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January 2025 PIFM (Pick It For Me)
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Jennifer wrote: "In for five, please! PIFM"
Here are 5 to start your year! I chose 4 series and 1 stand alone.
WWII
beach mystery
knitting with a cat
of course, a cat book
stand alone
Denise wrote: "Jackie my choice for you:
"Thanks, Denise!
Denise wrote: "one for me https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."
Denise, I am selecting one I've read and enjoyed:
Jennifer wrote: "Joy:
[bookcover:Innocent Trai..."Looks like a great group. Thanks, Jennifer!
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PIFM"
Here are 5 to start your year! I chose 4 series and 1 stand alone.
WWII[bookcover:Death on the Beach|629259..."
Ha you know me so well....... excellent picks!
Joy D wrote: "Denise wrote: "one for me https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."
Denise, I am selecting one I've read and enjoyed:
[bookcover:The Wind Knows My Name|..."
Thanks Joy!
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PIFM"
Here are 5 to start your year! I chose 4 series and 1 stand alone.
WWII[bookcover:Death on the Beach|629259..."
Nice, two cats to go with my ....two cats! :) Good picks: I just read a book set in WWII and am now in the mood for another.
You can never have too many cats or cat books!
Finished
, gave it 4 stars. Enjoyed the book. Thanks Joy!
Finished book 1 of 5 for January:
Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo - 4* - My Review
Finished book 2 of 5 for January:
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis - 4* - My Review
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Jennifer wrote: "I read Innocent Traitor a year or two ago along with a few other of her biographical fiction works. I think she manages to make the leap from true historian to novelist pretty deftly, especially co..."I agree!
Finished book 5 of 5 for January. This is an outstanding historical fiction about the child soldiers in Uganda/Sudan/South Sudan in the 1990s and 2000s, written with the involvement of the family of the real people upon whom it is based:
All the Glimmering Stars by Mark T. Sullivan - 5* - My Review
Thanks for the selections, Jennifer!
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All the Glimmering Stars (other topics)Parrot and Olivier in America (other topics)
Blonde Roots (other topics)
Innocent Traitor (other topics)
It Can't Happen Here (other topics)
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Mark T. Sullivan (other topics)Peter Carey (other topics)
Bernardine Evaristo (other topics)
Alison Weir (other topics)
Sinclair Lewis (other topics)
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:
Jennifer picks 5 for Joy
Joy picks 1 for Denise
Denise picks 1 for Jackie
Jackie picks 5 for Jennifer