November - Pick It For Me! Challenge

[Rossy]

Diane is right Kim. This series is lighter than most vampire series.

[Desperado]

Becky,

I finished The Devil Wears Plaid today & it was amazing! I'm a big Medeiros fan but her latest books have been a little disappointing for me lately. But she went back to her roots with TDWP. I'm so very happy you pushed me into finally reading this!

BTW, I checked out The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie too. Hopefully I'll be able to read it by the deadline. Again, thanks!

[Becky]

LethalLovely~I'll Wrap My Wire Around Your Heart wrote: "Becky,

I finished The Devil Wears Plaid today & it was amazing! I'm a big Medeiros fan but her latest books have been a little disappointing for me lately. But she went back to he..."

I am so happy you like it. I have it on my TBR and I plan to read it next month, knowing you liked it will help me pick it up faster. I hope you do get to read about Ian, it really is a great book!

[Desperado]

Thanks, Becky! I'm glad my opinion makes it easier. As for TMoIM, I've heard that from most of my friends. Even if I don't manage to get to it this month, I'm definitely going to read it before I have to take it back to the library!

[Pam]

Britta-
I finished Tithe this afternoon and would give it 3 1/2 stars. I thought they took a long time to get to the main plot (but then I often feel books are underedited these days). I liked the "hero" but none of the characters are particularly likeable--even though that indeed may be the point. The last third of the book flew for me--suspenseful and I wanted to know what was going to happen. I would probably read the next one in the series (although I'd probably read the third one first).

[KimKirt]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Well, the series never really goes beyond light and fluffy vampires, so if that isn't your thing, you might not like any of them. I just didn't really like the couple in that book, which made the story drag for me. Single White Vampire and The Accidental Vampire are my favorites so far. "

I like light and fluffy contemporaries, so I'm trying to struggle through this. I just renewed it for two more weeks. If I can't get it done in that time, I might give up.

[D.G.]

Oh I finished a second book from Miss recommendations: . Loved it! This author is becoming one of my favorites.

[Coffeentea]

Sallie,
Thanks for the recommendation. I finished High Stakes a few days ago. I liked it. It's a good light paranormal romance. It's a series I will continue.

[Thenia]

Oops, forgot to update! I finished Iron Kissed a while back, so I guess I'm done! Really liked it, too.

[Miss]

Happy you liked it D.G.!
I think Julie James has a real talent, her writing seems so effortless.

[SandyC]

I finished Welcome to Temptation. It was my first book by this author and I enjoyed it. Thanks for the rec, Charlotte!

[Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog)]

I just finished Tempt Me with Darkness. Thanks Yz for a wonderful recommendation! I enjoyed this book and will be reading the rest of the series. I will keep other recs on my tbr soon pile ;)

[Debbie]

Congrats to everyone that has read their selection already, so far we have 26 out of 74 done.

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

I love Covet by JR Ward. I listened to it as an audiobook. The narrarator is great and the storyline was great. I know a lot of people have said they liked Crave better, but I think I feel differently. They both were good, but Covet fit me better.

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

Sandy wrote: "I finished Welcome to Temptation. It was my first book by this author and I enjoyed it. Thanks for the rec, Charlotte!"

Glad you liked it Sandy.

[BJ Rose]

Lindsey,
Thanks again for your recommendations - I just finished Say No To Joe? and enjoyed it more than I expected to. You also introduced me to a new-to-me author; this was my first Lori Foster book.

[Melissa]

Allison

I finished Three Days to Dead late last night and I really enjoyed it. I do love UF so this was right up my alley. I liked all the different takes on all the "Dregs". Decent plot and a great way to start a series. I will definitely be reading the next one. Thanks so much for the recommendation because I never would have found the book otherwise and that would have been a shame!

I am still planning on reading Perfect Chemistry, I am just waiting for whoever beat me to it at the library to return it!

[Elke]

Thanks again Rebecca for the rec! Finished The Undomestic Goddess yesterday! it was pretty good!

[Lady Allison]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Melissa! If you can get your hands on the second one, it makes more sense when you still have the events fresh in your mind because it jumps right in :)

Also, I don't know if you had the chance to this month, but I finished Kiss of Midnight & it took me a while to get into, but I ended up really enjoying it!

Can't wait to see what you think of Perfect Chemistry :D

[~Sara~]

Pollyanna,
I just finished reading The Alchemist and I loved it! It's different from anything I've ever read and it's a story that I will not easily forget. So many times I start reading a book and halfway through the first chapter I realize I've already read it :) Thankfully Goodreads is around to prevent that in the future but this is the kind of story that stays with you.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when you get to it!
I'm in the middle of reading In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences, but it's not the type of story I can read in one sitting. I have to do it in small doses; it's more than a little disturbing!!!
Thanks for the excellent recommendations (again)!

[Hina]

Tania wrote: "I finished A Rake's Vow today and loved it. Vane so clearly shows what Laurens does best - strong hero's with strong family ties. The opening scene where Vane is fleeing from Devil..."

I am glad you like it. I love the Cynster series!!

[Hina]

Lili,

I still haven't received The Hunger Games that I was planning on reading for the challenge, so I think if I don't get it soon, I will read The Duke And I by Julia Quinn.

[Melissa]

Allison wrote: "I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Melissa! If you can get your hands on the second one, it makes more sense when you still have the events fresh in your mind because it jumps right in :)

Also, I don't..."

Good to know about the sequel. With all the fake outs on the who was responsible for all the mayhem in the first book, I can see how remembering details could be important.

I'm finishing up two quick YA reads that are due back to the library (my daughter and I read a lot of the same books at the same time) and then I will give Kiss of Midnight a go while waiting for Perfect Chemistry. I still can't believe I missed it! It was probably being checked out just as I looked it up in the online catalogue because I went to the library within an hour of looking it up.

[D.G.]

~Sara~ wrote: "Pollyanna,
I just finished reading The Alchemist and I loved it! It's different from anything I've ever read and it's a story that I will not easily forget. So many times I start readin..."

I have The Alchemist on audiobook (read by Jeremy Irons.) I should pick it up one of these days!

[Miss]

D.G. wrote: "I have The Alchemist on audiobook (read by Jeremy Irons.) I should pick it up one of these days! "

D.G., The Alchemist is great, a truly inspirational book and a fast read!

[Pollyanna]

~Sara~ wrote: "Pollyanna,
I just finished reading The Alchemist and I loved it! It's different from anything I've ever read and it's a story that I will not easily forget. So many times I start readin..."

I'm so pleased you liked it, I will have to read it after the book I'm reading now, I am looking forward to it. I thought In Cold Blood might be quite disturbing, you'll have to let me know what you think when you've finished it :)

[Ann]

I still need to read In Cold Blood....I know the general story because the parents were my grandpa's aunt and uncle. My grandma still has pictures of them. One of these days I will get to reading the book and checking out the family tree and stuff.

[Joyce]

SheSwitches wrote: "Hey there Joyce-
I ended up going with The Vampire Queen's Servant because I couldn't find Blood Price at the used book store. I've got it on my list of things to keep ..."

I'd put my copy of Blood Price up on bookswap but I already lent it to somebody else..if I get it back I'll put it up and let you know.

Glad you liked your recommendation. I thought that would be the right book for you. LOL

[Joyce]

Joyce wrote: "SheSwitches wrote: "Hey there Joyce-
I ended up going with The Vampire Queen's Servant because I couldn't find Blood Price at the used book store. I've got it on my lis..."

If you can catch Blood ties on TV, they stayed fairly close to the book.

[Debbie]

I didn't know Blood Ties was based on that, wow - that's good to know.

[Rossy]

Oh i loved Perfect Chemistry, that boy was so hot!

[Miss]

Thenia wrote: "Miss, here are my recommendations:

From your TBR:

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles -- A beautiful realistic love story with ..."

Thenia, thank you so much for all the wonderful recommendations, I've read Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles and loved it. I think I might give Trudi Canavan a try next with her Magicians' Guild.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Just a heads up, the December PIFM challenge sign up will be up this weekend. Debbie has done such a great job this month. I only hope everyone will be up for it with the holiday season in full swing. I'll try to come up with something special for those that participate.

[Debbie]

Thanks for the heads up Photojim, I know I will be joining in for anther round, I love these. Now if I could just get this months book read I would be happier.

Photojim wrote: "Just a heads up, the December PIFM challenge sign up will be up this weekend. Debbie has done such a great job this month. I only hope everyone will be up for it with the holiday season in full s..."

[KimKirt]

Still trying to struggle through A Quick Bite. I keep putting it down and picking up other books . . . blush! Hoping to get it done before month end.

[Yz the Whyz, Moderator]

@Dianne,

I finally got my copy of The Shadow of the Wind. I'm about to start reading it, and hoping I'll finish it before the month ends.

[Lady Allison]

Angelique, it's a bit late into the month, but I finally got Undead & Unwed in at the library :) Looking forward to starting it!

[Rossy]

Kim, i say either put it on pause until you are in the right mood or just read something else. Reading should not feel like a struggle.LOL

[KimKirt]

Rossy wrote: "Kim, i say either put it on pause until you are in the right mood or just read something else. Reading should not feel like a struggle.LOL"

It's a library book. So either I do or I don't. I've already renewed it once, so I'll give myself to the next due date. Stay tuned . . .

[Ann]

Allison wrote: "Angelique, it's a bit late into the month, but I finally got Undead & Unwed in at the library :) Looking forward to starting it!"

I loved this book. I have the next book and I'm looking forward to starting that one!

[Lady Allison]

Good to know, Ann! Thanks!

[Desperado]

Becky, I just finished another one of your rec's, The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. I didn't enjoy it as much as The Devil Wears Plaid (only gave it 3 stars) but I did like it. Thank you very much for your recs.

[Annie]

KimKirt wrote: "Still trying to struggle through A Quick Bite. I keep putting it down and picking up other books . . . blush! Hoping to get it done before month end."

Ditto!

[Ari]

Pollyanna wrote: "Hey Ari, I finished Stargirl in a day, such a brilliant book. I found it really hard to put down and I was quite disappointed when I had finished it as I wanted to read more.
Thanks for the rec :)"

Yeah I loved it too. Glad it was a hit!

[KimKirt]

Annie (a mad hamster) wrote: "KimKirt wrote: "Still trying to struggle through A Quick Bite. I keep putting it down and picking up other books . . . blush! Hoping to get it done before month end."

Ditto!"

Annie, I read a few pages last night! I'm determined to get it done by the end of the month!

[Corrupt]

I finished my pick An Unforgettable Lady It was pretty good I found it to be perdicable but I still enjoyed it.

[Annie]

KimKirt wrote: "Annie (a mad hamster) wrote: "KimKirt wrote: "Still trying to struggle through A Quick Bite. I keep putting it down and picking up other books . . . blush! Hoping to get it done before month end."

Ditto!"

Annie, I read a few pages last night! I'm determined to get it done by the end of the month!"

Hey KimKirt - I've got about 50 pages to go! So can report back tomorrow, I think.

My reading time used to be on the bus to and from work - but now I carpool into work, and tonight will be catching the bus home with my sister. So, my reading time has reduced to when I'm sitting on the balcony having a cigarette (bad me) - so 5 minutes every hour or so...
Too busy knitting socks for presents at the moment to read!

[Melanie]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "Melanie,

I finished my pick and here are my thoughts.

★★★½ 11/23

There were a lot of things I liked about it and I'd say it's closer to a 4 star rati..."

I'm glad you liked it -- I do agree that Rain isn't at his best in the first book, and maybe it does have a "wannabee epic" feel to it, but I thought that Wilson pulled it off fairly well, considering there are very few fantasy series that have such a degree of romance in them.. Most of the ones that I've read revolve mainly around the fantastic element, and not the romance like the Tairen Soul does:-) I think you'll enjoy the second book better --- Rain has more appearances, and all the characters get "fleshed out":-) I hope you'll have time to read Kiss an Angel (IMO, SEP's best book!)

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

I've tried to read both Pawn of Prophecy and Halfway to the Grave and can't get past the first chapter of either. They just haven't grabbed me, so it looks like I'm not going to make this challenge.

Knew I shouldn't have signed up for it.....

[Melanie]

Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "I've tried to read both Pawn of Prophecy and Halfway to the Grave and can't get past the first chapter of either. They just haven't grabbed me, so it looks like I'm not..."

Hey.. I'd give Halfway to the Grave another shot.. It really picks up around chapter 3 or 4, if memory serves, and is a fabulous series:-) But then again, that's my opinion:-)