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message 1: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
I know we do a lot of these, but hey - it's a lot of fun! Let's battle it out with another You Pick, I Pick!

The same rules apply, if you want to join post with 20 books you'd like to read. On the first of June, I'll pair everyone up and we'll choose 10 books for our partners to read!

Have fun!


message 2: by Brittany (last edited May 31, 2014 09:14PM) (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
I'll play along! Hopefully I'll read more than two this time. -__-

Take Me On (Pushing the Limits, #4) by Katie McGarry Threats of Sky and Sea (Threats of Sky and Sea #1) by Jennifer Ellision The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens Just One Night (Just One Day, #2.5) by Gayle Forman Panic by Lauren Oliver Burn (Breathless, #3) by Maya Banks Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1) by Anna Banks The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey Call of the Forgotten, #1) by Julie Kagawa Belonging (Temptation, #2) by Karen Ann Hopkins Let the Storm Break (Let the Sky Fall, #2) by Shannon Messenger Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2) by Stephanie Perkins Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson Deception (Defiance, #2) by C.J. Redwine Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick Perfect Ruin (Internment Chronicles, #1) by Lauren DeStefano Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo Vain (The Seven Deadly, #1) by Fisher Amelie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling (reread)


message 3: by Cassie (new)

Cassie (cannefrye) | 226 comments Mod
I'll participate! :)

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson Me Before You by Jojo Moyes The Princess Bride  by William Goldman The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson (ARC) Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover Split Second (Pivot Point, #2) by Kasie West Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, #1) by Danielle Paige Just One Year (Just One Day, #2) by Gayle Forman Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity, #2) by Elizabeth Wein The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay The Bronze Horseman (The Bronze Horseman, #1) by Paullina Simons Timepiece (Hourglass, #2) by Myra McEntire The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) by Rick Riordan Once We Were (The Hybrid Chronicles, #2) by Kat Zhang Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins (Reread) The Shadow Reader (Shadow Reader, #1) by Sandy Williams


message 4: by LINDA (new)

LINDA BOURG | 13 comments I;ll join, lets see how many i can actually read.

Veil of Midnight (Midnight Breed, #5) by Lara Adrian - Obsidian (Lux, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Little Girl Gone by Drusilla Campbell - The Vow  by Krickett Carpenter - Magic in the Wind (Drake Sisters, #1) by Christine Feehan - Fifteen Minutes by Karen Kingsbury - Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) by Tahereh Mafi - If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch - 16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber - The House on Tradd Street (Tradd Street, #1) by Karen White - Everneath (Everneath, #1) by Brodi Ashton - The Beach Trees by Karen White Scars by Cheryl Rainfield - Where She Went (If I Stay, #2) by Gayle Forman - Marked (House of Night, #1) by P.C. Cast - The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks - Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts - Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2) by Rachel Hawkins - The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty = Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1) by Tammara Webber


message 5: by Jacque (last edited May 27, 2014 06:32AM) (new)


message 7: by Joanne (last edited May 23, 2014 06:35PM) (new)


message 8: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
Yay! I love how so many people get excited about this challenge. ^-^


message 9: by Riya (last edited May 24, 2014 08:50PM) (new)

Riya I'm of course in! This is one of the best challenges ever :D

Rebel (Reboot, #2) by Amy Tintera That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard Xenocide (The Ender Quintet, #3) by Orson Scott Card Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo The Retribution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #3) by Michelle Hodkin The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1) by Marie Rutkoski John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) by David Wong Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Gone (Gone, #1) by Michael Grant Dark Eden (Dark Eden, #1) by Patrick Carman Warrior (The Dragon King Chronicles, #2) by Ellen Oh City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) by Cassandra Clare The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1) by David Estes Independent Study (The Testing, #2) by Joelle Charbonneau Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin Fragments (Partials, #2) by Dan Wells SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles, #1) by D.J. MacHale


message 10: by Connie (new)

Connie (proseandconnie) I'm in! Although I have a lot of books planned for June, so I'm not sure if I can get through all 10 D: I'll try though!

City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Maas The Elite (The Selection, #2) by Kiera Cass Paper Towns by John Green Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1) by Michelle Hodkin Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor Onyx (Lux, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout Pretties (Uglies, #2) by Scott Westerfeld The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1) by Marie Rutkoski Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins Numbers (Numbers, #1) by Rachel Ward Landry Park (Landry Park, #1) by Bethany Hagen The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) by Alexandra Bracken


TheOriginalNikeGirl What are the rules?


message 13: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
Just that if you want to play, you post with twenty books you'd like to read. Then when everyone is paired up, you post ten books for your partner in a timely manner.


message 14: by Turtlefrog (last edited May 27, 2014 10:29AM) (new)


message 15: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (goodreadscombulldogmom) I'm SOOO in! I am cleaning off by TBR shelf with these challenges, and I am loving it!

The Troop by Nick Cutter Erebos by Ursula Poznanski Goodbye Pink Room Rose's Story by Jane Grayshon The Marshmallow Hammer Detective Agency The Mysterious Case of the Golden Egg by Ernie Lindsey From a Buick 8 by Stephen King Oddkins A Fable for All Ages by Dean R. Koontz Anything to Have You by Paige Harbison Lie Lay Lain by Bryn Greenwood The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican Seattle Cinderella by Gail Sattler The Girl Who Couldn't Say No by Tracy Engelbrecht Disney after Dark (Kingdom Keepers, #1) by Ridley Pearson Emma by Jane Austen If You Can't Stand the Heat (Poppy Markham Culinary Cop, #1) by Robin Allen Stick a Fork In It (Poppy Markham Culinary Cop, #2) by Robin Allen Triggered by Vicki Grant Madhattan Mystery by John J. Bonk Charlie (Snowy Cove, #1) by Dalya Moon Dodge the Bullet by Christy Hayes


message 16: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
Two days left to join! Be sure to get your name in if you want to play!


message 17: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
Here's the partners! Please be sure to pick your partner's list of ten books as soon as possible, so they can get started! If you didn't get to sign up in time, just post here and let me know and I can let you jump in. :)

Partners:

Cassie and Jacque
Joanne and Turtlefrog
Riya and Connie
Brittany and Tamara
Kat and Jennifer
Linda and Kasura


Good luck everyone!


message 18: by Brittany (last edited May 31, 2014 11:05PM) (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
For Tamara I choose:

The Maze Runner
If I Stay
Divergent
City of Bones
Vampire Academy
The Iron King
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Thirteen Reasons Why

Hope you enjoy them, Tamara!


message 19: by LINDA (new)

LINDA BOURG | 13 comments For Kasura i choose:

1. Dorothy Must Die
2. Shatter Me
3. Pandemonium
4. The Night Circus
5. Witch World
6. The Maze Runner
7. Legend
8. Days of Blood & Starlight
9. Soul Thief
10.Crossed

Enjoy! And Good Luck :)


message 20: by Christie (new)

Christie Volpe I would like to join! These have been really cutting down my TBR list :) My 20 books are
City of Dark Magic (City of Dark Magic, #1) by Magnus Flyte Evernight (Evernight, #1) by Claudia Gray Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1) by Jamie McGuire Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy, #1) by Kiersten White Horns by Joe Hill Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) by Richelle Mead Sweet Evil (The Sweet Trilogy, #1) by Wendy Higgins This Dark Endeavor (The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, #1) by Kenneth Oppel Going Bovine by Libba Bray Delirium (Delirium, #1) by Lauren Oliver Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family, #1) by Melissa de la Cruz Legend (Legend, #1) by Marie Lu Unearthly (Unearthly, #1) by Cynthia Hand The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2) by Rick Riordan Diva (Flappers, #3) by Jillian Larkin Crewel (Crewel World, #1) by Gennifer Albin The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) by Rae Carson Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn, #1) by Jenny Han Matched (Matched, #1) by Ally Condie The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card


message 21: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
I'll go ahead and choose 10 for you, Christie. :)

City of Dark Magic
Paranormalcy
Vampire Academy
Sweet Evil
Delirium
Legend
Unearthly
Son of Neptune
Crewel
Girl of Fire and Thorns

Hope you enjoy!


message 22: by Turtlefrog (new)

Turtlefrog Hi Joanne. Here is your list. Hope you enjoy it. Happy reading!

Angelfire (Angelfire, #1) by Courtney Allison Moulton Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai The Shack by William p Young Eon Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1) by Alison Goodman A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) by Becca Fitzpatrick Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, #1) by Danielle Paige We Were Liars by E. Lockhart All These Things I've Done (Birthright, #1) by Gabrielle Zevin The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen


message 23: by Kat (last edited Jun 01, 2014 04:18AM) (new)

Kat (thewonderlandofbooks) | 46 comments Goodbye Pink Room Rose's Story by Jane Grayshon Anything to Have You by Paige Harbison The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu Seattle Cinderella by Gail Sattler The Girl Who Couldn't Say No by Tracy Engelbrecht Disney after Dark (Kingdom Keepers, #1) by Ridley Pearson Triggered by Vicki Grant Charlie (Snowy Cove, #1) by Dalya Moon Dodge the Bullet by Christy Hayes Madhattan Mystery by John J. Bonk



Here you go Jennifer, Happy Reading!


message 24: by Jacque (new)

Jacque | 41 comments Hi Cassie!
For you I choose
The Princess Bride  by William Goldman Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover Just One Year (Just One Day, #2) by Gayle Forman The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) by Rick Riordan Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge Timepiece (Hourglass, #2) by Myra McEntire The Kiss of Deception (The Remnant Chronicles #1) by Mary E. Pearson Once We Were (The Hybrid Chronicles, #2) by Kat Zhang


message 25: by Kasura (new)

Kasura (kasura_iome) | 10 comments For Linda:

1.Everneath
2.Marked
3.Shatter Me
4.Obsidian
5.Where She Went
6.Demonglass
7.The Vow
8.If You Find Me
9.The Beach Trees
10.Veil of Midnight

Good Luck! Happy Reading!


message 26: by Connie (new)

Connie (proseandconnie) Hi Riya! *waves* For you I pick:

City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) by Cassandra Clare The Winner's Curse (The Winner's Trilogy, #1) by Marie Rutkoski Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins Gone (Gone, #1) by Michael Grant Independent Study (The Testing, #2) by Joelle Charbonneau Xenocide (The Ender Quintet, #3) by Orson Scott Card What I Thought Was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles, #1) by D.J. MacHale


message 27: by Riya (new)

Riya Hey Connie!!! *waves back* Thanks for the awesome picks by the way :)

For you I pick:
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) by Sarah J. Maas The Elite (The Selection, #2) by Kiera Cass If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer, #1) by Michelle Hodkin Shadow and Bone (The Grisha, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor Onyx (Lux, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) by Alexandra Bracken City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) by Stephanie Perkins


message 28: by Cassie (new)

Cassie (cannefrye) | 226 comments Mod
Kat wrote: "Cress
Dorothy Must DieAttachments
Impulse
Perfect
The Carrie Diaries
Beastly
[book:City of L..."


Thanks for your picks!

I pick:

- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- We Were Liars
- A Great and Terrible Beauty
- Eon
- Eona
- All These Things I've Done
- Angelfire
- Burned
- Dorothy Muse Die
- Hush Hush


message 29: by Kat (new)

Kat (thewonderlandofbooks) | 46 comments My partner hasnt picked my books yet, what should I do?


message 30: by Turtlefrog (new)

Turtlefrog Neither has mine.


message 31: by Jacque (new)

Jacque | 41 comments Cassie wrote: "Kat wrote: "Cress
Dorothy Must DieAttachments
Impulse
Perfect
The Carrie Diaries
Beastly
[bo..."

... Those weren't of my 20...


message 32: by Kat (new)

Kat (thewonderlandofbooks) | 46 comments @Turtlefrog, Ill pick for you if you pick for me


message 33: by Kat (new)

Kat (thewonderlandofbooks) | 46 comments @Turtlefrog
Deeper
the butterfly storm
bully
broken wings
broken to pieces
broken promises
the boys of summer
Boys in a band
Dantes Girl
The shadowhunters codex


message 34: by Turtlefrog (last edited Jun 01, 2014 03:01PM) (new)

Turtlefrog Sounds good to me. Here are your picks Kat.

My Life Next Door
Crewel
Since You've Been Gone
Beastly
City of Lost Souls
Gone
The Carrie Diaries (btw I love this show)
Beautiful Darkness
Cress
Paper Towns


message 35: by Jacque (new)

Jacque | 41 comments If Cassie is unable to pick my books could someone pick them for me?


message 36: by Kat (new)

Kat (thewonderlandofbooks) | 46 comments @Jacque
I will,
misfit
dragonswood
free to fall
gilt
lucid
unravel me
wicked
City of heavenly Fire
Before I fall
Alligiant


message 37: by Jacque (new)

Jacque | 41 comments Kat wrote: "@Jacque
I will,
misfit
dragonswood
free to fall
gilt
lucid
unravel me
wicked
City of heavenly Fire
Before I fall
Alligiant"


Thank you! :)


message 38: by Cassie (last edited Jun 01, 2014 06:15PM) (new)

Cassie (cannefrye) | 226 comments Mod
Jacque wrote: "If Cassie is unable to pick my books could someone pick them for me?"

Hey, so sorry! I was looking on my phone at the books, and for some reason, I looked at the wrong list. I can still pick for you, or you can go by the previous list.

alleigiant,
before i fall,
city of heavenly fire,
unravel me,
wicked,
gilt,
let the storm break,
touch of frost,
fever,
free to fall,


message 39: by Jacque (new)

Jacque | 41 comments Cassie wrote: "Jacque wrote: "If Cassie is unable to pick my books could someone pick them for me?"

Hey, so sorry! I was looking on my phone at the books, and for some reason, I looked at the wrong list. I can s..."

No reason not to go by both! :) Thank you! and it's okay I figured that was probably what happened :P


message 40: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
Thanks Tamara! :)


message 41: by Turtlefrog (last edited Jun 25, 2014 11:21AM) (new)

Turtlefrog I'll use this post to keep track of my progress.

Read 2/10

Deeper
the butterfly storm
bully
broken wings
broken to pieces
broken promises
the boys of summer
Boy in a band 6/14/14
Dantes Girl 6/25/14
The shadowhunters codex CURRENTLY READING


message 42: by Jennifer (new)

Jennifer (goodreadscombulldogmom) Here ya go, Kat!

1. - 3. Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy
4. My Life Next Door (just because I liked it)
5. Dorothy Must Die (looks great)
6. Impulse
7. Perfect (because Ellen Hopkins is FAB!!)
8. Insurgent
9. Allegiant (because Divergent isn't here, I'm assuming you've read it already)
10. Beastly

Hope you like the ones I picked for you!--Jenn


message 43: by Jennifer (last edited Jul 01, 2014 09:09PM) (new)

Jennifer (goodreadscombulldogmom) Here's my list:

1/10

1. Goodbye Pink Room
2. The Truth About Alice
3. Seattle Cinderella
4. The Girl Who Couldn't Say No
5. Triggered
6. Charlie (Snowy Cove)(done)
7. Dodge the Bullet
8. Madhattan Mystery
9. Anything to Have You
10. Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers #1)

Did terrible this month! I will have to stay clear of You Pick's for a couple of months.


message 44: by Jacque (last edited Jun 30, 2014 01:34PM) (new)

Jacque | 41 comments 5/10
City of Heavenly Fire (Completed)
Unravel Me (Abandoned)
Touch of Frost (Abandoned)
Wicked (In-progress)
Before I Fall (Completed)
Allegiant (In-Progress)
Misfit (Abandoned)
Dragonswood (In-Progress)
Fever
Free to Fall
Let the Storm Break
Gilt
Lucid
Mockingjay (complete) (sub/continuation from May)
Halo (Complete) (Sub/continuation from May)
Throne of Glass (In-Progress) (Sub)


message 45: by Riya (last edited Jun 26, 2014 11:03PM) (new)

Riya My Progress!! 4/10
City of Ashes
The Winner's Curse
Ruin and Rising
Anna and the French Kiss
Gone
Independent Study
Xenocide
What I Thought Was True
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
SYLO



message 46: by Connie (new)

Connie (proseandconnie) Read: 0/10

Throne of Glass
The Elite
If I Stay
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Shadow and Bone
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Onyx
The Darkest Minds
City of Heavenly Fire
Anna and the French Kiss


message 47: by Christie (new)

Christie Volpe Slow reading month :( Hopefully I can pick up the pace. 3 out of 10 completed.

City of Dark Magic
Paranormalcy
Vampire Academy
Sweet Evil
Delirium
Legend
Unearthly
Son of Neptune
Crewel (Currently Reading)
Girl of Fire and Thorns


Jessica (Goldenfurpro) (goldenfurproductions) | 378 comments Mod
Is there going to be another one of these in July?
I really wanted to join this challenge this month but I wasn't aware of it until it was too late to join :(


message 49: by Brittany (new)

Brittany | 3369 comments Mod
I'm sure there will be. =)


message 50: by Christie (new)

Christie Volpe Last day of June! I didn't do to badly. I finished 8 out of 10 books!

1.City of Dark Magic
2.Paranormalcy
3.Vampire Academy
4.Sweet Evil
5.Delirium
6.Legend
7.Unearthly
8.Son of Neptune
9.Crewel
10.Girl of Fire and Thorns


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