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2014 October Pick It For Me! Challenge
Sign-Up:1. Elizabeth. : (Future Books in series)
2. Ramneek.
3. Zara.
4. Ashley.
5. MountainKat. : (to read asap)
6. Sunshine. : (next)
7. Kami.
8. Fran. : (PIFM Shelf)
9. Joyce.
10. Erin.
11. Macwolf01 [Elise].
12. Arena.
13. KarenH. : (cant wait to read)
14. Leslie Russchelle.
15. Sassafrass. : (meet n greet)
16. Grace. : (meet and greet)
17. Ty.
18. Diane ~Firefly~.
19. Aarati.: (arc shelf & M&G)
20. Lekshmy.
21. Thenia.
22. Kristin. : (tbr-owned & to-read )
23. Shelby. : (Gang Bang Q4 2014)
24. Daffodil.
25. Larissa. : (on-deck-tbr)
26. Runnell.
27. Shannan. : (PIFM)
28. Ariella Rae.
29. Beppy. : (PIFM)
30. Ra~Luka. : (PIFM pick it for me)
31. Penney. : (PIFM)
32. Suzanne. : (on deck 4 chlges)
33. Elke.
34. Preethi. : (Pick-It-For-Me)
35. Dee. : (rrrc-mng-picked)
Repicks:
1. Laurla: (01-tbr-owned)
2. Nancy H
PIFM RULES:This month we will explore the different genres. Please remember that this group is a Romance Readers Group. So when you do your recs, please take this into consideration.
Remember, you need to give them at least FOUR picks from your pickee's preferred shelf/TBR and FOUR New to Them.
1. Contemporary: Recommend a book with a contemporary setting or a book with vehicle on cover.
2. Classical: Recommend a classic (can be romance) or a standalone.
3. Fantasy: Recommend a fantasy book (urban fantasy counts) or a longer book 400+ pages.
4. Historical: Recommend a historical book or a book from series they are currently reading.
5. Paranormal: Recommend a Paranormal book or a book with an animal on cover.
6. Mystery/Suspense: Recommend a Mystery/Suspense book or a New-To-Them author.
7. YA: Recommend a YA/NA book or a book with family in story.
8. Sci-Fi: Recommend a Sci-Fi/Dystopian or a new release.
PIFM Pairings:Each person will pick for the person below them. Runnell will pick for Sunshine. {The List in broken down to 10 for easier reading only.}
✓1. Sunshine: (next)
✓2. Zara
✓3. Macwolf01 [Elise]
✓4. Ramneek
✓5. Beppy: (PIFM)
✓6. Poongothai
✓7. KarenH: (cant wait to read)
✓8. Vi
✓9. Aarati
✓10. Dee: (rrrc-mng-picked)
✓11. Diane ~Firefly~
✓12. Shelby: (Gang Bang Q4 2014)
✓13. Erin
✓14. Tana
✓15. Thenia
✓16. Sassafrass: (meet n greet)
✓17. Kami
✓18. Suzanne: (on deck 4 chlges)
✓19. Ra~Luka: (PIFM pick it for me)
✓20. Preethi: (Pick-It-For-Me)
✓21. Leslie Russchelle
✓22. Elke
✓23. Penney: (PIFM)
✓24. Fran: (PIFM Shelf)
25. Joyce
✓26. Elizabeth: (Future Books in series)
27. Arena
✓28. Ariella Rae
29. Lekshmy
✓30. Larissa: (on-deck-tbr)
✓31. Grace: (meet and greet)
✓32. MountainKat: (to read asap)
✓33. Ty
✓34. Ashley
✓35. Shannan: (PIFM)
✓36. Daffodil
37. Kristin: (tbr-owned )
38. Runnell
Repicks:Assignment:
Fran picks for Nancy H
Zara picks for Elizabeth: (Future Books in series)
beppy picks for Larissa: (on-deck-tbr)
Elizabeth picks for Ariella Rae
Nancy H picks for Sunshine: (next)
MountainKat picks for Laurla: (01-tbr-owned)
Laurla picks for Runnell
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1. Laurla: (01-tbr-owned)
2. Nancy H
3. Sunshine: (next)
4. Elizabeth: (Future Books in series)
5. Larissa: (on-deck-tbr)
6. Ariella Rae
7. Runnell
I'm in! Please choose from my "Future books in series shelf" (https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...).
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I'm in. Plz choose from my rrc meet and greet shelf and arcs and review books to read shelf.
I am in.. aint there any options to choose like every time?
Lekshmy wrote: "I am in.. aint there any options to choose like every time?"It's up to the host how they want to sort or if they don't at all. Usually they do, but it looks like Vi has something different planned for us in October!
I'm in! I'll update my shelf tomorrow morning.
Thanks for answering, MK! I decided not to do a sign-up question this time. I wanted to do something simple ;)Larissa, could you repost with your shelf instead of editing? It'll make tracking easier for me. Thanks!
Laurla wrote: "I'm in, please.Here's my shelf:
01-tbr-owned text"
Vi - per our PMs, please place me in the late picks category... thanks :-)
Laurla, got you :)Sign-ups updated till here. If I've missed anybody or their shelf, please let me know.
9.5 hours to go till end of sign-ups.
SIGN-UPS closed!Pairings and Rules will be up shortly.
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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 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 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
Just sign up in this thread!
***If you have a preferred shelf, please list it when you sign up!***
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until Sep 23rd (10 am EDT).
For your convenience a Time Zone Converter.
You’ll have until September 26th (10 am 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 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!*