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2024 March 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.
✱ 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 the 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!
Participants
☘KathyD☘ — tbr-audios
Fran — a-pifm-shelf (private profile)
Kate — pifm-2024
Fernanda — to-read
Sonja — pifm
Darkness — to-read
MountainKat — to-read-asap
Nancy H — to-read
Carina — march-madness
HeatherMarie — 0-pifm
Rebecca — audio
Haney Hayes — to-read
Emma — tbr-soon
Marie — to-read
Darcy — to-read
LaurLa — 01-pick-me-please
Carrie — up-next
SunnyCAGirl — to-read
PairingsPlease pick for the person beneath you. The last person picks for the first person (that is, LaurLa picks for Marie).
🎥 Marie — to-read
🎥 Emma — tbr-soon
🎥 Haney Hayes — to-read
🎥 Darcy — to-read
🎥 MountainKat — to-read-asap
🎥 Rebecca — audio
🎥 ☘KathyD☘ — tbr-audios
🎥 Carrie — up-next
🎥 Nancy H — to-read
🎥 SunnyCAGirl — to-read
🎥 Darkness — to-read
🎥 Sonja — pifm
🎥 HeatherMarie — 0-pifm
🎥 Fernanda — to-read
🎥 Fran — a-pifm-shelf (private profile)
🎥 Carina — march-madness
🎥 Kate — pifm-2024
🎥 LaurLa — 01-pick-me-please
🎥 = made picks
✱ Remember to pick a minimum of four NEW books and four books from your pickee’s TBR or preferred shelf. Please limit your picks to no more than two for each rule , since sometimes too many choices can be as bad as too few!
Picking RulesOn Sunday, March 10, the 96th annual Academy Awards will be held! So for this month’s challenge, the picking rules come from some of the most nominated movies.
🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – won all 11 of its nominations, including best picture, director, adapted screenplay, editing, set decoration, costume design, makeup, original score, original song, sound mixing, and visual effects.
recommend a book…
✔️ that is part of a trilogy and/or is the last book in the series (or last published)
✔️ tagged ‘fantasy’
✔️ that has won or been nominated for more than three awards
🎥 Titanic – won 11 out of its 14 nominations, including best picture, director, cinematography, set decoration, costume design, film editor, score, song, sound, sound effects editing, and visual effects.
recommend a book…
✔️ with a natural body of water on the cover (i.e., ocean, river)
✔️ where the main character travels somewhere
✔️ highly anticipated and/or highly rated (4.0+) on Goodreads
🎥 West Side Story – won 10 of its 11 nominations, including best picture, director, supporting actor, supporting actress, cinematography (color), set decoration (color), costume design (color), film editing, score, and sound.
recommend a book…
✔️ that is a retelling (e.g., this movie is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet)
✔️ set in New York
✔️ with great secondary (supporting) characters
🎥 The English Patient – won 9 of its 12 nominations, including best picture, director, supporting actress, cinematography, set decoration, costume design, film editing, score, and sound.
recommend a book…
✔️ with a titled main character (e.g., prince, duchess, marquess)
✔️ set in Europe
✔️ set during a war or conflict
🎥 Amadeus – won 8 of its 11 nominations, including best picture, director, actor, adapted screenplay, set decoration, costume design, sound, and makeup.
recommend a book…
✔️ whose main character is a musician
✔️ that includes a sneaky character (your interpretation)
✔️ with an ‘8’ and/or ‘11’ in the publication date
🎥 My Fair Lady – 8 of its 12 nominations, including best picture, director, actor, cinematography (color), set decoration (color), costume design (color), score and sound.
recommend a book…
✔️ set in England
✔️ whose main character is a teacher or student
✔️ whose main characters are in different social standing (e.g., rich/poor, CEO/blue-collar worker)
🎥 Gone With the Wind – 8+ of its 13 nominations, including best picture, director, actress, supporting actress, screenplay, cinematography (color), art direction, and film editing, as well as an honorary Oscar for the William Cameron Menzies’s achievement in the use of color and the technical achievement award.
recommend a book…
✔️ that has been made into a movie or television/streaming series
✔️ tagged ‘historical’
✔️ with more than 400 pages (movie and book were long)
🎥 Shakespeare in Love – 7 of its 13 nominations, including best picture, actress, supporting actress, screenplay, set decoration, costume design, and score.
recommend a book…
✔️ tagged ‘humor’
✔️ whose main character is an actor/actress and/or writer
✔️ whose main character is named ‘William,’ ‘Viola,’ ‘Romeo,’ or ‘Juliet’ (or any variation)
I’m in! (Private profile, happy to friend anyone who picks for me)Yes! Love the Oscars and all things movies
PIFM shelf- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I'm in but I've done a terrible job of reading this month! Please use my PIFM shelf.
Forgot to include my answer: Oscars - I'm vaguely interested, if Oppenheimer does well (purely for work purposes!)
I am in.Will add shelf latter(need to check few stuff)
I am probably looking forward to finding out who won and the fashions over the actually show. That said, if we are home we will watch it.Please use my to-read-asap shelf - thanks!
I'm in. I have only a passing interest in the Oscars. My husband is the real movie buff.
welcome all! I’ll update the participant list later today or tomorrow...if you add or change your preferred shelf, just let me know. 😊
I'm in I loved February... I've almost read all the books chosen for me. super excited for another.
I’m in please! The Oscars has been too much about ticking boxes than highlighting the best movies in recent years, IMHO!https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I don’t pay attention to the Oscars but I do pay attention to book recs so I’d love to join in the fun again this month!
the participants list is current through here 😊
Of course I'm in! I haven't been to a movie in over a year and since I read and don't watch TV/screen... I don't even know who or what's up for nomination. Does that make me a weird?01-pick-me-please
Not really I have zero interest So I've been trimming my over all shelf, I hope who picks for me doesn't have the same issues that MKat had.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Carrie wrote: "Not really I have zero interest So I've been trimming my over all shelf, I hope who picks for me doesn't have the same issues that MKat had.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list......"
I just tried again and it still timed out. ☹️
One idea I had and I'm not sure it is a good one would be to create a second profile and move things like your wishlist and/or books (or authors) you are less likely to read over to the other profile. 🤷🏻♀️
MountainKat wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Not really I have zero interest So I've been trimming my over all shelf, I hope who picks for me doesn't have the same issues that MKat had.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/..."
Wow, I've removed a few thousand books already. I keep on picking at daily to get it down.
What did you say the threshold was?
Also thank you for the suggestion
Edit: Nvm i just went back and checked what you said. Can I get it under 35k lol
They didn't specify, I was just going by my unscientific experiments. I was able to search shelves that were almost 34K, but not ones that were 38K. And definitely not yours that were significantly higher than that!
I’m in! I live watching the Oscars, especially the red carpet. But reading all these books gets in the way of watching movies! I’ve seen very few this year. My “to read” shelf is fine!
MountainKat wrote: "They didn't specify, I was just going by my unscientific experiments. I was able to search shelves that were almost 34K, but not ones that were 38K. And definitely not yours that were significantly..."I did it, I was able to actually search my own shelves for the first time in forever, still picking away because i'm unure if others can do so.
Carrie wrote: "I did it, I was able to actually search my own shelves for the first time in forever, still picking away because i'm unure if others can do so."I was able to search too!! 🥳
Carrie wrote: "Now to not fill it up again 😅"Good luck!
Hi Carrie...here are your picks for March. I’ve listened to most on audio (I haven’t read two of them) and really enjoyed them...Happy reading!🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Highlander’s Touch, Karen Marie Moning — tagged fantasy (tbr)
Ruthless King, Meghan March — first book in a trilogy (new)
🎥 Titanic
Desire Unchained, Larissa Ione — highly rated (tbr)
Everyone Loves a Hero, Marie Force — main character travels (new)
🎥 West Side Story
A Murder in Long Island, Colette Clark — set in New York (tbr)
Rock Chick, Kristen Ashley — great secondary characters (new)
🎥 The English Patient
Soulless, Gail Carriger — titled main character (tbr)
Challenge, Amy Daws — set in Europe (new)
🎥 Amadeus
The Warlord Wants Forever, Kresley Cole — features a sneaky character (tbr)
Lick, Kylie Scott — main character is a musician (new)
🎥 My Fair Lady
The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield — set in England (tbr)
Getting Schooled, Emma Chase — main character is a teacher (new)
🎥 Gone With the Wind
Lover Avenged, J.R. Ward — 400+ pages (tbr)
Wallbanger, Alice Clayton — made into a movie (new)
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
Loose Screw, Rae Davies & Lori Devoti — tagged humor (tbr)
Thank You for Listening, Julia Whelan — main character is an actor (new)
Hi Rebecca, I will try to work on your picks this evening but might not get them up until tomorrow. As usual, things got crazy here but I will do my best! 🤞🏼
For Sonja🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
tagged ‘fantasy’ - These Hollow Vows
that has won or been nominated for more than three award - Serpent & Dove
🎥 Titanic
where the main character travels somewhere - Prince Charming
highly anticipated and/or highly rated (4.0+) on Goodreads - Where the Lost Wander
🎥 West Side Story
that is a retelling (e.g., this movie is a retelling of Romeo and Julie t) - Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match
set in New York - Experimental Marine Biology
🎥 The English Patient
with a titled main character (e.g., prince, duchess, marquess) - The Heiress Gets a Duke
set in Europe - Don't Judge a Duke by His Cover
🎥 Amadeus
that includes a sneaky character (your interpretation) - That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
with an ‘8’ and/or ‘11’ in the publication date - The Witch Is Back
🎥 My Fair Lady
whose main character is a teacher or student - In a Jam
whose main characters are in different social standing (e.g., rich/poor, CEO/blue-collar worker) - The Bodyguard
🎥 Gone With the Wind
tagged ‘historical’ - The Gentleman's Gambit
with more than 400 pages (movie and book were long) -
Bittersweet Memories
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
tagged ‘humor’ - Vacation Wars
whose main character is named ‘William,’ ‘Viola,’ ‘Romeo,’ or ‘Juliet’ (or any variation) -A Lady for a Duke
Kate here are your picks for March I hope you find something you love.🎥 Lord of the Rings:
TBR: The Final Empire
New: Assassin's Apprentice
🎥 Titanic
TBR: Darkfever
New: Hunt on Dark Waters
🎥 West Side Story
TBR: Halfway to the Grave
NEW:
Lore
🎥 The English Patient
TBR: A Rogue by Any Other Name
New: The Hacienda
🎥 Amadeus
TBR: Cry Wolf
New: Daisy Jones & The Six
🎥 My Fair Lady
TBR: Kiss of Steel
New: The Starless Sea
🎥 Gone With the Wind
TBR: A Knight in Shining Armor
New: The Stationery Shop
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
TBR: Soulless
New: Stages of Desire
Happy Reading
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Hi Carrie...here are your picks for March. I’ve listened to most on audio (I haven’t read two of them) and really enjoyed them...Happy reading!🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
[book:Th..."
Thank you for the picks, I have a few kindle ones loaded up and ready for March
Hi Carina!Here are your picks for March - I hope you find a gem or two here :)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
New- Elder Wolf - fantasy
New- The Simple Life - 1st in a trilogy
🎥 Titanic
Tbr- Baby Talk & Wedding Bells - 4.15 rating
Tbr- Shot in the Dark - water on cover
🎥 West Side Story
Tbr- The Start of Something Good - NY
Tbr- The Life She Wants - NY
🎥 The English Patient
New- The Royals Next Door
🎥 Amadeus
Tbr- Honor's Promise - sneaky character
Tbr- The Seaside Library - 11 in pub. date
🎥 My Fair Lady
New- The Aristocrat - British character
New- Destry - different social standings
🎥 Gone With the Wind
Tbr- Falling for Owen - 432 pages
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
Tbr- Secretly Yours - character named Julian (close to Juliet)
New- Everything Girl - humor
Happy Reading!!
Hi SunnyCaGirl,Here are your picks for March. You have so many good ones on your TBR list! I hope you enjoy these.
Lord of the Rings: Two that are part of trilogies: Beginner's Luck and Annie's Holiday by the Sea
Titanic: Two that involve travel by an author I love - Happy Placeand People We Meet on Vacation; And an extra one if you don't want to read two by the same author: Summer in Andalucía
West Side Story: Two set in New York: The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights and Roomies
The English Patient: Titled main character - The Detective Duke; Set in Europe - Christmas Island
Amadeus: two that include 'sneaky' characters:
The Last Thing He Told Me and Wait For It (sneaky neighbor)
My Fair Lady: two set in England: The Governess Gamble and Something in the Heir
Gone With the Wind: Made into TV series/movie - Outlander; Historical - Letters from Paris
Shakespeare in Love: Humor - Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend; Actress/TV personality character - The Misadventures of Catie Bloom
Happy reading!
Hi KathyD,I hope you like your picks! if you want to change anything just let me know.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –
TBR ~ Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
NEW ~ The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Titanic –
TBR ~ The Girl in the Mist by Kristen Ashley
NEW ~ Blue Lady by Stephany Tullis
West Side Story –
TBR ~ The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
NEW ~ Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
The English Patient –
TBR ~ Defending Zara by Susan Stoker
NEW ~ Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Amadeus –
TBR ~ Gravity by Sara Cate
NEW ~ Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa
My Fair Lady –
TBR ~ The Player by Kresley Cole
NEW ~ And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander
Gone With the Wind –
TBR ~ Winter by Marissa Meyer
NEW ~ The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Shakespeare in Love –
TBR ~ You May Be Write by Robyn Peterman
NEW ~ Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Picks for Haney 📚🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Butcher & Blackbird
The Longing of Lone Wolves
🎥 Titanic
Look on the Bright Side
Just Last Night
🎥 West Side Story
Ryan Rule
A Little Life
🎥 The English Patient
Weyward
Lord Perfect
🎥 Amadeus
A Touch of Malice
Untouchable
🎥 My Fair Lady
Teaching the Teacher's Pet
The Tea Rose
🎥 Gone With the Wind
A Discovery of Witches
The Time Traveler’s Wife
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
Julieta and the Romeos
Juliet Immortal
Kate,Here are your picks. Happy reading!
Lord of the Rings
TBR - Storm of Visions
New - Shadow Rider
Titanic
TBR - Island Temptress
New - Now That I've Found You
West Side Story
TBR- Darkfever
New - Burn for Me
The English Patient
TBR - Beyond the Highland Mist
TBR - A Dance Through Time
Amadeus
TBR - Wishing on a Christmas Cowboy
New - Balancing Act
My Fair Lady
TBR - A Knight in Shining Armor
New - Lost and Found
Gone with the Wind
TBR - Devil of the Highlands
New - The Highwayman
Shakespeare in Love
TBR - Fantasy Lover
New - A Lady for a Duke
Rebecca wrote: "Hi KathyD,I hope you like your picks! if you want to change anything just let me know.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –
TBR ~ Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
NEW ~ The Name of the Wind by..."
thanks, Rebecca! so many great titles to jump on!
Hi Fernanda!Here are your picks for March. Hope you find some good ones!
🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Tbr- Life’s Too Short- Jimenez (trilogy)
New- Rhapsodic- Thalassa (fantasy)
🎥 Titanic
Tbr- Ciao Bella- Mary (FMC moves from Italy to Australia)
New- Float Plan- Dollar (body of water)
🎥 West Side Story
Tbr- Asking for a Friend- Blakely (NY setting?- sorry for whatever reason I was having trouble with this one. Some of her other books were set in NY & the description of this one sounded like NY but idk)
New- All Stirred Up- Moore (retelling)
🎥 The English Patient
Tbr- Once Upon a Broken Heart- Garber (aristo)
New- A Princess in Theory- Cole (aristo)
🎥 Amadeus
Tbr- Better Than the Movies- Painter (synopsis sounds like a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac therefore sneaky)
New- Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin- Zapata (music)
🎥 My Fair Lady
Tbr- Heartstopper volume 5- Alice Oseman (setting England)
New- The Road Trip- O’Leary (class difference)
🎥 Gone With the Wind
Tbr- Caraval- Garber (407 pgs)
New- A Caribbean Heiress in Paris- Herrera (Historical)
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
Tbr- TheSimple Life- Sivec (described as a romantic comedy therefore humor)
New- A Little Bit of Country- Kennedy (actor)
Happy Reading!!
Hi Fran!!!!Here are your picks for March. Hope you find some good ones!
🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Runescribe— tagged fantasy (tbr)
Fourth Wing — tagged fantasy (new)
🎥 Titanic
Love & Such: A Collection of Short Stories— highly rated (tbr)
Eat, Pray, Love— main character travels (new)
🎥 West Side Story
Something Borrowed — set in New York (tbr)
The Song of Achilles – Retelling of a classic (new)
🎥 The English Patient
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After — titled main character (tbr)
Outlander— set in a war/conflict (new)
🎥 Amadeus
Better than the Movies — features a sneaky character (tbr)
Hold on to My Heart— main character is a musician (tbr)
🎥 My Fair Lady
Billionaire Brother's Nanny — main characters are in different social standings (tbr)
Below Zero — main character is a student (tbr)
🎥 Gone With the Wind
King of Wrath 400+ pages (new)
The Mayor of Maxwell Street– tagged historical (new)
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
Nobody Puts Romcoms In The Corner— tagged humor (tbr)
Castaways– Main character is an actress (tbr)
Hi again Rebecca! Here are your picks for March. I hope I found some good ones for you! All of the new to you picks are ones that I have listened to in audio and really enjoyed! I've listened to most of the books I picked from your TBR too. 🎧🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
TBR: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
NEW: Year One by Nora Roberts
🎥 Titanic
TBR: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
NEW: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
🎥 West Side Story
TBR: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
NEW: Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
🎥 The English Patient
TBR: Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost
NEW: The Awakening by Nora Roberts
🎥 Amadeus
TBR: Goddess with a Blade by Lauren Dane
NEW: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper
🎥 My Fair Lady
TBR: The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
NEW: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews
🎥 Gone With the Wind
TBR: The Chosen by J.R. Ward
NEW: Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
TBR: It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
NEW: The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston
Happy March Reading!!
Darkness wrote: "For Sonja🎥 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
tagged ‘fantasy’ - These Hollow Vows
that has won or been nominated for more than three award - Serpent & Dove
..."
These look great, Darkness, thank you!! I'm doing a terrible job of reading these days because baseball/softball season has started for my kids and I'm a glorified taxi service. I see quite a few I want to read! So thank you!! :)
HeatherMarie I'm working on yours today and hope to have it posted before end of day (tomorrow morning latest!)
Kate wrote: "Ok…I have two people picking for me! Carrie, I think you pick for Nancy H not me."
You are so right, I saw the Car and assumed it was me lol
Let's try this again lol for the right person this time.Hi Nancy for you
🎥 Lord of the Rings:
TBR: Wideacre
New: Powerless
🎥 Titanic
TBR: The First Day of the Rest of My Life
New: Love Redesigned
🎥 West Side Story
TBR: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf
New: Seven Days in June
🎥 The English Patient
TBR:To Dance with Kings
New: Code Name Butterfly
🎥 Amadeus
TBR: If You Can't Stand the Heat
New: Rock Chick Redemption
🎥 My Fair Lady
TBR: Death on a Silver Tray
New: The Man I Never Met
🎥 Gone With the Wind
TBR: The Children of Men
New: A Rip Through Time
🎥 Shakespeare in Love
TBR: Neanderthal Marries Human
New: The American Roommate Experiment
Happy reading
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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 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 was chosen
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✱✱Are you looking forward to this year’s Oscar awards?✱✱
✱✱ If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your pick! ✱✱
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until February 26 (12 pm US CDT)
You’ll have until February 28 (~5 pm US CDT) 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!✱