March - Pick It For Me! Challenge

[BT]

Katherine I think I'll go with Dying Scream because I already have i on my Kindle. Thanks!! I'll let you know what I think.

[BJ Rose]

Rossy wrote: "Need rec.:

BJ Rose Picks for Gigi(@)..."

Will do, Rossy!

[Gigi]

Rossy wrote: "Need rec.:

Beth Picks for Photojim
Yz the Whyz Picks for Bridgit
BJ Rose Picks for Gigi(@)
Harper Picks for Leah *~*Pherocious*~*
Amanda Picks for Regina
Karolina Picks for Heather C

Vo..."

Rossy, I'm definitely available to help out.

[Rossy]

BookThumb wrote: "Thanks Rossy I just saw Katherine's recs.. Sorry to hear Tosca's not in. I'd love to pick for someone else just give me a name ( and I promise to be quick about it this time :-))"

How about picking for Photojim? I'm not sure if Beth will get the email i sent on time and i'm very sure that Jim will not mind an extra recommendation. I would hate for him to wait any longer. Thank you!

[Ez]

Hi, Leah *~*Pherocious*~*. I checked out your shelves and here are my recs for you!

"Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1)" by Gail Carriger - This was recommended to me last month and I really loved it! It’s a good combo of paranormal, mystery/suspense, romance, and steampunk. It was a very fun read.

"Bitten (Women of the Underworld #1)" by Kelley Armstrong - Paranormal, urban fantasy, romance

"Grave Sight (Harper Connelly #1)" by Charlaine Harris - Mystery/suspense, paranormal, some romance

"The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries #1)" by LJ Smith - Y/A, paranormal, romance. They recently re-released these books, so you can now get “The Awakening” in a duology with the second book, “The Struggle.” If you’ve seen the TV series on the WB, the books are different and much better, IMO.

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte - I didn’t see it on your shelves, but I did see a lot of Austen and “Wuthering Heights,” so I thought you might like it.

Hope you find one of these interesting!

[Rossy]

Thanks Gigi! I knew i could count on you guys if am not around and there are still recs. missing.

[BJ Rose]

Gigi, you have some great books on your TBRs, so I got a little carried away!

My favorite genre is Historical Romance, so I'll begin with:

Saving Grace by Julie Garwood, which takes place in 13th century Scotland & England, and has plenty of intrigue, but is also full of fun. I've read it at least 3x

OR start Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series with The Duke And I. There are lots of silly and lighthearted events in this series, even tho the first book starts out in a more serious vein. If you fall for the Bridgerton family, you'll want to keep going in the series.

For Contemporary Romance, try Mackenzie's Mountain OR Sarah's Child, both by Linda Howard, and two more books that I reread regularly.

For Paranormal, one of my favorite series is Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling books, so begin that with Slave to Sensation OR start J.R. Ward's series about the Black Daggerhood Brotherhood with Dark Lover

No matter which you choose, you've got some great reading ahead!!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Rossy wrote: "How about picking for Photojim? I'm not sure if Beth will get the email i sent on time and i'm very sure that Jim will not mind an extra recommendation. I would hate for him to wait any longer. Thank you! "

Rossy, for you I will wait as long as it takes. Your work and devotion are greatly appreciated. Just thought I'd check one more time before bed. Should have been to bed hours ago, but such is life.

[Gigi]

I'm working on your list now Jim. You should have it in 5 mins.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I'll happily see it in the morning. G'night all.

[Gigi]

Rossy, I think you were asking BookThumb to pick for PhotoJim, but I jumped the gun and started looking for recs for him. Jim, if BookThumb posts recs for you, by all means please disregard my recs. No hard feelings at all. My motto is you can never have enough recs! LOL

Jim, your book list is really interesting. I may have to go back to it at a later date to add some books to mine. Some of the authors that I've recommended, you've read already. However, I've suggested some of their books that I've absolutely loved.

Eric Jerome Dickey
The Other Woman- I could not put this book down. I believe this was his absolute best book! The ending literally had me in shock. I loved this one.
Friends and Lovers- My first EJD book. I liked this one better than most of the others with an exception to the one noted above.

Malcolm Gladwell
Blink- My friend suggested I read this one. He claims this is his best book so far.

Lora Leigh- I love Lora Leigh's Breeds series!! The books below are my favs in this order.
Elizabeth's Wolf (Breeds, #3)
Tanner's Scheme
Mercury's War

The Help by Kathryn Stockett- I've heard a lot of great buzz about this book.

I noticed Sense and Sensibility on your list. I recommended Georgette Heyer to someone else. Austen and Heyer are often compared so, I thought you may enjoy her. So, I'm going to recommmend the Heyer books I recommended to Jennefer.
Georgette Heyer
Devil's Cub-All About Romance placed this book on their top 100 romance novels list. I believe this was her most popular book.
Frederica- Also on their top 100
Venetia- Also on their top 100
The Grand Sophy- sorry, I picked it for Jennefer simply because it looks like a really good book.

I dont want to leave you without a romantic suspense book so, I'm recommending Over the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann. This is the third book in the series, but I believe the books in this series stand alone.

Let me know if I'm totally off base and I'll pick again. Enjoy!

[Gigi]

BJ Rose wrote: "Gigi, you have some great books on your TBRs, so I got a little carried away!

My favorite genre is Historical Romance, so I'll begin with:

Saving Grace by Julie Garwood, which takes..."

Thanks so much BJ! I'm going to pick based on what I have on hand. I'm definitely going to try Saving Grace really soon (maybe later this month after I buy the book), but I think I'll pick Mackenzie's Mountain now. Yayyyyy!! I'm excited! Also, thanks BJ for picking for me!

[Betty]

Photojim! Sorry, I was in work & just got in! I rounded up some of my favourite reads!

I picked these because I saw that you've read the Sookie Stackhouse & BDB books

Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
Cry Wolf - Patricia Briggs
Halfway To The Grave - Jeaniene Frost
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
Covet - J.R. Ward (a great spin off of the BDB)
Unclean Spirits - M.L.N. Hanover

Then I thought of a couple non-paranormal books (which was harder than I thought, lol)

25th Hour - David Benioff
Roald Dahl - Skin
Valentine - Tom Savage

I hope you find something in these recommendations!

[Rossy]

Photojim wrote: "Rossy wrote: "How about picking for Photojim? I'm not sure if Beth will get the email i sent on time and i'm very sure that Jim will not mind an extra recommendation. I would hate for him to wait a..."

Gosh, you're just too cute. If you were here i would rub your bald head!ROFL
Sorry if you get more than one recommendation. I rather you have a few than none. Besides, it's not like you don't read a lot.

[Rossy]

Gigi wrote: "Rossy, I think you were asking BookThumb to pick for PhotoJim, but I jumped the gun and started looking for recs for him. Jim, if BookThumb posts recs for you, by all means please disregard my rec..."

You're right but he did wanted recommendations.LOL
Besides, i think BookThumb didn't notice my response so i can always have her pick for someone else. Beth recommended something for him as well, but that's fine.

Anyone want an extra rec for them?

[tosca]

Actually I am in - but I have to apologise for being such a slacker this month! Work got busy and I let it overtake me *shamefaced look* If it's still ok I'd like to be in and pick one of BookThumb's choices. It's ok, too, if BookThumb goes with someone else. I am easy (about books, anyway) and quite happy to go off and do my own thing for this one :)

[Rossy]

So far am missing Regina and Heather C for recommendations. If they don't get any around tomorrow morning Julie & Jim, go wild! :laughs:

*off to get a glass of wine and ereader*

[tosca]

Oh geez, I have to apologise to Leah for being such a piker. I swear to goshness I am NOT usually this flaky about the Pick It For Me challenge. Work is crazy and I have the 6 yr old nephew for the next week or so. Shame! This is - this is like a failure for a librarian LOL Thank you Harper for stepping in and thank you Rossy for being super organised *blushes* As for Harper's picks for you, Leah, I'd highly recommend Gail Carriger's book - I read it last month and it totally blew my fiction boundaries and I am now an ardent fan of the subgenre steampunk romance :)

[Rossy]

tosca wrote: "Oh geez, I have to apologise to Leah *~*Pherocious*~*'s for being such a piker. I swear to goshness I am NOT usually this flaky about the Pick It For Me challenge. Work is crazy and I have the 6 ..."

No worries Tosca, you're always prompt on participating in the challenge. I figure if i didn't hear from you then something had kept you away. I'm glad you were able to at least recommend a book to Leah. Now she knows she has to read that one!LOL

If you can Tosca, BookThumb made some recommendations for you. Just pick one you'd like to try this month and let me know if you want to pick for someone, i can always figure it out.

[tosca]

If anyone's short of a pick-er I don't mind taking a look at their shelves and recommending something.

[Rossy]

tosca wrote: "If anyone's short of a pick-er I don't mind taking a look at their shelves and recommending something."

Then you have Regina or Heather C to pick from. If those i assigned make another recommendation for them, i'm sure they would rather have 2 than none.

[Rossy]

For those of you interested on Whitney, My Love. Gigi will start a thread here: Dares Challenge. They will be discussing the book as they read it together.

If anyone else want some company reading the same book picked for this month, try the link and see who joins you!

[tosca]

Will take Heather C, although am happy to choose for Regina as well :)

Heather: I have 3 recommendations for you that, I think, cover a wide enough range that you'll (hopefully) find something that catches your interest:

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - set during WWII in Germany about a young girl who steals books and is narrated by Death
2. Steamed by Katie MacAlister - I saw that you had a few of hers on your TBR list but this one is the start of a new steampunk romance series (think airships, corsets and time travel)
3. Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti - romantic fantasy featuring a winged courier who encounters terrorism and murder
4. Strange Brew edited by P.N. Elrod - paranormal romance/urban fantasy anthology

If you're not totally comfortable with these choices let me know - I have screeds more I can suggest :-)

[tosca]

BookThumb wrote: "Hi Tosca,

I picked two books I didn't see on your bookshelf but that I absolutely loved... you can choose either one;

- Paradise- Judith McNaught
- The Grand Sophie- Georgette Heyer

Don't apologise - I was later! Am going to go with The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer. The first romance novel I ever read was Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer (it belonged to my great gran and I was 8 or 9) and I've loved her stuff ever since, although I've never read this one. Thank you!

[Ez]

tosca wrote: "Oh geez, I have to apologise to Leah for being such a piker. I swear to goshness I am NOT usually this flaky about the Pick It For Me challenge. Work is crazy and I have the 6 yr old nephew for t..."

No problem! I like making putting together recs for people.

I was already becoming a fan of steampunk before reading "Soulless," but reading it made me an even bigger fan. I added a few more books with steampunk elements to my TBR pile as a result.

[tosca]

Harper wrote: "tosca wrote: "Oh geez, I have to apologise to Leah for being such a piker. I swear to goshness I am NOT usually this flaky about the Pick It For Me challenge. Work is crazy and I have the 6 yr ol..."

have you read Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti? and Boneshaker by Cheryl Priest? and Crimson City by Liz Maverick? these three (plus the Carriger title) put me on to steampunk in a big way. am now devouring anything and everything I can find ;)

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Wow! Woke up late, was pleasantly detained, and didn't get to check until I was already at work. Recs from two folks no less. I guess I'll just have to pick one from each. And to paraphrase Rossy, 'It's not like I don't read a lot.'

Gigi, thank you for the recommendations! I'll go with your first instinct and read an Eric Jerome Dickey book. I'll have to read The Other Woman another time as I happened to have just bought Friends and Lovers last week. This just gives me a reason to have it have spent an unusually short time on Mt. ToBeRead. Thank you so much.

Beth, I'm never one to turn away any recommendations. I'm intrigued by several. First, I've not yet read a Kelly Armstrong book and would like to, so great choice there. Second, a Roald Dahl I haven't read?! I didn't know such a thing existed. Thank you for that. But I'm sure that I will be reading Covet by J.R. Ward for much the same reason as Gigi's rec - I bought it last week.

Rossy, thank you again! Don't tell my wife about the bald head rub. She might get the wrong idea. ;-)

[Rossy]

Photojim wrote: "Rossy, thank you again! Don't tell my wife about the bald head rub. She might get the wrong idea. ;-)

Sshh, it'll be our little secret! Have a good day at work!

[Kristine]

Regina,
I'm so sorry that this is coming to you so very late! Please forgive! My rec's for you are:

Need by Carrie Jones
Edge of Hunger by Rhyannon Byrd
Vampire Queens Servant by Joey Hill (she also has a mermaid/angel series which is awesome)
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (her Highland books are great as well)

I hope you like what I've found for you! And again I'm sorry for the delay in getting the list to you! Enjoy and let me know how you like them!

[Kristine]

Amanda wrote: "Hi Kristine, I hope you'll find something you like out of these:


Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister
[book:P..."

I am going to delve into Pleasure Unbound and Bitten. Can't wait to start reading! Thanks for the rec's!

[Rossy]

*Whew* So glad you could make it after all Kristine.

Alright everyone should be set with their recommendations. If for some reason there's still someone missing, please let me know. I still have my trusty volunteers that can make it happen very quickly.LOL

*Finally off to bed* Happy reading everyone!

[Regina]

Kristine wrote: "Regina,
I'm so sorry that this is coming to you so very late! Please forgive! My rec's for you are:

Need by Carrie Jones
Edge of Hunger by Rhyannon Byrd
Vampire Queens Servant by Joey Hill (she al..."

Hi, Kristine

I liked your recs! I´m going to read Fallen - Lauren Kate (love the cover and the plot). But I`m going to look at Edge of Hunger too, because it seems very good.

I also will look for Joey Hill´s books - she is a new to me author.

thanks!

[Gigi]

Photojim wrote: "Wow! Woke up late, was pleasantly detained, and didn't get to check until I was already at work. Recs from two folks no less. I guess I'll just have to pick one from each. And to paraphrase Ross..."

Jim, you are very welcome. Sorry, I wasn't able to get them to you before you went to bed. Please let me know what you think of both Friends and Lovers and The Other Woman.

[Betty]

Photojim wrote: "Wow! Woke up late, was pleasantly detained, and didn't get to check until I was already at work. Recs from two folks no less. I guess I'll just have to pick one from each. And to paraphrase Ross..."

lol, no worries! Never worked out if Skin is a collection of short stories from other anthologies or a stand alone by it's self, anyways, always a great read! :)

[Bridgit]

Rossy - Lydia actually sent me a PM last night, so she picked for me! Sorry, I only just got on to really check.

Yzthe Wiz - I will pick a book from your selection too! Thanks for helping out!

[Jennefer]

Jennefer wrote: "Read it with us this month Harper!!! I would love to get some insight from someone who has read it both ways! Anybody else want to read
Whitney, My Love with us??? We could start a discussion thread if enough people are interested :)
"


FYI- for those of you that are interested in reading Whitney, My Love this month with us a thread has been started in the new "Dare you to read" challenges section.

Whitney My Love By Judith McNaught Discussion

[Nairabell]

Ari wrote: "Nairabell:
Wow, so many too pick from! xD. A lot of them see me-ish. I think I'll read bitten. I love Kelley's young adult series so this aught to be good, and I previewed it in google too haha...."

I know what you mean about previewing books online - thats how I ended up buying Her Notorious Viscount last year, and I usually avoid anything historical! :) I hope you enjoy Bitten!

[Leah]

Harper wrote: "Hi, Leah *~*Pherocious*~*. I checked out your shelves and here are my recs for you!

"Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1)" by Gail Carriger - This was recommended to me last month and I really..."

Thank you for the recs, Harper! I appreciate it. I think I'm gonna do either "Soulless" or "Bitten". I have to see which one the library has. LOL

[Leah]

tosca wrote: "Oh geez, I have to apologise to Leah for being such a piker. I swear to goshness I am NOT usually this flaky about the Pick It For Me challenge. Work is crazy and I have the 6 yr old nephew for t..."

Tosca, I completely understand being busy. It's no big deal, and there's no need to feel too bad :)

[Ez]

Leah *~*Pherocious*~* wrote: "Thank you for the recs, Harper! I appreciate it. I think I'm gonna do either "Soulless" or "Bitten". I have to see which one the library has. LOL"

Cool! Let me know what you think! I still have to read "Bitten" myself but it's on my TBR list.

[Ez]

tosca wrote: "have you read Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti? and Boneshaker by Cheryl Priest? and Crimson City by Liz Maverick? these three (plus the Carriger title) put me on to steampunk in a big way. am now devouring anything and everything I can find ;)"

I had "Clockwork Heart" on my to-read list, but not the other two. They're on there now, though! I actually started getting into steampunk after I saw some people in Chicago dressed up in a steampunk/Neo-Victorian style and it got me interested enough to start researching, but the only book I've read with steampunk content so far has been "Soulless."

[Annie]

Katie wrote: "Thanks rossy lol I totaly missed that! And thanks to u too annie (a mad hamster) I haven't read any of those so ill give then a try! I really like mercedes lackey but I think I'm going to start with Changeover..."

Hi Katie - hope you like it! It was published in 1983 (from memory) and is YA. A classic New Zealand YA novel.

[Rossy]

Bridgit wrote: "Rossy - Lydia actually sent me a PM last night, so she picked for me! Sorry, I only just got on to really check.

Yzthe Wiz - I will pick a book from your selection too! Thanks for helping out!"

Ah well, at least you're not left with nothing.

Happy reading you guys! Don't forget to come back here once you're done and let your partner(s) know you finish the book chosen.

[Heather C]

tosca wrote: "Will take Heather C, although am happy to choose for Regina as well :)

Heather: I have 3 recommendations for you that, I think, cover a wide enough range that you'll (hopefully) find something tha..."

Tosca,

Thanks for the recs. I think I will try Steamed. I just downloaded the sample on kindle. Thanks.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Gigi, I started to scale Mt. ToBeRead to retrieve Friends and Lovers. It turns out the one I picked up was Milk in my Coffee. So I drove over to Half Price Books and discovered that they do not have either of the books you recommended by EJD. Is it OK if I read Milk in my Coffee instead?

As for the historical recommendations, I may have Jane Austin in my bookshelf, but that doesn't mean I like historicals. In fact I've sort of been rather vocal in my hatred of them. Give me a contemporary any day.

[Rossy]

Photojim wrote: "As for the historical recommendations, I may have Jane Austin in my bookshelf, but that doesn't mean I like historicals. In fact I've sort of been rather vocal in my hatred of them. Give me a contemporary any day.

Oh me too. I refuse to read a historical unless i ABSOLUTELY have to.

[Gigi]

Photojim wrote: "Gigi, I started to scale Mt. ToBeRead to retrieve Friends and Lovers. It turns out the one I picked up was Milk in my Coffee. So I drove over to Half Price Books and discovered that..."

Ooops, sorry Jim about the historical pics. Well, Milk in my coffee wasn't one of my favs, but by all means go ahead. A lot of other people liked it. Let me know what you think of it.

Well, believe it or not, historicals are not my favs but if it involves a good love story i can tolerate it.

[NewMoonGirl (Hazel)]

Hey everyone, I have read my recommendation from Sherrill & have written a quick review about my thoughts on The Hollow here

[Sherrill]

NewMoonGirl wrote: "Hey everyone, I have read my recommendation from Sherrill & have written a quick review about my thoughts on The Hollow here
"

That was a quick read for you. I read your review and was glad to see it did pick up at least on the last 1/3 of the book.

Yes, there were several unanswered areas in the book. Maybe the author can address those in the next book.

[Rossy]

NewMoonGirl wrote: "Hey everyone, I have read my recommendation from Sherrill & have written a quick review about my thoughts on The Hollow here
"

Congratulations, NewMoonGirl!
I haven't even gotten any of the books recommended to me yet. Impressive girl!