December 2018 ~ ATF challenge!

[Grey]

A new challenge for 2018 is the ATF Challenge. For me...some of the books that are my all-time favorites that I may recommend, may not necessarily have gotten 5 stars...but nonetheless are still on my favorite books of all time list, so here we are ~ working on twelve full months in now!

And I think now that we've figured it out, the rules of this challenge are pretty simple.

1) Between now and the 1st of December members express their interest in participating in the ATF challenge for December.
2) Sometime on December 1st, it will be randomized by one of our illustrious randomizers (*cough, cough, lazy Grey!) to see who the lucky 12th woman of honor will be.
3) She will post the link to her All Time Favorite Books list (which could be her 5 stars list... or it could be something new that she makes up specifically for this challenge, however, it should include at least 10 books; in fact, the more books the better). I will also link the Honoree's list here in this first post.
4) Then this is where it gets fun... the Honoree could deign to 'help' pick a book for each of us that are participating to read from that list that we haven't read, if we have it or can easily get our hands on it. Or...she could just let us run amok, (side note, I've seen Hocus Pocus no less than four times in the past two months, 🤣😂🤣,) and pick from all of her favorite choices.

For example: here is the link to Grey's All Time Favorites List

Last, but certainly not least...
5) The next super fun part of this challenge is that everyone else gets to throw a suggestion into the pot for the honoree, one of their 5 star suggestions, which will then be tossed into the randomizer again (or the honoree can just choose one, whichever floats her boat!) But this way, the honoree also has an All Time Favorite to read this month.

Clear as mud? Please ask if you have any questions, as we continue to iron out the details!

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The honoree for December 2018 is ... Tessa!!! And this is the link to Tessa's ATF list! Enjoy!!!

The book that was chosen from all of our suggestions and plucked from the magical randomizer for her to read is...

and unfortunately it was a DNF...but hooray, another one off the list!

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From Tessa's All Time Favorite's List:

Michele picked and rated it 5 stars!

Lisa picked and rated 4.5 stars!

Nay picked

Jenn picked rated 5 stars!

Jean picked and she rated it 5 stars

Leslie picked with a little bit of help... LOL!

Paula picked

Ela picked

Tessa cheated and picked for Grey because she was a slacker and didn't pick fast enough *giggle*, Grey rated it as a 4 star read!

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The choices that will be placed into the randomizer...
Painted Faces - Nay
Behind The Bars - Leslie
Behind The Bars - Jean
Black Lies - Jenn
From Lukov With Love - Michele
Room 212 - Paula
The Ghostwriter - Ela
Insidious - Grey

[Michele]

I’m in! Where’s everyone else at??

[Paula]

I'm in1

[Leslie]

In.

[Jenn]

I'm in!

[Nay]

Me!

[Tessa]

In

[Jean]

I'm in!! I feel so out of the loop. RL is kicking my ass!! This has to be a better month.....it just has to!!!

[Lisa]

Where is my in?? I swear I posted it 😗. Well I am in

[Grey]

Who knows, Lisa? Kinda like I swear I posted this at the same time as the other ones...but it didn't go thru...🤷

[Ela]

I’m in

[Grey]

The honoree for December 2018 is ... Tessa!!! And this is the link to Tessa's ATF list! Enjoy!!!

The book that was chosen from all of our suggestions and plucked from the magical randomizer for her to read is...

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From Tessa's All Time Favorite's List:

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The choices that will be placed into the randomizer...

[Michele]

I’m choosing because I’m in the need of a good bully..,

I’ll be back with a rec to throw in for Tessa...

[Lisa]

I pick . It will be my first Aly Martinez

[Nay]

The book I want Tessa to read is
Painted Faces

[Nay]

Since we're doing the Binding 13 BR this month, and maybe that'll assure me to finish a challenge book, I'm picking

[Jenn]

I’m choosing a book I’ve never even heard of before but sounds good.

[Leslie]

I'm going to read Very Bad Things

Abort! Abort! I can't read Very Bad Things per Tessa.

My rec for Tessa is my all time fave Behind the Bars

[Jean]

I'm going with

And i'm with Leslie, my pick for Tessa is

[Jenn]

My rec for Tessa is

[Tessa]

Leslie wrote: "I'm going to read Very Bad Things

My rec for Tessa is my all time fave Behind the Bars "

Nope. I want you to love the book. That one you won't. You didn't like FCH, so you won't like that one. NOPE.

[Michele]

I’m throwing in
for Tessa!

[Leslie]

Very Bad Things is like Fallen Crest?!? Noooooooooooooo! 😱

[Tessa]

Leslie wrote: "Very Bad Things is like Fallen Crest?!? Noooooooooooooo! 😱"



Aren't you glad I spoke up? :P Are you looking for a dark book?

[Paula]

I am going to choose

and I choose for Tessa

[Jean]

Ugh! I started Keeping 13 this morning and couldn't put it down! Late for work and now I just want to shove everything off my desk and read!!! Dammit!!!!

[Paula]

It's great Jean isn't it? I kept forcing myself to put it down as I didn't was it to end.

[Jean]

Yes Paula! It will take me so long to finish! Didn't realize the length. It probably took you 2 hours to read it! Lol!!!!

[Tessa]

Jean wrote: "Ugh! I started Keeping 13 this morning and couldn't put it down! Late for work and now I just want to shove everything off my desk and read!!! Dammit!!!!"

lol I got very little sleep reading it too! I didn't want to sleep or do anything all day but read. :)

[Paula]

Tessa was quicker at reading it than me!! I took a few days

[Jean]

Tessa, these books are so YOU!!!

[Tessa]

Jean wrote: "Tessa, these books are so YOU!!!"

YESSSSS! That's why I've been smacking myself for not reading it right away. I was actually unsure, but bought the first book because it was .99 then stared at it thinking, nah... lol

[Michele]

Jean, your reaction with work is exactly why I'm waiting until January...I tend to be obsessive...can't do that right now...

[Jean]

I get it Michele!!!

[Michele]

Jean, I just hope Red Queen will still hold your attention after coming off of these fabulous books! Oh ...who am I kidding...I think you'll love it?! She will love it? Right Tessa??

[Tessa]

Michele wrote: "Jean, I just hope Red Queen will still hold your attention after coming off of these fabulous books! Oh ...who am I kidding...I think you'll love it?! She will love it? Right Tessa??"

Yep! :D

[Leslie]

Ok, since Tessa won't "let" me read Very Bad Things...*snort*. I will choose Survival of the Richest instead.

Pending approval of Tessa of course. 😉

[Tessa]

MUCH better. lol

[Jenn]

lol Leslie I almost picked that one as one of her books is one of my all-time-favoreites-Wanderlust (not an easy read but I loved it)

[Ela]

I could've sworn I read Lake Silence!

[Leslie]

Ok, I got the official "Tessa stamp of approval" so it's for me!

[Ela]

For Tessa I pick

[Jean]

Tessa and Michele, I totally trust you guys!

[Tessa]

*evil grin*

[Tessa]

So, Grey hasn't been here but more, she hasn't picked a book, so does that mean I can tell her what she's reading? Like, a book that's a bully book? Just saying, I saw one she hasn't read yet on the list...

[Leslie]

Yes Tessa... go for it!

[Michele]

Which one? Gotta know cause I’m nosey!!

[Tessa]

Peer and the Puppet by BB Reid. It's still a bully, but not as violent as Fear Me. Fear Me was DARK.

[Grey]

LOL. Ok, I'm here. Behave, naughty girls! I'm figuring out which ones you chose for Tessa's list now!

[Grey]

Tessa, you're crazy hard to pick for, do you know that?? But I got it! I picked Insidious by Aleatha Romig to throw in as my choice for you... so the list, looks like this..

Painted Faces - Nay
Behind The Bars - Leslie
Behind The Bars - Jean
Black Lies - Jenn
From Lukov With Love - Michele
Room 212 - Paula
The Ghostwriter - Ela
Insidious - Grey