June - Pick It For Me challenge

[Ashley♥Alexis]

Finished Nerd in Shining Armor. *sigh* I know this is a pleasure read and I usually have no problem with willing suspension of disbelief for a good read but I found this book to be too unbelievable. There was nothing totally fantastical going on but i found the character's(even with their "edges" and hidden uncharacteristic) silly and vexing.I gave it 2.5 stars.

[AlbertaJenn]

I will be two buddy readings this month.

With Anna, I will be reading Undercover.

And with Mandy, I will be reading Surrender. I can get it for my Kobo, so I can buy it at any time.

[Tiffanny]

How are you looking in your reading for your different challenges? I'm going to the library this week to try to get a few of the books from my list =) I was thinking about the buddy read again, and I'm still up for anything on the list that we have in common. Is there one in particular the jumps out at you? I'm looking to read Entwined, Dash & Lily's book of Dares, Shadow Princess &/or Slow Dancing on Price's Pier. I'd really like to read Betrayal and Switch as well. Do any of those sound like something you would be interested in buddy reading?


Tugce Nida wrote: "Tiffanny,

Finally, here are your picks! Sorry it took me so long. And even with a TBR quite little I have added many books to my already huge to-read list. I am never going to make it smaller. Ho..."

[Lacy]

I finished my buddy read last night. This is my favorite erotica so far. The author did a great job on the characterisation and that helped me like and feel empathy for the characters, which I find is usually lacking in these stories. I gave it 4 stars.

[Lacy]

Cacophony wrote: "Hi Lacy
I am definitely still interested in reading If You Dare. I have a flight on Tuesday so it would be a good time for me to start a new book. Would Tuesday work for you? I think this will b..."


I'm looking forward to it to, this will be a new author for me. I've heard great things about her. Tuesday sounds great! Do you want to discuss the book through PM's or should we start a thread?

[Melanie]

Hey Vi - Finished my third pick, , which I enjoyed: 3.5* because, while I loved the world and storyline, I didn't feel as emotionally invested in the hero/heroine's relationship as I would have wished.. It seemed too rushed to me.. I'll definitely give the second book a try though, since I loved the premise! Thx for the rec!:-D

[Katie]

LethalLovely~Perving Ain't Easy, Baby wrote: "Hmmm. I'm guessing Polina never showed. =( I hate working so hard to make rec's...for nothing. Ah well. I'm glad someone was able to give you picks, Katie!"

thanks lethallovely, me too ;)

[Vi]

GR is acting up. I'm getting notifications for comments posted 7 hours ago as posted 45 mins ago.. And some of my comments are mysteriously disappearing :(

Anyway, I too finished my reading of Kiss of Fire. Discusing it at the PIFM thread with Sarah. Why don't you join us?

[Melanie]

Vi wrote: "GR is acting up. I'm getting notifications for comments posted 7 hours ago as posted 45 mins ago.. And some of my comments are mysteriously disappearing :(

Anyway, I too finished my reading of [bo..."

Lol.. Let me find it and I'll joing you:-D

[Caroline]

I finished And Then There Were None ByAgatha Christie Recommended by D.G!! OMG thank you so much!! Want a brilliant book, Fantasitic plot! I couldn't put it down which is why I read it so fast!! Superb:-) x x

[D.G.]

Glad you enjoyed it Caroline. :) I still remember the first time I read that book, more than 15 years ago. I couldn't go to sleep afterwards!

[Daffodil]

Miss

Read and finished it on Sunday, 6-5-11. Fun and easy read. Katie was an interesting character -- a human so normal that magic spells don't work on her, not even the illusions used by magic users to hide their identity. As an immune she is valuable in finding concealed clauses in contracts, invisible intruders, etc. The various characters at Magic, Spells & Illusions, Inc were also interesting. I'll definitely be reading the next book in this series.

[Stormy]

I finished Broken yesterday and I LOVE LOVE LOVED it. Thanks so much, Tiffany for the great recommendation.

[Alexis]

KarenH I finished Outlander yesterday. I liked it. I can't say it was my favorite read in the world. I really found the heroine kind of annoying and had a hard time getting past that. Still, I'm happy that I have finally sat down and read the first book since it is so popular. Thank you for your recommendation! I'm starting Nerd in Shining Armor today!

[Lili]

Autumn wrote: "Lili: First off, WOW! i had a helluva of a time browsing thru almost 3000 books to see what catches my fancy!! not an easy task when it came to narrow it down ... you have quite TBR!!

I so wish i ..."

Ok Autumn... just finished Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh and it was all I expected, wanted, whished... and more!!
5 shiny stars and here's my review...


aaawww!, such a sweet love story!
I hadn't liked a book in this series as much as I did the first one, Lucan is soooo sexy and romantic and so very very alpha!... so the news about Lucan and Sascha were just an added bonus.
But this book was amazing, the building of the story, the characters and the writing were all great, Singh is such a talented author, she makes it so easy for you to get involved.
I liked Mercy a lot, I totally could relate to her strugle and fears... and Riley is HOT!

I don't know why but I always imagined Hawke something around his 40-50´s, so when it was suggested that he might bond with Brenna, who was 17 or something like that, was kinda creepy, but here I start to see that was a bit off.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Fran and I did a buddy read of Freighter Flights. I'm not sure what I thought of it, it felt incomplete to me. I gave it 2.5 stars.

[Vi]

Sarah, Melanie and I completed our buddy read of Kiss of Fire. We did not love(in fact, a little underwhelmed) the book but will be continuing the series. The average rating was 3*.

[Tania]

Vi wrote: "GR is acting up. I'm getting notifications for comments posted 7 hours ago as posted 45 mins ago.. And some of my comments are mysteriously disappearing :(

Anyway, I too finished my reading of [bo..."

I have that happen every now and then as well Vi, it's why I need to continually check and re-check people's posts to see who's read what or signed up. I think it happens mostly when two people are posting at the same time.

[Tania]

Wow - everyone's been sooo busy reading. It's great to see so many people completing the challenge all ready.

I'm listing buddy reads in the message after the picks are made - don't forget to check them out to see if there is anything you're interested in joining.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I'm just waiting for books to come in through the library. I ordered five or six of the picks. First come first served. Any day now would be really nice.

[booklovinrn]

June PICK IT FOR ME
COMPLETED 2 of 3


Firewalker by Allyson James 6/2
Undertow by Cherry Adair Buddy Read
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price Buddy Read 6/7

[Fran, Moderator]

MountainKat wrote: "Fran and I did a buddy read of Freighter Flights. I'm not sure what I thought of it, it felt incomplete to me. I gave it 2.5 stars."

I agree with MountainKat, the story was steamy, but there was something missing in the development of the guys' relationship. I also give it 2.5 stars. But it was fun reading it together MK!

[Heather]

Completed June Reads


Something About You by Julie James 6/1
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price Buddy Read 6/6

[Elke]

Ok, will be starting Dark Lover today! Hope I like it!!

[Miss]

Daffodil wrote: "Miss

Read and finished it on Sunday, 6-5-11. Fun and easy read. Katie was an interesting character -- a human so normal that magic spells don't work on her, ..."

Happy you liked it Daffodil, I plan to read it soon too. :)

[Pam]

Moulin and I are going to do a buddy read of The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. Emily may join in. Any other takers?

I set it up over on the Dare to Read but am having trouble making the link work. Will try when I'm less tired :)

[Emily]

Pam wrote: "Moulin and I are going to do a buddy read of The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. Emily may join in. Any other takers?

I set it up over on the Dare to Read but am having trouble ma..."

I am just waiting on getting this book from the library. If you and Moulin start before I get it I will read and catch up to where you two are.

[Heather]

Completed June Reads


Something About You by Julie James 6/1
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price Buddy Read 6/6
Undertow by Cherry Adair Buddy Read 6/7

[D.G.]

You're moving fast, Heather!

[Dee]

@ HEather - how was undertow? i've never read Cherry Adair before

[Penney]

Hi Valerie~Varuca, I forgot to tell you that I read Something About You last week and I loved it. I recently read Just the Sexiest Man Alive and I really liked that one too, but I was very happy that Something About You was a completely different book. It had a different feel altogether, as if it were written by another author. I love when an author can do that.

This was the first month in a long time that I put so many picks on my TBR so I'm certain I'll be getting to some others soon, just maybe not this month.

Thanks again for the great picks!

[Daffodil]

Miss

Picked up on the way out the door this morning. I'll let you know what I think.

[Daffodil]

Miss

Just checked the library webpage and is in transit to me. It's from one of the further out libraries in the system, so it might take a week to get here. I'll let you know as soon as I get it in.

[Heather]

Dee wrote: "@ HEather - how was undertow? i've never read Cherry Adair before"

Hi Dee!
I liked Undertow. Zane (male lead) was one cocky, persistent hero and Teal (female character) was one stubborn, gutsy heroine. I did want to strangle them both from time to time, but that means the writer is doing something right to get me to care.
I thought that the suspense was a little much toward the end, but enjoyed it all the same. Will be checking out the next book in the series soon!

[Heather]

D.G. ~Vile Temptress~ wrote: "You're moving fast, Heather!"

LOL, I've been home sick, so I haven't had much of anything else to do. Hope this month is going well for you so far!

[Heather]

Completed June Reads


Something About You by Julie James 6/1
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price Buddy Read 6/6
Undertow by Cherry Adair Buddy Read 6/7
The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson 6/8

[Ari]

Sandy,
Just finished "One Day," so glad I read it. Very sad, at least they knew they loved one another though. In books like "The Bicycle Dancer," someone dies before the other realizes their love. Thanks for the pick! I'ma start "Garden Spells," next along with the other picks.

I was looking and it's becoming a movie! I hope it's good. Perfect reading timing.

[Miss]

Daffodil wrote: "Miss

Just checked the library webpage and is in transit to me. It's from one of the further out libraries in the system, so it might take a week to get here. I'll let..."

Yay! can't wait to read it!:)

[Isabella]

Jane,
I just finished Darkfever. What can I say? It was totally awesome. I was not a real fan of paranormal but this book changed my mind. It did not deception. It turned to be a favorite book and I would definitely read the second one in series. Thanks for this rec!!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Isabella wrote: "Jane,
I just finished Darkfever. What can I say? It was totally awesome. I was not a real fan of paranormal but this book changed my mind. It did not deception. It turned to be a favo..."

That's great Isabella! I'm so pleased you read it. I loved it - I'm up to book 3 but want to hold back on the rest of the series until closer to when I receive book 5 (in Sept I think)...

[Sue]

Well, I started You've gone too far this time, Sir!, but I am not too far into it. So I picked up Kiss of the Highlander and finished that in a couple of days! I really liked it.

I also just picked up Games of Command and The Talisman Ring from the library to hopefully read this month as well!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Sue: Glad you liked Kiss of the Highlander - you are getting into the better end of the series with that book IMO...

Hope you love the next two books (Games of Command and The Talisman Ring) as much as I do. Both pretty different to 'Kiss OTH' and each other, so I'll be interested in your feedback :)

[Elke]

Moulin....thanks again for the great recs!!

I finished two of my reads...Highlander Ever After: this one was a pretty good...great ending to the trilogy!

Also finally started and read Dark Lover : wasn't sure if I was going to like it because of all the hype...but OMG I LOVED IT!! Now to wait for the next one to arrive at my library! :)

[~Megan~]

Valerie,

I finished my second pick for the month, The Fallen: Raziel, and it was really great! You put it down as intriguing you, and I highly recommend it!

[booklovinrn]

June PICK IT FOR ME
COMPLETED 3 of 3


Firewalker by Allyson James 6/2
Undertow by Cherry Adair Buddy Read 6/10
Grave Witch by Kalayna Price Buddy Read 6/7

[D.G.]

For the first time in a long time I've finished more than one recommendation. Thanks Amanda! I really enjoyed both. :)

June PIFM - 2 READ
Buddy Read - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - 6/4 ★★★★
Stormy nights - Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning - 6/11 ★★★★

[Caroline]

D.G!
Hope your okay? Just to let you know that my copy of [BOOK: The Iron Duke] arrived this morning! I'm starting my other Buddy read with Sara & Kerste later of Neverwhere so when your ready & we're done with Labyrinth maybe we can do The Iron Duke! Your be reading lots of recs this month!! x x

[D.G.]

When are you starting your Neverwhere Buddy Read, Caroline? I'm almost done with the book I'm reading now and could start The Iron Duke next! (It seems I can renew Labyrinth so I'm not in a rush to read that one as it has over 500 pgs. :)

[Dee]

I finished up The Mane Event which was my recommendation from SheSwitches - really enjoyed it and gave it 3.5 stars - I didn't realize that it was actually two books in one...lol!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Kerste, the first book finally came in from the library. Stranger is started. The book is set in Annville, PA. I lived 1.2 miles west of Annville three times in my life. 1975-76, 1978-79, and then finally 1993-2000. The town (including the incorporated twp) has a population of less than 5,000. I believe there are eight churches and one bar in town. There is an orthodontist on the main street that has his name in foot high gold letters in the front window, "I.M. Long". Made me laugh every time I drove by it. The stream that runs through town is the Quittapahilla and is one of the finest trout streams you've ever had the pleasure of seeing.

I just thought I'd let you know that I was reading the first of your picks and that I have a particular tie to the setting.