Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Theme: A serial book
Pick a book that is part of series. If you see books 4-8 of a series on the list, please pick the earlier book than the later


Shelves:
Fairlee: Pick
Vi: Next In Series (for theme book) & To Read
Susan: POTS choices
Amy: To Read
Tien: Own To Read

Picks:

For Fairlee:
Theme:
Three To Get Deadly
The Potluck Club Troubles Brewing
The Tale of Hill Top Farm
Death Swatch

Whose Body
Cover Her Face
Kiss The Girls
The Spellman Files
The Surgeon
Hostile Witness
Accomplished in Murder
Killer Librarian
A Timely Vision
Naked in Death
Rum & Razors

For Vi
Theme:
The Two Towers
Lost in a Good Book
Deadline
The Maze Runner

The Book Thief
A Spear of Summer Grass
The Winter Sea
It
The Last Letter from Your Lover
A Thousand Splendid Suns
An Abundance of Katherines
Water for Elephants
The Blind Assassin
A Shadow of the Wind

For Susan
Theme:
The Collectors
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
The Passage

The Orphan Master's Son
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Faceless Killers
Murder at the Vicarage
Open Season
The Pact
Alias Grace
Lost Boys
Legend
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter Witch

For Amy
Theme:
The Prisoner of Heaven
Sarah's Quilt
The Twelve
Dead Ever After

The Windup Girl
A Game of Thrones
Snow Crash
One Breath Away
The Secret Keeper
The Ice Princess
Dead Ever After
The Light Between Oceans
Inferno
The Orphan Master's Son
Spilled Blood

For Tien
Theme:
Supernova
The Third Victim
Changeless

Jasper Jones
World Without End
Reconstructing Amelia
Birdman
Oscar and Lucinda
Paper Chains
Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper - Case Closed
Marathon Man
Thirteen Steps Down
Devil's Corner
Wool Omnibus Silo 1
The Husband's Secret

Please use my picked shelf.

Please use my POTS choices shelf.

Please select from my to-read shelf.

For Tien:

I can't believe you haven't read Jasper Jones yet. I'm pretty sure you're the one who turned me on to it, and I really loved it. So that's my first choice for you.

Other choices:
Supernova, because I'd never heard of it and it sounds wonderful.
World Without End, theme choice, and also on my TBR.
And is it reasonable to choose A Suitable Boy, since we've both started on it?
If not, I'd choose Reconstructing Amelia, because I'm considering adding it to my TBR and am interested in your take on it.

For Fairlee:

I trust you meant this shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

If so,I see we share a common enjoyment of mysteries>
Theme choice: the next Stephanie Plum you haven't read yet. I think it's Three to Get Deadly
Also,
Whose Body and Cover Her Face because they're classics, and both among my all-time favorite authors.
And Kiss the Girls for something more contemporary.

For Amy:

You have several of my recent 4-star and 5-star reads on this list, so that made my choice for you easy.
The Prisoner of Heaven, theme choice. I assume you've read the first two already.
The Windup Girl, amazing!!!
A Game of Thrones, 4 stars for me.
Snow Crash, which I haven't read yet, but since it's Stephenson, I'm expecting it to be great.

It looks like most of my choices for you are pretty long. Good thing we have till the end of August to finish them.

For Fairlee:
1. Theme book: The Potluck Club Troubles Brewing
2. The Spellman Files
3. The Surgeon
4. Hostile Witness

For Susan:
1. Theme book: The Collectors
2. The Orphan Master's Son
3. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
4. Faceless Killers

For Tien:
1. Theme book: The Third Victim
2. Birdman
3. Oscar and Lucinda
4. Paper Chains

For Vi:
1. Theme book: Deadline
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. An Abundance of Katherines
4. Water for Elephants

Susan wrote: "For Amy:

You have several of my recent 4-star and 5-star reads on this list, so that made my choice for you easy.
The Prisoner of Heaven, theme choice. I assume you've read the first two already.
..."

Thanks, Susan. I have The Windup Girl downloaded on audio from the library, so I will definitely read that as soon as the game begins.

I also have The Orphan Master's Son downloaded, so if you elect to read it we can compare notes.

For Susan.A Monstrous Regiment of Women-Theme I hope to start this series soon. Murder at the Vicarage Open Season The Pact

For Amy-Sarah's Quilt-Theme A Game of Thrones One Breath Away The Secret Keeper

For Tien-Changeless-Theme Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper -- Case Closed Marathon Man Thirteen Steps Down

Susan wrote: "For Tien:

I can't believe you haven't read Jasper Jones yet. I'm pretty sure you're the one who turned me on to it, and I really loved it. So that's my first choice for you."

LOL - did I really? I don't know how many times I looked at that book and think I really need to pick that up but something else is always in the way! I will have to pick up my game ;)

For Vi,Dune-theme It The Last Letter from Your Lover

Ooh, Tien, I love how you're summarizing everything at the top for all of us. Thanks.

Thanks Tien, I picked Dune-as Amy theme book

For Fairle:
1. The Tale of Hill Top Farm -theme (thought think book was cute)
2. Accomplished in Murder
3. Killer Librarian
4. A Timely Vision

For Susan:
1. The Passage -theme
2. Alias Grace
3. Lost Boys
4. Legend (I like this one better than Divergent -interested in your thoughts)

For Amy:
1. The Twelve -theme
2. The Ice Princess
3. Dead Ever After (finish it off!)
4. The Light Between Oceans (read this! read this! read this!) ;p

Susan wrote: "Ooh, Tien, I love how you're summarizing everything at the top for all of us. Thanks."

Welcome :)
Figure with 5 on the teams, it's going to be messy, ha ha ha

Fairlee wrote: "For Vi,Dune-theme It The Last Letter from Your Lover"

Vi hasn't checked in yet and hasn't actually nominated her shelf so I may just leave this off my summary until she's confirmed her shelf, Fairlee. Thanks for the picks (I assume you just looked at her to-read shelf?) :)

I haven't organized my shelf yet so I'm afraid all fo you are stuck with my rather large to-read shelf. For the theme, you can just use my next-in-series.

I'll be back with your picks later today :)

Thanks for checking in, Vi!

For Vi:
1. The Two Towers -theme
2. The Book Thief
3. A Spear of Summer Grass -am considering this one
4. The Winter Sea -enjoyed this book

@Fairlee: you'll need to pick a different theme book for Vi as Dune was not on her "next in series" shelf
plus another book as you've only picked 2. Thanks :)

Fairlee

1. Death Swatch - Theme
2. Naked in Death - You've got to read this. One of my favorite series out there
3. Rum & Razors
4. The Surgeon - I've wanted to try this series too. Let me know how it was if you do read it :)

Susan:

1. A Monstrous Regiment of Women - Theme
2. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Looks interesting
3. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - This was an ok book for me but everybody raves about this book.
4. Alias Grace

Amy:

1. Dead Ever After - You must read the much-hyped finale of the series
2. Inferno
3. The Orphan Master's Son
4. Spilled Blood

Tien:

1. Changeless - Theme Book (You must continue this series)
2. Devil's Corner
3. Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) - It's on my TBR too.
4. The Husband's Secret - Since you have so many of the author's books, you should get atleast one off.

For Vi ThemeLost in a Good Book

Vi wrote: "Since you have so many of the author's books, you should get at least one off. "

LOL, I won a giveaway for a set of all her books and they only just arrived last night, ha ha ha, but yes, I should at least read one! :)

Thanks, Tien! Since this is the second time you've recommended The Book Thief, I'll try to get to it atleast this month. I'm still on the fence regarding the LoTR - I didn't enjoy the first book that much. *ducks*

Tien wrote: "Thanks for checking in, Vi!

For Vi:
1. The Two Towers -theme
2. The Book Thief
3. A Spear of Summer Grass -am considering this one
4. The Winter Sea -enjoyed this book"

Tien wrote: "LOL, I won a giveaway for a set of all her books and they only just arrived last night, ha ha ha, but yes, I should at least read one! :) "

That explains it. I was a little puzzled.

Vi wrote: "Thanks, Tien! Since this is the second time you've recommended The Book Thief, I'll try to get to it atleast this month. I'm still on the fence regarding the LoTR - I didn't enjoy the first book th..."

Is it, really? oops! but it's a fantastic book (not just according to me) and they are making a movie of it! *excitement*
Btw, I'm not a big fan of LoTR either :) but I did read them all. I skimmed through all the descriptive mountains etc.

Noticed that The Surgeon was picked twice for Fairlee.

Amy wrote: "Noticed that The Surgeon was picked twice for Fairlee."

Actually, there are a few double ups:
Monstrous Regiment & Alias Grace for Susan.
Changeless for me.
A Game of Thrones for Amy.

I left them out of my summary listing... I'm good with the selection I already have. How about you, Susan? Did you want Vi to re-pick a couple of books for you? Amy, would you like Fairlee for re-pick a book for you?

Tien wrote: "Is it, really? oops! but it's a fantastic book (not just according to me) and they are making a movie of it! *excitement*
Btw, I'm not a big fan of LoTR either :) but I did read them all. I skimmed through all the descriptive mountains etc. "

I have it on hand but I'm not sure why I'm hesitating to start it.

LOTR: Really? That's really good to hear. All I've been hearing is how awesome LOTR is. I couldn't wait to finish the first book. I found parts of it really boring.

Tien wrote: "I left them out of my summary listing... I'm good with the selection I already have. How about you, Susan? Did you want Vi to re-pick a couple of books for you?
"

Oops, sorry. I forgot to check that part. I can repick.

Vi wrote: "LOTR: Really? That's really good to hear. All I've been hearing is how awesome LOTR is. I couldn't wait to finish the first book. I found parts of it really boring. "

Hubby, a NON-Reader*, loved it! I have to confess that I finished it to prove to myself that I could, lol, and I read it prior the first movie being released so that probably motivates me more.

*he read it b4 we were married and I think I've only seen him finished reading 1 book since and it's nearly 8 years now. He proposed the other day though that he'll take up reading (at least 3 books) if I take up cycling. Hhhmmmm... thinking about it...

I'm good with the choices I already have. No need to do any additional picking.

I'm fine with the ones I have, too. Plenty to read at least three from.

Thanks, everyone.

Added picks for Vi to message 8 above.

For Vi:

You're easy to pick for, Vi. I found four 5-star books on your to-read shelf.

The Blind Assassin
By the way, if you choose this, The Verge is doing a read of this this month that you might want to join in on. Check it out at: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

A Shadow of the Wind
A Thousand Splendid suns
The Maze Runner: (not on your "next" shelf, but it is in a series, so I think it counts for the theme book.)
If that isn't ok, then use Deadline as the theme book instead

Thanks for the picks everyone! I'm having a hard time deciding on the books.

Susan - I've wanted to try Margaret Atwood for so long. I'll try to get to the The Blind Assassin this time. I also have The Shadow of the Wind from the library set to start soon.

Susan wrote: "For Vi:

You're easy to pick for, Vi. I found four 5-star books on your to-read shelf.

The Blind Assassin
By the way, if you choose this, The Verge is doing a read of this this month that you migh..."

Great minds think alike, Susan. I just picked these for Vi:

For Vi:
1. Theme book: Deadline
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
3. An Abundance of Katherines
4. Water for Elephants

Looks like we were posting simultaneously.

Amy wrote: "Great minds think alike, Susan. I just picked these for Vi:"

Oops. Maybe The Maze Runner can count for my theme choice, so then there would be only one overlap.

With so many people in our group, we're all getting plenty of choices, so the overlap is probably not a problem -- if Vi agrees.

Oh, I have too many choices so I have no issues.

I love my choices. Thank all of you.

Awesome! Looks like all pickings done and we can start to read :D

though I doubt I'd get to any of these til next month - A Suitable Boy is taking all my reading time ha ha ha

Tien wrote: "...though I doubt I'd get to any of these til next month - A Suitable Boy is taking all my reading time ha ha ha"

Me too, though I have Legend (which is luckily on the adventure shelf) and have requested A Monstrous Regiment ... so they'll be on hand when I'm ready. Not sure what 3rd book I'll choose for this.

ooh, I hope you like Legend! Can't wait for Champion (book 3) :D

I have all books on hand so... just will have to see what I feel like after I demolish ASB - I keep thinking about how many pages I have left (as in, ooh, less than 1,000 to go...) lol

Just finished Kiss the Girls. I love this series and gave it 4 stars.

Finished Dead Ever After and am about halfway through The Windup Girl.

Amy wrote: "Finished Dead Ever After and am about halfway through The Windup Girl."

How do you feel after finishing Dead Ever After?

Don't forget to post in the reporting thread :)

Tien wrote: "Amy wrote: "Finished Dead Ever After and am about halfway through The Windup Girl."

How do you feel after finishing Dead Ever After?

Don't forget to post in the reporting thread :)"

I like the True Blood series better than the books, so I'm not disappointed that the books have come to an end. They do more with the supporting characters on HBO which makes them more interesting. I hope they keep the TV series going.

Finally got a chance to read one. My first was Legend. I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected -- too much hype, I guess, and there are so many other excellent books out there that are very similar. I gave it 3 stars.