2024 October Pick-It-For-Me Challenge

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

PIFM October Pizza Challenge

Mama's Picks for LaurLa

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅
TBR ~ Driven
first in a series

NEW ~ Back in the Saddle
wine glass on the cover


🍕New York–Style Pizza🍕
TBR ~ The Takeover
Even better than the 1st one!
set in New York

NEW ~ American Queen
Very Spicy


🍅Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza🍅
TBR ~ Fool Moon
considered ‘unique” and/or “hefty”

NEW ~ Broken Bonds
This book is SO GOOD but it's dark & does have trigger warnings.
Very unique IMHO


🍕Margherita Pizza🍕
TBR ~ Beard Science337872]
spin-off from another series

NEW ~ Third Son's a Charm
historical romance


🍅Sicilian Pizza🍅
TBR ~ Apprentice to the Villain
primarily red cover

NEW ~ The Beast of Beswick
primarily red cover&set on an island (London)


🍕Hawaiian Pizza🍕
TBR ~ Sexy in Stilettos
main characters that seem to be mismatched

NEW ~ Finding Elodie
Hawaii tropical


🍅California Pizza🍅
TBR ~ The Nightmare in Him
new(ish) release

NEW ~ Unhinged
set in California & main character who is a celebrity
This book is so good but it is MM & I'm not sure if your OK w/ that. So I'm giving you another one too.

NEW ~ Judgment Road
This book is SO GOOD but it's dark & does have trigger warnings.
set in California


🍕Tavern-Style Pizza🍕
TBR ~ Avenged
Highly rated

NEW ~ The Pucking Wrong Number
this was another of the best series I have read! Please find time to give this one a try! It was hilarious
high rating (4+) on Goodreads or that you rated 5 stars

[fleurette]

Kathleen wrote: "Thank you Fluerette! No worries. Real life comes first. 😍"

Thanks for your understanding. I hope you find something interesting to read this month from the books I have picked for you. Happy reading!

[KatW]

Hi Fran,
Here are your picks for October.
I had trouble finding books not in your shelves.
I hope you find something you like.

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅
TBR: Snowmageddon (first in series)
New: The Night Is Mine (first in series)


🍕New York–Style Pizza🍕
TBR: A Week in New York (New York)
New: Her Filthy Professor (spicy)


🍅Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza🍅
TBR: Saturday Night Special (1,9,4 publication date numbers)
New: Outlander (hefty)


🍕Margherita Pizza🍕
TBR: Jingle Bell Hell (cover)
New: Something to Talk About (cover)



🍅Sicilian Pizza🍅
TBR: The Buccaneer and the Bastard (cover)
New: Breathe (thick)



🍕Hawaiian Pizza🍕
TBR: Beach House (cover)
New: Love like You've Never Been Hurt (sweet)



🍅California Pizza🍅
TBR: Castaways (celebrity)
New: Down to You (celebrity)



🍕Tavern-Style Pizza🍕
TBR: Dashing Mr. Snow (standalone)
New: Burn for Me (4+ on GR)

[Carrie]

Hi Julie, its taken me 3x to get this finished. I hope you find something to curl up with.

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅


TBR: The Roomate
New: Malevolent King


🍕New York–Style Pizza🍕


TBR: Ryan Rule
New: Haunting Adeline

🍅Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza🍅

TBR: Curvy Dirty Omega
New: The Marriage Game


🍕Margherita Pizza🍕

TBR: Emerald Blaze
New: House of Salt and Sorrows


🍅Sicilian Pizza🍅
TBR: Can't Get Enough
New: The Naughty List


🍕Hawaiian Pizza🍕
TBR:Fix Her Up
New: Funny Feelings

🍅California Pizza🍅
TBR:Baby, One More Time
New:Not Another Love Song


🍕Tavern-Style Pizza🍕
TBR: Not My Kind of Hero
New: Wild Love


Happy Reading

[Fran, Moderator]

KatW wrote: "Hi Fran,
Here are your picks for October...."

Thanks KatW, these look great!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

LaurLa wrote: "Hi Mkat!! Here are your picks... your preferred shelf was so small (😮), I may have had to stretch things to make them work (😉). Anyways, hope you find something you like!!"

Thank you LaurLa! Yeah, my shelf is smaller than normal this time. I haven't received all my M&G picks yet to fill it out, so it is mostly just the books I know I will read and not extras. But I see several I can't wait to read! And I will definitely add some of those new ones too and I will try to get Some Girls Bite moved higher on the list too. 😊

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

Sonja wrote: "Hi Mamacita!
Here are your picks for October. We had a lot of historical fiction in common, but I think I found a few for you. Hope you find something good!

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅


TBR:
[book:..."

Thank you Sonja! These look perfect!

[Julie]

Carrie wrote: "Hi Julie, its taken me 3x to get this finished. I hope you find something to curl up with.

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅 ....

Thanks Carrie. These look so good that I'm keen to start reading (including Haunting Adeline, which I was turned off due to the Booktok hype but didn't want to be "anti" a book either for the same reason, IYKWIM?)

[☘KathyD☘]

Hi Carrie! Here are your October picks. Hope you find some great reads!

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅
The Friend Zone, Abby Jimenez — first in a series (tbr)
Flirtasaurus, Erin Mallon — first in a series (new)


🍕New York–Style Pizza🍕
Desire Unchained, Larissa Ione — set in NY and has spice (tbr)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid — set in NY (new)

🍅Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza🍅
Marked, Elisabeth Naughton — 1 and 3 in publication date (tbr)
Hell on Wheels, Julie Ann Walker — set in Chicago (new)

🍕Margherita Pizza🍕
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, Jennifer Ashely — tagged historical romance (tbr)
Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus — historical romance (new)

🍅Sicilian Pizza🍅
North and South, John Jakes — thick book (tbr)
After Care, L.B. Dunbar — set in Hawaii (new)

🍕Hawaiian Pizza🍕
Lover Avenged, J.R. Ward — mismatched main characters (tbr)
The Hard Truth About Sunshine, Sawyer Bennett — sweet story (new)

🍅California Pizza🍅
My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna van Veen — new(ish) release (tbr)
Mercury Striking, Rebecca Zanetti — set in California (new)

🍕Tavern-Style Pizza🍕
Love on the Brain, Ali Hazelwood — standalone (tbr)
The Women, Kristin Hannah — high rating & a 5-star favorite (new)

[☘KathyD☘]

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "KathyD, my picks for you. Hope you find some fun reads!

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅
TBR: The Legacy
New: When It Falls Apart
[bookcover:When ..."

thanks, Carmen!

[☘KathyD☘]

fleurette...I'm going to work on your picks now...I'll have them up ASAP....thanks for your patience!

[Sonja]

Kathleen wrote: "Oh no Sonja! I must have missed that in my excitment of picking your choices. 🤣"

HA!! No worries, I totally forgot how much I loved that book so it might end up getting reread - you know, with all my free time! LOL!
Thank you again, these look fabulous and I'm itching to start!

[Sonja]

KathyD I'm available if you need anyone to do angel picks today! Just ping me! :D

[☘KathyD☘]

Hi fleurette! Here are your picks for October. Hope you find some great new reads. I’ve listened/read to all and enjoyed them!

🍅Neapolitan Pizza🍅
That Scandalous Evening, Christina Dodd — first in a series (tbr)
A Daughter of Fair Verona, Christina Dodd — set in Italy & first in a series (new)

🍕New York–Style Pizza🍕
Brotherhood in Death, J.D. Robb — set in NY, has spice, and characters that immigrated (tbr)
The Stopover, T.L. Swan — set in NY & has spice (new)

🍅Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza🍅
The Darkest Pleasure, Gena Showalter — 1 in the publication date (tbr)
Hello Stranger, Katherine Center — unique story (new)

🍕Margherita Pizza🍕
The Seduction Of Elliot McBride, Jennifer Ashley — tagged historical romance (tbr)
Bishop, Sawyer Bennett — spin-off from another series (new)

🍅Sicilian Pizza🍅
Dead Witch Walking, Kim Harrison — primarily red cover (tbr)
Identity, Nora Roberts — lots of pages (new)

🍕Hawaiian Pizza🍕
It Ain’t Me, Babe, Tillie Cole — mismatched main characters (tbr)
The Friend Zone, Abby Jimenez — sweet story (new)

🍅California Pizza🍅
Rock Hard, Olivia Cunning — main character is a celebrity (tbr)
The Women, Kristin Hannah — new(ish) release & partially set in CA (new)

🍕Tavern-Style Pizza🍕
Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs — high rating & a 5-star favorite (tbr)
Till Death, Jennifer L. Armentrout — standalone & 5-star favorite (new)

[☘KathyD☘]

Sonja wrote: "KathyD I'm available if you need anyone to do angel picks today! Just ping me! :D"

thanks for volunteering, Sonja! if I captured everything correctly, I believe everyone has their picks.

if anyone is missing picks, please let me know and we'll get you sorted quickly!

[fleurette]

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "fleurette...I'm going to work on your picks now...I'll have them up ASAP....thanks for your patience!"

Thanks for the picks, KathyD! They look great!

[Julie]

Carrie wrote: "Hi Julie, its taken me 3x to get this finished. I hope you find something to curl up with...."

Thanks Carrie. I'm looking forward to reading through your picks. It seems like everyone has been having issues with GRs lately!

[LaurLa]

Mamacita aka MawMaw wrote: "PIFM October Pizza Challenge

Mama's Picks for LaurLa"

All looks so good! Hopefully will get more than a couple done this month.

[SunnyCAGirl]

Hello, all!
I apologized to Kathy D and thanked her for so quickly making picks in my absence. I wanted to also apologize to Fleurette. I was traveling and had a lot of trouble with goodreads while en route. Lucky for everyone, Kathy is the best picker and so quick at it. Thanks again! I owe you one.

[fleurette]

SunnyCAGirl wrote: "Hello, all!
I apologized to Kathy D and thanked her for so quickly making picks in my absence. I wanted to also apologize to Fleurette. I was traveling and had a lot of trouble with goodreads whil..."

Hey, no worries at all! I totally understand how things can get tricky while travelling. Kathy did a fantastic job, and everything worked out smoothly.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Hi all!

Once again it’s time for us to make plans for the next few months and could use some help hosting our Pick-It-For-Me and Monthly challenges! For those of you who have never hosted before, it's not difficult and doesn't take a ton of time. It can also be a lot of fun, so if you enjoy participating in the challenges and think you'd like to get a little more involved, now's the time! And for our veteran hosts, we always appreciate your help and look forward to working with you again!

If you've been a member of the group for at least six months and have participated in the challenge you're interested in hosting at least twice, please contact me (~KarenH~) and we'll get things going!

Thanks everyone, and Happy Reading!

[☘KathyD☘]

~KarenH~ wrote: "Hi all!

Once again it’s time for us to make plans for the next few months and could use some help hosting our Pick-It-For-Me and Monthly challenges! For those of you who have never hosted before, ..."

I'm always happy to help! Just let me know which challenge(s) you need me for. 😁

[LaurLa]

Hi all! - the November PIFM thread is up and ready for sign-ups!!

[LaurLa]

Hi all! - November PIFM sign-ups will be closing in a few hours! Don't forget to sign-up!

[Nancy H]

Hi Ela,
Thank you for the great picks this month. I have had a crazy month, though, and am just now finishing my first one, City of Lies . I am going to read more of your list but I won't get to them by month's end, unfortunately.
Thanks for a good job, though!!

[Julie]

Carrie wrote: "Hi Julie, its taken me 3x to get this finished. I hope you find something to curl up with."

Thanks again Carrie for the great picks - I read 13 of them but my favourites were all NEW picks:

- Enjoyed it so much I rushed to finish the duet.
- This was a surprise read. I'm not musically talented but the chemistry through their love of music was potent!
- I was hesitant, but worth the hype around this book.

Looking forward to your November picks.

[LaurLa]

Mamacita - thanks again for the picks. You know you're overloaded on challenges when you struggle to get even one from PIFM finished! But I did so enjoy it... can't wait for the 3rd book now 😁

Sicilian Pizza
✅TBR🍅Apprentice to the Villain🍅red cover🚦10.28 ★★★★

[fleurette]

Thanks for the recommendations, KathyD! Unfortunately, this wasn't a good month for me to read and I only managed to finish a few.

Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb ★★★1/2
A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd ★★★★ - this was great!
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs ★★★1/2
The Stopover by T.L. Swan - I started, haven't finished yet, I have mixed feelings about it so far

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi LaurLa! Thank you for the great picks for October! I really enjoyed them. 😊

Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr 10.2.2024 - Comfort food in book form!
Prince of Lies by Lucy Lennox 10.6.2024 - So much fun!
Here With Me by Samantha Young 10.10.2024 - I love the way she writes!
Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger 10.13.2024 - Fun beginning to a new series!
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh 10.16.2024 - Loving this series all over again!
Stud by K.M. Neuhold 10.17.2024 - Fun!
The House at Watch Hill by Karen Marie Moning 10.25.2024 - Great beginning!
The Dom Identity by Lexi Blake 10.30.2024 - I always love visiting this world!

Thanks again!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Carina, I'm behind in my reading but this month I enjoyed reading
Thank you, they were both a hit for me.