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

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

I met my goal by finishing Snakes and Ladders and Prompt 3. I still have 2 books to go for Prompt 6, and I own both so they are available.

I am proud of the fact that I will be able to complete this game. It is rare for me to do. NOW I have to get busy on MM and Series!

Finished Bones Never Lie for Series 2019 and JRI

Starting The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay for MM19, PnM Protagonists and JRI

Finished: Good Girl, Bad Girl for Found 2019, Bookopoly, Series, MM, and JRI
Harvest for LOST
Flower Net for JRI and PnM Authors

Reading: Bones Never Lie for Series 2019 and JRI

Amy wrote: "I have made my way to Sydney Harbour, the last square on the Australia board. May I please have three picks from my shelf before I return to Canada? Thanks!"

Here you go, Amy. I hope one sparks your interest.

When She Was Good
The Never Game
The Book of Lost Friends

Prompt 3: Owned Books - Finished

√1. Flower Net - Read 8/28/20
√2. Choiring Of The Trees - Read 5/3/20
√3. Stones for Ibarra - Read 5/30/20
√4. As a Driven Leaf - Read 6/29/20
√5. Murder for the Halibut- Read 5/9/20

Only one more prompt to go....!

Dee wrote: "hey tien - if you can stick it out - you might be able to use it for Nick's task in SRC next season - its based on man booker...i asked if i could use it"

I just saw that, Dee. Motivation for me, for sure!

Meg wrote: "I don't hate it, but I wouldn't say I'm enjoying it. Definitely not one I can sit and read all evening.
But I may not have much choice ; 26 hours later we still don't have electricity :("

Wow, Meg! I hope you have a lot of candles!

I haven't read for a couple of days due to read-a-thon. I really do not want to give up, but the story just is not grabbing me at all.

Today I picked up the other two books I hope to read this week. So...I have all three...so now to reading.

Tien wrote: "I started reading last night and got to somewhere in the middle of chapter 2. I'm still driven to confusion with the perspective -a number of times I have to puzzle out which 'he' did she mean?!?!"

Oh, my. I thought my confusion over the "he" was simply due to the amount of time since I read Book 2. Glad to know I am not alone!

I was able to renew the 7 day book...so now I need to start really reading it. Did we make a schedule...or is everyone else delaying this to Sept?

I'm in. Back later for planning!

After reading this over, I am passing...I am too close to a finish and the Read-a-thon may be the thing that does it for me.

I have A Court of Mist and Fury and Iron Kissed already planned for another challenge...so probably one of those.

Congrats to Kristina and Coralie!

How is everyone else doing? I have 2 to go.

I'm definitely not making 100 pages a day. So far I have only read 22.

Put book on hold with another library...just in case. However, it is currently checked out, so that might mean a wait.

LynnB wrote: "Three still to go ... I'm way ahead of past years on this challenge. 4+ months to go, but I'm hoping (goal!) to be done by the end of September."

Way to go, LynnB.

Tien, I have completed and posted 3 prompts that are not credited yet to me: Prompt 1 - post 46, Prompt 2 - post 45, and prompt 5 - post 39.

Ines wrote: "I've decided to kick a book off the list and add the next one instead. I hope that's allowed! It was only on my list because I'd added some book that I own, but this one is number 9 in a series (wh..."

LOL. Sure, good ahead!

This challenge's purpose is to get those books languishing on a list or shelf to be considered. Sounds like you did that!

I'm in.

Goal: Finish Snakes and Ladders (3 books to go). COMPLETED

Sub-goal: Finish prompt 3 and work on prompt 6.

Planned books:
Flower Net - owned, 465 pages
Bones Never Lie - 326 pages
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay - 309 pages

possibles (if planned books finished):
Night Moves - owned, 376 pages
The Second Chair - owned, 624 pages

8/24: Flower Net - 84 pages

8/25: Flower Net - 135 pages

8/26: Flower Net - 94 pages
Bones Never Lie - 26 pages

8/27: Flower Net - 99 pages
Bones Never Lie - 6 pages

8/28: Flower Net - 53 pages (Completed 465 pages)
Bones Never Lie - 78 pages

8/29: Bones Never Lie - 215 pages

8/30: Bones Never Lie - 27 pages (Completed 326 pages)
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay - 119 pages

8/31: The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay - 190 pages (Completed 309 pages)

Total pages = 1,100