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2017 October Pick-It-For-Me-Challenge!
TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!Pickees
✱ To help your picker understand the type of books you like or are currently reading, please make sure your ‘read’ shelf is up to date. You can create shelves for books you DNFed (Did Not Finish) or authors that don’t work for you as well as favorite books and authors. In addition, you might consider updating your profile. You can include info about your favorite books, authors, genres, themes or tropes (or themes/tropes you dislike – i.e. secret baby).
✱ Please do not specify likes/dislikes in the sign-up thread. This information will not be included in the pairings and your pickee may not see your message and does not need to rely on that information when making picks.
Pickers
✱ Please remember this is primarily a romance readers group. Thus, most, if not all, of your picks should be romance. There are various sub genres within the romance category - Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Erotica, M/M, Urban Fantasy. If your pickee reads a wide variety, you could add a non-romance as a choice.
✱ Choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These can be brand new to them (not found on any of their shelves) or a book found on their shelves if they've never read any of the author's work previously.
A few hints to help with book selection:
✱ Check the book’s publishing date. Select "date pub" from the checkbox selections and save.
✱ Check pickee's personalized shelves, especially their exclusive shelves. A personalized shelf is one the member has created. (e.g., 'to read next', 'favorites' ‘didn’t like’)
✱ Make sure the books you choose are not on their 'read' shelf. Just because it isn't rated doesn't mean it wasn't read.
✱ Look at your pickee's 'read' shelf and see what genres they have recently read or read the most. Reviewing their ‘read’ shelf might help you in choosing something they are interested in reading right now.
✱ If your pickee reads lots of books in a genre you are not familiar with (erotic romance, GLBT, YA, etc.) Contact the Mods or the month's organizer for guidance.
✱ Include a variety of books (e.g., shorter page count, new addition to their 'to-read' shelf, an older book on their 'to-read' shelf) This variety gives your pickee options when choosing the book or books they will be reading this month. Use the sort feature within their shelves to determine date a book was added, published or read; page numbers, ratings, etc.
If you want to volunteer to make repicks:
✱ We love that you want to help out, but please remember those who need picks have been waiting for a long time already. Please only volunteer if you are able to make the repicks within a few hours of the deadline. Thank you!
2017 October PIFM Challenge - ParticipantsHiding the list behind a spoiler tag to prevent confusion...
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Reserved for: 2017 October PIFM Challenge - Picking Rules🙈Lord Voldemort - Cast the dark mark and recommend a book that has a tattoo on the cover, features an immortal/old character, OR features a leader of a group (ex business owner, leader of a military team, alpha of a pack…)
🙉Count Dracula - Sip a little blood and recommend a book that is set in Europe, is a standalone, OR a book you hope might become a romance classic/staple in the future
🙊Sauron - Recover the one ring and recommend a book with a nature setting or cover scene, from a completed series, OR features a battle
🙈Captain Hook - Outsmart Peter Pan and recommend a book with a historical setting, that features an animal, OR features children
🙉The White Witch - Maintain the Long Winter and recommend a book set in a magical world, that has something white on the cover, OR with a holiday theme
🙊Moriarty - Always stay one step ahead and recommend a book featuring a teacher or a criminal, a short book, OR that has a plot line you consider clever
🙈Big Brother - Keep watch and recommend a book with a futuristic setting, with a number in the title, OR containing dystopian elements
🙉President Snow - Remind the Districts of their place and recommend a book that is “popular”, that you read in one sitting, OR with a strong female character
Reserved for: 2017 October PIFM Challenge - PairingsPlease pick for the person below you in your group. The last person in each group picks for the first person, for example Shelby picks for Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress.
✓ = made their picks
A. Look for the source of the noise on your own
✓☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ - meet-greet-picks
✓Mary-Megan - october-november
✓~KarenH~ - cant-wait-to-read
✓Carrie - soonish
✓Heather - 0-pifm
✓Nicolina - to-read
✓Snowflakemood - to-read
✓Diane ~Firefly~ - mng-picking
✓Danielle Gypsy Soul - next-months-books
✓Kait - to-read
✓Jojo - to-read
✓Vandhana - finish_it_first or to-read
✓Shelby - current-challenge-to-reads
B. Recruit a friend to hunt down the noise for you
✓Elke - on-deck-4-chlges
✓MountainKat - to-read-asap
✓Romanticbookworm - pick-for-me
✓Stacie - october-november
✓Carina - to-read
✓Nicole - pifm
✓Rebecca - to-read
✓Nancy H - to-read
✓Ashley - to-read
✓Avid Reader and Geek Girl - next
✓Kristin - tbr-owned
✓Suzanne - to-read
C. Pretend it never happened
✓Sonja - on-deck-to-read
✓☘KathyD☘ - pick-shelf-owned
✓Susan A - pick-from-here
✓Pam - pick-it-challenge
✓Fran - a-pifm-shelf
✓LaurLa - 04-challenges-to-pick
✓UnusualChild{beppy} - pifm
WOOHOO! Wait... already?!? Well count me in for sure, Kait!
Oh... duh and I would C. Pretend it never happened! I'm a big ol' coward!
On Deck To Read
I'm in. B- recruit a friend to hunt down the noise for you.To read or fallpicks
I'm in. I'm torn between two shelves in the sense that I'm a coward, so I'd tend to pretend it didn't happen, but most times I do go hunting for the source with a pounding heart. Let's go with A.
Please use shelf october-november
I would pick B..... and send my husband to look for it!
This came around quick. B. Recruit a friend to hunt down the noise for you
Sonja wrote: "WOOHOO! Wait... already?!? Well count me in for sure, Kait!
Oh... duh and I would C. Pretend it never happened! I'm a big ol' coward!"
Don't act like it's just me, people! :P
A for me because I want a peace of mind to know what cause the noise
I live by myself so I tend to be an A. I can't just ignore it my brain with come up with too many horrifying scenario's and hound me till I go look.Current Challenge to Reads
LaurLa wrote: "I'm SO totally C....Challenges to Pick"
YES! I'm finally not alone! LaurLa we may be picking for each other.... LOL
Wow, it totally depends soon the noise! When my hubby was working out of town, for three and half years, I was mostly an A but was also a C at times, absolutely depending on the noise. Now that he is working form home, I'm generally a B - my hubby is my friend after all!Please use my to-read-asap shelf - thanks!
I am in!I am totally a "B"....my hubby/friend is always recruited!! Lol!!
Please pick from my On deck 4 chlges
I'm in and I'm B, I always wake my husband up and make him go track down all the bumps and noises in the night :)
I’m in! I’ve been all 3, lol, but most recently a ‘C’. What’s a small bump in the night, right? Let’s just pretend it never happened, or it was definitely the wind ;)(Private profile, happy to friend anyone who picks for me)
PIFM shelf- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I'm on "B" that's what bf's are for and my preferred shelf is:Next shelf
I'm also open to helping with repicks
I am in! I am a bit of a lone wolf, so I'd go with "A. Look for the source of the noise on your own".No favourites shelf apart from my to-read
I would appreciate Kindle available picks.
Fran wrote: "I’m in! I’ve been all 3, lol, but most recently a ‘C’. What’s a small bump in the night, right? Let’s just pretend it never happened, or it was definitely the wind ;)(Private profile, happy to fr..."
Exactly... Couldn't have said it better, Fran!
It's probably "nothing", and I'm "much too comfortable here"....
I'm in...I think I'll have to go with being an "A", since I don't think my puppy counts - no matter how fierce she thinks she is! =PPlease use my cant-wait-to-read shelf...thanks!
I am in ... I would go for A. Take a look at this list first ASAP
If nothing matches go to this to_read :)
Updated the participants list through message #38! About 5 and a half hours before sign ups close!!
Less than an hour until sign ups close!!
Count me in! I’m b, look for a friend to hunt down the noise ;)Please pick at least one thing from TBR Owned
Updated the participants list through message #42!
Sign ups are closed! The pairings and picking rules will be posted in a moment...
I'm in group C. It's been a while since I played. Who do I pick for in my group? The person below me?
Susan A wrote: "I'm in group C. It's been a while since I played. Who do I pick for in my group? The person below me?"Yes, she didn't say it but yes. I forgot to include it last month until someone asked - maybe I started a trend and not a good one!
Sorry Susan!! Thought I copied that over... added now.I had a snafu and accidentally clicked 'cancel edit' on that post and ended up needing to redo everything.
MountainKat wrote: "Susan A wrote: "I'm in group C. It's been a while since I played. Who do I pick for in my group? The person below me?"Yes, she didn't say it but yes. I forgot to include it last month until someo..."
:P Nope it's all me (unless it was eerily subconscious)! I was copying over the links from the participants list to the pairings, got everything randomized and explained, then promptly hit 'cancel edit' for the wrong list. I quickly redid it but apparently didn't catch everything!
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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.
The idea of the PIFM challenge is that you will get new-to-you books and authors selected for you as well as a push to read some books that have been lingering on your shelves. You may not be interested in the new books recommended, which is why you also get a minimum of four books from your shelf.
You only have to read ONE book to complete this challenge!
After signups are closed, your names and any extra info will go into the super secret PIFM randomizer and it will select someone for you to recommend books to and someone to give you recommendations. This list will be posted along with any specific picking rules for the month.
In order to participate you need to either HAVE YOUR PROFILE SET TO PUBLIC (preferable), or friend the person giving you recommendations. PLEASE NOTE: if you choose to keep your profile private, it is your responsibility to send a friend request to the person picking for you as soon as possible after the matchups are posted. Whether your profile is private or not, it is also very important that your profile be set to receive Private Messages (PMs) in case anyone needs to reach out to you (mods, organizer etc.)
Everything gets done in this thread so be sure to come back often!!!
Repicks:
You can ask for repicks if:
✱ The books picked for you are not yet released.
✱ If you have already read the chosen book(s) and they are on your ‘read’ shelf.
✱ If you did not receive four picks from your ‘to-read’ shelf, with at least one from your preferred shelf.
You may NOT ask for repicks because:
✱ A book is not available at your library.
✱ A genre or author you don’t enjoy.
INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:
✱✱ Something goes bump in the night. You... ✱✱
A. Look for the source of the noise on your own
B. Recruit a friend to hunt down the noise for you
C. Pretend it never happened
✱✱ If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your pick! ✱✱
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until September 23rd (8 pm US EDT).
For your convenience a Time Zone Converter.
You’ll have until September 28th (6 pm US EDT) 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 note that late sign ups will be included at the host's discretion and no one will be included after re-picks are assigned!✱