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Hi, everyone!

For anyone unfamiliar, this is a monthly challenge where you post a link to a shelf you created. It can be named "PIFM" or "Pick It For Me" etc, if you want one dedicated only to this challenge, or you can use an existing shelf you already have, as long as it has 100 or fewer books on it. The link must be to the specific shelf, or you will not be partnered.. Indicate how many books you would like to have picked for you from that shelf for the month in question. There is no lower limit as to how many books you can have on your shelf, but, of course, they should be books you are interested in reading during the next month and have ready access to.

On or about the 25th of each month, I will post who picks for whom. In order to accommodate an uneven number of participants, pairs will not be reciprocal -- in other words, it won't be Joanne picking for Jennifer and Jennifer picking for Joanne. It may be Joanne picks for Jennifer, Jennifer picks for Herman, and Herman picks for Suzanne, and someone else entirely picks for Joanne.

IF anyone has not been "picked for" by the 30th, I will pick for them if the designated picker can't be contacted by PM.

When you are assigned someone to pick for, note the number of books in parentheses after that person's name in the pick list, go to the link for their shelf, and pick that number of books for them. Post the books in a new message here. That person has the entire following month to read his/her picks. Someone will be picking for you the same way. We all like to see what people think about their picks, so we hope you will keep us posted in this thread!

Example: "In for five, please!
PIFM"

The HTML template for linking your shelf can be found HERE and if you have trouble, PM me and I will help you.

Your designated shelf must be set so that others can see it. To set up a PIFM shelf for those who would like to, go to the "MY BOOKS" link in the GOODREADS toolbar, scroll down below your shelves on the left until you see the "add shelf" button, and click that. Name it PIFM or Pick It For Me. Add books to it, and post the link to it in this challenge as described above. Again, if you need help, please don't hesitate to PM me!

If you are in for January, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!


Pairs and how many to pick:
Jennifer picks 5 for Gaylinn
Desley picks 5 for Jennifer
Joy picks 3 for Desley
Martha picks 3 for Joy
Beth picks 1 for Martha
Denise picks 2 for Beth
Michelle picks 2 for Denise
Jackie picks 2 for Michelle
Gaylinn picks 1 for Jackie

In for five, please!
PIFM

In for 3 please - shelf is a bit light, I will see if I can try and get more on it, but continuing series is harder than expected, as some I haven't read the first of yet, might have been better if I'd done first in series before continuing series!

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I am in for 3:
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I’m in for 1 please. Here's the link to my pifm shelf -
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Thank you for organizing this challenge Jennifer.

I am in for two books please.

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Two for me please
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Two for me please!
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I'm in for one, please!

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5 for me please.

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Yay, you've managed to do the link Gaylinn!

Hi everyone and Merry Christmas! Time to pick! Pairs and how many to pick are at the bottom of THIS POST HERE.

Gaylinn, for you I'm picking these:

Hi Martha, I went with a classic that is on your challenge list. Your shelf had some great picks but if your like me you might need an extra push to read a classic. I picked


Happy reading and have a safe and happy holiday season.

Joy, I’ll pick for you sometime today. I’m going to my son’s today & my knee is very bad so it’s taking me awhile to get ready.

I love your pick, Beth!! Can’t wait to read it!

Beth I pick for you: and

I absolutely loved Whistling Past the Graveyard and hope you do too!

Martha wrote: "Joy, I’ll pick for you sometime today. I’m going to my son’s today & my knee is very bad so it’s taking me awhile to get ready."
No problem, Martha. I just got home from family festivities myself.

Desley,

My picks for you are:

White Nights by Ann Cleeves

The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley

Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz

Denise wrote: "Two for me please
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Nice list Denise!
Here are my two picks for you:
A History of Wild Places
Little Fires Everywhere

Nice list Denise!
Here are my two picks for you:
[bookcover:A History of Wild Plac..."

Thanks Michelle. I look forward to reading them.

Denise wrote: "Beth I pick for you: and

I absolutely loved Whistling Past the Graveyard and hope you do..."

Thank you Denise, love these picks. I have been meaning to read Whistling for two years, no putting it off now!

Hope you had a great Christmas, Joy! Here are my choices for you ...

Thanks Joy, I'm so thrilled with the Shadow Sister pick, I read the 2nd one last month and immediately wanted to read the next! Jennifer, I'll have to pick yours later, every time I click on your shelf it times out.

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Jennifer, I'll have to pick yours later, every time I click on your s..."

No worries. :)

Michelle wrote: "Two for me please!
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Hi Michelle,

Here are the 2 books that I have chosen for you. Enjoy!

and

Martha wrote: "Hope you had a great Christmas, Joy! Here are my choices for you ...
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I did, Martha, hope you did too. Thank you for the selections. I look forward to reading them!

Here you go Jennifer

The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II

The Last Correspondent

Muffin But Trouble

Off The Grid

Drop Dead Divas

Great picks -- I just had Bookshop recommended to me on another thread -- wait til I tell Andrea you picked it for me the next day! LOL

Jackie wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Two for me please!
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Hi Michelle,

Here are the 2 books that I have chosen for you. Enjoy!

[bookcover:The Songbook of Ben..."

Thank you Jackie! Happy reading to you too!

Jennifer wrote: "Great picks -- I just had Bookshop recommended to me on another thread -- wait til I tell Andrea you picked it for me the next day! LOL"

Oh that's spooky! Hope you enjoy it

Am I too late? I wanted to try this again.

I would like three books please.

I’ll pick for you as soon as I get home.

Jennifer wrote: "I’ll pick for you as soon as I get home."

Thanks, girl.

Madeline -- From your PIFM shelf:

because why not,
which someone in another group I'm in just read and loved and
which is also on my TBR.

Yay! Thank you Jennifer.

Jackie , I pick for you Scraps of Paper. I enjoyed it. Hope you do also.

I'm glad you picked that for her, Gaylinn, because I looked it up and realized it's free on Kindle right now and snagged it!

Can I still join for January? I will need to update my PIFM shelf and will post it on the 31st.

Let me know when you're ready and how many you want, and I'll pick for you.

Jennifer wrote: "Let me know when you're ready and how many you want, and I'll pick for you."

Thanks - I’ll go easy this first month back - just 1

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Well, to me one of the biggest draws to sports is the lore. So this was an easy pick: A Talk in the Park: Nine Decades of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth. Enjoy!

I actually messed up on my shelf and picked the wrong book in the Seven Sisters trilogy, however I'm super excited to read the next one, so I shall read the one I should have posted, as I already read the one I added to my shelf

Jackie wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Two for me please!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Hi Michelle,

Here are the 2 books that I have chosen for you. Enjoy!

was SO GOOD! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Rob Shapiro.
Thanks again Jackie!

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I actually messed up on my shelf and picked the wrong book in the Seven Sisters trilogy, however I'm super excited to read the next one, so I shall read the one I should have posted, as I already r..."

"Seven Sisters Trilogy" almost sounds like four of the sisters have been short-changed LOL.

Jennifer wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I actually messed up on my shelf and picked the wrong book in the Seven Sisters trilogy, however I'm super excited to read the next one, so I shall read the one I shou..."

I really don't know why I wrote Trilogy, given I said I was going to read the fourth book!! Clearly my cold is affecting my head more than I thought it was!

Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "I actually messed up on my shelf and picked the wrong book in the Seven Sisters trilogy, however I'm super excited to read the next one, so I shall re..."

Oh wow -- I thought it actually WAS a trilogy and I was making a joke! LOL. I didn't even notice where you said "fourth" because I was so busy with the whole "seven into three" thing. LOL!!

LOL!

Gaylinn wrote: "Jackie , I pick for you Scraps of Paper. I enjoyed it. Hope you do also. "

Thanks, Gaylinn.

Michelle wrote: "Jackie wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Two for me please!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Hi Michelle,

Here are the 2 books that I have chosen for you. Enjoy!

[bookcover:The ..."

You're welcome, Michelle.