D.G.’s Comments (group member since Jan 26, 2012)

D.G.’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

Hi Kim! I've been squatting on your property for a while...can you pick ONE book from my list so I can move on?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Pick something light so I can pick it up soon! ;)

Excellent, Bea. Thanks!

Tien wrote: "I have an idea, DG, but let me just check with the other mods if its ok :) "

Hi Tien! Any news? :)

Thanks Tien! Sorry I didn't ask before...I really lost track of what I was missing.

I just realized I'm more than 2 months late with one of my picks! Oops!

To be fair, I'll be in a BR for one of the books in late March so I can't start it now and I've started the the other two multiple times but I'm not feeling them (I'm a very moody reader and it's like they have a repellent!) What options do we have in cases like this? Can we pick something else?

Yeah, I wish we could do half stars too. GR says they won't do it because it's difficult from a tech perspective (which might be) but I think they're afraid of bringing ratings down because most people rate up i.e. if they think a book is 3.5 stars, they rate it as 4 stars in the system. I tend to do the opposite.

Anyhow, my rating is very similar to Lauren's and like Marina, I also have an explanation of my ratings on my profile so people know (or a link anyway). Most of the books I rate are 3-stars for a variety of reasons.
--- I found the book entertaining but nothing else
--- Good book but with major pet peeve
--- Inconsistent book - i.e. great characterization with mediocre/bizarre plots

I don't necessarily look at average ratings when picking a book - readers of genres like YA or NA are easy raters and seem to give 4-5 stars to everything - but if a book has been rated less than 3.5 by lots of people, that is a concern. Lately I've read lots of duds on my TBR so I've decided that in addition to mood, I should consider go for the highly rated first.

Enjoy!

Ok, Marina...here are your picks!

Sorry I'm a bit delayed, Marina but I'm out tonight. I'll post your picks tomorrow morning!

I found these books from my TBR on the shelf but had do to really deep into it.

Bea wrote: "Now what does HP have to do with New Orleans? (puzzling over the classification)"

Well, we found him in Hawaii too. ;)

I think people add books to a shelf because they want to read a book when they are visiting a city. At least that's the only explanation I can find because otherwise, it makes no sense.

Dee wrote: "Can I make a suggestion re: property ownership/requests

If a owner fails to respond to requests more than once (ie a mod steps in to provide recs) that their property reverts back to being open fo..."

That makes sense to me. I would add though that if they fail to respond to requests more than once within a certain period...as this challenge runs the whole year, a person may be unable to respond once in Feb and in August but stilled fulfilled all other requests timely.

Found Harry Potter in the shelf! (pg 26) Hahahaha!

Found the first book I can read in page 12...I've read many books from this shelf but it seems I have very few on my TBR currently!

This is also a short month, Bea so that's probably a good idea. ;)

Ok, I read a few more books from this shelf

- 2 stars - Terrible! Not continuing the series

- 4 stars & 3.5 stars. First book and novella in the same series. Totally awesome! Can't wait to start book 2 and I've discovered that I totally love MacLeod Andrews (the narrator). What a talent! I'm his total fangirl.

Tien wrote: "I have to confess on LOVING [book:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies..."

Hahaha! I liked it well enough but at some point, I wanted the zombies to be over and to read the actual book! That's when I told myself...just pick the actual book! LOL!

For Charity...the first two I've read and really enjoyed, the other two I haven't but looked interesting. :)

Ok, Charity! I'll pick for you. BRB!

Tien wrote: "However much we love to go back to our favourite scenes & characters and reimagined alternatives, sometimes it's best to leave off, isn't it... This book seems to be written to please certain crowds ("contains intimate scenes between engaged adults")? "

I have a very high tolerance for these retellings but some are just so bad!