June - Pick It For Me! Challenge

[BJ Rose]

I'm in, even tho I'm still trying to finish my May picks.

[Shelley]

I'm in!

[Rossy]

Julie wrote: "Ok...I've wanted to try this challenge since I joined. Now that I have been able to add more books to my list, I feel better about pairing up. (I still have a long way to go to add more books that..."

Welcome Julie, glad to have you with us this month!

If you take a look at our rule #3, you will notice that 4 recommendations will be given from your TBR shelf. That means that you'll be familiar with at least 4 choices. This is a challenge though, so 4 other choices will be given to you that will be totally new to you.

While we want to challenge you to read something you normally would not have picked yourself, we want you to enjoy yourself while reading. Therefore giving you a choice in the matter was our best approach. You will get a total of 8 choices and you can pick from those which one you will want to finish.

[Annie]

I'm in - and I'll be good this time and reply in time...

[D.G.]

OK, now that I see that we can recommend books from the TBR, then I'm in! I'm so excited to participate in this one for the first time. :)

[Katherine]

I would love to sign up! One of my favorite challenges.

[Natalie]

I'm in :)

[Diana]

I'm in! This sounds like insane fun. :D

[Brandy]

please sign me up

[Elise-Pinterest+Goodreads=The Perfect Book Boyfriend]

I am just going to "gank" someone elses suggestions and read them (yes, I just learned gank from my teenage daughter LOL). With the way work is right now, I cannot guarantee that I could be prompt on giving someone suggestions in a timely manner. Summers are really busy for a Children's Hospital.

[Briar]

Sure, i'm in.

[Eliza]

Oooh I want to try this. Can I join in?

[booklovinrn]

Count me in. I look forward to getting new book suggestions each month.

[Rossy]

Welcome to our challenge!

Saninbham- You are more than welcome to participate that way. I have done so a time or two as well.LOL

Eliza- Yes, just make sure that you have your notification for this thread set up!^.^

Ladies, is good to have you back again this month! Guess what, DD is in charge of doing the "surprise" pairing this month!! I don't know about you, but i cannot wait to see who she ends up pairing me with.

[Rossy]

Lesley- Can you please send me a private message?

[~Sara~]

I just finished my May pick and I'm definitely in for another round!

[Kelly]

I'm in!

[Awesomevegan (AKA JenReads)]

I already have my books selected for June. Maybe next month? This sounds like fun though.

[Melanie]

I'm in please :-) This time I'll make my recs on time :-))

[Sheila]

Hey Melanie, you helped me out and I did read one of your recs. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb. Very funny picturing Dallas trying on wedding dresses and getting all girlie.

[Annie]

FYI - because I'm a day ahead (in New Zealand) - I won't be checking back until Tuesday morning my time - but it is within the timeframe. I hope!

[Sue]

I am in! I've put some of my books on my TBR list here, but I'll need to finish updating it tonight!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

cant wait when do we find out who we are paired with??

[Dee]

Ang - sign ups close on the 29th (I think) - I have all the participants on the list and should be able to get it to Rossy sometime that evening...(yay for working nights right now!)

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

WOW, i am so excited i love this Challenge!!! so fun!!

[Heather B]

I'll try it out

[Annie]

Hey Rossy - and whoever is paired with me... feel free to ignore my TBR list - I have enough difficulty remembering to update my read list... so both are wildly inaccurate. Tho' TBR is so inaccurate as to be a joke. Sorry!

[Annvelwis]

Please, sign me in, Rossy :D

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

As usual, you know my TBR is total crap. Please ignore. I have what - maybe five books on my TBR list. Just a few new recs would be great.

[Rossy]

Awesomevegan wrote: "I already have my books selected for June. Maybe next month? This sounds like fun though."

Oh too bad! Certainly come back next month around the 20th, we'll be here again!

[Rossy]

Annie (a mad hamster) wrote: "FYI - because I'm a day ahead (in New Zealand) - I won't be checking back until Tuesday morning my time - but it is within the timeframe. I hope!"

You will still be on time Annie, no worries!

I also made a note to let anybody who is paired with you to just make the 8 selections as all-new category.

[Rossy]

Delicious Dee the book slut wrote: "Ang - sign ups close on the 29th (I think) - I have all the participants on the list and should be able to get it to Rossy sometime that evening...(yay for working nights right now!)"

LOL! Thanks for answering DD.

DD is right Ang. Sign up closes at 11pm EST today.

[Rossy]

Photojim wrote: "As usual, you know my TBR is total crap. Please ignore. I have what - maybe five books on my TBR list. Just a few new recs would be great."

I made a permanent note of it, Jim. You are getting all 8 NEW TO YOU recs!

[Rossy]

Gotcha, Karo!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

So excited to see who we all get paired with :)

[D.G.]

I'm excited to see who I am going to be paired too. I'll really help to get to know other people here!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

Thats true D.G.. Nice to meet you :)

[Rossy]

Well behold the power of this challenge!LOL
You get to know your partners up-front and personal when you go through their bookshelves.

[Dee]

Hey Guys!! Rossy asked me to help her out by doing the pairings this month!! So I hope you enjoy them! If you haven't, can you please set your profile to public so that your pairing can see your list - I have sent several of you friend invites, so I can get the info I need to do the pairing! The list should be posted sometime tonight around midnight, so check back!

[Dee]

**June Pairings**

Here are the pairings. This month I used a mentor method similar to the number of books on shelves from a couple of months ago, but instead used the month and year people signed up for goodreads

Sue picks for Kelly
Annie the Mad Hamster picks for Brandy
>D.G. picks for Julie
>Harper picks for Melanie
>Yz picks for LethalLovely
Michelle picks for Gus
Sandy and Fran
>Shelley picks for Ang
Lesley picks for Sheila
Dedria picks for Diana (deebotte)
Eliza picks for Penney
Annvelwis picks for Lili
Angie picks for Regina
Ashley picks for Persephone
Elke picks for Lydia
Nairabell picks for Leah
BJ Rose picks for Jennefer
Delicious Dee picks for Ari
Claudia picks for Angelique
N.L. picks for Sara
Tatiana picks for Rachel
Polina picks for Julie
♦Jennifer♦ picks for Diana
Debbie picks for Natalie
KimKirt picks for Photojim
Ahrcadia picks for Cathy
Amelia picks for Katherine
Gigi picks for Elise
Pollyanna picks for saninbham
Heather picks for Karolina

[Rossy]

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SIGN UP IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED
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Rules :

1. Everything will be done in THIS thread. Please make your recommendations HERE.

2. Make sure to check back BEFORE the 2nd of June and make recommendations for your partner. If i do not hear from you in this thread or through a private message by 11pm, i will assume you will not be participating. Therefore i will re-assign your partner to somebody else.

3. Give 8 book choices to your partner. 4 from their TBR and 4 brand new to them author/book. Of course we are only committed to FINISH 1 recommendation; but this will give your partner different options to choose from depending on their reading mood.

Please set your profiles to PUBLIC until the 2nd of June. Just in case i need to get in contact with any of you, or if i need to look at your profile for the pairing.

[D.G.]

Nice to meet you too, Ang! If I were to be paired with you, I'd know at least one book to recommend you!

You said Midnight Dee? Now I wonder if I should wait!

[Dee]

if you have any problems wiht links or pairings please let me know - the two people who's profiles were locked were paired together because I had no way to verify your info when I was doing the pairings. If you don't receive your recommendations by the 2nd, PM either myself or Rossy and we'll help you out, or redo pairings! Good luck and have fun!

[Rossy]

Fantastic job, DD! Thank you so much for volunteering for it this month! *hugs*

[Dee]

Ari

Since i'm still awake and stuck at work (and wanting to procrastinate writing my paper for school, I figured I would come up with some recommendations for you!

For people who have lots of books on their profiles, we don't have lots in common, so I hope my picks work!

From your TBR
Outlander - this series is probably one of my all time favorites, Diana Gabaldon just has a way of writing so you feel like you are in the situation - its a bit slow at the start, but picks up about 1/2 way through
The Kite Runner - I haven't read this one, but its in my TBR pile as well and I've heard good things about it
Broken - I've read other books by Megan Hart and also have this one on the TBR pile for this month
Faking It - this was one of the first indie books I picked up for my kindle and enjoyed reading it - it falls within the chick lit relm but its good and she just released a sequel a few months ago.

New Recommendations
My Name is Mary Sutter - I'm recommending this one because I saw you had several books on your read and TBR about various time periods of history and fiction novels - this one is about a woman who wants to be a surgeon during the civil war
An Assembly Such as This - I saw you had a lot of Jane Austen on your read pile - this is a variation on P&P as told from Mr Darcy's perspective -its the first in a trilogy
It Happened One Autumn -I saw you had 1 Lisa Klepyas on your list, and you gave it three stars. That one wasn't a favorite of mine but this one is - it is technically the second in a quartet, but I think its one of the best
Nineteen Minutes - I saw you had another Jodi Picoult on your list and thought i'd recommend another one - I like the majority of hers, but this one was especially poignent for me.

[Arcadia]

Cathy,

New:
1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
2. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
3. Street Magic by Caitlin Kittredge
4. Storm Born by Richelle Mead

TBR:
1. The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter
2. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
3. Hunter's Prayer by Lilith Saintcrow
4. Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh

[Rossy]

Brandy & KimKirt- If you can please pick 8 NEW TO THEM recommendations for you partner, i would really appreciate it! Thank you in advance.

[~Sara~]

N.L.
I had a hard time when going through your shelves remembering that I was supposed to be picking books for you, not picking out books for me. I can't wait to see what you choose for me!
I'm afraid I just recently started reading paranormal so wouldn't be very good at recommending anything in that genre but judging from your shelves you've got it covered without help from me. :)

From your TBR I'd recommend:
Nerd in Shining Armor - an easy and enjoyable fluff read. It's my favourite of the Nerds books that I've read so far.
Naked in Death - I'm on the 5th and still loving the series. Roarke is fantastic! If you ever listen to audio books, this series is really well read.
Daughter of the Blood - Annvelwis recommended this one to me for May and it was really good. It's a dark fantasy completely unlike anything else I've ever read. I found parts of the beginning a little confusing or unnecessary but past that it's great.
Shadow Game - I just finished reading this today and I thought it was pretty good even though I'm not a fan of Christine Feehan.

I tend to read more historical romance and fantasy so hopefully one of these will appeal to you:
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - I love this book - it's strange but wonderful.
Warbreaker - this is my favourite for a stand-alone fantasy - which is almost as rare as a stand-alone PNR :)
The Host - this is also a past Pick that I really liked. I haven't read the Twilight books yet so tried this to work my way up to them and I thought it was fantastic. I just wish she'd get on with writing the rest of this supposed "trilogy"!
Lord of Scoundrels - this is one of my favourite historical romances (I was going to recommend Seduced By A Scoundrel but the really low # of reviews made me think it might be too hard to find). The character interaction had me laughing out loud several times and you can't help liking the hero even though he can be such an ass.

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

Delicious Dee the book slut wrote: "if you have any problems wiht links or pairings please let me know - the two people who's profiles were locked were paired together because I had no way to verify your info when I was doing the pai..."

Hey so this must be a stupid question if shelly is picking for me am i picking for her :)

[Dee]

yep...have fun!