books i've actually reported readnig! haha - so i'm just going to do a big update, since I don't think i'll get antoher one read before the end of the month...

I knocked out
How to Date a Nerd
Secrets on the Sand
Magic Slays
Then Came You

first time in a while i've managed to squeeze in more than 1 book ;)

thanks for the awesome picks daffodil

[Daffodil]

Glad you enjoyed them!

[Suzanne]

Elke wrote: "Hi Suzanne!

Here are your picks, hope you find something you like!!

Happy Reading!!

Blue: The Body Finder- blue cover, pretty good book.

Green: Rock Chick Rescue- ..."

I finished reading and it was awesome! 5 stars!

[Elke]

Suzanne wrote: "Elke wrote: "Hi Suzanne!

Here are your picks, hope you find something you like!!

Happy Reading!!

Blue: The Body Finder- blue cover, pretty good book.

Green: [book:Rock Chick Resc..."



So glad you liked it!!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Joyce, I finished another one of my picks! I listened to Then Came You and really liked it. Thanks for the picks this month!

[Shelby]

~Leslie~ wrote: "Hi Shelby These are the books I've read so far



Written in Red was my favorite! Loved it. 5 ★'s ..."

So glad you are enjoying your picks! I can't wait to read Written in Red myself. Some how in never quite seems to make it off the shelf beside my bed and into my hands. Gotta get to that soon!

[Sassafrass]

Lisa

So these are my choices for the month:

√ √ √ √ √


I finished by fifth and final pick for the month and it's one that you recommended. was a surprise for me. I was sure I liked either one of the main characters in the beginning of the book and it made it hard to get into. BUT, I'm a huge fan of SEP, so I persevered and they really grew on me. I loved the secondary characters as well, especially the kids.

All in all, I had a good time reading it. I really wish we could revisit those characters again. I think that will be a book that I end up reading again. Thanks for the great recommendation!

[Shelby]

Brett, thank you so much for your picks! Here's what I read this month. I've added everything else to my TBR. I enjoyed my books!!!

     ☑ Stealing the Wind (8/11) ★★★★★
     ☑ Punch-Drunk Love (7/23) ★★★★
     ☑ Dirty Secret (8/19) ★★★★★
     ☑ Giving an Inch (7/29) ★★★½

[~Leslie~]

Hi Shelby

Well, I finished one more - listened to it on audiobook. I didn't like the narration, so I will probably read it as well. But I enjoyed the story.

I'm also starting one more today - but I probably won't finish it by the end of today.

Great picks!!

[Vi]

MK, I managed to fit in another book, - . The best thing about Milan books are the characters who do unusual things. The major drawback for this book was the female lead - she was wound too tight. It was understandable but it did affect my enjoyment a bit. But I'm definitely reading the next. Thanks for the push!!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Vi!

[UnusualChild{beppy}]

hi, nancy h

i wanted to let you know what i read this month. The Sea of Tranquility (5 stars, really enjoyed it), Julia's Chocolates (3.5 stars, enjoyed it), Grave Surprise (4 stars), Leather, Lace and Rock-n-Roll (1 star...uggh. don't get me started).
i'm reading Dancing at the Harvest Moon right now, and still plan to read The Windflower in the next couple of days.

[Daffodil]

Ramneek I started , but didn't get it finished before the end of the month. I am, however, enjoying it. Thanks for all the great recommendations!

[Ramneek]

Daffodil wrote: "Ramneek I started , but didn't get it finished before the end of the month. I am, however, enjoying it. Thanks for all the great recommendations!"

No problem, hope you enjoy it, it's a hilarious and cute book!