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

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

Once again, Tien has come up with an amazingly brilliant game. Since the most books I have ever read in a single year is 98, I know I will not complete all of this, but I am going to see how far I can get. For one thing, I get to plan, which is almost as much fun as the actual reading. :)

January

Letter:A

Shelves:

1. modern-fiction
2. juvenile
3. random
4. 2006
5. 2012-read
6. kids-books
7. have-read
8. digital
9. not-interested
10. lit
11. culture
12. detective

Categories:

a. Number of Pages: 501-600
b. Published in: 1900 - 1919
c. Have at least 10,000 ratings
d. Published in: 1940 - 1959
e. Main Character (90% of book): Male
f. Added to your to-read shelf in the first 12 months you joined GR*
g. An average rating of more than 3.5 stars
h. Person on cover (partials acceptable)
i. Plant on cover (partials acceptable)
j. Number of Pages: 600+
k. Inanimate Object on cover (partials acceptable)
l. Cover is primarily bright colours (white, yellow, pink etc) Think: Happy

*if you don’t maintain a to-read shelf of GR or for any other reason you'd need an alternative for this Category, here it is:

f. Books purchased / received more than 5^ years ago

^I'm just using 5 years as a gauge (PAS is also 5 yo!) -you are more than welcome to change this number to suit your books but 3 will be the lowest number. Please make a note of it on your thread if you are changing the number of years.

Tien - dumb question, but if I plan the books in advance, are we supposed to read them in order? I'm thinking yes, but thought I would check.

Bea wrote: "Well, after all that discussion, I realized that my age is high enough that going through the regular TBR in planning would only result in 11 books. Therefore, my plan stands even if books move pos..."

I am there with you, too, Bea. I was able to go through my whole to-read-mine list as it now stands and only have 16 books, so I planned them all. :) If I decide to continue after that, I will pick a new number or something.

I am going to see if I can do this. I am using my age, my to-read-mine shelf, and Addition, which will give me 16 books as it stands today. That should do me for 2014 at least. If I get to the end and I have added books to the list, I will continue with those.

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Third Secret by Steve Berry
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Evergreen A Christmas Tale by Richard Taylor
Harvest by Tess Gerritsen
Her Father's House by Belva Plain
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Lady of the English by Elizabeth Chadwick
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Lifeguard by James Patterson
The Whiskey Bottle in the Wall: Boxed Set by Kathleen Valentine
If Angels Fall by Rick Mofina
The Reluctant Belsnickel of Opelt's Wood by Kathleen Valentine

Tien wrote: "have you seen that pic where the books are tabbed each time a character is killed?

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My son refuses to read the books for that very reason. He says every time he starts to like a character the person gets killed off, lol. At any rate....I am starting today and hope to catch up soon. :)

Don't forget to post quotes from your road trip here

Please pick a quote from you road trip books here to let us know where you are traveling and how it is going. Any good quote will do, but if you are stuck, try page 46...it always works for me. :)

I am going to try this yet again, lol. Let's see how it goes.


1. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
4. The Fire by Katherine Neville
5. The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
6. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
7. The Way of the Traitor by Laura Joh Rowland
8. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
9. Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
10. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

Lauren wrote: "Finished my first book - . 4 Stars. The world building and characterization are highly entertaining as usual."

Lauren - That is my favorite series ever. Jim Butcher is fantastic and I love the characters and the way he keeps adding to the world. :)

Reserved for reporting.


Lauren
White Night
Count to Ten

Bea
High Five
Stay
Rain
Shallow Graves
The Bodies Left Behind

Amy
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Alex Cross, Run
Angels Flight
Fangirl
The Ghosts of Belfast
Inferno

Susan
Snow Crash
The Passage
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Murder at the Vicarage

Tien
Captivate
Suite Française

Karen
Not the End of the World
Sugar and Spice
Howards End

D.G. wrote: "Lyn - Can you add me to the list with 2 books? I figured I would make it to group 2 which has 3 people."

Done, dearie.

The groupings are in Post #3,

D.G. wrote: "Tien wrote: "Book a Fort finishes at end of this year... and we're not going to drag it out as another exciting big one is coming for 2014."

When does the reading start for this one?"

Reading for this POTS cycle starts on November 15th, or as soon as you all pick the books for each other.

Works for me, lol. I will do anything to find something that fits the theme. .

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "The holiday must occur within the reading time of 11/15/13 - 1/31/14."

Australia Day - 26th Jan
ha ha ha -just had to put my 2 cents in ;p"

Hey, it is a Holiday and it falls within the time period. Are there any things that could be on the cover of a book that would signify it?

Bea wrote: "Thanks for picking me to win the lottery!...oh, not the lottery. I am still excited to pick the theme for our next read. :)

So since our reading will cover lots of holidays, I thought the theme c..."

That is a great theme, Bea. Thanks for coming up with it. :)

LynnB wrote: "(It's really hard to pick something in this book without the whole context, but here goes -- Chet's the dog, Bernie is his detective friend.)

The Dog Who Knew Too Much, p.17

"'Just..."

That is a great quote, though, Lynn. It sounds like the book is a cute one.

Bea wrote: "When would this start? Dec. 1? So we would have 2 full months to read? Or would we start in November? Wow! If November...the I would go for 4 books, 'cause I would have 2.5 months to read!

BTW,..."

The plan is to start on November 15, like normal and just give everyone more time to get their books read. :)

Susan wrote: "I'm definitely in! I love the individual comments, and seeing what people have thought about a book I picked from their shelves. I has been assuming I'd drop back to 3 books this time, but if we're..."

Great minds think alike. I have been worrying over that very thing, Susan. I can certainly mix it up, not sure yet just how, but I will figure something for this round. And your way of picking books is spot on. That is exactly how it will work. Thanks for the suggestion!