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2014 December-Pick-It-For-Me! Challenge
*INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP*Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:
**How would you like to ring in the New Year?**
A. With a kiss
B. With a drink
C. With my pillow (I want to be sleeping!)
***If you have a preferred shelf, please list it when you sign up!***
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until November 24th (8 am EST).
For your convenience a Time Zone Converter.
You’ll have until November 28th (8 am EST) 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 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!***
*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!*
December 2014 PIFM Challenge - Participants**How would you like to ring in the New Year?**
A. With a kiss
1. Amanda
2. Tammie
3. Elke
4. Sassafrass
5. Toka
6. Breann
7. Nandar
8. Carla_Collette
9. Logan
10.Shelby
11.Arielle Rae
12.MountainKat
13.Nancy H
14.Amanda
15.Kristy
16.KarenH
17.Kristin
18.Kathy
19.Ashley
20.Fran
21.Sunshine
B. With a drink
1. Laurla
2. Daffodil
3. Katherine
4. Penney
5. Ramneek
6. Brett
7. Ana
8. Joyce
9. Celine
10.Suzanne
11.Ty
C. With my pillow (I want to be sleeping!)
1. Dee
2. Zara
3. Vi
4. Pamela Su
5. beppy
6. Arena
7. Diane ~Firefly~
8. Runell
9. Grace
10.Karla
11.Poongothai
12.Preethi
13.Macwolf01 [Elise]
December 2014 PIFM Challenge - Picking Rules1.Out With The Old.....recommend an older title on your pickees tbr/preferred shelf, and an oldie you loved.
2.In With The New.....recommend a new release and a new author to your pickee
3.Celebrate the New Year with Others....recommend a sexy cover and a cover with an embrace
4.Snuggle up with your pillow and hit the sack early....recommend a shorter title from your pickees tbr/preferred shelf and a new to them shortie.
Please remember to pick at least four new to them picks and at least four from their TBR or preferred shelf!!
December 2014 PIFM Challenge - PairingsPlease pick for the person below you in your group. The last person in each group picks for the first, for example Sunshine picks for Fran.
Picks are due November 28th (8 am EST)
* = Gave picks
A. With A Kiss
*Fran
*Arielle Rae
Shelby current challenge to reads
*MountainKat to read asap
*Kathy pick it for me
*Toka pick it for me
*Tammie series next to read
*Kristy
*Ashley
*Amanda (message 11)
*Logan
*Amanda (message 39) pick it for me rrrc
*KarenH can't wait to read
*Elke on deck
*Nandar
*Kristin
*Nancy H
*Carla_ Collette
*Sassafrass
*Breann pifm
*Sunshine next reads
B. With A Drink
*Penney pifm challenge
*Ana
*Brett
*Joyce meet greet rrrc challenge
*Daffodil
*Laurla tbr owned
*Katherine
*Ramneek
*Suzanne
Ty
*Celine
C. With My Pillow
*Karla
*Diane-firefly
*Preethi
*Macwolf1 (Elise)
*Zara rrrc
*Poongothai to read
*Vi
*Pamela Su mm to read mf to read
*Runell
Arena
*Gracemeet greet picked
*beppy pifm
*Dee
It's the last PIFM of the year! Why don't you give it a try? It's really a lot of fun :)
I recently joined the group and would like to participate. This will be my first PIFM challenge!
Amanda wrote: "I recently joined the group and would like to participate. This will be my first PIFM challenge!"Welcome Amanda! You need to answer the question in message #2 above to sign up....thanks!
Sorry about that!**How would you like to ring in the New Year?**
With a kiss
That's a tough question! Of course I'd like to ring in the new year with a sip of champagne AND a kiss, but it's more likely that my old bones will be ringing it in with a pillow!! ;-D But for the sake of this challenge, I'm going to say a drink. Here is my shelf:
01-tbr-owned
me me! While i'd say A or B; it will most likely be C
With a KISS! Shelf: Series-Next-To-Read or To-Read
It's either A and C (With a Kiss and with my pillow) so put wherever you need me.☛My shelf: rrrc-mngc-decjan-2014
If you need to take some books from my other shelves feel free to do so.
While I'd really like to say A, more likely it's going to be a C this year.
I am in!C: Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeep. :)
My first time joining this particular challenge.
I don't have a real preferred shelf, but my TBR is separated so the default To-read is non-romance. :)
For new books, if possible, please pick books I can get outside of Amazon. Amazon doesn't want my money.
B: With a drink!
My night will go in this order...B>A>C... so I'll go with drink please :-)
Penney wrote: "My night will go in this order...B>A>C... so I'll go with drink please :-)"LOL!
I've got everyone up to here :)
I'm in. I'm going to say...With a kiss. Even though unfortunately it'll have to be a virtual kiss since the guy I'm seeing will still be back home in Austria waiting for his final visa approval to return to LA. :(
I would love to have a few picks from my Current Challenge To Reads shelf
I'm in.And as much as I love kissing my guy, I'm going to go with group C because I love my sleep too much. ;)
I'm in! A. With a kiss... As much as I would love to pick C, I always stay awake on New Year :D
I would like it to be with a kiss! (And we just might wake up and do that!)Please use my to-read-asap shelf. Thanks!
Well, since the question is how do I want to ring in the new year rather than how am I going to ring in the new year, I'm going to say A!Please use my cant-wait-to-read shelf...thanks!
Count me in! I'd like to ring in the new year with a kiss! :)
I'm in. I'll be a c, I just don't care about the New Year.PLEASE DO NOT PICK ANYTHING FROM THE MIGHT-READ OR NEED TO REQUEST INTER-LIBRARY LOAN SHELVES. I CAN'T GET THESE BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY.
I don't mean this to be yelling, I just want to make sure this is noted.
I'm in. Option C it is.
Anything from my to-read shelf is fine.
Anything from my to-read shelf is fine.
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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. The new books might not be books you are interested in, it happens sometimes, that is why you also get a minimum of four books from your shelf. But you never know, perhaps one of those books will turn out to be a new favorite if you give it a chance. You only have to read ONE book to complete this challenge! All of the books picked for you do not have to be something you are going to read.
After signups are closed, I'll put your names and any extra info I’ve requested 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 on the 1st of the month, 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. You will also need to have your profile set to accept Private Messages (PMs), occasionally there will be questions the host, a mod or your picker will want to ask you. On top of that, we 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!!!
Some clarification on repicks: You can ask for repicks if the books picked for you are not yet released or if you have already read them 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 if supplied, you may also ask for more picks. You may not ask for repicks because a book is not available at your library or is a genre or author you don’t enjoy. Your picker likely put a lot of time and thought into the books they selected for you and want you to enjoy them, by following the tips they tried to come up some new ideas for you so check them out and read some reviews before you discount them!
***TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!***
1. 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 or authors that don’t work for you as well as favorites. Also, you might consider updating your profile info, many of us haven’t done so since we joined GR. You can include info there about your favorite books and authors. And in the ‘about me’ section you can add things you like or things you don’t - love friends to lovers, hate insta-love or burned out on billionaire bad boys for example.
2. 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.
3. 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'.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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, Kat, Karen, Ty or the month's organizer and they can try to point you in the right direction for recommendations.
8. 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.
9. Please choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These should be brand new to them books and not found on any of their shelves. It could also be a book found on their shelves if they've never read any of the author's work before. 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, with a minimum of one from their preferred shelves if provided.
10. Please remember this is a romance readers challenge, so unless you KNOW your pickee would prefer something else (something off their preferred shelf, for example) most, if not all, of your picks should be romance. There are many different sub genres and related types of books - Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Erotica, M/M, Urban Fantasy even. Take a look at your pickee's read shelf and see if they read non-romance genres before making your suggestions.