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

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

Gee, I am confused! I looked back at the TRIM that I am working on and it is labelled 2020! (However, I did notice that it was posted December 2020, so I do not feel too bad.)

I still have 4 on that one to go. Oh, well.

I will be back to start this one.

Finished The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror for September Book It

Gave it 2.5*. Not my cup of tea or humor, I guess.

Let's Book It: October FINISHED
Simple Plan
4 books

1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for October.

Oct-08 mystery: The Dry Read 10/27/21 - 4*
Oct-09 paranormal: City of Heavenly Fire Read 12/31/21 - 4*
Oct-10 biography
Oct-11 anthology
Oct-12 pulitzer-prize
Oct-13 novellas
Oct-14 music
Oct-15 supernatural: Silver Borne Read 10/8/21 - 4*
Oct-16 detective: A Trick of the Light Read 12/15/21 - 4*
Oct-17 ghosts
Oct-18 birthday
Oct-19 20th-century
Oct-20 epic


2. Birthday 1: Read book/s first published this month [October] of any year

3. Birthday 2: Read book/s written by author/s born this month, October

4. Birthday 3: Read book/s first published in 2008

5. Birthday 4: Read book/s where all author's initials OR first letter/s of all word/s in title found in PICK A SHELF
A Trick of the Light

On my TBR in first 5 pages:

Oliver Twist
The Three Musketeers
Robinson Crusoe
Uncle Tom's Cabin
On the Road
The Last of the Mohicans

Since I have planned The Last of the Mohicans for another challenge, I will try to get that one done.

Finished:
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion for June Book It
Gone Girl for August Book It

Started:
The Bear and the Nightingale for April Book It
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror for September Book It

Just wanted to share my current status. I am working on 4 games for this group.

MM - 1 book to go, and I own it.
Series - 7 books to go, and I own 3.
Trim - 4 books to go.
Book It: (13 books to go)
- April: 2
- June: 2 - started one
- July: 3 - I own one
- August: 3 - started one
- September: 3

There is a chance that I will finish many of these games and will start the new year more cleanly than I have in a long time. I'm kinda proud of that.

Starting:
Gone Girl for August Book It
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion for June Book It

WTG, Rosemary and Meg!

Finished: The Diary of a Bookseller for MM
The Guardian for LOST
Speak for Bookopoly
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth for Series

LOST is done!

I am also done with Bookopoly...stopping. The last book took me too long to get to it, even though it was a quick read. Interest gone for that game, I guess.

Bea

LaurLa

Rosemary COMPLETED

Soelo COMPLETED

Tien COMPLETED

This part of our game will focus on both the LOST books (the oldest on the TBR) and the FOUND books (the newest on the TBR).

1. For this game, you will read 10 books.

2. Three (3) must be your oldest or LOST books. Use conditions 1 & 3 for this task.

3. Three (3) must be your newest books since finishing LOST 2021, that is your FOUND books. Use conditions 2 & 4 for this one.

4. For the other four (4), you may choose any of the listed conditions.

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).

Happy Reading!

Finished:
Signs in the Blood for Book It and for MM
Shinju for Book It

Started:
The Diary of a Bookseller for MM
The Guardian for LOST

Finished:
Floating Twigs for Book It
Clara and Mr. Tiffany for MM

Reading:
Signs in the Blood for Book It and for MM
Shinju for Book It

Congrats, Lusie! Sorry that I failed to link your post, but that is rectified now...with a big complete beside it.

Let's Book It: May - COMPLETED
Goal: 4 books
Simple plan

√1. Revisit: Short Story Collection
Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers Read 7/19/21 - 4*

√2. TBR 1:
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams Read 6/9/21 - 3*

3. Borrowed:
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams

√4. Recommendation 3:
The Cambridge Curry Club by Saumya Balsari Read 7/30/21 - 3*

√5. Last Month 3: Based on Making Payments 5*
Floating Twigs Read 8/21/21 - 4*

Let's Book It - September FINISHED
Goal: Simple (4 books)

1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for September.

Sep-09 historical-fiction - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Read 1/9/22 - 4*
Sep-10 latin-america
Sep-11 graphic-novels
Sep-12 urban fantasy - Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs Read 9/13/21 - 4*
Sep-13 debut-novels
Sep-14 american-literature
Sep-15 fairy-tales
Sep-16 school
Sep-17 diversity
Sep-18 police-procedural
Sep-19 gothic
Sep-20 kick-ass-heroines - Cinder by Marissa Meyer Read 9/27/21 - 4*

5. TBR 2: Go to your to-read shelf, set to view 30 per page & by date added (it doesn't matter whether is ascending or descending), and take note of the number of pages you have. Divide this number by 2 and go to that page. Read a book from this page.

The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore Read 9/22/21 - 2*

I'm not sure I want to read this genre...and then I looked at the list and found several on my TBR.

Since I have been trying for a long time to read Gone Girl, maybe i will get it done this time.

Floating Twigs for Book It
Clara and Mr. Tiffany for MM

Lusie wrote: "I've completed lost with 2 books I did not finish"

Congrats, Lusie! At least you attempted them and they are no longer on your TBR!

Amy wrote: "I'm joining Tien for a drink at U: Anker’s Tavern. May I please have three picks from my shelf? (There are only a few selections right now because I'm trying to finish the SRC by the end of August.)"

Amy, how about one of these:

Bad Memory
The Body Counter
(both continue a series)

or The Nature of Fragile Things?