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Reading Challenges! > Pick It For Me Challenge (January/February) Part 2

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message 51: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (alexandra14) | 218 comments Karen wrote: "Andrea wrote: "@Jenny. A friend told me the same, that Rose Under Fire was better. I really liked Code Name Verity, so I'm excited to read Rose Under Fire :)"

I picked that one for you, Andrea, be..."


Believe me I'm so glad you chose it.


message 52: by Kelly (last edited Jan 14, 2015 10:49AM) (new)

Kelly | 75 comments Daniel wrote: "Kelly wrote: "My name: Kelly
My partner: Oda
The books picked for me:Ruby Red (Precious Stone Trilogy, #1) by Kerstin GierScarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer"

Kelly, when you read Scarlet, you can contribute to

Daniel, I would love to! I will read it first and should start it tomorrow. I hope to finish The Darkest Minds tonight so I can begin.



message 53: by Daniel (new)

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments The Darkest Minds is also great, Kelly. hope you like it.


message 54: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Tia ~people fall in love in mysterious ways ~ wrote: "My name: Tia
My partner: Katie.g
Books picked for me:
White Hot Kiss (The Dark Elements, #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Snow Like Ashes (Snow Like Ashes, #1) by Sara Raasch"


Oh WOW, the Book Thief!! Amazing book! I really want to read the other two.


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Katie.g wrote: "My name: Katie.g
My partner: Tia
The books picked for me: Never Never (Never Never, #1) by Colleen HooverA Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1) by Claudia GrayThe Golden Lily (Bloodlines, #2) by Richelle Mead"


I LOVED A Thousand Pieces of You!


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Storm wrote: "My Name: Storm

My Partner: Chloe

Books picked for me: The Moon Dwellers (The Dwellers, #1) by David Estes The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

And my luck has it that my library recently added the kin..."


YAY! The Moon Dwellers!


message 57: by Tia (new)

Tia Jenkins (tia_jenkins) | 207 comments @Jenny I'm really looking forward to reading it! I got it for Christmas but haven't had the time to read it yet :3


message 58: by Katie.g (new)

Katie.g @Jenny. Thanks, I'm really looking forward to reading it. Just need to clear my currently reading list so I can devote the proper time to these books!


message 59: by Karen’s Library (last edited Jan 20, 2015 10:15PM) (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I read my first PIFM book and added what I thought in my original post. (message 17).


message 60: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (alexandra14) | 218 comments I'm done with two of my PIFM books! :)


message 61: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Karen wrote: "My name is Karen
My partner is Andrea
The books picked for me:

Talon (Talon, #1) by Julie Kagawa Ruin and Rising (The Grisha, #3) by Leigh Bardugo The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini [bookco..."


I totally missed this comment, Karen, sorry! :(


message 62: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments I finished one of my picks and added my thoughts on the my original post.


message 63: by Karen’s Library (last edited Jan 26, 2015 03:58PM) (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I love coming back to this thread and reading the updates! :)


message 64: by Daniel (new)

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments ACH I haven't started yet but I hope to soon!


message 65: by [deleted user] (new)

Yepp, I add my thoughts to the original post too.
havent started winners curse yet.planning on starting it first week of feb.


message 66: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments I finished Unbreakable (The Legion, #1) by Kami Garcia and updated it in my original post.


message 67: by Melissa (new)

Melissa Lewitt | 57 comments I finished all three books and updated my original post.

Thank you David for hosting this challenge. It would have taken me a while, if ever to read the books chosen for me, and I really enjoyed them. If you do this challenge again I will definitely sign up.


Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Melissa wrote: "I finished all three books and updated my original post.

Thank you David for hosting this challenge. It would have taken me a while, if ever to read the books chosen for me, and I really enjoyed ..."


Yay, Melissa!! :)


message 69: by Daniel (last edited Feb 12, 2015 08:29PM) (new)

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments Awesome Melissa!
I'll try to run this again sometime!


message 70: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I would love to do another one for March/April. I like the 2 months at a time :)


message 71: by Andrea (last edited Feb 13, 2015 11:42AM) (new)

Andrea (alexandra14) | 218 comments I finished my third book out of four, "Pushing The Limits" and updated my first post. Later today I will start my last book "Angelfall" :)

I will like to do another pick it for me too!


message 72: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I don't mind organizing it this time, Daniel, if you don't want to :) Just let me know!


message 73: by ☆Joycedale☆ (new)

☆Joycedale☆ | 310 comments Melissa wrote: "I finished all three books and updated my original post.

Thank you David for hosting this challenge. It would have taken me a while, if ever to read the books chosen for me, and I really enjoyed ..."


I'm so glad you liked them! I still need to finish my other 2 but I'll get them.

BTW I would love to this this again, pifm are my fav gr challenges. I also liked how this one did last 2 months.


message 74: by [deleted user] (new)

Yes, I agree I think it would be a great idea to do this challange again,and two months is a good time. That way it does not get too stressfull.


message 75: by Daniel (new)

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments Jenny wrote: "I don't mind organizing it this time, Daniel, if you don't want to :) Just let me know!"

That would be great Jenny! I got the ball rolling, so I'll just let the mods take over! :)


message 76: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Okay, the sign up thread is up for March/April is up!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I just did an update on my PIFM reads. :)


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Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Daniel wrote: "My name: Daniel
My partner: Jenny
The books picked for me: Bruiser by Neal ShustermanThese Broken Stars (Starbound, #1) by Amie KaufmanWorld After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2) by Susan Ee

World After (read 2/8/2015)- 4 stars. ..."


YAY, so glad you liked World After!

I've updated my post on the first page :)


message 79: by Andrea (new)

Andrea (alexandra14) | 218 comments Finished with all my books. I updated my original post too.

Really liked this challenge!


message 80: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments I finished Stone Cold Touch (The Dark Elements, #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout and updated my original post.


message 81: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Updated my post on the first page!


Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I finished Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick and updated my post on the 1st page. :)


message 83: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments I finished Death Cloud (Young Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Andrew Lane and updated my original post.


message 84: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Finished Taken (Taken, #1) by Erin Bowman and Bloodlines (Bloodlines, #1) by Richelle Mead and updated my post!

Only one book left! Woot!


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☆Joycedale☆ | 310 comments I don't think I'm going to get my last book finished. I've had it on hold for weeks at the library and it still hasn't gotten to me.


Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I don't think I will either. :( I picked it up but was pretty lost and almost need to reread the 1st 2 books in the series to figure out what's going on. I'm not ready to do that at this point.

But I feel good that I got 3 of the 4 books read!!


message 87: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
☆Joycedale☆ wrote: "I don't think I'm going to get my last book finished. I've had it on hold for weeks at the library and it still hasn't gotten to me."

That stinks Joycedale!


message 88: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Karen, I'm also planning on rereading the Shadow and Bone trilogy, and then the last book. So I can join you when you're ready!


Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Jenny wrote: "Karen, I'm also planning on rereading the Shadow and Bone trilogy, and then the last book. So I can join you when you're ready!"

Awesome Jenny!! That's a date!


message 90: by Tonya (new)

Tonya I haven't finished all of mine yet, but I updated my original post with the first one completed. I still have a day and a half of February. I love these types of challenges!


message 91: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I finished all my books!! So proud of myself :) Updated my post on the first page!


message 92: by Daniel (new)

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments Awesome Jenny!
So sorry I couldn't get mine done, had no time!
I'll try to read the rest of them eventually!


message 93: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments Congrats Jenny!


message 94: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
No worries Daniel! I about ran out of time too. Finished on the very last day of the month!

Thanks Leigh!


message 95: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments I finished all five of my picks and have posted them in my original post. I wasn't sure if I would be able to finish my last pick in time but I did.


message 96: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
GreAt job!!


message 97: by Daniel (new)

Daniel (pickyreader1) | 1925 comments Thanks everyone for making this first run of the PIFM challence such a success!
I'm happy that my idea turned into fruition, and hope this can keep going for a while!


message 98: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments Thanks Jenny!


message 99: by Leigh (new)

Leigh | 403 comments Daniel wrote: "Thanks everyone for making this first run of the PIFM challence such a success!
I'm happy that my idea turned into fruition, and hope this can keep going for a while!"


You did a great job organizing this challenge.


message 100: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Leigh wrote: "Daniel wrote: "Thanks everyone for making this first run of the PIFM challence such a success!
I'm happy that my idea turned into fruition, and hope this can keep going for a while!"

You did a gre..."


Ditto to what Leigh said! Thanks for this, Daniel! My books would still be sitting there unread so it's cool that I got to whittle down my TBR shelf!!


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