The Challenge Factory discussion

It's simple.

List 5 books you want to read. The next person chooses one of those books for you, and then lists 5 books they want to read. The following person chooses for them and so on...

No page limit.

You should probably read the book that was chosen for you before coming back to pick for someone.

Someone please pick one of these books for me:

I pick Bubba and the Mysterious Murder Note . Some of that series has been on my TBR for years.

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I read and enjoyed not too long ago. Here's hoping you do too :)

My five :

Hi, there Barb! I think sounds like a fun read so I pick that one for you. :)

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Hi D.L., I'll pick because it's been on my tbr forever.

Bobbi..

I hope you enjoy . It was a 4 star read for me and the creep factor was awesome.

Michelle,
I loved very much and hope you'll enjoy it too.

My five:

I used to love this one!

Agnieszka,

I chose because of how interesting it sounded.

My List

VampAmber wrote: "I used to love this one!

Agnieszka,

I chose because of how interesting it sounded.


My List

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Thank you. I liked the first in series enough I got the box when I've seen it on sale.

Hi VampAmber

I find the storyline quite intriguing

My Five

Dee, I really liked so I'm choosing that for you.

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Jennifer, I pick for you. In fact, I added it to my tbr.

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Marla, I pick for you . You need to finish the series :)

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Lanelle for you I am picking because some interesting things happen in Texas. 😉😁 But some of your others sound interesting.

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Alison, my pick for you is . I love that book!

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Book - My Evil Mother
Author - Margaret Atwood
Date Read - 7/2/22
Rating - 4 Stars
Review - I'm not really a fan of this author. I've tried a couple of different books including the Handmaid's Tale and have found that I just do not enjoy her writing. However, I bought this on a whim because at 32 pages if I didn't like it, I wouldn't beat myself up for spending the money on an author I'm not fond of. I didn't really love the book, but I did think it was pretty good. The mom was very very quirky and had the daughter believing she was an actual witch. Parts were funny, some parts just kinda sad. It wasant till the daughter was grown and had a family of her own that she kinda understood her mother and the things she said. I highly recommend reading this.

Jamie..My pick for you is

Michelle, my pick for you is

Gil-or, I'm picking for you.

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Jennifer,
I’m picking for you:
Innocent Traitor

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This was hard, Shelly. Four of your books are among my favorite series :) But because I'm in the mood for a laugh or two, I hope you are too, so I'm going with .

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SO as it happened I ended up reading my latest pick today: Innocent Traitor 4 stars but a sad story.

Barb, I *NEED* a book with a car on the cover to finish a challenge so I'm picking for you and hoping you like it well enough to recommend it.

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Finished my pick . 4 stars. Such a great political romance.

Jennifer, my pick for you is .

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Jennifer wrote: "I *NEED* a book with a car on the cover to finish a challenge so I'm picking A Killing in Costumes (A Hollywood Treasures Mystery #1) by Zac Bissonnette for you and hoping you like it well enough to recommend it."

LOL I'm hoping to start it in the next day or two, maybe? I'll let you know :)

@Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) I am picking for you. It sounds awesome!


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D.L. for you I am picking .

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@Jamie (TheRebelliousReader), Thanks for picking The Graveyard Book. It was so good!

Alison (Lady Coffin), I'm picking for you The Queer Principles of Kit Webb. There was some siff competition with cyborgs and squirrel in Scotland. Happy reading.

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LittleRed, I'm going to choose nonfiction for you :

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Finished the book Jennifer chose for me because she needs a car on the cover for another challenge :) It was a decent start to a new series, this author's fiction debut. I'm not a huge movie buff, so a lot of the references meant nothing to me, but the killer was a complete surprise. I'll keep an eye out for the next in the series and see how it goes from there.

A Killing in Costumes (Hollywood Treasures #1), by Zac Bissonnette, finished 7/9 ★★★.5

Thanks, Barb!! You're a good sport!

Gil-or, I'm choosing for you.

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Hi, Jennifer. I pick for you: I hope you enjoy it. :)


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D.L, thanks for the pick . It was pretty good. I'm going to pick for you!

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Thank you VampAmber for picking - it was a light and enjoyable cozy. Just what I needed :-D

Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) I pick for you because blue is my favorite color


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Finished the book D.L. chose, and liked it enough to continue the series.
A Zen for Murder (Mooseamuck Island #1), by Leighann Dobbs, finished 7/10 ★★★.5

Agnieszka, purple is my favorite color, so I'm choosing Tea with Milk and Murder for you.

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Barb, I found IQ pretty interesting so I'm picking that for you.

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Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael) wrote: "Michelle, my pick for you is



Book - So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl
Author - Barry Denenberg
Date Read - 7/14/22
Rating - 3 Stars
Review - What a depressing read. Normally the Dear America books have a little bit of a happier ending, but this one ended so tragically I have to wonder why the publishing company allowed it. since it's a middle grade book. We have this extremely brave Irish girl, just barely in her teens, who leaves her home country of Ireland during the potato famine, to travel all the way to Massachusetts by herself on a boat. She lives with her aunt and is employed by a textile mill run by a man who doesn't seem to have a care in the world for his employees. The conditions at the mill are incredibly bad. There are no other jobs available for this young girl so she continues to work there. The book abruptly ends and in the epilogue we find our MC dies 3 years later at the age of 17 during a cholera outbreak.

I think my exact words were...Seriously??

Jennifer....

For you, I am going with

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Barb wrote: "Agnieszka, purple is my favorite color, so I'm choosing Tea with Milk and Murder for you.

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Thank you! Looking forward to it.
I'm glad you liked A Zen For Murder, makes me hopeful and will look out what you think of IQ :-D

Jennifer wrote: "Barb, I found IQ pretty interesting so I'm picking that for you."

Thanks! This just came for me at the library, so it was apparently meant to be :)


Agnieszka, A Zen for Murder wasn't great, but it wasn't awful either. It was better than many of the Kindle freebies I've read, but there were things about it that bothered me -- just not enough to DNF it or to prevent me from continuing the series.

Michelle wrote: "this one ended so tragically I have to wonder why the publishing company allowed it. since it's a middle grade book."

Middle graders are usually 12, 13, or 14 years old, and I think kids are growing up faster these days than we did. Most of the kids I knew when my two were that age were able to deal with a story like this.

Michelle I am picking for you. This series sounds so good and someday I hope to get around to reading it myself. Enjoy!

I've enjoyed all the books that have been picked for me so far. Let's see what comes up next. Here are my new 5:

DL, I'm picking for you in case you have a challenge somewhere that needs an O.

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I finished Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon 0n 07/11/22 and it was fun. Thanks for that pick Barb.

JENNIFER:
My pick for you is

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I finished it was a nice cozy, thank you Barb!

Shelly, I pick because of the fun cover (so many books and a dog - what's not to love about it :-D)

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Shelly wrote: "I finished Trouble in Mudbug - Jana Deleon 0n 07/11/22 and it was fun. Thanks for that pick Barb."

Agnieszka wrote: "I finished it was a nice cozy, thank you Barb!"

Glad you liked the books, ladies :)

I'm really not a big fan of (too much relationship drama, not nearly enough sleuthing) but you're right Jennifer - I needed an "O" title for a spell out challenge so thanks for the pick.

Agnieszka I pick for you It's actually on my TBR as well. It looks so fun!


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