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

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

Lagullande, you can do both Found as well as LOST and Found at the same time, if you wish. And, yes, Tien is right. It is one or the other condition not both.

Authors can be repeated if the book meets the criteria chosen.

Finished The Vegetarian for October BtM and monthly shelf

I read The Vegetarian by Han Kang. 3*

I found it a bit depressing and sad. It is the story of two sisters and their husbands. The younger sister has anorexia and schizophrenia which both developed after her marriage. The first part centers around how this illness began to be expressed in her life and the impact it had on her family and marriage. The other two parts are devoted separately to the brother-in-law and the older sister.

I nominate Literary Fiction.

Rosemary wrote: "I've finished at last. DNF'd the last one, which I could have done much earlier if I'd got around to giving it a try.

On to FOUND!"

Hurrah! Have fun with Found.

Finished Silent House for Blind Bingo, JRI 3 and Trim 22

Finished:
Eldest for Blind Bingo and JRI 4
His Last Bow: Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes for October BtM

Reading:
Silent House for Blind Bingo, JRI 3 and Trim 22

Starting:
The Vegetarian for October BtM and monthly shelf
The Witch Elm for October BtM
An Equal Music for Blind Bingo

LynnB wrote: "Well, I find I have read a whole bunch of the books on the list, but one series I've missed is J.D. Robb's "...in Death". It has never appealed to me for some reason. I have [book:Naked in Death|47..."

LynnB, I find that I have a push-pull feeling about the IN DEATH series. I enjoy a lot of the story but, at time, it is a bit "out there" for me. I doubt that I will finish the series as it is a VERY long series, but I am going to try the next in the series for now.

One of my favorite genres!

As I am running behind on the monthly shelf, I will aim at a book I need to read for many games and have been avoiding for some reason: Vengeance in Death

Starting: The Wicked King for Blind Bingo and JRI 4

Nice, Christina!

Finishing today:
Logging Off for Trim 22
Hide and Seek for Trim 22

Reading:
Eldest for Blind Bingo and JRI 4
His Last Bow: Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes for October BtM
Silent House for Blind Bingo, JRI 3 and Trim 22

OK...I take back my last comment. I am finishing an audiobook that fits this shelf: Logging Off by Nick Spalding.

It is a fun, delightful, tale of a young man who suffered from many stress related ailments and whose doctor recommended a digital detox. So he ends up becoming an analog person for 60 days...or that was the original plan anyway. Along the way, he has lots of funny yet so true experiences. This book changed my mind.

Definitely a 5* read.

Me, also, for forgetting about looking for a bingo.

I need to read my prompt 4 book for the current bingo...and a draw of prompt 6 to complete another.

But...what I really need to do is READ.

Welcome Russel, Welcome Myla!

Joyce wrote: "I have a question. You said completed Lost 2021 do you mean Lost 2022? I never completed Lost 2021 that's why I am asking.
and
can I start this even though I have not finished part #2? or do I wait."

I did mean Lost 2022...just forgot to update it. Thank you for catching that. And, yes, parts 2 & 3 can be done concurrently.

I read No One Is Talking About This and it is very evident why this book is on a social media page as it is as disjointed and full of misinformation in its paragraphs of Part 1 as are most social media pages. I gave it a generous 3* due to the story of the second half, the birth of a baby with Proteus Syndrome to the protagonist's sister. Yes, Part II, which was not social media based (well, not as much) saved the book as far as I am concerned.

There is a reason why I do not read in this genre.

Finished No One Is Talking About This for Sept PAS monthly

Started Logging Off for Trim 22

I have 21 to go and feel the same way!

OK...so this is the prompt that I was talking about above. I am substituting a new book for the one I read earlier as I want to use Square 4 for a bingo. Since the previous book was on music, I am substituting another book with the same genre.

So far, out of 7 draws, I have read 3 and have 2 in progress. Catching up.

Finished The Namesake for Trim 22

Reading:
Eldest for Blind Bingo and JRI 4
No One Is Talking About This for Sept PAS monthly
His Last Bow: Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes for October BtM
Silent House for Blind Bingo, JRI 3 and Trim 22