PIFM - August 2022 Read

[Janet , Moderator]

The time has come to choose your book selections for your August 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 August 2022 threads go up.

[Kirsten]

Wow! August already???


Young Rich Widows by Kimberly Belle

Vicki Willis, Christine

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

Patricia, Con

In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey

Sophie

The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun

Agnieszka

Proto Zoa by Lois McMaster Bujold

[Agnieszka]

I translate the most important blurb parts of those that have no English edition, you'll find them 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
2 Vicki, Sophie

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)]
0

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

4. Return to Walhalla by Laura Hodges Poole Christian contemporary romance
0

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)]
0

6. Konflikt interesów=Mistress of Justice by Jeffery Wilds Deaver=Jeffery Deaver legal thriller
1 Kirsten

7. Plan Ikar=The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum espionage thriller
1 Patricia

[Sophie]

Poolside reads for me this month:

1. How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie Agnieszka, Vicki (2)
2. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
3. The Fine Print by Lauren Asher Con (1)
4. Threadneedle by Cari Thomas
5. Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier Patricia (1)
6. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
7. Death and Croissants by Ian Moore

[Patricia]

Up Country - Nelson DeMille
Agnieszka - Vicki

The Death of Kings - Rennie Airth

Something Dangerous - Patrick Redmond

1984 - George Orwell
Con - Kirsten - Christine

Setting Free the Kites - Alex George
Sophie

[Vicki Willis]

Picks for August

The Party

Tell Me Three Things

An Unwanted Guest

The Silent Wife

[Marie]

The French Girl
The French Girl

One True Loves
One True Loves

Dirty Letters
Dirty Letters

Glitter and Glue
Glitter and Glue

Kingdom of the Wicked
Kingdom of the Wicked

[Christine]

Here’s my book list