Pick If For Me - June Read

[Janet , Moderator]

Hello all!

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

The Ties That Bind - Erin Kelly
x 1 - Christine

Hidden - Emma Kavanagh
x 1 - Sue
x 1 - Pat

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 May threads go up.

PLEASE NOTE:

PIFM is meant to be FUN and not to be taken seriously. I would appreciate it if all participants just chilled and not get worked up about voting, who votes, who doesn't, etc. Please bear in mind that some will just want to vote, many don't come on everyday and most of us have time constraints. I just want a relaxed approach to it all and for you all to just enjoy the process! I'd really appreciate your courtesy in this matter. Thanks.

[Brenda]

No theme. Totally random "want-to-read-this" books.

The Business of Dying by Simon Kernick
===Tracey, Mallory Heart 2

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
===Faouzia, Christine, Lisa (KCMO), David, Mandy, Pat, Daisy, Stefanie, E. 9

Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman
===Freda 1

The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari
===Lisa (TN), Sean, Sophie 3

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
===Kirsten, Ryan, Jean, Amber, Lynn, Patricia, Perri 7

[Freda]

PIFM to read in June




1. Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
Sean, Patricia

2. The Judas Strain by James Rollins
Ryan, Lynn, Mallory

3. The Edge by Catherine Coulter
Lisa TN, Daisy

4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Brenda, Faouzia, Jean, Sophie, David, Mandy, Perri, Pat, Tracey, E.

5. Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Christine, Lisa KC, Stefanie

6. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Kirsten, Amber

"Eeny meeny miny moe, pick it for me in this row. If it looks bad, let it go, eeny meeny miny moe!". Thanks!!

[Kirsten]

Hi! I hope everyone is having a nice Spring! Here are my contenders for June! I ask that everyone try and vote. Cheers!

J Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
10 votes - Lisa, Faouzia, Jean, Sophie, Mandy, Perri, Pat, Tracey, Mallory Heart, Daisy

U Unnatural Murder: Poison in the Court of James I by Anne Somerset
3 votes - Christine, Amber, Patricia

N Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
9 votes - Freda, Brenda, Ryan, Lisa, Sean, David, Lynn, Stefanie, E.

E The Enchantress Of Florence by Salman Rushdie

[Lisa]

Ooh I am excited. First timer here, lol. I really need some help with all of my kindle freebies:)

Asperger Sunset by Carol Shay Hornung

3 votes Kirsten, Jean and Perri


The Back Door Man by Dave Buschi

3 votes Lisa, Sean and E.


The Insanity Plea by Larry D. Thompson

8 votes Brenda, Freda, Faouzia, Christine, Sophie, Patricia, Pat and Stefanie



Ripple by Tui Allen

1 vote Daisy



Alone by by Robert J. Crane

6 votes Ryan, Amber, Lynn, David, Mandy and Tracey

[Ryan]

I'm trying to decide between going forward with the Shane Schofield books by Matthew Reilly or start on book 1 of another!

Area 7

Sandstorm

Angels & Demons

[Christine]

YAY!! Here we go with June picks:



1) Skeleton's Key by Stacy Green
(Lisa TN, Brenda, Faouzia, Jean, Freda, Sean, Amber, Mandy, Tracey, Mallory Heart, Daisy, E

2) Suspect by Michael Robotham
(Kirsten, Perri, Pat

3) Behind a Closed Door by Mel Sherratt
(David, Lynn

4) Drop Dead Perfect by Rick Murcer

5) The First Cut by Diane Emley
(Lisa KC, Sophie, Patricia, Stefanie

[Faouzia]

This time i chose book with a color in the title, LOL, too many books i had to start somewhere :D

1.Black for Remembrance, 1 vote
Kirsten

2.Blue Monday 6 votes
Jean/ Christine/ Sean/ Lynn/ Patricia/ Tracey

3.The Violet Hour 1 vote
Mallory

4.The Green Mile 5 votes
Freda/ Brenda/ Lisa/ David/ Amber

5.Red Dragon 5 votes
Lisa/ Sophie/ Mandy/ Perri/ Pat

Everytime i put a Stephen King in the list he gets most of the votes, let's see if this will be an exception :D

[Jean]

1. Evil Games – Angela Marsons
(7) Kirsten, Chris, Sean, David, Lynn, Mandy, Pat

2. Hide – Lisa Gardner
(5) Brenda, Lisa R, Sophie, Perri, Daisy

3. The Jury Master - Robert Dugoni

4. Demolition Angel– Robert Crais
4) Lisa, Amber, Patricia, E

5. Notorious – Allison Brennan
(1) Freda

[Lisa]

My list are as follows:


1. The Never List by Koethi Zan

Brenda - Christine - Sean - Amber - David - Lynn - Pat - Tracey -

2. How I Lost You by Jenny Blackhurst

Kirsten - Lisa - Faouzia - Jean - Sophie - Daisy - Stefanie -

3. Happy Ever After by Matt Shaw

Freda - Perri - Mallory Heart - E. -

4. Barbara's Plea by Stacy Eaton

Patricia

[Sophie]

Yay! There's no particular rhyme or reason to my list other than I want to read all of them!


1. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

2. First Night of Summer

3. End of Days Amber, David (2)

4. The Scorpio Races - Lisa (1)

5. The Enchanted - Kirsten, Faouzia, Christine, Perri, E. (5)

6. The Ward Lisa (1)

7. You're Next - Brenda, Jean, Sean, Freda, Lynn, Patricia, Mandy, Tracey, Stefanie (9)

8. This House is Haunted Pat, Mallory, Daisy (3)

[Amber]

1. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond +1
E.

2. Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman behind the Legend by John E. Miller +2
Perri
Pat

3. A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain by Marc Morris
4. Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating
5. Æthelstan: The First King of England by Sarah Foot as part of The English Monarchs series
6. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy by Max Hastings +1
Sean

7. The Secret Archives of Sherlock Holmes by June Thomson +7
Sophie
Lynn
Patricia
Mandy
Tracey
Mallory Heart
Stefanie

8. Authentic Vietnamese Cooking: Food from a Family Table
by Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author)
9. Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
by Nicholas Wade +3
Lisa
David
Daisy

and 10. The Hundred Years War: The English in France 1337-1453 by Desmond Seward

Unless more votes come in by tomorrow, I am declaring THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, with 7 votes, to be the winner of my June PIFM! I am making this declaration because I have no internet access on Sundays.

As soon as the PIFM-July thread goes up, I am reposting this list with the proper modifications. Namely, a new #10 because everything below THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES has to be renumbered.

[Sean, Moderator]

Here is my selection.

1.

(lisa)
2.

(Jean, Stefanie)

3.

(Lisa(ylisa)Sophie, Brenda, Mallory Heart)

4.

(E )
5.

(Amber, David, Faouzia, Kirstin, Mandy, Pat)

6.

7.

(Christine, Tracey)

8.

(Patricia )

9.

(Daisy)

10.

(Perri)

[Ryan]

Looks like the people have spoken for me!

Angels & Demons
8 votes - Kirsten, Freda, Lisa, Faouzia, Jean, Christine, Sophie, Amber

Area 7
3 votes - Brenda, Lisa, Sean

Sandstorm
0 votes

[Patricia]

My June PIFM list

My theme is non-fiction books even though I posted I do not read this genre. This group can change a person!

1. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson.
Lisa, Sophie, Patricia, Perri, Tracey, Mallory Heart, Daisy,


2. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
Kirsten, Freda, Jean, Amber, Lynn, Mandy


3. The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by Mark Jacobson.
Faouzia, E., Brenda


4. What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley by Kim Cross
Christine, Sean, David

5. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower

[Lynn Renee]

1... After the Event by T.A. Williams
...Christine
...Faouzia
...Freda
...Mandy
...Pat
...Sean
...Sophie

2... E by Kate Wrath
...Brenda
...Daisy
...Lisa (TN)
...Tracey

3... The Last Survivors by T.W. Piperbrook
...Kirsten
...Mallory Heart

4... The Forever Man: Book 1: Pulse by Craig Zerf
...Patricia
...Perri

5... The Bane by Keary Taylor
...Amber
...David
...Jean
...Lisa KC

[Cobwebs-Iced-Across-SpaceTime]

Aargh!! Had mine ready first of May, thought I had posted:

Distracted

The Donzerly Light

Follow the Crow

the Marbella Project

Seven Days From Sunday

Simple Simon

Ultras: Effect of the Sky Canopy

Voted for me:

June PIFM: chosen for me



Distracted--Mandy

The Donzerly Light--Kirsten

Follow the Crow--Lisa, Jean, Sean, David, Patricia, Pat, Tracey

the Marbella Project

Seven Days From Sunday--Christine, Amber

Simple Simon-Freda, Lisa

Ultras: Effect of the Sky Canopy-Sophie, Perri

[Patricia]

The Solomon Twist
Jean -

Death of a Guru
Mandy - Amber - Pat

The Mysteries of Soldiers Grove
Christine - Mallory

The Wrong Man
Sean - Lisa - David - Daisy - Stephanie

The Keys of the Watchmen

The President's Shadow
Kirsten - Freda

Taming the Telomeres
Brenda - Lisa - Lynn - E

The Placebo Effect
Perri - Sophie - Faouzia - Tracy

[Mandy]

Non-thriller theme this time -

The Reapers are the Angels Patricia, Perri, Mallory Heart, Sophie, E

Soulless Lisa, Tracey, Faouzia

Hunger Freda

Sand Jean, Sean

The Road Kirsten, David, Daisy, Pat, Amber, Lisa, Stefanie

Autumn Brenda, Christine

[Perri]

Graphic Novels-don't dismiss them as comic books. Some are very well written and with a terrific illustrator-ooh lala
Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir Christine, Stefanie
Dogs of War
Kirsten, Freda, Patricia, Amber, Tracy
Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir Lisa, Sean, Mandy
Blacksad Brenda, Jean, Sophie, David, Daisy, Lynn, E, Lisa, Fauzia
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
Pat, Mallory<3

[Pieter]

Ok

I am going to finish

Kill Them Dead: Genesis - The Complete First Season

And

The Son of Perdition

[Tracey]

My 3 for this month. All book number 2 in a series. Help me decide which one to progress :-)

Secrets to Die For by L.J. Sellers (no. 2 in the Detective Jackson series)
10 - Sean, Patricia, Amber, Pat, Daisy, Brenda, Freda, Stefanie, Lynn, E


The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane (no. 2 in the Forensic Instincts series)
3 Lisa, Sophie, Christine


Cockroaches by Jo Nesbo (no. 2 in the Harry Hole series)
8 - Kirsten, Jean, Perri, Mallory Heart, Faouzia, Lisa, Mandy, David

[Daisy]

My picks for June. These are all first reads books that I have won.

1. The Winter People Jennifer McMahon

1-Brenda
2-Freda
3-Christine
4-Jean
5-Sophie
6-Pat
7-Lynn
8-Patricia
9-Perri
10-Stefanie
11-E.
12-David

2. Sanctimonious Serial Killers Michael Segedy

1-Tracey

3. Voices in the Night: Stories Steven Millhauser

4. The Library at Mount Char Scott Hawkins

1-Amber
2-Mandy

5. World Gone By Dennis Lehane

1-Faouzia
2-Sean


6. Hugo & Rose Bridget Foley

1-Lisa

7. A Fifty-Year Silence: Love, War, and a Ruined House in France Miranda Richmond Mouillot

1-Kirsten
2-Lisa

[Stefanie]

Thanks for helping me choose my next book, this is my first time using this thread as I am new to the group so if I make a mistake let me know!
1.The Pocket Wife by Susan H. Crawford
Kristen - 1 Vote
2.Silent Scream by Angela Marsons
Freda, Lisa, Brenda, Jean, Daisy, Mandy, Faouzia, Perri, Christine, Sean, Lynn - 11 Votes
3.Blood Lies by Daniel Kalla
Amber - 1 Vote
4.The Girl in 6E by Alessandra Torre
E - 1 Vote
5.A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay
Patricia, Pat, Tracey, Sophie - 4 Votes

[E.]

June List

2-The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen
2-Tin God -Stacy Green
0-Until You're Mine -Samantha Hayes
4-Suspect -Robert Crais
6-Now You See Me -S. J. Bolton