PIFM - January 2023 Read

[Janet , Moderator]

The time has come to choose your book selections for your January 2023 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:-

We Begin At The End - Chris Whitaker
x 1 - Janet

The Buried - Sharon J Bolton
x 1 - Sean
x 1 - Agnieszka

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 January 2023 threads go up.

[Kirsten]

Help me pick a library book:


Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman
1 vote (Agnieszka)

Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch
1 vote (Christine)

Travelers Rest by Keith Lee Morris

Behind the Throne by K.B. Wagers

The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan
3 votes (Patricia, Dana, Sophie)

[Agnieszka]

I continue with the borrowed books. 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. Klucz do Rebeki=The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett - espionage thriller, historical fiction
2 Kirsten, Patricia

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. Love Finds You in Valentine, Nebraska by Irene Brand Christian contemporary romance & mystery
1 Christine

4. Return to Walhalla by Laura Hodges Poole Christian contemporary romance
2 Dana, Sophie

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
0

7. Plan Ikar=The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum espionage thriller
0

[Sophie]

No rhyme or reason to my Jan list, just trying to clear some books on my shelves ready for any I might get at Christmas...

1. The Toll House by Carly Reagon
2. The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz Kirsten, Patricia (2)
3. The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden Agnieszka (1)
4. The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
5. The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
6. The House at Phantom Park by Graham Masterson
7. The Furies by Katie Lowe

[Patricia]

my January picks-

Killer Weekend
Dana
Spells for Forgetting
Sophie

Gathering Prey

A String of Beads
Agnieszka

A Banquet of Consequences
Kirsten

[Dana]

Some books from the library & some next in a series:

1) The Book of Cold Cases - Kirsten, Christine
2) Every Summer After - Sophie
3) I'm Glad My Mom Died
4) 4th of July
5) Twisted Lies - Agnieszka, Patricia

[Christine]

Here’s my list of books