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Recommendation for Kadijah Michelle: The Blue Castle because you have Anne of Green Gables by the same author on your shelf and in my opinion The Blue Castle is much better even if less known :-)
Recommendation for AgnieszkaThe Girl Next Door as you like crime type books and this one is a great book.
Debra wrote: "Recommendation for AgnieszkaThe Girl Next Door as you like crime type books and this one is a great book."
Thank you for the recommendation Debra, unfortunatelly it won't work, horror is way too heavy for me :-( especially if even some of my horror loving friends struggled with this book :-)
I recommend for you Deadly Messengers by Susan May because you love Stephen King and her books are similiar in style (according to book description you can get this book from the author if you join her reader's club)
Let's see what the next one will recommend - please no horror or paranormal :-)
Recommendation for Kadijah Michelle: The Blue Castle because you have Anne of Green Gables by the same author on your shelf and in my opinion The Blue Castle is much better even if less known :-)
Agnieszka, I saw that you got skipped, and I loved your recommendation, so I am thrilled to recommend Mercy. I noticed you had Heartbreaker on your list, and Mercy is part of the same series, but you don't have to read them in order, and I think it's a better book.
Catherine wrote: "Debra, as a fellow Nicholas Sparks lover, I would definitely recommend The Lucky One, from what I remember it lived up to the standards I've given him. I also noticed however that y..."
For Catherine: I looked at your reading list and saw that you like the supernatural, so I am going to recommend The Eyre Affair. It will surprise you.
Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Debra, as a fellow Nicholas Sparks lover, I would definitely recommend The Lucky One, from what I remember it lived up to the standards I've given him. I also noti..."
was this recommendation for me?
Kristin, we seem to share some favorite books so I will recommend one of my favorites from last year, A Gentleman in Moscow
Rachelnyc wrote: "Kristin, we seem to share some favorite books so I will recommend one of my favorites from last year, A Gentleman in Moscow"Rachel for you I recommend Me Before You
Blagica - I see you have The Five People You Meet in Heaven on your tbr. It’s a wonderful book and I fully recommend it.
Blagica wrote: "Rachelnyc wrote: "Kristin, we seem to share some favorite books so I will recommend one of my favorites from last year, A Gentleman in Moscow"Rachel for you I recommend [book:Me B..."
Thanks Blagica! I've heard great things about this book.
Becky, you seem to like fantasy, so I recommend Sabriel by Garth Nix. It's the first book in a great YA fantasy series. :)
Becky, I looked at your TBR list and saw The Joy Luck Club and I highly recommend it. I gave it 5 stars!
So I see I while I was thinking about Becky's list, Cendaquenta got in there ahead of me, so I'll recommend one for you, too! I checked your TBR list, and you have a lot of good books on it!I recommend Yellow Crocus for you. It's a wonderful book that I loved!
Claire wrote: "So I see I while I was thinking about Becky's list, Cendaquenta got in there ahead of me, so I'll recommend one for you, too! I checked your TBR list, and you have a lot of good books on it!I rec..."
Claire for you I recommend 11/22/63
Cendaquenta - because you live in Glasgow I'm giving you a recommendation outside of your standard reads but you might enjoy getting to see bits of Glasgow in fiction - Where the Bodies Are Buried
Blagica wrote: "Claire wrote: "So I see I while I was thinking about Becky's list, Cendaquenta got in there ahead of me, so I'll recommend one for you, too! I checked your TBR list, and you have a lot of good book..."Blagica, I see that you have Between Shades of Gray on your tbr, and I would like to recommend you Salt to the Sea by the same writer.
Stefani - SpelingExpirt wrote: "Cendaquenta - because you live in Glasgow I'm giving you a recommendation outside of your standard reads but you might enjoy getting to see bits of Glasgow in fiction - "Stefani, I see that you have read quite some books about WWII, so I would recommend Lilac Girls to you.
Dlyn wrote: "Ilona, I see that you have Romeo and Juliet on your Want to Read list. What better time to read it than now when we will be celebrating Shakespeare's birthday as one of our party activ..."Thanks Dlyn, I will definitely read it for the Shakespeare challenge.
Dlyn, I see that you enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. I recommend her newest thriller Into the Water
Rachelnyc wrote: "Dlyn, I see that you enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. I recommend her newest thriller Into the Water"Hi Rachel
I would recommend you to read The Three-Body Problem, I think is a great science fiction novel you could enjoy.
Kristin - we seem to have quite similar reading tastes. I recommend one of my favourite books of recent years, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
Cendaquenta wrote: "Kristin - we seem to have quite similar reading tastes. I recommend one of my favourite books of recent years, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet."Cendaquenta I recommend you read When Breath Becomes Air i see you own it and I can tell you it is worth the read.
Santiago wrote: "Rachelnyc wrote: "Dlyn, I see that you enjoyed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. I recommend her newest thriller Into the Water"Hi Rachel
I would recommend you to read [book..."
Thanks Santiago! This also fits with my goal of reading more diversely.
Sarahkat I see that you like fantasy. I would recommend The Sword of Shannara. I really enjoy his books and plan on reading all of his works myself.
Jennifer wrote: "Sarahkat I see that you like fantasy. I would recommend The Sword of Shannara. I really enjoy his books and plan on reading all of his works myself."Jennifer, because you seem to enjoy many of the fantasy books I've enjoyed, I recommend you try A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Irene wrote: "Meghan, since you enjoyed His Dark Materials and Harry Potter, I recommend the Stravaganza-series by Mary Hoffman. First book in the series is City of Masks."Irene, I think you would enjoy Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier a gothic novel like Jane Eyre.
Recommendation for CatherineAfter checking out your TBR, I would highly recommend When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe. It's one of my favorite historicals! Enjoy!
Lauri,I recommend Caraval from your TBR list. It's probably my favorite book I've read this year so far.
SarahKat, I think you would really enjoy Slated by Tery Terry. It's a YA with Psychological Science Fiction. I really liked it.
Please no horror or paranormal recommendations for me :-)Vanessa wrote: "SarahKat, I think you would really enjoy Slated by Tery Terry. It's a YA with Psychological Science Fiction. I really liked it."
Vanessa, I've seen you like paranormal books and read in German as well so I recommend Kühlfach 4 a very fun mystery with a ghost-mc :-)
Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Recommendation for Kadijah Michelle:
The Blue Castle because you have Anne of Green Gables by the same author on your shelf and in my opinion The Blue Castle is much better even if less known :-) ..."
Thank you unfortunatelly none of my libraries have the book and it's too expensive for me (especially since I don't know this author)
Agnieszka wrote: "Please no horror or paranormal recommendations for me :-)Vanessa wrote: "SarahKat, I think you would really enjoy Slated by Tery Terry. It's a YA with Psychological Science Fictio..."
No Horror I promise! for you I recommend. EIther Forever & Always or if you can find it Alpha by the same author
Kristin wrote: "Agnieszka wrote: "Please no horror or paranormal recommendations for me :-)Hi Agnieszka, it seems that we haven't been able to find books that suit you, so I decide to compare our books and make ..."
I finally got you Kristin, out of all the books we have in common I think you should read You i read it as a buddy read and loved it
I read it in another group. I can't wait to see what you think.
Thank you Blagica & Kristin - and you got it both perfectly:Forever & Always: I have it on my Kindle and will see if I can read it in April :-)
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves & The Snow Child: My online library has both finally (at least the German audio editions) and I wanted to read both so much - I'm glad this challenge helped to re-check my libraries again - so I'll start with these :-)
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: I got the paperback on sale and think it's time to read it soon as well :-)
A Man Called Ove: I didn't like My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry so I'm not sure if I'll give it a chance but since my library has an audio we'll see if I'll change my mind
Blagica, it looks like you've read and enjoyed a lot of mystery/thrillers. I recommend The Fifth Petal. Bonus: if you're doing popsugar, it works for the Halloween prompt!
For Vanessa, I see that you have German books, not quite ready for adulthood, so I'm picking Grimm's Fairy tales because even adults can read these dark tales with no shame. In case you want another choice, how about Red Rising or the Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson to ease you into adulthood. At least reading wise.
June wrote: "For Vanessa, I see that you have German books, not quite ready for adulthood, so I'm picking Grimm's Fairy tales because even adults can read these dark tales with no shame. In case you want anothe...""Not quite ready for adulthood" What does that even mean? :D
I do love Fairy Tales, especially the darker ones and have a collection on my real life shelf. I also just added Red Rising to my To-Read shelf, so thank you for the confirmation.
Debra wrote: "Kadijah Michelle wrote: "Catherine wrote: "Debra, as a fellow Nicholas Sparks lover, I would definitely recommend The Lucky One, from what I remember it lived up to the standards I'v..."No, it was for Catherine, but I will give you a recommendation as well Debra:
I see that you liked The Perks of Being a Wallflower, so I will recommend Room.
SarahKat wrote: "Blagica, it looks like you've read and enjoyed a lot of mystery/thrillers. I recommend The Fifth Petal. Bonus: if you're doing popsugar, it works for the Halloween prompt!"Awesome! thank you!
Claire wrote: "So I see I while I was thinking about Becky's list, Cendaquenta got in there ahead of me, so I'll recommend one for you, too! I checked your TBR list, and you have a lot of good books on it!I rec..."
Hi Claire, I'm sorry, I see you were skipped!
I'm going to recommend Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China based on your read list. It was recommended to me last year, and I got it from my Secret Santa. It is fantastic!
Agnieszka wrote: "Please no horror or paranormal recommendations for me :-)Vanessa wrote: "SarahKat, I think you would really enjoy Slated by Tery Terry. It's a YA with Psychological Science Fictio..."
to Agnieszka: Then, how about this. I see you like Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms is a bittersweet book.
SarahKat wrote: "Blagica, it looks like you've read and enjoyed a lot of mystery/thrillers. I recommend The Fifth Petal. Bonus: if you're doing popsugar, it works for the Halloween prompt!"SarahKat: Looking at your list, I'm going to recommend The Lady of the Rivers. I think you will enjoy it.
June wrote: "For Vanessa, I see that you have German books, not quite ready for adulthood, so I'm picking Grimm's Fairy tales because even adults can read these dark tales with no shame. In case you want anothe..."June: I'm going to recommend Wild Seed. You seem to like books similar to it.
SarahKat because you like fantasy I'm going to recommend The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan.June because you like books that make you think about the world I recommend The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. I'll admit the first little bit of this book isn't the best read but if you stick with it I think you might enjoy it.
Kadijah Michelle I'm going to recommend Frankenstein it is already on your TBR but I read it recently and it blew away my expectations and I know from your comment on Meet Your Mods that you've been on a classics journey lately and I think this one is amazing.
Stefani - having compared our read lists, I think we have pretty similar tastes!Because of your enjoyment of fantasy, particularly books like A Darker Shade of Magic and The Bands of Mourning, I recommend the Six of Crows duology.
EDIT: Thanks Ilona. I've put a reserve on it at my library!
Kadijah Michelle wrote: "to Agnieszka: Then, how about this. I see you like Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms is a bittersweet book."Thank you! I got several great recommendation from Blagica and Kristin so I'll start there, if I still more recommendations I'll come back again :-)
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Duration: March 18, 2018 to April 29, 2018
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