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

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

I'm continuing with my Agatha Christie reads (it seems mystery is the only genre I could stomach these days), which of course are on the wishlist shelves. :)

Murder in Mesopotamia - 3.5 stars (mostly because of the narrator...the mystery itself was very good!)

Third Girl - 4 stars - #38 in the series and still so good!! This story is set in the 60s (40+ years after her first book) and it's interesting to see how the mores in Britain have changed and how Dame Christie makes that central to the story. As always the addition of Mrs. Oliver (Poirot's writer friend) is a source of a lot of humor (specially when Dame Christie uses to express her frustration with her own character or reader's expectations.) I'm so sad there are just a few books left in the series!!

Lately I only feel like reading mysteries so I've continued with my re-read of two of Dame Christie's most famous detectives: Miss Marple & Hercule Poirot.

I read
- 4 stars
- 5 stars

I can't believe this woman would write so many good mysteries. Both are simply outstanding with incredible denouement. I don't know how she did it!!

Marina wrote: "I've already read a lot of the books on the shelf, but I'm considering The Death of Ivan Ilych, Metamorphoses, The Red and the Black (quite a bit too long, though), Leaves of Grass... and a few others, too."

The Death of Ivan Ilych is wonderful! And short too!

Finished #2!

CluckingBell wrote: "Probably most things I might read in January are on that shelf, but I'll formally commit to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, since it's on the first page of shelf results and I..."

Is this your first time reading/listening? The narration by Jim Dale is superb!

LOL, I know! But the series is not too long so I'll be able to say that I finished a series! (Because it's likely that I'll start book 4 after book 3...hahahaha!)

Finished my first book!

Good news, the book had been on my TBR since 2010! Yay!

Bad news, it was the second book in a series and now that I've taken to reading series back to back, I've started the next book in the series which WASN'T on my TBR.

Happy New Year!

I read and gave it 3.5 stars. This book has been on my TBR since 2010 so I'm super happy that it's out! Definitely not for everybody - sort of an old school romance but I enjoyed it! Crazy characters but very sexy.

Started my first book! A0

Yes, LaurLa! That's quite a goal!

I can't tell if this one would work or if he's just lying down...

I also have one left from round 1: A book with something upside down!

I'm looking through the Audible Romance package to see if I find a book that fits so I can read it before the end of the year...

Lots of books here from my TBR so I'm sure I'll find something!

Mell wrote: "well, that was harder than it seemed!"

LOL, agree! I also had to redo a lot of random numbers, specially the vowels I, O, U.

But I really liked the combination of books that it turned out - lots of books in there that have been languishing in my TBR for years. Some combinations which I thought I would have lots of books available like T7, I only ended up having one book, while others which I thought would be more rare like W2, ended up having tons!

I'm going with my 'To Read' Shelf (hate the changed it to 'want to read...that means something completely different) which has 409 books. That's 13 books.

2/13

1. 10 - A0
✔ Reckless by Anne Stuart (pub 2010) - 1/1 ★★★½

36 - C6
✔ Night School by Lee Child (pub 2016) - 1/4 ★★★

101 - J1
*Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (pub 2011)
The Cypher by Julian Rosado-Machain (pub 2011)
**Dreadnaught by Jack Campbell (pub 2011)
Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett (pub 2011)
City of the Falling Sky by Joseph Evans (pub 2011)
*Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (pub 2001)
The Indiscretion by Judith Ivory (pub 2001)
*Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (pub 2001)
*Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell (pub 2001)

50 - E0
*Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'Connell (pub 2010)
🎧Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (pub 2010)

42 - D2
*Colonization by Aubrie Dionne (pub 2012)
🎧**Against the Light by Dave Duncan (pub 2012)
🎧The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (pub 2012)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (pub 1892)

120 - L0
True Vision by Joyce Lamb (pub 2010)
The Shattered Sylph by L.J. McDonald (pub 2010)
Beautiful Disaster by Laura Spinella (pub 2010)

232 - W2
🎧The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams (pub 2012)
🎧The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells (pub 2012)
🎧Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (pub 2012)
Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (pub 2012)
🎧The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (pub 2012)

123 - L3
🎧For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale (pub 1993)
🎧The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (pub 2013)
Snow-Kissed by Laura Florand (pub 2013)
A Shimmer of Angels by Lisa M. Basso (pub 2013)

43 - D3
🎧*Dead Man's Deal by Jocelynn Drake (pub 2013)

70 - G0
🎧Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen (pub 2010)
Lord of Fire by Gaelen Foley (pub 2010)
**The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez (pub 2010)
**El emblema del traidor by Juan Gomez-Jurado (pub 2010)
*La Concubina del Diablo by Ángeles Goyanes (pub 2010)

138 - M8
🎧The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan (pub 2008)
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (pub 2008)
Pale Moon Rider by Marsha Canham (pub 1998)
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Mike Wallace (pub 1998)

207 - T7
🎧Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (pub 2017)

199 - S9
🎧Rainwater by Sandra Brown (pub 2009)
**Double Play by Jill Shalvis (pub 2009)
A Marriage Worth The Earning: ~To Have And To Hold~ by Mary Sherwood (pub 2009)
🎧Hyperion by Dan Simmons (pub 1989)
🎧*Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (pub 1999)

*added to TBR in the month of January
**added to TBR in the month of February

The one I'm having problem is 'E'...I have several books that fit, it's just that I haven't had the chance to pick them up!

Yes, all her books are humorous (some more than others) but humor is not satire...

I think I'll read . I've had them all on my TBR a while...

The shelving here is weirder than most. I don't consider any of Jane Austen's books satire but they are all in this shelf!

ETA: is probably a satire but I don't consider P&P to be one...

CluckingBell wrote: "I'm thinking A Modest Proposal, since it's so often alluded to in Britcoms and will also fit in to an early Bookopoly move. I've added a lot of books from that shelf to Mount TBR, th..."

This is great!