August - Pick It For Me! Challenge

[Debbie]

I have 28 out of 82 that has finished at least one of their recommendations. If I have missed anybody, please let me know, I have tried to keep up with all the posts.

[Danielle]

Polina, I finished and I really liked it. Thanks for the great req.

[Angie]

BJ Rose,

I have recently finished The Reckoning and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the recomendation.

I was under the impression that this was the last in a trilogy but while some things were wrapped up, others were left open for more sequels - I hope so!

[BJ Rose]

Angie wrote: "BJ Rose,

I have recently finished The Reckoning and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the recomendation.

I was under the impression that this was the last in a trilogy but while so..."

I agree with you, Angie, about the ending, but I think I would have been very disappointed if she'd tried to wrap everything up neatly, and it certainly cries for more. Hopefully her next trilogy is related in some way. It starts with The Gathering, which doesn't come out until April 2011.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I finished Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie. It was another rec. for me. Decent and fun. Thanks.

[~~*Julie]

Diane--
i finished Bitten by Kelley Armstrong. I thought it was good. It was alittle hard to get into at first but when It got rolling it was very good. definatley a series that I will be continuting.
I am also going to try My soul to take by Rachel Vincent but I don'tknow ifI wu=ill finsih by the end of the month. Thanks for the book and I am glad you enjoyed the rec's

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Photojim & Julie - I'm glad you enjoyed the rec's.

[Dee]

i finished up Kitty and the Midnight Hour that was recommended to me by Rachel - i'm also in the middle of reading Goddess of the Rose which was another rec.

I ended up really liking kitty and the midnight hour - UF is a relatively new genre for me, but i'm enjoying it. def. going to be reading more in the future.

[Debbie]

ooh, so many people have finished at least one of their recommendations, that is wonderful =)
- from all that I have seen, it looks like we had some good one this month.

Thanks to everyone for participating and Congrats to all those that have already finished.

[Rossy]

Sorry i have been MIA lately. A big CONGRATS to all of you who finished so far! *goes back to working cave*

[Dee]

I just finished up my second rec from Rachel - Goddess of the Rose - loved it! glad I listened to her and gave PC Cast another chance...I wasn't so sure after the last oen I read

[D.G.]

I finished my recommendation from Tammy: and I loved it! I'm so glad I picked it up and I'm definitely reading that series. I cannot believe it took me this long to read it! :)

[Gigi]

Lethal

Thank you so much for recommending Talk Me Down. I really enjoyed Ben and Molly's love story. Thanks! Great rec!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Gigi, the second book in the Tumble Creek series, Start Me Up, is my favorite of the three. Lori Love is great!

[Kristina Simon]

I finished Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See that was recommended to me by Annvelwis. Thanks for giving me a nudge to finally move this one up on my TBR pile. It was a beautifully written story about women's friendships and, in the end, a cautionary tale about being careful how you treat the ones you love. The parts about footbinding were horrifying, though. I just cannot imagine! Anyway, great book. I'd highly recommend it.

[Desperado]

Gigi wrote: "Lethal

Thank you so much for recommending Talk Me Down. I really enjoyed Ben and Molly's love story. Thanks! Great rec!"

I'm so happy you enjoyed it, Gigi! It makes me feel more excited about it when I do get around to reading it. I agree with Photojim about readin Start Me Up. Lori is an awesome heroine, when she's not busy feeling sorry for herself.

ETA: I should be picking up your recommendation next week from the library & hopefully I'll manage to read it by August 31st.

[Mahyar]

Oh, I forgot to say that I finished Mine till Midnight, almost 6 days ago. LOL.

[Mahyar]

Macwolf01 [Elise:] wrote: "Mayhar, I finished , I haven't had a chance to get to the bookstore to pick up Succubus Blue yet but it on my to do list this month.

This is the 2nd Lisa Kl..."

Oh you're welcome. I finished MTM too, lastweek. It was amazing.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

Risa,

I've settled with Heyer's Venetia from your recommendations, and I finally got done today.

It is a book I probably would not have picked up on my own, but after adjusting to the style of writing, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thank you for the recommendation.

[Gigi]

LethalLovely~When There's Nothing Left to Burn, wrote: "I should be picking up your recommendation next week from the library & hopefully I'll manage to read it by August 31st. "

Great! I can't wait to hear which book you're reading and what you thought.

Photojim wrote: "Gigi, the second book in the Tumble Creek series, Start Me Up, is my favorite of the three. Lori Love is great!"

Lori has her own book?!?! I think I actually liked Lori more than Molly. LOL I'm definitely looking forward to reading Lori's story. Thanks Jim!

[Debbie]

More and more are finishing everyday
Yeah everyone that has read one or more of their recommendations.
I saw that Rossy and Dee has already gotten September Pick-It-For-Me up and taking participants.

- Thanks to everyone in the August Pick-It-For-Me Challenge, I had so much fun with this because you all helped to make it that way.
Congrats to everyone involved :)

[Pam]

So I read Dead Until Dark this month--having never read a Sookie Stackhouse or seen True Blood but was in Newark Airport for seven hours yesterday waiting for a flight home and the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for this month is very striking and disturbing!

[Debbie]

That makes at least 2 for you doesn't it Pam?
What did you think about it?

- So many have done multiples now, Congrats.

[Pollyanna]

Hi Kim, finished Along Came a Spider last night and really enjoyed it. I gave it 4 stars, thanks for recommending it to me :)

[Goblin Courtney]

Photojim

It's been a long long long three weeks since I've been able to get to a computer, but I've picked Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and have read it already. I'm actually reading Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead too. :]

I'm checking into your suggestion as we speak, but I won't be able to read it until August is over because my local library doesn't have it. D:

[Pam]

Debbie said
That makes at least 2 for you doesn't it Pam?
What did you think about it?

No it's still only one on this challenge I think. I've just had Sookie on the brain.

[Debbie]

Well, I understand that, I have been trying to work the second (Living Dead in Dallas) into my reading list, it has been on my tbr seems like forever.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Courtney Mae wrote: "Photojim

It's been a long long long three weeks since I've been able to get to a computer, but I've picked Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and have read it already. I'm actually reading S..."

I've actually only ever read one John Green and it seemed decent. You only have to read one of the picks. The rest are pure bonus!

[Hina]

Hi Julia,

From your recommendations, I read And Then He Kissed Her and I loved it and I am going to read the rest of the series as well. Great Suggestions. I read two out of my own TBR and I am glad I read them now, great books!!! Thanks for your recs!!

From my TBR:

1. Sword of Darkness By Sherrilyn Kenyon. Completed 8/21/10 ***** (5 stars)
2. The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie By Jennifer Ashley.
3. All Things Beautiful By Cathy Maxwell.
4. To Taste Temptation By Elizabeth Hoyt. Completed 8/1/10 ***** (5 Stars)

New:

1. Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury.
2. And Then He Kissed HerBy Laura Lee Guhrke. Completed 8/25/10 **** (4 stars)
3. SoullessBy Gail Carriger.
4. The Spymaster's LadyBy Joanna Bourne

[Debbie]

Wow Hina, 3 of them - that is great. Thanks for checking in and letting us know what you have read.

[Kami]

Never got my book from PBS and it wasn't offered for kindle. :(

[Debbie]

hopefully it will arrive soon. I know the one that I requested from PBS still isn't here either

[Ceej]

Sue wrote: "Drq Angel, it was interesting looking through your books! Most of them I have not read, but I tried to look at descriptions to get an idea of what to recommend to you. So, here goes!

Sue I'm so unhappy right now. This month has been crazy! I've had no time to read and I only got through Morrigan's Cross which was a bit odd to me. I still liked it. I have a weekend of rest and I'm hoping to get to You Slay Me

[Sue]

Drq wrote: "Sue I'm so unhappy right now. This month has been crazy! I've had no time to read and I only got through Morrigan's Cross which was a bit odd to me. I still liked it. I have a weekend of rest and I'm hoping to get to You Slay Me"

I'm sorry you're having such a crazy month. Hopefully September will be better for you. And a weekend of rest is always a good thing! I'm glad you at least liked it though! I just picked up "Perfect Timing" at the library last week and I'm just about 1/4th way into it. But while I was waiting for that, I did finish "The Cinderella Deal" earlier, but was waiting to post both since that was my back-up book! But I did like "The Cinderella Deal." I think I like almost everything Jennifer Crusie writes!

Oh, as for "Choke," I've actually started that one a couple of times and put it back down. His other books have been interesting, but odd. But my daughter read it and said she really liked it. So, it's still on my tbr pile and someday I'll get to it!

[Rossy]

Rachel wrote: "Never got my book from PBS and it wasn't offered for kindle. :("

That sux! Hopefully you'll get to read it soon, even if the challenge has ended.

[Sue]

Well, I finished "Perfect Timing" last night! I stayed up quite late, but I was determined. The book was not like any others I have read, and for that I'm glad I read it. I liked it enough, but I don't think I'll read the sequel. But thank you Drq for recommending it!

[Debbie]

Almost the end of the month, we have had about 40 people check in with us to let us know what they thought of their recommendations. That's great & Congratulations to everyone.

I know some of you are still waiting for your book to come in (library, PBS, ect.) so, even after the month is over, please check back with us when you finish, let us all know what you thought of the book you selected also.

[Sherri]

I've started my book selection Lucky's Lady today, finally! What a month. So far I'm enjoying it.

[Debbie]

Congratulations to everyone who's finished!
* Updated 9/1 *

60. Melanie - Finished
14. SheSwitches - Finished
49. Ari - Finished
31. AshelyAlexis - Finished
5. Polina - Finished
50. Regina - Finished
9. KimKirt - Finished
48. Miss - Finished
23. Elke - Finished
17. BJ Rose - Finished
13. Fran - Finished
78. Pam - Finished
68. Lindsey - Finished
30. Debbie - Finished
12. Sandy - Finished
1. Photojim - Finished
35. Kerste - Finished
18. Melissa - Finished
8. Gus - Finished
51. Macwolf01 - Finished
33. Rachel (ID) - Finished
38. Paranormalfreak (Jessica) - Finished
15. Penney - Finished
26. Tatiana - Finished
25. Buggy - Finished
19. Diane (deebotte) - Finished
75. Cathy - Finished
24. Dani - Finished
11. Danielle - Finished
3. Angie - Finished
V. Julie - Finished
6. Delicious Dee - Finished
10. D.G. - Finished
4. Gigi - Finished
V. Kristi - Finished
43. Mahyar - Finished
7. Yz the Whyz - Finished
2. Pollyanna - Finished
80. Courtney Mae - Finished
21. Hina - Finished
37. Sue - Finished
44. Drq-Angel - Finished
61. Sherri - Finished
34. Harper - Finished
45. Chloe - Finished
22. Lili - Finished
55. Nairabell - Finished
20. Carolyn F - Finished
16. LethalLovely - Finished

[Ceej]

I finished You Slay Me on Friday but I haven't had the time to post. My sister who was supposed to be here wednesday showed up friday afternoon so there went my weekend of rest! lol I did enjoy it but now I'm wondering about the rest in the series and if I want to start another one!

[Ceej]

Rossy wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Never got my book from PBS and it wasn't offered for kindle. :("

That sux! Hopefully you'll get to read it soon, even if the challenge has ended."

Sue wrote: "Well, I finished "Perfect Timing" last night! I stayed up quite late, but I was determined. The book was not like any others I have read, and for that I'm glad I read it. I liked it enough, but I d..."

Sue wrote: "Well, I finished "Perfect Timing" last night! I stayed up quite late, but I was determined. The book was not like any others I have read, and for that I'm glad I read it. I liked it enough, but I d..."

Sue wrote: "Drq wrote: "Sue I'm so unhappy right now. This month has been crazy! I've had no time to read and I only got through Morrigan's Cross which was a bit odd to me. I still liked it. I have a weekend o..."

Brenda Jackson is one of my favorite authors although all her books are mostly exactly alike. Perfect Timing and Perfect Fit were different in that she didn't add a little bit of mystery and suspense. I'm glad you didn't hate it lol

[Sherri]

I finished Lucky's Lady by Tami Hoag! .

Thanks for the recommendation Barb, but now I have ANOTHER author to follow. ;-)

[Ez]

I finished my book, , today. (Nick of time, right?) I loved it! I haven't written a review yet, but I'm wavering between 4-5 stars for the rating. Ian Mackenzie is now on my "Favorite Heroes" list. :)

Thanks for the rec, Mandy!

[Chloe]

Finally finished Dark Lover for mine. I wasn't a big fan, though.

[Lili]

BrandyS**~Ahviel ~ wrote: "Hey Lili,
Here is your list.. :)

TBR

Covetby J.R. Ward I loved this book. Being a fan of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Covet introduces a few of the chara..."

Hey Brandy, how are you doing with the baby thing?
Hope all is well.

I read Covet and I liked it, I loooove BDB so I was expecting a little bit more from Ms. Ward but that's just me.
I liked the characters and the plot was good, I do want to know what happens with Jim and Devina so I'll be reading the next book too.

[Stormy]

Just under the wire, I finished Born of Night on August 27th - the beginning didn't grab me right away, but once I pushed through 20 pages or so...it was AWESOME! Thanks so much for the rec, Gus, I probably never would have picked it up otherwise (despite being a huge SK fan, go figure).

Kerste wrote: "Gus,

Thank you for the recommendations...

I'm going to start with Born of Night, Succubus Blues and This Charming Man. Can't wait!"

[Debbie]

yeah, but you made it with time to spare :)

[Hina]

Debbie wrote: "yeah, but you made it with time to spare :)"

Kerste,

I was the same with Born of Night, and I wouldn't have read it if it wasn't part of a challenge, but fell in love with the book too.

[Debbie]

Those are sometimes the best, the ones that sneak up on ya from out of nowhere.

[Nairabell]

Pam wrote: "Just finished Dead Until Dark as recommended to me by Nairabell.

I enjoyed it...will definitely read another Sookie Stackhouse but wish I had read this before all the current vampi..."

Pam, I just saw this (I was deinterneted for most of August) and I'm so glad you liked it :) I managed to finish Nerd in Shining Armor last night with literally about 1/2 an hour left of August to spare. I really enjoyed it, but I must say that the 'I'm sooo Southern' bit Genevieve had going at the start was a bit overdone.