Lyn (Readinghearts)’s Comments (group member since Apr 07, 2009)

Lyn (Readinghearts)’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

I do not use the Want to Read list in GR, so I have to come up with what I am going to use as a TBR, as I have several. I would use the "to read mine" list, but that adds to 2, which is way to easy. So I think I will combine some of my lists to come up with a number. I'll be back to post the results.

So - I added up a bunch of my TBR and Planned lists and came up with 1880, which adds to 17 or 8. I am going to start with 8 and if I finish them soon enough, I will expand to 17.
But as I read this, I could read books published in 2018 as long as they are on my TBR by December31, 2017?

Be back with my first few books.

1. 108 = J and year ending in 8
Light on Lucrezia by Jean Plaidy
published 1958
added to TBR April 15 2011

2. 115 - K and year ending in 5

3. 245 - X and year ending in 5

4. 256 - Y and year ending in 6

5. 228 - V and year ending in 8

6. 221 - V and year ending in 1

7. 135 - M and year ending in 5

8. 214 - U and year ending in 4

It's time to get going on those reviews from the Satire shelf. I know we are all busy getting our Bookopoly shelves going, but hopefully you all have left room for some satire and/or put a few of the books on your lists!

Leave a review here and head on over to the What do you think? thread for a discussion on satire.

As we read our satirical books for this month, here are some questions to ponder and discuss:

Do you like satire? What role does it fill in literature and life? What is the best satire you have ever read?

Feel free to come up with other questions for each other and discuss away!

Thanks to Cluckingbell for the choice of shelf for December. Her choice is Satire. I love this choice since December is such a hectic month...I know I could use a little satire to make me smile.

Hope there is something on the list that appeals to you!

I have finished one of my sequels, Darkness at the Edge of Town by Jennifer Harlow, the second in her Iris Ballard series.

Although I enjoyed the first book in the series, Beautiful Maids All in a Row, I think I liked this one better. In this one Iris goes home to help her mother get her brother out of the clutches of a cult. I found the description of the cult leader, the cult members, and the workings of the cult fascinating. Since this book deals with a cult, there is a lot more of the psychological in it and less of the physical, which I enjoyed. I also thought that the central characters were becoming more developed, which I liked.

I am definitely looking forward to the next book in the series.

New item this month. I have been including discussion questions in the review thread, and thought that I would break it out into it's own thread starting this month. Let me know what you think of this.

This months question to ponder: What do you consider a true sequel. Is it just the second book in a series? Is it any book that comes after the first book? Are they useful to readers? Authors?

And what is your favorite sequel you have ever read and why?

I hope this is a fun exercise that gets people discussing!

It's time to break out those Sequels, read, and review. Was it as good as the first book? Better? Not as good? If it is not the last in the series, did it make you want to read more? Do you consider the book a true sequel?

At any rate it is time to clear our shelves of some of those books that we have been meaning to get to right after we read the first one. Have fun! And remember, To be considered for the January shelf picker you must post a review in this thread.

In addition, I am starting something new this month: A discussion question that will go with the shelf for the month. So if you get a moment, pop over to the Monthly Discussion thread and give your opinion.

Happy Reading!

Bea wrote: "D.G. wrote: "I've been meaning to start the Game of Throne series but the books are soo long! One of these days..."

If you decide to try Game of Throne, D.G., I would be willing to do a buddy read..."

I've been meaning to read this series forever, too. They just seem so daunting, and I can't do audiobooks...they literally put me to sleep, especially when driving

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "So will it count for a sequel if a book is part of a series even though it may not be on the sequels shelf?"

While we encourage people to pick items off of the shelf, or that you can tell are shelved this way based on the books top shelves pages, we are not as picky with the monthly reads as we are about shelves for the challenges. The main object of the monthly shelf reading is to get us to read outside our normal genres, so we are a little more open here.

So the short answer is yes.

Bea wrote: "Lyn (Readinghearts) wrote: "Luckily, I read a lot of series and have several that I will be reading the second book of next month."

I may have to pass this month unless I luck out in my reading. M..."

As you know, passing is always fine, and we did post the shelf quite late this month. But just in case, any book that is after book #1 is acceptable, even if it is not on the list, especially since they cut the lists off as D.G. pointed out. So if you happen across anything that fits.

Karin wrote: "I have a list of sequels! Not officially, but I am sure there will be something."

Strangely enough, all of the books on the first several pages of the list are ones that I have, but haven't read the first one yet either. Luckily, I read a lot of series and have several that I will be reading the second book of next month.

The Sequels that I KNOW I will be reading are:

The Lullaby Girl
Darkness at the Edge of Town
Glory in Death
Foretold

And

Darkness, My Old Friend, which is the second book in Lisa Unger's The Hollows books, but not a true sequel, I guess.

Rosemary wrote: "The only one on the list that I have on my TBR is:
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story by David Levithan.
I'm not sure if I'll read it ... it doesn't fit any of my current challen..."

I haven't read them yet, but my Mom said the same thing. She thought the second one was a bit too gruesome for her.

HUGE apologies to everyone. I know the shelf is quite late this month as I had some family stuff last week. Our indomitable head mod Tien is the shelf picker this month since we are in a bind with the late time frame and all. She has picked Sequels and in her own words..."it's the second last month of the year so let's do sequels - let's pick up that second book in the series or finish a series before the year ends."

What sequels have you been dying to get to? Which ones on the list are your faves?

As your picking think about our discussion question for the month...Do you think sequels generally stand up to the first book, or are they often disappointing? "

I'm just waiting on a PM from Jayme telling me who she picked for next month. If I don't hear by Wednesday, I will pick 5 shelves and we will do a poll.

I think this looks great. Option number 4 is not good for me either, though. But I will go with whatever is good for the group.

Karin wrote: "The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (NB since the recorded consciousness was put into one of these people made up of the DNA of dead people, he was even told he was a ghos..."

I like the way you reviewed the book...what you liked as well as what someone else might like. :)

Christina wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm back. Attempting to do any challenges while moving was not working well so it is time to attempt it again now that I'm settled. For this month I am going to read [book:The Haunting..."

Welcome back, Christine. Hope the move went well!

'Tis the season for spooky and scary. Thanks to Jayme for picking Ghosts as our monthly shelf. Please let us know how you felt about your choices by posting a review. What was ghostly about the book? Do you think you would have shelved it on this shelf? Did it scare you, or was it about some other subject that included a ghost or spirit?

Remember, in order to be considered for December shelf picker, you must post a review here!

CluckingBell wrote: "I recently got Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone from the library, but I don't think I can wait until October as the waitlist is 6 people deep and I want to make sure I finish it befor..."

Shakespeare certainly did ghosts well!