2014 May Pick-it-for-Me! Challenge

[Hina]

May 2014 PIFM 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 a set of rules. The assignment method and book selection rules change each month so it’s always new and always different.

After signups are closed, I'll put your names and any extra info I’ve requested into the super secret PIFM randomizer and select someone for you to choose for. This will get posted along with the rules for the month.

While you're doing your picks, someone else is doing picks for you. Once you receive them, you pick a book off the list and get reading. To complete the challenge, you only have to read 1 (one) book but many of us end up reading more because we just can't resist a list of books to read.

In order to participate you need to either HAVE YOUR PROFILE SET TO PUBLIC (preferable), or make the person who will be giving you recommendations your friend. On top of that, I strongly recommend keeping your bookshelves updated; otherwise you might end up with a recommendation that you have already read.

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


***TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!***

1. Check the publishing date of the book before recommending it. To check the publishing date, from your pickee's to-read or similar shelf choose shelf settings, select "date pub" from the drop down selections and save/close the menu.

2. Check pickee's personalized shelves, especially their exclusive shelves - it could be very helpful in recommending something they want to read. A personalized shelf is one that a member has labeled themselves, for example, 'to read next', 'can't wait to read', 'favorites'.

3. Look at your pickee's 'read' shelf and see what genres they have recently read the most. That might help in choosing something they are interested in reading right now.

4. Please make sure the books you choose for your pickee are not on their 'read' shelf. Just because it isn't rated doesn't mean it wasn't read. Sometimes the reader may choose not to rate a book.

5. Although Buddy Reads are no longer going to be offered as a category, if there is a recommendation that you give your pickee that you would like to read with them, please feel free to suggest a Buddy Read with them. You can PM each other and discuss it.

6. If your pickee reads lots of books in a genre you are not familiar with (erotic romance, GLBT, YA, etc.), feel free to contact either Fran, Dee, Jane, Kat, Karen, Ty or the month's organizer and they can try to point you in the right direction for recommendations.

7. If possible, try to include a shorter book, a longer book, a new addition to their 'to-read' shelf, and and older book from their 'to-read' shelf. This gives them a variety of options to choose from. You can sort the shelves by many features - ratings, date read, date added, date published, #of pages and many other items from the shelf settings as described in tip #1. And they can be sorted by ascending or descending order as well.

8. Please choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These should be brand new to them and not found on any of their shelves. Part of the fun of this challenge is discovering new books to read, adding new titles to the ever-expanding tbr shelf. The remaining 4 titles should come from your pickee's tbr or preferred shelves.

9. Please remember this is a romance readers challenge, so unless you KNOW your pickee would prefer something else (something off their preferred shelf, for example) most, if not all, of your picks should be romance. There are many different sub genres and related types of books - Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Erotica, M/M, Urban Fantasy even. Take a look at your pickee's read shelf and see if they read non-romance genres before making your suggestions.

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

★★★ What type of a vacationer are you?★★★

★ Active Adventurer - You want to see it all and do it all, from museums to beaches and whatever is in between.
★ Beach Bum - You want to park yourself on the beach and the hardest thing you should have to decide is which book to read and what to drink.
★Vacay Void - Vacation...What vacation?!?

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

IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until April 24 (8 AM CST).

You’ll have until April 28 (8 AM CST) 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 add a new comment rather than updating a previous post or your progress will likely be missed. It is also very helpful if you add more information like "I finished another pick" or "I finished my third book for this challenge" and mention if your pick was a buddy read. Thanks!***

Happy Reading!

[Hina]

May 2014 Picking Rules:

Please remember to pick at least 4 books from your pickee's TBR or preferred shelf, and 4 books that are totally new to them.


1. Travel Abroad: Recommend a book that takes place in country/continent that you are not residing in OR a book that takes place in a setting that you always wanted to visit, but haven't.

2. Stay-cation: Recommend a book that takes place in the country/continent that you are on OR a book that takes place in a small town.

3. Beach Reads: Recommend a book that would make a good beach reads, something that is that is light-hearted and relaxing OR a book that features a beach a lot.

4. Safari Style: Recommend a book that has shifter/animal in the story OR a book that has an animal on the cover.

5. Road Trip: Recommend a book that involves a road trip or a Car on the cover OR a book that features a road/street on the cover.

6. Pampered Patron: Recommend a book that has a cover you find relaxing or a picture of a person/people that look relaxed or the opposite (they look like they can use a relaxing massage) OR a character that is rich.

7. Cruise Control: Recommend a book that features water in the storyline or on the cover OR a book that involves a cruise, it can take place on a boat/yacht as well (boats on the cover accepted).

8. Be Happy: Recommend a book that you find humorous OR has a smiling face on the cover.

[Hina]

Pairings:

Please pick for the person below you in your group. The last person on the Active Adventurer picks for the first, for example Alexis picks for Carla.

Recommendations are due by April 28 (8 AM CST)

✔ - Picks Made
★ - Picks Received


Active Adventurer
✔★ Carla_Collette
✔★ Ashley
✔★ Sandy
★ Bre
✔ Angi Kindle Books TBR
✔★ Passionate Kisses (aka beppy PIFM 2014
★ Ella
✔ Dee To read 2014
★ Kaileigh
✔ Hina
✔★ Skandia
✔★ Elizabeth
✔★ Amanda
✔★ Mary
✔★ Lacy To Read
✔★ Erin
✔★ Nancy H
✔★ Alexis


Beach Bum
✔ Miriam
✔★ Ty
✔★ Gea
✔★ Jamie
★ Vi
✔ Suzanne
✔★ KarenF
✔★ Raine
✔★ Shelby GB Q2 Meet & Greet
✔★ Elke On deck
✔★ Gigi
✔★ Amy J
✔★ Pam
✔★ Penney PIFM Challenge
✔★ Laurla 01-tbr-owned
✔★ Brett
✔★ Aarati
★ Zara

Vacay Void
✔★ Runell
✔★ Grace Meet & Greet
✔★ MountainKat To Read ASAP Meet & Greet Round 3
✔★ Daffodil
✔★ Fran PIFM Shelf
✔★ Joyce
✔★ ~Leslie~
✔★ ~KarenH~ Can't wait to read
✔★ Diane ~Firefly~
✔★ Nichole 2014 Challenge Pool


**Updated Message 180

Re-Picks
Nichole re-picks for Angi Kindle Books TBR
passionate kisses (aka beppy) repicks for Dee To read 2014
Fran re-picks for Hina
Penney re-picks for Miriam
Karen F re-picks for Suzanne
Dee re-picks for Juana "Darkness" Duran Books I Own Kindle Books I Own

[Hina]

Sign Ups

Active Adventurer


Beach Bum



Vacay Void

[Hina]

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[Dee]

i alternate between beach bum and active adventurer - so put me in whatever one you need ppl ;)

please use my to-read-2014 shelf for a couple of the picks

[Zara's Retreat]

The closest for me is Beach Bum. Choosing which book to read is a given as for the drink I'd probably just sleep instead.

[Hina]

I am definitely an active adventurer...my fiancee is more of a beach bum, but I don't think he really realized it until we went on vacation to Singapore a couple years back and really see for it himself. lol.

[Amy J.]

In with Beach Bum.

[Ty]

beach bum!

[Skandia]

I'm in. Active Adventurer!

[Elizabeth]

Active adventurer!

[Elke]

I am in and definitely a Beach Bum!!

Please also choose from my "On deck" shelf.

[Penney]

Total beach bum!
You can use my pifm-challenge, thanks :)

[Ella]

I'm in. I'm an active adventurer, but you can put me wherever you need.

[Angi]

I'm in...most definately an Active Adventurer ~ going scuba diving this year. :)

Please use my "kindle-books-tbr" shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Diane ~Firefly~]

I'm in. I'll go with Vacay Void (seems closest to a stay-cation)

[Carla]

I'm in and an Active Adventurer :)

[LaurLa]

Call me a beach bum!!

Please use this shelf
01-tbr-owned

[~Leslie~]

I wish I could be an action adventurer or a beach bum. But I'm a vacay void!

[Ashley]

Im in Active Adventurer

[Erin]

Active Adventurer for me.

[Aarati]

I'm in. beach bum

[Nichole]

Sadly, I'm a Vacay Void. It seems like we have a real vacation once a decade...

Preferred Shelf: 2014-challenge-pool

[Nancy H]

Active Adventurer, definitely!

[Vi]

I'm both Beach Bum & Active Adventurer depending on the vacation type. Put me wherever you need :)

[Lacy]

I'm all of the above depending on where we go and if we get to go anywhere!!!! Just put me where you need more people.

Please pick from my "to-read" shelf!

[Alexis]

I'm in as an active adventurer.. or I will be if I ever get a vacation ;)

[Suzanne]

I'm in and I'm a Beach Bum.

[Fran, Moderator]

I'm in and although I am a beach bum, my kids make it impossible for me to actually live out that dream,lol. They make me an active adventurer. But....I will go with vacay void for this challenge....no vacations planned for awhile....

please choose a few from my PIFM shelf

[Grace]

I'm in, put me in Vacay Void

Please use Meet & Greet for a few of the picks.

[Shelby]

I'm in. If and when I actually get a vacation I'm definitely the Beach Bum type with sporadic moments of Action/Adventure so let's just go with Beach Bum. (The lately I've lived in Vacay Void land.)

If you don't mind I'd appreciate a few picks from either my GB Q2 shelf or my Meet & Greet shelf. Thanks!

[Kai]

im in. I am an active adventurer. x

[Joyce]

I'm in put me in Vacay Void because I cannot tell you the last time I had a real vacation. Seeing the grandkids doesn't count LOL

[Gigi]

I'm in...beach bum!

[Jamie]

I'm in. Any category is ok by me. Surprise me!
Personally, I span between beach bum and adventure. Both work equally well.

[Runell]

I'm in as vacay void because we just don't do vacations often enough for me to decide if I'd be an active adventurer or a beach bum.

[Raine]

I'm in as a beach bum :)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I'm a little of all three. When we go somewhere new, I want to do it all, but some of my best vacations have been quiet and relaxing with lots of reading time. Though right now, I am in a Vacay Void, we have been trying to plan an anniversary trip for a long time and I just can't pin the hubby down with what he wants to do! So put me in that category.... ~sigh~

Please you my to-read-asap shelf or my meet-n-greet-round-3 shelf. Thanks!

[Brett]

I am finally graduating in May. I am rewarding myself by participating in May's pick it for me. lol! I've been so busy with school I haven't been able to read anything that isn't school related. blah. No vacation for me this summer, but if I had one plan I could be a beach bum :)

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Well, I'm not much of an adventurer, and I can do a pretty good imitation of a beach bum right at home if or when I want to...so since I can't remember the last time I had a real vacation, I have to go with Vacay Void.

[Lacy]

Brett wrote: "I am finally graduating in May. I am rewarding myself by participating in May's pick it for me. lol! I've been so busy with school I haven't been able to read anything that isn't school related. bl..."

Congrats!

[Gea]

I'm in and I'm a Beach Bum

[Pam]

Count me in and I am definitely a beach bum

[Daffodil]

I would love to be an Action Adventurer, but instead I'm a Vacay Void.

[mary]

I am in. Call me an Active Adventurer :)

[Miriam]

I've been working in the lab and studying for weeks for my Immunology test end of April and cant wait to indulge in books again. Due to all that stress I'd love to be a Beach Bum right now.
Im new to your group so Im pretty excited!

[SandyC]

I'm in.
Depends on where I'm going, but since last vacay was very adventurous in London, I'll go with Adventurer.

[KarenF]

I haven't done a PIFM in ages but I'm looking forward to jumping back in.

I'll say I'm a Beach Bum. Really it's more of a pool bum but it involves a book & drink and that's the important part. :)

[Amanda]

I'm in! I like to try new things and go to new places, so I'm an Active Adventurer.