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2019 November 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 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!
RulesNovember in the United States is a time when the ghosts and goblins are packed away and thoughts turn to Thanksgiving. Aside from the customary turkey, pie is usually a staple at the dinner table. Not all of the following pies are traditional for the season, but they are all delicious.
Apple Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🍎 is tagged historical (can be historical romance or historical fiction)
🍎 takes place in the United States or
🍎 features a family or close group of friends
Cherry Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🍒 has a red cover or
🍒 has a character with a secret or
🍒 is labeled mystery, thriller, or romantic suspense
French Silk - Recommend a book that either:
🍫 is either a sweet or funny story or
🍫 has a dark cover or
🍫 features a rich character or the head of a business (CEO, manager, owner, etc).
Key Lime - Recommend a book that either:
🌴 takes place in a tropical location or
🌴 has a green cover or
🌴 has a scantily clad person on the cover
Lemon Meringue - Recommend a book that either:
🍋 has a yellow cover or
🍋 has a character that changes during the story or
🍋 has a couple embracing on the cover
Peach Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🍑 has an orange cover or
🍑 has a sweet, girl-next-door character or
🍑 is a part of a series
Pecan pie - Recommend a book that either:
🐿️ has a cover with a lot of trees or
🐿️ has a character that works with nature or on a farm/ranch or
🐿️ is a standalone novel
Pumpkin Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🥧 takes place during the autumn or a holiday or
🥧 features someone who works with food/drink or food on the cover
🥧 has just one person on the cover
PairsPlease choose for the person below you on the list. If you are the last person the list, you choose for the first person. For example, May will choose for Hazel
Cake
🍰 Hazel - on kindle
🍰 Mary-Megan - meet and greet
🍰 ☘KathyD☘ - c-m-g-36
🍰 Theresa - want to read
🍰 Fran - a-pifm-shelf Private Profile
🍰 Gabriella - tbrowned
🍰 Carina - pifm
🍰 Diane ~Firefly~ - next-to-read
🍰 Rebecca - audio
🍰 Romanticbookworm - pick-for-me
🍰 MountainKat - to-read-asap
🍰 Nancy H - Want to Read
🍰 Irina - want to read
🍰 Chaos Book Reviews - want to read
🍰 Laura - want to read
🍰 May - want to read
Pie
🥧 ☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ - Pick it for me
🥧 Caroline T - Want to Read
🥧 Carrie - current-tbr
🥧 Laurla - 04-challenges-picklist
🥧 Sonja - pifm
🥧 HeatherMarie - unread-own-or-easy-borrow
🥧 Suzanne - books I own
🥧 Courtney - audiobook
Remember to pick four NEW books and four from your pickee's TBR or preferred shelf. Please limit your picks to no more than two for each rule, too many choices can be as bad as too few!
Pie!! 🥧 Please use my TBR shelf! Thanks 😊
I'm in! I prefer Cake(private profile, happy to friend anyone who picks for me)
PIFM shelf- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Me! In reality, I prefer brownies or cookies, but between cake and pie - it's cake! (Though I do love pie after Thanksgiving dinner!)Please use my to-read-asap shelf - thanks!
cakeplease use my want to read shelf.
I'm in, cake for me!Using my want to read shelf
I'm here though I shouldn't be... (STILL haven't read October's book!!) And I'm weird... I like cake, but not the frosting... So let's go with PIE! Final answer!Please use my unchanged PIFM shelf and go easy on me.... (like the 8-book minimum) I'm in a reading slump it would seem!
SonjaPlease check the link I put on the list for you. The link you gave is for all of your books, not a particular shelf. I found your PIFM shelf and used that.
Mary-Megan wrote: "SonjaPlease check the link I put on the list for you. The link you gave is for all of your books, not a particular shelf. I found your PIFM shelf and used that."
Apologies Mary-Megan, i'm really struggling lately.... Yes, that's correct. THANK YOU!
Man, I've been struggling to get books done. Laptop keeps failing. but I'm in. https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
CourtneyPlease let me know which category you prefer - Cake or pie...
Cake!! Anything from my want to read shelf.
I'm new here, so this will be my first time participating in something like this... go easy on me, choosing between cake and pie seems hard enough, i'll go with: cake. Please, use my 'want to read' shelf <3
SuzannePlease let me know which category you prefer - Cake or pie...
just about two more hours! hurry up and get signed up!
Rules and pairings have been posted! Courtney and Suzanne - you didn't give me a category, so I just added you to pie since it was a smaller group.
Hi Theresa! Here are your November picks. . .I hope you find some great reads! =)🍎 Apple Pie
Ten Tiny Breaths, K.A. Tucker — set in the United States (tbr)
Lick, Kylie Scott — features a close-knit group of friends (new)
🍒 Cherry Pie
God-Shaped Hole, Tiffanie DeBartolo — red cover (tbr)
The Last Letter, Rebecca Yarros — features a character with a secret (new)
🍫 French Silk Pie
Beautiful Bastard, Christina Lauren — main character is head of his family’s business (tbr)
Sure Thing, Jana Aston — sweet and funny story (new)
🌴 Key Lime Pie
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Kylie Scott — set in a tropical location (Australia) (tbr)
Real Dirty, Meghan March — scantily clad person on the cover (new)
🍋 Lemon Meringue Pie
After the Kiss, Lauren Layne — couple embracing on the cover (tbr)
The Hard Truth About Sunshine, Sawyer Bennett — yellow cover (new)
🍑 Peach Pie
It Had to Be You, Susan Elizabeth Phillips — part of a series (tbr)
Wait With Me, Amy Daws — features a sweet, girl-next-door character (new)
🐿️ Pecan Pie
Never Stop Falling, Ashley Drew — standalone book (tbr)
The Bourbon Kings, J.R. Ward — main character is a landscaper (new)
🥧 Pumpkin Pie
Butterface, Avery Flynn — one person on the cover (tbr)
Birthday Suit, Lauren Blakely — characters work in the food industry (new)
Good gravy, KathyD, were you camping out waiting??? LOL That was FAST! Good picks BTW! HeatherMarie, i'm working on yours now, but it might have to wait until tomorrow to be posted....
Hey! My picks for Carina. I hope you enjoy them! :)🍎 Apple Pie - Spotlight: Untamed\Dance of Dreams by Nora Roberts
🍒 Cherry Pie - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
🍫 French Silk - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
🌴 Key Lime - Twins Under the Tree: A Clean Romance by Claire McEwen
🍋 Lemon Meringue - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
🍑 Peach Pie - James Bravo's Shotgun Bride by Christine Rimmer
🐿️ Pecan Pie - Logan by Linda Lael Miller
🥧 Pumpkin Pie - Their Christmas Prayer by Myra Johnson
Sonja wrote: "Good gravy, KathyD, were you camping out waiting??? LOL That was FAST! Good picks BTW! HeatherMarie, i'm working on yours now, but it might have to wait until tomorrow to be posted...."
Yessss!! You’re picking for me- yay!! No rush!
☘KathyD☘Here are your picks. Hopefully there's something good in the mix. By the way, I love your profile pic! The fairies from Sleeping Beauty are the best!
🍎 Apple Pie
TBR: Kaleidoscope (Takes place in US)
New: You Say It First (Close group of friends)
🍒 Cherry Pie
TBR: Rescuing Kassie (romantic suspense)
New: Show No Mercy (red/romantic suspense)
🍫 French Silk
TBR: Tempt the Boss (head of business)
New: Hot Asset (rich)
🌴 Key Lime
TBR: Keeper (scantily clad)
New: Heat Exchange (scantily clad)
🍋 Lemon Meringue
TBR: Charmed Spirits (embracing)
New: Catching Him (embracing)
🍑 Peach Pie
TBR: Everywhere and Every Way (series)
New: The Hotter You Burn (orange/series)
🐿️ Pecan Pie
TBR: Safe with Me (trees)
New: Part Time Cowboy (works on ranch)
🥧 Pumpkin Pie
TBR: Cowboy, Cross My Heart (one person)
New: Autumn in the Vineyard (autumn)
Happy Reading!
Hey May! I hope you enjoy your picks.
Apple Pie
🍎The Greatest Lover in All England [Historical]
Cherry Pie
🍒 Die for Me [Red Cover]
French Silk
🍫 The Billionaire Boss Next Door [Rich/TBR]
Key Lime
🌴 Pack Challenge [Scantily Clad]
Lemon Meringue
🍋 My Life in Shambles [Couple/TBR]
Peach Pie
🍑 Brave the Tempest [Series/TBR]
Pecan pie
🐿️ Catch a Mate [Standalone]
Pumpkin Pie
🥧 Lies [Cover/TBR]
Hi Gabriella!Here are your picks.....I hope you find something you like here :)
🍎 Apple Pie -
tbr- Summer Pleasures
new- Going Up
🍒 Cherry Pie -
tbr- The Break
🍫 French Silk -
tbr- The Chocolate Lovers' Club
new- Hearts in Darkness
🌴 Key Lime -
new- A Rare Gift
🍋 Lemon Meringue -
new- Down for the Count
🍑 Peach Pie -
tbr- Logan
new- Most Valuable Playboy
🐿️ Pecan Pie -
tbr- My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
new- Pool Man
🥧 Pumpkin Pie -
tbr- The Return of Rafe MacKade
new- Whiskey D*ck
Happy Reading!!
RebeccaWe had tons in common, so I hope you like your picks!
Apple Pie: Enjoy some crazy hijinks in Some Were In Time by Robyn Peterman as Essie gets ready for her wedding. Or check out a different werewolf book in A Werewolf in Manhattan by Vicki Lewis Thompson where a romance author comes under scrutiny for being too close to the truth.
Cherry Pie: We have an agent undercover and totally out of her depth in the humorous Louisiana Longshot by Jana Deleon. Or check out Eddie Drood who seems like James Bond in a UF story with lots of cool gadgets and their family has a whole "Q" department in The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon R. Green.
French Silk: Keep going in this amazing series with Witness in Death by J.D. Robb. Check out a story Elemental families keep our world going but recently had a major plague in Warrior from the Shadowland by Cassandra Gannon.
Key Lime: Amazing banter between H/h in this college/sports romance - The Deal by Elle Kennedy. A warrior joins a paranormal reality show and discovers it is a front to hunt in To Woo A Warrior by Jane Cousins.
Lemon Meringue: A very yellow cover and an interesting premise in Monster by A. Lee Martinez. A town settled by shifter families hires a human sheriff. Love the small town vibe with paranormal and the characters in Shifting Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter.
Peach Pie: Find out what is happening in Rockton in This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong. Or check out chick-lit that has a male lead whose job it is to read email/IM to catch problems in Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.
Pecan pie: We have Sunshine by Robin McKinley or check out retired football star going home to help on the farm and blackmailing his assistant into going with him in Nothing But Trouble by Amy Andrews.
Pumpkin Pie: Continue on with this fun cozy series - Going, Going, Ganache by Jenn McKinlay. Or start a new one with a cool setting on Mackinaw Island in All Fudged Up by Nancy CoCo.
Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "RebeccaWe had tons in common, so I hope you like your picks!
Apple Pie: Enjoy some crazy hijinks in Some Were In Time by Robyn Peterman as Essie gets ready for her wedding. Or ch..."
These look fantastic. like me I can see you like to put the work in when choosing books.
Romanticbookworm I have a hectic few days, but I will try and get your list up tomorrow.
Hi Chaos!I had a wonderful time picking for you! Hope you find something great to read out of my list!
Apple Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🍎 is tagged historical (can be historical romance or historical fiction)
🍎 takes place in the United States or
🍎 features a family or close group of friends
New Selection:
Your List:
Cherry Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🍒 has a red cover or
🍒 has a character with a secret or
🍒 is labeled mystery, thriller, or romantic suspense
New Selection:
Your List:
French Silk - Recommend a book that either:
🍫 is either a sweet or funny story or
🍫 has a dark cover or
🍫 features a rich character or the head of a business (CEO, manager, owner, etc).
New Selection:
Your List:
Key Lime - Recommend a book that either:
🌴 takes place in a tropical location or
🌴 has a green cover or
🌴 has a scantily clad person on the cover
New Selection:
Your List:
Lemon Meringue - Recommend a book that either:
🍋 has a yellow cover or
🍋 has a character that changes during the story or
🍋 has a couple embracing on the cover
New Selection:
Your List:
Peach Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🍑 has an orange cover or
🍑 has a sweet, girl-next-door character or
🍑 is a part of a series
New Selection:
Your List:
Pecan pie - Recommend a book that either:
🐿️ has a cover with a lot of trees or
🐿️ has a character that works with nature or on a farm/ranch or
🐿️ is a standalone novel
New Selection:
Your List:
Pumpkin Pie - Recommend a book that either:
🥧 takes place during the autumn or a holiday or
🥧 features someone who works with food/drink or food on the cover
🥧 has just one person on the cover
New Selection:
Your List:
HAPPY READING!
Thanks Laura! I will :D***
As for Hazel, here goes your selection, I hope you enjoy your picks.
Apple Pie
🍎Hard Rock Tease by Athena Wright
Cherry Pie
🍒The Demon World by Sally Green
French Silk
🍫 Two Weeks Notice by Whitney G.
Key Lime
🌴The Slow Burn by Kristen Ashley
Lemon Meringue
🍋 I See You by Molly McAdams
Peach Pie
🍑Wicked Fall by Sawyer Bennett
Pecan pie
🐿️ The Girl in the Painting by Max Monroe
Pumpkin Pie
🥧 Until Us by Amanda Kaitlyn
Hey Suzanne working on your picks. Hope to post them this evening.
Suzanne’s Picks Ha! jk posting it now. Your TBR shelf was amazing! Loved looking through it....my TBR has grown. Hope you find something good to read this month!
Apple Pie
The Hating Game (US setting)
Break of Day (US setting
Cherry Pie
The Single Undead Moms Club (character with a secret)
The Lotus Palace (red cover)
French Silk Pie
A Study in Scarlet Women (dark cover)
The Spice King (dark cover)
Key Lime Pie
Breadfruit (tropical location)
Off the Leash (green cover)
Lemon Meringue Pie
Devil's Daughter (yellow cover)
His Road Home (couple embracing-Thanksgiving story)
Peach Pie
Disappearing Nightly (orange cover)
The Foxe & the Hound (orange cover)
Pecan Pie
Goodnight Tweetheart (stand alone)
Take Me Home (character works in nature)
Pumpkin Pie
Autumn Thorns (autumn)
Wedding Girl (food cover)
Hello LaurLa, I had fun working on your list. I do hope you find something amazing to read this coming November. Apple Pie:
TBR:
(US)Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
New:
(historical)Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein
Cherry Pie:
TBR:
(Romantic Suspense)The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
New:
(secrets)The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred
French Silk:
TBR:
(Rich character)Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones
New:
(sweet)Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Key Lime
TBR:
(Green cover)Strong Enough to Love by Victoria Dahl
New:
(tropical location)Wild Games by Mila Rossi
Lemon Meringue
TBR:
(yellow)Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
New:
(embracing, and has a splash of yellow)You Against Me by Jenny Downham
Peach Pie:
TBR:
(part of a series)The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton
New:
(orange)Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Pecan pie:
TBR:
(ranch) Matchmaking with a Mission by B.J. Daniels
New:
(lots of trees on cover)The Passage by Justin Cronin
Pumpkin Pie:
TBR:
(food/drink)Love, Chocolate, and Beer by Violet Duke
New:
(Autumn)Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Happy Reading!
HeatherMarie wrote: "Sonja wrote: "Good gravy, KathyD, were you camping out waiting??? LOL That was FAST! Good picks BTW! HeatherMarie, i'm working on yours now, but it might have to wait until tomorrow to be posted...."
Oh no... the pressure of picking good ones! LOL
Just kidding, I'm almost done! ;P
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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.
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.
INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:
✱✱ Do you prefer cake or pie? ✱✱
✱✱ If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your pick! ✱✱
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until October 23 at 5 pm (US Central time)
For your convenience a Time Zone Converter.
You’ll have until October 28 (8 pm US Central) 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!✱