A Good Thriller discussion

Hello all!

The time has come to choose your book selections for your December 2017 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:-

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
x 1 - Kirsten

Irene - Pierre Lemaitre
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 December threads go up.

My selections for December:

Eleven Pipers Piping by C.C. Benison (Father Christmas Mystery #2)
2 votes - Amber, Dana

A Cookbook Thief at Christmas by Melissad AuClair (The Chocolate Croissant Club Mysteries #1)

Christmas at Thornton Hall by Lynn Marie Hulsman

The Ghost of Christmas Past - a Honey Driver Mystery #8 by J.G. Goodhind

5 votes - Agnieszka, Perri, Vicki, Sophie, Ann

A Christmas Arrangement by Annie Adams (Flower Shop Mystery Series #3)

3 votes - Patricia, Mandy, Dana

A selection of (more or less) suspensful Christmas reads:

2 Kirsten, Mandy
3 from Patricia, Vicki, Sophie
1 Amber
0
1 Dana (Ca)
1 Dana (US)
1 Perri
0
0
1 Ann

1. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... (The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American
by Jeff Smith, Chris Cart (Illustrator) )
2. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... (James Beard's American Cookery
by James Beard) +1
Dana (2)
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... (Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
by Wayne A. Wiegand) +3
Perri
Vicki
Ann

4. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (At the Same Moment, Around the World
by Clotilde Perrin)
5. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... (The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition?
by Robert M. Price)
6. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... (Yellow Rose Recipes
by Joanna Vaught (Goodreads Author) )
7. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... (Son of Charlemagne
by Barbara Willard, Emil Weiss (Illustrator))
8. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... ( Why Is Snot Green?: And Other Extremely Important Questions (and Answers)
by Glenn Murphy (Goodreads Author))
9. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... (Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus
by Robin R. Meyers)
and 10. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ( God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States
by Karen Stollznow (Goodreads Author)) +5
Kirsten
Patricia
Mandy
Dana (1)
Sophie

Classics in my library that I have been wanting to read:

- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Mandy - Dana

- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Agniszka

- Angela's Ashes
Amber - Perri - Sophie - Ann - Dana

- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Kirsten

- The Thorn Birds
Vicki

1. Half a King

2. The Advent Killer - Agnieszka, Dana, Dana

3. Cold Comfort Farm - Kirsten, Patricia, Perri, Ann

4. Rebel Heart - Amber

5. The Clocks in This House All Tell Different
Times - Sophie

6. Flesh House - Vicki

I think I'll copy Patricia and go with a 'classics' theme:

1) Little Women - Patricia, Amber, Sophie, Dana
2) Pride and Prejudice - Kirsten, Perri, Mandy, Ann, Agnieszka
3) Sense and Sensibility
4) The Scarlet Letter - Vicki
5) Gone with the Wind

Odd and Ends to Round out the Year:

Wish You Happy Forever: What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains Agnieszka, Ann

The Homecoming of Samuel Lake Patricia, Vicki

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay Mandy, Sophie, Dana, Dana

Ross Poldark Amber

Doonesbury: The Long Road Home Kirsten

This month I decided I am going to put books up that I just added in the month of October. I added 12 books in October. Maybe if I read the ones I just TBR'd then my list won't get longer? Worth a try!

When You Disappeared
Sophie

Sometimes I Lie
Perri, Mandy, Patricia,

The Good Samaritan
Kirsten

Friend Request
Dana

The Trapped Girl
Amber, Agnieszka, Ann, Dana

Clearing my Kindle Unlimited backlog next month:

1. Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine Kirsten, Dana, Patricia, Dana (4)
2. Run by Blake Crouch Mandy, Perri, Vicki (3)
3. Dead Stop by Barbara Nickless Agnieszka, Ann (2)
4. Four Years Later by Emma Doherty
5. The Death of Addie Gray by Amy Cross Amber (1)
6. When You Disappeared by John Marrs

Here's a big mix of ones that I wanted to read but wasn't able to - go at it!

1. The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
Kirsten

2. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Patricia, Mandy, Sophie

3.. Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge by Jennifer H. Lau
Amber, Perri, Vicki

4. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

5. No Place to Hide: A Brain Surgeon's Long Journey Home from the Iraq War by W. Lee Warren
Agnieszka, Dana

A couple of randoms for me, too:

1. Dark Matter

2. Fellside

3. The Last Town