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message 1: by Diana S (last edited Oct 01, 2019 09:59PM) (new)
Oct 01, 2019 09:53PM

Diana S | 2147 comments Mod
Post your books here

Directions for this task

★ 1. List 5 books (use bookcovers) that you would like to read this month.
** (this is for the 1st person who post)

example...
Here are my 5 books: Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2) by Elizabeth Strout The Body A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson Akin by Emma Donoghue The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

★ 2. The next person to post will choose the two books for you to read for this task.

example....
For (name) I pick: The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman & Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo

★ 3. Then they will list their books:

example....
Here are my 5 books: All the Flowers in Paris by Sarah Jio A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston The Whisper Man by Alex North

.... step #2 and #3 in one post.

★ 4. and so on .......
★★ Just a reminder: the 1st person to post doesn't pick any books. You just list your 5 books.


message 2: by Book Concierge (last edited Oct 03, 2019 08:38AM) (new)
Oct 03, 2019 08:36AM

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 721 comments Here are My five:
Empty Mansions The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman Grace Among Thieves (Manor House Mystery, #3) by Julie Hyzy The Library Book by Susan Orlean Passing by Nella Larsen The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón


message 3: by Linda C (new)
Oct 03, 2019 08:49PM

Linda C (libladynylindac) | 982 comments I pick a couple books about books:

The Prisoner of Heaven (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #3) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón and The Library Book by Susan Orlean

My five are:
Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs In Close (Bulletproof, #3) by Brenda Novak One in a Million (Lucky Harbor, #12) by Jill Shalvis Life As We Knew It (Last Survivors, #1) by Susan Beth Pfeffer Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1) by Nora Roberts


message 4: by Diana S (last edited Oct 03, 2019 11:05PM) (new)
Oct 03, 2019 11:04PM

Diana S | 2147 comments Mod
For Linda, I picked: Urban Fantasy Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs & Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1) by Nora Roberts

My Five Are: The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde David Copperfield by Charles Dickens


message 5: by Amber (new)
Oct 04, 2019 09:46AM

Amber (arboan) | 763 comments For Diana I pick
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle

My 5 are
First Things First by Stephen R. Covey Archenemies (Renegades, #2) by Marissa Meyer Ghastly Glass (A Renaissance Faire Mystery, #2) by Joyce Lavene Queen of Hearts (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #8) by Rhys Bowen Scene of the Climb (Pacific Northwest Mystery #1) by Kate E. Dyer-Seeley


message 6: by Marilyn (last edited Oct 06, 2019 08:54AM) (new)
Oct 06, 2019 08:52AM

Marilyn Lott | 524 comments For Amber I pick:
Queen of Hearts (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #8) by Rhys Bowen and First Things First by Stephen R. Covey

My five are:
Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4) by Ann Cleeves Empire of the Summer Moon Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne On My Own by Diane Rehm Identical Strangers A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood


message 7: by Book Concierge (new)
Oct 15, 2019 07:10AM

Book Concierge (tessabookconcierge) | 721 comments Marilyn ... I'll pick for you since we're half-way through the month now ...

Empire of the Summer Moon Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S.C. Gwynne Identical Strangers A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein

(these both sound fascinating ... adding them to my own tbr...)


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