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2015 September Pick-It-For-Me! Challenge
TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!Pickees
✱ To help your picker understand the type of books you like or are currently reading, please make sure your ‘read’ shelf is up to date. You can create shelves for books you DNFed (Did Not Finish) or authors that don’t work for you as well as favorite books and authors. In addition, you might consider updating your profile. You can include info about your favorite books, authors, genres, themes or tropes (or themes/tropes you dislike – i.e. secret baby).
✱ Please do not specify likes/dislikes in the sign-up thread. This information will not be included in the pairings and your pickee may not see your message and does not need to rely on that information when making picks.
Pickers
✱ Please remember this is primarily a romance readers group. Thus, most, if not all, of your picks should be romance. There are various sub genres within the romance category - Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Romantic Suspense, Erotica, M/M, Urban Fantasy. If your pickee reads a wide variety, you could add a non-romance as a choice.
✱ Choose at least 4 new titles for your pickee. These can be brand new to them (not found on any of their shelves) or a book found on their shelves if they've never read any of the author's work previously.
A few hints to help with book selection:
✱ Check the book’s publishing date. Select "date pub" from the checkbox selections and save.
✱ Check pickee's personalized shelves, especially their exclusive shelves. A personalized shelf is one the member has created. (e.g., 'to read next', 'favorites' ‘didn’t like’)
✱ Make sure the books you choose are not on their 'read' shelf. Just because it isn't rated doesn't mean it wasn't read.
✱ Look at your pickee's 'read' shelf and see what genres they have recently read or read the most. Reviewing their ‘read’ shelf might help you in choosing something they are interested in reading right now.
✱ If your pickee reads lots of books in a genre you are not familiar with (erotic romance, GLBT, YA, etc.) Contact the Mods or the month's organizer for guidance.
✱ Include a variety of books (e.g., shorter page count, new addition to their 'to-read' shelf, an older book on their 'to-read' shelf) This variety gives your pickee options when choosing the book or books they will be reading this month. Use the sort feature within their shelves to determine date a book was added, published or read; page numbers, ratings, etc.
2015 September Pick-It-For-Me! Challenge - ParticipantsUpdated through message #60, 8.23.15.
Top Hat:
Mai - for picking
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng-picking
Elizabeth - rrrc-pick-it-for-me-challenge
Shannan - PIFM-September-Shelf
Nancy H
Ashley
Nichole - pifm
Amy - pick-it-for-me
Sunshine - pick-for-me
Suzanne
Karla
Penney - pifm
Rebecca
Ty
Hard Hat
Fran - PIFM Shelf
Stacie Mass D-Struction
Raine - 2015-pifm
MountainKat - to-read-asap
Pam
Cowboy Hat:
LaurLa - challenges-to-pick
Alexis
Leigh - pick-it-for-me-challenge
Martha - pick4me
Emelie
Emerson
Baseball Cap:
Tammie - pifm
Breann - 1-pifm-pick-me
Vilda - top-of-the-pile
Shelby - Current Challenge to Reads
♥KathyD♥ - my pick it for me shelf
Chocolatesoup - pifm
Stacey
Irina
Sonal
Katherine(Private)
Pamela Su
Sassafrass - read-this-next
Jensine
Kristin
~KarenH~ - cant-wait-to-read
Olivia - own-but-haven-t-read-yet
Erin
Rochella
Kat - tbr-next
ShoSho - elib
September 2015 PIFM Challenge - Picking RulesSeptember is National Fall Hat Month, time to put away your straw hat or sun hats! There are many types of felt or wool or knit or fabric hats. Are you a hat person? Or do they just give you hat hair?
Please make sure you pick at least four new and four books from their TBR or preferred shelf.
Top Hat - Pick a book with rich characters or a historical romance.
Party Hat - Suggest a book with some sort of celebration or a humorous romance.
Mortarboard - Recommend a book with a teacher, student or child/ren in the story or one with a building on the cover.
Hard Hat - Pick a book where a MC works with their hands or a book with any vehicle on the cover.
Fedora - Suggest a book with some level of mystery or suspense or darker cover.
Cowboy Hat - Pick a book set in the west or on a ranch or farm or has animals on the cover.
Baseball Cap - Recommend a book that features any sports or one with an outdoorsy cover.
Beret - Suggest a book with a character who is either in the military or is former military or one with any hat on the cover.
September 2015 PIFM Challenge - PairingsPlease pick for the person below you in your group, the last person picks for the first person within each group. For example - Nichole picks for Karla and Rebecca picks for Nichole.
Updated through message #182, 8.27.15
Top Hat
✓ Nichole - pifm
✓ Karla
✓ Shannan - PIFM-September-Shelf
✓ Nancy H
✓ Penney - pifm
✓ Diane ~Firefly~ - mng-picking
✓ Elizabeth - rrrc-pick-it-for-me-challenge
✓ Mai - for picking
✓ Suzanne
✓ Amy - pick-it-for-me
✓ Ashley
✓ Ty
✓ Sunshine - pick-for-me
✓ Rebecca
Hard Hat
✓ Fran - PIFM Shelf
✓ MountainKat - to-read-asap
Raine - 2015-pifm
✓ Pam
✓ Stacie Mass D-Struction
Cowboy Hat
✓ Martha - pick4me
✓ LaurLa - challenges-to-pick
✓ Emerson
✓ Alexis
✓ Emelie
✓ Leigh - pick-it-for-me-challenge
Baseball Cap
✓ ShoSho - elib
✓ Shelby - Current Challenge to Reads
✓ Breann - 1-pifm-pick-me
✓ ~KarenH~ - cant-wait-to-read
✓ Tammie - pifm
✓ Stacey
✓ Katherine(Private)
✓ Sonal
✓ Kristin
✓ ♥KathyD♥ - my pick it for me shelf
✓ Olivia - own-but-haven-t-read-yet
✓ Vilda - top-of-the-pile
✓ Jensine
✓ Sassafrass - read-this-next
✓ Erin
✓ Irina
✓ Kat - tbr-next
✓ Chocolatesoup - pifm
✓ Rochella
✓ Pamela Su
Repicks:
Elke picks for Pam
MountainKat picks for Elke
2015 September Pick-It-For-Me! Challenge
Ooh, tough call. Hm, my book boyfriend would probably wear a baseball cap.Here's my shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I'm in and he'd probably wear a cowboy hat
I'm in. :)Baseball or Cowboy...Yikes can't decide. They're both so worth while. But I think I'm going to go with Baseball. It covers a multitude of my best book boyfriends. :D
Current Challenge to Reads
Top hat -he's definitely elegant and very wealthy!
I'm in and my book boyfriend is wearing a hard baseball hat, would that be a batting helmet? :-)https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Baseball hat definitely. And probably backwards most of the time.
I'm in! My current book boyfriend would wear a baseball hat :)
I'm in.I would like my boyfriend in baseball cap.
Sign me up please. My current book boyfriend would wear a Top Hat.
Please pick from my Pick It For Me shelf.
I know what I'd prefer him to wear, but alas... baseball cap.I'm in!
I haven't done one of these in ages. I'm in.and my boyfriend would have a baseball cap
Shelf: Read this Next
Sunshine wrote: "Really......love cowboys
My shelf Pick for Me"
OH... What he currently would wear.
Oh my... A TOP HAT!
I'm in and he would be in a baseball hat :)
Sassafrass wrote: "I haven't done one of these in ages. I'm in.and my boyfriend would have a baseball cap"
Glad you are back Sass!
The participant list is updated to here, if I missed you please let me know. Also, please double check your link if you provided one. Thanks!
I'm in and I think I'll go with baseball cap.
Im inAnd my current book boyfriend would use a cowboy hat
I am so sorry...I thought the picks were tonight! So I cannot be part of it this time! I am leaving on vacation tomorrow morning!
I'm in. My book boyfriend would wear a top hat.
I'm in! And he'd be wearing a baseball cap.
I'm going with hard hat to keep Fran company.
Elke wrote: "I am so sorry...I thought the picks were tonight! So I cannot be part of it this time! I am leaving on vacation tomorrow morning!"Have a wonderful vacation Elke! You will be missed.
Stacie Mass D-Struction wrote: "I'm going with hard hat to keep Fran company."She did look pretty lonely there by herself!
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What is the Pick-It-For-Me Challenge?
The Pick-It-For-Me Challenge (PIFM) is a reading challenge where each participant gives and receives book recommendations based on a given a set of rules. The assignment method and book selection rules change each month so it’s always new and always different.
The idea of the PIFM challenge is that you will get new-to-you books and authors selected for you as well as a push to read some books that have been lingering on your shelves. You may not be interested in the new books recommended, which is why you also get a minimum of four books from your shelf.
You only have to read ONE book to complete this challenge!
After signups are closed, your names and any extra info will go into the super secret PIFM randomizer and it will select someone for you to recommend books to and someone to give you recommendations. This list will be posted along with any specific picking rules for the month.
In order to participate you need to either HAVE YOUR PROFILE SET TO PUBLIC (preferable), or friend the person giving you recommendations. PLEASE NOTE: if you choose to keep your profile private, it is your responsibility to send a friend request to the person picking for you as soon as possible after the matchups are posted. Whether your profile is private or not, it is also very important that your profile be set to receive Private Messages (PMs) in case anyone needs to reach out to you (mods, organizer etc.)
Everything gets done in this thread so be sure to come back often!!!
Repicks:
You can ask for repicks if:
✱ The books picked for you are not yet released.
✱ If you have already read the chosen book(s) and they are on your ‘read’ shelf.
✱ If you did not receive four picks from your ‘to-read’ shelf, with at least one from your preferred shelf.
You may NOT ask for repicks because:
✱ A book is not available at your library.
✱ A genre or author you don’t enjoy.
INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:
✱✱ What type of hat is your current book boyfriend most likely to wear?
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Top Hat
Hard Hat
Cowboy Hat
Baseball Cap
✱✱ If you have a preferred shelf, please list it along with your pick! ✱✱
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign ups will remain open until August 23rd (5 pm US EDT).
For your convenience a Time Zone Converter.
You’ll have until August 27th (5 pm US EDT) to make your recommendations.
Please do not start reading your book(s) until the first of the month. You then have the entire month to read your pick(s) and give some feedback.
If you’re new please read the PIFM Guidelines and FAQ. If you have any questions that are not addressed there, please feel free to ask!
✱Please note that late sign ups will be included at the host's discretion and no one will be included after re-picks are assigned!✱