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

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

FINISHED

Just Read It! (Music edition)
Prompt 6: 🎵 Sweet Books (Are Made Of This) 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Goal: 10 books

Read book/s with your favourite trope/s

Paranormal female with unlikely love interest
Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews Read 2/22/22 - 4*
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews Read 3/10/22 - 4*
The Becoming by Nora Roberts Read 3/15/22 - 4*
White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz Read 2/9/22 - 4*

Persistent female detective
Five by Ursula Poznanski Read 4/12/22 - 4*
Silent Scream by Angela Marsons Read 4/9/22 - 4*
Never Never by James Patterson and Candice Fox Read 2/7/22 - 4*

Ordinary person turns detective
Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson Read 1/30/22 - 4*
Immaculate Reception by Jerrilyn Farmer Read 4/6/22 - 4*
Ill Wind by Nevada Barr Read 2/2/22 - 4*

Tien wrote: "Increase your goals?

If you haven't used any of Chance, roll for Chance?"

Hmm. In reviewing the options for the game, could I read for another PAS game that fits Prompt 6 instead of increasing my goals? That might help me make progress on the games I have not yet really started, such as Moving Mountains or Trim.

Finished Black Rose for Trim

Tien, what do we do if we have completed a prompt prior to the start of this game or in the middle of the game?

I have already completed prompt 6.

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "I nominate set in Scotland."

Sorry, Bea, shelf has less than 1,000 books so doesn't qualify."

Bummer. Here's an alternative shelf:

Scotland

Bea's First Round of Bookopoly
Mini Bookopoly (10 weeks May-July)

Chance Cards
1. The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
2. Dragonfly Summer by J.H. Moncrieff
3. The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
4. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
5. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris
6. The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin

First Round
Rolled 1
Brown Property 1: Read for Prompt 1
The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory

Rolled 5
Just Visiting / JAIL
French Rhapsody by Antoine Laurain (Prompt 5 Music) Read 7/16/22 - 3*

Rolled 6
Free Parking: Read for any prompt
The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin (Prompt 5 Music) Read 7/15/22 - 3*

Rolled 2
Red Property 2: Read for Prompt 5
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe by Charlaine Harris (Prompt 5 Anthology)

Rolled 3
Yellow Property 2: Read for Prompt 6
Over Her Dead Body by Kate White (Also for MM) Read 6/27/22 - 4*

Rolled 2
Green Property 1: Read a book for another PAS challenge^ which also fits any Prompt
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block for LOST and Trim and Prompt 1 Read 5/11/22 - 3.5*

Rolled 4
Blue Property 2: Read a book for another PAS challenge which also fits any Prompt
Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb for Trim and Prompt 1

This finishes Round 1

Of course, Tien! Just when I catch up, you add another. WOW!

BTW, I am so busy with this game that I have not even started on Trim and Moving Mountains!

Currently reading:
Black Rose for Trim
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales for BtM April
Finders Keepers: A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession for BtM April
Fall From Grace for BtM April

Finished my last Blind Date book! It was an audiobook that I read mostly on the drive to and from my week of camping.

Finished: The Long Goodbye for April BtM

Finished: Five for JRI prompt 6

Finished: The Water Dancer for JRI prompt 2

Started: A Dog's Perfect Christmas for Blind Date

Starting:
The Long Goodbye for April BtM
Black Rose for Trim

Finished: Silent Scream for JRI prompt 6

Finished: The Tea Rose for LOST and for BtM March

Now to start on April's BtM list.

I read The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. I gave it 2*,

This book was read for a gothic challenge...and, it certainly is dark and horrific. Even though I have read gothic works that I liked, this was not one of them.

I never connected to the protagonist other than to guess the birth gender. None of the elements described in the story were scary to me. No, each was just a horrific insight into a disturbed mind...not an element that led to a desire to keep reading at all.

There are better gothic stories out there. There are better horror stories out there. This is not either. It is a look into a diseased mind and makes me wonder more about the author's mental health that anything.

I should have continued to avoid this book as I have for years. I read it only for the challenge and to get it off my list. If not for the challenge and my own horror at DNF'g a book, I would have quit on this one. Not my cup of tea at all.

I read this for the monthly shelf.
I nominate set in Scotland.

Finished:
The Wasp Factory for PAS Monthly Shelf
Immaculate Reception for JRI prompt 6
Catering to Nobody for Blind Date

I am current to this week on Blind Date.

Reading:
The Tea Rose for LOST and for BtM March
The Water Dancer for JRI prompt 2
Silent Scream for JRI prompt 6
Five for JRI prompt 6

Lusie wrote: "I did not finished Running Blind. Jack Reacher annoyed me in this book"

I have not yet read any of this series, although I have seen lots of ads for the series on TV.

Kathiespeight wrote: "I meant to say discussion."

Kathiespeight, please feel free to discuss any you are reading and/or comment on other's posts. Up to now, most of us have used this thread to simply list the books we are reading for the various games. However, you will note that only a few of the members actually post in this thread. Lusie has decided to post comments about her books as she has also decided that she won't be able to participate in any of the games. I would love to see more participation in this thread. Add to it!

Starting:
Silent Scream for JRI prompt 6
Five for JRI prompt 6