Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

2023 July Pick-It-For-Me Challenge

What is the Pick-It-For-Me Challenge?

The Pick-It-For-Me Challenge (PIFM) is a reading challenge where each participant gives and receives book recommendations based on a given set of rules. The assignment method and book selection rules change each month so it’s always new and always different.

The idea of the PIFM challenge is that you will get new-to-you books and authors selected for you as well as a push to read some books that have been lingering on your shelves. You may not be interested in the new books recommended, which is why you also get a minimum of four books from your shelf.

You only have to read ONE book to complete this challenge!

After signups are closed, your names and any extra info will go into the super secret PIFM randomizer and it will select someone for you to recommend books to and someone to give you recommendations. This list will be posted along with any specific picking rules for the month.

In order to participate you need to either HAVE YOUR PROFILE SET TO PUBLIC (preferable), or friend the person giving you recommendations. PLEASE NOTE: If you choose to keep your profile private, it is your responsibility to send a friend request to the person picking for you as soon as possible after the matchups are posted. Whether your profile is private or not, it is also very important that your profile be set to receive Private Messages (PMs) in case anyone needs to reach out to you (mods, organizer etc.)

Everything gets done in this thread so be sure to come back often!!!

Repicks
You can ask for repicks if:
✱ The books picked for you are not yet released
✱ If you have already read the chosen book(s) and they are on your ‘read’ shelf
✱ If you did not receive four picks from your ‘to-read’ shelf, with at least one from your preferred shelf

You may NOT ask for repicks because:
✱ A book is not available at your library
✱ A genre or author you don’t enjoy was chosen

INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:

✱✱ Are you a Shakespeare fan? ✱✱

✱✱ If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your pick! ✱✱

IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until June 23 (4 pm US CDT)

You’ll have until June 29 (~4 pm US CDT) to make your recommendations.

Please do not start reading your book(s) until the first of the month. You then have the entire month to read your pick(s) and give some feedback.

If you’re new please read the PIFM Guidelines and FAQ . If you have any questions that are not addressed there, please feel free to ask!

✱Please note that late sign ups will be included at the host’s discretion and no one will be included after re-picks are assigned!✱

TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!

Pickees
✱ To help your picker understand the type of books you like or are currently reading, please make sure your ‘read’ shelf is up to date. You can create shelves for books you DNFed (Did Not Finish) or authors that don’t work for you as well as favorite books and authors. In addition, you might consider updating your profile. You can include info about your favorite books, authors, genres, themes or tropes (or themes/tropes you dislike – i.e., secret baby).
✱ Please do not specify likes/dislikes in the sign-up thread. This information will not be included in the pairings and your pickee may not see your message and does not need to rely on that information when making picks.

Pickers
✱ Please remember this is primarily a romance readers group. Thus, most, if not all, of your picks should be romance. There are various sub genres within the romance category - Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Erotica, M/M, Urban Fantasy. If your pickee reads a wide variety, you could add a non-romance as a choice.
✱ You will be using 8 picking rules to select books for you pickee. Choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These can be brand new to them (not found on any of their shelves) or a book found on their shelves if they've never read any of the author’s work previously. The remaining 4 titles should come from your pickee’s tbr, with a minimum of one from their preferred shelves if provided. Be sure to pick at least one book for each picking rule, but please limit your picks to no more than two books per rule as sometimes having too many options is worse than too few.
✱ Please remember when you are giving new recommendations, you are not limited to titles that you have read. You can choose books that are new releases, on your tbr, or titles you looked up on Goodreads or Amazon that you think your pickee would enjoy.

A Few Hints to Help with Book Selection
✱Check the book’s publishing date. Select “date pub” from the checkbox selections and save.
✱ Check pickee’s personalized shelves, especially their exclusive shelves. A personalized shelf is one the member has created. (e.g., ‘to read next,’ ‘favorites,’ ‘didn’t like’)
✱ Make sure the books you choose are not on their ‘read’ shelf. Just because it isn’t rated doesn’t mean it wasn’t read.
✱ Look at your pickee’s ‘read’ shelf and see what genres they have recently read or read the most. Reviewing their ‘read’ shelf might help you in choosing something they are interested in reading right now.
✱ If your pickee reads lots of books in a genre you are not familiar with (erotic romance, GLBT, YA, etc.), contact the Mods or the month’s organizer for guidance.
✱ Include a variety of books (e.g., shorter page count, new addition to their ‘to-read’ shelf, an older book on their ‘to-read’ shelf). This variety gives your pickee options when choosing the book or books they will be reading this month. Use the sort feature within their shelves to determine the date a book was added, published or read; page numbers, ratings, etc.

If you want to volunteer to make repicks:
✱ We love that you want to help out, but please remember those who need picks have been waiting for a long time already. Please only volunteer if you are able to make the repicks within a few hours of the deadline. Thank you!

Participants

☘KathyD☘ — tbr-audios
Fran (private profile) — a-pifm-shelf
Sukaina — to-read
Carina — merry-new-year
kellyelle (private profile) — to-read
LaurLa — 01-pick-me-please
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ — meet-greet-picks
Vi — to-read
Sabrina — to-read
MountainKat — to-read-asap
Carrie — hmd
Nancy H — to-read
Sonja — pifm
Fernanda — to-read

Pairings

Please pick for the person beneath you. The last person picks for the first person (that is, Carrie picks for MountainKat).

🎭 MountainKat
🎭 Nancy H
🎭 Vi
🎭 Carina
🎭 Fran (private profile)
🎭 ☘KathyD☘
🎭 kellyelle (private profile)
🎭 Sonja
🎭 Fernanda
🎭 LaurLa
🎭 Sukaina
🎭 Sabrina
🎭 ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎
🎭 Carrie

🎭 = made picks

✱ Remember to pick a minimum of four NEW books and four books from your pickee’s TBR or preferred shelf. Please limit your picks to no more than two for each rule , since sometimes too many choices can be as bad as too few!

Picking Rules

‘July’ was named as such by the Roman Senate to honor Julius Caesar who was born in this month. Because Julius Caesar is a well-known Shakespeare tragedy, we are looking at some of the bard’s well-known and loved comedies and tragedies.

* My apologies if I didn’t capture one of your favorite plays, but I was limited to eight. 😉 😁

🎭 Hamlet – written ~1600
Prince of Denmark is told by the ghost of his father to avenge his murder…and it ends badly for him.
recommend a book…
✔️ set in Europe
✔️ whose main character is titled (for example, prince/princess, king/queen, lord/lady, etc.)
✔️ that is highly rated on Goodreads (4.0 or higher)

🎭 Julius Caesar – written ~1599
Political thriller about a Roman dictator…and it ends badly for him.
recommend a book…
✔️ initially publishing in March
✔️ whose main male character is in a powerful position (your definition)
✔️ where politics play an important role in the story (for example, office politics, government politics)

🎭 Love Labour’s Lost – written ~1594
The king and his friends take an oath to dedicate themselves to study and avoid women for three years…and it ends happily for all.
recommend a book…
✔️ with a tight group of friends
✔️ set at a school/university
✔️ with no fewer than four people on the cover

🎭 Macbeth – written ~1605
A Scottish lord is persuaded to commit murder by his wife…and it ends badly for them.
recommend a book…
✔️ tagged mystery/suspense
✔️ set in the United Kingdom
✔️ whose main characters are married

🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream – written ~1595
Insane fairies attempt to solve romantic problems of lost mortals in the woods…and it ends happily for all.
recommend a book…
✔️ tagged paranormal and/or humor
✔️ with forest/trees/woods on the cover
✔️ initially published in the summer (that is, June, July, August, September)

🎭 Romeo and Juliet – written ~1594
Daughter and son of mortal enemies fall in love…and it ends badly for the couple.
recommend a book…
✔️ whose initial publishing date includes no fewer than two of these numbers 1 – 5 – 9 – 4
✔️ that is an enemies-to-lovers story (you can use précis, tag, list, etc.)
✔️ that is a tear jerker

🎭 The Tempest – written ~1611
Single-dad and sorcerer takes revenge on his enemies…and it ends happily for him.
recommend a book…
✔️ whose main character is a single parent
✔️ that is last in a series (or most recently published)
✔️ tagged magic

🎭 Twelfth Night – written ~1599
Twins separated by a shipwreck, mistaken identity, and a love triangle…and it ends happily for all.
recommend a book…
✔️ whose main character is a twin
✔️ with a character that has to hide something
✔️ with a ship and/or body of water on the cover

yup…I’m a fan...please use tbr-audios

I’m in! (private profile, happy to friend anyone who picks for me)
I’m more of a ‘modern twist’ or movie adaptation kind of Shakespeare fan :)

PIFM shelf- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I’d like to sign up.

Fran wrote: "I’m in! (private profile, happy to friend anyone who picks for me)
I’m more of a ‘modern twist’ or movie adaptation kind of Shakespeare fan :)

PIFM shelf- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list......"

that is still a Shakespeare fan! 😉😊

Sukaina wrote: "I’d like to sign up."

got you listed...welcome! 😊

I’m a fan.
Use https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I would like to join

Not really a fan... but I could be if you needed me to 😝
01-pick-me-please

I’m an inbetween fan. 😁 pick from my Meet & Greet shelf

I’m like Carmen.. an in between fan. I’d like to sign up too!

I'd like to play along - it'll be my first one! 😊 Picking shelf: Want to Read

welcome everyone!

@Sabrina...I hope you enjoy this monthly thread! There are quite a few veterans here, so don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

@LaurLa...no need for you to jump ship, but I appreciate the offer! 😁😉

@Carmen...could you please check the link in message 3? When I clicked on your link it went to your entire to-read shelf (I think), so I found the meet-and-greet-picks, but want to confirm with you. 😊

🙋🏻‍♀️ Me please! I love Shakespeare! Being a drama geek WAY back when, it was kind of required. 😉

Please use my to-read-asap shelf - thanks!

MountainKat wrote: "🙋🏻‍♀️ Me please! I love Shakespeare! Being a drama geek WAY back when, it was kind of required. 😉

Please use my to-read-asap shelf - thanks!"

of course! and when was being a drama geek required? I missed that boat! 😉😁

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "of course! and when was being a drama geek required? I missed that boat! 😉😁 "

I was a drama geek (that part wasn't required, just who I was 🤷🏻‍♀️) and because of that, loving Shakespeare was required. 😊 Not quite literally, but considering we studied a play and did scenes every year you would not be very happy if you didn't enjoy it.

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "welcome everyone!

@Sabrina...I hope you enjoy this monthly thread! There are quite a few veterans here, so don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

@LaurLa...no need for you to jump ship,..."

Oops not sure how that happened but it could have been I was half asleep but that’s correct. Thanks 😊

Yes Shakespeare is great


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

Yes, I like Shakespeare and used to teach some of the plays when I was teaching English.

I'm in! I didn't much like Shakespeare when I was younger and had to read the plays (despite being a drama geek), but I do like his work now that I understand it better! LOL

Please use my PIFM shelf please!

Im in!! I have a love/hate relationship with Shakespeare, its kinda of a hit or miss for me!!
Use my "want to read" shelf https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

I forgot to answer the Shakespeare thing! The truth is... not really. 😳 Sure, I like some of his work, but it's not a solid go-to or anything.

Sabrina wrote: "I forgot to answer the Shakespeare thing! The truth is... not really. 😳 Sure, I like some of his work, but it's not a solid go-to or anything."

I'll let you off this time! 😉🤣

welcome to anyone I haven’t gotten to welcome yet! 😊

I believe I have everyone and their shelf captured in message three...if for some reason I have the wrong shelf listed or you are missing from the list, just let me know.

I’ll post rules sometime around 4:00 pm CST.

Hi kellyelle! Here are your picks for July. I marked the ones I’ve listened to and loved in case you are an audio reader. I hope you enjoy whichever book(s) you read!

🎭 Hamlet – written ~1600
The Little Italian Hotel, Phaedra Patrick — set in Europe (tbr)
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, Jennifer Ashley — set in Europe (new) 🎧

🎭 Julius Caesar – written ~1599
In Flight, R.K. Lilley — main male character is a hotel owner (tbr)
Fatal Affair, Marie Force — main male character is a US Senator’s chief of staff (new) 🎧

🎭 Love Labour’s Lost – written ~1594
American Queen, Sierra Simone — tight group of friends (tbr)
See Me After Class, Meghan Quinn — set at a school (new)

🎭 Macbeth – written ~1605
Indigo Ridge, Devney Perry — tagged mystery (tbr)
Naked in Death, J.D. Robb — tagged mystery (new) 🎧

🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream – written ~1595
The Unhoneymooners, Christina Lauren — tagged humor (tbr) 🎧
Dark Lover, J.R. Ward — tagged paranormal (new) 🎧

🎭 Romeo and Juliet – written ~1594
Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez — enemies-to-lovers story (tbr) 🎧
The Last Letter, Rebecca Yarros — tearjerker (new) 🎧

🎭 The Tempest – written ~1611
How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix — main character is a single mom (tbr)
Betwixt, Darynda Jones — tagged magic (new) 🎧

🎭 Twelfth Night – written ~1599
Ten Tiny Breaths, K.A. Tucker — character has something to hide (tbr)
Wildest Dreams, Kristen Ashley — main character is a twin (new) 🎧

Hello Sonja, I hope you read something good!

Hamlet
One Italian summer by Rebecca Serle
On a night like this by Lindsey welk

Julius Caesar
By a thread by Lucy score
The Italian Ballerina by kristy Cameron

Love Labours Lost
The unrequited by saffron Kent
The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Macbeth
You shouldn’t have come here by Jeneva Rose (loved this)
Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry

Mid summers night
Forever Never by Lucy Score
Crash Site by Fiona Carver

Romeo and Juliette
Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas

Continued for Sonja

Romeo and Juliette
Pink 57 by Penelope Douglas
Evie Drake starts over by Linda Holmes

Tempest
Things we never got over by Lucy Score

Twelfth Night
A girl called Samson by Amy Harmon
Things we hide from the Light by Lucy score.

Hi KathyD!
Here are your picks for July - I hope you find a gem or two here. Enjoy!

Hamlet – written ~1600
tbr- Tempt the Playboy - 4.06 rating
new- The Royals Next Door - titled characters

🎭 Julius Caesar – written ~1599
tbr- Code Name: Hacker - March pub date
new- Crashed - March pub date

🎭 Love Labour’s Lost – written ~1594
tbr- Falling for my Brother's Best Friend - friends
new- Billionaire Brother's Nanny - four on cover

🎭 Macbeth – written ~1605
tbr- Cross Her Heart - mystery/suspense
new- Ties That Bind - mystery/suspense

🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream – written ~1595
tbr- Clean Sweep - paranormal
new- Dream On - summer pub date

🎭 Romeo and Juliet – written ~1594
tbr- Crushing on the Cop - 1 and 5 in pub date
new- Becoming a Vincent - 1 and 9 in pub date

🎭 The Tempest – written ~1611
tbr- Boss Man Bridegroom - last in series
new- Practice Makes Perfect - last in series

🎭 Twelfth Night – written ~1599
tbr- Shelter Mountain - seems like someone is hiding something
new- Wrong Text, Right Love - main characters are hiding their identities

Happy Reading!!

Hi NancyH! I will be working on your picks over the weekend. Looking forward to diving into your shelves. 📚

Hi Carina, nice to meet you. I'll be working on your picks over the weekend. I hope to have it up soon!

MountainKat, this was a little tricky to do with such a small list to pick from lol, so I hope you find something you will enjoy.


🎭 Hamlet – written ~1600

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtueset in Europe

Sticks & Stones highly rated on Goodreads (4.0 or higher)


🎭 Julius Caesar – written ~1599

Last Resortmain male character is in a powerful position (your definition)

Prime Ministerpolitics play an important role in the story (for example, office politics, government politics)


🎭 Love Labour’s Lost – written ~1594

The Truest Thingwith a tight group of friends (stretching this one)

Easyset at a school/university



🎭 Macbeth – written ~1605

Dream Mantagged mystery/suspense


Apprentice in Death whose main characters are married


🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream – written ~1595

Nice Girls Don't Have Fangstagged paranormal and/or humor

On the Run with forest/trees/woods on the cover



🎭 Romeo and Juliet – written ~1594

The Boyfriend Comebackthat is an enemies-to-lovers story (you can use précis, tag, list, etc.)

A Note in the Marginthat is a tear jerker


🎭 The Tempest – written ~1611

For Youwhose main character is a single parent

Endearedthat is last in a series (or most recently published)



🎭 Twelfth Night – written ~1599

Unwritten Lawwhose main character is a twin

Prince of Lieswith a character that has to hide something



Happy Reading

Carrie wrote: "MountainKat, this was a little tricky to do with such a small list to pick from lol, so I hope you find something you will enjoy."

Thank you Carrie! I see several I want to read next month and will be checking out the new to me books too!

Hi Nancy H, here are your picks! I hope I found some options for you to love in July. 🤞🏼

🎭 Hamlet:
NEW: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
TBR: A Lady's Guide to Gossip and Murder by Dianne Freeman

🎭 Julius Caesar:
NEW: Fatal Affair by Marie Force
TBR: The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott

🎭 Love Labour's Lost:
NEW: The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen
TBR: A Frond in Need: A Flower Shop Mystery Summer Novella by Kate Collins

🎭 Macbeth:
NEW: A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James
TBR: Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb

🎭 Midsummer Night's Dream:
NEW: Year One by Nora Roberts
TBR: Master Baker by Pippa Grant

🎭 Romeo and Juliet:
NEW: Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland
TBR: Wait For It by Jenn McKinlay

🎭 The Tempest:
NEW: The Awakening by Nora Roberts
TBR: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

🎭 Twelfth Night:
NEW: The Friendship Pact by jill Shalvis
TBR: Murder in a Teacup by Vicki Delany

Thank you, MountainKat, these look terrific! I can't wait to get started. I hope to get a lot of these read this coming month!

Happy Reading to you as well!


MountainKat wrote: "Hi Nancy H, here are your picks! I hope I found some options for you to love in July. 🤞🏼

🎭 Hamlet:
NEW: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
TBR: [book:A Lady'..."

Hi Vi,
Here are your picks. You have a GREAT To-Read list and I just wanted to add all of them to mine!! It was hard to pick for you in a way because there are so many that look so good. I hope you like the ones I chose for you.

Hamlet: Set in Europe (Cyprus, to be exact) - Between the Orange Groves (I just read this one and loved it!); Rated 4.0+ on Goodreads - The Reading List (I'm reading this one right now and it is SO good.)


Julius Caesar: Two with strong male main characters - Well Met and Red, White & Royal Blue (This one also has a lot of political overtones but is really good!)


Love's Labour Lost: Four+ people on cover - Loathe to Love You and Today Tonight Tomorrow


Macbeth: Mystery - Payback in Death;
Mystery plus series mostly set in United Kingdom - Dark Road to Darjeeling (I love both these series!)


Midsummer Night's Dream: Forest/trees - The Trees Inspire (This is the first in a trilogy and is set near where I live.); Initially published in summer, in June - Out of the Clear Blue Sky (I read this one recently and loved it.)


Romeo and Juliet: Initial publishing date includes a 1 and a 5, October 25, 2012 - Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe; Enemies (of a sort) to friends - Twice Shy


The Tempest: Two main characters are 'single parents' - Family Trust; Tagged magic - Magical Midlife Madness


Twelfth Night: Two with characters who have something to hide - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Summer of '69


Happy Reading!

Sabrina wrote: "I'd like to play along - it'll be my first one! 😊 Picking shelf: Want to Read"

Hi Sabrina. Here are your picks. I hope you try something new too.

~ Hamlet:

One Hundred Proposals

Yours Truly

~ Julius Caesar:

Can You Keep a Secret?

Dating Dr. Dil

~ Love Labour’s Lost:

Happy Place

The Deal

~ Macbeth:

The Housemaid

All Your Perfects

~ Midsummer Night’s Dream:

The Dead Romantics

The Love Hypothesis

~ Romeo and Juliet:

The Simple Wild

Things We Never Got Over

~ The Tempest:

Regretting You

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

~ Twelfth Night:

The Unhoneymooners

Desire and the Deep Blue Sea

Happy Reading!

Nancy H wrote: "Hi Vi,
Here are your picks. You have a GREAT To-Read list and I just wanted to add all of them to mine!! It was hard to pick for you in a way because there are so many that look so good. I hope yo..."

Oh Nancy, thank you for the awesome picks. So much books to read. I really hope to get to the Higgins book for sure. Between the Orange Groves and The Reading List if I can get my hands on these too. Thanks once again for the great picks!

Hi Sabrina. Here are your picks. I hope you try something new too.

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~ Hamlet:

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~ Julius Caesar:

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~ Love Labour’s Lost:

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~ Macbeth:

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~ Midsummer Night’s Dream:

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~ Romeo and Juliet:

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~ The Tempest:

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~ Twelfth Night:

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Happy Reading!
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Thanks, Sukaina!

I'm going to give Can You Keep a Secret? a go! Honestly, it was a split between this and The Unhoneymooners, but it looks like I'll be able to get the Sopie Kinsella from the library in time! 😊

7/5 update: Because libraries be library-ing, The Unhoneymooners became available first! 😁

7/8 update: Done! My review

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "I’m an inbetween fan. 😁 pick from my Meet & Greet shelf"

All right, Carmen - this pick's for you! 😁

🎭 Hamlet
New: Go Fake Yourself (rated 4.0 or higher - and also the highest rated standalone romance on my best reads list that you haven't already read 😉)
From your TBR (the highest rated!): Injustice and Absolution (rated 4.0 or higher)

🎭 Julius Caesar
New: Three Swedish Mountain Men (published in March)
From your TBR (and one I really enjoyed): A Not So Meet Cute (MMC in a powerful position.

🎭 Love Labour’s Lost
New: Next to You (tight group of friends; technically 2nd in the series, but reading out of order is okay)
From your TBR: The Teacher of Nothing (set at a school)

🎭 Macbeth
New: Take the Money and Run (tagged suspense)
From your TBR: The Wife Before (tagged mystery)

🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream
New:Nevermore Bookstore (tagged paranormal)
From your TBR (and one I rated 4-stars): The Big Fake (tagged humor)

🎭 Romeo and Juliet
New: The Worst Guy (enemies-to-lovers)
From your TBR: Falling for Mr. Statham (has 1, 5 & 9 in publishing date)


🎭 The Tempest
New: Meet Me Halfway (single mom)
From your TBR (the most recent!): Grave Dance (tagged magic)

🎭 Twelfth Night
New: The Right Move (MMC is a twin)
From your TBR: Thriller Meets Romance: A Comedy (body of water on cover)

I hope you find some inspiration here!

(Also, I 100% stole a few things off your TBR!!)

~Sabrina

Fran

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

Hamlet
TBR - Bastard Boss
New - Coercion


Julius Caesar
TBR - Loving the Odds
New - Dare to Love


Love Labour’s Lost
TBR - Billionaire Brother's Nanny


Macbeth
TBR - Saturday Night Special
New - The Hanover Square Affair


Midsummers Night’s Dream
TBR - Sleeping With the Movie Star
New - North


Romeo and Juliet
TBR - Better than the Movies
New - (Not) The Boss of Me


The Tempest
TBR - The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
New - The Playlist


Twelfth Night
TBR - A Fool Again
New - Mr. Cavendish, I Presume

Sabrina wrote: "Hi Sabrina. Here are your picks. I hope you try something new too.


~ Hamlet:

or

~ Julius Caesar:

[bookcover:Can You..."

I’m glad! Hope you enjoy reading it :)

Carina wrote: "Fran

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

Hamlet
TBR - Bastard Boss
New - Coercion


Julius Caesar
TB..."


Thank you for the great picks Carina! I’m excited to get started :)

Fran wrote: "Hi KathyD!
Here are your picks for July - I hope you find a gem or two here. Enjoy!

Hamlet – written ~1600
tbr- Tempt the Playboy - 4.06 rating
new- [book:The Royals Next Door|5614..."

thanks Fran! these look great!

Hey Carina,

Sorry for the delay. I had it ready to post and then GR went down for a looooong time.

You have a beautiful TBR. I had fun and added some new books to my pile too. Here are your picks:

🎭 Hamlet – written ~1600
TBR: Watchman, The by Adrian Magson
New: When in Rome - This is set in Italy. I haven’t read it yet but I am looking forward to reading it.

🎭 Julius Caesar – written ~1599
TBR: Dead Giveaway
New: Her Rebel Heart by Jamie Farrell - A very surprising read for me. I stumbled by accident and I loved the life of a military pilot and wife.

🎭 Love Labour’s Lost – written ~1594
TBR: An Alaskan Twin Surprise by Belle Calhoune
New: The Deal by Elle Kennedy - This is set in college with a tight group of friends. Honestly, one of the best books by the author.

🎭 Macbeth – written ~1605
TBR: The Maiden of Ireland
New: Here With Me by Samantha Young - Set in Scotland, one of my favourites.

🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream – written ~1595
TBR: The Stalking by Heather Graham
New: Shifting Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter - PNR book about shifters set in a small town. Enjoyed it more than I expected.

🎭 Romeo and Juliet – written ~1594
TBR:The Sergeant's Unexpected Family by Carrie Nichols
New: Book Lovers by Emily Henry - Hands down one of my favourite books - enemies to lovers trope.

🎭 The Tempest – written ~1611
TBR: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor - Tagged Magic and something that I would also like to read.
New: Circe by Madeline Miller. I loved this book - I didn’t know about Circe or detailed Greek mythology but Miller bought Circe to life. The audiobook is awesome. Highly recommend it.

🎭 Twelfth Night – written ~1599
TBR: Redemption Bay by RaeAnne Thayne
New: Two Wrongs Make a Right by Chloe Liese - The MC is a twin. A beautiful romance with two quirky characters. Waiting for the next one to be released.

KathyD, , I loved the picking rules this time around. It was very fun. Thanks for that!

Hey @LaurLa, here are the books I chose for you!!
🎭 Hamlet – written ~1600
TBR: American Royals
(Main Character is titled)
NEW: Throttled (Set in Europe)

🎭 Julius Caesar – written ~1599
TBR: The Takeover (Main Male character is a CEO)
NEW: King of Wrath (Main Male character is a CEO)

🎭 Love Labour’s Lost – written ~1594
NEW: Twisted Series 4 Books Collection Set (Tight group of friends)

🎭 Macbeth – written ~1605
TBR: The Girl in the Woods (Tagged Mystery)
NEW: Hook, Line, and SinkerHook, Line and Sinker (Green Cover)

🎭 Midsummer Night’s Dream – written ~1595
TBR: Psychic Dreams
NEW: Love, Theoretically

🎭 Romeo and Juliet – written ~1594
TBR:Waiting in the Wings (publishing date includes no fewer than two of these numbers 1 – 5 – 9 – 4)
NEW: The Murmur of Bees (Tearjerker)

🎭 The Tempest – written ~1611
NEW: Circe(tagged Magic)
TBR: Slaying It ( Magic)

🎭 Twelfth Night – written ~1599
TBR: Secret Obsession (Main Character has something to hide)
NEW: Going Cowboy Crazy ( Twin love triangle)