2024 January Pick-It-For-Me Challenge

[LaurLa]

2024 January Pick-It-For-Me Challenge


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.

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INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:

Tell us about your New Year Resolutions - do you attempt them or ignore the idea of them?
Yes - I am hardcore, write them down and check them off!
Kind of - I think about them and maybe stick to one or two
No way - who needs the added stress?

✳️✳️If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your sign-up!✳️✳️

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IMPORTANT DATES
✳️Sign ups will remain open until the end of the day December 23rd (that means midnight US ET)
✳️Pairings and rules will be posted by 7am (US ET) December 24
For your convenience a Time Zone Converter
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...

You’ll have until the end of the day December 30 (that means midnight US ET) to make your recommendations.

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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!✳️

[LaurLa]

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.

✳️ You will be using 8 picking rules to select books for you pickee. 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. The remaining 4 titles should come from your pickee's tbr, with a minimum of one from their preferred shelves if provided. Be sure to pick at least one book for each picking rule, but please limit your picks to no more than two books per rule as sometimes having too many options is worse than too few.

✳️ Please remember when you are giving new recommendations, you are not limited to titles that you have read. You can choose books that are new releases, on your tbr, or titles you looked up on Goodreads or Amazon that you think your pickee would enjoy.

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!

[LaurLa]

2024 January PIFM Participants

(view spoiler)[
Yes
Carrie 🎆 mgp
TL 🎆 want to read


Kind of...
LaurLa 🎆 01-pick-me-please
☘KathyD☘ 🎆 tbr-audios
SunnyCAGirl 🎆 want to read
Nancy H 🎆 want to read
Maggie 🎆 Jan 24 PIFM

No Way
Aoife 🎆 pofm shelf
MountainKat 🎆 to-read-asap
Carmen 🎆 meet-greet-picks
Fran 🎆 PIFM shelf
Carina 🎆 merry-new-year
Trina 🎆 kindle OR library to read
Sonja 🎆 pifm
Olivia 🎆 want to read
Angelina 🎆 want to read
Chelsea 🎆 want to read
Sabrina 🎆 want to read
Kristen 🎆 want to read
Ella 🎆 want to read
Portia 🎆 want to read (hide spoiler)]

[LaurLa]

2024 January PIFM Pairings


Pairings and rules will be posted by 7am (US ET) December 24

Please pick for the person below you. The last person will pick for the first person. For example: ☘KathyD☘ picks for Aoife and Portia picks for ☘KathyD☘.

Picks are due end of the day December 30 (that is, midnight US ET)
🎆 = made picks

🎆 ☘KathyD☘ tbr-audios - NEED PICKS - FRAN
🎆 Aoife - pofm shelf - reminder
🎆 LaurLa 01-pick-me-please
Angelina - want to read - not accepting messages
Kristen - want to read - not accepting messages
🎆 Nancy H want to read - NEED PICKS - FRAN
🎆 Sonja pifm
🎆 Carrie mgp
Sabrina - want to read - reminder
Olivia - want to read - not accepting messages
🎆 SunnyCAGirl want to read - NEED PICKS - LAURLA
TL - want to read - reminder
🎆 Carmen meet-greet-picks - NEED PICKS - KAREN
🎆 Fran PIFM shelf PRIVATE
🎆 Carina merry-new-year
🎆 Trina kindle OR library to read
Ella - want to read - not accepting messages
🎆 Maggie Jan 24 PIFM - NEED PICKS - LAURLA
🎆 MountainKat to-read-asap
Chelsea - want to read - not accepting messages
Portia - want to read - reminder

[LaurLa]

2024 January PIFM Picking Rules


Making New Year Resolutions can be a good thing but for many it actually brings added stress into their lives. If you are someone who needs lists and structure and an accountability method, then making resolutions and keeping track of progress is likely helpful for you. But if you're like me and having the 'list' hanging over your head just reminds you of one more thing you 'have' to do... well, it just may not be worth the effort!

No matter where you fall on the make or not to make New Year Resolutions spectrum, most resolutions fall into a few main categories. Maybe you recognize some areas where you might need to make adjustments?

Health and Emotional Well-Being
Some of the most popular resolutions center around improving one's health through such things as more exercise, losing weight or eating healthy; Emotional well-being is important too, whether this means taking time for meditation or increasing mindfulness, and can lead to better physical health. The reverse is true as well. Increased physical health can lead to healthier emotional and mental well-being.
Recommend a book
🎆with a fit-looking person on the cover
🎆with a person smiling or laughing on the cover
🎆featuring a health or mental health professional (doctor, nurse, counselor, psychiatrist, etc.)

Family and Relationships
Many people make resolutions to spend more time with family and friends or to seek out ways to be more social or meet new people.
Recommend a book
🎆tagged family or features a family, a found family or a group of friends
🎆with more than one person on the cover
🎆by a new author for your pickee (a new friend!)

Work and Employment
Whether you work outside the home, are a homemaker or are retired, many people make resolutions about jobs and employment. Some people are looking to find more fulfillment in their daily job or feel they need to focus more on their career. Or maybe they need to improve their work-life balance.
Recommend a book
🎆with a workplace setting
🎆featuring a job you would like to have (or is the job you have and love!)
🎆with a 9 or a 5 in the page count (because many work days are '9 to 5'!)

Travel
Do you want to travel more? If I didn't have to work to live or it was free, I'd travel all the time! Traveling is a common resolution as people are curious and want to learn more about the world and experience cultures different than their own.
Recommend a book
🎆set in a country different than your own
🎆where the main characters take a trip, for any reason
🎆with a mode of transportation on the cover

Finances
Whether you are young or old, finances seem to be a top resolution topic. People make resolutions to save more, spend less, spend differently or just to create and follow a budget. I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone resolve to spend MORE, unless maybe it's to spend more on charitable giving.
Recommend a book
🎆with a wealthy character or a character that is in a financial profession (banker, stoke-broker, accountant, etc.)
🎆that you spent little or no money on
🎆where finances play an important role in the story (your interpretation)

Hobbies or Activities
Learn a new skill, spend more time on things you love to do, teach someone about the things you love to do - these are all resolutions that might be some of the easiest to keep as they relate to things we are already doing!
Recommend a book
🎆that you love
🎆by your favorite author
🎆featuring an activity you'd like to do or learn more about

Volunteerism or Activism
Most people will agree that it is important to give back to our communities, help those in need, work to improve our world or remove injustices. It's hard to focus outwardly with our resolutions but it's an important thing to consider when making them.
Recommend a book
🎆where a character helps another character (your interpretation)
🎆where a character donates their time or resources in some way
🎆with two hands on the cover (to represent helping hands)

New You
All resolutions, no matter the area listed above, actually have at the heart the goal of improving yourself in some way in order to be a better person for yourself or for others.
Recommend a book
🎆that is new (released in the last 6 months)
🎆has all the letters of NEW in the title (any order)
🎆has all the letters of YOU in the title (any order)

[LaurLa]

Of course, I am in but I do NOT do New Year Resolutions! I usually think about things I need to improve in my life but I keep away from making a 'list' at which I ultimately feel like I fail. If I am feeling particularly challenged in some part of my life, I will tell my husband that I want to do better at XX. He will ask me about it periodically but doesn't judge if I haven't made much (any) progress. He's such a great hubby!!

01-pick-me-please

[Aoife]

I'm in :)

pofm shelf

[☘KathyD☘]

i’m in...I think about resolutions, but ultimately don’t make them...please use tbr-audios

[Carrie]

I tend to do book ones, do I stick with them, not really but I do try

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

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I'm in! I am firmly in the "No way - who needs the added stress?" category - especially this year!

Please use my to-read-asap shelf - thanks!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

I’m in ! I would fall in the category of “No way- who needs the added stress” I do a kind of resolution every month which I try to keep but sometimes fail which I don’t stress about. 😀

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

[Fran, Moderator]

I’m in! (Private profile - happy to friend anyone who picks for me)

I’m in the No Resolutions category :)

PIFM shelf- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Carina]

I’m in. No way who needs the added stress category.

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

[LaurLa]

Got everyone to here. So far we're mostly a No Resolutions group (or maybe, kinda)

[MountainKat, Moderator]

LaurLa wrote: "Got everyone to here. So far we're mostly a No Resolutions group (or maybe, kinda)"

Well, I think it is safe to say that we would all resolve to read lots of romance books next year! 😉

But who needs the added stress! 😂

[LaurLa]

MountainKat wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Got everyone to here. So far we're mostly a No Resolutions group (or maybe, kinda)"

Well, I think it is safe to say that we would all resolve to read lots of romance books next year..."

😂😂😂😂

[Trina]

I'm in camp no way lol unless it has to do with reading and my preferred shelf would be kindle or library to read

[Sonja]

I’m in and I’m Team Nope as well! One less thing to stress over!
My PIFM shelf is preferred and will add the link when I get to my computer.

[SunnyCAGirl]

I’m in. I am a “maybe” on resolutions. Some years I write them down & remember them, but most years I don’t!

[TL]

I’m in the Visions group, seeing it and making it. I’ve read pass my mark of 1k books🍾😎☺️

[Olivia]

I’m in!

[Angelina]

I’m in!

[Chelsea]

I’m in! My PIFM would just be my Want to Read…

[Sabrina]

I’m in!

[Kristen]

I’m in!

[LaurLa]

TL wrote: "I’m in the Visions group, seeing it and making it. I’ve read pass my mark of 1k books🍾😎☺️"

HI TL - welcome to the challenge. I listed your To Read shelf to pick from but it has only 10 books (right now) - if you have books to add, that will make it a little easier for your picker to make choices. Or if you have a different shelf to use let us know!

[LaurLa]

Hi Olivia, Angelina, Sabrina and Kristen - welcome! For now I'm using your To Read shelves but if there is a better list for your picker to choose from, let me know!

[LaurLa]

I have everyone list to here! Please let me know if you have a different shelf preference 🎆

[Ella]

I'm in! 😊

[Portia]

I’m in!

[Nancy H]

I'm in and I do write down my goals..... but in order to check them off, I would have to actually do them. 🤣🤣🤣
Just use my To Read list, please.

[Maggie]

I'm in and I try to keep to a resolution or a goal. Try being the operative word.

Use this shelf please Jan 24 PIFM

[LaurLa]

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!! Not all of us here may celebrate this holiday as I do or as a Christian, however that doesn't take away from my wish for you to be blessed in whatever way that is for you or my wish for you to have peace and love into the new year!

Pairings are up in message 4 and picking rules are shared in message 5. Picks are due by December 30 midnight.

It seems we may have several new PIFM challenge participants this month - Welcome!! Please make sure to read all of the information in messages 1 and 2 in this thread along with this post: PIFM Guidelines and FAQ

If there are any questions, please feel free to send me a message or ask here!

[Carrie]

Sabrina, I won't be able to make my picks until wednesday just to give you the heads up with it being Christmas an all, and boxing day is my partners birthday.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Hi Chelsea! I wanted to let you know it could be late on the 27th or maybe even the 28th before I get your picks posted. I will try to work on the if I get some quiet time, but we have family here until the morning of the 27th. (And I might just need a little decompression time then!)

[Fran, Moderator]

Hi Carina!
Here are your picks for January- I hope you find something you love. Happy New Year!


Health and Emotional Well-Being
Tbr- A Sheriff's Star - smile on cover

Family and Relationships
Tbr- The Soldier's Surprise Family family
Tbr- A Royal Kiss and Tell more than one person on the cover

Work and Employment
New- A Firefighter's Christmas Gift 196 pages
Tbr- The Sergeant's Unexpected Family - 194 pages

Travel
New- Hold on to My Heart- travel in story
New- Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships- travel in story

Finances
Tbr- The Mistress of Normandy- wealthy Baron

Hobbies or Activities
New- When Beauty Tamed the Beast - one of my faves
Tbr- Strange the Dreamer - Lazlo is a librarian- I would love to do that

Volunteerism or Activism
New- Country Thunder - main character helps
Tbr- The Yankee Widow - main character helps

New You
New- Emergency Contact - published 10/23
Tbr- When We Found Home - ‘NEW’ in title

Happy Reading!

[Maggie]

Hi MKat!
Happy New Year!
I haven't done this challenge in a bit, so please let me know if I need to correct anything for your picks.
I hope you find a good read for January.


💗Health and Emotional Well-Being
TBR- Chasing Secrets - featuring a nurse practitioner

🫂Family and Relationships
TBR- State of Bliss - with more than one person on the cover

🏢Work and Employment
TBR - Hostile Takeover - with a workplace setting (found on one of your 2022 shelves)

New - Rule Breaker -with a workplace setting

🗺️Travel
TBR -Limited Edition Husband -where the main characters take a trip, for any reason

💸Finances
TBR - Faithless in Death - with a wealthy character


🧗🏽‍♀️Hobbies or Activities
TBR - How the Grump Saved Christmas - Claire is one of my favorite authors. I love her co written series Bootleg Springs with Lucy Score the most.

♻️Volunteerism or Activism
TBR- Part & Parcel - main character helps

New -Why the Devil Stalks Death -where a character helps another character (your interpretation - it says help in the precis....it also had a really good sounding blurb that read like an MM JD Robb book...I need to lay off of my darker reads.)

⚜️New You
TBR- Lost in Your Arms - has all the letters of YOU in the title (any order)

Happy Reading!

[Haney Hayes]

I missed this joining up but happy reading everyone!

[LaurLa]

Haney Hayes wrote: "I missed this joining up but happy reading everyone!"

Thanks Haney - look for sign-ups for February around the 20th of January!

[LaurLa]

Hi Angelina!! Here are your picks - hope you find something to start out the year with a bang!!


Health and Emotional Well-Being
🎆TBR: Wildfire ♾️ smiling
🎆NEW: How Much I Feel ♾️ medical professionals


Family and Relationships
🎆TBR: Maybe Once, Maybe Twice ♾️ four people on cover
🎆NEW: Zoey And The Nice Guy ♾️ features family


Work and Employment
🎆TBR: The Soulmate Equation ♾️ sort of workplace setting
🎆NEW: The Seven Year Slip ♾️ publicist is an interesting job


Travel
🎆TBR: Throttled ♾️ car on cover
🎆NEW: Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute ♾️ a survival course trip


Finances
🎆TBR: The Inheritance Games ♾️ finance definitely plays a part
🎆NEW: The Game ♾️ wealthy


Hobbies or Activities
🎆TBR: Beach Read ♾️ loved it!
🎆NEW: By Any Other Name ♾️ also loved it!


Volunteerism or Activism
🎆TBR: Better than the Movies ♾️ lots of hands
🎆NEW: Instant Karma ♾️ donates time to a shelter


New You
🎆TBR: The Way I Used to Be ♾️ letters of you
🎆NEW: Role Playing ♾️ released in July

[Carrie]

Sabrina here are your books for January, I hope you find something wonderful to start the year with.

Health and Emotional Well-Being
TBR: Stranger in the Moonlight
New:The Surgeon



Family and Relationships
TBR: Meant to Be
New:Eight Hundred Grapes


Work and Employment
TBR: Guardian Angel
New:Earthly Delights



Travel
TBR: Prince Charming
New:Next Year in Havana



Finances
TBR: Love, Theoretically
New:The Latecomer



Hobbies or Activities
TBR: The Secret
New: Anne of Green Gables


Volunteerism or Activism
TBR: A Discovery of Witches
New: The Authenticity Project



New You
TBR: Sinfully Wed
New: The Fake Mate



Happy reading

[Sonja]

Whew, Christmas did not go as planned... Carrie promise I'll get your picks, but it may be coming down to the wire...

Nancy H I managed to update my PIFM list today, hoping you haven't started yet as there were several changes!

[☘KathyD☘]

Aoife...I hope to have your picks up tomorrow or Friday.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Maggie wrote: "Hi MKat!
Happy New Year!
I haven't done this challenge in a bit, so please let me know if I need to correct anything for your picks.
I hope you find a good read for January.


💗Health and Emotio..."

Thank you Maggie - I see several books I want to read next month! But thank goodness for the series rule because I started one of your picks this afternoon while I was in the car! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Nancy H]

Hi Sonja, I am just now looking at this site because I have had 13 people here for the holidays, plus 8 more that came for meals and visiting all week. I will get your picks up tonight, hopefully.


Sonja wrote: "Whew, Christmas did not go as planned... Carrie promise I'll get your picks, but it may be coming down to the wire...

Nancy H I managed to update my PIFM list today, hoping you haven't started ye..."

[Nancy H]

Hi Sonja,
I had a few minutes so I was able to get your list done. Please let me know if you need any changes.

Health and Emotional Well-being: More than one person on the cover - Codename Romeo Health/mental health issues - Hello Stranger


Family and Relationships: More than one person on the cover - Writing Mr. Right; New author to you - French Vanilla & Felonies


Work and Employment: Issues with workplace setting, plus 9 in the page count - Lessons in Chemistry (one of the best books I've read in the past year!); The Holiday Swap - 5 in page count, 351p.


Travel: Country different than yours - France - All the Light We Cannot See (I just read this one and it is so good!); Main characters take a trip - Prejudice Meets Pride


Finances: Two that both deal with financial issues - Flirting With Danger (or any in this series if you've already read this one); The Heiress Gets a Duke


Hobbies and Activities: Two authors that I love - The Bodyguard and A Perilous Undertaking (or any by Deanna Rayburn that you haven't read - she is a great author!)


Volunteerism or Activism: Character helps others - Summer Reading; Two hands on the cover- Faking Christmas


New You: Released in last 6 months - Woke Up Like This and Check & Mate (anoth er of my favorite authors)


Happy January Reading!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Hi Fran, my January picks for you.

Health and Emotional Well-Being
🎆with a fit-looking person on the cover
TBR: Destry
New: Liars Like Us



Family and Relationships
🎆tagged family or features a family, a found family or a group of friends
New: You Deserve Each Other
🎆with more than one person on the cover
TBR: Her Pastry Shifters



Work and Employment
🎆with a workplace setting
TBR: Big Bossy Mistake
New: One Bossy Proposal



Travel
🎆where the main characters take a trip, for any reason
New: The Stopover
🎆with a mode of transportation on the cover
TBR: Crash Plus Expenses



Finances
🎆with a wealthy character or a character that is in a financial profession (banker, stoke-broker, accountant, etc.)
New: The Fine Print
🎆that you spent little or no money on
TBR: Adam



Hobbies or Activities
🎆that you love
New: The Takeover
🎆by your favorite author
TBR: Under One Roof



Volunteerism or Activism
🎆where a character helps another character (your interpretation)
New: The Ghost
🎆with two hands on the cover (to represent helping hands)
TBR: Red Hot



New You
🎆that is new (released in the last 6 months)
TBR: Emergency Contact
New: Role Playing



Happy January Reading!

[SunnyCAGirl]

Hi, T.L.,
Happy almost New Year!
Your TBR was so choiceful (unlike mine!) that I had a hard time finding 8 to include, so you ended up with 5 books from your TBR and 12 new. I hope that's ok and I hope you find one that you enjoy!

1-Fitness and Health
🎆with a fit-looking person on the cover
Midnight Sky: Book 1 by Ellie Merlin (tbr)
🎆with a person smiling or laughing on the cover
I'm So Not Over You by Kosoko Jackson (new)

2-Family and Relationships
🎆tagged family or features a family, a found family or a group of friends
Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (found family) (new)
🎆with more than one person on the cover
If He Loved You by Aseera (tbr)

3-Work and Employment
🎆with a workplace setting
Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish Reed (new)
🎆featuring a job you would like to have or have and love
Her Night With Santa by Adriana Herrera (new) (yep- have this job and love it)

4-Travel
🎆set in a country different than your own
Rake I'd Like to F... by Sabrina Darby (anthology of hot historical romance novellas in England) (new)
🎆where the main characters take a trip, for any reason
(Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron, part of book in Serengeti National Park) (new)

5-Finances
🎆with a wealthy character
Mine Forever by Weston Parker (tbr)
Sinner by Sierra Simone (new)

6-Hobbies or Activities
Recommend a book
🎆featuring an activity you'd like to do or learn more about
Delicious Temptation by Sabrina Sol (owns a bakery--> sounds fun) (new)
Reel by Kennedy Ryan (actress/director) (new)

7-Volunteerism or Activism
🎆where a character helps another character (your interpretation)
Reaper's Legacy by Joanna Wylde (new)
🎆with two hands on the cover (to represent helping hands)
Archangel's Consort by Nailini Singh (new)

8-New You
🎆that is new (released in the last ~6 months)
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (tbr)
🎆has all the letters of NEW in the title (any order)
Always Been You (new) by Q.B Tyler (has letters of new and you)
🎆has all the letters of YOU in the title (any order)
Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer (tbr)

[Carina]

Trina

Here are your picks. Happy reading!

🎇Health and Emotional Well-being
TBR - A Spirited Swindler
New - Sweet Dreams


🎇Family and Relationships
TBR - Blood Kissed
New - Magic Tides


🎇Work and Employment
TBR - Wildflower Wedding: With a Killer Reception
New - Family Feuds and Fatalities: A Cozy Tiffany Black Travel Mystery


🎇Travel
TBR - Cliffhanger
New - Body in the Books


🎇Finances
TBR - Rescued by the Fae Prince
New - A Prince So Cruel


🎇Hobbies or Activities
TBR - In Skates Trouble
New - Playing to Win


🎇Volunteerism or Activism
TBR - Wild Things
New - Dark Prince


🎇New You
TBR - The Duke Who Knew Too Much
New - Ever Yours, Annabelle

[☘KathyD☘]

Aoife...I apologize for the delay, but this has been a busy week! I hope you start the new year with some great reads. Happy New Year!

📚 Health and Emotional Well-Being
Dr. OB, Max Monroe — main character is a doctor (tbr)
Tangled, Emma Chase, author — fit-looking person on the cover (new)

📚 Family and Relationships
Hungry Like a Wolf, Jessica Lynch — more than one person on the cover (tbr)
The Friend Zone, Abby Jimenez — new-to-you author (new)

📚 Work and Employment
Engaging the Office Enemy, Kristin Canary — workplace setting (tbr)
A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness — ‘9’ and ‘5’ in page count (new)

📚 Travel
Stormsong, C.L. Polk — mode of transportation on the cover (tbr)
The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, Jennifer Ashley — set in England (new)

📚 Finances
Roommaid, Sariah Wilson — main character is a financial whiz (tbr)
Protecting Caroline, Susan Stoker — free book (new)

📚 Hobbies or Activities
Double Pucked, Lauren Blakely — favorite author (tbr)
Angels’ Blood, Nalini Singh — 5-star favorite (new)

📚 Volunteerism or Activism
A Spot of Trouble, Teri Wilson — two hands on the cover (tbr)
Year One, Nora Roberts — characters help one another (new)

📚 New You
Cat Got Your Diamonds, Julie Chase — ‘you’ in the title (tbr)
Love, Theoretically, Ali Hazelwood — new release (new)