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March 2022 PIFM (Pick It For Me)
In for 3 please, I'll pick a theme out of the tub tomorrow and post a linkETA https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I am going to try for 2, I just got promoted at work so my reading time has been limited.https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
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for you.
Faouzia, I am selecting a book I read a while ago and enjoyed very much:
Denise, these are the two I am picking for you -
and
. Two fiction authors that I like so hopefully you do too
I’m late! Would someone mind picking one for me?
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Actually, I'll assume your PIFM shelf and if you'd prefer another, holler. If PIFM is what you want, your pick is
. :)
Jennifer wrote: "Post your shelf (or just tell me which one) and I'll pick for you. :)Actually, I'll assume your PIFM shelf and if you'd prefer another, holler. If PIFM is what you want, your pick is [bookcover:T..."
Thank you! My phone was acting up before I could get my link to work.
I've been wanting to read this one for a while now.
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Actually, I'll assume your PIFM shelf and if you'd prefer another, holler. If PIFM is what you want, your pic..."
Then consider yourself pushed. LOLOL
Lance wrote: "Denise, these are the two I am picking for you - and . Two fiction authors that I like so hopefully you do too"Thanks Lance!
Jennifer wrote: "Beth, I'm choosing and for you."Thank you Jennifer!
Joy D wrote: "I am in for 3:P1FM"
Hi Joy. Great options, my picks for you are
Denise wrote: "Martha my pick for you is : 
"Thank you, Denise!! I've really been on a Plantagenet & Tudor kick lately. Really looking forward to this one.
Desley, you have some great-looking books on your non-fiction shelf. Here's what I chose for you.
〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Joy D wrote: "I am in for 3:P1FM"
Hi Joy. Great options, my picks for you are
"Thank you, Beth!
Sorry for the delay Jennifer, here are my 5 picks for youThe Law of Innocence
Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games
The Thursday Murder Club
Witches and Wedding Cake
The Plot Is Murder
Martha wrote: "Desley, you have some great-looking books on your non-fiction shelf. Here's what I chose for you. [bookcover:Behind the Horror: True Stories..."Thanks Martha, really looking forward to the Agatha Christie book, it's unusual for my non fiction to be predominantly animal related books!
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The Law of Innocence
Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games
[book:The Thursday M..."
Excellent picks, Desley! Thank you!
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for you.
Sorry for the delay Kat.You have many interesting books in your list, some i have in my TBR as well.
I choose for you one i read and enjoyed.
I hope you like it too.
Joy D wrote: "Faouzia, I am selecting a book I read a while ago and enjoyed very much:"Thank you Joy D. I always wanted to read the book but i never got to it. I am looking forward to reading it.
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for you because the big joke where I work is that if you've been there long enough, you know whose name should be on every new policy.... and
because I'd like to read that myself.
Okay, thanks! I've been putting off the Spencer Haywood Rule long enough.
So which book have I read first? Naturally, “Playmakers”. It was great - anyone who’s a NFL fan must read this one.
Jennifer wrote: "Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Sorry for the delay Jennifer, here are my 5 picks for youThe Law of Innocence
[book:Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games|1..."
Let me know how “Munich 1972” is - I am interested in that one.
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Yay! I want to read that one too. Of course once I read about the Spencer Haywood book that one went on my list too. LOL
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The Law of Innocence
[book:Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at th..."
Will do. I *VERY VAGUELY* remember that happening. I was about 8 at the time. It's one of a list of high-profile world events that I recall being in my environment but don't know anything substantive about. Kent State is another - we were living in Ohio at that time - as is the early 70s era of Vietnam and the mid-70s era of Cambodia. The first "big event" I have any real, touchable memory of is Watergate, because my parents sat the three of us down to watch the resignation and pointed out how rare it is in world history for an upheaval of that magnitude to take place at the top of a government and a bloodless, smooth transition to result.
I remember the moonwalk somewhat, though -- another "sit here and watch history being made" event for a then five-year-old me.
Heh. We were living in Dallas and my mom was pregnant with me when JFK got assassinated. She'd been watching the motorcade on TV (yeah, in those days you had three channels...) and got bored, turned the TV off and went into the kitchen. Two minutes later the phone rang.
I remember the 1972 Olympics well…was 10 at the time, but two events stuck in my mind. I was already playing basketball in youth leagues so I understood the game and was upset about the US-Russia gold medal game. Then was crying even more a few days later when the Israeli athletes were murdered. Jim McKay’s report of “they are all gone” still sounds haunting today.
Just finished my first, Come, Tell Me How You Live thanks for making me push it up the list Martha, I really enjoyed it. Going to read the horror film one next
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I went looking for the Mckay broadcast on Youtube. It was chilling.
Finished the second one, The Spencer Haywood Rule: Battles, Basketball, and the Making of an American Iconoclast today - meh, it was okay but was hoping for more. Three stars.This has to be a record - I'm done with my selections on the 8th of the month. Maybe I'll have to up that later.
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Finished my first, Whirligig by Andrew James Greig. Not a big mystery reader but gave this 4.5 because it caught my interest immediately and I did not want to put it down.
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I finished This Magnificent Dappled Sea. It dealt with interracial issues regarding medical treatments. Would you be willing to donate bone marrow to someone whose race murdered your ancestors? Thought-provoking scenarios. Thanks for choosing this one for me, Jennifer.
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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 March, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!
Picking pairs:
Jennifer picks 2 for Beth
Desley picks 5 for Jennifer
Martha picks 3 for Desley
Denise picks 1 for Martha
Lance picks 2 for Denise
Kat picks 2 for Lance
Faouzia picks 1 for Kat
Joy picks 1 for Faouzia
Beth picks 3 for Joy