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January - Pick It For Me Challenge
As we already know that Cathy is not going to make it, any of the volunteers that are around can feel free to pick for 60. Tatiana. I figure there's no reason to wait for 2pm.If nobody steps in, I'll include her in the remix. :)
D.G. wrote: "As we already know that Cathy is not going to make it, any of the volunteers that are around can feel free to pick for 60. Tatiana. I figure there's no reason to wait for 2pm.If nobody steps in, ..."
I'll post recs for Tatiana. I'm working on them now
TatianaI hope you'll find something you'll like! Let me know if you want me to pick again.
New
1. Author (from your TBR): Archangel by Sharon Shinn
2. Series (from your TBR): The Initiation and The Captive, Part I by LJ Smith
3. Genre (Romantic Suspense): Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
Better You (from your TBR)
1. Lose Weight: Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
2. Save Money: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
3. Organized: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Enjoy Life
From your TBR:
1. The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
-or-
Completely New:
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Let me know what you decide to read.
Happy reading and Happy New Year!
I'm off to go shoe shopping with my wife. I'll be back in a couple of hours. If there is someone without picks at that time, I'll happily take someone.
Joyce wrote: "Tugce Nida wrote: "Hi again Joyce,It is obvious that you like paranormal books, I myself find some of them really enjoyable to read as well as you can see from my lists... here is what find for y..."
you have picked a series of very good books from my list, you've picked almost all the books i've planned to read in the first quarter of this year :) either with a challenge or a group read, the only ones left are storm front, undead and unwed, & infinite jest so i think i will go with undead and unwed although i've been checking out the jim butcher book for quite sometime still couldn't settle for that one yet, will read it soon & i have plenty that i have to finish this month infinite jest would be just dreaming :) but i will read these 2 as well sometime this year and ley you know about them.
yeah we used the same terms and actually our taste is so very different as well, i also love cats ;) happy new year!
Brodie wrote: "Amanda:You have sooooo many books and are so well organized. I just joined in December and my lists are still somewhat a mess. I hope I did this right and picked some good options for you.
A: ..."
Finished the first of your choices for me - Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh - I loved it! Thanks!
Volunteers - There are 4 players left to get picks:BJ Rose
Carolyn F.
Nandar
Polina
Instead of me assigning them, let's do it in first in, first out basis. Please post picks for whomever you like...but please make sure that nobody else has posted for this person first. :)
D.G. wrote: "According to my records, the following players are missing picks:Carolyn F.
Sue
BJ Rose
Nandar
Tatiana
Polina
If you don't have your picks and are not in the list above, please let me know.
Mo..."
I picked Time Traveler's Wife. And my pickee is on vacation and will give her pick as soon as she's back.
Hi! To whoever gets to pick for me: Don't mind my to-read list, I don't keep many books in it. I prefer completely new books as recommendations. :)Thanks in advance for going out of your way to pick for me!
Hello - Im new, blonde, and so excited to participate I think I will explode or cry but I can not find my picks - if I have missed something somewhere someone please gently guide me to where I need to find my picks - until then I am going to go bake some cookies with the grandson - snickerdoodles my favorite - Thanks for letting me participate - Happy New Year - Read On
* Thenia (2) picks for 66. I'm Sandra Dee (N)Let's see, found it here message #156
I'm Sandra Dee wrote: "Hello - Im new, blonde, and so excited to participate I think I will explode or cry but I can not find my picks - if I have missed something somewhere someone please gently guide me to where I need..."
Here it is Polina. I know you said you like completely new to you recommendations, but I did put some that were in your tbr pile, just in case. :)A.
1. New Author - Evermore - Alyson Noel
2. New Series - My Soul to Take - Rachel Vincent
3. New Genre - The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
B.
1. Lose Weight - Bitten - Kelley Armstrong
2. Save Money - Chain Reaction - Simone Elkeles
3. Get Organized - Midnight - L.J. Smith
C.
1. One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
2. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson
Angelique, I just finished On the Edge and loved it! I will be reading Darkfever later in the month.
Carolyn F. wrote: "I picked Time Traveler's Wife. And my pickee is on vacation and will give her pick as soon as she's back. "Hmmm...I'm not sure I understand you, Carolyn. According to my records, YOU are missing recommendations. I know you have already posted the recommendations for Valerie. But if Julianna recommended books for you, please let me know where the message is so I can update the list.
Perfect Thenia - I see you were attentive to my picks before the year was over I apologize for screaming "I had been forgotten" - I was distracted by the Happy New Year Banner when I was back tracking on the replys, fell asleep and did not look past post 163. Explanation for the overabundance of YA - I volunteer at the school library and the goal is to get the high school kids to visit the library and pick up the passion of reading - I need to have some sort of recommendations available - I will jump into reading The Hunger Games - the library cannot keep the book on the shelve because the younger students are reading it - so I will purchase a copy of the book and after I finish reading it I will donate it to the library - in the mean time I would be delightfully interested in an older recommendation - Thank YOU Thenia wrote: " Sandra Dee Welcome to GoodReads!
Here are my recommendations for you:
A.1.Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles - I see that you like YA books and romances so this on..."
I will tackle the intimidating bookshelves of BJ Rose. If I'm not back in a couple of hours, send someone in to look for me. I'll be in the stacks.
Thanks Debbie - I apologize for the panic - I found my picks and I am off to the book store to purchase The Hunger Games - Thank YOU again Debbie wrote: "* Thenia (2) picks for 66. I'm Sandra Dee (N)
Let's see, found it here message #156
I'm Sandra Dee wrote: "Hello - Im new, blonde, and so excited to participate I think I will explode or cry but..."
Carolyn F. wrote: "Julianna - I'll pick The Time Traveler's Wife."Carolyn - I looked about and I don't see any posts by Julianna with your picks (unless she deleted them.) So unless you confirm you got picks by some other method, I'll assume you still need them.
I'm home now, anyone else need picks D.G.?
Yes ma'am, I'm all over it.Nandar, give me a little bit to go through your shelves :)
Nandar's profile is set to private so I sent her a message. I'll do her picks as soon as she friends me.
Thanks Penney.I need to leave for now...I'll try to come back later!
Miss wrote: "Angelique, I just finished On the Edge and loved it! I will be reading Darkfever later in the month."Congratulations! And I know you'll love Darkfever. But you'll want to have the rest of the books lined up.
Gigi wrote: "TatianaI hope you'll find something you'll like! Let me know if you want me to pick again.
New
1. Author (from your TBR): Archangel by Sharon Shinn
2. Series (from your TBR): [book..."
Thanks for the recommendations, Gigi. Glad to finally have them.
You've picked some good ones for me. I am not quite sure what to read. [book:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society|8146730] looks particularly good to me, but I am not ruling out any other recommendations.
A. Try Something New 1. New Author: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Not my genre but I've heard this title come up several times. Since you have it in your TBR, apparently you've heard about this author as well. You could do worse than to give her a shot.
2. New Series: Talk Me Down The Tumble Creek series is a lot of fun. I really liked the second one better, but they are all good.
3. New Genre: Philosophy - Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes - Great and funny book.
B. Better You - From their TBR
1. Lose Weight: The Fiery Cross - You've read up to this point in the Outlander series. The lowest rating you've given is four stars. Why stop now?
2. Save Money: Pride and Prejudice - How is it that you have not read this? I just think you might have missed ranking this. But if not, you need to read this now.
3. Get Organized: Seduction in Death - Keep reading the In-Death books. I've read the first 31 and keep enjoying each and every one.
C. Enjoy Life More
1 & 2. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - I know that you didn't really like the last Christopher Moore book, but you liked Dirty Job. This book always makes me laugh.
Nation - One of my favorite books of last year. YA, adventure.
Hope I've given you a wide enough range from which to use.
Inga wrote: "Sue, hope you'll find something interesting to read :)..."Thanks Inga!! I think I'll read Ceremony in Death since it has been sitting at the top of my TBR pile for a while! I'm also going to add Queen of Shadows to my list at the library and hope it comes in early this month as well.
Phew Nandar, I finally made it out of your TBR shelves! Because you have over 2000 books on your TBR, I decided to make all my picks from your "Absolutely dying to read" and "I own but not read" lists. Chances are you'll find something good here, so off we go...A. Try Something New
1. New Author ~ Kresley Cole, A Hunger Like No Other. I love this author and this series. It just gets funnier and funnier.
2. New Series ~ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins It's dark but good.
3. New Genre ~ Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas, Like me, you seem to read any and all genres, but I didn't see too much historical. Kleypas is one of my favs in this genre.
B. Better You
1. Lose Weight ~ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, you've read the whole series but the last one...time to finish it up.
2. Save Money ~ Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost, I love this series enough to have read it more than once.
3. Get Organized ~ Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris You've had this on your list for over a year. Since you liked the first it's time to move on to the second. I loved the whole series.
C. Enjoy Life More
1. ~ Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning Great author and great series. The last one comes out soon so this is a very good time to start the first one.
2. ~ Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston This author (aka G.A. Aiken) always make me double over with laughter. I recently read this one and she didn't disappoint.
Happy Reading :)
D.G. wrote: "Carolyn F. wrote: "Julianna - I'll pick The Time Traveler's Wife."Carolyn - I looked about and I don't see any posts by Julianna with your picks (unless she deleted them.) So unless ..."
She sent them to me as a message.
I'll make picks for Carolyn if no one has her yet
okay Carolyn I guess I just needed to finish reading the feed. I jumped in before I read. LOL. Just wanted to make sure you got picks.
Photojim wrote: "I will tackle the intimidating bookshelves of BJ Rose. If I'm not back in a couple of hours, send someone in to look for me. I'll be in the stacks."D.G. & Photojim, I do have my picks! Ladykati picked for me in post #170, and I responded in post #204, but if Jim's already picked something for me, I'll be happy to choose something to read from that pick as well.
Sorry I didn't see this right away - I stopped checking the thread every day once I had my picks.
Well BJ, if nothing else, I had an interesting time going through your stacks. Have you really never read Pride and Prejudice? How does that happen?
Photojim wrote: "A. Try Something New 1. New Author: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Not my genre but I've heard this title come up several times. Since you have it in your TBR, apparen..."
Thanks for the picks, Jim - I see you survived going through all my historical romance books!
I'm going with Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake and the next In-Death book in my queue, which I think is Judgment in Death
Megan wrote: "Hope I have done this right...Here are my picks for you, Becky.
A. Try Something New
1. New Author: Rachel Vincent
2. New Series: Evermore
3. New Gen..."
I just finished Vampire Academy and I am IN LOVE! I have been looking at this book/series for awhile and am glad I got the push to read it. I can't wait to continue the series! THANKS for the Rec Megan.
I thought I was going well out of my comfort zone with 25% of the picks being historical romance novels.
Photojim wrote: "Well BJ, if nothing else, I had an interesting time going through your stacks. Have you really never read Pride and Prejudice? How does that happen?"I read it MANY years ago when all my books came from the library, but picked up a copy a while ago and plan on reading it again this year, so decided not to guess on a year read.
Tatiana wrote: "Gigi wrote: "TatianaI hope you'll find something you'll like! Let me know if you want me to pick again.
New
1. Author (from your TBR): Archangel by Sharon Shinn
2. Series (from you..."
Youre welcome Tatiana! I'm glad you liked the recs.
Penney wrote: "Phew Nandar, I finally made it out of your TBR shelves! Because you have over 2000 books on your TBR, I decided to make all my picks from your "Absolutely dying to read" and "I own but not read" l..."ahahah ty. IM SOO SORRY u had to go through hardships cuz of me. I just have so many books i want to read. =))
I'll start reading the Darkfever.
I'm Sandra Dee wrote: "Perfect Thenia - I see you were attentive to my picks before the year was over I apologize for screaming "I had been forgotten" - I was distracted by the Happy New Year Banner when I was back track..."Sandra Dee, you set your profile to private and I can't check your shelves again so I'll just recommend one of everything.(sorry if I add books you've already read) ;)
I've already recommended Moon Called which is a very good paranormal book. I'd add the following to the list:
Vampire Books:
Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Jennifer Rardin
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
A Rush of Wings - Adrian Phoenix
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
These two are on the funny side:
Real Vampires Have Curves - Gerry Bartlett
Dead End Dating - Kimberly Raye
This one is a historical vampire book and one of my favorite series:
The Rest Falls Away - Colleen Gleason
Other paranormal books:
Kitty and the Midnight Hour - Carrie Vaughn
Stray - Rachel Vincent
Working for the Devil - Lilith Saintcrow
The Devil Inside - Jenna Black
Darkfever - Karen Marie Moning
You Slay Me - Katie MacAlister -- this one's lighter, too.
A couple of fantasy books:
Outlander - Diana Gabaldon-- a lengthy but solid book
Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay-- a very complex book with a very well defined world. In fact, any books I've read from Mr. Gavriel Kay are immensely enjoyable, especially if you like fantasy.
If you don't want to read something paranormal or of the fantasy genre, here are some 'normal' books you might enjoy, historical or contemporary:
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Second Thyme Around - Katie Fforde
Just One Of The Guys - Kristan Higgins
One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
This Is How It Happened - Jo Barrett
Just the Sexiest Man Alive - Julie James
Secrets of a Summer Night - Lisa Kleypas
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen -- you've probably read this one but I just had to add it in case you hadn't, it's a MUST!
Sorry for the huge message... They're all adult reads so you can take a break from all the YA! I hope something catches your eye!
Happy 2011 and happy reading! ^^
Carolyn F. wrote: "She sent them to me as a message. "Thanks for letting us know, Carolyn. As rule #1 say to post recommendations here, it never occurred to me she would have sent them to you and not post anything here.
Nandar wrote: "ahahah ty. IM SOO SORRY u had to go through hardships cuz of me. I just have so many books i want to read. =))"Actually I had fun :). You have a lot a great books on that list and you split it up nicely which made it a whole lot easier. Thanks for the adventure!
BJ Rose wrote: "D.G. & Photojim, I do have my picks! "No worries, BJ Rose! It's my fault!
I hope I didn't miss anybody else by mistake. I don't have time to go back and double check everything so if ANYBODY is still missing picks, please post here ASAP and I'll do the picks for you.
Thanks, Annabell!My Soul to Take surely got my attention. But if I can't get my hands on it this month, I'll have to read Bitten.
Thenia wrote: "I'm Sandra Dee wrote: "Perfect Thenia - I see you were attentive to my picks before the year was over I apologize for screaming "I had been forgotten" - I was distracted by the Happy New Year Banne..."Perfect - Thanks for the long list - I love to work from a list - nothing is missed with a list. I apologize about my profile setting private - my sons set the parental controls - they monitor my internet friends - long story - maybe a book someday - but I have to follow the guidlines or they will take my computer and put me into an adult daycare facility. Again, Thank YOU for the reading list.
Read the second of my picks - Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian (4 stars) - a good continuation to the series. I am looking forward to reading the third book.
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Carolyn F.
Sue
BJ Rose
Nandar
Tatiana
Polina
If you don't have your picks and are not in the list above, please let me know.
Most likely I'll be posting the remix earlier than 2pm as I went to bed at 4am last night (not drinking, LOL...reading!) so I'm bound to be really tired later.