Pick-a-Shelf discussion

I'm not sure where LynM has been hiding but since it's so late & Dee's asked... I'll kick this off.

Our last Session for this year.

Sign Up open until 7th and teams will be allocated then. You're then free to pick books and read straightaway. Just coz we're so late

Please include the number of books you'd like to read for this session and if possible, a link to your shelf

NOTE: Please let me know whether this is a feature you'd like to see on a regular basis. If so, we'll put in more effort to make it more regular & timely next year ;) It seems only 4 of us completed Session 4 and...

Dee is the one chosen by randomizer as our theme decider:

who is apparently watching The Great British Baking Show right now:
1. authors initials need to be found in the title; or
2. food item on the cover

PARTICIPANTS:
2 -Tien (shelf)
2 -Bea (shelf1 | shelf2)
1 -Charity (shelf)
? -Dee (shelf tba)

Tien:
Ignite Me
For His Holy Name: Judgement and Hope in Ezekiel
The Word Exchange
The Wasp Factory
Shadow and Bone
Run for Your Life
Unwind
Child 44
The Thousand Names

Bea:
The Screwtape Letters
Morrigan's Cross
The Rainbow and the Rose
Pushing the Limits
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt
The Beginning of Everything
Innocent Traitor
Storm Front

Dee:
Goddess of the Hunt
Don't Bite the Bridesmaid
A Year on Ladybug Farm
Burn for Me
One Grave Too Many
The Woman Who Heard Color
The Hopeful
The Body at the a Tower
Vodka Doesn't Freeze

Charity:
The Old Man and the Sea
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Clockwork Prince
Interview With the Vampire
The Kite Runner
Perfect Chemistry

yikes - a theme...errr...

I am in for 2 books from my PAS Challenge Shelf or my PAS Pursuit Shelf.

Sorry, everyone, but I split my shelves into three for PAS. These are the two biggest.

I'm in for 1...I think I finished last round :-) haha! I will post my shelf soon...see below

POTS 2015

Sorry everyone, and thanks Tien for putting this together. My hubby is going back to work on Monday so I should be more on top of things for the next few months. :P

Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Sorry everyone, and thanks Tien for putting this together. My hubby is going back to work on Monday so I should be more on top of things for the next few months. :P"

Not to worry, Lyn, I know life gets the best of us, at time :)

i'm in, let me try to get my shelf arranged tonight, was out of town over the weekend

Hi guys, since it's only the 4 of us, I thought we'll just use this thread? I'll just take off the 'sign up' bit of the thread title...

I've listed the participants & links to shelf on top post. Feel free to start picking books etc.

PS: POTS is being revamp and we'll announce it as soon as all details are ironed out ;) It'll be so much fun!

hang on - its still the 6th here! I forgot tien is on Aussie time!

if not too late, here is my shelf!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Dee wrote: "if not too late, here is my shelf!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Dee, how many books are you in for?

Dee wrote: "hang on - its still the 6th here! I forgot tien is on Aussie time!"

Sorry Dee. I posted early because I'm not sure if i can get onto pc tomorrow

These are my picks so far...honestly I just picked according to the themes so I don't know much about any of these books but hoping I'll get some good reviews as some are on my other shelves.

Tien:
Ignite Me
For His Holy Name: Judgement and Hope in Ezekiel
The Word Exchange

Bea:
The Screwtape Letters
Morrigan's Cross
The Rainbow and the Rose

Dee:
Goddess of the Hunt
Don't Bite the Bridesmaid
A Year on Ladybug Farm (I like the sound of this one!)

Enjoy everyone!

2 books

Tien
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks - Theme pick
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - 4* book for me; I hope you like it.
Run for Your Life by James Patterson - a favorite writer for me

Charity
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Theme pick & 5* read for me
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - 5* read for me

Dee
Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews - Theme pick
One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor - looks interesting. Added to my TBR
The Woman Who Heard Color by Kelly Jones - also added to my TBR

I'm on my phone; we'll try to update with links later, sorry

Bea:
Pushing the Limits -i was pleasantly surprised
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -theme
The Diva Digs Up the Dirt -lol title!

Charity:
Clockwork Prince -4* for me & really liked this trilogy
Interview With the Vampire -theme

Dee:
The Hopeful -catching cover & theme
The Body at the a Tower
Vodka Doesn't Freeze -5* read for me plus Aussie author and... when you read the prologue, think of me! That's my train station! :D

I've listed all picked in msg 2.

Dee, just waiting on your picks when you're ready :)

sorry!

Tien
Unwind - theme
Child 44 - because i saw they were making a mini-series of it
The Thousand Names

Bea
The Beginning of Everything - theme
Innocent Traitor
Storm Front

Charity
The Kite Runner - theme
Perfect Chemistry

Thanks, Dee :)

Happy reading, everyone!!
I honestly am not sure which one to start with! Probably Ignite Me to finish off this trilogy or I'll keep putting it off

I will start with The Diva Digs Up the Dirt as it is one of my Pursuit books.

I've finished one: Unwind

I listened on audio and it was only about 10 hours so I think I listened to it over 3-4 days. It was a fairly easy & kinda fun to listen to. I reckon it's in a similar line to The Maze Runner. The thing that really struck me was the POV of one unwind, right at the end there, without giving too much spoiler, let's just say it freaked me out!
4 stars.

That chapter just sticks with you...I'm reading the last book in the dystology now

Dee wrote: "That chapter just sticks with you...I'm reading the last book in the dystology now"

what's your rating on the overall dystology, Dee?

Probably 3-4 - the first one stands by itself and I think originally it was supposed to be (since there was like 6yrs between bk 1and 2)

ok... I'm quite happy with book 1 as is so I'm not in a hurry to read the next one.

Although I haven't finished my first book (The Diva Digs Up the Dirt), it has been pushed to the back burner for now while I finish up some library due books. Morrigan's Cross is one of those and will be my second book.

"Clockwork Prince -4* for me & really liked this trilogy"

I'm halfway through this book and I really like it. Even better than the first one.

I just finished Clockwork Prince. I actually gave it 4 stars (which is really high for me). I liked it better than the first and my heart about broke at the ending! I'm really looking forward to finishing this trilogy but I might look up a family tree line, because I'm confused on how everyone is related to her other series...the last names all sound the same, but it's been too long since I read them to remember who went with which name. Thanks Tien for the recommendation!

finally starting my first book - lol - Goddess of the Hunt - its been in my kindle archives since 2011!!

Finished both books!

Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts rated an easy 4* from me. I love her magical writings. This one was the start of a vampire trilogy with a little magic power mixed in. A circle of people chosen by the god Morrigan (a vampire fighter, a vampire, a sorcerer, a witch, and a scholar queen) fight against the queen of the vampires to save the world. Of course, with Nora Roberts, there is always a love interest thrown in. Really fun and relaxing read.

The Diva Digs Up the Dirt by Krista Davis rated 3* just because I was able to put it aside while finishing other books. The story was fun and delightful with quirky characters. The mystery initially seemed to be straightforward: did the cop kill his wife? As the character of the wife is investigated, it looks like she might have been involved in embezzlement. There are twists and turns, but it all works out in the end.

I finished The Kite Runner as well. Excellent book. It ended kind of fast, but it was a quick/easy read for me with a good story.