Bea’s Comments (group member since Apr 29, 2011)

Bea’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

Roll #22 COMPLETED

Timestamp: 2019-06-01 10:47:43 UTC
Rolled 3, 1 (4). Passed Go. Landed on The Inky Awards.
Task: Request book selection.

Books selected by LaurLa:
Joy Comes in the Morning
The Mapping of Love and Death
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay

Book: The Mapping of Love and Death

Book Due: 7/1/19
Date Finished: 6/20/19

For passing GO, I rolled 2 dice and got 1, 1 (2). [2. Skip the square you've just landed on & Roll again! (move on from the square you've just landed on)]. I will save this.

I'm back! Finally finished my last book, and it turned out to be a better read than I had thought.

Roll #21 COMPLETED

Timestamp: 2019-06-01 10:42:32 UTC
Rolled 1, 4 (5). Landed on Nobel Prize in Literature.
Task: Request book selection.

Books selected by Lusie:
City of Ashes
Don't Let Go
Whole Latte Life

Book: City of Ashes

Book Due: 6/29/19
Date Finished: 6/12/19

Finished:
The Address - Kindle for Bookopoly
Bethlehem Road Murder for Wheel 4
B is for Burglar for PnM Awards

Starting:
The Ice Princess for Wheel 3
Portrait of a Dead Guy for PnM Shelves
Art and Madness: A Memoir of Lust Without Reason for Trim

I read Everything I Never Told You and gave it 4*.

This book had me feeling all kinds of things. At first, it seemed simple - a story of a family who has lost a child. Oh, but it is so much more than that. It is the story of each individual in the family who hides so much of themselves from the rest of the family...and each tries to find a way to cope making the family only artificially a family. It is a household of singles...of individuals who are so insular in their own selves that they cannot find a connection to the others. It is also about being mixed race children and a mixed race family. It is about coping with stereotypes. It is not simple.

I nominate Social Issues.

Hi, Coralie. Looks like we both are having an early start to our day.

On your shelf the longest: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Apt. 3 W
The highest rated on your shelf: The Ruin of Angels
Because I am planning to read a book by this author: Surface Detail

Finished: Bethlehem Road Murder for Wheel 4

Expect to finish tomorrow:
B is for Burglar for PnM Awards

I will finish checking personal threads tomorrow; but, given that I am behind on my own thread reading, I am giving a pass this month to everyone. No bookopoly emails from me.

Finished:
Heaven's Prisoners for PnM Friends
Switcheroo for Series

Reading:
The Address - Kindle for Bookopoly (I am behind)
Bethlehem Road Murder for Wheel 4

Starting:
B is for Burglar for PnM Awards

Here's your picks:

Oldest on your list: The Language of Flowers
Highest rated on your list: Bad Pick
A series that I am enjoying: Storm Cursed

Amanda A wrote: "Can I please get three picks from my shelf for Schneider Family Book Award? Thanks!"

Amanda, your shelf link comes up private and inaccessible.

Finished: Everything I Never Told You for MM, Bookopoly, Wheel 3

Reading:
The Address - Kindle for Bookopoly (I am behind)
Everything I Never Told You for Bookopoly, Monthly Shelf, MM, and Wheel 3

Starting:
Heaven's Prisoners for PnM Friends
Switcheroo for Series
Bethlehem Road Murder for Wheel 4

Lusie, the book I am struggling with for Bookopoly is The Address, partly because I own it and partly because I am not liking where the story seems to be going (adultery) for a character I am liking. However, I am going to hold all moves until I finish it.

Nearly done with Everything I Never Told You. Currently vacillating between a rating of 3 or 4 for it.

Susan wrote: "Two of those are by Harlan Coben. In general, I avoid thrillers. No Stephen King for me, for example. But I've marked these two by Coben as ones I'm considering. Does anyone have any advice about whether they're likely to be tame enough for me or not?"

Susan, I haven't read Stay Close but I gave Just One Look 5*. My experience, although a bit limited, with Harlan Coben is that his mysteries border on Suspense with a twist.

Thanks, everyone. Just 4 more stages to go, and I will be caught up.

Finished!!! Thanks, again, everyone for tackling this book with me. It kept me going.

Stage 11: Titles COMPLETED
Goal: 2,675 pages
Up to 5 tasks

Task:

1. 2 words in title BUT 'The' being first word
The Artist - 477 pages Read 3/9/19

2. Title contains word with 6+ letters
The Brutal Telling - 422 pages Read 1/6/19
A Gentleman in Moscow - 462 pages Read 1/13/19
Friendship Bread - 400 pages Read 3/16/19
Don Quixote - 1052 pages Read 5/22/19

Total pages: 2,776

Finished: Don Quixote for PnM Titles

Reading:
The Address - Kindle for Bookopoly (I am behind)
Everything I Never Told You for Bookopoly, Monthly Shelf, MM, and Wheel 3

Will spend today with just these two books. I need to make serious progress as I am behind in Bookopoly!

Finished: Jephte's Daughter for LOST

Here are some I am considering:

Girl Waits with Gun
The Stranger
Don't Let Go (Moving Mountains)
Ghostman
Look Alive Twenty-Five (Old Challenge)
Fool Me Once (Owned)
Faces of the Gone