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PIFM Challenge - June 2019
This sounds interesting, thank ypu for interesting challenge. The only problem is time... it is possible that if someone chooses the book I don't own for me, I won't be able to get it before the end of the month...
I would like to participate only if it would be possible to ask for second (even third) pick if I don't have the book.
I'm interested. To-Read Shelf (without another shelf identified because I'm going to read those on a prescribed schedule anyway).https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Zeljka wrote: "This sounds interesting, thank ypu for interesting challenge. The only problem is time... it is possible that if someone chooses the book I don't own for me, I won't be able to get it before the e..."
Yes I will put a note next to your name that your partner knows to pick three books for you.
Tom wrote: "How do I acquire a reading partner? Tom"At the end of May, I will use a random generator to pair you with someone. Partners will be posted on June 1st.
Sam wrote: "This sounds awesome! Sign me up!"Morgan wrote: "This sounds great, sign me up!"
Zeljka wrote: "This sounds interesting..."
Tom wrote: "How do I acquire a reading partner? Tom"
Everyone just remember to copy and paste your shelf url you want your partner to pick from in your comment. If you do not, your partner will chose from your TBR shelf. Feel free to message me if you need help.
I could definitely use help choosing a new book for June! Sign me up :) https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Thank you Elizabeth, yes it would be great if my reading partner would pick 3 books for me and I will read the one I can get. Here is link to my bookshelf:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I would like to sign up! I just created a new book shelf to go with the challenge: Sci-fi Want To Read. Please pick 3 books from the shelf for me to read in June. I'm combining this challenge with the June is Sci-fi month from another group. So I will be reading lots of sci-fi all month. I just picked up a lot of books for fifty cents each at a book sale. Looking around at the sale I found lots of classics but also lots of sci-fi, including old sci-fi.
Sign me up! My partner can pick a book from my "want-to-read" shelf
Moving the sign up end date to the 27th.Repicking partners by the 30th - if your partner does not pick.
This way everyone has a book chosen by the 1st.
Elizabeth - can you add in parenthesis behind my name (Want-to-read 2019 shelf). I updated my bookshelves
Paul wrote: "What does PIFM stand for?"Pick it for me
I am on the my way home from a double shift at work. I will update the list and use the randomizer to pick partners.
PARTNERS HAVE BEEN PICKED!SEE FIRST POST & PLEASE MAKE SURE
TO CHECK IF WHOM YOU ARE PICKING FOR HAS ANY PREFERENCES
IF YOUR PARTNER DOES NOT PICK BY THE 30TH,
EITHER YOU WILL BE PARTNERED WITH SOMEONE ELSE
OR I WILL PICK FOR YOU.
Sylvia PICKS FOR SarahSarah PICKS FOR Sheena
Sheena PICKS FOR Zeljka
Zeljka PICKS FOR Benjamin
Benjamin PICKS FOR Morgan
Morgan PICKS FOR Skylar
Skylar PICKS FOR Tom
Tom PICKS FOR Sam
Sam PICKS FOR Shairie
Shairie PICKS FOR Carrie
Carrie PICKS FOR Sylvia
Sarah, I picked three for you from your To-Read SciFi Shelf:Ancients, Store of Infinity, or Speaker for the Dead.
Let me know which one you pick.
Hello Zeljka! I have picked three books from your shelf: •Out of the Easy
•The Book Thief
•Bad Mommy
These were the books that really stood out. You have a very interesting shelf. I'm excited to see which one you pick.
Happy reading :')
Sylvia, for you I pick Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
This was a 5 star read for me years ago, I hope you enjoy it.
Happy Reading
Sheena wrote: "Hello Zeljka! I have picked three books from your shelf: •Out of the Easy
•The Book Thief
•Bad Mommy
These were the books that really stood out. You have a very interesting shelf. I'm excited t..."
Hello Sheena, I was super excited to see what will you pick for me and i´m very happy with your choice.
I will read Out of the Easy because it has been looking at me from my shelf for some time, and because you put it on top of the list. Thank you:-)
Hello Benjamin, I like your TBR shelf, also noticed that you are reading classics at the time, so for you I`m choosing something different- The Name of the Wind!!!Hope you will enjoy it:-)
I started reading it and really liked it but something distracted me when I was half way through... Planning on continuing, though :-)
Hi Skylar. Our shelves have a lot of books in common. I picked A Discovery of Witches. Enjoy and I look forward to our discussion.
Thanks Morgan! I’ve been looking forward to reading A Discovery of Witches for so long, so I’m excited to now have an “excuse” to read it!
Hi Sheena, I picked a book for you to read and it is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin. I chose this because June is Sci-fi month. Also I heard the title of the book a lot but I'm unsure if I read it. Sylvia... I plan to read all 3 books as I'm doing the June is Sci-fi month. I already put all 3 of them aside so I can grab them easily. 😀 I've been doing the Memorial Day Readathon and I've already read 8 books. Had fun with the killer spiders trilogy! 😄 And nasty creatures under the NYC trains... 😅
Hi Tom! I didn’t see any specific shelf you wanted me to pick from on your original comment, so I picked something from your to-read shelf: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongLet me know if you’d rather me pick from a specific shelf instead—I don’t mind choosing again! I found a lot of interesting books on your shelf that I hadn’t heard of yet that I’m now interested in! Have a good time reading
Zeljka wrote: "Sheena wrote: "Hello Zeljka! I have picked three books from your shelf: •Out of the Easy
•The Book Thief
•Bad Mommy
These were the books that really stood out. You have a very interesting shelf..."
Great! I will be waiting to know your thoughts on it.
Sarah wrote: "Hi Sheena, I picked a book for you to read and it is The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin. I chose this because June is Sci-fi month. Also I heard the title of the book a lot ..."Hello Sarah. I hardly ever read sci fi so it'll be interesting to explore this genre more. I'll be honest this book is definitely out of my comfort zone but that makes me all the more excited for it! I'm reading TLOR right now. I'll start right after it.
Thankyou!
Skylar wrote: "Thanks Morgan! I’ve been looking forward to reading A Discovery of Witches for so long, so I’m excited to now have an “excuse” to read it!"Skylar I definitely want to know how you like this. It has been on my bookshelf staring at me more recently.
Hi Sheena. Science fiction can be fun and very interesting to read. I like reading sci-fi. But it can be like reading any other category of books...you might love one book but be bored by another. It all depends on the author, the writing style, the subject and even where you are in your life right now. Sci-fi can also be very broad subject too. It can be hard sci-fi like technology and science, space archeology, time travel, distopian stories, rewriting history, space opera, robots, spaceships, exploring new worlds, aliens, parallel universe, just so much stuff. Who knows, you might like science fiction if you try some. I love the LOTR! 😁
I admit I love telling Bilbo's riddles to my friends every so often but they just look at me perplexed! They are like "Huh?" 😮 I actually read a book the other day that made me think of the orcs from LOTR. They dug too deep. They should have learned from the dwarves!
I'm looking forward to June and sci-fi month. Not to mention warmer weather!
Hey Carrie! :)Since u didn't mention which shelf I should look into, I just browsed ur "Want to Read" shelf and I found "Where the Forest Meets the Stars" by Glendy Vanderah and I found it interesting. I want to read it myself but I still gotta finish reading "Educated". I hope you'll enjoy reading it.
Let me know what you think! :)
Shairie wrote: "Hey Carrie! :)Since u didn't mention which shelf I should look into, I just browsed ur "Want to Read" shelf and I found "Where the Forest Meets the Stars" by Glendy Vanderah and I found it interes..."
Thank you but I posted a link to my shelf. Can you please pick again from it? I posted it in message 12. It's my shelf called "Current tbr". Sorry to be of trouble.
Last day to pick for your partners!If someone has not picked for you, I will pick for you.
I will pick two books per person to give you an option.
You do not need to read both.
Deadline is 10 pm EST.
Sam - Melmoth the Wanderer or The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the RipperMorgan - The Hunchback of Notre-Dame or The Lost Girls of Paris
Shairie - Misery or A Thousand Splendid Suns
Carrie (just in case) - Ender's Game or The Raven Tower
Sorry Carrie for the delay! I just got back online. Well, I do agree with Elizabeth that you should read Ender's Game. I haven't read it but I watched the movie and I did enjoy it. But if I were to choose from your "current-tbr" shelf, I'd pick 1984 by George Orwell. I have been meaning to finish this since high school but I just wasn't able to. I wanted to know from you what I've been missing all along by not reading this hahaha!But u have a choice tho, Ender's Game or 1984. Let me know what you pick. Happy reading! :')
Thank you for picking the books for me, Elizabeth. I love em both omg I'm actually torn between them hahaha! I guess I'll have to settle this with a coin toss. Heads for Misery, Tails for Hosseine.(Result: ooo I got tails)
Thanks Elizabeth both are great choices! For this one I am going to choose the Lost Girls of Paris. Although I may read both since Notre Dame recently burned and may be fitting to read about it as the setting in the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
THANK YOU Elizabeth - for organizing this challenge. I loved it. I vote we do it again next month!
Thank you Shairie for going back and picking for me and thank you Elizabeth for picking just in case :)
Morgan wrote: "Thanks Elizabeth both are great choices! For this one I am going to choose the Lost Girls of Paris. Although I may read both since Notre Dame recently burned and may be fitting to read about it as ..."Tragic but that novel does the architecture beautifully. If I remember correctly there is an entire chapter dedicating to what one sees from the top of Notre Dame.
Shairie wrote: "Thank you for picking the books for me, Elizabeth. I love em both omg I'm actually torn between them hahaha! I guess I'll have to settle this with a coin toss. Heads for Misery, Tails for Hosseine...."Hope you enjoy! Let me know your thoughts when you are done.
Sylvia wrote: "THANK YOU Elizabeth - for organizing this challenge. I loved it. I vote we do it again next month!"I was thinking the same thing.
Probably will set it up tonight or in a couple days for July.
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Are you currently in a reading slump? Need help choosing your next book?
This challenge will partner you randomly with another participant who will choose a book for you to read that month. Sign up below by commenting your desired shelf url to be picked from.
Sign up ends May 27th & partners will be picked that same day.
Re-picks will be done by the 30th if your partner does not chose for you.
Guidelines:
- Choose one book from your partners desired shelf. If you would like your partner to choose more than one book, please note it in your sign up post.
- Complete the book before month's end.
- After you complete your book, come back to let your partner know your thoughts on it.
- The book does not need to be an older book. All books are accepted for this challenge.
- If your partner does not pick for you within two days after partners are picked, I will pick for you or put you with a different partner.
- Be sure that your profile is public or that you friend your partner so that they can see your shelves.
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