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Meet & Greet Challenge Round 69 (Apr/May) - READING
PLEASE - remember this challenge takes effort and time for members to go through your reading list.DO NOT SIGN UP unless you are prepared to participate and reciprocate with picks.
**PLEASE post IN THIS THREAD if you have been delayed** with your picks for whatever reason (we ALL understand real life getting in the way and are very happy to wait). Just let us know what is happening. (I don't have a lot of time to chase members when they are late, so I would greatly appreciate not having to do this 🥰)
I STRONGLY suggest that everyone clicks on the 'Notify me when people comment' link at the bottom of this thread so that they know when activity/commenting is happening. That way you should not miss people asking where your picks are :)
BONUS PICKSSome members like to receive more picks than from just their group. If you would like to participate in bonus picks, please note this in your sign up post. If you sign up for bonus picks, you MUST pick for every other person in the bonus picks group. This includes members who were in your original group - they will receive two sets of picks from you. Please do not recommend the same books to a member that is in both your original group and the bonus pick group - a clean set of picks is required.
Please be aware that the bonus pick group could be comprised of only a few people OR be at least the size of another full group.
Since the completion of this challenge is directly tied to the Groupings, please delay your bonus picks to other members until 20 March.
Everyone may start on their bonus picks once it hits 12.00 am in New Zealand
Local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
(12 hours ahead of UTC/GMT)
Sign ups by TUESDAY 18 March 4.00pm EST US*Jane - picking shelf Rereads ✅
*Jamie - open series Rereads ✅
LaurLa - 01 pick me please
Breanne - meet and greet 2025
UnusualChild (Beppy) - meet n greet
*SusanA - mg pick from here **diff shelf for bonus**
*Shelby - meet and greet to read **diff shelf for bonus**
Jodi - meet greet shelf Rereads ✅
Julie - challenges pick list
KathyD - pick shelf audio Rereads ✅
Ela (Mouse333) - meet n greet Rereads ✅
*MountainKat - meet n greet options Rereads ✅
Melissa~ - meet n greet Rereads ✅
*Connie N - meet greet options Rereads ✅
*Wealie - 0 picking
Jenner - meet n greet pick shelf Rereads ✅
*Christy - up next
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng picking
R E C - meet n greet pick shelf
Carmen TBST - meet greet picks
Hazel - mng selects
Sassafrass - 2025 1 pifm aoc
Jessica - pick it for me
Grace - meet and greet
Nadine - 2025 challenge pick shelf
*KarenH - meet and greet Rereads ✅
Anastacia - romance
Rachel C - mng picking Rereads ✅
Margie - rr group pick for me
Cheryl - meet greet
*Elizabeth N - apr may 2025
*Raine - 2025 pifm
*Carrie - m g Rereads ✅
*Susan - pick me a winner book shelf Rereads ✅
Aminko - pifm 2025
Mell - 2025 hopefuls Rereads ✅
Chiara - meet greet challenge Rereads ✅
Anissa - rr mng picking
Becky - meet n greet
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Bonus pickersstart picking at 12.00am 20 March NZ time for all participants regardless of your country
Local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
*Wealie - 0 picking
*SusanA - bonus pick from here **diff shelf for group**
*Susan - pick me a winner book shelf Rereads ✅
*Shelby - current challenge to read **diff shelf for group**
*Raine - 2025 pifm
*MountainKat - meet n greet options Rereads ✅
*KarenH - meet and greet Rereads ✅
*Jane - picking shelf Rereads ✅
*Jamie - open series Rereads ✅
*Elizabeth N - apr may 2025
*Connie N - meet greet options
*Christy - up next
*Carrie - m g Rereads ✅
Groups allocatedsoon after 18 March 4.00pm EST US
Group 1
Aminko - pifm 2025
Anissa - rr mng picking
Becky - meet n greet
Carrie - m g Rereads ✅
Chiara - meet greet challenge Rereads ✅
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng picking
Grace - meet and greet
Jane - picking shelf Rereads ✅
Julie - challenges pick list
KarenH - meet and greet Rereads ✅
KathyD - pick shelf audio Rereads ✅
LaurLa - 01 pick me please
Margie - rr group pick for me
Melissa~ - meet n greet Rereads ✅
MountainKat - meet n greet options Rereads ✅
Nadine - 2025 challenge pick shelf
R E C - meet n greet pick shelf
Sassafrass - 2025 1 pifm aoc
Wealie - 0 picking
Group 2
Anastacia - romance
Breanne - meet and greet 2025
Carmen TBST - meet greet picks
Cheryl - meet greet
Christy - up next
Connie N - meet greet options Rereads ✅
Ela (Mouse333) - meet n greet Rereads ✅
Elizabeth N - apr may 2025
Hazel - mng selects
Jamie - open series Rereads ✅
Jenner - meet n greet pick shelf Rereads ✅
Jessica - pick it for me
Jodi - meet greet shelf Rereads ✅
Mell - 2025 hopefuls Rereads ✅
Rachel C - mng picking Rereads ✅
Raine - 2025 pifm
Shelby - meet and greet to read **diff shelf for bonus**
Susan - pick me a winner book shelf Rereads ✅
SusanA - mg pick from here **diff shelf for bonus**
UnusualChild (Beppy) - meet n greet
Remember:If you have a private profile, you MUST OPEN YOUR PROFILE for the duration of the picking. No exceptions.
**Remember to check that other members can access your bookshelves and that they are not set to private for the duration of picking AND that you can receive private messages.
Refer instructions on how to make sure you receive messages.
If you haven't played for a while or new to the challenge, you are likely blocking all PMs.
BONUS picks may start 20 March 12.01 am NZ time
Time converter: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
(12 hours ahead of UTC/GMT)
I'm in for regular and bonus please. :)Regular - Meet and Greet to Read
Bonus - Current Challenge to Reads
Me please! 🙋🏻♀️ Both regular and bonus - rereads are awesome!Please use my meet-n-greet-options shelf - thanks!
I would like to join for both groups rereads are fine with me toohttps://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Sounds fun, I haven't joined this one before, but here's my list for regular please:https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
ETA rereads are fine!
Raine wrote: "It's been a while since I've done an RRRC!!!I'm in for regular and bonus: 2025-PIFM"
Oh yes!! It has been years. Welcome back Raine!!
Welcome to some new players ~ Mell, Margie & Anastacia!!
Another 12 hours until the challenge sign up closes.Please check I have your shelf and playing levels correct.
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If you have a private profile, you MUST OPEN YOUR PROFILE for the duration of the picking. No exceptions.
**Remember to check that other members can access your bookshelves and that they are not set to private for the duration of picking AND that you can receive private messages.
Refer to msg 7 for details on what to do :)
I haven’t been getting any notifications (on any threads) even though I’ve selected the option. I don’t know if this is affecting anyone else.
Hazel wrote: "I haven’t been getting any notifications (on any threads) even though I’ve selected the option. I don’t know if this is affecting anyone else."I feel like over the last 3-4 days I'm not even seeing anything on the notification bell. That is what I've been checking when I'm online. Now I just go to the threads of what I've got challenges in.
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1 April - 31 May 2025
This is a challenge for the hordes of members who need help selecting their next book to read. This is basically a group Pick-It-For-Me challenge WITHOUT the new book recommendations or categories. It is a two (2) month challenge and will be repeated every two months so long as there is significant interest.
This challenge is limited to members who are 18 years or older. This is one of the very few age-restricted challenges in our group. There are many other challenges to choose from for those under 18.
Depending on the number of sign-ups for this challenge, groups will consist of 15-20 people.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
18 March 4.00PM US EST (TUESDAY) - SIGN-UPS close date! Please allow a few hours for the groups to be posted. Once the groups are posted, picking for the groups will then commence.
20 March 12am NZ - picking starts for the bonus group.
31 March - PICKING due date! Picks for all group members must be completed.
1 April - OPENING date - Start reading!
INSTRUCTIONS: Step by step
1. Each participant must create a shelf and include on that shelf books that they would like to read in the coming two months. You will need to have at least 30-40 books on this shelf and you must post the link to that shelf when you sign up. If you participated in the last MnG, you may use the same shelf with updated books.
Participants also appreciate not having too many books on that shelf - they want to select something you really want to read or be pushed to read. Try to keep the shelf under 100 books.
2. Sign up by the close date, posting the link to your shelf.
3. Once sign-up closes, each person will recommend to every other person in their group THREE (3) books selected from each member's nominated shelf. Recommendations will be sent via PM (private message) - NOT in the thread.
If you have a private profile, you MUST OPEN YOUR PROFILE for the duration of the picking. No exceptions.
If you are new to the challenge, please make sure your privacy settings are set to 'anyone' being able to send you private messages. Refer below for how to do this.
4. Members choose ONE (1) book from each set of recommendations, removing that selected book from their nominated shelf (to reduce multiple selections of the same book) and placing it in another shelf to track this challenge. I would suggest that you create a second shelf for these selections for ease of tracking.
5. When picking starts I will open the participants thread for each member to post their list of selected books.
6. Once the challenge opens on the first day of next month, mark off each book on your challenge list as it is finished, noting the date completed. Update your completion rate at the top of your list throughout the challenge - e.g. "Completed: 3/15". Please feel free to post feedback on each book in the discussion thread :) You cannot start your book until the first day of the month.
Do not repost your list in the Participants Thread - you will maintain your list in the original post.
To complete this challenge, you must read at least five (5) books from your chosen list. You may, of course, complete the full list.
There will be two threads for this challenge:
* Sign Up/Reading thread. All sign-ups, chat and questions occurs in this thread.
* Participants' Lists thread. This is only for the final book list for each participant. The participants' thread will be locked until we are ready to start picking.
You cannot start picking for your group members until groups are posted.
RULES/TIPS:
* You ONLY select books from the pickee's nominated shelf.
* You must nominate 3 books for each set of picks.
* Book nominations and selections do not need to be in any order.
* You can add/subtract books on your own picking list at any time during the sign-up and picking process. (However if a book has already been recommended during the picks prior to swapping it off your list, this recommendation stands valid.)
* If you recommend a book from a series, please ensure that it is the next book for the reader in that series.
* If a book from a series is recommended but it is not the next book for the reader in that series and it is on your nominated shelf, please feel free to substitute the appropriate book for that recommendation.
* The 3 books recommended must be in different series or stand alone books. Your picks need to provide a variety of choice!
* You may put re-reads on your nominated picking shelf if desired. (This means the book may already be 'read' and rated - but if it is on that shelf, these books are fair game for the pickers.)
* You must have completed picking for your group members by the picking due date.
* You may use books planned for other challenges in this challenge and vice-versa unless otherwise specified in the alternate challenge(s).
* There is NO minimum page number requirement in this challenge.
* Books may be from any romance sub-genre, but we are a romance group so please keep your books on your nominated shelf to the romance or popular fiction genres.
* Remember - if your profile is private, you will need to OPEN YOUR PROFILE FOR THE DURATION OF THE PICKING PERIOD otherwise members will not be able to access your nominated picking shelf.
* Feel free to 'friend' all the members of the group, as this will make picking much easier and faster.
* A member can ask for repicks from another member if they have already selected all three of the nominated books. For this reason, it is important that members move books off their nominated picking shelf as soon as they have made their selection.
* When providing feedback in the Reading Thread, please ensure that key plot points are hidden behind the spoiler 'tag' - <'spoiler>blah plot point blah<'/spoiler> (ignoring the apostrophes which have been inserted to show the formula).
* If you have a book that you can't finish (DNF), you are welcome to go back to the original picks from that member and select another book. You cannot ask for new picks. You may count as 'finished' a DNF book if you have read at least 50% but that book must then be marked as a 'DNF' in either your review or appropriately shelved as such on your GR bookshelf.
Our members read a variety of romance sub-genres. You do not need to have read the book that you recommend, nor do you have to have knowledge of the sub-genre that may predominate any of the shelves. How you select books from the nominated shelves is entirely up to you.
How to create a new bookshelf:
* Go to My Books
* Click on edit next to 'bookshelves' on top left
* Type in the name of your shelf and click 'Add'
* Customize the shelf as desired
How to include the link to your new bookshelf:
(Once you have your bookshelf created)
* Right click on the bookshelf hyperlink (green text that takes you to the page)
* Select 'Copy link' from the menu that appears
* In your sign up post, right click again and select 'paste'
-> the link to your bookshelf should now show in that post
How to ensure you will receive private messages:
Before the challenge starts please make sure you can receive private messages (using a computer) (aka you are accepting messages from other members):
* click on your profile (top right)
* click on the profile link
* next to your name at the top, click on the 'edit profile' link
* go to the settings tab
* scroll to Privacy and allow 'anyone' to send you messages (under 'Who can send me private messages')
Please remember:
YOU ARE NOT SIGNED UP UNTIL YOU POST A LINK TO YOUR SHELF.