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

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

Finished:
The Witch's Heart for BtM

Reading:
H Is for Hawk for January Monthly Shelf

I expect to finish H Is for Hawk by tomorrow...or even today.

Susan wrote: "Coralie wrote: "Would the next three books in two series be acceptable?"

It seems to me they would fall under the "Read 2x 3 books of an author (ie. 6 books from 2 authors, 3 from each author)" pr..."

So they would!

Reading:
H Is for Hawk for Monthly Shelf
The Witch's Heart for BtM

Coralie wrote: "Would the next three books in two series be acceptable?"

Coralie, I wondered the same thing as I have a lot of series that I have read the first book and haven't yet continued the series. So, Tien...what do you say?

P.S. I did find 2 new trilogies on my New Series shelf.

Tien wrote: "yes, keep heart - rollover numbers will look daunting at the beginning but it will all iron out to being more even near the end."

Oh, yeah. That is true. Thanks for the reminder, Tien.

Marie (UK) wrote: "it will take me a year to read all these books i have a big book of 1,000 pages a series list of 16 and 2 trilogies those prompts alone will take months"

For me, the same is true...it will take a while. Especially with all the multiples.

Well, as usual, I only got a small amount read in this game...2.

So my rollover is 10! It is a good thing that I am doing well on Fifteen...as I am going to need the extra time for this game!!!

10 rollover + 11 Feb = 21 to read.

Prompt 2: Heads or Tails COMPLETED

My last serial book was A Sense Of Place (Alison Plantaine #2)

1. Heads: Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly Read 1/20/23 - 4*
2. Heads: Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen Read 1/31/23 - 4*

Finished:
Murphy's Law for Fifteen
Bluebird, Bluebird for BtM and Fifteen

Reading:
H Is for Hawk for Monthly Shelf

Prompt 9: Square

Read 2 trilogies OR read 3 books each of two different authors

Trilogy #1
1. Born in Fire
2. Born in Ice
3. Born in Shame

Trilogy #2
1. Call Down the Hawk
2. Mister Impossible
3. Greywaren

Finished:
This Lie Will Kill You for Trim 22 and Dec BtM
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat for BtM and Fifteen
To Shield the Queen for Dec BtM and Fifteen
Kitchen for Fifteen
The Labrador Pact for MM 23

Reading:
Murphy's Law for Fifteen
Bluebird, Bluebird for BtM and Fifteen
H Is for Hawk for Monthly Shelf

Prompt #4: cover(s) shows people for a total of 4 COMPLETED

1. Pumpkinheads - 2 people Read 1/17/23 - 4*
2. To Love and Be Wise - 1 person Read 1/12/23 - 4*
3. To Shield the Queen - 1 person Read 1/26/23 - 4*

My first completed prompt!

Prompt 5: Prime number

√The Cat Who Smelled a Rat = 229p Read 1/26/23 - 3*

Finished:
I am a Japanese Writer for Fifteen and LOST
Rock Paper Scissors for Fifteen
Deadly Inheritance for Fifteen

Reading:
This Lie Will Kill You for Trim 22 and Dec BtM
Kitchen for Fifteen
The Labrador Pact for MM 23
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat for BtM and Fifteen
Bluebird, Bluebird for BtM and Fifteen
To Shield the Queen for Dec BtM and Fifteen

Lagullande wrote: "Lagullande wrote: "....I will rethink and come up with a more suitable idea."

How about this, Tien?

There are 7 countries in the G7. I will read a book predominantly set in/or an author born in ..."

Lagullande, Tien is away. I think that will be fine...the 7 countries. It is on the same level as my 7 continents and the example of 7 seas/7 days of the week.

Finished:
Strangers on a Train for Found
Zen in the Art of Writing for Fifteen

Reading:
This Lie Will Kill You for Trim 22 and Dec BtM
I am a Japanese Writer for Fifteen and LOST
Kitchen for Fifteen
The Labrador Pact for MM 23
Rock Paper Scissors for Fifteen
Deadly Inheritance for Fifteen

Tien, I really liked The Clockmaker's Daughter. I gave it 4*.

Marina, Something Wicked This Way Comes is a book that I will also probably read soon. I love Ray Bradbury's writing.

Oh, this is the genre that I approach with caution. For most of the South and Central American books that I have come across, this is the preferred genre...and most of the time I hate it. Yet, there are an awful lot on this list by writers from other countries and continents who employ this technique in their stories, and some of those have gotten the rare 5* that I give! I really do not understand why the difference.

Of the 8 listed by Oprah in the article, I have read:
One Hundred Years of Solitude - 3*
The House of the Spirits - 2*
Love Medicine - 3*

Books to be considered from pages 1-2:
The Starless Sea
Once Upon a River
Chocolat
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Ficciones
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
The Cartographers - will finish Found
All the Birds in the Sky

All linked to here. If I missed you, please let me know.

Prompt 8: Oxygen (posted 8/18/23)
Read 8 of your comfort / guilty pleasures books

All are Paranormal, although the first 4 are also Cozy Mysteries.
1. Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti
2. A Cast-Off Coven
3. The Ghost and the Dead Deb
4. A Vision of Murder
5. Fire Touched
6. Linger
7. Magic Breaks
8. Sweep of the Heart