Romance Readers Reading Challenges discussion

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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.

After signups are closed, I'll put your names and any extra info I’ve required 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 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. On top of that, I 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!!!


***TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!***

1. 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.

2. 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'.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 or the month's organizer and they can try to point you in the right direction for recommendations.

7. 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.

8. Please choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These should be brand new to them and not found on any of their shelves. 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 or preferred shelves.

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

Which color would you prefer from Red, Green or Blue?

***If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your pick!***

IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until July 28 (11 pm EDT).

You’ll have until August 1st (11 pm EDT) to make your recommendations.
The re-picks will be assigned afterwards.

You then have till the end of the month to read your pick 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!***

Sign-Up List

Group: Red

1. Zara : (RRRC PIFM Challenge)
2. Arena
3. Layla
4. Sallie (Shuga)
5. ~Melissa~ :(To-Read August)
6. Ty
7. Fran :(A-PIFM)
8. Brett
9. Kami
10. Skandia
11. Gigi :(RRRC Pick4me)
12. Yz The Whyz
13. Roxy
14. Ezinwanyi
15. Diane ~Firefly~
16. Joyce
17. Jane (PS) :(q3gb2013 & must-read-mmpb (One Pick From Each))
18. Nancy
19. Jenne
20. Karen :(No MM or Dark Reads, please!)
21. Vi :(More New-To-Me Choices, Please!)

Group: Blue

1. Lauren
2. Nichole :(Pick Me! Shelf)
3. Nadine To Read Shelf
4. Susan A :(Shelf-Pick MM Please)
5. Elizabeth
6. Elke (To-Read + On-Deck)
7. Suzanne
8. Runell
9. Alexis
10. Dee :(to-read-2013)
11. Nikita
12. Pam
13. Sandy
14. Amy J
15. Bre
16. KarenH :(Can't wait to read)
17. MountainKat :(to-read-asap)
18. Kerste
19. ilovebakedgoods(Teresa) :(YA To-Read)
20. Lama
21. Becca
22. Vilda :(Extra Attn)
23. Isabella
24. Rachel (Goodbye Borders)

Group: Green

1. Carla
2. Lady Jaye
3. Amy
4. Sassafrass :(Read This Next)
5. Shatan
6. Brandilyn :(MM Gang Bang)
7. Breann :(To-read Next)
8. Katie
9. Lacy
10. Madilyn
11. Leslie
12. Christina
13. Penney
14. Gea
15. Jojo
16. Ashley
17. Raquel
18. Debra
19. Macwolf01 [Elise]
20. Angi
21. Danielle
22. Dawn (Kat n Hat)
23. Tiff
24. Natalie (Private)
25. Melanie :(owned, owned-kindle, asap-reads)

PIFM Rules:

August PIFM Rules

Please give at least 4 books from their TBR and 4 books that are new to them. If your pickee has listed a preferred shelf, please make sure to use that shelf.

◈Purple: {Used to symbolize magic and mystery} Pick a book that has a magic or a mystery plot OR a book with a purple cover

◈Blue: {Coolest Color} Recommend a book that is perfect for a lazy day reading OR a book with a blue cover

◈Green: {Safe Color} Pick a book from an author/theme/series that your picked has read and rated highly OR a book with green color.

◈Yellow: {Joy & Happiness} Recommend a romance OR a book with yellow cover.

◈Orange: {Power Color} Recommend a book from a genre that your picked doesn't usually read; something that's out of their comfort zone OR a book with a orange cover.

◈Red: Recommend a book that's red-hot off the press (released in the last six months) OR a book with a red cover

◈Black: {Absence of color} Recommend a dystopian or a Post-apocalyptic book OR a book with a black cover

◈White: {Presence of All colors} Recommend a standalone or the last book in a series OR a book with a white cover.

PIFM Pairings

Please pick for the person below you. The last person in a group picks for the first person on that group. For example, for Red Color, Joyce will pick for Melissa and Gigi will pick for Joyce.

Picks are due by August 1st 11 pm EDT.

Color:Red
✓Joyce
✓~Melissa~ :(To-Read August)
✓Zara : (RRRC PIFM Challenge)
✓Yz The Whyz
✓Sallie (Shuga)
✓Nancy
✓Kami
✓Brett
✓Arena
✓Layla
✓Roxy
✓Jane (PS) :(q3gb2013 & must-read-mmpb (One Pick From Each))
✓Fran :(A-PIFM)
✓Diane ~Firefly~
✓Skandia
✓Ty
✓Karen :(No MM or Dark Reads, please!)
✓Ezinwanyi
✓Vi :(More New-To-Me Choices, Please!)
✓Jennie
✓Gigi :(RRRC Pick4me)

Color:Blue
✓Alexis
✓Elke (To-Read + On-Deck)
✓Pam
✓ilovebakedgoods(Teresa) :(YA To-Read)
✓MountainKat :(to-read-asap)
✓Dee :(to-read-2013)
✓Sandy
✓Lauren
✓Amy J
✓Nichole :(Pick Me! Shelf)
✓Elizabeth
✓Suzanne
✓KarenH :(Can't wait to read)
✓Nadine To Read Shelf
✓Vilda :(Extra Attn)
Isabella
✓Bre
✓Kerste
✓Susan A :(Shelf-MM Please)
✓Rachel (Goodbye Borders)
✓Becca
✓Runell
Lama
✓Nikita

Color: Green
✓Angi
✓Gea
✓Shatan
Debra
✓Lady Jaye
✓Brandilyn :(MM Gang Bang)
✓Macwolf01 [Elise]
✓Jojo
✓Christina
✓Ashley
✓Katie
✓Natalie(Private)
✓Madilyn
✓Danielle
✓Breann :(To-read Next)
✓Raquel
✓Leslie
✓Amy
✓Lacy
Melanie :(owned, owned-kindle, asap-reads)
✓Penney
✓Tiff
✓Dawn (Kat n Hat)
✓Sassafrass :(Read This Next)
✓Carla

Reserved

Reserved - JIC

I'm in. It's a tough decision between green or blue, but I guess that I'll go with green.

I'm in and my colour is Red (not green as I had originally).


Please primarily use:
rrrc-pi4m challenge bookshelf

I'm in my colour is red

I'm in and go GREEN!

I'm in too. I'll go with blue.

I'm in & my colour is green.

I'm in for Blue!
Please choose some from my pick me pick me shelf

I'm in for GREEN. Please take some choices from my "read this next shelf". Thanks!

read-this-next shelf

I'm in and I'll go with red :)

Count me in for Green!

Green

us my MM-gang-bang-choices shelf.

I'm in
Blue Please

and you can use this list my to-read shelf

Blue please

pick from here shelf

Please pick MM books, not MF books

I'm in for blue!

Im in with RED

I'm in ~ Red

please choose a couple from my to read August shelf

I am in with Blue!

Also can you please pick from my "on deck" shelf as well as my TBR!

Thanks

I'm in and I'm Blue!

red please!

green! Please choose a couple from my 'to read next' shelf.

I'm in and my favorite color is RED!


Please pick a few from my PIFM shelf - PIFM shelf

I'm in, and my color out of three given would be blue.

I'm in for Red!

Green for me!

I'm in and I think my color will be blue.

I'm in with Green!

I'm in with green!

Kept missing the sign up date for this one, excited to give it a try!

Blue!

At least a couple from my to-read-2013 shelf (will hyperlink later)

Hello Vi!!

I have green eyes so I will go with Green!!

I'm in with blue!

I'm in. I pick red.

I'm in and I'm blue

I pick green.

I'm in and red, please!

I'll say blue.

Im in, red please

my rrrpickitforme shelf

I'm in with blue!

I love the color Green :-)

I'm in for Green

Red for me. : )

Hey there Vi!

I'm in for Red

I'm in - green for me please

I'm in, and overall I'll go with blue, although in some circumstances either one of the others might be my first choice.

Please make some picks from my cant-wait-to-read shelf. Thanks!

Red, baby!