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

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

Moving Mountains 2020
January 1 - December 31
First Run - 0/5

King = ?
Queen = 2018
Jack = ?

1 - Queen of Diamonds - 2018, G-L

2 - Ace of Clubs - 2019-2020, A-F

3. 10 of Clubs - Pre 1900s, A-F

4. 9 of Hearts - 1900-1925, M-R

5. Queen of Clubs - 2018, A-F

I was going to go ahead and list my books, but apparently the search function is not working

I'm starting with 5 cards and will add to it as I get them finished:

Queen of Diamonds
Ace of Clubs
Ten of Clubs
Nine of Hearts
Queen of Clubs

Just starting Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah, which I have heard a lot of good things about. I am leading a book discussion on it in another group, so I need to get crackin'. So far I am finding it intriguing and it is certainly holding my attention.

Here'smy list for 2020:

1. Paskagankee
2. Amagansett
3. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
4. The Wednesday Sisters
5. The Shining Girls
6. The Returned
7. Belle Cora
8. The Alice Network
9. The Woman on the Orient Express
10. The Seven Sisters

Tien wrote: "I've fixed the link in post #1.

I was going to re-read The Book Thief for my IRL bookclub in June... I am v. confused how or why this book is on this shelf! There are a few others I'm..."

I still couldn't get it to work, so I deleted it and replaced it this morning. Hope it works for all now.

Amanda A wrote: "Hi Kristina! Can I please get three picks from my shelf? Thanks!"

i believe that Kristina is still away, so here are your choices:

Daughter of Moloka'i
The Silent Patient
Silent Bud Deadly

Sorry I missed this this morning.

Tien wrote: "1. 26 books
2. 4 books
3. only 1 ?!?! :O
4. The Shifting Fog and/or Wild Awake and/or The Bone Sparrow ~ I really have too many to choose from!

[book..."


Ya, cuz you are the series queen!

1. 13
2. 2 of them - The Princess Bride and The Girl on the Train
3. 8 of them (I need to get crackin'!)
4. Believe it or not, none of the ones I am reading this month are ones I included in the answer to #3. They are:

Sidney Sheldon’s The Silent Widow
The East End
Daughters of the Lake
The Wife
The Night Before

At least those are the books that I have slated to read that are on the stand-alone list. We'll see how many I get read.

Amy wrote: "Hi Kristina, I've just landed here and would appreciate three picks from my Bookopoly shelf. Thanks!"

Hey Amy, Kristina is away for a week, so I'm filling in for her. Here are your three picks:

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II

Look Alive Twenty-Five

A Spark of Light

Enjoy!

Rosemary wrote: "I will read one or more of these:

Never Mind
Fall on Your Knees
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
The Hunt for Red October"

I loved The Hunt for Red October. I read Fall On Your Knees, too. I actually read both of those in the 90s, lol.

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "My book is Educated. @Lyn Readinghearts, I read "Game of Thrones" and I enjoyed it. It is a slow start."

I know,lol. And it is not a small book either. I seem to be drawn to big books that start slow, lol.

I know how you feel, Bea and Karin. Here I am talking about how my kids were born in the early 90s, and then our members start talking about how they were all kids in the 90s. To give you all some perspective, when I was a kid, if I didn't get something done fast enough, my Mom would say, "When are you going to get that done? 1999?" because that was so far in the future that it was not even fathomable.

Anyway, for my books from the list, I think I will go for either Dragonfly in Amber or A Game of Thrones as they both fit challenges in another group I am in.

Stage 4:Listopias
Goal: 1500 pages
OOZ - Books started but not fininshed

1. Books That Everyone Should Read Once

The Help by Kathryn Stockett 465
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 464
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2. Best Historical Fiction
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 743

Bea wrote: "Lynn, it looks like you have 11 in your list. No problem...10+ is good, but I thought you should know."

Thanks, I did notice that. I was figuring maybe one of them would not work?? Not sure. I would love to get 11 in, lol.

May 2009

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

May 2010

Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

July 2011

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas

June 2013

The Returned by Jason Mott
Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

May 2017
The Diplomat's Daughter by Karin Tanabe
In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant

The Rest of the dates TBD

The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Mark Twain in Hawaii: Roughing It in the Sandwich Islands: Hawaii in the 1860s by Mark Twain
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Wideacre by Philippa Gregory
Born to Be Wild by Catherine Coulter
The Green Mile by Stephen King
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane
Echoes by Maeve Binchy
The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling
Here be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter

Stage 6: DIY
My Goal: 1500 pages

1. Catching Up! Read books that were on my Wendy C list last year but not read.

2. Get 'er Done: Read a book that has been on my TBR BEFORE 2018

3. Team Player: Read a book that is a Group Read for another group

4. Pilgrims Progress: Read the next book in a series I've already started before 2019.

5. Back to the Future: Read a book that flips between time periods

Stage 11: Titles
My Goal: 1500 pages


1. Titles with 10 or more letters:

2. Titles with of word longer than 8 letters

3. One word title:

I am getting a late start this year, but I am in. My goal is to read a number of pages, I am picking 1500
Goal per stage: 1500 pages
Out of Zone Goal: partially read books (start them over and finish them)

Paige wrote: "I need a book recommendation. I am looking for a book that is happy and feel good as I stopped reading a book half way through because it is to disturbing. Please help this bookworm out."

I second Sarah Addison Allen. Her books are usually pretty light and fun.