2023 October Pick It For Me Challenge

[SunnyCAGirl]

Hello, Mary-Megan.
Here are your picks for October! I hope you discover something you enjoy!

Autumn
🧡Better Hate than Never Chloe Liese (orange cover and published October) (TBR)
🧡The Chief by Monica McCarty--This is the first in series and has lots of set up for the books to follow. It is not my favorite, but think the setup is part of why the books that follow keep getting better as you go! (Brown on cover. new)

🤎Ghosted by Sarah Ready (pub Sept) (tbr)
🤎Soulless by Gail Carriger --Steampunk and a great October read with werewolves and vampires. (pub sept) (new)


Winter
🖤Alaska for Christmas by Jennifer Snow (tbr)
🖤In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren -get ready for ground hog day Christmas style (new)
❤️Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas (published Feb) (tbr)
❤️Whiteout by Adriana Anders (A winter book if there ever was one) (published jan) (new)

Spring
💚Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke (pink on cover) (TBR)
💚The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood -STEM romantic comedy, pink on cover, (new)

💜Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (pub in May) (tbr)
💜Scoundrel of My Heart by Lorraine Heath (pub in March) (new)

Summer
💛Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay (tbr)
💛Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas…while this is objectively not the best of the series…I'd highly reco starting with this one and then diving into the 4-book Wallflower series (new)
💙My Roommate Is a Vampire (published Aug, but great Oct reading material? (tbr)
💙The Pool Boy by Nikki Sloane - Age gap, older woman, (published in a summer month) (new)

Happy Reading!

[SunnyCAGirl]

Thanks, Kathy D! What great picks! Looking forward to many of these.
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hey SunnyCAGirl! I’ve read and enjoyed all of these books! I hope you enjoy whichever one(s) you pick. Also, the audio version of these books are great if you are an audio reader.

[Lekshmy]

Hi Ela, Please find your picks below- Hope you will enjoy reading !

Autumn

TBR

Love, Theoretically



NEW

The Summer Job


🤎Recommend a book that has an edition published in a (Northern Hemisphere) fall month - September, October, November (doesn't have to be the first publication date).

TBR

We Are Worthy



NEW

The Quarry Girls


Winter
Long, cozy evenings by a fire, watching the snow fall, and at least in the northern hemisphere, all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.


🖤Recommend a holiday themed romance (any holiday), or a book with red, white, or black on the cover.

New

Christmas Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella

TBR

The Beast of Beswick (Everleigh Sisters, #1)



❤️Recommend a book that has an edition published in a winter month - December, January, February.

New

The Night Before Christmas


TBR

Royally Bitten



Spring
Temperatures warming up, it's a time of new life in the plant and animal world...cute baby animals and beautiful flowers are everywhere!


💚Recommend a Romantic Comedy, or a story with a pregnancy, baby, or child in the storyline. OR you may also recommend a book with green, pink, or lavender on the cover.
NEW

Number the Stars

TBR

Witch of Wild Things



💜Recommend a book that has an edition published in a spring month - March, April, May.


TBR

Trapped

New

Badly Behaved

Summer
Vacation! Lazy days by the pool or on the beach, but don't forget the sunscreen!


💛Recommend a book you think would be a great beach or vacation read OR you may also recommend a book with yellow or blue on the cover.

NEW

Lost Identity
by Karl Braungart


TBR

The Golden Spider (Elemental Steampunk Chronicles, #1)


💙Recommend a book that has an edition published in a summer month - June, July, August.


TBR

Does It Hurt? By H.D carlton

NEw


Tryst Six Venom
by Penelope Douglas

[Lekshmy]

Carina wrote: "Romanticbookworm,

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

Autumn

TBR - Fall Into You
TBR - The Experiment
New - Everything to Lose
New - [book:Indigo..."

Thank you :)

[Carrie]

Sonja wrote: "Hi Carrie!
Well I still can't search your shelves to make sure these were not already on there, but I did compare our books and none were there so hoping we're ok! If there are any you have read, ..."


Love the picks Sonja, there are so many I'm looking forward to diving into.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Ok, all recommendations have been made - thanks everyone! Now we just have to wait a couple of days before we can start reading...

[Romanticbookworm]

Carina wrote: "Romanticbookworm,

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

Autumn

TBR - Fall Into You
TBR - The Experiment
New - Everything to Lose
New - [book:Indigo..."


Oh these look great thank you so much Carina :). I can't wait to start them :).

[LaurLa]

Mary-Megan wrote: "Hi LaurLa! Here are my picks for you. I hope you enjoy whichever you choose to read.

🧡Recommend a book with the food industry in the storyline, anything from farm to table. OR you may also recomme..."

Hey Mary-Megan - I forgot to reply when I looked over these. Thanks for the picks, they look great. There's a few new to me's that I want to try. I'm sure they'll get added to my TBR even if I don't read them this month!

[LaurLa]

Mary-Megan -- I finished two this month, one new and one tbr. Thanks again for the picks!!


AUTUMN ➖ publish month
✅TBR: Faefever ➖ 10.12 ★★★★


SUMMER ➖ publish month
✅NEW: All Fired Up ➖ 10.29 ★★★

[SunnyCAGirl]

Hey Kathy D,
I read Beautiful Bastard and Beautiful Player..because I couldn't stop reading the series...I'd already read Beautiful Stranger. A great series!
I am in the middle of Lessons in ChemistryLessons in Chemistry and looking forward to Naked in Death as J.D. Robb is a new author for me. Thanks for all the great options!

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hey SunnyCAGirl! I’ve read and enjoyed all of these books! I hope you enjoy whichever one(s) you pick. Also, the audio version of these books are great if you are an audio reader.

🍁 Autumn 🍁
🧡 [bo..."

[Mary-Megan]

SunnyCAGirl
Thanks for the great picks. I only got one read this month - Red, White & Royal Blue - which I enjoyed. I do have a bunch of your other picks on hold.
Thanks for the picks!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Ela (Mouse333) wrote: "Hi Carmen, here are your picks:


Autumn

🧡Recommend a book with the food industry in the storyline, anything from farm to table. OR you may also recommend a book with orange or brown on the cove..."

Hi Ela, I read and it was such a fun and hot read. Thanks for picking it. I plan on reading others this month and will come back to let you know what I think of them :D

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Carmen! Thank you so much for my October picks! I was able to read 7, though I didn't finish one until early November.


Rules of Engagement by Christina Dodd - 10.4.2023 - Enjoying this series!
Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux - 10.7.2023 - Loved it!
Badd Motherf*cker by Jasinda Wilder 10.18.2023 - Good story!
The Truth Within by Sloane Kennedy 10.20.2023 - Really liked it!
Dancing in Darkness by Alice Winters 10.25.2023 - Fun!
Next In Line by J. Bengtsson (series rule) 10.26.2023 - So good!
The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (started in October) 11.2.2023 - OMG - this was soooo good! I loved getting the story from Bones' POV!

Thanks again!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Mkat, it looks like you had some good books to read. You did better than me. Hahaha

[Romanticbookworm]

Carina wrote: "Romanticbookworm,

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

Autumn

TBR - Fall Into You
TBR - The Experiment
New - Everything to Lose
New - Indigo..."</i>


Hi Carina

I read Heart of Stone [bookcover:Heart of Stonewhich is the prequel to the Highland series and I also read . I really enjoyed both😁. Thanks for the great pick 😁.