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

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

I have 60 pages to go. I WILL FINISH this book today!

Tien, I see that you have already totalled Monday's pages...however, I just posted mine.

Team goal completed and posted.

Team B: Goal completed
Prompt 1 (Out of comfort zone) - (Meg) Revenge
Prompt 2 (Big book) - (Dee) The Gilded Hour
Prompt 3 (Owned books) - (Bea) As a Driven Leaf
Prompt 4 (Series) - (Coralie) The Winter of the Witch
Prompt 5 (Comfort reads) - (Susan) Odd One Out
Prompt 6 (DIY) - (Meg) Below Deck

Good news! I found a way to read that BIG book, so I might just make it (only 200 pages to go). Plus, I will finish my prompt today.

My wrist is slowly getting better, but I am still limited in what I can do....so it is read, read, read!

Hey, team. I fell yesterday and seemed to have injured my wrist. Although it is getting better as the day and Tylenol go, I am wearing a brace and unable to lift or hold my BIG Book that I was reading for extra points. I will finish my Prompt...maybe even tonight...and then will focus on the Kindle for pages.

Meg wrote: "Go Bea!"

179 pages to go. I am going to make it!

Two left to read, and both are on my desk! I will finish this game next month (post read-a-thon).

Tien wrote: "I've landed on P: Phillip Island, could I please have 3 picks from my shelf? Ta!"

Tien, I'll do one of your picks. Birds.

Catching Teller Crow
The King of Crows
The Red-Stained Wings

Prompt 4: Finish that series - 5 books - FINISHED

√1. Relics: A Faye Longchamp Mystery - #2 Read April 11, 2020
√2. The Charming Quirks of Others - #7 Read April 12, 2020
√3. Graveyard Dust - #3 Read March 31, 2020
√4. The Beautiful Mystery - #8 Read May 19, 2020
√5. Grave Memory - #3 Read April 2, 2020

So, we have finished (or close to finishing):
Prompt 1 - Completed (Meg) Revenge
Prompt 2 - Completed (Dee) The Gilded Hour
Prompt 3 - Completed (Bea) As a Driven Leaf
Prompt 4 - Completed (Coralie) The Winter of the Witch
Prompt 5 - Completed (Susan) Odd One Out
Prompt 6 - Completed (Meg) Below Deck

OK... that leaves mine. Still working on it.

I'm about halfway through my Prompt 3 book. I will focus on it tomorrow.

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "What happens if we have already completed a prompt?"

Use your pass :)"

Oh, dear. I only have 2 of those.

Am I the only person who has never played this game before?

EDIT: OK, I rolled out and, despite my feeling that I would beat the 18 rolls, I only used 8. I hope I have done this correctly (keeping fingers crossed). I also only needed 1 pass.

Meg wrote: "I'm on Questacon now, can I please have three selections from my shelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

So, I picked books with titles about animals. I hope one of these works for you.

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
We, the Children of Cats
The Animals in That Country

Meg wrote: "I've started my Prompt 1 book - Revenge. It's a short one so I should finish it today. Loving it so far! I will start one for prompt 6 after that."

Sounds good, Meg.

Lusie wrote: "I decided against trying to read this in 1 week, since that is rather ambitious"

It is! But, for a fast reader, it might be do-able. It is a very read-able HUGE book.

I am caught up to this week (on the schedule)! Will be reading chapter 11 today.

What happens if we have already completed a prompt?

Snakes & Ladders (10 weeks: starting 1-Jul to 9-Sept)

Book of Choice:
3 - Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
8 - And the Sea Will Tell
9 - Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
14 - Flower Net
17 - Night Moves
18 - The Second Chair
25 - Good Girl, Bad Girl
26 - Bones Never Lie
27 - The Bone Garden
28 - Mother Earth Father Sky
29 - War Horse
30 - The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
32 - Riding Lessons

√Roll #1: 3 (Book of Choice) Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Read 8/1/20

√Roll #2: 1 (moved to 4: roll and do as per task - rolled 2 = Prompt 2) And the Sea Will Tell Read 7/10/20

√Roll #3: 2 (moved to 6: roll and do as per task - rolled 1 = Prompt 1) Use Pass Flower Net Read 8/28/20

√Roll #4: 5 (moved to 11, up the ladder to 22 roll and do as per task - rolled 2 = Prompt 2) Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer Read 8/11/20

√Roll #5: 4 (moved to 26 - Book of Choice) Bones Never Lie Read 8/30/20

√Roll #6: 4 (moved to 30 - Book of Choice) The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay Read 8/31/20

√Roll #7: 2 (moved to 32 - Book of Choice) Riding Lessons Read 7/26/20

Roll #8: 2 (moved to FINISH)

Finished: Savannah Breeze for JRI

Reading;
The Pillars of the Earth for JRI
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption for JRI
As a Driven Leaf for JRI and PnM settings (time)
The Dragon Whisperer for JRI
The Soldier's Wife for PnM protagonists, Wheel 4, Bookopoly, and MM