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2012 June Pick It For Me! Challenge
2012 June PIFM - ParticipantsUpdated through message #117.
Salt Water:
Pat
Susan (susayq)
Kami
Cacophony
Lexa
Lady Jaye
Yz the Whyz
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~
Amy J.
Brett
Skandia
Pam
Dee
Roxy
Sandy (Private)
Ana
Sarah
KJ Shadows
Sallie(Shuga)
Tina "reading mommy"
Carrie
Joyce
Cathy
Lisa
Fresh Water:
MountainKat
~KarenH~
Gigi
Nancy
Marissa-dono
Rishika
Rena
Lauren
Mounika
Sue
Erin
Lacy (Private)
Hattie
Ruth Ann
Nici
Laura
Lekshmy
Mommaseymour
Carla
Suzanne H
Aiobhan
Maija
Debbie
Nelly
Emily
Irina
Regina
Rachel- Goodbye Borders (Private)
Chlorinated Water:
Leslie
Suzanne
Fran
Elke
Megan L
Jojo
Mandy
Penney
Melissa
Lady Allison
Dawn (Kat N Hat)
Diane ~Firefly~
Photojim
Daffodil
Shellbelle
Kate
Terra
June 2012 PIFM Picking RulesJune! As a child, that meant freedom to me. No more school! No more bedtimes! Going barefoot! Camping and swimming and even vacations! Our picks this month revolve around all things summer, including some of the early summer holidays! So kick back, relax and have some fun!
Keeping with the casual and relaxed atmosphere of summer, we are going to keep things casual and relaxed in this month's PIFM. So, with the categories this month, I am not going to specify some from their to-read shelf and some that are new. I am going to ask that each of us try to select at least half the picks from your pickee's TBR, you get to choose which categories though. I tried to make sure there was lots of flexibility within each category, so as long as you think it fits - that works for me!
Schools Out for Summer! - Select a Young Adult book, a book with a child or children, or one with a vacation.
Flag Day, June 14th - Pick a book featuring someone in the military, a politician or a policeman/firefighter.
Don't Forget the Sunscreen - Recommend a book with a hot cover or a steamy story.
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream - Suggest a book where a bakery or desserts play a role or one that has a sweet story.
Fire up the BBQ - Pick a book with a story that involves food or takes place outside.
Summer Solstice - Select a book that takes place during the summer.
Gay Pride Month - Pick a book that features same sex leads or has a cover with at least three colors of the rainbow.
Old Maids Day, June 4th - Choose a book that has an older lead (male and/or female) or one that has parents or grandparents prominent in the story.
Buddy Reads: Pick at least one from their TBR.
Sand in Your Shorts - Pick a book that you might consider a good beach read.
Best Friends Day, June 8th - Select a book where friends play a large role in the story.
Bonus Pick: Not necessary but nice.
Father's Day, June 17th, because we all love a good daddy! - Recommend a book where the main character is a father or a father figure is part of the story.
Please Note: Buddy Read selections are not optional! If you are unable to participate, you still need to make the picks. Just let your pickee know that you will not be able to read with them in advance.
2012 June PIFM - PairingsWe're going on a vacation! Some of us to a lake, some of us to the ocean, and others are just hanging out by the pool! What books would you share on your trip? PM
Please pick for the person below you within your group, the last person in each group picks for the first person.
Picks are due by June 2nd at 2 PM PDT. Repicks will be assigned at that time.
Updated through message #579.
� = Picks Made
❀ = Pick Read
Salt Water:
❶� Ana
� Sallie(Shuga)
� Sarah
❶� Dee
❶� Amy J.
❶� Roxy
❶� Lady Jaye
❶� Joyce
❶� D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~
❶� Brett
� Pat
� Lisa
❶� Kami
❶� Susan (susayq)
❶� Carrie
❶� Pam
❶� Sandy (Private)
❶� Tina "reading mommy"
❶� Lexa
❶� Cacophony
KJ Shadows
❶� Cathy
❶� Skandia
❶� Yz the Whyz
Fresh Water:
❶� Mommaseymour
❶� Sue
❶� Ruth Ann
❶� Erin
❶� Rena
❶� Lauren
� Nelly
� Hattie
❶� Carla
❶� Nancy
� Gigi
❶� Mounika
� Aiobhan
❶� Laura
❶� MountainKat
❶� Rachel- Goodbye Borders
❶� ~KarenH~
❶� Regina
❶� Emily
❶� Rishika
� Marissa-dono
❶� Nici
❶� Lacy (Private)
❶� Lekshmy
❶� Debbie
❶� Maija
❶� Irina
❶� Suzanne H
Chlorinated Water:
❶� Fran
❶� Suzanne
❶� Dawn (Kat N Hat)
❶� Penney
❶� Photojim
❶� Kate
❶� Lady Allison
❶� Melissa
❶� Elke
❶� Diane ~Firefly~
❶� Leslie
❶� Megan L
❶� Daffodil
� Shellbelle
� Mandy
❶� Jojo
Terra
Repicks
Late to the Party:
❶� Tiffany picks for Ty
❶� Ty picks for Tiffany
Patient as Saints:
� Dee picks for Cathy
� MountainKat picks for Fran
2012 June PIFM ~ What We've ReadUpdated through message #579.
Irina - Flash Point, Easy
Nancy - French Fried; Noah's Compass, The Earth Hums in B Flat
Emily - Divergent, The Marriage Wager, Penelope & Prince Charming, Beauty Dates the Beast
Brett - Hot Head, Mistress of Rome
Rishika - Marked
Sue - The Mage in Black
Lexa - A Lawman's Christmas, Exclusively Yours
Suzanne H - Spying in High Heels
Carrie- Marked
Mounika - The Endearment
Kami- Deeper Than Midnight; Wicked Lovely
Joyce - Urban Shaman
Penney - And One Last Thing ...
Skandia - Whispering Rock; One Reckless Summer, Hot Six
Jojo - The Iron Duke, Murder on the Rocks
Cathy - Ride the Fire, Inside Out, One Reckless Summer, Giving Chase, Good Girls Don't, All Jacked Up
Lauren - It Happened One Autumn
Megan L - Blue-Eyed Devil; In the Prince's Bed, Paranormalcy, Waterfall, Clockwork Prince, No Regrets, Trial by Fire, Changing the Game
Leslie - Blue Diablo, Tempting Danger
Cacophony - Sweet as Sin
Elke - Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes, The Romance Readers' Book Club
Carla - Provocative in Pearls
Dee - Twenty Boy Summer, Murder at Black Dog Springs, Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
Fran - Out in the Field, Seeing Double
Regina - One Small Thing; Tangle of Need
Rachel- Goodbye Borders - Glass Houses
Pam - Exclusively Yours, The Perfect Play
Ana - Her Best Friend's Lover; Liberating Lacey
Tiffany - Maggie's Mates Multiple Partner Bear Shifter Erotic Romance
~KarenH~ - One Small Thing, Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night, One Reckless Summer, Promises
Tina "reading mommy" - Fifty Shades of Grey, Catching Fire
Ty - Passion Unleashed, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Dragon Bound
Photojim - Kiss an Angel, Shiver of Fear
Suzanne - Shelter In A Soldier's Arms (That Special Woman!), Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture
Sandy - Before I Fall
Lady Allison - The Next Best Thing
Ruth Ann - The Soulkeepers
Daffodil - Killing Floor, Enclave, Proof by Seduction, Paranormalcy, One Reckless Summer
Mommaseymour - Amanda - Backstage Pass
Susan (susayq) - After the Kiss
Debbie - Outlaw Love
MountainKat - Seeing Double, Immortal Rider, Again the Magic
Lekshmy - The Truth About Forever
Lady Jaye - Unlawful Contact
Amy J. - Mercy
Maija - City of Bones, Covet
Melissa - Can't Stand The Heat
Kate - Edge of Sight
Lacy - To Kill a Mockingbird
Erin - Midnight's Daughter
Rena - One For The Money
D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ - My Soul to Take
Nici - The Alchemyst
Roxy - Secrets of Bella Terra, Sweet TalkFirst Grave on the Right
Yz the Whyz - Sweet Surrender, Delicious
Laura - Morrigan's Cross
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Diane ~Firefly~ - Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes
2012 June PIFM ~ Collage of CoversUpdated through message #579.
And of course, I'm in! Fresh water for me!
Well, since I live on a lake it has to be fresh water!
salt water...I could easily be a beach bum :)
Fresh Water - I live in the mountains with lots of fresh mountain streams nearby.
Chlorinated Water, I won't get in the water unless I can see what's on the bottom!
Fresh Water - We used to go bathe in the river and water falls nearby where I live in India.
I'm in- chlorinated water for me, grew up swimming in pools. I love the beach but it's up to my ankles only for me :)
I'm in and I will go with Salt Water. There are so many interesting things that can grow and live there.
I am in , I will go for Fresh Water ....
I'm in. I'm going to go with salt water! It's hard to choose, I send some serious time sun worshiping with all three this time of year!
Let me go with saltwater since I come from the coast
Salt water for me ...since I love the beach.
I've always lived in islands so it's salt water for me. :) Just yesterday I was telling my husband that it would feel really weird for me to be land-locked. I've always been close to water every place I lived my whole life.
I'm in! Love the beach...but I love the pool better!! So chlorinated water for me!
I'm in and I definitely prefer the pool! Chlorinated water for me!
Love the beach but not for swimming so Chlorinated water for me.
I live by the sea so it's salt water!
Chlorinated for me. We just signed a contract to get our pool completely redone. Super excited!!!!
I love sitting on the beach, but I'd rather swim in the pool so I guess it's chlorinated water for me.
how about anything as long as its water ;) but if you are going to make me choose - salt water
Have to go with chlorinated water as we spend a good portion of the summer at the pool but we always find time to make it to the beach while away on vacation
Love the pool, esp in the summer! Chlorinated water for me :)
I'm in and I love all three, but I will choose fresh water since that is where we always go in the summer.
Fresh water for me, thank you!
Yay! I have been out of the challenge for a few months excited to get back in! Chlorinated Water for me!
Maybe with a fresh drink by my side, the kind with salt on the rim.
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Yay! I have been out of the challenge for a few months excited to get back in! Chlorinated Water for me!
Maybe with a fresh drink by my side, the kind with salt on the rim."
I like the way you think! And welcome back!
Chlorinated water all the way.
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Maybe with a fresh drink by my side, the kind with salt on the rim."LOLOLOLOL! Definitely!
I'm in...I'm dying for a beach vacation, so I'll say salt water!
Fresh water for me. Grew up with 4 of the 5(6 if you count St. Clair Lake) Great Lakes!!
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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!!!
INFORMATION NEEDED TO SIGN UP
Please sign up in this thread with the answer to the following question:
**Salt Water, Fresh Water or Chlorinated Water?**
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign up will remain open through to May 28th (4 pm PDT).
You’ll have until June 2nd (2 pm PDT) 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!***