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POTS Cycle #5 Theme: Holidays: Since our reading will cover lots of holidays, I thought the theme could be a representative item on the book cover. So some holidays that I can think of (not inclusive I am sure) are: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Kwanza, and Hanukkah. The items could be a gift, turkey, candles, feast, party items, Christmas tree, etc. It would be up to the picker to determine the holiday and item. The holiday must occur within the reading time of 11/15/13 - 1/31/14. (~Bea)

RULES

Group 2
Amy - 4 books
Bea - 4 books
Tien - 2 books
D.G. - to read shelf (2 books)

Ladies - Please use my to read shelf to pick for me. :)

Also, if you can, can you please pick at least one book that has been on my TBR since 2012 or older? (I'm trying to work on old books from the TBR instead of always picking the shiny new ones!) This is nice to have, NOT a requirement. Obviously if you know of a good book that I MUST read right away that I just added yesterday, please feel free to pick it. ;)

My picks for DG

Old book on TBR - Whitney, My Love

Oh, my goodness. I am not a romance reader at all but I thoroughly loved this book! I do hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Caleb's Crossing - This was a 5* read for me.

Theme book: A Christmas Promise shows iceskaters, snow and an evergreen. This definitely seems like Christmas to me.

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Edited: Oh gee, I missed one book.

Grey Mask - This one is on my own TBR but I just have not gotten it done.

For me, please select from my POTS list

Please choose from my to-read shelf.

Heya, please choose from own to read shelf for me, thanks! :)

My picks for Tien:

Theme book: Lighthouse Bay. Chosen in honor of Australia Day - beach, bay, summer.

The Harmony Silk Factory. This is the oldest book on your shelf. Looks really interesting.

Captivate. Highest rated book on your shelf.

Thirteen Steps Down. Ruth Rendell is a classic mystery writer. Loved her books.

My picks for Amy:

Theme book: Palisades Park. (Thank you, Tien, for Australia Day - beach, surf, summer!)

Blood Work - Michael connelly is one of my favorite authors. I have not read this book, so I will be interested in what you think if you choose to read it.

Alex Cross, Run - Your most read author.

A Dog Named Boo: How One Dog and One Woman Rescued Each Other--and the Lives They Transformed Along the Way - OK, so I like dog books. This one sounds interesting.

Last Man Standing - Oldest book on your shelf

The Wise Man's Fear - Highest rated on your shelf

Marlin, Darlin': Garnet Sullivan Live from Florida #1 - Under 300 pages so should be a quick read.

Angels Flight - Just could not resist adding another Michael Connelly book to the list. I do enjoy his books.

Thanks, Bea! Great choices! My internet is not working at the moment so I'll post my picks later today.

My picks for Bea

I confess I haven't read any of the books on your shelf so I just picked whatever looked interesting. The first selection is the theme book (turkey in cover!) but I also picked a few from authors I know, the oldest in the list and the one with the highest rating.

My picks for Amy

I haven't read any books on your list either so I went mostly with familiar authors or books that have been recommended to me. I picked the first book as the theme book (where I live, we use tons of scarves during the Holidays, LOL!)

My picks for Tien

Like my previous picks, I haven't read any and chose them as follows: the first one is your theme book (in honor of Australia day...beach in the cover!), the second cover just looked interesting, the third is a book that came highly recommended and the last I had to pick because it was the only naked chest cover I saw in all your shelves, LOL!

D.G. wrote: "My picks for Bea

I confess I haven't read any of the books on your shelf so I just picked whatever looked interesting. The first selection is the theme book (turkey in cover!) but I also picked a ..."

Thanks, DG! I really like the choices and now will have the problem of deciding which to read!

LOL @DG's picks, we are trying to stretch you, aren't we! I have to confess that I was looking at your shelf last night and got really confused about which to choose, ha ha ha... I kept going back to authors I know on your shelf :p

Was too tired to actually post my picks last night so I'll do that soon-ish :)

And thanks for my books, DG & Bea.

For DG...

something old: A Christmas Bride (The Ideal Wife #3) -theme

something new: Wicked Nights (Angels of the Dark #1)

something borrowed: Borrowed Time

something blue: A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland #1) (also old)


thanks to Dr Who episode, I've got weddings in my head plus you asked for 'something old', ha ha ha

For Bea...

The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist’s Release from Captivity in North Korea…A Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness –thanks to Korean dramas, anything Korean appeals to me greatly ;p

Chance (Spenser #23) � green for Christmas :)

A Lesson in Secrets –I love Maisie Dobbs though have not kept up to date with series so at least, you can for me

Rain � something about green covers�

Stay –looks like it might be good thriller?

Beloved –a classic

For Amy...

You Slay Me (Aisling Grey: Guardian #1) –theme: red cover for Chinese New Year (31 Jan 2014) and we’ll be going from Snake (2013) to Horse (2014).


Seven Deadly Wonders (Jack West Jr 1) –because Matthew Reilly is doing a signing at a bookshop a couple of buildings down from my office at lunch today (!!) but I can’t go :(

False Accusations
The Mermaids Singing (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan #1)
The Ghosts of Belfast (Jack Lennon Investigations #1)
The Business of Dying (Dennis Milne #1)

ps: it's the nominated number of books plus 1

So really, since I asked for 2 books, each of you should only be picking 3 books for me (including a themed one) though feel free to recommend extra if there's something I really really really should read ;)

Tien wrote: "LOL @DG's picks, we are trying to stretch you, aren't we! I have to confess that I was looking at your shelf last night and got really confused about which to choose, ha ha ha... I kept going back..."

LOL, I know! Totally hilarious.

I just came from an interview - I think it went great - and now I'm having a pint!

D.G. wrote: "I just came from an interview - I think it went great - and now I'm having a pint!"

Best of luck, DG! actually, I don't even know what you do?

I'm still chugging down my Jumbo sized Skinny Cap ;)

Tien wrote: "ps: it's the nominated number of books plus 1

So really, since I asked for 2 books, each of you should only be picking 3 books for me (including a themed one) though feel free to recommend extra i..."

oh, my goodness! So DG & Tien - throw out one of my picks for each of you...and Amy you can throw out three of my picks for you! I somehow thought it was 2x the number of books elected to read. Boy am I confused!

So, Tien, if it is number of books I chose to read +1, then i get to eliminate one of the picks you did for me, right? 4+1 = 5.

Or does it make 6 when the theme book is added? In which case DG & Tien's lists from me are fine and Amy is the only one who can eliminate (2).

Going to bed now...really confused!

yes, I should really only post 5 books for you.

it doesn't matter, just pick whichever book you've like to read... just remember for next cycle, it's the chosen number of book plus one including theme book. :)

From DG's picks for me, I will read from these:



From Tien's picks for me, I will read from these:


Still waiting for Amy's picks for me.

I guess I've been doing it wrong all along. In all the round I've participated, I've been giving out double the books requested and everybody in my team has done the same - I sort of like it that way because I'm a mood reader and I read a lot of different genres. Or has the rule changed recently?

D.G. wrote: "I guess I've been doing it wrong all along. In all the round I've participated, I've been giving out double the books requested and everybody in my team has done the same - I sort of like it that w..."

DG, I checked the rules link in post #1, and Tien is correct. Looks like you and I were on the same wrong page.

Bea wrote: "Looks like you and I were on the same wrong page."

LOL

I guess it's good to mix people up now and then.

I'd say the rule of "number of books nominated plus one" is really the basic so we can just use it as rule of thumb... there really isn't anything to stop you from picking more if you like to. Shall we just make that 'rule' the minimum?

For DG:

Theme: Between Shades of Gray (snow on the cover...white Xmas...I know, a stretch)
The Stolen Child
Kane and Abel

For Tien:

Theme: Lighthouse Bay (beach - Australia day)
Devil's Corner
Gone Girl

For Bea:

Theme: One Foot In The Gravy (love that title!)
The Fool's Run
Shallow Graves
Critical Conditions
Finding Moon

Yeah! All picks are done. We can start reading!

I will start with .

Oh wow! I don't know what to read! Thanks for the great picks!

These are the ones that are calling out to me:


But I may change my mind as the week's progress. I won't start right away but I'll try to pick up in between reading for another challenge I'm in.

Finished High Five. Gave it 4*. Quick read because it is so much fun and so impossible! i love all the characters and would really like to ogle Ranger. Just the right amount of danger and sex, I am thinking.

I have started Stay since it is a library book, but I am thinking I will also start Shallow Graves because I want to finish it by 11/30/13 for another group.

Wow Bea! You're rocking!!

Three down one to go...

Finished:

1. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
2. Alex Cross, Run
3. Angels Flight

I finished Stay. I really do like this author!

You're kicking butt ladies!!! I haven't even started!

D.G. wrote: "You're kicking butt ladies!!! I haven't even started!"

You're not the only one, D.G.
I haven't either and am about to start GoT so I probably wouldn't get to my POTS til Jan, maybe...

Currently reading Rain. Seemed appropriate as we are in a flood watch due to heavy rain!

Finished Rain by Karen Duve. Gave it 3*. Disturbing and strange.

Finished Shallow Graves by Jeffery Deaver. Gave it 4*. A favorite author of mine.

Done with my 4 books!

Ready for the new game, Tien.

Bea wrote: "Ready for the new game, Tien."

So, we're nagging now? LOL

Be patient, Bea, we're nearly there. As I said to my son, "we're just going to have to learn TO WAIT." ha ha ha

I'm going to post a variation to 'moving mountain' for 2014 soon-ish so you can start that, if you like...

OR... Looks like our Freedom Tower is still standing strong!

And... didn't you have a stack of LOST books to get through?

;p

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "Ready for the new game, Tien."

So, we're nagging now? LOL

Be patient, Bea, we're nearly there. As I said to my son, "we're just going to have to learn TO WAIT." ha ha ha

I'm going ..."

I know. Sorry about the pushing...all in fun! I do have a lot of reading to do on my plate, and I am sure that December will fly by with wings!

Ha ha, not to worry, Bea, I know ;)

I feel the same about new challenges, no matter how much I've still got on my plate!

Tien wrote: "Ha ha, not to worry, Bea, I know ;)

I feel the same about new challenges, no matter how much I've still got on my plate!"

BTW, I started Les Misérables again!

Did you restart from the beginning or just picking up where you left off?

Can't imagine restarting again :p

Tien wrote: "Did you restart from the beginning or just picking up where you left off?

Can't imagine restarting again :p"

I scanned the first part to remind myself of the story and then picked up on page 608 - right in the middle of French history lesson, the least exciting part for me.

oh, dear, hard to pick up on the boring part!
You can do it, Bea! just over 1,000 pages to go ;)

Yay, I've finished reading 1 book (which I had to read as blog tour is coming up, well, starting today, I think but my stop is next week)

I read Captivate by Vanessa Garden. I'm really sad to say this but I think I'd only be rating it around 2-2.5 stars as the world was just too un-believable to me. It was an interesting premise but I just couldn't believe it. Plus, there was too much confusion on the profusion of feelings like the author doesn't know where to go with these either. ugh.

Don't think I'd be posting a review for my stop...

Tien wrote: "I read Captivate by Vanessa Garden. I'm really sad to say this but I think I'd only be rating it around 2-2.5 stars as the world was just too un-believable to me. It was an interesting premise but I just couldn't believe it. Plus, there was too much confusion on the profusion of feelings like the author doesn't know where to go with these either. ugh.
"

Wow! and that was one of the highest rated on your list!

Ah, Bea, it's highest rated but it's probably only been read by a handful of people [who happened to love it] as it's not released til next month, I think.

Tien wrote: "Ah, Bea, it's highest rated but it's probably only been read by a handful of people [who happened to love it] as it's not released til next month, I think."

LOL!

Finished Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter and gave it 2.5 stars. I think this author is not for me.

I think next I'll read A Kingdom of Dreams.

I didn't read a theme book, but I did complete two more:

Fangirl and The Ghosts of Belfast

That's 5 books so far...