2023 August Pick-It-For-Me Challenge

[Nancy H]

HI Emma,
Here are your picks. I tried to pick some different ones. You have a great To-Read List, and I have a lot of the same books on mine.

1. Blizzard Blue: Stranded character (and really good!) - Christmas Island;Takes place in cold - Icebreaker


2.Magic mint: Paranormal (and really good, imo) -The Graveyard Book; 2 males on cover - Red, White & Royal Blue


3. Mulberry: Pink on cover - Love on the Brain; Historical romance (takes place in the 1960's) -Lessons in Chemistry


4. Teal Blue: Book set in Europe (and really good story - I had read it earlier and just saw the movie, which was wonderful.)Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris; Book with two authors (and really good!) - The Thread Collectors


5. Inchworm: Two books with devious 'worm' characters - Drunk on a Plane and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Both really good.)


6. Mango tango: Two with titles ending in a vowel (Both really good.)The Last Thing He Told Me and If You Ask Me


7. Wild Blue Yonder: Blue on the cover - Between the Orange Groves; Road trip romance - Beach Read


8. Jazzberry Jam: Two with colorful covers (And really good) - The Summer Place and The Unhoneymooners


Bonus: Two of my favorites -Julia's Chocolates and Killers of a Certain Age


Happy Reading!

P.S. I am a crochet lover too, so I join you in the yarn world.

[Nancy H]

Thank you, Romanticbookworm, these look great! I can hardly wait to get started, and I just want to read them all!


Romanticbookworm wrote: "Nancy H-

Here are your picks for August:

1. Blizzard Blue- Recommend a book
-with white on the cover or
-a book with a stranded character (i.e. stuck in an elevator, cabin, car, island, etc.) or..."

[Fran, Moderator]

Sonja wrote: "Fran wrote: "Hi Sonja!

Here are your picks for August....I hope you find a goodie or two here!

1. Blizzard Blue- Recommend a book
TBR- The Holiday Swap- white on the cover and set..."

Sonja, I just saw your edit!

I added three of your recently added titles to my list for you. I updated my PIFM post- enjoy!

[Emma]

Nancy H wrote: "HI Emma,
Here are your picks. I tried to pick some different ones. You have a great To-Read List, and I have a lot of the same books on mine.

1. Blizzard Blue: Stranded character (and really good..."

Thank you so much Nancy! My husband, and my credit card will not be pleased but I want to read them all!!! I think I might start with Drunk on a Plane as it sounds fun!

And my yarn stash is in the same state as my to read list - too big for anyone to get through in many lifetimes! 😆🫣😂

[Nancy H]

Hi Emma,
Yes, it's just something about books and yarn that keep our credit cards melting!!

Emma wrote: "Nancy H wrote: "HI Emma,
Here are your picks. I tried to pick some different ones. You have a great To-Read List, and I have a lot of the same books on mine.

1. Blizzard Blue: Stranded character ..."

[Carina]

Mary-Megan,

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

1- Blizzard Blue
TBR - Dead of Winter
New - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder


2- Magic Mint
TBR - The Inheritance Games
New - Book of Night


3- Mulberry
TBR - Romantic Comedy
New - Happy Place


4- Teal Blue
TBR - Shadow Sands
New - Sensing Danger


5- Inchworm
TBR - Alaska for Christmas
New - The Backup Plan


6- Mango Tango
TBR - The Sweetheart Fix
New - The Summer Cottage


7- Wild Blue Yonder
TBR - Hello Stranger
New - Good Girl Complex


8- Jazzberry Jam
TBR - Kiss the Girl
New - Borrow My Heart


Bonus
Now That I've Found You
The Way Back to You

[Fernanda]

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hi Fernanda! Here are your picks for August…I’m an audio reader (listener), so I marked the books I’ve read and loved in audio with headphones. Happy Reading! 😊

📚 Blizzard Blue
[book:The Kiss Quot..."

Hi Kathy!! Loved the picks!! I'm excited to get to them !!!!

[Mary-Megan]

Carina wrote: "Mary-Megan,

Here are your picks. Happy reading!..."

Thanks for the great picks. I can't decide which one to start with :)

[LaurLa]

Hi Sukaina!! Second month in a row, I think, for picking for you. Hope you find something yummy this time around!


1. Blizzard Blue
TBR: Faking Under the Mistletoe - winter holiday setting
NEW: Stuck with You - stuck in elevator


2. Magic Mint
TBR: Text Me On Tuesday: All is Fair in Love and Texting ... - green cover
NEW: Instant Karma - a little bit paranormal


3. Mulberry
TBR: Writers & Lovers - food on cover
NEW: Romancing the Duke - historical romance


4. Teal Blue
TBR: The Honeymoon Crashers - two authors
NEW: Suddenly Psychic - butterfly on cover


5. Inchworm
TBR: The Guncle - dog on cover
NEW: The Honeymoon Cottage - dog on cover


6. Mango Tango
TBR: This Spells Love - title ends in a vowel
NEW: Dance With Me - dancer


7. Wild Blue Yonder
TBR: The Summer of Chasing Dreams - road trip
NEW: My Favorite Souvenir - road trip


8. Jazzberry Jam
TBR: How to Kill a Rock Star - musical MCs
NEW: Love, Theoretically - newish release


Bonus - Burnt Sienna 
MY FAVORITE EVER: Bet Me

[LaurLa]

MountainKat wrote: "Hi LaurLa! Here are your picks - I hope you find something to love in August!

1. Blizzard Blue
NEW: Things We Never Said* by Samantha Young
TBR: The Game* by Vi Kee..."

Thanks for these! There are several I want to add to my TBR 😯

[Vandhana]

Hi KathyD

Here are your picks
1. Blizzard Blue
TBR: Fractured by Karin Slaughter

New: First Comes Scandal


2. Magic Mint
TBR: Looking for a Cowboy

New: Hold on Tight


3.Mulberry
TBR: Dirtiest Secret

New: 99 Percent Mine


4. Teal Blue
TBR: The Rules of Arrangement

New: Daughter of the Tide


5. Inchworm
TBR: Fair Game

New: The Miseducation of Evie Epworth


6. Mango Tango
TBR: (Shelter Mountain) By (author) Robyn Carr published on

New: Drunk on Love


7. Wild Blue Yonder
TBR: Clean Sweep

New: The Things I Should Have Told You


8. Jazzberry Jam-
TBR: Demons Are Forever

New: A Sunrise Over Bali


Bonus:
The House in the Cerulean Sea
- Recommended. I loved this novel.

[Sukaina]

LaurLa wrote: "Hi Sukaina!! Second month in a row, I think, for picking for you. Hope you find something yummy this time around!



1. Blizzard Blue

TBR: Faking Under the Mistletoe - winter hol..."

Yes, these look great, Laurla. Thank you yet again. :)

[Sukaina]

Hi Carina. Here are your picks for August. Hope you find a goodie or two here!

1. Blizzard Blue

NEW: Forever Never

TBR: The Simple Wild

2. Magic Mint

NEW: Fourth Wing

TBR: Escape to You

3. Mulberry

NEW: Happy Place

TBR: Lessons in Chemistry

4. Teal Blue

NEW: One Hundred Christmas Proposals

TBR: The Maiden of Ireland

5. Inchworm

NEW: Kiss an Angel

TBR: Texas Daddy

6. Mango Tango

NEW: The Seven Year Slip

TBR: Bright Side

7. Wild Blue Yonder

NEW: Ugly Love

TBR: Escapade

8. Jazzberry Jam

NEW: Hello Stranger

TBR: The Unhoneymooners

Bonus - Burnt Sienna

NEW: Love and Other Words

TBR: A Man Called Ove

Happy Reading!

[Fran, Moderator]

Great job everyone! Almost all of the picks are in. The picking window closes at 12 pm tomorrow and then we can start reading on Tuesday, August 1st……waiting is the hardest part!!

[SunnyCAGirl]

Hello, Fran!
Here are your picks. I hope you'll find something you'll love.
1. Blizzard Blue-
The Bad Luck Bride by Janna MacGregor (white on cover) (new)
A Crown For Christmas by Rachel Van Dyken (TBR)- holiday

2. Magic Mint-

-a paranormal or fantasy book
Taming The Giant; Kindred Tales by Evangeline Anderson (TBR)
-a book cover that reminds me of "magic mike"
Asking For a Friend by Lauren Blakely (TBR)
The Chief: A Highland Guard Novel by Monica McCarty (new)

3. Mulberry- Recommend a book
-with purple or pink on the cover
(Neanderthal by Avery Flynn(TBR)
Accidentally Compromising the Duke by Stacy Reid (purple cover & HR) (new)

4. Teal Blue- Recommend a book
-a book set in Europe or Asia or
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera (new)
-a book that is part of a duology or has two authors
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews, 2 authors & duology (new)
Sweet LiarBy Laurelin Paige (TBR)

5. Inchworm -
-a book that has under 120 pages
Heatwaves : A Summer Fling Novella (TBR)
-a book with a devious or 'worm' of a character
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (new)

6. Mango Tango-
-with orange or yellow on the cover or
(Will & Patrick Meet the Family by Leta Blake (TBR)
-a book with a title that ends with a vowel
Falling Into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath (new)

7. Wild Blue Yonder-
-with blue on the cover or
(Dr. Hot Stuff by Fenske (TBR)
The Pool Boy by Nikki Sloane (new)
-a book with a 'wild' character (your interpretation)
Becoming a Vincent (wild #1) by C.M. Owens (TBR)

8. Jazzberry Jam- Recommend a book
-with a musical or theatrical character or
Drama King by Penny Reid (new)
Love Scenes by Bridget Morrissey (new)
-a book with a 'jazzy' or colorful or interesting looking cover or 


Screaming Oby Mari Carr-between title and cover, this seems quite jazzy. LOL. (TBR)
-a newish release (a book that you are 'jazzed' to read)
Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn (new)

Bonus-extra category, not required- Burnt Sienna - the 'saved' shade
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (new)

[Fran, Moderator]

SunnyCAGirl wrote: "Hello, Fran!
Here are your picks. I hope you'll find something you'll love.
1. Blizzard Blue-
The Bad Luck Bride by Janna MacGregor (white on cover) (new)
[book:A Crown For Christ..."

Thank you so much SunnyCAGirl! So many great picks to choose from! I’m very ready for August so I can dive in :)

[Fran, Moderator]

We are all set! Only two more days to wait until we can begin reading 😊

[SunnyCAGirl]

Thanks for the picks, Fernanda. Really excited about them!

[Emma]

I can’t decide which to start with! I have three on my bedside table ready.



Any ideas which I should pick first?!?!

[☘KathyD☘]

Vandhana wrote: "Hi KathyD

Here are your picks
1. Blizzard Blue
TBR: Fractured by Karin Slaughter

New: First Comes Scandal
[boo..."

thanks for the great picks, Vandhana!

[Fran, Moderator]

Emma, those look like three amazing choices! I haven’t read any of them yet, but how about using a random generator? Let random.org choose for you!

https://www.random.org/lists/

[Emma]

Fran wrote: "Emma, those look like three amazing choices! I haven’t read any of them yet, but how about using a random generator? Let random.org choose for you!

https://www.random.org/lists/"

And this was the result!

There were 3 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Lessons in Chemmistry
The Unhoneymooners
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

[Sonja]

Emma wrote: "I can’t decide which to start with! I have three on my bedside table ready.

[bookcover:The Seven Husbands of Evely..."

A couple days late here, but Seven Husbands was so good! The Unhoneymooners was good too! Eek... tough call! Eney meany meiny mo? LOL

[Emma]

Sonja wrote: "Emma wrote: "I can’t decide which to start with! I have three on my bedside table ready.

[bookcover:The Seven Husb..."

I went with the order the random generator kicked out. Started with Lessons in Chemistry. And it’s a fab book! 😁

[Fran, Moderator]

SunnyCAGirl wrote: "Hello, Fran!
Here are your picks. I hope you'll find something you'll love."



Hi SunnyCAGirl!

I finished Screaming O from your list for me. I was also able to use it for the Bachelor challenge - love to multi-task! I can’t believe it had been in my tbr for 10 years!! Thanks for the push to get it off my shelves and finish the series :)

[Sukaina]

LaurLa wrote: "Hi Sukaina!! Second month in a row, I think, for picking for you. Hope you find something yummy this time around!



1. Blizzard Blue

TBR: Faking Under the Mistletoe - winter hol..."

I already finished reading Love, Theoretically right in the beginning of August.

[Vandhana]

Mary-Megan wrote: "Vandhana
I hope you enjoy whichever book you choose to read.

1. Blizzard Blue
TBR: Sleigh Bells in the Snow - white/winter
New: You Can Hide - white/winter
[bookcov..."


I finished "When it falls apart" - it was a very beautiful book. I loved it. Thank you so much for the recommendation. I started with "Hello Stranger"... Will keep posted.

[SunnyCAGirl]

Fran wrote: "SunnyCAGirl wrote: "Hello, Fran!
Here are your picks. I hope you'll find something you'll love."



Hi SunnyCAGirl!

I finished Screaming O from your list for me. I was also able t..."

Wow. That was fast! Glad you got that one checked off!

[Romanticbookworm]

Sonja wrote: "Hi Romanticbookworm!
I love picking for you, but then it's tough because we've been in this so long, I forget what I have and haven't picked for you! Hoping I didn't repeat any that you aren't int..."


Hi Sonja

I read The Duke Alone by Christi Caldwell and I really enjoyed it😁.

I might try and read another few of your picks before the end of the month

[Emma]

Hi Nancy, I finished The Unhoneymooners, really enjoyed it. There were some really funny bits. There was also a word that I had to look up on Urban Dictionary and was glad I hadn’t searched it on my work laptop 🤣😂🤣

I am going to start The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo today 😁

[Fran, Moderator]

SunnyCAGirl wrote: "Hello, Fran!
Here are your picks. I hope you'll find something you'll love."

Hi SunnyCAGirl!

I read a second pick, A Crown For Christmas. It was so cute! I was able to use it for the Bachelor Challenge too, so two for two with multi-tasking. Thanks for the great rec :)

[Sonja]

Romanticbookworm wrote: "Sonja wrote: "Hi Romanticbookworm!
I love picking for you, but then it's tough because we've been in this so long, I forget what I have and haven't picked for you! Hoping I didn't repeat any that ..."

Awesome, glad you got to it! :)

[Emma]

Hi Nancy! Another update from me. I finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was a solid 3⭐️ until the last 50 or so pages. Then BAM!! That ending! I hadn’t expected tears at the end of this book, but I shed more than a couple! Thank you for picking it for me!

[Nancy H]

Hi Emma,
I am SO glad you liked the picks you read. I really liked them, too, and I just read Lessons in Chemistry myself, and I loved it! I liked the other two you read, also. I am addicted to Christina Lauren books now after reading The Unhoneymooners. I, too, had the same thought about the Evelyn Hugo book: it was just okay at first, but then that ending!! Oh, my!!



Emma wrote: "Hi Nancy! Another update from me. I finished The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It was a solid 3⭐️ until the last 50 or so pages. Then BAM!! That ending! I hadn’t expected tears at ..."

[SunnyCAGirl]

Hi Fernanda!
Thanks again for the great pics. I read The Proposal by Mary Balogh and found a new author and new series! Really like her writing style. Thanks again!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Carrie! Thank you for great picks for August. I was able to read 9 of the picks this month!

Fated by Rebecca Zanetti 8.8.2023 - Really enjoyed this one!
Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews 8.11.2023 - So good!
Divide & Conquer by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux 8.14.2023 - Loving this series all over again!
Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost 8.16.2023 - This series too!!
Not That Duke by Eloisa James 8.21.2023 - This was sooo good!
Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost 8.22.2023 - Loved it!
Day Zero by Kresley Cole 8.23.2023 - Lots of good info for the series!
Bayou Beloved bye Lexi Blake 8.24.2023 - Really good!
Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb 8.26.2023 - Loved!

Thanks again!

[Romanticbookworm]

Romanticbookworm wrote: "Sonja wrote: "Hi Romanticbookworm!
I love picking for you, but then it's tough because we've been in this so long, I forget what I have and haven't picked for you! Hoping I didn't repeat any that ..."


Hi sonja i managed to get to one more pick this month.

which was a good read.

[Emma]

Thank you so much for a fun August of reading. In between a few library books that came in I managed to get these books read off my picks list!



This is still in my Kindle library and I will get to it soon. Thanks again - I really enjoyed it. I will join in again soon! 😁

[Mary-Megan]

Vandhana wrote: "I finished "When it falls apart" - it was a very beautiful book. I loved it. Thank you so much for the recommendation. I started with "Hello Stranger"... Will keep posted...."

I'm glad you enjoyed the book :) It was one of my favorites this year.

[Mary-Megan]

Carina wrote: "Mary-Megan,

Here are your picks. Happy reading!.."

Thanks for my picks. I read The Sweetheart Fix. I'm also working my way through Kiss the Girl. So far I've enjoyed both. Thanks!

[Nancy H]

Hi Romanticbookworm,
I got two read in August, and one that I love but couldn't get finished by month's end. The ones I read and really liked were Second Thyme Around and The Reading List. The one I am still finishing is Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake _ I've been trying to get to this one for a while, so thanks for the rec! The other books you suggested are all either on or going on my TBR list. Thanks for such good picks!

[Carrie]

MountainKat wrote: "Hi Carrie! Thank you for great picks for August. I was able to read 9 of the picks this month!

Fated by Rebecca Zanetti 8.8.2023 - Really enjoyed this one!
[book:Fate's Edge|1056154..."

Oh wow, I'm glad you had such a great reading month.