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2014 August Pick It For Me! Challenge
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Blue
Ramneek
Sandy Meet and Greet
Dee Dee MnG shelf
Angi All Kindle books
Grace Meet & Greet
Elke on-deck-4-chlges
Jamie pifm shelf
Kait
Runell
Carla_Collette
Pam
Suzanne
Kristin
Raine ___rrrc-pifm
Ariell
Erin
Daffodil
Lekshmy
Sunshine
Ty
Karen ♐ 1-tbr-this-month
Green
Laurla 01-tbr-owned
Breann pifm-pick-me
Sassafrass meet n greet
siriusedward
Shelby Q3 Gang Bang shelf
Penney PIFM challenge
Arena
Leslie
Brett
Karla
Amy J
KarenH can't wait to read
Lisa
Christina
Macwolf01 [Elise]
Red
Fran pifm shelf
Joyce
MountainKat to-read-asap
Kami
Diane ~Firefly~
Gigi rrrc-pick4me
Vi
Aarati
Nancy H
Rochella
Tia
beppy pifm shelf
Carina
Zara
Picking Rules
PLEASE NOTE: When making your picks please include at least FOUR choices that are new to your pickee and FOUR from their TBR/Preferred shelf. Thanks.
Blue : Blue symbolises trust & responsibility, it seeks peace & tranquility
Recommend a book that looks peaceful & tranquil OR recommend a book with a blue cover
Green : Green symbolises balance, harmony and growth. It creates equilibrium between the heart and head, renewal and rebirth
Recommend a book with a balanced relationship, a renewed relationship, or a new relationship OR recommend a book with a green cover
Red : Red symbolises energy, passion & action
Recommend a book with lots of energy and passion in the story OR recommend a book with a red cover
Purple : Purple symbolises imagination & spirituality. It represents the future and keeps us grounded
Recommend a book from a favourite author that you go to when you need to ground yourself after a particularly emotional story OR recommend a book with a purple cover
Black : Black symbolises those things that are hidden, secretive, unknown. It creates an air of mystery. It keeps things
bottled up inside and hidden from the world. It's intimidating, unfriendly and unapproachable
Recommend a book where a secret (big or small) is being kept from someone. Or recommend a book with a dark (black) story OR recommend a book with a black cover.
Orange : Orange symbolises adventure & social communication. It also symbolises exhibitionism, showing off and stimulates the appetite
Recommend a book that is adventurous or stimulating OR recommend a book that has an orange cover
Yellow : Yellow symbolises the mind & intellect, logic and happiness
Recommend a book with a main character who works as a scientist, mathematician, teacher or is otherwise very intelligent. OR recommend a happy book or a book that makes you think.
Pink : Pink symbolises unconditional love, nurture & understanding. It's also the colour of romance
Recommend a romance book from any genre OR recommend a book with a pink cover.
August 2014 PIFM Pairings:✓ = picks made.
Blue
✓Sandy Meet and Greet
✓Runell
✓Karen ♐ 1-tbr-this-month
✓Pam
✓Ramneek
✓Daffodil
✓Dee Dee MnG shelf
✓Sunshine
✓Elke on-deck-4-chlges
✓Suzanne
✓Erin
✓Angi All Kindle books
✓Grace Meet & Greet
Lekshmy
✓Jamie pifm shelf
✓Carla_Collette
✓Raine ___rrrc-pifm
✓Arielle
✓Kristin
✓Ty
✓Kait
Green
✓Laurla 01-tbr-owned
✓Brett
✓Shelby Q3 Gang Bang shelf
✓Leslie
✓Penney PIFM challenge
✓Breann pifm-pick-me
✓KarenH can't wait to read
✓Karla
✓Arena
✓Lisa
✓Sassafrass meet n greet
siriusedward
✓Amy J
✓Christina
✓Macwolfo1[Elise]
Red
✓Nancy H
✓beppy pifm shelf
✓Zara
✓Gigi rrrc-pick4me
Rochella
✓Diane ~Firefly~
✓Aarati
✓Kami
✓Tia
✓Fran pifm shelf
✓Joyce
✓MountainKat to read asap
✓Vi
Carina
Re-picks/Late:Raine to pick for Ashley
✓Ashley to pick for Jamie (pifm shelf)
✓Leslie to pick for Amy J
✓MountainKat to pick for Diane ~Firefly~
✓beppy to pick for Nancy H
I will start this thread off! Thanks for hosting Zara!I will go with Red, my favorite color :)
Please choose a few from my pifm shelf
RED.. that was an easy question LOL
Green is my favorite color in this list... purple is really my favorite but green is a close second.
This sounds great! I think I'll have to go with Blue :) I was just wondering if we have to keep a list on this thread of books that were picked for us and update it as we go along or do we just post on here every time we finish a book on the list?
Ramneek wrote: "This sounds great! I think I'll have to go with Blue :) I was just wondering if we have to keep a list on this thread of books that were picked for us and update it as we go along or do we just pos..."Hi Ramneek!
It's nice to post a response to the list that's chosen for you, just an acknowledgement that you saw it and what you might read from it. No need to keep a list. Just stop back in this thread after you've read your selection and state that you've read it and what you thought of it if you like.
This challenge only requires that you read 1 title from the list given to you.
Green for me!ETA: some picks from this shelf would be great https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I'm all about the green!If you could pick some of my books from this shelf, I would love it!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
As I sit here wearing all blue in a room with blue walls, I'm going to pick RED!Please use my to-read-asap shelf. Thanks!
I'm in and it's Green all the way! :D And Zara you might want to check your sign up dates...I think you mean that the sign ups are open till July 24th not August. ;)I would love a few picks off of my Q3 Gang Bang shelf if possible please. :D
Shelby wrote: "I'm in and it's Green all the way! :D And Zara you might want to check your sign up dates...I think you mean that the sign ups are open till July 24th not August. ;)I would love a few picks of..."
Good catch! I'm sure she will get that first thing in her morning, it is still very early for her now.
Blue is my favorite color out of the choices :)
I will go with my son's favorite color red.
Shelby wrote: "I'm in and it's Green all the way! :D And Zara you might want to check your sign up dates...I think you mean that the sign ups are open till July 24th not August. ;)I would love a few picks of..."
Thanks Shelby for the catch. I'll fix it right now.
Elke wrote: "I am in!! Blue for me!!Please pick from my "on deck" shelf...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
by the way how do I get my link (like Gigi for example) ..."
Here you go:
start by clicking on (some html is ok) in the upper right corner of the reply box. Copy -
< a href=" http:// www . goodreads . com " >my link text< / a >
I added spaces so it wouldn't make a link. Copy the URL from your shelf page and put it between the quotation marks. Then where it says 'my link text' put your shelf name or whatever you want. Hope that helps. You use the same process for any link you want to post, but if you want to post to a specific message, click on the date/time of that message before you copy the URL.
Red. I like bright and cheery colors.
MountainKat wrote: "Elke wrote: "I am in!! Blue for me!!Please pick from my "on deck" shelf...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
by the way how do I get my link (like Gigi ..."
Got it!!
Thanks so much MK!!!!!
Laurla wrote: "Green is my favorite color in this list... purple is really my favorite but green is a close second."Just realized I forgot the link to my preferred list: 01-tbr-owned
Yes, it's huge I know. One of these days I'll create a READ RIGHT NOW list... Maybe... When I find the time... Someday... Or not.
Elke wrote: "I am in!! Blue for me!!Please pick from my On deck 4 chlges"
Yayyy!! Elke!
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Hiya Zara, I think you might have missed my post in message #22 (in with blue). Sorry if I'm jumping the gun, just noticed I wasn't on the sign up list though.
Ah, it's purple, but I'm in so I guess I go with (purplish) blue.
I'm in! I could pick any of the three depending on the circumstances and the shade, so I think I'll go with green, since that's about all I can see out the window right now! :D
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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. The new books might not be books you are interested in, it happens sometimes, that is why you also get a minimum of four books from your shelf. But you never know, perhaps one of those books will turn out to be a new favorite if you give it a chance. You only have to read ONE book to complete this challenge! All of the books picked for you do not have to be something you are going to read.
After signups are closed, I'll put your names and any extra info I’ve requested into the super secret PIFM randomizer. N.B.You select picks for the person below you. The person who is last in the list picks for the first person in the list. 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 on the 1st of the month, 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. You will also need to have your profile set to accept Private Messages (PMs), occasionally there will be questions the host, a mod or your picker will want to ask you. On top of that, we 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!!!
Some clarification on repicks: You can ask for repicks if the books picked for you are not yet released or if you have already read them 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 if supplied, you may also ask for more picks. You may not ask for repicks because a book is not available at your library or is a genre or author you don’t enjoy. Your picker likely put a lot of time and thought into the books they selected for you and want you to enjoy them, by following the tips they tried to come up some new ideas for you so check them out and read some reviews before you discount them!
***TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!***
1. 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 or authors that don’t work for you as well as favorites. Also, you might consider updating your profile info, many of us haven’t done so since we joined GR. You can include info there about your favorite books and authors. And in the ‘about me’ section you can add things you like or things you don’t - love friends to lovers, hate insta-love or burned out on billionaire bad boys for example.
2. 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.
3. 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'.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Please choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These should be brand new to them books and not found on any of their shelves. It could also be a book found on their shelves if they've never read any of the author's work before. 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, with a minimum of one from their preferred shelves if provided.
10. 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:
***Which colour do you like best? ***
Blue, Green, Red?
***If you have a preferred shelf, please list it when you sign up!***
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until July 24th (10pm EST).
You’ll have until July 27th (10pm EST) 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!***
*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!*