October - Pick It For Me Challenge!

[Leah]

Count me in, Jim!

12/1 - Sagittarius

[~~*Julie]

I hope its not too late for one more! Count me in --even though I am not yet done with September book!

I am a sag. November 23

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Great response to the broadcast D.G. Thanks!

Katherine, what's the birthday? If you don't want to tell, you can always make one up.

[Tina "IRead2Escape"]

I'm in, but this is my first Pick-it-for-me challenge. I will probably have questions.

Tina- 11/21 Scorpio

[Annie]

If it's not too late... I'm in.
Libra (just) - 24 September

[booklovinrn]

Hope it's not too late to get in on the action. I'm in!

July 9 - Cancer

[Lindsey]

I want in too please!
August 25th Virgo!!!

[D.G.]

Photojim wrote: "Great response to the broadcast D.G. Thanks!"

You're welcome Jim! I remember the time when I only checked out the thread when I got invites (not anymore, LOL!)

[Jennifer]

Thanks Gigi for the invite and count me in! My birthday is Sept 7th - Virgo :)

[is mee... kissa]

yay... i'm in... but i'm still not able to put my profile to public...
14th August - Leo

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Good through #103, Melanie. I'll get updated tomorrow night. Then again Wed night before the final reveal. Don't forget that Wed night EDT matchups will be announced with rules for this month.

Two HUGE thanks go out. First, D.G. gets a big thanks for sending the event invite. But the biggest thanks and my personal hero of the day is Debbie (Onyx) who gave me all the links to update the list. Granted i didn't actually test them to make sure they don't go to porn sites, but that would be entertaining too.

[Gigi]

Jennifer wrote: "Thanks Gigi for the invite and count me in! My birthday is Sept 7th - Virgo :)"

Hey Jennifer! You're welcome. This challenge is a blast.

[Debbie]

Photojim wrote: "Good through #103, Melanie. I'll get updated tomorrow night. Then again Wed night before the final reveal. Don't forget that Wed night EDT matchups will be announced with rules for this month. ..."

lol, now why didn't I think of that :)

[Debbie]

lol, you don't need to get me in there twice

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Debbie, I'm very grateful for your time and efforts. You know I'm just joking about that whole porn site thing.

[Debbie]

no, really - yeah I know how you are. Happy to be of help and glad to see they all seem to work.

[D.G.]

# Drq 12/1 Sagittarius
# Emily 12/1 Capricorn

Somebody here has the wrong sign...:p

[KimKirt]

Dang, I'm still on the bottom of the list. Of course, they always leave the best for last, right? Heh heh.

No 12/30 or 12/31 b-days out there?

[Ceej]

D.G. wrote: "# Drq 12/1 Sagittarius
# Emily 12/1 Capricorn

Somebody here has the wrong sign...:p"

She's a Sag

[Angelique]

Hey I'm in! My b-day is 3/12.

[Coffeentea]

I am in. 7/11 Cancer

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I should have everyone up through post #126 Coffeentea. If you've signed up and don't see your name on the list (that's post #3 for those of you playing at home) let me know. I'm working the week from hell, I'll check back tonight and again in the morning, but then again tomorrow night.

Don't forget to check back! I'll post the final pairings with rules tomorrow night Sign-up will be closed at 10:00 PM EDT. (if you don't know the conversion I'll just say that it is 8:22 PM EDT as I am posting this now.)

I'm so excited. 25.5 hours to go!

[Debbie]

I am really interested in these new rules, and not a hint to speculate from ?!?!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Well, you know that I asked everyone for the B-day and astrology sign. That should give you a good idea of how people are being matched. We are going to explore this area a bit.

[Debbie]

lol ok - tomorrow night huh? Impatiently waiting :)

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

This should be interesting cant wait :)

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Just checking in from the studio. Just under 12.5 hours to sign up.

I'm feeling the picking fever coming on!

[Elke]

Can't wait either!!!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

i think we are all pumped!!

[Dee]

i'm guessing he is going to pair us up with romantic connections and astrology signs...

[Debbie]

compatibles - that is what I was thinking also.

[~Sara~]

I missed the last few pick it challenges so I'm happy I made it in time for this one. With new challenge rules this should be interesting! I can't wait to see how we're paired.

September 14 - Virgo

[Desperado]

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

[Ez]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "It's like Christmas with books, two of my favorite things. I'm excited."

That's an adorable Yorkie in your profile pic!

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I am current! I even have Katherine's b-day listed.

less than three hours and I'll close sign ups. Probably a half hour to finish putting everything together and then we are underway!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

so exciting!! cant wait to see what your up photojim

[Diane ~Firefly~]

LethalLovely~You keep on crying, baby, wrote: "THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!"

Now I have that theme running through my head...

[Penney]

Ha! I did the same thing when I first read it. In fact I sing it every time I see it :)

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Well, folks, Sign up is now closed. New rules are posted in thread number 2. Pairings should be up shortly in thread number 4. Enjoy!

[Debbie]

digging on the pick rules for this challenge - GREAT idea PhotoJim :)

[Penney]

Fun!

[Dee]

ohhh, me likie the new rules!!

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

where is thread 4

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Thread 4 is now up. It takes a long time to type everyone's damn darn name twice.

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

I thought it would be too confusing to just write, "you pick for the person above you with the same sign. If you are the first person of a particular sign, you pick for the last person of that sign." I know I should have given people the benefit of the doubt, but I am new to this challenge hosting thing and thought I'd play it safe.

[Penney]

And you're doing an awesome job, Jim! Thanks :)))

[Ang -PNR Book Lover Reviews]

how cool thank you

[Leah]

Drq,

A. Covet by J.R. Ward - I noticed you haven't read this yet and I gave it the five stars. Since you rated the BDB books highly, I believe that you will enjoy Covet also.

B. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward - You don't have many books on your TBR list and, of the ones you have, there were only two I had read, so I went with Lover Mine.

C. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - According to your shelves, you have not read this book yet, and I highly recommend it. It's technically a Young Adult novel, but I didn't feel that it was strictly YA when I read it. I enjoyed it a lot.

D. It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas - I have yet to actually read this myself and it appears that you haven't read it either, so I figured this would be a good choice. Particularly since you seem to enjoy other Lisa Kleypas books.

E. Maps of Hell by Paul Johnston - Until I read this, I'd never read anything like it. It was recommended to me by a friend and I highly recommend it, too. It deals very much with the occult and is slightly disturbing but very, very good.

F. Bargain with the Devil by F.J. Chase - This book is kind of like Maps of Hell above in that it was like nothing I'd ever read before. However, it was very good and I definitely recommend it.

The book I am most hoping you will read is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins :)

I hope there is something here you will read and enjoy,

Leah

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim)]

Leah, thanks for putting up the template of exactly how I envisioned this being done!

I'm working on my picks now.

[Leah]

No problem, Jim! I feel like a bit of an overachiever. But what else is new?

I just wanted to say, though, I that I loved the guidlines you put up for the challenge. Thought it was really cool and nice to have specific areas :)