Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Who's up for this month's Pick-It-For-Me challenge?


What's a Pick-It-For-Me Challenge?
It's a group recommend a book thing - works just like a Secret Santa or Xmas Exchange, except that the gift is replaced by a book recommendation. Just like in Secret Santa, the givee-giver pairings are randomly assigned. So whomever you get, you recommend a book for them. Preferably it should be something new and unfamiliar to your givee, NOT a book from their to-read list - the point is to introduce new books and new authors. In return, you'll have a book recommended to you (sometimes you might get a few options to choose from). After you're done reading your Pick-It-For-Me book, a short post with some feedback - a mini-review of sorts would be appreciated.

For this challenge, you need either HAVE YOUR PROFILE SET TO PUBLIC (preferable) or make the person who'd be doing the recommending to you your friend. On top of that, I strongly advise keeping your bookshelves updated, otherwise you might end up with a recommendation for something that you have already read.

Signing up period will remain open until the 29th.

So who's in?

Pick-it-for-me sign-up list:



Photojim
Kasia
FlibBityFLooB
Annvelwis
Melissa
Emily
Tammy
LibraryLass
Rossy
Yz
Hillary
Corrupt
Cathy
Tosca
Stephanie
Sallie
Steph
Karyn
Michelle
Tara
Josie
Valerie
Angie
Ari
Melissa (So Cal Gal)
♥Tricia♥
Annie (A Mad Hamster)

November Pick-It-For-Me List:


LibraryLass picks for Photojim
Tosca picks for Kasia
Annie (A Mad Hamster) picks for FlibBityFLooB
Felicity picks for Annvelwis
Josie picks for Melissa
Photojim picks for Emily
Hillary picks for Tammy
Karyn picks for LibraryLass
Ari picks for Rossy
Corrupt picks for Yz
Michelle picks for Hillary
Cathy picks for Corrupt
Sallie picks for Cathy
Melissa picks for Tosca
FlibBityFLooB picks for Stephanie
Stephanie Prendergast picks for Sallie
Yz picks for Steph
Kasia picks for Karyn
Rossy picks for Michelle
Emily picks for Tara
Valerie picks for Josie
♥Tricia♥ picks for Valerie
Melissa (So Cal Gal) picks for Angie
Tammy picks for Ari
Angie picks for Melissa (So Cal Gal)
Annvelwis picks for ♥Tricia♥
Tara picks for Annie (A Mad Hamster)
Steph picks for Felicity

November Pick-It-For-Me Books:


LibraryLass recommended for Photojim: Flirting With Danger
Tosca recommended for Kasia: Storm of Visions
Annie (A Mad Hamster) recommended for FlibBityFLooB : One Little Sin
Felicity recommended for Annvelwis: Any Given Doomsday
Josie recommended for Melissa: The Thorn Birds
Photojim recommended for Emily: Succubus Blues
Hillary recommended for Tammy: Halfway to the Grave
Karyn recommended for LibraryLass: Dewey The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Ari recommended for Rossy: Separate Beds
Corrupt recommended for Yz: Charmed and Dangerous
Michelle recommended for Hillary: Kiss of Midnight
Cathy recommended for Corrupt: Undead and Unwed
Sallie recommended for Cathy: Blue Bloods
Melissa recommended for Tosca: Undead and Unwed
FlibBityFLooB recommended for Stephanie: Halfway to the Grave
Stephanie Prendergast recommended for Sallie: The Bronze Horseman
Yz recommended for Steph: Slave to Sensation
Kasia recommended for Karyn: The Hunger Games
Rossy recommended for Michelle: Kiss of Midnight
Emily recommended for Tara: Remember Me
Valerie recommended for Josie: Poison Study
♥Tricia♥ recommended for Valerie: Angels' Blood
Melissa (So Cal Gal) recommended for Angie: Scent of Danger
Tammy recommended for Ari: The Hunger Games
Angie recommended for Melissa (So Cal Gal): Too Deep for Tears
Annvelwis recommended for ♥Tricia♥: Poison Study
Tara recommended for Annie (A Mad Hamster): Wanting Something More
Steph recommended for Felicity: Anna Strong Chronicles

I'd love to join :)

:) Sign me up, please

Sign me up, too!

Put me down too, please. :^D

I'm in

Me too please

I'm in!

As usual, I'm in.

im in too, please :)

I'm In

Sign me up :)

Me too, please and thank you :D

I'm in

Just joined the group and thought it would cool to join in on Nov's challenge.

Ooooo, the pressure ... I hope I pick a book that my Secret givee will like. :)

Welcome, Steph.

Thanks, Yz! :)

I'm in

Sounds like fun! I'd like to join too :)

Me please!

Count me in.

November already! Time flies when you have your nose stuck in a book - I am in.

count me in!

I'll try it out!!

I'm in

I would like to sign up for this, but I would like to mention that I am in a slump and do not want books with a heavy sexual nature in them.
I have recently been putting aside so many books that I cannot finish where the sex overshadows the story/plot so I am wanting to try something new :D

Which is why I am signing up! I am hoping one of you guys will help me with that hehe

I'm in...

♥Tricia♥ wrote: "I would like to sign up for this, but I would like to mention that I am in a slump and do not want books with a heavy sexual nature in them.
I have recently been putting aside so many books that I..."

I understand Tricia! I prefer books with a good plot & characters, with sex added - rather than books with sex with characters & plot thrown in... if that makes sense.

Makes perfect sense! hehe

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If you wanted to participate, but missed the deadline, we'll be doing the same thing next month. Join us then.

Hi Annie(A Mad Hamster)!

I took a look at your books so I think I have a few suggestions, and I hope you find something you like.

1. Wanting Something Moreby Kathy Love. I saw you had read her other books, but these are not pnr, they are just romance. This one is technically the third one, but it's my favorite. If you prefer reading books in order then Getting What You Want is the first.

2. Faking It by Jennifer Crusie. I've read all her books and this is one of my favorites. This is the second of two books, the first is called Welcome to Temptation and it is almost equally as good. Both have great characters and really it doesn't matter if you read them out of order.

3. I noticed there wasn't any Jeaniene Frost on your list....she writes excellent characters, some action, some romance, her books are a little more UF than PNR but great either way. I'm suggesting the first one which is Halfway to the Grave but the next three are really great as well!

I hope you can find something you like!

Here are my recommendations for Stephanie P:

1) The first book from one of my favorite paranormal series -- Halfway to the Grave. I picked this because you seemed to like Riley Jenson and the Black Dagger Brotherhood. It has one of the sexiest vampires around -- BONES *grin* It has lots of action, but still manages to have romance. The books also get better and better as you go...

2) I just read a couple of really nice historicals, so I thought I'd pass along the suggestions since you have Lisa Kleypas in your to-be-read list... Both of these were really good: Secrets of a Summer Night or The Duke And I. I had not been a big fan of historical romances, but these two books have changed my mind! :)

3) Finally, I thought I would offer you a couple of contemporaries to choose from. I'm all for funny books, and both of these really made me smile: The Undomestic Goddess or Can You Keep a Secret?

Hopefully, you will enjoy one of the books I mentioned above :)

Oh we started! Weee! I will pick something for you Valerie by today :D

Karyn, I was able to come up with a bunch of books... pick whichever you like:


Wages of Sin by Maclaine, Jenna
The Hunger Games by Collins, Suzanne
Soulless by Carriger, Gail
On the Edge by Andrews, Ilona
Sunshine by McKinley, Robin
Companions of the Night by Velde, Vivian Vande
Blood and Chocolate by Klause, Annette Curtis

Ok Valerie, I noticed you liked some of the things I enjoyed and that you didnt have this book on any of your shelves.

I recommend:

Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh

I recently read this for my group in a monthly read and I absolutely loved it. The only downfall is that its the first in a series and its new... so you will have to wait a while for future books. But it was definately a wonderful read.

@ Hillary. I took a look at your books and wanted to recommend a few:

Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Lord of the Dead by Tom Holland

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Addicted by Charlotte Featherstone



I did try to pick a few that I think you might like based on your ratings from books that you've read. I hope you enjoy whichever you choose!

Michelle

Stephanie P -- since you've already read the other recommendations, I'm going to send some more for you to choose from :)

1. Historical Romance: Desiree -- takes place post French revolution. Involves Napolean's first love. Also, I just recently read a Regency novel titled Mr. Darcy, Vampyre. I liked most of it, but wasn't happy with the ending. However, you may enjoy it, so I'm including it on this list...

2. Contemporary/Paranormal: This is a silly paranormal romance series, but I really like it: You Slay Me. It features dragons.

3. Contemporary/Paranormal: Enchanted, Inc. -- this is a 4 part series. The romance heats up more in the future books, but it is one of my favorite series :)

4. Contemporary/Dystopian -- hints of romance: The Hunger Games -- love this trilogy. Only problem with reading it is that the third book isn't out yet. I'm inpatient!!!!

Emily - I've a couple in mind. Let me finish going through your bookshelf and I'll have something for you no later than tomorrow.

Okay, Tosca, I'm going to give you several choices because I see that you do not give out 5 stars often. Or many 4 stars even. I usually look at the star rating of the books you've read in order to find out what you like the most so this did not work for me this time!

Light, funny paranormal romance = Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson

Sci-fi with a bit of romance = Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

Suspenseful, paranormal romance = Tiger Eye by Marjorie M Liu

Epic fantasy romance = Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan

Epic fantasy/paranormal romance = Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson

I hope you find something you'd like to read!

ARI

Here are a few suggestions. Hope you find one you will like

1. The Hunger Gamesby suzanne collins
2. Poison Studyby maria v snyder
3. Evermoreby alyson noel
4. City of Bonesby cassandra clare

I feel so bad, was I supposed to recommend more then one?

No, Tricia, one is enough...but sometimes we tend to get overzealous...LOL...After all, to complete the challenge you only need to read one book.

(Hey, didn't you make the rules for this challenge in the first place?...LOL)

I did, but I wasnt sure if it was adjusted LOL.

I wanted to make sure tee hee.

The way it was explained to me last month was: 'Minimum of one. No more than three.'

Ah, yeah I haven't participated in these in a few months :)

Oh Tricia, you're good. I went overboard on my own rule, but you're good.

My pick for Cathy: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz. I stumbled across this series by accident. It is sort of like a Buffy meets High School Musical but it is a fast read. I hope you like.
Let me know if what you thought or if you would like a different pick to be made.