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

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

Reading: Fever Season for July BtM

Finished:
French Rhapsody for Mini Bookopoly and JRI 5
The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece for Mini Bookopoly and JRI 5
Booked for JRI 5

Congrats, Tien! I have 2 left and they are now on my desk for next to read.

Jayme wrote: "Kathiespeight wrote: "what does any of this have to do with book discussion?"

I can't read in my place without air conditioning. :)

On a new problem, school was cancelled today because of a water..."

Jayme, so glad your AC is working again. Will you have to make up for the day off later in the school year or does this reason not count? Still I bet it was a nice surprise.

Just Read It! (Music edition) FINISHED
Prompt 2: 🎵 We will, We will READ you 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Goal: 10 books - I will focus on Audible books as I have been paying for that service and not listening. These were added from 11/19 to 4/20.

√1. Year One Read 3/18/22 - 4*
√2. The Water Dancer Read 4/10/22 - 5*
√3. Pont Neuf Read 4/15/22 - 4*
√4. The Last Thing He Told Me Read 2/24/22 - 4* NOTE: I forgot that I owned this as an Audible book. I actually read this copy.
√5. Billy Kelly: This Is a Family Show! Read 4/20/22 - 3*
√6. Certain Woman of an Age Read 4/24/22 - 3*
√7. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America Read 6/21/22 - 3*
√8. A Murder of ManateesRead 3/1/22 - 2*
√9. The Mountain and the Sea Read 5/1/22 - 4*
√10. The Golden Orchard Read 5/9/22 - 4*

Did an eleventh book since one I actually read rather than listened. Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World Read 3/20/22 - 3*

Wow! You are zipping through this mini challenge, Tien! I am still working on the first round. LOL

Just got back from a camping weekend at Grandfather Mountain in NC. What fun! I stayed in a cabin with 3 other women from other states...and I found a Scottish connection! Seems an ancestor (great grandmother and father) by the name of Dean had Scottish roots.

The same here. And, when I got a car that had AC, I refused to use it, preferring to roll down the windows instead. Now, I run the central air unit most days.

Currently reading:
French Rhapsody for Mini Bookopoly and JRI 5
The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece for Mini Bookopoly and JRI 5
Booked for JRI 5

Good job, LynnB.

Finished: Carte Blanche for June BtM, LOST, and Trim

Lagullande wrote: "Wonders never cease....I've finished!!!"

Yay!

I read 3 for June and 6/10 of my rollovers for a total of 9 books.

I now have January, March, April, and May rollovers of 1 each to complete plus 4 for June. So...July rollovers = 8.

Finished:
State of Wonder for June BtM and LOST
A Few Right Thinking Men for June BtM

Currently reading:
Carte Blanche for June BtM, LOST, and Trim
French Rhapsody for Mini Bookopoly and JRI 5

WooHoo, Meg!

Wow! This shelf is so far outside my reading scope!

I am a jeans and t-shirt kinda gal. I own tennis shoes, sandals and boots. But, I am also learning how to be more conscious of this world I live in and how to use items with an eye on the environment and impact.

So, I am going to try The Conscious Closet: The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good.

Beverly wrote: "I finished my last one The Goldfinch. Of course, I saved the longest book for last!!"

Beverly, I listened to audio for that one...and it got 3* from me. I did not review it (wasn't doing reviews at that time) but my rating tells me that I was not fully engaged with the story. Congrats on finishing LOST, especially with such a challenging book.

Wow! Tien and Beth...y'all are doing well.

I am reading 2 with 2 to go afterwards.

Finished: Parable of the Sower - PAS Monthly Shelf

Currently reading:
State of Wonder for June BtM and LOST
Carte Blanche for June BtM, LOST, and Trim
A Few Right Thinking Men for June BtM

I read Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. 4*

This book was told primarily in journal entries by the protagonist. She relates events of her life and her thoughts in trying to understand the events. She is a teen who is trying to make sense of the world around her and who fears the world to come. And then her fears come true.

The story does contain a grain of hope...and a struggle with a belief in G-d. (Lauren, the protagonist, is a preacher's daughter who tries to make sense of the world of faith in light of the reality of her present world.)

The background of the story and setting are disturbing, mostly in how close in time they are to the present. (Story setting is 2024-2027, in California.)

I nominate Book Club.

I read this for the Monthly Shelf.