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

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

Finished The Sins of the Father for MM21 [Game completed]

Reading:
Murder on the Oxford Canal for FOUND
Oliver Twist for monthly shelf
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom for FOUND

Wow! Impressive, Michelle!

Finished Black Widow for Series and for July Book It

Series has 4 books left. Three are on my desk (2 owned, 1 library).
July Book It has 1 book left - owned. I will finish those two games soon!

Finished: Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading for July Book It

Starting:
Murder on the Oxford Canal for FOUND

LOST & FOUND

(view spoiler)[Conditions for choosing books:
1. From one author read for LOST: read another book of that author that was either published and/or added to your TBR at a later date.
2. From one author read for FOUND: read another book of that author that was either published and/or added to your TBR at an earlier date.
3. a LOST book (ie. Longest on Shelf TBR).
4. a FOUND book (ie. added to your TBR in the past 6 months & was published prior to date you completed LOST [9/6/21]) (hide spoiler)]

LOST Books: LOST author or oldest on TBR (conditions 1&3)
1. Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World (condition 3 - added May 2011) Read 12/`1/21 - 4*
2. Watchers (condition 1 - added Nov 2011, Koontz)
3. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge (condition 3 - added May 2011) Read 11/27/21 - 3*

FOUND Books: FOUND author or newest on TBR (conditions 2&4)
1. The Hazel Wood (condition 4 - added 8/16/21)
2. Murder, She Meowed (condition 4 - added 8/17/21)
3. The Cat Who Saw Red (condition 4 - added 8/17/21)

LOST or FOUND Books: any of the conditions
1. Secret Daughter (condition 3 - added 5/2011) READ 10/10/21 - 4*
2. The Zookeeper's Wife (condition 3 - added 5/2011) Read 11/20/21 - 3*
3. Rooftops of Tehran (condition 3 - added 6/2011) Read 11/4/21 - 4*
4. Death of a Cozy Writer (condition 3 - added 6/2011) Read 10/31/21 - 4*

Congrats!

COMPLETED

My Found books:

Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR in the past 6 months AND
2. were published prior to the date you completed LOST 2021 (part 1) finished 9/6/21.

1. A Wicked Slice added TBR 9/5/21, pub 1989 Read 11/15/21 - 4*
2. Murder on the Oxford Canal added TBR 10/10/21, pub 2004 Read 10/29/21 - 3*
3. One Good Dog added TBR 9/4/21, pub 2010 Read 12/5/21 - 3*
4. Champagne for One added TBR 9/1/21, pub 1958 Read 11/15/21 - 3*
5. Alone with the Stars added TBR 8/20/21, pub 2020 Read 12/22/21 - 3.5*
6. Nemesis added TBR 7/14/21, pub 1971 Read 12/12/21 - 4*
7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom added TBR 6/8/21, pub 1984 Read 10/22/21 - 3*
8. Brownies and Broomsticks added TBR 6/4/21, pub 2012 Read 12/3/21 - 4*
9. Chosen by a Horse added TBR 5/29/21, pub 2006 Read 12/3/21 - 4*
10. The Cat Who Played Brahms added TBR 5/29/21, pub 1987 Read 11/9/21 - 3*

The Sins of the Father for MM21 (this would finish this game for me)
Black Widow for Series and for July Book It

I will request it on 10/25. There are 13 copies in my local library system, including one in my own local library. All are available so I shouldn't have an issue getting one.

Schedule looks good, Tien. Do you want to wait until Nov? If so, I will request the book the week before.

Otherwise I can get it now, and we can get going.

Finished Silver Borne for October Book It

I knew I would read this fast as I love this world and characters, but one day? I really surprised myself. Thanks for a rainy day.

Silver Borne for October Book It
Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading for July Book It

Let's Book It: June FINISHED
Goal: 4 books
Simple Plan

1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for June.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves

Jun-17 southern - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion Read 9/20/21 - 4*

2. New Release: Read book/s published in 2021
The Rose Code (pub 3/9/21) Read 10/5/21 - 4*

3. Pick-a-Shelf 4: Our gift to you: Read Any Book you want to!
The Traitor's Wife Read 7/10/21 - 4*

4. Last Month 4: Pick an author you read last month and read a book from an author listed under "Similar authors" (link found on author's page, above book list)

5. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
Good Girls (Moving Mountain '21) Read 8/10/21 - 4*)

Let's Book It - April FINISHED

Goal: 4 books
Simple Plan: Meet/exceed your Goal

1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for April.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves

Apr-11 Medieval - The Bear and the Nightingale Read 9/28/21 - 4*

2. Pick-a-Shelf 4: Our gift to you: Read Any Book you want to!

3. Crossing Borders 2: Read book/s originally published in a language that is not your native tongue (Norwegian)
Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy Read 5/14/21 - 5*

4. Pick-a-Shelf 3: Pick a PAS buddy and read book/s from their shelf (if you find they haven't read it either, you could suggest a buddy read!) [Ed Lehman - To Read]
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder Read 6/9/21 - 4*

5. Recommendation 4: Go to What Should I Read Next, type in the title of your last 5-stars read, and read one of the books listed/recommended. If this does not return any result, go to the one before and so on. [I had to go WAY back (Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult 2014) as my more recent 5 star reads had no recommendations!]
The Nest Read 10/5/21 - 3*

Finished:
The Rose Code for June Book It - 4*
The Nest for April Book It - 3*

I have caught up in Book It to July.

Current books to be read:
July - 3 all on my desk
August - 2
September - 1
October - 4 but one on my desk

Tien wrote: "You don't have to read it for this game, Bea, if you still want to buddy read with me. Not sure I could tackle this on my own :/
Not this month though :)"

Sounds good, Tien. I don't own it, so it will have to be a library loan. However, my local library has it, so that will mean a 3 week loan with one renewal. A total of 6 weeks if needed.

I will watch for the Buddy thread.

Tien wrote: "Wondering if anyone is willing to attempt Atlas Shrugged with me :)

or A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3)"

I still need to read A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3); however, it would not be for this game as I am still working on books much older on my list.

Congrats on both of you for finishing that tome! I enjoyed it.

I would be interested in doing Book #3 as a buddy read when and if anyone gets ready to do it. I have read the first two books.

Finished The Bear and the Nightingale for April Book It - 4*

Starting:
The Rose Code for June Book It
The Nest for April Book It

When I finish these two books, I will have completed April and June tasks and will be only 4 months and 10 books behind.

Trim 2021
Start date: October 1

1. How many?!?!
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR. If you have a "0", read 10 books.

I am in trouble already! Both my WANT TO READ (Owned books - 209) and my WISHLIST (TBR not owned - 1259) end in 9!!! I will be reading this challenge's books well into 2022.

1. The Irish R.M. Read 4/2/22 - 3*
2. The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War
3. So Help Me God!
4. Hot Button Read 1/28/22 - 3*
5. Music and Silence Read 12/28/21 - 2*
6. Five Seasons
7. The Queen's Fool
8. The Return of Merlin Read 6/18/22 - 5*
9. Nights of Horseplay: Equine fantasies from South Carolina's thoroughbred country Read 1/5/22 - 3*

I used my WANT TO READ (owned books) list for this group. Non-Kindle.

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "num ratings"
✂️ "avg rating"
✂️ "date added"
✂️ "date pub"

I am thinking I will read the most recent and the oldest since I never get to do FOUND or LOST/FOUND due to taking most of the year to read LOST. I am using my WISHLIST TBR for this.

and read:
a. Books with the highest number/most recent date
1. A Wicked Slice Read 11/15/21 - 4*
2. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
3. One Good Dog Read 12/5/21 - 3*
4. The Exiles
5. Tracks Read 12/5/21 - 3*

(All were added in September 2021.)

b. Books with the least number/oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more. (Will do less for oldest due to participating each year in LOST)
1. Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World (added May 2011) Read 12/12/21 - 4*
2. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge (added May 2011) Read 11/27/21 - 3*
3. A Drop of the Hard Stuff (added June 2011) Read 5/11/22 - 3*
4. Carte Blanche (added June 2011) Read 7/3/22 - 2*

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
I am using the WISHLIST TBR for this one

1. The Fireman - 768p
2. Against All Enemies - 756p
3. The Angel of Darkness - 752p
4. The Museum of Abandoned Secrets - 727p
5. The Tea Rose - 675p Read 4/8/22 - 4*

(Although The Tea Rose is the smallest of the 5, it was added to my WISHLIST TBR in June 2011 and has been planned for other challenges but never read.)

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest installment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021.

(I am listing series books from my NEXT IN SERIES list which are the oldest on the list planned for other challenges but never read.)

1. The Sinner (added 2014)
2. Vengeance in Death (added 2016)
3. The Absent One (added 2016)
4. A Trick of the Light (added 2016) Read 12/15/21 - 4*
5. Callander Square (added 2017)
6. Better Read Than Dead (added 2018) Read 6/7/22 - 4*
7. Redemption Point (added 2019)
8. The Brass Verdict (added 2020)
9. Black Rose (added 2021) Read 4/18/22 - 4*