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Pick It for Me Challenge - June 2020
Sign up ends May 30th. Partners will be picked that same day.
Re-picks will be done on the June 2nd.

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 with your desired shelf to be picked from.

Guidelines:
- Choose one book from your partners desired shelf.
- All books are accepted for this challenge.
- 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. (Does not need to be a long description, if you like.)
- Be sure that your profile is public or that you friend your partner so that they can see your shelf.

Before signing up, please be sure you can commit to the challenge. This is to ensure the challenge runs smoothly and everyone is picked for on time.

Participants:

Morgan - Shelf
Elizabeth - Shelf (Pick 3)
Flauscheohr - Shelf
Carrie - Shelf (Pick 2)

Partners:

Morgan & Flauscheohr
Elizabeth (Pick 3) & Carrie (Pick 2)

Proof:


Books:

Morgan - Uncommon Type
Elizabeth - My Sister, the Serial Killer/Gods of Jade and Shadow/Madame Bovary/Outlander
Flauscheohr - The Nightingale
Carrie - The Law of Lines/Mercy Road/Shadow and Bone

I love this challenge, I'm so glad it's back! I am in!

Morgan wrote: "I love this challenge, I'm so glad it's back! I am in!"

Super happy to hear this! Added you.

I am joining this month since I am extremely behind. Please pick 3 books from my discovery shelf.

Sounds fun, I'm in!
Please pick one book from my pifm-june-2020-shelf.

Morgan wrote: "I love this challenge, I'm so glad it's back! I am in!"

Please select from my pifm challenge shelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Morgan wrote: "Morgan wrote: "I love this challenge, I'm so glad it's back! I am in!"

Please select from my pifm challenge shelf.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Updated

2 from https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

PARTNERS POSTED

For Carrie, I pick


Honorable Mention
I picked one more just in case of current events.

Elizabeth wrote: "For Carrie, I pick


Honorable Mention
I picked one more just in case of current events.
"

Thank you!!

For you:


I will also give you an extra just encase,

Happy Reading

Morgan, for you I pick Tom Hanks Uncommon Type . I'm interested to know what you make of Tom Hanks as an author. I hope you enjoy it!

Thanks Flauscheohr I am looking forward to reading it. For you I pick the Nightingale. I have it also and on my to read shelf. I look forward to hearing how you like it.

Thank you everyone for picking so promptly!
Happy reading!

Hi all! Just checking in...
I finally started the book Morgan picked for me today. I'm a bit of a slow reader, but I'm determined to finish it by the end of the month ;-) How are you doing?

I also started My Sister, the Serial Killer a couple minutes ago. I am doing another groups PIFM challenge along with ours & that book is over 600 pages.

Loving it so far, feels extremely fast paced. Hope everyone is enjoying their picks so far!

I started my book this week and I like it so far

Carrie wrote:..."

I finished the book today. 4.5 star rating. I really enjoyed it and it helped me out of the huge reading slump I have been in. Thanks for the pick!

I finished my book this week, as well. It was a much faster read than I expected and I kind of enjoyed it, but didn't love it. For me, The Nightingale just didn't quite live up to all the rave reviews I read beforehand, and it's just a bit too cliché and chick-lity/romancy for my taste...
But I'm glad that because of PIFM I've gotten round to reading it.

I finished UnCommon Type by Tom Hanks today and I really enjoyed it. I don't usually read short stories because I like long novels, but I kept wanting to turn the page. The stories remind me of a simpler time and the stories are all different except one common theme: a typewriter is in every story. Makes me want to get a typewriter!

Thanks Angie for picking this book for me!