Pick it for Me

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

I came across this challenge in another group, found it innovative and I thought of creating it here.

So this is where interested members of IR sign up for this challenge with their to-be-read shelf link. We'll randomly pair them with other members. Then one partner will choose a book for his/her partner from their (whatever to-read shelf link the other member has given) shelf and vice versa.

Once you choose a book for your partner you have to come here and inform about the chosen book. You have to also come here once you finish the book so that we know you have completed the challenge.

Hope you all enjoy this little challenge.:)

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

So far these people have sign up:

1 Jaya
2 Sharadha
3 Smitha
4 Ujjwal
5 Ganesh
6 Akshay
7 Shubham
8 Sethu
9 Nithesh
10 Srividya
11 Glen
12 Pavan
13 Ponyo
14 Girish
15 Anirban
16 Durga
17 Ankit
18 Indrani
19 Nimmy
20 Karman
21 Mohit
22 Rahul
23 Nishith
24 Vipin
25 Sravya
26 Ravi
27 Akshaya
28 Rebecca
29 Aakash
30 Mohitha
31 NKS
32 Shahnawaz
33 Suyash
34 Arun
35 Priyanka
36 Ankit Aggarwal
37 Chiru
38 Vaivaswatha
39 Deepa
40 Shubendra
41 Pallavi
42 Kithaab
43 Shrishti
44 Dhruv
45 Himani
46 Chintan
47 Deepak
48 Shruti
49 Rakhi
50 Siddhartha
51 Binny
52 Padamsree
53 Mitesh
54 Mridupawan
55 Vaibhav
56 Anish
57 Vignesh Umapathy
58 Vikas
59 Sathvik
60 Vignesh
61 Patrick
62 Ritu
63 Tuhina
64 Narendra
65 Arpit
66 Durga
67 Vijay
68 Kiran
69 Nilesh
70 Priyanka

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Here are the pairings:

1 Jaya (tbr)& Priyanka (tbr)

2 Sharadha(tbr) & Nielsh(tbr)

3 Smitha(tbr) & Kiran(tbr)

4 Ujjwal(tbr)& Vijay(tbr)

5 Ganesh(tbr)& Durga(tbr)

6 Akshay(tbr) & Manju(tbr)

7 Shubham(tbr)& Arpit(tbr)

8 Nithesh(tbr)& Narendra(tbr)

9 Srividya(tbr) Tuhina(tbr)

10 Glen(tbr)& Ritu(tbr)

11 Pavan(tbr) & Patrick(tbr)

12 Ponyo(tbr) & Vignesh(tbr)

13 Girish(tbr) & Sathvik(tbr)

14 Anirban(tbr) & Vikas(tbr)

15 Durga(tbr) & Vignesh U(tbr)

16 Ankit (tbr)& Indrani(tbr)

17 Nimmy(tbr) & Mitesh(tbr)

18 Karman(tbr) & Padamshree(tbr)

19 Mohit(tbr) & Siddhartha(tbr)

20 Rahul(tbr) & Rakhi(tbr)

21 Nishith(tbr) & Shruti(tbr)

22 Vipin(tbr) & Deepak(tbr)

23 Sravya(tbr) & Chintan(tbr)

24 Ravi (tbr)& Himani(tbr)

25 Akshaya(tbr)& Dhruv(tbr)

26 Rebecca(tbr & Sethu(tbr)

27 Aakash(tbr)& Kithaab(tbr)

28 Mohitha(tbr) & Pallavi(tbr)

29 Shahnawaz(tbr) & Deepa(tbr)

30 Suyash(tbr) & Vaivaswatha(tbr)

31 Arun(tbr) & Chiru(tbr)

32 Priyanka(tbr) & Ankit(tbr)

33 Mridupawan(tbr) & Akansha(tbr)

@ NKS, Shubendra, Binny, Vaibhav, Shristi and Anish: I never got your tbr links.

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Since I created this challenge so am in. & here is my shelf:

Next Reads

[Jaya]

Okay... this is intresting. Just for clarification, my chosen partner would chose from her/his shelf or from my shelf?

Anyway, I am in :)

[Jaya]

this is my shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Em Lost In Books, EmLo is my Name, PIFM is my Game]

Jaya wrote: "Okay... this is intresting. Just for clarification, my chosen partner would chose from her/his shelf or from my shelf?

Anyway, I am in :)"

He/she will choose a book for you from your tbr and you will do the same for her/him.:)

[Jaya]

Ohh ok!

[Sharadha]

I'm in :D

Link to my TBR for this challenge - modified it for my partner's convenience :D

[Ahtims]

I too am in.
This is my To be Read (TBR) books link - MODIFIED CHEATER LIST :D
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Ujjwal]

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

[[deleted user]]

I'm in. :)

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

[Akshay]

Here's mine

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

[Shubham]

Count me in please !!

[Ahtims]

Great . We have 7 members now. Another 5, and this challenge is on.

[Akshay]

Cheaters linking their next read shelves :P

[Ahtims]

Akshay wrote: "Cheaters linking their next read shelves :P"

Eh? o.O

[Sethu]

hey, count me in. This sounds interesting.

[Jaya]

Akshay wrote: "Cheaters linking their next read shelves :P"

Yup, sorry, some of the books on my tbr are hard to find. So, posted the ones I have access to...

[Ahtims]

Jaya wrote: "Akshay wrote: "Cheaters linking their next read shelves :P"

Yup, sorry, some of the books on my tbr are hard to find. So, posted the ones I have access to..."

Now i understood the cryptic message :P

[Nitesh]

I am up for it.
Link to my to-read books: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Akshay]

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "Jaya wrote: "Akshay wrote: "Cheaters linking their next read shelves :P"

Yup, sorry, some of the books on my tbr are hard to find. So, posted the ones I have access to..."

Now i understood the cr..."

Even Manju gave a small list of 35 books

[Srividya]

Actually, it will be easy on the person picking if people were to sort their list into their immediate reads. I have done this for months with another group and know the pains of trying to choose from 100s of books in the TBR.

Mods - A suggestion - Could be that they narrow it into lesser number of books, where possible and make it easy for both the picker and the reader?

Am definitely in, although I have been known to slack at this but can't help joining.

One question - Any time limit for finishing these books? And how many books do we have to pick for our partner?

My Link : Immediate

[Ahtims]

good idea, Jaya and Sri.
SO all of us become cheaters, Akshay :P

We did not discuss any specific time. Since it is Manju's idea she has veto power. But what I think is that we will allow a few days for people to join in, then assign partners (in random), Then perhaps a month to finish reading (I know you will need only a couple of days, or hours), but many may need more time. :P

If this is a success, perhaps we can continue it, but giving time and space for people.

[Glen]

I am interested. (This is the best way to finish my to read books).
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Srividya]

Ah but Syl when it comes to chosen books, I slack and often don't finish! I am bad that way! :P

Anyway, a month sounds good. In fact, in the other group where I did participate in this, it was a monthly event, where each person had to pick three books for their partner. One could read one book or all three, depending on their reading speed and the book etc. We used to come back and write a short review of the book we read, which often meant whether we liked it or not, not a huge essay as such. It was fun and I quite enjoyed it. Due to severe time constraints from my end, I had to stop participating but this challenge is still on in that group.

We created a separate folder in our shelves, which was named either 'my next reads' or 'pifm' or something like that and limited our books to anywhere between 20-50 to give ample choice to both the reader as well as the person picking while not making it difficult for the one who is picking.

My two cents. Just thought I should share it. :)

[Shubham]

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

[♛ Garima ♛]

I'm in too, but who would reveal my reading parter and when?

[Ahtims]

Garima, we will probably give a day or two for people to join in. Then the moderators are supposed to choose partners, by some random selection. Perhaps Manju will do this, perhaps all mods will chip in. Then the pairs will be announced in this thread itself. Then you get a couple of days to suggest books, then we start reading in earnest.

[Pavan]

I am in too.

This is my list.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Also, let's assume A pairs up with B. Instead of A going to B's TBR list and choosing a book, how about B giving the title of a book to A? Wouldn't that be more fun?

[Ponyo]

I am also in. :)

My TBR list.

[Ahtims]

I didn't understand what you mean. :D

A goes to B's TBR and picks a book for B. B goes to A's TBR and picks a book for A.
That is they mutually suggest based on each other's TBR.
Is what we mean..

[Pavan]

Yes, instead of A picking a book in B's TBR list, why not B just tell A to read a book from his/her TBR?

[Sharadha]

This is brilliant response, I'm getting way to excited now :D As for what Srividya said, with all due respect, it's a brilliant suggestion - may I add to it and say that people can nominate the shelf of their own choice from where they want books to be picked (and not necessarily the TBR)? I think that that would give more power to the reader and less headache to the picker. Any which ways, Manju has the final say on how to organise this challenge.

[Ahtims]

Am loving the response too. :D
I dont think Manju will have objections. I am already in the process of creating my SOON TBR shelf as I have to wean nearly 1600 books of my TBR.. (but am enjoying the task :P)

[Pavan]

Can't wait ^_^

[Ahtims]

Pavan wrote: "Can't wait ^_^"

ME too..

[Girish, The Good cop]

I am in! will share shelf soon :)
My books for this challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Anirban]

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

[Durga]

I am in
My TBR
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Ankit]

I liked the suggestions by Srividya and Sharadha. If we do this as they suggest, I will create a shelf with the same name as the title of this thread and add around 40 books in it to which I have immediate access.

[Ahtims]

About, I am following their suggestions.

[Indrani]

I am in.. my soon to read list for this challenge...

A very lovely idea.

[Nimy]

Thanks for informing me about this. Im new to the discussion groups. And Im up for the challenge

[Nimy]

my to-read shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Karman]

i want to give it a try.. so here's my list of must reads in 2016

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

[dely]

It's an excellent idea! Sadly I follow only my mood picking up books so I don't think I will take part in this challenge. I don't want to be a recommended a book for which I'm not in the right mood :-(

[Mohit]

Seems like a good idea ☺
Here's the link
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Rahul]

I am a YA fan... so feel free for any other suggestion ...
my to-read-link....
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Horus]

here is the link for my 'pick-it-for-me' shelf instead of 'to read' shelf (contains some regional books which may not be easily accessible)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...