A Good Thriller discussion

Hello all!

The time has come to choose your book selections for your August 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 August 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.

From my TBR stack.

A Time To Kill by John Grisham
Dana - Vicki - Agnieszka - Brenda - Stephanie - Mary - Christy - Amy - Sean

The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Perry - Sophie

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Amber - Daisy - Melanie - Melanie

Company Town by Madeline Ashby

The Keys of the Watchmen by Kathleen C. Perrin
Mandy

Inferno by Dan Brown
Kirsten

I need to read a book that starts with the first letter of my name. Help me decide!!

The Kept by James Scott

The Kill Switch by James Rollins

2 votes - Perri, Melanie

A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller

4 votes - Amber, Agnieszka, Christy, Melanie

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

11 votes - Patricia, Mandy, Dana, Vicki, Brenda, Stephanie, Daisy, Mary, Sophie, Amy, Sean

Killer Kung Pao by Patrice Lyle

I have a bunch of books urgently want / need to read and decided to push most of these into August and that makes a pretty weird selection :-)

1 Sean
2 Daisy, Sophie
1 Melanie (Ca)
2 Amber, Melanie (US)
0
0
1 Patricia
2 Dana, Perri
0
8 Kirsten, Mandy, Vicki, Brenda, Stephanie, Mary, Christy, Amy

My list is pretty random too.. trying to get some challenges done!

1) The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - Mandy, Daisy
2) Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion- Sophie
3) Free of Malice by Liz Lazarus - Patricia, Amy, Melanie, Agnieszka
4) Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - Perri, Stephanie, Sean
5) My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman - Amber, Brenda, Mary, Christy, Melanie
6) Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Kirsten, Vicki

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)
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) ) +1
Patricia


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

6. 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) ) +4
1st Mandy
Agnieszka
Mary
Christy

7. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...( Memories of a Cuban Kitchen
by Mary Urrutia Randelman, Joan Schwartz) +5
Perri
Brenda
Daisy
Sophie
Sean

8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... ( Starfighters of Adumar (Star Wars: X-Wing #9)
by Aaron Allston)

9. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... ( The Waning of the Middle Ages
by Johan Huizinga)

and 10. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ( Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress
by Jeannette Lucraft) +7
Kirsten
Dana
Vicki
Stephanie
Melanie
Amy
Melanie (Canada)

I want to read an animal book next month:
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love Kirsten, Dana, Brenda, Daisy, Amy
Chosen by a Horse Patricia, Mary, Sophie, Christie, Melanie
In Nesting Time
A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets Stephanie, Sean, Melanie
Bats Sing, Mice Giggle: The Surprising Science of Animals' Inner Lives Mandy, Vicki, Agniezska

Want to read more from the Goodreads Choice Awards List so my picks are from there.

When the Moon is Low
Perri, Christy


The Mason List


The Deep
Kirsten, Mandy, Stephanie, Sophie


My Heart and Other Black Holes
Agnieszka


The Lake House
Patricia, Dana, Amber, Brenda, Daisy, Mary, Melanie, Amy, Sean, Melanie

A real mixture this month -

1. Out
Kirsten, Daisy, Melanie

2. Skinny Dip
Dana, Stephanie, Vicki, Agnieszka,Amy

3. The Gargoyle

4. When God was a Rabbit
Perri,Amber

5. The Raven's Head
Sophie

6. The Birdwatcher
Patricia, Mary , Brenda, Christy, Melanie, Sean

1) The House on Sunset Lake by Tasmina Perry

Dana

2) Atlantis and Other Lost Worlds: New Evidence of Ancient Secrets by Frank Joseph

Perri

3) Murder In Missoula by Laurence Giliotti

Amber, Kirsten, Christy, Amy

4) November Keys by Brian Turner

5) The Broken Places: A Memoir by Joseph McBride

6) Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich

Stephanie, Mary, Agnieszka, Melanie

7) The Girl from the Sea by Shalini Boland

Vicki, Sean

8) Watching Edie by Camilla Way

Mandy, Patricia, Brenda, Sophie, Melanie

I Let You Go
Mandy Sophie Sean Melanie Amy
Burial Rites
Kirsten Amber Vicki
Redemption Road
Patricia, Stephanie, Daisy Brenda Dana
Magic Bleeds
Die Trying
Perri Agnieszka Christy Melanie
Gone Missing

My August picks are all to help towards reading challenges, particularly a huge team challenge called WOBBLE:

1. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Kirsten, Patricia, Amber, Mary, Amy, Sean, Mandy (7)
2. Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan Dana (1)
3. Survival by Devon C. Ford Brenda, Christy (2)
4. Jonathan Dark or The Evidence Of Ghosts by A.K. Benedict
5. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Perri, Daisy, Melanie (Ca), Stephanie (4)
6. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
7. Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist

New to group, happy to be here!

In a Dark, Dark Wood

The Long and Faraway Gone

A God in Ruins

Faithful Place

Arcadia

H is for Hawk

Please help me continue to slay my challenges: Can't wait to see which novel you all pick for me next.


Three to Get Deadly
7 Votes:
(BRENDA, PATRICIA, KIRSTEN, MANDY, AGNIESZKA, DAISY, SOPHIE)
The Rumor
The Space Between Us
The Invention of Wings
4 Votes:
(MARY, AMBER, STEPHANIE, SEAN)
Wicked Business
Half Blood Blues
1 Vote:
(MELANIE)
Cane River
2 Votes:
(DANA, AMY)

Historical thrillers this time. Thanks for voting :-))

The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard - 4 - Stephanie, Vicki, Patricia, Agnieszka
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin - 8- Amber, Perri, Brenda, Kirsten, Mary, Sophie, Amy, Melanie
The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox - 0 -
The Black Tower by Louis Bayard - 0 -
Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell - 3 - Mandy, Dana, Daisy
The Kingdom of Bones by Stephen Gallagher - 1 - Sean

Love your spirits and thanks for always being such a great bunch!

1. Dead Scared (7) Dana, Brenda, Perri, Sophie, Mandy, Vicki, Mary
2. The Killer or The Hunter (whichever people know it best by; my owned copy is The Killer) (1) Agnieszka
3. VOID (1) Daisy
4. The Silkworm
5. Drop Dead Beautiful
6. Triptych (1) Stephanie
7. "A" is for Alibi (1) Amber
8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4) Kirsten, Patricia, Melanie (USA), Melanie (Can)

Mandy wrote: "Challenge books again that I must finish this year!! (Some have been listed before)

1. The Woodcutter

2. [book:Ki..."

Hey Mandy - I think you meant to put this in September :)

Dana wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Challenge books again that I must finish this year!! (Some have been listed before)

1. The Woodcutter

2. [bookcover:Kill For Me|648..."

lol I wondered why I couldn't find it just now doh!!

Mandy wrote: "Dana wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Challenge books again that I must finish this year!! (Some have been listed before)

1. The Woodcutter

2. [bookcover:Ki..."

That's life, still you got my vote already :-)

Agnieszka wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Dana wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Challenge books again that I must finish this year!! (Some have been listed before)

1. The Woodcutter

2...."

Thank you :)