PIFM - May 2022 Read

[Janet , Moderator]

The time has come to choose your book selections for your May 2022 read in the PIFM challenge.

The rules are:-

* You can choose any number of books. A minimum of two and up to a maximum of 10.

* Please, only ONE MESSAGE per member. That means NO REPLYING or CHATTING in this thread.

* Once you have made your selections and posted, when your votes start to come in you can then add your votes cast by other members beneath your book titles ie the following might be how my list would look:-

Snow - John Banville
x 1 - Janet

The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward
x 1 - Dana
x 1 - Sophie

How you post is your choice, you can link, do pictures, the above is just an example. The key is that you stick with the one message and update it as the votes come in. Your list can be placed when the May 2022 threads go up.

[Agnieszka]

Another set of borrowed book I want read soon-ish
I translate the most important blurb parts of those that have no English edition. behind spoiler taggs. (I try to keep those to two or three each month)

1. W pustyni i w puszczy=In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz - classic, middle school, adventure
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2. Lot 202 (Flight 202) by Remigiusz Mróz - techno-conspiracy-thriller (view spoiler)[The body of a young man who disappeared six years ago is found in southern Poland. It seems like a very particular form of suicide. From an airport in northern Poland starts a plane to Toronto. On board it the (Polish) Prime Minister. Soon after start it starts to look like it will never will make its destination. The only lead is linked to the dead young man (hide spoiler)]
1 Sue

3. The Truth Teller by Angela Elwell Hunt Christian science fiction, drama & mystery
1 Christine

4. Return to Walhalla by Laura Hodges Poole Christian romance
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5. Kopia doskonała (Perfect Replica) by Małgorzata Rogala mystery (view spoiler)[A young woman is tasked to make a copy of a famous painting in Lyon. After she completes the work, the painting and the young woman disappear. When her grandmother gets a picture of the missing woman, she's convinced it's a message and asks a rooky private detective Celina to find out what happened. Celina know that she has to conquer her phobias caused by a trauma two years earlier if she has a chance to reach her goal. Soon after start she finds out that she's always a step behind someone on the same path and a mysterious man follows her everywhere. (hide spoiler)]
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6. Solo by Jack Higgins espionage thriller & mystery
3 Kirsten, Dana, Sophie

7. Konflikt interesów=Mistress of Justice by Jeffery Wilds Deaver=Jeffery Deaver legal thriller
1 Patricia
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[Patricia]

This is a collection of books that I have owned for several years and have wanted to read. Help me to pick one


An Instance of the Fingerpost
Agnieszka - Kirsten - Sophie - Sue

Playmates
Christine

Master of the Game

Cross
Dana

Devices and Desires

[Kirsten]

Since it's baseball season:

Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s by Jason Turbow

2 votes - Sophie, Sue

Screwball by Simon Rich

2 votes - Agnieszka, Christine

Summer of '49: The Yankees and the Red Sox in Postwar America by David Halberstam

1 vote - Patricia

Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game by George Vecsey

1 vote - Dana

Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had by Edward Achorn

[Sophie]

No particular theme, just books I'd quite like to read:

1. Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton Patricia, Christine (2)
2. The Duke and I by Julia Quinn Dana (1)
3. Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
4. The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
5. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson Agnieszka (1)
6. Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan
7. Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
8. The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris

[Christine]

Here’s my book list

[Dana]

Some books I have checked out that I need to prioritize:

1) The Boy from the Woods - Patricia, Sophie, Sue
2) The Maid - Agnieszka
3) Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
4) Child's Play - Kirsten

[Sue]

Here’s my list for May
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death
Circe
Carthage
The Garden of Evening Mists