#11. Ask a friend to choose a book for you.

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

This one is for members to ask each other. If you want to do this please post below and I will draw members to pair.

To choose a book for your 'partner' you can:
1. look on their tbr shelf. If you want to do this prompt but you don't have a tbr list can you start a shelf called Lovely Ladies Books or something similar. Start putting on there books that you have come across whilst being in the group. Then maybe in the summer we can try this prompt.

2. You could look at the read shelf of the person you are paired with and based on what got 4-5 stars maybe suggest a title.

3. You could choose a book that you have read that you highly recommend.

[Nidhi]

I would like to do this one Tracey.

[Brenda]

Count me in here as well - this sounds fun!
**I wonder if I need to go dust and organize my virtual bookshelf **😳

[Nidhi]

My bookshelf also has listing of new books, not classics. Classic for me are not choice they are mandatory. I can provide a selection of authors though.

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

Nidhi wrote: "My bookshelf also has listing of new books, not classics. Classic for me are not choice they are mandatory. I can provide a selection of authors though."

Maybe I should ask members to start a shelf called Lovely Ladies Books and start putting on there books they have come across whilst being in the group. Then maybe in the summer, we can try this. What do you think?
Also they could look at your read shelf and based on what you liked there maybe suggest a title. And a book they have read that you haven't could be suggested.

[Nidhi]

That’s a great idea Tracey.I don’t have a shelf devoted to women writers. I will create one.

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

Nidhi wrote: "That’s a great idea Tracey.I don’t have a shelf devoted to women writers. I will create one."

Sounds like a good project. I will put the ideas in the first message for other people to read.

[Brenda]

And as I had a thought to try and read books off my shelves for these projects, I think I’ll curate a shelf with that in mind for this challenge with writers in the guidelines. Thanks for the great ideas!

[Michaela]

I´m in, and yes, a shelf would be good! :) I think my usual tbr list hardly contains book of our "genre". ;)

[Elke]

I think that Jess and I will choose for each other.
Sound good, Jess?

Depending on where your partner lives, we could even send them a copy of the book chosen for them as a little present!

[Katrina]

Can I ask a friend who is not in the group for a recommendation? I do want to do this challenge. If it needs to be someone in the group I am totally fine with that too, just wanted to check. I will set up a Lovely Ladies Books shelf to make it easier for others to know what I am interested in.

[Jazzy]

Will someone please recommend me a book by Colette besides Cheri which I have already read, many thanks.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

One I've been meaning to read is Claudine at School. I haven't read anything by her yet, (perhaps I can use her for the new to me author). I think Iza has read her so she might be better placed to advise you, but I'd love to hear what you think if you do read this one.

[Jazzy]

Okay I'll choose that! Thank you Tania, and I have all my 21 books chosen. ☺️

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

You have a pretty fantastic list there Jazzy, Look forward to seeing what you think of them. I loved We Have Always Lived in the Castle and might use that one for mine too.

[Jazzy]

Tania wrote: "You have a pretty fantastic list there Jazzy, Look forward to seeing what you think of them. I loved We Have Always Lived in the Castle and might use that one for mine too."

I chose it because I bought it for 99p recently! I guess I should put the star ratings after I finish them :)

[Philina]

I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle early this year and it was great! Good choice!

I guess I would like to be paired up as well.

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

Katrina wrote: "Can I ask a friend who is not in the group for a recommendation? I do want to do this challenge. If it needs to be someone in the group I am totally fine with that too, just wanted to check. I will..."

Hi Katrina. Did you get a suggestion? I would like a suggestion myself if you have one. Thanks.

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

Please post here if you want a partner to recommend something to you. Thank you.

[Jazzy]

I got my Colette book

The Complete Claudine

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

Jazzy wrote: "I got my Colette book

The Complete Claudine"

I look forward to your review. It is one that I have thought about before and a friend read a biography about Colette. She was a very complex person

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Jazzy wrote: "I got my Colette book

The Complete Claudine"

Great Jazzy. I also look forward to seeing what you make of it. I've had it on my TBR for years.

[Brenda]

Philina wrote: I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle early this year and it was great! Good choice!

I guess I would like to be paired up as well.

Hi Philina, I'll partner up if you'd like. I need a suggestion for this part of the challenge. Let me know here or DM me, whichever.

Or if you're set no problem. It's been awhile since you posted that, I missed it earlier. Thanks!

[Jazzy]

I read some snippets and it looks pretty good!

[Nidhi]

Hello Ladies, I want a partner to suggest me a book for this read.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

I'll need someone to pick for me as well.

[Philina]

Hey Brenda, yes I‘d love that! More in PM?

[Jazzy]

I'll pick one for someone!

[Brenda]

Oh my...Jazzy, I completely forgot I asked you to recommend a Dorothy Parker. Which is absolutely fine. I'm going to read two for this challenge then...
something by Dorothy Parker, I'm not sure which. Maybe The Complete Stories Of Dorothy Parker.
and
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Not knowing any Dorothy Parker, I'm looking forward to learning of her work, and just reading Cranford, I'm excited for more Gaskell as I really loved that one.

[Brenda]

Jazzy, I forgot there was a category for an author new to you, so I'm going to read Dorothy Parker for that challenge. I hope that's ok? Sorry about all that. I had the message saved in my emails so I'd remember, and of course I didn't.

[Nidhi]

Jazzy please select your most favourite Agatha Christie for me. I don’t read horrors and thrillers so it will be a good start.

[Nidhi]

I will pick for someone.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Yes please Nidhi.

[Katrina]

Tracey wrote: "Hi Katrina. Did you get a suggestion? I would like a suggestion myself if you have one. Thanks."

I did get a suggestion from a friend outside of this group. She recommended I read Pride and Prejudice, and I actually haven't read that one yet, though I have seen the many versions of the movie. So I decided I would go with that one.

I could recommend to you, Tracey, the book A Girl of the Limberlost, if you haven't read it yet. I love that one and was written in 1909.

[Nidhi]

Tania, how will this work? Shall I visit your page to go through your preferences or you could post link here. Or you can suggest some preferred author.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

If you go to my profile page and use the 'Compare Books' function, you should be able to see what I own but haven't read, marked as 'owned TBR'. If we don't have many in common, something Victorian perhaps, or in the public domain. Thanks.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Katrina, I hope you enjoy P&P. Let us know how you get on. 🙂

[Nidhi]

We have lots in common Tania. My first suggestion is The Benefactress by Arnim.

Second The Street by Ann Petry, a book I want to read this year.

Third is The Scarlett Pimpernel. It’s very good light reading.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Brilliant. I want to read all three. Thank you. I think I'll read The Benefactress for this one, but I do want to read The Street very soon.

[Nidhi]

Arnim is a very good writer I read her German Gardens. For 21 in 21 challenge I am reading The Caravaners suggested by you. The Street is a serious read, I plan to read it in April.

[Jazzy]

Nidhi wrote: "Jazzy please select your most favourite Agatha Christie for me. I don’t read horrors and thrillers so it will be a good start."

Let’s start with Murder On the Orient Express then shall we? I read that last month and it’s quite famous

[Nidhi]

Jazzy, I have read this in school days about some 20 years ago but can tell you the whole story , maybe I have not added in my read list. May be your second favourite?

[Philina]

Thank you, Brenda, for choosing Possession as my challenge read :)

I hope you have fun with North and South. After reading that, do check out the BBC production which includes fluffy cotton snow and an actor Michaela can tell you much about ;)

[Jazzy]

Brenda wrote: "Oh my...Jazzy, I completely forgot I asked you to recommend a Dorothy Parker. Which is absolutely fine. I'm going to read two for this challenge then...
something by Dorothy Parker, ..."

This is a collection of most of her short stories up to 1939
https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.ph...

My favourite collection is The Penguin Dorothy Parker

which has some of everything!

[Brenda]

Thanks Jazzy! I think I’m going to go with The Complete Stories Of Dorothy Parker it’s still pretty weighty, and I can easily get a copy of it.

[Brenda]

Philina wrote: Thank you, Brenda, for choosing Possession as my challenge read :)

I hope you have fun with North and South. After reading that, do check out the BBC production which includes fluffy cotton snow and an actor Michaela can tell you much about ;)

I do hope you like it Philina, I look forward to what you think.

Yes!! I’ve wanted to watch North & South for some time but wanted to read the book first. I’m excited for both. 😁

[Tracey, Yorkshire White Rose.]

Katrina wrote: "Tracey wrote: "Hi Katrina. Did you get a suggestion? I would like a suggestion myself if you have one. Thanks."

I did get a suggestion from a friend outside of this group. She recommended I read P..."

Thank you Katrina. I do have that one on my bookshelf and it was a goal of mine to read my own books this year so that is perfect.

[Tania, Gloucestershire Wild Daffodil.]

Nidhi wrote: "Jazzy, I have read this in school days about some 20 years ago but can tell you the whole story , maybe I have not added in my read list. May be your second favourite?"

It certainly was a memorable solution.

Nidhi wrote: "Arnim is a very good writer I read her German Gardens. For 21 in 21 challenge I am reading The Caravaners suggested by you. The Street is a serious read, I plan to read it in April."

She is a favourite, and I think The Caravaners is one of her best.