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July 2022 PIFM (Pick It For Me)
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for you because Longmire is must-read for me. I hope you enjoy.
Desley, My selections for you are:
Thanks Joy, only added two of those this afternoon. Your picks are:
The Man in the Empty Boat in case you need a book for the colour challenge
How We Disappear: Novella & Stories - like the title (and might fit the colour challenge)
News of a Kidnapping - like the title
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Thanks Joy, only added two of those this afternoon. Your picks are:
The Man in the Empty Boat in case you need a book for the colour challenge
[book:How We Disappear: Novella & S..."
Excellent picks. I really like all 3 of those authors. Thanks, Desley!
Jennifer wrote: "Martha, I love your shelf! I'm picking for you because Longmire is must-read for me. I hope you enjoy."For me, too! Thanks!
Jennifer, so many cozy series I haven't started!! Your shelf is dangerous for me. :-)Here are my picks for you:
Lance wrote: "I'm going for the gusto - four, please."Lance I always love picking out books for you. Not a big sports fan but your lists always have books that make me ask myself why am I not reading more books about sports. Hard to select for you this month since the all seem interesting but I picked the following…. Hope they are good reads….
Lance wrote: "Beth for you I pick The Nineties 
and 
Editorial Wild Oats. Always enjoy some Twain."Thank you Lance, looking forward to both!
Denise wrote: "Two for me: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."
Denise,
I'm choosing these for you. I think you will find that they are excellent books, even if there are some tragic things that happen.
a must-reread book for me, I gave it 5 stars when I read it in 2006.
this was a 4-star book for me. I am always so shocked when I discover things that were done to people that I never knew about.
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Sorry about risking your reading life, Martha, LOLOL. Great picks! Thank you!
〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Lance wrote: "I'm going for the gusto - four, please."Lance I always love picking out books for you. Not a big sports fan but your lists always have books that make me ask myself why am I not rea..."
Thanks, Beth - really looking forward to reading The Hot Seat
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Denise wrote: "Jackie my pick for you is 
"Thank you, Denise!
Denise,I'm choosing these for you. I think you will find that they are excellent book..."
Thanks Jackie. I hope I like them as much as you did.
Jennifer wrote: "@Lance, actually, when I first heard you mostly read about sports I had two thoughts -- one, that there wouldn't be much out there to read, and two, that what there was might be second-rate reading..."Thanks for the kind words Jennifer. Even though I knew there was plenty of material, I have been pleasantly surprised at the variety and quality of books I have read and have yet to read. Always happy to give recommendations to anyone interested.
Denise wrote: "Denise,I'm choosing these for you. I think you will find that they are excellent book..."
Thanks Jackie. I hope I like them as much as you did."
:)
Finished book 1 of 3 for July and very much enjoyed it - Masih is a wonderful writer:How We Disappear: Novella & Stories by Tara Lynn Masih - 4* - My Review
Joy D wrote: "Finished book 1 of 3 for July and very much enjoyed it - Masih is a wonderful writer:How We Disappear: Novella & Stories by Tara Lynn Masih - 4* - My Review"
That looks like a great collection, adding to my TBR.
It's really a great set. Hope you enjoy it, Beth!
Finished the first of my 4, The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football. Not quite what I expected but one that I enjoyed.
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Jennifer wrote: "I like that title. For some reason it reminds me of that old joke about how someone was watching a fight and a hockey game broke out."LOL it is Michigan so the field might double as a hockey rink after bowl games🙄. In the distance I hear the Big 10 officials qgasping😂
Lance wrote: "Finished the first of my 4, The Hot Seat: A Year of Outrage, Pride, and Occasional Games of College Football. Not quite what I expected but one that I enjoyed."
Glad you liked it. How did it differ from what you expected?
While the book was Michigan-centric, I didn’t expect chapters on LSU and Florida Atlantic, nor did I think he would gloss over Michigan’s win in the Big 10 championship game and the trip to the CFP in the epilogue. It basically ended when they beat Ohio State.
Lance wrote: "While the book was Michigan-centric, I didn’t expect chapters on LSU and Florida Atlantic, nor did I think he would gloss over Michigan’s win in the Big 10 championship game and the trip to the CFP..."That is surprising now I definitely what to read it, especially having spending yrs surrounded by rabid LSU fans…. I got so sick of purple and gold
Gave up on my first I'm afraid, I have another couple by that author, not sure what to do now, but luckily they were only 10p each Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
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Comeback Pitchers: The Remarkable Careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn is the second of my four I have finished. Excellent book - five stars. Thank you for selecting that one
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Sorry, Jenn…but as long as they keep publishing ‘em, I’ll keep reading ‘em!
Finished my first pick,
. I needed a good laugh. I just kept picturing him trying to dissect and satirise media today. Twain on tiktok or tweeting….🤣Thanks Lance.
Finished my first book
, gave it 5 stars. Definitely one of the more gruesome accounts of what happened at concentration camps during World War II that I have read, but it a story that needed to be told. The author has a way of taking you on a journey with the characters through out the novel and make you fall in love with the characters.
Denise, I agree with you about the gruesomeness. The more I read and learn of these atrocities, the sadder I feel.
Finished my 3rd of 3 for July:
News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez - 4* - My Review
Thanks, Desley!
Finished #3 of 4, This Is Our City: Four Teams, Twelve Championships, and How Boston Became the Most Dominant Sports City in the World. Excellent book for fans of Boston/New England team, maybe not so for New York fans! :) Being a Minnesota fan, I was neutral, so I enjoyed it.On to to #4. We Are the Troopers: The Women of the Winningest Team in Pro Football History
Finished
, gave it 5 stars. I can't say enough good things about this book. I was hooked on the story from the very beginning. Just wished I had read this book sooner.Thanks for a great pick!
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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 July, post your shelf and the number of picks you'd like to have below. See you on picking day!
July pairs:
Jennifer picks 1 for Martha
Joy D picks 3 for Desley
Beth picks 4 for Lance
Denise picks 1 for Jackie
Jackie picks 2 for Denise
Lance picks 2 for Beth
Desley picks 3 for Joy D
Martha picks 5 for Jennifer