Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Welcome to The Brick Wall! Stop by and post a request.

Congratulations, Ashley!

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Hi Ashley! I have landed on The Brick Wall. Three suggestions please?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Hi Rachel! My picks for you are:

- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Also Known As
- Christmas Kisses and Cookies

Ashley, To Kill a Mockingbird isn't on my shelf, can you pick another book?

I have landed on your property please could i have some picks

Rachel wrote: "Ashley, To Kill a Mockingbird isn't on my shelf, can you pick another book?"

Sorry about that! Instead I'll pick The Lucky One.

Marie wrote: "I have landed on your property please could i have some picks"

Hi Marie! My picks for you are:

- The Courtesan
- Dorothy Must Die
- The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Thanks I will read Dorothy Must Die - i have it on overdrive and it is due back soon

Ashley wrote: "Marie wrote: "I have landed on your property please could i have some picks"

Hi Marie! My picks for you are:

- The Courtesan
- Dorothy Must Die
- The Poisone..."</i>

I have completed [book:Dorothy Must Die this is a new author to me and i have really enjoyed it

Hi Ashley, I've hit The Brick Wall! Can you pick some books for me?
My shelf

Thanks!

Catherine wrote: "Hi Ashley, I've hit The Brick Wall! Can you pick some books for me?
My shelf

Thanks!"

So many good options! I narrowed it down to:
- Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
- Nevernight
- Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

Thanks Ashley! I just got Locke & Key (and book 2) from the library, so shall go with that one :)

Just an update: finished Locke & Key - proper scary, but very good (and I'm not really a scary fan!)
Thanks for the push! :)

Catherine wrote: "Just an update: finished Locke & Key - proper scary, but very good (and I'm not really a scary fan!)
Thanks for the push! :)"

Glad you liked it! I've read the first one and currently have a full set under my tree that I'm itching to open :D

Hi Ashley, I need some picks please!

My Shelf

CassieV wrote: "Hi Ashley, I need some picks please!

My Shelf"

Your wish is my command!

- Where'd You Go, Bernadette (One of my FAVORITES. I recommend this to everyone!)
- Ready Player One (Also on my TBR; I keep hearing great things)
- Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading (This one just sounds great. I'm going to have to read it when I become a parent.)

Ashley wrote: "CassieV wrote: "Hi Ashley, I need some picks please!

My Shelf"

Your wish is my command!"

Thank you! I keep hearing great things about Where'd You Go, Bernadette, so I'll try it for this turn :).

Hi, Ashley! Could you pick three books from my shelf, please? Thanks!

Elvenn's Shelf

Elvenn wrote: "Hi, Ashley! Could you pick three books from my shelf, please? Thanks!

Elvenn's Shelf"

Hi Elvenn! Here are my picks for you:
- The Shining
- Never Let Me Go
- I Capture the Castle

Thanks! Great picks, I think I'll read Never Let Me Go. :)

Hey Ashley, I just landed on your space, can I get a few picks please:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thanks!

Can I get a pick please?

Thanks.

Abbie wrote: "Can I get a pick please?

Thanks."

Hi Abbie,

Wasn't sure if you wanted one or multiple so I went with the magic number of 3:

- The Butterfly Garden
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
- The Handmaid's Tale

Ashley wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Can I get a pick please?

Thanks."

Hi Abbie,

Wasn't sure if you wanted one or multiple so I went with the magic number of 3:

- The Butterfly Garden
- [book:Freakono..."

Thanks I think I am going to go with Freakonomics

Abbie wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Can I get a pick please?

Thanks."

Hi Abbie,

Wasn't sure if you wanted one or multiple so I went with the magic number of 3:

- The Butterfly Garden
-..."

Good choice! I just watched the Netflix documentary and loved it.

Hi Ashley! Could I get three picks please? My shelf

Thanks! :)

Hi Ashley,

I'm posting on behalf PNJ who's just joined us for Bookopoly. Due to some health issues (3 strokes), I'm helping her out in posting requests etc. She's landed on The Brick Wall, please pick 3 books from PNJ's shelf.

And as she finds it hard to navigate through the threads, please do visit her thread to say hello! :D

Sam wrote: "Hi Ashley! Could I get three picks please? My shelf

Thanks! :)"

Hi Sam! Here are my picks for you:
- Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
- Bird Box
- The Book of Lost Things

Tien wrote: "Hi Ashley,

I'm posting on behalf PNJ who's just joined us for Bookopoly. Due to some health issues (3 strokes), I'm helping her out in posting requests etc. She's landed on The Brick Wall, please ..."

Thanks Tien! My picks for PNJ are:
- Life After Life
- Neverwhere: Author's Preferred Text
- HornsLies We Tell Ourselves

I'll be sure to let her know on her thread, too!

Thanks Ashley! I actually read the first few pages of The Book of Forgotten Things last night, so I'm going to go with that one!

HI Ashley, can you pick me three books from my shelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Joyce wrote: "HI Ashley, can you pick me three books from my shelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list......"

Hi Joyce! My selections for you are:

- Truck Stop Earth
- A Curious Beginning
- The Colorado Kid

Ashley wrote: "Joyce wrote: "HI Ashley, can you pick me three books from my shelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list......"

thank you...hard to choose. but probably going to go with the Colorado kid since I've been wanting to read it forever.

Ashley, I've landed on your property. Could you please pick 3 books for me from my shelf ?

Susan wrote: "Ashley, I've landed on your property. Could you please pick 3 books for me from my shelf ?"

Hi Susan! Here are your picks:

- Sister
- The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
- The Sherlockian

Ashley wrote: "Hi Susan! Here are your picks ... "

Thanks! I think I'll try The Chimney Sweeper's Boy. It'll be a nice change of pace from what I've just been reading.

Hi Ashley! Could I get 3 picks please?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Katie, if Ashley does not answer today, I will pick your books.

Ok. Thanks Bea!

Katie, here are your books:

Falling Down - oldest on your list
Reinventing Christmas - highest rated on your list
Forbidden Magic - because I liked the title

I noticed you have a LOT of Christmas-themed books on your list!

Hi Ashley, can I get some book picks please?

shelf

thank you!

Hi Catherine! Here are your picks:

- The Secret Place (keep hearing wonderful things about her books and meaning to start them)
- SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (now added to my TBR)
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ( I haven't read it yet but it comes highly recommended by my boyfriend)

Ashley wrote: "Hi Catherine! Here are your picks:

[...]- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ( I haven't read it yet but it comes highly recommended by my boyfriend)"

mine too! will be a toss up between this and Secret Place I think. - Tana French is very good, by the way. I think I liked The Likeness best so far.

Thank you for the picks :)

Bea wrote: "Katie, here are your books:

Falling Down - oldest on your list
Reinventing Christmas - highest rated on your list
Forbidden Magic - because I liked the..."

Thanks Bea! I do...they're from a Christmas themed challenge that I want to complete even though it's over. :) I think I'll go with Falling Down. As you noticed it's been on my shelf for FOREVER.

Hi Ashley!

Could you pick a few books from my shelf please?

Angela's Bookopoly

Hi Angela,

So many good books to pick from! Here are 3 that stood out to me:

- What Alice Forgot - I LOVE Liane Moriarty. I always listen to her books on audio so I can hear the Australian accents!
- Mischling - I finished this in January and loved the writing style
- A Gentleman in Moscow - Also on my TBR. I'm waiting for my Book of the Month club box to arrive so I can finally get my hands on it!

I have landed here could you make some picks for me

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Angela wrote: "Hi Ashley!

Could you pick a few books from my shelf please?

Angela's Bookopoly"

Just realized I forgot to reply to your post so you didn't see your picks!

Marie wrote: "I have landed here could you make some picks for me

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Hi Marie! Here are a few I thought looked interesting:
- Invasion of Privacy
- Child 44
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid