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

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

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*

I want to try a pages goal; but after much calculation, I am chickening out and going for a book number.

My goal: 10 books

Just Read It! (Music edition)
Prompt 1: 🎵 Killing Me Serially 🎵
1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022

Goal: 10 books

Only series books will qualify in this round.
Only 1 book per series can be claimed for this challenge.
You can read in any order.

√1. - 482 pages - The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1) Read 9/22/22 - 4*
√2. - 368 pages - Liar's Moon (Thief Errant, #2) Read 5/6/22 - 4*
√3. - 272 pages - Hangman's Root (China Bayles, #3) Read 2/15/22 - 4*
√4. - 1232 pages - Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) Read 1/27/22 - 4*
√5. - 360 pages - Board Stiff (Mattie Winston Mysteries, #5) Read 11/30/22 - 3*
√6. - 310 pages - Quietly in Their Sleep (Commissario Brunetti, #6) Read 8/11/22 - 4*
...
√11. - 226 pages - Zapped (Regan Reilly Mysteries, #11) Read 3/4/22 - 4*
...
√12. - 504 pages - The Queen's Fool (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12) Read 11/25/22 - 4*
...
√17. - 319 pages - A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder, #17) Read 5/11/22 - 3*
...
√20. - 224 pages - To the Land of Long Lost Friends(No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency , #20) Read 2/11/22 - 3*

Blarneygod, don't forget that part #2 of LOST is Found which is books you've added more recently. And part #3 later in the year is Lost & Found.

Charity, your #16 doesn't add up. You have used the 0.5 portion as a full 5. The two 0.5s only add up to 1.

Tien?

Finished for FOUND:
Nemesis: A Miss Marple Mystery

Finished for Lost & Found, Trim 21, and December Book It:
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

READING:
A Trick of the Light for Trim 21 and October Book It.

I just re-read the rules of this game and realized that the rollover books will change as the rule is "All books should be that month's task." (see example below) So it is the number remaining unread in a given month that is rolled over, not the actual books planned.

EXAMPLE (from game instruction):
So for April, you have to read 9 (April's goal) + 3 (rollover from March) = 12 books. All 12 books should be April's tasks: added to TBR in April (before 2022) and/or published in April (any year).

Beth wrote: "Where do I go to add my name to the list? On this page or somewhere else?"

Beth, I will add your name to the list when you create your list.

Finished for Lost & Found:
Secret Daughter

Turns out that this was my last book for the old TRIM. Onto Trim 21 (new trim).

Lagullande wrote: "5 of my LOST22 books were added in January, and 5 were added in February. So who knows? I might be ready for FOUND on 1st March :)"

LOL! Now that works well.

Lyn, my plan is to read as many books as I can in January, but to hold off planning February until I see how many will need to roll over. Also, I am hoping to include a number of short books in the earlier months. January: 6 under 275 pages.

Lusie, I did check the GA library system. They have lots of copies so getting one should not be an issue. I am willing to read it with you (Yikes 1200+ pages!), but I would prefer to wait until after the new year as I am trying hard to finish up several annual challenges this month.

Reading for FOUND:
Nemesis: A Miss Marple Mystery

Reading for Lost & Found:
Secret Daughter

Reading for Lost & Found, Trim 21, and December Book It:
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

Finished for July Book It: Toxin.

I still have 11 books to read to finish Book It:
Sept - 1
Oct - 2
Nov - 4
Dec - 3

When are you thinking of reading it, Lusie? After the first of the year?

Currently it is checked out in my local library.

Let's Book It: July COMPLETED
Goal: Simple Plan - 4 books

1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for July.
Jul-15 family: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading
Jul-18 literature: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

2. Last Month 1: Read book/s from author/s you read last month [June]
Black Widow Read 10/16/21 - 4*

3. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading Read 10/13/21 - 3*

4. Recommendation 2: Click on your avatar (top right corner) and go to "Friends Recommendations" and read one of the books recommended to you by a GR friend.
Shinju Read 9/2/21 - 4*

5. Owned: Read book/s you owned (physically or digitally) by June 30, 2021.
Toxin Read 12/8/21 - 4*

So far I have completed Jan - Aug. Only 4 more months to go.

Lagullande wrote: "Oh my goodness, this could have hilarious consequences for someone like me who never manages to keep up with the games. Will I have 78 books still to read next December???"

Both of us! Although the fact that each assigned month's number is decreasing, I am not going to plan too far ahead as I am sure I will have rollovers to fill the slots!

Seriously Serial '22
Challenge Period: January 1 - December 31, 2022

0/22 Numbers as at 01/01

1 = The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver

2 = The Becoming by Nora Roberts

3 = A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

4 = The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice

5 = A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley

6 = City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

7 = Liberty Falling by Nevada Barr

8 = The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millenium, #4) by David Lagercrantz + The English Breakfast Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery, #4) by Laura Childs

9 = How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny

10 = The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3) by Justin Cronin + Best Kept Secret (The Clifton Chronicles, #3) by Jeffrey Archer + Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike, #3) by Robert Galbraith + Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1) by Graham Brack

11 = Blacklist by Sara Paretsky

12 = Belgrave Square by Anne Perry

13 = Agony of the Leaves by Laura Childs

14 = The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly

15 = Breakdown by Sara Paretsky

16 = Burn by Nevada Barr

17 = Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White

18 = Night Vision by Randy Wayne White

19 = Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White

20 = To the Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith

21 = Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White

22 = The Joy and Light Bus Company by Alexander McCall Smith

By the Month...
Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2022

January
GOAL: 12
1. (added TBR Jan 2012, published Jan 21, 1992) The Black Echo
2. (added TBR Jan 2012) For Love of Livvy
3. (added TBR Jan 2012, published Jan 10, 2012) Start Shooting
4. (added TBR Jan 2012) With a Hammer for My Heart Read 2/6/22 - 5*
5. (added TBR Jan 2012) A Month in the Country
6. (added TBR Jan 2012) Forgotten Bookmarks: A Bookseller's Collection of Odd Things Lost Between the Pages Read 1/12/22 - 2*
7. (added TBR Jan 2012) Unhallowed Ground Read 1/27/22 - 4*
9. (added TBR Jan 2012) The Baker's Wife Read 2/7/22 - 4*
10. (published Jan 17, 2009) A Year on Ladybug Farm
11. (published Jan 2, 2006) The Book of Names
12. (published Jan 6, 2011) XVI Read 1/29/22 - 5*
Read: 5
Rollover: 7

February
GOAL: 11 + 7 Rollover
1. ( added TBR 2/25/12) Hangman's Root
2. (added TBR 2/13/12) The Snow Child
3. (added TBR 6/25/11) Visitation
4. (added TBR 9/24/11) The Wife's Tale
5. The Sanctuary Seeker
6. Fertile Ground
7. (Published 2/1/99) The Invitation
8. Dumb Witness
9. (Published 2/14/18) Death in the Park
10. In the Heart of the Canyon
11. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
____________________
1. Staying Well With Guided Imagery: How to Harness the Power of Your Imagination for Health and Healing
2. Blood Cries
3. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
4. A Spool of Blue Thread
5. Fever Season
6. O' Artful Death
7. The Ninth Daughter

Read:
Rollover:

March
GOAL: 10 + x Rollover
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Read:
Rollover:

April
GOAL: 9 + x Rollover
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Read:
Rollover:

May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Read:
Rollover:

June
GOAL: 7 + x Rollover
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Read:
Rollover:

And, Lusie, you can always add a comment here about what you are reading...even if it doesn't fit a game! We'd love to hear from you.