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Jennifer wrote: "Desley, here are your picks! [bookcover:Under Her Care|..."Thanks Jennifer, I'm excited about a couple of those!
Ooh, hard to narrow down to 1 Jackie, but I'm going with a film I'm not sure I actually enjoyed, will be interesting to see if the books is worth reading. A Clockwork Orange
Joy, I know you asked for 3 so that's what I picked. What a great selection of books ... none of which I was aware except maybe one. Several look good to me, but I did manage to narrow it down to these 3. 
Hope you enjoy them!
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Martha wrote: "Joy, I know you asked for 3 so that's what I picked. What a great selection of books ... none of which I was aware except maybe one. Several look good to me, but I did manage to narrow it down to t..."Thanks, Martha! I look forward to reading them.
Lance, I am selecting for you:
All three look like something I might want to read, so I look forward to your reviews.
Hi Denise! For you, I am picking Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing and Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight. I read Swerve or Die and liked it a lot, so I hope you do too. As for the second one, I was a big fan of the Stephanie Plum books, but stopped reading at about 18 or 19 because they were all feeling the same and for me, it was getting stale. Hopefully it’s getting better now.
Joy D wrote: "Lance, I am selecting for you:[bo..."
Thanks, Joy. Baseball and mountaineering are two of my favorite reading topics so I am glad you included them
Lance wrote: "Hi Denise! For you, I am picking Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing and Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight. I read Swerve or Die and li..."Thanks Lance. I had a feeling that if you were to pick for me that you would pick the NASCAR book. lol
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Martha,I pick this one for you, it was a 4-star read for me.
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Ooh, hard to narrow down to 1 Jackie, but I'm going with a film I'm not sure I actually enjoyed, will be interesting to see if the books is worth reading. A Clockwork Orange"
Thanks, Desley. I saw the movie when it was first released and it was disturbing, but I do want to read the book.
Jackie wrote: "Martha,I pick this one for you, it was a 4-star read for me.
"Thanks, Jackie! I look forward to it.
Finished book 1 of 3 for March and enjoyed it very much:Sister Aimee: The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson by Daniel Mark Epstein - 4* - My Review
Finished #1 of 3 for March - High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed. Very disappointing - I rarely give 2 stars if I finish but this one was that bad for me,
Finished
, gave it 4 stars. Typical funny mystery by Janet Evanovich.
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I consider myself warned.
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, gave it 4 stars. Typical funny mystery by Janet Evanovich."I love Stephanie -- I'll probably still be reading her if we get all the way to Unlikely Umptillion. :)
Finished book 2 of 3 for March - found a new-to-me author and plan to research her back catalogue:The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble - 4* - My Review
I've finished two of my picks, and 20% in the thirdCrime on the Fens - enjoyable, would happily read more in the series
Exit - enjoyable, would read others of hers
Finished #2 for the month, The Search for the Next Mickey Mantle: From Tom Tresh to Bryce Harper - very interesting and very good. 4 stars
Finished my 3rd of 3 for March:I enjoyed it but it's really not "my type" of SciFi. It is a classic, though, and I'm glad to have read it:
Neuromancer by William Gibson - 3* - My Review
Finished
, gave it 4 stars. Enjoyed it very much, even learned some things that I didn't know about Kyle Petty.
Finished #3 earlier this week, but finally wrote my review - Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports. Really enjoyed the business side of sports analytics in this one - more than the analytics on the field. My review: https://sportsbookguy.blogspot.com/20...
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Game of Edges: The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports (other topics)Swerve or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing (other topics)
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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!
Pairs:
Jennifer picks 5 for Desley
Desley picks 1 for Jackie
Jackie picks 1 for Martha
Martha picks 3 for Joy
Joy picks 3 for Lance
Lance picks 2 for Denise
Denise picks 5 for Jennifer