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

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

Genre: Literature

My Picks

1. Jewish (p.13): The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, and The Accident

2. Russian Literature (p.5): The Gray House

3. International Literature (p.2): Pachinko


My Next Picks

1. Readers also enjoyed: (Pachinko)
Lessons in Chemistry

2. Similar authors: (The Gray House)
Erich Maria Remarque: Heaven Has No Favorites

3. Object on cover:

4. Best of:

5. Wacky Shelf: (The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, and The Accident)
Trilogy: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
Sea of Poppies

Genre: Mystery

My Picks

1. Historical Mystery (p.1): A Duty to the Dead Read 6/4/24 - 4*

2. Paranormal Mystery (p.1): Killer Insight Read 6/13/24 - 4*

3. Cozy Mystery (p.1): The Secret, Book & Scone Society Read 3/4/24 - 4*


My Next Picks

1. Readers Also Enjoyed: (A Duty to the Dead)
Pardonable Lies Read 1/8/24 - 4*

2. Similar Authors: (Killer Insight)
Amanda M. Lee: Every Witch Way But Wicked Read 6/8/24 - 4*

3. Object on Cover:
scones: -> Read 3/10/24 - 4*

4. Best of:

5. Wacky Shelf:

Genre: Science Fiction

My Picks

1. Dystopia (p.4): Parable of the Talents

2. Steampunk (p.1): Changeless

3. Science Fiction (p.1): Foundation


My Next Picks
1. Readers Also Enjoyed: (Parable of the Talents)
Sea of Tranquility

2. Similar Authors: (Foundation)
Orson Scott Card: Children of the Mind

3. Object on Cover:
airship: ->

4. Best of:

5. Wacky Shelf:

Genre: Fantasy

My Picks

1. Urban Fantasy (p.2): Magic Binds
2. Paranormal (p.8): Coraline
3. Magic (p.1): A Deadly Education


My Next Picks

1. Readers Also Enjoyed: (A Deadly Education)
Thornhedge

2. Similar Authors: (Coraline

3. Object on Cover:
Sword: -> The Once and Future King

4. Best of:

5. Wacky Shelf:

Genre: Romance

My Picks

1. Fantasy Romance (p.2): Siege and Storm

2. Romantic Suspense (p.1): Black Hills

3. Paranormal Romance (p.14): Silence Fallen


My Next Picks

1. Readers also enjoyed: (Siege and Storm)
Throne of Glass

2. Similar authors: (Silence Fallen)
Ilona Andrews: Sweep with Me

3. Object on cover:

4. Best of:

5. Wacky Shelf: (Black Hills)
black: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... (p.1)
Silver Sparrow

Genre: Cultural

My Pick

1. Scotland (p.1): One Good Turn

2. Israel (p.2): The Yellow Wind

3. British Literature (p.1): A Tale of Two Cities


My Next Pick

1. Readers also enjoyed: (One Good Turn)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

2. Similar authors: (A Tale of Two Cities)
Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

3. Object on cover:

4. Best of:

5. Wacky Shelf: (The Yellow Wind)
wind: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...
East Wind: West Wind

Like Susan, this is not a genre I generally laugh with. I am going for 3 shelves. All books chosen were on my TBR.

1. Comic Fantasy: Rivers of London
2. Humor (p.2): Anxious People
3. Funny (p.1): The Rosie Project

January's Monthly Genre

Genre: Humor

My Picks:
1. Comic Fantasy (p.3): Rivers of London

2. Humor (p.2): Anxious People

3. Funny (p.1): The Rosie Project


My Next Picks:

1. Readers Also Enjoyed: (Rivers of London)
Nettle & Bone

2. Similar Authors: (Anxious People)
Barbara Kingsolver: Unsheltered

3. Object on Cover:

4. Best of (2013): (The Rosie Project)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/best_o... (p.1)
Scarlet

5. Wacky Shelf:

I am going for 3.

I still have 44 to read so this one will rollover to next year for me.

I did not read much on my 2023 list and have 6 left. Usually I would roll them forward, but I have decided to pick a new 10 for now from my Wishlist and my Owned list.

Bea's List from 2011 (wishlist):
√1. Thr3e [Christian Fiction] Read 9/23/24 - 4*
√2. The Covenant [Christian Fiction, Amish] - Read 9/10/24 - 4*
√3. Skin [Christian Fiction] Read 10/23/24 - 3*
√4. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe [Nonfiction, Memoir] - Read 1/24/24 - 5*
√5. Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemies' Table Our Journey Through the Middle East [Nonfiction] - Read 2/10/24 - 4*

Oh, my goodness! Looks like I had a period of interest in Christian Fiction.

From my 2011 Owned list:
6. The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War [Historical Fiction]
7. The Pony Wife [Historical]
8. Staying Well With Guided Imagery: How to Harness the Power of Your Imagination for Health and Healing [Nonfiction, Self Help]
√9. Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales [Nonfiction? Per blurb, these are Native American tales and stories] - Read 9/12/24 - 4*
√10. James Earl Jones, Voices and Silences [Nonfiction, Biography] - Read 11/7/24 - 3*

I skipped two in the Owned list because they are already planned for reading in 2024.

Observation: This looks like the year for nonfiction (four, five if you include the NA tales) and Christian Fiction (3). Neither genre is one of my preferred. Oh, well. Stretching those reading boundaries is a challenge!

Participants:

Anna's Reading LIfe
Apple
Ari
Ashleigh
Bea
Beth COMPLETED
Beverly COMPLETED
Carrie
CC
Charity
Dee COMPLETED
Ellis
Elvenn
emily
Ines
Jacm
Joanna COMPLETED
Joyce COMPLETED
Kristina Simon
LaurLa COMPLETED
Lagullande
Luann COMPLETED
Lyn (Readinghearts)
LynnB COMPLETED
Mary COMPLETED
Meg COMPLETED
Michelle
Nat COMPLETED
Rosemary COMPLETED
Soelo
Susan COMPLETED
Tien COMPLETED

Welcome to the world of LOST. There are a series of 3 rounds of this game. The first, LOST, will establish the date for the other two [FOUND and Lost & Found].

So...to get started.

Pick the 10 oldest books on your TBR. These are books that have been languishing on your To Read list for the longest. You may use any list...a paper list, a GR list, or just your home shelves.

For this game, you may DNR a book and still count it, if you gave it a try. (I have found some gems by trying a book I did not think I wanted to read after all these years.)

Level: 5 books

The cards values indicate the initial of author's first/last name, as follows;
https://images.gr-assets.com/photos/1...
An exception made for X & Z, for author's name to contain such letter instead of being initial, if needed

Jokers: Read any book that has been on your TBR prior to 1 January 2024

The cards suits:
♠️ [spade] - a stand alone book
♣️ [clubs] - a part of a series
♥️ [hearts] - has at least 10,000 ratings
♦️ [diamonds] - has won or been nominated for an award

Four of Hearts: Initial D or Q with 10,000+ ratings
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers Read 3/31/24

Nine of Hearts: Initial I or V with 10,000+ ratings
Foundation by Isaac Asimov Read 6/29/24

Nine of Hearts: Initial I or V with 10,000+ ratings
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling Read 9/16/24

Ace of Clubs: Initial A or N in a series book
Red Lily by Nora Roberts Read 2/8/24

Ace of Spades: Initial A or N in a stand-alone book
Long Man by Amy Greene Read 3/13/24

Soelo wrote: "Finished post #5!"

Soelo, sorry that I missed this post. Congrats!

LaurLa wrote: "Finished!!"

Congrats, LaurLa!

Wow! I forgot about this game. Now to see if anything I have read will help me work on it.

7 The Last Chance Olive Ranch by Susan Wittig Albert Read 2/24/24 - 4*
9 Moving Target by J.A. Jance
7 Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
1 The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion Read 1/0/24 - 4*
6 The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun Read 4/5/24 - 4*
1 The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu Read 1/25/24 - 4*
5 Rebecca Schwartz Series: Complete Set by Julie Smith. I read book #5 Other People's Skeletons and completed it on 5/30/24 - 4*
2 Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee Read 6/1/24 - 4*
5 An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear Read 3/23/24 - 4*
2 Rebecca Schwartz Series: Complete Set by Julie Smith. I read book #2 The Sourdough Wars and completed it on 5/30/24 - 4*
7 7th Heaven by James Patterson Read 1/27/24 - 4*
1 The Day the Music Died by Ed Gorman Read 1/22/24 - 4*
4 Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear Read 3/16/24 - 4*
9 Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear Read 6/4/24 - 4*
4 Fatality in F by Alexia Gordon Read 7/26/24 - 4*
8 The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
3 Red Lily by Nora Roberts Read 2/8/24 - 4*
6 Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear Read 4/6/24 - 4*
4 Rebecca Schwartz Series: Complete Set by Julie Smith. I read book #4 Dead in the Water and completed it on 5/30/24 - 4*
8 Knife Creek by Paul Doiron
8 The Devil Amongst the Lawyers by Sharyn McCrumb
4 Joey Mancuso Mysteries Vol 1-5 by Owen Parr I read book #4 The Case of the Antiquities Collector and finished it by 5/19/24 - 4*
5 Joey Mancuso Mysteries Vol 1-5 by Owen Parr I read book #5 The Murder of Paolo Mancuso and finished it by 5/19/24 - 4*
6 The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters Read 3/3/24 - 3*

It is between Daisy Darker (recommended on another group) and Mexican Gothic (on my TBR since 2020).

I quit on this game this year, but I am willing to try, try, and try again!
IN PROGRESS OF PLANNING
January
GOAL: 12
√1. Pardonable Lies - Read 1/8/24
√2. Start Shooting - Read 1/30/24
3. A Year on Ladybug Farm
√4. The Book of Names - Read 2/1/24
√5. Blood Cries - Read 2/7/24 - owned
6. Home Front
7. The Orphan Master's Son
8. The Devil's Feather
√9. Ragman and Other Cries of Faith - Read 2/20/24 - owned
√10. X'ed Out - Read 1/2824
11. Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
√12. The Rosie Project - Read 1/30/24
Read: 7
Rollover: 5

February
GOAL: 11
1. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
2. The Brass Verdict
3. Entry Island
4. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
5. Trail of the Spellmans
6. Fertile Ground
7. The Invitation - Started, Owned
8. In the Heart of the Canyon
9. The Ninth Daughter
10. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
11. The Whites
Read: 1
Rollover: 10

January Rollover for February:
1. Cold Blooded
2. The Tale of the Body Thief
3. Long Man
√4. Gone Fishin' Read 2/25/24
5. Staying Well With Guided Imagery: How to Harness the Power of Your Imagination for Health and Healing - Started, own
Read: 2
Rollover: 3

March:
GOAL: 10
1. Callander Square
2. The Paris Apartment
3. The Game
4. From Blood and Ash
5. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American - GN
6. Birthright
7. The Murderer's Son
8. The Cartographers
9. Between Shades of Gray
10. The Once and Future King

January Rollover:
1. Brat Farrar
2. Firestorm
3. A Dangerous Mourning

February Rollover:
1. The Library Book
2. Scones & Bones
3. Every Witch Way But Wicked
4. Whiskey & Roses
5. Silent Mercy
6. In Praise of the Crone
7. A Test of Wills
8. NYPD Red 2
9. The Stranger
10. Fool Me Once