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Pick It For Me Challenge: May/June
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My name: MelissaMy partner: Joycedale
The books picked for me:
read 5/28 5 stars. This book gave me a new inside into parts of WW2 that I was unaware of. It weaves two stores together. One in the past, and one in the present.This is a vey sad tale with a ,"little light and the end of the tunnel" kind of feel to it. Side note: on the back cover is said something abut it will make you cry. I thought nan I hardy ever cry when reading a book. I was wrong the very end moved me to tears. 
read 5/6 4 stars. This book hit close to hone literately. It takes place in San Diego so, I was very familiar with the locations in this book. The beginning was annoyingly slow but the plot picked around the middle of the book. Enjoyed it enough to want to read the sequel.
read 6/26 5 stars. It been so long since I've read the books before this one. To refresh my memory I read the summary's of the two books before it. It helped but there where still a few this that I did not remember. Once I started reading this book I had hard time putting it down. Vey suspenseful and intense. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.
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My name: JoycedaleMy partner: Melissa
The books she picked for me;
4 stars This was a great story about love even after death
3 stars I didn't really like Stephen. Brianna really needed help but he refused to take her to a professional insisting he could help her instead.
4 stars The beginning of this book is very confusing but when we start getting explanations it was awesome.
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Edit: Eva missed the sign up by minutes. She should be your partner. :)
My name: LeighMy partner: Holly
The books picked for me:
6/2 **** Well written. Plenty suspense and action. The MC, Mallory, was a strong heroine who wanted justice for her sister's kidnaper/killer. I enjoyed it and will read the next story in the series. 
5/5 **** I enjoyed the story and what a cliffhanger. Tink was such a cute character.
6/24 ***** I wasn't sure I would like this read, but I loved it. Darrow was an interesting MC. What a transformation he went through! His character and beliefs, were seriously tested. I will definitely be reading the next book.
My name: AndreaMy partner:Karen
The books picked for me:
Read:
gave it 4 stars, but for me it feels like a 3.5. I just didn't like it as a thought I would.
gave it 2 stars. I'm so disappointed.
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Edit: Eva missed the sign up by minutes. She should be your partner. :)"
I told her we can partner :) If not, you can pick for me Karen, I'm good with that :)
My name: EstherMy partner: Wattpadbookreader
The books picked for me:
Heather picked for me
and i picked for Heather
My name: KatieMy partner: Oda
The books picked for me:
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My Name: Oda
My partner: Katie
The books picked for me:
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I finshed take a bow,abselutely love it. planning on reading inheritance in the last days of june.
My partner: Katie
The books picked for me:
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I finshed take a bow,abselutely love it. planning on reading inheritance in the last days of june.
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My name: Karen
My partner: Andrea
Books picked for me:
Read 5/25, rated it 4 stars. Again, not a big fan of contemporaries but really enjoyed this one and I get what all the hype was about. I think I liked this one better than Fangirl! Boy meets girl. Boy not impressed with girl and it takes a while to form a friendship. Boy comes from normal family, girl comes from a hard family life with a pig as a stepdad. Boy and girl fall in love. The falling in love parts were adorable! My favorite character was Park's mom! ;) 
Read 5/3, rated it 4 stars. I'm not a big fan of contemporary so was happy to be able to change it up and read something outside of my comfort zone. This was a story of a twin who is forced to live apart from her twin. Cath writes fan fic and is very introvert. At first I wasn't sure about the MC but as the story progressed, she grew on me and grew up. Loved the ending! Really enjoyed this!
Read 6/9, rated it 3 stars. I thought the premise and world building was interesting enough but once I hit that awful instalove, I almost DNF'd, it was SO bad. After much eye rolling, I made it to the end which was better and redeemed the book, a little. I probably won't be continuing this series.
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Esther wrote: "My name: EstherMy partner: Wattpadbookreader
The books picked for me: TBD"
My name: WattpadBookReader
My partner: Esther
The books picked for me:
five out of five stars I loved it
OMG I love this book so much Esther had some great picks
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I pick for you:
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Finished
gave it 3 stars. I didn't really like Stephen. Brianna really needed help but he refused to take her to a professional insisting he could help her instead.
Sorry I couldn't participate in this one guys. Just too busy with school and extra-curriculars for the next month and a half to read much. Hope you guys find good books though.I'll join you again in July!
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I'll join you again ..."
Sounds good, Daniel! We all have busy times so very understandable. We'll miss you this round though.
Finished
I loved this story. It was about Lizzy and Michael. After he dies in a car wreck he visits Lizzy in dreams because his death wasn't an accident. She's now in danger and he wants to protect her. I really recommend this for anyone that likes paranormal romance.
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Jenny wrote: "It kind of sounds like the movie, "Ghost" ;) Except he is always around here in that one, not just her dreams :)"Omgosh that is what it was kinda like. Except they were teenagers living in Alaska and it was over their friends drug addiction.
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Finshed
4 stars. This book hit close to hone literately. It takes place in San Diego so, I was very familiar with the locations in this book. The beginning was annoyingly slow but the plot picked around the middle of the book. Enjoyed it enough to want to read the sequel.
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and updated my status. ;) Another awesome pick and so glad to finally read this one!
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Read 6/9, rated it 3 stars. I thought the premise and world building was interesting enough but once I hit that awful instalove, I almost DNF'd, it was SO bad. After much eye rolling, I made it to the end which was better and redeemed the book, a little. I probably won't be continuing this series.
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4 stars from me. At first I was going to be surprised if I gave this 2 stars but about halfway the story completely changes. If the first half hadn't been so confusing it would have gotten 5 stars from me. I recommend this for anyone wanting a quick dystopian read. Although some more world building would've been nice but in such a quick read there really wasn't room.
@ Karen. I feel sorry for you. I recently read a book with an awful insta-love too, but it was a DNF for me. I just read six chapters and it was enough.
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3.5 stars
The last quarter of this one was really good! I wish the first 3 quarters had been as good. I was really struggling with this one, and was majorly confused, but I think I got it by the end.
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and HOLY CRAP!! That ending! The book was pretty confusing about the first third of it or so, but overall I really liked this one! 4 stars
When will the new sign up go live? I missed it this time and I'm going to my parent's soon and won't wanna miss it again :)
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I have read my all of my picks and have updated in my original post. Thank you again, Holly.
Done with my second book
I'm so disappointed. I don't know where things went wrong. I liked how it started but quickly after, things went south. Gave it just two stars
Unfortunately I won't be able to finish my last book :/
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Yay Jenny! :)
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Enjoying it so far!
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omg, I was totally commited to this and my family surprised me with a traveling vacation. So sorry I didn't pull through...
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4 stars. It was a decent read, nothing too special, but I did love the overall story. Never really connected to the MC, though, and thought she was a bit dumb!
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No worries, Esther, life happens :)
I finished
on monday,(yes,yes I know a bit late). Great read tho. Sad to see the series end. Did not expect that ending.
on monday,(yes,yes I know a bit late). Great read tho. Sad to see the series end. Did not expect that ending.
David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite!
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Inheritance (other topics)The Sin Eater's Daughter (other topics)
The Sin Eater's Daughter (other topics)
Insurgent (other topics)
The Evolution of Mara Dyer (other topics)
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Katie and Oda
Heather and Tammie
Wattpadbookreader and Esther
Leigh and Holly
Joycedale and Melissa
Karen and Andrea
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3. Andrea-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
4. Katie-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
5. Karen- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
6. Leigh-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
7. Oda-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
8. Heather-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
9. Melissa-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
10. Tammie--https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
11. Holly-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
12. Wattpadbookreader-- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
13. Esther-- https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4...
***If you do not have access to your partner's shelf, please send a friend request to your partner!***
You now have one week to decide amongst yourselves how many books you will pick for each other, and to make those choices.
You can chat with your partner either here or by PM- PREFERABLY BY PERSONAL MESSAGE SO THAT THIS BOARD IS NOT CLUTTERED UP.
Either way, all of you MUST do a post on here this week that is similar to the example that I did on the first post:
My name: Jenny
My partner: Sarah
The books picked for me:
Cinder (read 3/16/2015)- 4 stars. Intriguing premise, great characters, and a really cool retelling that was unfortunately plagued by predictability.
The Hunt (read 3/28/2015)- 4 stars. The Hunt had lots of suspense, admirable lead characters, and kept me scared and nervous.
Note that you have until the end of June to read the books and edit/fill in the information/short review at the bottom. But by the end of this week the post should at least show the books that your partner has picked for you.
Have fun!