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Meet & Greet Challenge Round 51 (Apr/May) - Finished
BONUS PICKSSome members like to receive more picks than from just their group. If you would like to participate in bonus picks, please note this in your sign up post. If you sign up for bonus picks, you MUST pick for every other person in the bonus picks group. This includes members who were in your original group - they will receive two sets of picks from you. Please do not recommend the same books to a member that is in both your original group and the bonus pick group - a clean set of picks is required.
Please be aware that the bonus pick group could be comprised of only a few people OR be at least the size of another full group.
Since the completion of this challenge is directly tied to the Groupings, please delay your bonus picks to other members until 20 March.
Everyone may start on their bonus picks once it hits 12.00 am in New Zealand
Local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
(12 hours ahead of UTC/GMT)
Sign ups by Thursday 17 March 4.00pm EST US*Jane - picking shelf Rereads OK
*PrinzessBookDragon - uno 2022 tbr *diff shelf for bonus*
Martha - meet greet
Nadia - meet and greet
LaurLa - 01 pick me please
*Sexyladi - sexyladi group 1
Aoife - meet greet rrrc
*Chan - to read
*Cheryl - meet greet picking
*Katie - meet and greet picking shelf
*Connie N - meet greet options Rereads OK
Alyhs - meet and greet 1
Maggie - mng picks 2022
*SusanA - mg pick from here *diff shelf for bonus*
Melissa~ - meet n greet Rereads OK
Mary-Megan - pifm
Hazel - mng selects
KathyD - pick shelf audio
UC{beppy} - meet n greet
Avigail - m-g51
*KarenH - meet and greet Rereads OK
Hollie - meet and greet 1
*Avid ReaderGG - meet and greet 2022
*Mony - a1 51 reg mg Rereads OK *diff shelf for bonus*
Akshara - meet and greet
*Wealie - 0 picking
Joyce - joyce's mg picking shelf
Carmen - meet greet picks
*MountainKat - meet n greet options
Nadine - 2022 challenge pick shelf
*Chiara - meet greet challenge Rereads OK
*Shelby - meet and greet to read *diff shelf for bonus*
*Raine - 2022 pifm !picks will be late!
*Darkness - the meet greet challenge
Aminko - pifm2022
Kelly - pick from here
Becca - 22 rom challenge 50
Grace - meet and greet
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng picking
Amy - meet and greet
Jodi - meet greet shelf
Jennie-Lee - rrrc mg picks
Bonus pickersstart picking at 12.00am 20 March NZ time for all participants regardless of your country
Local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
*Avid ReaderGG - meet and greet 2022
*Chan - to read
*Cheryl - meet greet picking
*Chiara - meet greet challenge Rereads OK
*Darkness - the meet greet challenge
*Jane - picking shelf Rereads OK
*KarenH - meet and greet Rereads OK
*Katie - meet and greet picking shelf
*Mony - a1a 51 bonus mg Rereads OK *diff shelf for group*
*MountainKat - meet n greet options
*PrinzessBookDragon - uno 2022 tbr *diff shelf for group*
*Raine - 2022 pifm !picks may be late! (travelling)
*Sexyladi - sexyladi group 1
*Shelby - current challenge to read *diff shelf for group*
*SusanA - bonus pick from here *diff shelf for group*
*Wealie - 0 picking
Groups allocatedsoon after 17 March 4.00pm EST US
Group 1
Amy - meet and greet
Avid ReaderGG - meet and greet 2022
Becca - 22 rom challenge 50
Carmen - meet greet picks
Chiara - meet greet challenge Rereads OK
Connie N - meet greet options Rereads OK
Hollie - meet and greet 1
KathyD - pick shelf audio
Katie - meet and greet picking shelf
Maggie - mng picks 2022
Melissa~ - meet n greet Rereads OK
Nadia - meet and greet
Nadine - 2022 challenge pick shelf
SusanA - mg pick from here *diff shelf for bonus*
Group 2
Alyhs - meet and greet 1a Account back on! Please pick if there is a shelf.
Aminko - pifm2022
Avigail - m-g51
Cheryl - meet greet picking
Darkness - the meet greet challenge
Jane - picking shelf Rereads OK
Jennie-Lee - rrrc mg picks
Kelly - pick from here
Mony - a1 51 reg mg Rereads OK *diff shelf for bonus*
MountainKat - meet n greet options
PrinzessBookDragon - uno 2022 tbr *diff shelf for bonus*
Raine - 2022 pifm !picks will be late!
Shelby - meet and greet to read *diff shelf for bonus*
UC{beppy} - meet n greet
Group 3
Akshara - meet and greet
Aoife - meet greet rrrc
Chan - to read
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng picking
Grace - meet and greet
Hazel - mng selects
Jodi - meet greet shelf
Joyce - joyce's mg picking shelf
KarenH - meet and greet Rereads OK
LaurLa - 01 pick me please
Martha - meet greet
Mary-Megan - pifm
Sexyladi - sexyladi group 1
Wealie - 0 picking
Remember:If you have a private profile, you MUST OPEN YOUR PROFILE for the duration of the picking. No exceptions.
BONUS picks may start 20 March 12.01 am NZ time
Time converter: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
(12 hours ahead of UTC/GMT)
Last round we had a number of members who signed up and didn't ever join in (send out their picks to others in their group) or who were very late without letting us know that they would be delayed.PLEASE - remember this challenge takes effort and time for members to go through your reading list.
DO NOT SIGN UP unless you are prepared to participate and reciprocate with picks.
PLEASE post IN THIS THREAD if you have been delayed with your picks for whatever reason (we ALL understand real life getting in the way and are very happy to wait). Just let us know what is happening. (I don't have a lot of time to chase members when they are late, so I would greatly appreciate not having to do this 🥰)
I STRONGLY suggest that everyone clicks on the 'Notify me when people comment' link at the bottom of this thread so that they know when activity/commenting is happening. That way you should not miss people asking where your picks are :)
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me, please! regular:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...#
& bonuses:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
friend request me pls, thanks
I'm in! Never tried before but up for giving it a go :) just going for regular for now!!Here's the shelf
Both for me, please!meet and greet picking shelf
It's been so long since I've done this...really looking forward to it! :)
Katie wrote: "Both for me, please!meet and greet picking shelf
It's been so long since I've done this...really looking forward to it! :)"
Great to see you back Katie!! It has been AGES! 🥰
Jane (PS) wrote: "Katie wrote: "Both for me, please!meet and greet picking shelf
It's been so long since I've done this...really looking forward to it! :)"
Great to see you back Katie!! It has been AGES! 🥰"
I know, right? Now both kids are in school all day and I'm rediscovering the joys of reading. :P
Regular and Bonus pleaseMG Pick from here
Bonus Pick from Here
Jane -- Thank you for hosting this challenge!
I'm in! Regular and Bonus please, and rereads are ok (they'd better be, because they're probably going to be about half of my picking shelf!)meet-and-greet
I’d love to join in for the regular, this is the first challenge I’ve done ☺️ sounds exciting https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
(Hopefully I’ve added the link correctly 🙈)
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Hi! I'm in. This is my first time doing this challenge and so only regular please and hell yes re-reads are awesome :DPlease use my Meet and Greet shelf
Hollie wrote: "I’d love to join in for the regular, this is the first challenge I’ve done ☺️ sounds exciting https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
(Hope..."
Welcome!! And yep - that worked! 😀
Akshara wrote: "Hi! I'm in. This is my first time doing this challenge and so only regular please and hell yes re-reads are awesome :DPlease use my Meet and Greet shelf"
Welcome Akshara!
Alyhs wrote: "I'm in for regular. This is my first time doing this challenge, so excited!meet and greet 1 "
Welcome Alyhs!
Aoife wrote: "I'm in! Never tried before but up for giving it a go :) just going for regular for now!!Here's the shelf"
Welcome Aoife!
I only know if this is a new challenge for someone if they mention it. Sorry to anyone that I've missed (now or in the past ;).
Hi Jane - in for regular and bonus as usual :)And my usual picking shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Me please! 🙋🏻♀️ Regular and bonus (with hopefully no carryovers from the current round!🤞🏼) Rereads very ok!Please use my meet-n-greet-options shelf - thanks!
I'm in for regular and bonus please. :)Regular - Meet and Greet to Read
Bonus - Current Challenge to Reads (sorry for the two shelves, but it's working really well for me this round to get through some of my backlog. :))
I'm in for regular and bonus: 2022 PIFMI may be late getting my pics out to my teams as I will be on vacation at the end of March.
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1 April - 30 May 2022
This is a challenge for the hordes of members who need help selecting their next book to read. This is basically a group Pick-It-For-Me challenge WITHOUT the new book recommendations or categories. It is a two (2) month challenge and will be repeated every two months so long as there is significant interest.
This challenge is limited to members who are 18 years or older. This is one of the very few age-restricted challenges in our group. There are many other challenges to choose from for those under 18.
Depending on the number of sign-ups for this challenge, groups will consist of 15-20 people.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
17 March 4.00PM US EST (THURSDAY) - SIGN-UPS close date! Please allow a few hours for the groups to be posted. Once the groups are posted, picking for the groups will then commence.
20 March 12am NZ - picking starts for the bonus group.
31 March - PICKING due date! Picks for all group members must be completed.
1 April - OPENING date - Start reading!
INSTRUCTIONS: Step by step
1. Each participant must create a shelf and include on that shelf books that they would like to read in the coming two months. You will need to have at least 30-40 books on this shelf and you must post the link to that shelf when you sign up. If you participated in the last MnG, you may use the same shelf with updated books.
Participants also appreciate not having too many books on that shelf - they want to select something you really want to read or be pushed to read. Try to keep the shelf under 100 books.
2. Sign up by the close date, posting the link to your shelf.
3. Once sign-up closes, each person will recommend to every other person in their group THREE (3) books selected from each member's nominated shelf. Recommendations will be sent via PM (private message) - NOT in the thread.
If you have a private profile, you MUST OPEN YOUR PROFILE for the duration of the picking. No exceptions.
4. Members choose ONE (1) book from each set of recommendations, removing that selected book from their nominated shelf (to reduce multiple selections of the same book) and placing it in another shelf to track this challenge. I would suggest that you create a second shelf for these selections for ease of tracking.
5. When picking starts I will open the participants thread for each member to post their list of selected books.
6. Once the challenge opens on the first day of next month, mark off each book on your challenge list as it is finished, noting the date completed. Update your completion rate at the top of your list throughout the challenge - e.g. "Completed: 3/15". Please feel free to post feedback on each book in the discussion thread :) You cannot start your book until the first day of the month.
Do not repost your list in the Participants Thread - you will maintain your list in the original post.
To complete this challenge, you must read at least five (5) books from your chosen list. You may, of course, complete the full list.
There will be two threads for this challenge:
* Sign Up/Reading thread. All sign-ups, chat and questions occurs in this thread.
* Participants' Lists thread. This is only for the final book list for each participant. The participants' thread will be locked until we are ready to start picking.
You cannot start picking for your group members until groups are posted.
RULES/TIPS:
* You ONLY select books from the pickee's nominated shelf.
* You must nominate 3 books for each set of picks.
* Book nominations and selections do not need to be in any order.
* You can add/subtract books on your own picking list at any time during the sign-up and picking process. (However if a book has already been recommended during the picks prior to swapping it off your list, this recommendation stands valid.)
* If you recommend a book from a series, please ensure that it is the next book for the reader in that series.
* If a book from a series is recommended but it is not the next book for the reader in that series and it is on your nominated shelf, please feel free to substitute the appropriate book for that recommendation.
* You may put re-reads on your nominated picking shelf if desired. (This means the book may already be 'read' and rated - but if it is on that shelf, these books are fair game for the pickers.)
* You must have completed picking for your group members by the picking due date.
* You may use books planned for other challenges in this challenge and vice-versa unless otherwise specified in the alternate challenge(s).
* There is NO minimum page number requirement in this challenge.
* Books may be from any romance sub-genre, but we are a romance group so please keep your books on your nominated shelf to the romance or popular fiction genres.
* Remember - if your profile is private, you will need to OPEN YOUR PROFILE FOR THE DURATION OF THE PICKING PERIOD otherwise members will not be able to access your nominated picking shelf.
* Feel free to 'friend' all the members of the group, as this will make picking much easier and faster.
* A member can ask for repicks from another member if they have already selected all three of the nominated books. For this reason, it is important that members move books off their nominated picking shelf as soon as they have made their selection.
* When providing feedback in the Reading Thread, please ensure that key plot points are hidden behind the spoiler 'tag' - <'spoiler>blah plot point blah<'/spoiler> (ignoring the apostrophes which have been inserted to show the formula).
* If you have a book that you can't finish (DNF), you are welcome to go back to the original picks from that member and select another book. You cannot ask for new picks. You may count as 'finished' a DNF book if you have read at least 50% but that book must then be marked as a 'DNF' in either your review or appropriately shelved as such on your GR bookshelf.
Our members read a variety of romance sub-genres. You do not need to have read the book that you recommend, nor do you have to have knowledge of the sub-genre that may predominate any of the shelves. How you select books from the nominated shelves is entirely up to you.
How to create a new bookshelf:
* Go to My Books
* Click on edit next to 'bookshelves' on top left
* Type in the name of your shelf and click 'Add'
* Customize the shelf as desired
Please remember:
YOU ARE NOT SIGNED UP UNTIL YOU POST A LINK TO YOUR SHELF.