Romance Readers Reading Challengesdiscussion

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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 set of rules. The assignment method and book selection rules change each month so it’s always new and different. Please make sure you read this information before you sign up.

After the signup period expires, I'll put your names along the extra info I requested into the super secret PIFM randomizer and select someone for you to choose for. The person for whom you are to 'pick' will be posted at the same time as the rules for the month.

While you are doing your picks, someone else is picking for you. Once you receive your picks, you select a book off the list and get reading. To complete the challenge, you only have to read1 (one)book, but many of us end up reading more because we just can't resist a list of books to read.

You need to either HAVE YOUR PROFILE SET TO PUBLIC (preferable), or make the person who will be giving you recommendations your friend. On top of that, I strongly recommend keeping your bookshelves updated; you may otherwise end up with a recommendation for a book that you have already read.

If you are new, please read thechallenge specific FAQ.If you have any questions that are not addressed there, please feel free to ask!

***TIPS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE!***

1. Check the publishing date of the book before recommending it.To check the publishing date, from your pickee's to-read or similar shelf, choose shelf settings and from the drop down, select "date pub" and save your shelf setting

2. Check pickee's exclusive shelves - could be very helpful in recommending something they want to read.An Exclusive shelf is one that a member has labeled themselves, for example, 'to read next', 'can't wait to read', 'favorites'.

3. Look at your pickee's 'read' shelf and see what genres they have recently read the most. That might help in choosing something they are interested in reading right now.

4. Please make sure the books you choose for your pickee are not on their 'read' shelf.Just because it isn't rated doesn't mean it wasn't read. Sometimes the reader may choose not to rate a book.

5. Although Buddy Reads are no longer going to be offered as a category, if there is a recommendation that you give your pickee that you would like to read with them, please feel free to suggest a Buddy Read with them. You can PM each other and discuss it.

6. If your pickee reads lots of books in a genre you are not familiar with (erotic romance, GLBT, YA, etc.), feel free to contact either Fran, Dee, Jane or the month's organizer and they can try to point you in the right direction for recommendations.

7. If possible, try to include a shorter book, a longer book, a new addition to their 'to-read' shelf, and and older book from their 'to-read' shelf.This gives them a variety of options to choose from. You can sort the shelves by many features - ratings, date read, date added, date published, #of pages and many other items from the shelf settings as described in Tip #1. And they can be sorted by ascending or descending order as well.

8. Please try to keep the choices to one per category but it's not mandatory.If you have more than one choice that you really want to recommend then you can do so.

INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP:
Please sign up in this thread with the following information in your signup post:

What is your favorite season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter or Rainy?

IMPORTANT DATES:
Sept 28th(10(am)US PDT): Sign up closes, matchups are made, picking rules are posted
Oct 2nd (23:59(pm)US PDT): Deadline for recommendations; remixes are assigned
October 31st: Deadline for reading your pick and giving some feedback

SIGN-UP List

(Updated till post 123)

Spring
1.Laura
2.Kami
3.Dawn
4.Jane (PS)
5.Gea
6.Rena Reads Romance
7.Rena
8.Renee
9.Andrew
10.Isabella
11.Misskim
12.ShoSho
13.Valerie

Summer
1.Skandia
2.Roxy
3.Amy J
4.Nancy
5.Jackie M
6.Christina
7.Elke
8.Sallie (Shuga)
9.LethalLovely
10.Kimberly

Autumn
1.Dee
2.KarenH
3.Fran
4.MountainKat
5.Kristi (Passion for the Page)
6.Rishika
7.PhotoJim
8.Carrie
9.Sandy
10.Katie
11.Leslie
12.Breann
13.Daffodil
14.Lexa
15.~Melissa~
16.Penney
17.Melissa
18.Ab2y
19.Sue
20.Ruth Ann
21.Nichole
22.Susan (Susayq)
23.Gigi
24.Diane ~Firefly~
25.Elizabeth
26.Regina
27.Pollyanna
28.Nhurya
29.Dawn (Kat n Hat)
30.Yz the Whyz
31.Elishia
32.Carla
33.Lady Allison
34.MacWolf01
35.Tiffany
36.Debra

Winter
1.Ty
2.Jojo
3.Jodi
4.Lacy
5.Nikki
6.Nairabell
7.Karen
8.Erin B
9.Cathy C
10.Tania
11.Aleksandra
12.Megan L

Rainy
1.Vi
2.Irina
3.Rachel
4.Joyce
5.Ashley

PIFM Pairings!!

Each person will be picking for the person below them in their group. The last person in the group will be picking for the person on top of the group. For example, Isabella in Spring group will be picking for Gea whereas Misskim who is at the last will be picking for Isabella who is at the top.

✓ - Picks Made
Spring:
✓Isabella
✓Gea
✓Valerie
✓Kami
✓Rena
✓Rena Reads Romance
✓Dawn
✓Renee
✓Andrew
✓Sassafrass
✓Laura
✓Jane (PS)
✓ShoSho
✓Misskim

Summer/Rainy:
✓Kimberly
✓Rachel
✓Nancy
✓Ashley
✓Amy J
✓Christina
✓Vi
✓Skandia
✓Sallie (Shuga)
✓LethalLovely
✓Irina
✓Jackie M
✓Joyce
✓Elke
✓Roxy

Autumn
Nichole
✓Susan (Susayq)
✓Ruth Ann
✓Dawn (Kat n Hat)
✓Suzanne
✓Debra
✓Nhurya
✓Regina
✓Pollyanna
✓Carrie
✓Melissa
✓Lexa
✓KarenH
✓Fran
✓Dee
✓MacWolf01
✓Gigi
✓Sandy
✓Daffodil
✓Yz the Whyz
✓Leslie
✓Katie
✓Breann
✓MountainKat
✓Rishika
✓Sue
✓Elizabeth
✓Diane ~Firefly~
✓~Melissa~
✓Ab2y
✓Kristi (Passion for the Page)
✓Tiffany
✓Penney
✓PhotoJim
✓Elishia
✓Carla
✓Lady Allison

Winter:
✓Lacy
✓Karen
✓Ty
✓Nikki
✓Jodi
✓Megan L
✓Erin B
✓Tania
✓Cathy C
✓Jojo
Aleksandra
✓Nairabell

PIFM Rules:

This PIFM challenge we will be celebrating the different seasons. Please make sure that at least 4 books are from your pickee's TBR.

Spring
1. Spring Cleaning:Recommend a book from a series that they have already started or a book that has been longest in from your pickee's TBR.
2. Season of Rebirth:Recommend an author/genre that they don't regularly read.

Summer
3. Summer flings:Recommend a book from your pickee's TBR that caught you eye.
4. Beach Reads:Recommend a light, fluffy book that can be read in a beach.

Autumn
5. Sports Season:Read a book with sports premise or a very popular book.
6. TV Seasons:Fall is the start of new seasons of TV shows. Recommend a series that is new to your pickee or a long book.

Winter
7. Cozy Winter:Recommend a book that you read and loved; a book that is a comfort read on a wintery night.
8. Pass It On:Pass on a book you loved that was recommended to you by a friend or from another PIFM challenge.

Reserved - Just in Case

Spring:)

Autumn!
I got too excited. I really meant WINTER

Autumn because its when all the trees turn the virginia tech colors;)

Hmmmm, around here the rainy season is pretty much all year, but we do get some of our nicest weather inAutumn.

Summer:)

I've lived primarily in tropical countries. So it's either rainy season or dry season. I much prefer Rainy season since I just love rain.

Autumnfor me:)

Rainyseason all the way!!! love the sound of rain and the smell of rain on fresh grass..:D

Winter - I love putting the heating on, drawing the curtains and curling up with the TV or a book.

I'm completely torn between winter and autumn! But this year, I think I am looking forward to fall more than winter so I am going to go withautumn!

Hmmm... autumn, winter, and spring are all really nice in Florida. But I think I'm going to go withautumnsince it's the most notable change. The heat of summer finally breaks and the thunderstorms chill out (although the possibility of a hurricane still exists) and we can finally do all things outside comfortably again.;-)

I am in I will go for Autumn

Fall! I'm all about the fall.

I'm torn.

I love the magical feeling of winter. The lights twinkling while the snowy gently falls, warm coco, cozy blanket curled up with a good book.

I love the smells of fall, the colors and crispness in the air. Walking and crunching the leaves. Halloween and turkey time, getting ready for the man in red.

I'm going to go withFall

I'm in. I love Autumn!

I'm in -- Autumn!

I secondSpring.

I love Autumn!!

Me please! Autumn is my favorite time of the year!

Autumn of course.

October is just wonderful... if you ignore all the people trying to kill me by burning leaves outside. Love the smell, hate the way my allergies react. The temperature is usually just about perfect for me, crisp but not freezing. Then at the end of the month I get to watch all the old b&w horror movie marathons on TCM and AMC.

Spring

I love Autumn... I look forward to the colors and scents all year!

I'm in for Summer: best season for fruits and veggies and longer lazy days.

We are in Spring at the moment, and the weather is just beautiful - days of about 27 c; nights about 15 c. I'd love it to rain, but we can't have everything (evidently)... So I'll stick with the current season since I can't pick otherwise:)

I love Summer. As long as it's a dry heat, it can't get too hot form me.

I love all the changing colors, scents, crisp air of Autumn!

It's very hard to decide, because I love every season. I think I will go with Summer.

The coziness of Autumn *sigh*

I'm in and I much prefer Autumn weather.

I love Winter! Give me some chili, a crackling fire and a good book and I am set for the day.

I like Spring when everything becomes green again

I'm in, Autumn.

I miss you guys, so I'm taking a break from my challenge break and joining you people this month!

I am torn between winter and summer. I love the winter holidays, but I love the dry heat and the break we get from homeschooling....Decisions, decisions!

I'm gonna let my daughter pick!


I'm in, winter.

Andrew, you just have to answer this question:What is your favorite season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter or Rainy?

Andrew wrote: "I am soooooooooooooooooooo in!!!1 Here is my list:

Spring:

Autumn:

Winter:

Summer:

Rainy: "

LOL, It's a good time to take a break, Lacy. Welcome back!

Thank you, Vi!

I'm in and I prefer Autumn. I love the colors and the weather - and football!!

I prefer Autumn.

Oh the decision! I'm going with Spring

I'm in for Spring

I love Autumn, when it finally arrives that is.

I wasn't going to do PIFM this month, but I just can't stay away LOL Put me down for Autumn

This seems like fun, so I'll give it a go! (My first RRRC challenge - go team!)

SPRING is my favorite season down here in FL.

I'm in! Winter for me

Autumn, I'm in!