Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

Snowflakemood wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Happy Holidays Shadowflakemood! Here are your January picks! I somehow managed to pick 8 new and 8 from your tbr list. Hope you enjoy and have a great holiday season!

new-to-you a..."

WOW! you are making some amazing progress! =)
I'm glad you have found a few good ones and I'm sorry to hear about the few duds...hope the next ones are winners for you!

♥ Nora ♥ wrote: "Hi Fran!

I've finished two books of my picks: & - I really enjoyed them!

Thanks for the pick! "

I’m so glad you liked them Nora!

Rachel C. wrote: "Here you go, Fran. I hope you like them! Please let me know if you need any repicks :)"

Hi Rachel C!

I read Blurred Lines and then went on to read the next three in the serial...Blurred Lines: Volumes 1-4. I also read Desperately Seeking Santa. I liked them both- thanks for the push to get them off my tbr!

I completed The Hostage on Saturday and it was such a fantastic book! I'm a big fan of Susan Wiggs and can't believe I hadn't read this series. I'm looking forward to reading the other two :)

Hi Rebecca! I'm sure you saw, but I finished Hate to Want You last night. Four satisfying stars, thanks for the pick!!

Sarah wrote: "I completed The Hostage on Saturday and it was such a fantastic book! I'm a big fan of Susan Wiggs and can't believe I hadn't read this series. I'm looking forward to reading the othe..."

Glad you also enjoyed your second pick - Sarah!

Hi Sarah!
So far I have read 3 of my picks;
Lumberjack Love - this was the short read so I started with it. Very steamy & very quick to get through. I have read other J.L. Beck books so I was very happy this one got picked for me.

His Virgin - I read the second book in this series first (which absolutely drove my OCD tendencies crazy) so I knew I'd get to this one soon. I've like every Vivian Wood book I've read so now I can't wait til I get to book #3.

Axel - oh goodness, what can I say about this one? Great, great read & I'm glad you suggested it. I don't think I had previously read anything by Harper Sloan but now I have added the other books in the series to my TBR list.

On to the next ones...

Carina,

Read 3 picks over the last week....went on a cruise for my 40th! :D

- pretty good, will continue with the series!

- liked it a lot!

- it was ok, my first Toni Blake book.

On to pick #5?

☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Snowflakemood wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Happy Holidays Shadowflakemood! Here are your January picks! I somehow managed to pick 8 new and 8 from your tbr list. Hope you enjoy and have a great holiday..."

Hey ☘KathyD☘,

I read

★★★★ liked it a lot (steamy but with a lot of feelings). I am not sure if I want to continue with the series though.

★★★ it was ok, but I couldn't connect with the h much. She was too pig-headed, self-centered, and fixated on her preconceived idea of love. I will not continue with the series as I am afraid the other h are a lot similar.

★★★★ this one is a tear-jerker...so sweet, poignant, and full of passion. I really cried a lot towards the end and I wasn't able to start reading another book for an entire day (which is a rare event for me). Why not 5 stars then? Because I found the epilogue to be a bit of a cruel blow, both to the reader and to the side characters (I understand this might sound a bit crazy, but I tend to connect a lot when the characters feel quite real). I would have preferred a less cutting ending.

This has probably been my most prolific PIFM month so far. So thank you again for putting together such an engaging and entertaining selection :)

Rebecca wrote: "Hi Sonja,
I hope you like your picks! if you want to change anything just let me know.


1. It's a great time to try something new!-
NEW ~ Down Home Cowboy by Maisey Yates
NEW ~ [..."

TWO for me now, Rebecca!
1. It's a great time to try something new!
NEW ~ [book:Hate to Want You|29422692] ★★★★ 4 very satisfying stars! Don't you know I'm already waiting on book 2!


5. January is the first month of the year-
TBR ~ Idol ★★★★★ OMG... I could not put this one down! Straight to my faves and both devil horns raised high! Solid story, awesome characters and writing style (this author wrote the Firelight series), lots of rock music and love for music in general and did I mention hottie rock stars? Yeah... I might have a new literary crush now...


Thank you for the picks. I've got six more potentially to finish this month....

Snowflakemood wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Snowflakemood wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Happy Holidays Shadowflakemood! Here are your January picks! I somehow managed to pick 8 new and 8 from your tbr list. Hope you enjoy and hav..."

I'm so happy you are enjoying your books! =)

Hi Mountain Kat...I just finished reading The V Card and I really enjoyed it! It was such a sweet love story and I'm definitely going to check out other books by Lauren Blakely. Thanks for the pick. I'm hoping I'll be able to fit in another pick this month and will let you know which one.

Glad you liked it Grace! I haven't gotten to that one yet, but I hope to this month. =) I'm currently listening to Most Likely to Score though and am enjoying it!

Diane ~Firefly

I finished Under Pressure. I am looking forward to continuing the series! On to pick #2.

Scarlett wrote: "Hi Sarah!
So far I have read 3 of my picks;
Lumberjack Love - this was the short read so I started with it. Very steamy & very quick to get through. I have read other [author:J.L...."

Glad you are enjoying them :) I'm with you... my OCD goes crazy if I read books out of order lol

Sonja wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Hi Sonja,
I hope you like your picks! if you want to change anything just let me know.


1. It's a great time to try something new!-
NEW ~ Down Home Cowboy by Mais..."

Idol keeps showing up on my Kindle because I'm reading Wanderlust right now... you're little review made me want to pick it up... off to Amazon :)

Carina wrote: "Diane ~Firefly

I finished Under Pressure. I am looking forward to continuing the series! On to pick #2."

Glad you enjoyed it!

Sonja wrote: "Hi Rebecca! I'm sure you saw, but I finished Hate to Want You last night. Four satisfying stars, thanks for the pick!!"

I am so glad you liked it!

Hi Lauren--
So I have definitely finished which had a lot of things going for it. The cover for one. Being free on kindle was another. I liked the small town as community and liked both main characters. I'm not sure why Mason felt he had to pay his uncle's debts or even why the town would expect him to and I'm not sure the underlying premise isn't ridiculous but I would read more in the series. Thanks for moving this off my TBR!

I hope to finish one more this month but the reading has been slow.

Hi Pam ..

I just finished reading all the books at post # 144 .. I liked the sense like i participation in the Marathons race and try to get first place .. But I did not like reading this number of romantic books in one month, which made me read some books without concentration and without any feeling of the story so I will certainly re read it again. In general, I like most of the selected books and I will definitely participate again to this challenge.

Thanks for the picks!

Suzanne, I am reading Rogue and I'm loving it thanks for the rec, I will let you know my thoughts when I have finished.

Rebecca wrote: "Sonja wrote: "Hi Rebecca! I'm sure you saw, but I finished Hate to Want You last night. Four satisfying stars, thanks for the pick!!"

I am so glad you liked it!"
Loved it Rebecca and anticipating Wrong to Need You !

Also I started Down Home Cowboy and am enjoying it so far!

Sarah wrote: "Sonja wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Hi Sonja,
I hope you like your picks! if you want to change anything just let me know.

Oh yaaay, Sarah! I can't say enough about Idol except that I can't believe I waited so long to read it! LOL!

I looked up Wanderlust and am gonna have to read that one now too. Thank you for the recommendation!

I'd also recommend Listen to Me and Lick if you haven't already gotten to them.

Suzanne, today I finished Rogue I found it very enjoyable but not as good as the first one. I will definitely carry on with this series.

Rebecca, I finished Down Home Cowboy today! Great book, thanks for the rec!

Sonja wrote: "Rebecca, I finished Down Home Cowboy today! Great book, thanks for the rec!"

No problem.

Carina,

Finished my #5 (and final) pick -LOVED it! Read it in a day!!

Thanks again for the picks!

Hi Scarlett,
I just finished reading another of my picks, and it was REALLY good. It was Leave It to Cleavage . It has been sitting on my shelf for a long time so I appreciate the nudge to get to it, because it was really a good read. Thank you!

True.magic wrote: "Hi Pam ..

I just finished reading all the books at post # 144 .. I liked the sense like i participation in the Marathons race and try to get first place .. But I did not like reading this number o..."

Holy cow True.magic. Good for you! I feel really accomplished if I read 2 or 3. Most months I only get the mandatory 1. Hope there was a favorite.

Diane ~Firefly~

I finished my second book The Man Who Had Everything. It was a good read. Looking forward to continuing the series!

Glad you liked it Carina!

Pam wrote: "True.magic wrote: "Hi Pam ..

I just finished reading all the books at post # 144 .. I liked the sense like i participation in the Marathons race and try to get first place .. But I did not like re..."

My favorite
1. this is the first Sports Romance book i read i love all the series especially it complete each other.
2. love this kind of romance the kind that gives you a feeling of butterflies in your chest and i don't mind to reread it again and again.
3. I love this sort of romance books mixed with some mystery, action and suspense.
4. I love the plot from the beginning when Drew Callahan save her until the end of the story when she face the fact that she can't live without him in her life and all the action she did in the game to let him know her feeling.
5. after reading i decided to read all the Friday Harbor Series.

Thank you Pam for the picks i love most of it.

I just finished Archer’s Voice and it was amazing! I had tried to read Ghost Writer earlier this month and it had a trigger for me in it so I stopped reading it.

I finished and I do not understand the high reviews on this book. On the positive it is now off my tbr list since I have now read it.

Hi Scarlett,
I finished another one, and hope to get one more done yet by the end of the month. The one I just finished was Luck, Love & Lemon Pie , and it was just okay. I'm glad I read it, though, so thanks for the nudge.

Hi Mountain Kat! I just finished my second pick, Beautiful Mistake, and loved it. It wasn't what I expected when I read the blurb, but in a good way. It was so good! Thanks for the pick!

Yay, I'm glad you liked it Grace! I thought it was really good too!

Brett wrote: "I finished and I do not understand the high reviews on this book. On the positive it is now off my tbr list since I have now read it."

I am really sorry you didn't like the book. I hope you will receive better suggestions for next month's challenge.

Well, Rebecca, I managed 4, possibly 5 of your recommendations. I definitely wanted to get to more, but RL got in the way as usual. I got more read this month than I thought I would!
1. ★★★★
2. ★★★★★
3. ★★★★
4. ★★★

Hoping to get before Wednesday!

My fave was definitely ! But then again, I'm still waiting on , and from my slow-poke library. I actually have Big Little Lies, Wicked White and Beautiful Disaster in my personal library, but I find I always end up reading what I have to return before I get to ones I own...

Anyway, thank you again so much for the picks!

Sonja, read a couple more! and . Really enjoyed both! Thank you again for all the great recommendations! :)

~KarenH~,

Nothing like getting it in under the wire! I only managed one book - - but I loved it! I was not expecting to cry like a baby during it! Thank you again for the recs, and I've got the rest on my TBR to hopefully catch up in February!

Rachel C. wrote: "Sonja, read a couple more! and . Really enjoyed both! Thank you again for all the great recommendations! :)"

Oh that's great, Rachel! Wasn't Romancing the Duke great!? Glad you liked both books!

Hi Scarlett,
I finished the last one I'm going to be able to finish this month, and it was okay, but not as great as I thought it would be when it started off with a bang! I'm glad I read it, though, so thanks for the recommendation. The Silver and Gold Deception- A Carter Sister Mystery

Thank you for such great recs this month! I am happy that I got to four of them. I will read some of the others but just can't get them in by month's end.

HI Mary-Megan I finished quite a few this month, including one new one! Thanks again for the picks :-D

1. It's a great time to try something new!
✅TBR: Undercover Heart - Pamela Stone - 01.27 ★★★★


2. It's also a great time to start something new that could lead to more new somethings
✅TBR: Cold Ridge - Carla Neggers - 01.24 ★★★★


3. Why not try a brand new release in the new year?
✅TBR: The Art of Running in Heels - Rachel Gibson ~ I'm looking forward to this book coming out
✅NEW: You Say It First - Susan Mallery ~ If you liked Susan Mallery's Fool's Gold, you'll enjoy this one - 01.25 ★★★★


4. I bet those recently added titles are what you are looking forward to most in the new year
✅TBR: Never Too Late - Brenda Steele - 01.30 ★★★


5. January is the first month of the year
✅TBR: Garrett - Sawyer Bennett - 01.22 ★★★★


7. The new year is filled with promise and hope
✅TBR: Suddenly Last Summer - Sarah Morgan - 01.12 ★★★★


8. There seem to be a lot of college football bowl games on t.v. on New Year's Day
✅TBR: Just Good Friends - Rosalind James - 01.15 ★★★★

Snowflakemood wrote: "Brett wrote: "I finished and I do not understand the high reviews on this book. On the positive it is now off my tbr list since I have now read it."

I am really..."

Even if I didn't like it I'm glad it was picked for me. It was on my kindle for awhile waiting, and now I know I am not a fan of the author. :)

Sonja wrote: "Well, Rebecca, I managed 4, possibly 5 of your recommendations. I definitely wanted to get to more, but RL got in the way as usual. I got more read this month than I thought I would!
1. [bookcover..."

I am so glad you enjoyed your picks.

LaurLa wrote: "HI Mary-Megan I finished quite a few this month, including one new one! Thanks again for the picks :-D..."

You got a lot done! I'm glad it was a successful reading month for you!

Elke

I was able to get three books done this month. That Thing You Do, Don't Tempt Me, and No Darker Place.

They were all okay, nothing truly great but nothing terrible. Since they were all on my TBR list, I'm to blame for the duds. Sometimes I think my expectations are too high and that's why I'm so easily disappointed :(

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Hi Jennifer! I was able to get through four of my picks this month! And added several more to Mt. TBR too!

Stud Finder by Lauren Blakely 1.10.18 - Loved this, great to get their story!

The V Card by Lauren Blakely and Lili Valence 1.27.18 - So sweet!

Drunk Dial by Penelope Ward 1.29.18 - I enjoyed this, even though some of it was pretty unbelievable if it were real life - good thing it was romance!

The Final Score by Jaci Burton 1.31.18 - Loved!!

Thank you for the great picks!!

Hi HeatherMarie,

I finished one of your new picks for me yesterday: - It was 3 stars for me but thanks for the pick! It fit perfectly for another challenge I'm participating in :-)