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

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

Roll #9: 3, 6 (9) FINISHED
Timestamp: 2021-04-03 10:33:04 UTC
Square: P: The Severen - High
Task: As Property squares are named after places in the book, read book where:
1. Author's initials (all)[TS]...; OR
2. First letter/s of word/s in title...
can be found in name of place.

Book: The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
Due: 5/1/21
Completed: 5/6/21

Finished:
Woods Runner for LOST and Bookopoly
Who Saw Him Die? for MM

Reading:
Making Payments: An American Indian, the Vietnam War, Laos, and the Hmong for Trim

Starting:
Everglades for Series
A Story of Deep Delight for Trim

Finished:
Murder on St. Mark's Place for Trim
In the Blood for Trim

Finished:
The Last Kashmiri Rose for March Book It

Reading:
Making Payments: An American Indian, the Vietnam War, Laos, and the Hmong for Trim
Murder on St. Mark's Place for Trim
In the Blood for Trim

Starting:
Woods Runner for LOST and Bookopoly
Who Saw Him Die? for MM

Finished:
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line for Trim
My Soul to Take for MM

Reading:
Making Payments: An American Indian, the Vietnam War, Laos, and the Hmong for Trim
The Last Kashmiri Rose for March Book It

Starting:
Murder on St. Mark's Place for Trim
In the Blood for Trim

Starting:
The Last Kashmiri Rose for March Book It
My Soul to Take for MM

Finished:
Flesh & Bones for Trim and Series
Travelers Rest for Trim

Reading:
Making Payments: An American Indian, the Vietnam War, Laos, and the Hmong for Trim
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line for Trim

I will be reading one of these:
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The Cello Suites

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*

Starting:
Flesh & Bones for Trim...and maybe Series
Making Payments: An American Indian, the Vietnam War, Laos, and the Hmong for Trim

Still Reading:
Travelers Rest for Trim
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line for Trim

I read Eight Perfect Murders and gave it 3.5*.

I enjoyed parts of this story, but I also found the outcome to be a bit predictable...which spoiled it for me. So, although I would have liked to give it 4*, I only recorded 3* since GR does not allow partial points.

It is hard to talk about this book without giving away the ending. Suffice it to say that it is about a list of perfect fictional murders that are carried out.

I read this for Book It and monthly shelf.

I nominate Contemporary

Finished Eight Perfect Murders for Book It and monthly shelf

January Plan: Simple FINISHED
Goal: 4 books

1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for January.
Jan-09 Young Adult
Jan-10 Mystery Thriller
Jan-11 Coming of Age
Jan-12 Speculative Fiction
Jan-13 Magic - Eragon by Christopher Paolini - Read 1/30/21 - 4*
Jan-14 Contemporary
Jan-15 Audiobook
Jan-16 Debut
Jan-17 Bucket List
Jan-18 Read in 2017
Jan-19 Sports
Jan-20 Latin America

2. Crossing Borders 2: Read book/s originally published in a language that is not your native tongue.
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec (French) Read 3/12/21 - 2*

3. Owned: Read book/s you owned (physically or digitally) by December 31, 2020.
Eragon by Christopher Paolini - Read 1/30/21 - 4* (This is one of the books my husband owned. He died in 2017.)

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!)
Jayme (the ghost reader): The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan - 1/20/21 - 4*

5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month (December) and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books…" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - Read 2/12/21 - 3*

Finished! Life: A User's Manual for Bookopoly and Book It

And out of jail in bookopoly!!!

Roll #8: 2, 6 (8) FINISHED
Timestamp: 2021-03-12 12:29:10 UTC
Square: P: The University – The Underthing
Task: As Property squares are named after places in the book, read book where:
1. Author's initials (all) [SR]...; OR
2. First letter/s of word/s in title...
can be found in name of place.

Book: Who Saw Him Die? by Sheila Radley
Due: 4/9/21
Completed: 4/3/21

Reading:
Life: A User's Manual for Bookopoly and Book It

Oh, this book has been a slog! I expect to finish it tomorrow as I have only 2 sections to go. Definitely a JAIL book.

Starting:
Travelers Rest for Trim
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line for Trim
Eight Perfect Murders for Book It and monthly shelf

Lagullande wrote: "And I've started so now I have to finish! (yes, I'm one of those)"

That's exactly how I feel about my Bookopoly book! 500 pages of boring, but still plodding.

Finished:
Shark River for Series
March: Book Three for Series and Trim

Reading:
Life: A User's Manual for Bookopoly and Book It

Finished:
Twisted Twenty-Six for Trim and MM
The Pagan Stone for Series and Book It

Finished: To Play the Fool for Series and Trim

Reading:
Life: A User's Manual for Bookopoly and Book It
Twisted Twenty-Six for Trim and MM
Shark River for Series
The Pagan Stone for Series and Book It
March: Book Three for Series and Trim