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hey guys!

Dee - 2 books - POTS S4
Bea - 2 books - PAS Challenge
Marie - 2 books - Marie To-Read
Lauren - 2 books - Lauren SRC Shelf
Marina - 2 books - Marina To-read

It's my first time, so let's see if I make it right :-)

Dee: I don't know any of your books, so I'll just pick the ones whose title appeals to me the most.
Touched by a Phoenix
The Wild Child
The Wallflower

Bea
The Bell Jar: this is one of my favorite books ever, although it is sad
One Hundred Years of Solitude: I'm not a Garcia Marquez fan, but this book is really good
A Thousand Splendid Suns: beautiful, even better than The Kite Runner in my opinion

Marie: I have read some of the books in your TBR shelf, but didn't particularly like them, so I'll choose books I think might me good.
Around the World in Eighty Days: I've never read this one, although I'm sure it is a really great book
The Raven: I love Poe!
The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus: if you read this one let me know how you like it, I'm a huge Karl Kraus fan!

Lauren: as with Dee, I don't know these books, so I'm going to choose them based on the title.
Where Shadows Dance
A Study in Seduction
Dark Awakening

Marina, your did well with your picks. Now to plan mine.

Good to know :-)

Dee:
A Year on Ladybug Farm - on my TBR
Magic at the Gate - I love magic tales
Legend of the Highland Dragon - Hignlanders and dragons = MUST be good

Marie:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Secret Garden

All were 4* reads for me. Hope you enjoy these selections.

Lauren:
Seventh Grave and No Body - on my TBR for series
Mr. Churchill's Secretary - on my TBR
Die Again - I love the Rizzoli and Isles TV series

Marina:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - 5* read for me
Maximilian e la ricerca - one of the most highly rated on your list
Sempre con voi - also highly rated

Marina, I could not read the titles of most of the books on your list so I chose to go with those rated highest, hoping that they live up to the rating.

Dee
Tyler
The All You Can Dream Buffet
The Wild Child

Bea
i will pick
East of Eden i love steinbeck
All the Light We Cannot See
The Cider House Rules

Lauren i don't know any of your books either
Midwife of the Blue Ridge - because years ago i did 6 months midwifery
Enigma - i like the cover
He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not because its the first of a series

Marina

I like the sound of
The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces
Zanzare
Canzoniere: Selected Poems

hi Marie - I'm not sure what happened - but East of Eden isn't on my shelf - did you maybe get mine confused with someone else's?

Dee wrote: "hi Marie - I'm not sure what happened - but East of Eden isn't on my shelf - did you maybe get mine confused with someone else's?"

maybe deei will have another look

here are my picks for people ;)

Bea
Innocent Traitor - read this a couple of months ago and really enjoyed it
On the Edge - can't ever go wrong with Ilona
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - this is a book I wish I had read as a child

Marie
Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes - i thought this was a cute mystery - i need to get back to the series
The Girl with All the Gifts - i listened to this as an audiobook a few months ago and really enjoyed it
The Coroner's Lunch - another series i need to get back to - i really like to Laos setting

Lauren
Unspeakable
Die Again:- this wasn't my favorite TG, but it was solid
Archangel's Blade

Marina
A Dirty Job - i heard rumor there was a sequel to this coming out
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
In the Country of Men

Thanks for the picks everyone! I'll have all your picks in a jiffy!

Here are your picks:

Dee:
The First Sin - I've read and enjoyed this author
Magic at the Gate - have this series on my TBR
The Edge of Courage - hope to read this one soon

Bea:
On the Edge - Ilona Andrews is a must read
Inferno - I enjoyed this one
Storm Front - highly recommend the audiobooks for this series.

Marie:
The Girl on the Train - heard a lot about this one
The Cider House Rules - great movie
David Copperfield - an all time favorite

Marina
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - fantastic book!
Measure for Measure - One of Shakespeare's best
Eichmann in Jerusalem : A Report on the Banality of Evil - hard but worthwhile

I guess one of my books will need to be On the Edge since it was picked by two of you. :)

It's a really good audiobook if you listen to them

Thanks for the recommendations, I think I'm definitely going to pick The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas since it was picked by two of you and I wanted to read it for the monthly Pick-a-Shelf. Also, I've had it on my TBR for ages.
I'll have to think about the second book, though, you guys recommended very good books indeed!

Dee wrote: "It's a really good audiobook if you listen to them"

I 2nd that. Renee Raudman's narration is excellent.

i have like all 3 of Lauren's books, 2 of Marie's, 2 of Bea's and 2 of Marina's all slotted into challenges right now - whether i'll get them all read is a whole nother story ;)

I tried to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas but I had to abandon it after 100 pages, the historical imprecisions irritated me too much. Now I'm reading Measure for Measure, picked by Lauren for me.

I also read the second book: Sempre con voi (Always with You), a collection of poems by the Armenian poet Paruir Sevak, translated into Italian by an Armenian. I think it would have been better sounding if the translation had been done by an Italian person who mastered the language in a better way, but you can still feel the power in some of the poetry. Some of the poems I didn't like so much, but some others were good - which I think is normal in a collection. All in all I was happy to have read it, and thanks to Bea for choosing it for me :-)

By the way, I also finished Measure for Measure, but forgot to add it. I really liked the book, although it's not one of my favorite Shakespearian plays (those being Macbeth and The Tempest). But it was a very good read indeed, and I thank Lauren for choosing it for me, otherwise who knows when I would have read it...

so i'm almost done with The Wild Child that was a rec from 2 ppl - it made me miss the historicals that were published back then, because so few nowadays can even compare

Wow! I really haven't started reading for POTS yet. I did go to the library this afternoon and picked up The Bell Jar, which was recommended by Marina.

Marina wrote: "I tried to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas but I had to abandon it after 100 pages, the historical imprecisions irritated me too much. Now I'm reading [book:Measure for Measure|9..."

Sorry you didn't enjoy it. Marina.

Hey, no worries Lauren, I had to at least try it!

I also finished up The Wallflower picked for me by Marina - cute PNR, i wish it was slightly longer though (only 140pgs)...intrigued enough that I want to continue the series

Forgot to post that I finished - it was an alright read but nothing that hasn't been done before in the genre.

Sorry to be lagging so, team. I finally finished The Bell Jar and gave it 4*. I really think it was well done and dealt with a tough subject. It is sad that it mirrored Sylvia Plath's life. She seemed a very talented writer.

I was reading a book for an old game (Moving Mountains 2014) at the same time (Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian). It was set in Boston also and even mentioned that the old prison was a setting in The Bell Jar. I don't know about y'all but every now and then I find that books I am reading concurrently are in a similar setting or have some shared connection previously unknown by me.

I have started On the Edge on my Kindle. This book was recommended by both Dee and Lauren.

I'm glad you liked The Bell Jar, Bea! It is one of my favorite books.

I read The All You Can Dream Buffet over the weekend - it totally sucked me in (I picked it up because my kindle threw a temper tantrum and had to be reset) - the recipes sound awesome and there are a few i want try - i gave it 4 stars

i have managed to finish The Girl with All the Gifts

my review is here /review/show...

I have been doing a challenge in another group and so not got round to the other books but i will at some point

Finished On the Edge and gave it 4*. Really enjoyed this book.

I have finished my POTS commitment much to my surprise.