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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.

After signups are closed, I'll put your names and any extra info I’ve required into the super secret PIFM randomizer and select someone for you to choose for. This will get posted along with the rules for the month.

While you're doing your picks, someone else is doing picks for you. Once you receive them, you pick a book off the list and get reading. To complete the challenge, you only have to read 1 (one) book but many of us end up reading more because we just can't resist a list of books to read.

In order to participate 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; otherwise you might end up with a recommendation that you have already read.

Everything gets done in this thread so be sure to come back often!!!

***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, select "date pub" from the drop down selections and save/close the menu.

2. Check pickee's personalized shelves, especially their exclusive shelves - it could be very helpful in recommending something they want to read. A personalized 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.

INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:

Which type of candy will you reach for first?

Something fruity flavored or Gimme some chocolate



IMPORTANT DATES
Sign up will remain open through to May 27th (8 pm MST).

You’ll have until June 1st (8 pm MST) to make your recommendations.

You then have till the end of the month to read your pick and give some feedback.

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

***Please add a new comment rather than updating a previous post or your progress will likely be missed. It is also very helpful if you add more information like "I finished another pick" or "I finished my third book for this challenge" and mention if your pick was a buddy read. Thanks!***

June 2013 PIFM - Sign Ups


Something Fruity
Tiff
Jane (PS)
Ruby
Katie
Alexis
Kami
Angi
Roxy
Sallie(Shuga)
Dawn (KatNHat)
Cacophony
Irina
Kerste
Jennie

Gimme Chocolate
Vi
Breann
Ty
Skandia
Zara
Arena
Bre
Nikita
Yz the Whyz
Leonie
Dee
Nadine
Leslie
Brandilyn
Fran
Elke
Susan A
~Melissa~
Suzanne
Gea
Lacy
Penney
Pam
Vilda
Gigi
Ab2y
Carla
Nancy
Sassafrass
~KarenH~
Elizabeth
Amy
Delaina
Amy J
Inge
MountainKat
Diana~Firefly~
Christina
Kate
Joyce
Jane
Shelley
Erin
Shatan
Becca
Nichole
Ashley
Paisley
Ruth Ann
Macwolf01 [Elise]
Raquel
Brittany
Sandy
Ashley
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron

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June 2013 PIFM - Picking Rules


***Please note*** If your pickee has designated a preferred shelf, please try to pick at least one (and preferably more) book from that shelf. Remember that the “new to them� picks can also be on their TBR or preferred shelf - it just has to be an author, series, genre, etc. that your pickee has never read before. Also, while the rules are built around romance authors and genres, you aren’t necessarily limited to only romance titles. Keep in mind though that this is a Romance Readers group, so please try to make the majority of your picks within the romance genre.

June is National Candy Month, which is something that definitely deserves to be celebrated! Here are our picking rules!

1. Hot Tamales: A hot & spicy candy! Recommend a sexy book or a book with a hot cover.

2. Ghirardelli Chocolate: The kind of chocolate you want to savor. Recommend a book with an intense story your partner can really sink their teeth into and savor OR an emotional story where they’ll need some comfort chocolate when they’re finished.

3. Tootsie Pop: An oldie but a goodie, recommend a book that’s been on their TBR for over 6 months.

4. M&M’s: Every time I turn around there’s a new type of M&M out there. Recommend a book that is a new series, new author, new genre or subgenre for your partner.

5. Skittles: Taste the Rainbow! Recommend a book with a colorful cover or a book from the LGBT genre.

6. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: Nothing goes together quite like PB & chocolate. Recommend a book where the couple gets their HEA and get to live in blissful harmony... just like PB & chocolate.

7. Twix : “Two for me, none for you� - Recommend a book that is second in a series your partner has already started and enjoyed. If they don’t have a #2 to read, then choose the next book in a series they need to catch up on.

8. Laffy Taffy: Jokes on every wrapper! Recommend a book that you think is humorous OR a book with little angst, just a light and easy read.

June 2013 PIFM - Pairings
Please pick for the person below you within your group, the last person in each group picks for the first person in the same group (ex: Irina picks for Alexis).

You’ll have until June 1st (8 pm MST) to make your recommendations.
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Something fruity for me!
�Alexis
�Kerste
�Katie
�Tiff
�Ruby prick from pick-for-me shelf
�Jane (PS) pick from q2gb2013 and must-read-mmpb shelves
�Kami
�Angi
�Roxy
�Sallie(Shuga)
�Dawn (KatNHat)
�Jennie
�Cacophony
�Irina

Chocoholics Anonymous!
�Zara pick from any tbr shelf and w2r-audio-books shelf
�Diana~Firefly~
�Nikita
�Fran pick from a-pifm-shelf
�Kate
�Joyce
�Amy J
�Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron
�Nichole pick from pick-me-pick-me shelf
�Ashley (sign up in post 84)
�Ashley (sign up in post 95)
�Gigi pick from rrr-pick4me shelf
�Ab2y
�Becca
�Jane pick from 000 shelf and 1st-bk-in-new-series shelf
�Ty
�Shelley
�Penney
�Skandia
�Brittany
�Susan A pick from pick-from-here shelf
�Nadine
�Erin
�Ruth Ann
�Macwolf01 [Elise]
�Yz the Whyz
�Lacy
�~Melissa~
�Breann
�Delaina(Private)
�Christina pick from to-read-first
�Nancy
�Gea
�Pam
�Sandy
�Vilda
�Paisleypick from kindle-intervention shelf
�MountainKat pick from to-read-asap shelf
�Elizabeth
�Vi
�Bre
�Raquel
�Suzanne
�Dee pick from to-read-2013 shelf
�Arena
�Carla
�Leonie(Private)
�Brandilyn pick from to-read and wishlist shelves
�~KarenH~ pick from cant-wait-to-read shelf
�Elke pick from on-deck-and-4chlges" shelf
�Leslie
�Shatan
�Amy
�Sassafrass pick from read-this-next shelf
�Inge

Repicks
Ty
Elke
Nichole
Gigi
Fran
Brandilyn
Tiff

June 2013 PIFM

First in! It's always chocolate for me.

I'm not much of a candy eater, but when I do have some it's always chocolate.

OHH! Another PIFM! I'm more for fruity flavoured candy (lemon-honey drops, for the win!)!

Chocolate all the way.

Chocolate, no doubt about it!

Ooooh - can I have both?? I love chocolate with fruit fillings!

Put me in whichever cat needs more bodies please Breann. I just can't choose! I love snakes and jellybeans, but I also love chocolate :)

Jane (PS) wrote: "Ooooh - can I have both?? I love chocolate with fruit fillings!

Put me in whichever cat needs more bodies please Breann. I just can't choose! I love snakes and jellybeans, but I also love choco..."

Had to look up what you were talking about LOL! I'm assuming by snakes you are talking about what I would call gummy worms? :D

Chocolate, Oh Chocolate, How I love thee!

Please use: any of my TBR and W2R-audiobooks lists. Thanks

I'm in. fruity flavored

Count me in, fruity flavoured.

Please choose from my pick for me shelf

Breann ♡♥Believes In Love♥♡ wrote: "Had to look up what you were talking about LOL! I'm assuming by snakes you are talking about what I would call gummy worms? :D
..."

These are what our snakes look like:

Not sure if they are the same as your gummy worms, 'cos wiki didn't have a picture of the worms :)

Yes, they're the same :D At first I thought GROSS, they eat candy snakes... uuuuhhhh... I eat candy worms, might be worse :)

I'm in chocolate

Chocolate!

I'm in! Chocolate all the way for me.

Chocolate

Chocolate!

Breann ♡♥Believes In Love♥♡ wrote: "Yes, they're the same :D At first I thought GROSS, they eat candy snakes... uuuuhhhh... I eat candy worms, might be worse :)"

Ah yeah - I think worms are worse than snakes ;)

Gimme, Gimme, Chooooccccolate.

chocolate - no debate whatsoever

if I could get a couple of picks from - to-read-2013 - it would be greatly appreciated

I miss Allen's lollies/candy...snakes/chico's/bananas...you can't get anything like them in the US - hence the chocolate

I'm in and please pass me the chocolate

you can pick from my "to-read" list

Chocolate, please!!

Normally, I would say Fruity, but I have been on a Chocolate kick ever since my 3rd pregnancy... so I will go with Chocolate.

Please use my to-read and wishlist shelves

A Chocoholic here!

Please choose from my pifm shelf

I am back! ;) lol!!

Chocolate...specifically Reeses Peanut Butter Cups!! YUM!

Please also pick from my "On Deck" shelf!

Chocolate please.


pick from here

Please just watch the series; I'd prefer to read the series in order. The shelf is up to date, so you don't have to look at my read shelf to see what number I'm on - -just pick the lowest number you see. Thanks for your patience.

Yummy!! Chocolate please....Twix or Kit-Kat's are my fave!!

I'm in and I reach for Chocolate!

I'm in! Fruity for me. :) In fact, I'm going to go have a gummy peach candy now. Mmm...

Definitly chocolate :)

I'm in and I love chocolate!

Oh, chocolate baby!

I'm in and chocolate--especially dark chocolate raisinets!

Chocolate please!

Gigi wrote: "Chocolate"

Please choose from my rrr- pick4me shelf

I'm in , Chocolate :) .

I'm in and I'm all about the fruity flavor this time of year... if you asked me in the dead of winter my answer would be completely different though.

Dee wrote: "I miss Allen's lollies/candy...snakes/chico's/bananas...you can't get anything like them in the US - hence the chocolate"

Do you want me to bring you some when I come over, Dee??

I'm in, and it's chocolate (dark)--I'm a total addict, sad to say...

I'm in and definitely choose chocolate - preferably dark chocolate - my favorite!

Jane (PS) wrote: "Dee wrote: "I miss Allen's lollies/candy...snakes/chico's/bananas...you can't get anything like them in the US - hence the chocolate"

Do you want me to bring you some when I come over, Dee??"

oh man...I might have to take you up on that...lol! I still got to figure out how we are gonig to manage it

chocolate for me.

Please use my "read this next shelf". Thanks!

I'm in, and it's definitely chocolate for me - although I did pick up a box of fruit filled chocolate wafers at Costco today that look like they'll be really good...

something fruity