Jennifer’s Comments (group member since Dec 03, 2021)

Jennifer’s comments from the On The Same Page group.

Good choices, and good reasoning -- I'm right there with you about puns and nonfiction and just because. :)

Pairs are posted in post 1!

Joy: I confess I may have engineered picking for you again this month because I always love your list...

In for five, please!
PIFM

I hope it helps lift you out of the slump.

I'm having a different distraction: I discovered I can listen to/watch ER streaming on my phone.... it's 14 seasons and I've never seen the whole thing.....

Hi, everyone! This is the thread for the "Commit to one book monthly" challenge. In this thread, post one book you intend to read in May, so everyone else can see your pick. When you finish reading it, we'd love for you to come back and post your opinion. I expect everyone's TBRs to suffer because of this monthly reading challenge, but I'm prepared to make that sacrifice. Are you? :-D

The colors for September 2024 are cream/beige and salmon/coral. Looking forward to seeing your picks!

Hi, everyone!

For anyone unfamiliar, this is a monthly challenge where you post a link to a shelf you created. It can be named "PIFM" or "Pick It For Me" etc, if you want one dedicated only to this challenge, or you can use an existing shelf you already have, as long as it has 100 or fewer books on it. The link must be to the specific shelf, or you will not be partnered.. Indicate how many books you would like to have picked for you from that shelf for the month in question. There is no lower limit as to how many books you can have on your shelf, but, of course, they should be books you are interested in reading during the next month and have ready access to.

On or about the 25th of each month, I will post who picks for whom. In order to accommodate an uneven number of participants, pairs will not be reciprocal -- in other words, it won't be Joanne picking for Jennifer and Jennifer picking for Joanne. It may be Joanne picks for Jennifer, Jennifer picks for Herman, and Herman picks for Suzanne, and someone else entirely picks for Joanne.

If anyone has not been "picked for" by the 30th, I will pick for them if the designated picker can't be contacted by PM.

When you are assigned someone to pick for, note the number of books in parentheses after that person's name in the pick list, go to the link for their shelf, and pick that number of books for them. Post the books in a new message here. That person has the entire following month to read his/her picks. Someone will be picking for you the same way. We all like to see what people think about their picks, so we hope you will keep us posted in this thread!

Example: "In for five, please!
PIFM"

The HTML template for linking your shelf can be found HERE and if you have trouble, PM me and I will help you.

Your designated shelf must be set so that others can see it. To set up a PIFM shelf for those who would like to, go to the "MY BOOKS" link in the GOODREADS toolbar, scroll down below your shelves on the left until you see the "add shelf" button, and click that. Name it PIFM or Pick It For Me. Add books to it, and post the link to it in this challenge as described above. Again, if you need help, please don't hesitate to PM me!

If you are in for September, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!


September pairs:

Joy picks one for Jackie
Jackie picks four for Lance
Lance picks five for Jennifer
Jennifer picks three for Joy

I've read a different book by her recently, Pam, and liked it.

OH I love her books, Diana! I hope you like this. Plus I've lived in the south my entire adult life and we are mighty fond of the concept, if not the execution, of a good old fashioned hair-pulling name-calling shoe-throwing hissy fit.

I'm so glad!

Hi!

It's time to nominate non-fiction books for our fourth quarter 2024 NF group read. The nominations thread will be open through the 31st.

On September 1st, I'll put up a poll. The winner will be announced on September 16, which should give everyone who is interested some time to get the book if they wish to read it starting on October 1st.

Looking forward to seeing your ideas!

Ambrose, you are knocking out the NF this year!

I read your review of Team, Joy -- I liked it too, and for some of the same reasons you did. I read a lot of nonfiction, and I read this in 2008, and it has stuck with me longer and better than most of what I have read.

I started rereading yesterday and am picking it up again tonight. His use of language is hysterical.

Of course, haven't chipped away at my intended books but have two accidentals already...

Good angle, Dee! I like it.

Please nominate a genre for September 2024 in this thread, if you would like to. The only rule for genre nominations is that you cannot nominate a genre that we've already read this calendar year.

Not planning to be a huge stickler on the "genre vs subgenre" thing. If it's a recognized book category (i.e. you can reasonably expect the average Goodreads reader to know what it is), post it.

Nominations open until 8/14, poll to follow.

If you want to see examples of genres and subgenres that Goodreads has some lists for, or figure out where a book/style of book you like happens to fit, try this link:

Goodreads Genres

Genres already chosen this year:
January - Science Fiction
February - Romance
March - Mystery
April - Historical Fiction
May -- Nonfiction
June -- Thriller
July -- Fantasy
August -- Humor/Comedy