A Good Thriller discussion

Hello all!

The time has come to choose your book selections for your June 2016 read in the PIFM challenge.

The rules are:-

* You can choose any number of books. A minimum of two and up to a maximum of 10.

* Please, only ONE MESSAGE per member. That means NO REPLYING or CHATTING in this thread.

* Once you have made your selections and posted, when your votes start to come in you can then add your votes cast by other members beneath your book titles ie. the following might be how my list would look:-

Little Black Lies - Sharon Bolton
x 1 - Christine

Pretty Girls - Karin Slaughter
x 1 - Brenda
x 1 - Perri

How you post is your choice, you can link, do pictures, the above is just an example. The key is that you stick with the one message and update it as the votes come in. Your list can be placed when the June threads go up.

PLEASE NOTE:

PIFM is meant to be FUN and not to be taken seriously. I would appreciate it if all participants just chilled and not get worked up about voting, who votes, who doesn't, etc. Please bear in mind that some will just want to vote, many don't come on everyday and most of us have time constraints. I just want a relaxed approach to it all and for you all to just enjoy the process! I'd really appreciate your courtesy in this matter. Thanks.

I look forward to this every month.

by Ann Simas
Agnieszka - Amber

by Jeffery Deaver
Daisy

by Dan Brown
Dana - Perri

by John Lescroart
Kirsten - Sophie

by John Grisham
Vicki - Dana - Michele

by John Sandford
Sean - Melanie - Melanie - Mandy - Brenda

I don't know if any of you have heard of the PopSugar Challenge -- http://www.popsugar.com/love/Reading-... -- but I am getting down to the tough categories. One of the categories is "a book from Oprah's book club". Help me choose which one to read!

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
5 votes - Patricia, Sean, Dana, Amber, Michele

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2 votes - Brenda, Agnieszka

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
6 votes - Daisy, Vicki, Melanie, Dana, Mandy, Amy

Light in August by William Faulkner

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
1 vote - Perri

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
2 votes - Melanie, Sophie

Borrowing your layout, Sophie...It's def more space conscious!

1. The Killer Patricia
2. The Girl With All the Gifts 4
Kirsten, Amber, Mandy, Sophie
3. The Runaway Jury Vicki
4. Triptych 4
Sean, Daisy, Dana (Can), Michele
5. Kisscut Melanie D, Dana (US)
6. "A" is for Alibi Agnieszka
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 3
Melanie R, Perri, Brenda
8. The Gargoyle

The Singles Game

Dana,Melanie

Medea's Curse

Kirsten,Agnieszka,Perri,Amber,Brenda

The Last One

Vicki,Melanie,Mandy,Michele

My Girl

Patricia,Dana,Amy,Sophie,Sean

Seconds to Live

This is my new favorite thing! :))))

Stalk Me 3 votes
Agnieszka, Sean, Daisy

Behind Closed Doors 5 votes
Melanie, Mandy, Perri, Brenda, Amy

Girl at War 3 votes
Kirsten, Dana, Dana

The Sisters of St. Croix 1 vote
Amber

Fool Me Once 4 votes
Patricia, Melanie, Michele, Amy

Some I've had around for quite some time:
by Mo Hayder
Patricia, Melanie, Mandy, Dana, Perri, Brenda, Sean, Daisy, Michele, Amy
by Jacqueline Winspear
Dana, Kirsten, Amber
by George Pelecanos
by Marcus Sakey
Vicki, Sophie
by Zoe Farraris
Agnieszka

My first time doing this... I am going to have a Stephen King theme, because I want to use him in a challenge (also I have never read one of his books!).

Carrie - Agnieszka, Melanie, Michele
The Shining - Kirsten, Melanie, Mandy, Brenda, Perri
The Green Mile Daisy, Amber, Sophie, Amy
It - Patricia, Dana, Vicki

I'll try the next two or the month to combine as many of my challenges as possible and see if it's works. If not I'll go back to my cozies and RS :-)

2 Perri, Amber
2 Patricia, Amy
0
1 Mandy
2 Melanie (USA), Brenda
0
0
0
9 Dana (Ca), Melanie (Ca), Dana (USA), Kirsten, Daisy, Vicki, Sean, Michele, Sophie
0

Taking my cue from Kirsten--I have TOO many challenges on the go because I am slightly obsessive ;). So chose books from my different Challenges. Of course they all add up to pages read too!
The Specific Challenges are listed in brackets.

The Lake House (A-Z, GRChoice)
4 VOTES: Daisy, Dana, Agnieszka, Amber, (Finished)

11/22/63(PopSugar, Colour, Mystery Thriller Challenge)
4 VOTES: Patricia, Vicki, Perri, Brenda (Finished)

Station Eleven(A-Z, PopSugar)
2 VOTES: Melanie, Mandy (Finished)

China Rich Girlfriend(The Social Chapter Challenge)
0 VOTES

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film(GRChoice, Colour)
0 VOTES

The Nightingale(A-Z, PopSugar)
1 VOTES: Kirsten

Shadow Prey(Mystery Thriller Challenge)
3 VOTES: Sean, Dana, Michele (Finished)

Various challenge books for 2016 this time (some I may have listed b4) -

1. A Confederacy of Dunces - Amber

2. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

3. Joyland - Patricia, Dana, Perri, Kirsten

4. A Perfect Evil - Melanie, Brenda, Vicki, Michelle, Amy, Sean

5. Company of Liars - Melanie, Sophie

6. Kill For Me - Dana, Angieszka, Daisy

1. Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans
Dana, Agnieszka, Perri

2. Burn
Melanie, Mandy, Sean, Brenda

3. Nightshade
Daisy, Vicki, Amber

4. Everywhere That Mary Went
Patricia, Kirsten, Melanie

I have three out of eight must reads for 2016 and these are the 3 left

Fever 1793 Kirsten, Vicki, Amber, Dana

The Thing Beneath the Bed Daisy, Melanie, Sean, Amy

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake Patricia, Melanie, Dana, Agnieszka, Mandy, Brenda, Michele, Sophie

1.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ( Catholicism and Fundamentalism
by Karl Keating)

2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ( Æthelstan: The First King of England (The English Monarchs)
by Sarah Foot)

3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... ( Authentic Vietnamese Cooking: Food from a Family Table
by Corinne Trang (Goodreads Author))

4. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... ( 1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry
by Andrew Bridgeford ) +2
Patricia
Dana

5. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... ( The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories
by Barbara M. Walker, Garth Williams (Illustrator) ) +6
Daisy
Vicki
Dana
Brenda
Michele
Sophie

6. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... ( You Have It Made: Delicious, Healthy, Do-Ahead Meals
by Ellie Krieger)

7. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... ( The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: The First Navajo Woman Surgeon Combines Western Medicine and Traditional Healing
by Lori Arviso Alvord, Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt) +1
Melanie

8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... ( Sword Fighting in the Star Wars Universe: Historical Origins, Style and Philosophy
by Nick Jamilla (Goodreads Author) ) +1
Perri


9. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
( J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator
by Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien (Illustrator) ) +1
Amy

and 10. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... (After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien (by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Harry Turtledove (Contributor), Andre Norton (Contributor), Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dennis L. McKiernan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Emma Bull (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Karen Haber (Contributor) , Peter S. Beagle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mike Resnick (Contributor), Barry N. Malzberg (Contributor), Gregory Benford (Contributor), Stephen R. Donaldson (Contributor), Judith Tarr (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Terry Pratchett (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Karen Anderson (Contributor), Poul Anderson (Contributor), John Brunner (Contributor), Patricia A. McKillip (Contributor) ) +3
Kirsten
Agnieszka
Mandy

1.Die Again
amber, brenda, Patricia, sean, melanie, mandy,sophie
2.Hide Away
3.Private Paris
dana
4.A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Dana,amy
5.Stealing Shadows
daisy
6.Final Scream
kirsten, agnieszka

Here's my list. No theme!

Therapy *2*
--Patricia, Amber

From the Cradle *5*
--Agnieszka, Mandy, Perri, Sophie, Melanie CA

Follow You Home *5*
--Kirsten, Sean, Vicki, Michele, Amy

Dead Gone *4*
--Daisy, Melanie US, Dana US, Dana CA

My list for June is:

1. The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley Mandy (1)
2. Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist Patricia, Brenda, Melanie, Vicki (4)
3. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace Perri, Amy (2)
4. Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline Dana, Agnieszka, Amber, Sean, Daisy (5)
5. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
6. The Children's Home by Charles Lambert Kirsten (1)

reading the Loney now - starts off perfectly - slow buildup - read the children's home - good - but not my cup of tea