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Meet & Greet Challenge Round 33 (Apr/May) - READING
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 22 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 Wednesday 20 March 2019 6pm EST US*Jane - picking shelf Rereads OK. Will send picks after 25 March.
Sassafrass - meet n greet
Tpagirl - to read 2019
*KarenH - meet and greet Rereads OK
*Cyndee - neet and greet Rereads OK
*ZaraS - rrrc mngc aprmay19
Martha - p4m
Avid Reader - meet and greet Rereads OK
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng picking
NicoleP - meet greet
Amanda - rrrc meet and greet challenge
*Chan - to read
Mary-Megan - meet and greet
Sexyladi - sexyladi group
Nadine - 2019 challenge pick shelf
Ezinwanyi - audio unread
Connie - meet greet options Rereads OK
*Katie - meet and greet 33 to read
*MKat - meet n greet options Rereads OK
*Wealie - picking
*Carrie - meet greet Rereads OK
KathyD - pick shelf must Rereads OK
*Pam from Ohio - meet and greet to pick
Carmen - meet greet picks
Anja - 2019 meet greet
Hazel - mng selects
jenny - picking shelf
Laura - pickers april may
*Jody - meet n greet pick Rereads OK
Ana - picking shelf
*Karla - meet n greet
*Shelby - meet and greet to read
*Katherine - meet greet
*Aminko - next up 2019
Sallie (GG) - rrr 2019 meet greet
*Sunshine - pick for me 2 Rereads OK
Debbie - meet greet
*Raine - 2019 pifm
*Jodi - meet greet shelf Will send picks after 25 March.
Dale - meet and greet mar apr 2019
*Grace - meet and greet
*Becky - meet n greet
*Krissy - mng pifm
Larissa - rrrc mg round 33 Rereads OK
KellyJo - pick for me
Leila - meet n greet picks
LaurLa - 04 challenges picklist
Bonus pickersstart picking at 12.00am 22 March NZ time for all participants regardless of your country
Local time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
*Aminko - next up 2019
*Becky - meet n greet
*Carrie - meet greet Rereads OK
*Chan - to read
*Cyndee - neet and greet Rereads OK
*Grace - meet and greet
*Jane - picking shelf Rereads OK. Picks will be sent after 25 Mar.
*Jodi - meet greet shelf Picks will be sent after 25 Mar.
*Jody - meet n greet pick Rereads OK
*KarenH - meet and greet Rereads OK
*Karla - meet n greet
*Katherine - meet greet
*Katie - meet and greet 33 to read
*Krissy - mng pifm
*Pam from Ohio - meet and greet to pick
*Raine - 2019 pifm
*Shelby - meet and greet to read
*Sunshine - pick for me 2 Rereads OK
*Wealie - picking
*ZaraS - rrrc mngc aprmay19
Groups allocatedsoon after 20 March 6pm EST US
Group 1
Ana - picking shelf
Anja - 2019 meet greet
Avid Reader - meet and greet Rereads OK
Carrie - meet greet Rereads OK
Chan - to read
Connie - meet greet options Rereads OK
Ezinwanyi - audio unread
jenny - picking shelf
Jody - meet n greet pick Rereads OK
KathyD - pick shelf must Rereads OK
KellyJo - pick for me
Krissy - mng pifm
Laura - pickers april may
Martha - p4m
Raine - 2019 pifm
ZaraS - rrrc mngc aprmay19
Group 2
Carmen - meet greet picks
Cyndee - neet and greet Rereads OK
Dale - meet and greet mar apr 2019
Diane ~Firefly~ - mng picking
Grace - meet and greet
KarenH - meet and greet Rereads OK
Karla - meet n greet
Katherine - meet greet
Katie - meet and greet 33 to read
LaurLa - 04 challenges picklist
MKat - meet n greet options Rereads OK
NicoleP - meet greet
Pam from Ohio - meet and greet to pick
Sunshine - pick for me 2 Rereads OK
Tpagirl - to read 2019
Wealie - picking
Group 3
Amanda - rrrc meet and greet challenge
Aminko - next up 2019
Becky - meet n greet
Debbie - meet greet
Hazel - mng selects
Jane - picking shelf Rereads OK. Will send picks after 25 March.
Jodi - meet greet shelf Will send picks after 25 March.
Larissa - rrrc mg round 33 Rereads OK
Leila - meet n greet picks
Mary-Megan - meet and greet
Nadine - 2019 challenge pick shelf
Sallie (GG) - rrr 2019 meet greet
Sassafrass - meet n greet
Sexyladi - sexyladi group
Shelby - meet and greet to read
Remember:If you have a private profile, you MUST OPEN YOUR PROFILE for the duration of the picking. No exceptions.
BONUS picks may start 22 March 12.00 am NZ time
Time converter: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock...
(12 hours ahead of UTC/GMT)
Yes - way too soon! ...and its all happening today!!
OMG - there is no way it is time for this again!! Ugh...I'm in, please use my meet-n-greet-options shelf. Rereads are ok if I happen to put any on the list.
going to try the bonus too.....sorry didn't put it original post
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1 April - 31 May 2019
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 the only age-restricted challenge 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:
20 March 6PM US EST (WEDNESDAY) - SIGN-UPS close date! Please allow a few hours for the groups to be posted.
22 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.
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 - eg "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:
* the Sign Up/Reading thread. All sign-ups, chat and questions occurs in this thread.
* the 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.
* 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
Please remember:
YOU ARE NOT SIGNED UP UNTIL YOU POST A LINK TO YOUR SHELF.