LaurLa’s Comments (group member since Nov 30, 2016)

LaurLa’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

Judy wrote: "Hi Laurla, How about one of these?

Love's Wild Desire
Invisible Magic
High Five"

Thanks, Judy - I'll go with Invisible Magic!

I have landed on Leeds - May I have 3 choices please?
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Roll 15: Round 2
Due by: 03.28
Completed: 03.31
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 6 + 5 => 11
Timestamp: 02.29; 10:59 am US EST
Square: P: Leeds
Task: n/a
Book: Invisible Magic
Picked by & time: Judy; 02.29; 12:26 pm US EST

Book: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ 02.26 ★★★★


# Tags: 208
Review:
Believe it or not, this is the first time ready this book. I'm not a YA fan or a fantasy fan, so I just shied away from the craze. I may have seen one of the movies way back when my boys were young... but it would have been in passing. Anyway, I did enjoy it. It was simpler to follow than a lot of fantasy I've read and not so much angst. It was enjoyable and the action was fun. I'll probably continue :-)

Challenge: Just Read It
Nomination: fantasy

Book: Of Silk and Steam ~ 02.20 ★★★★


# Tags: 1
Review:
I've really enjoyed this series. I've found I really like steampunk - some of the ways that authors come up with modern conveniences in a historical setting is sometimes ingenious. In this series, references to actual historical events but within the context of the worldbuild makes the story more 'believable', I guess. As for this particular book in the series, the female lead work through her trust issues in a realistic way. She didn't just 'fall' for the male MC and suddenly everything was okay. She struggled to let him in and yearned to be able to do so at the same time. The author did a great job building tension between them - not just physical tension but emotional too. There is a spin-off series that I'm looking forward to.

Nomination: steampunk

Book: The List ~ 02.11 ★★★


# Tags: 1
Review:
I kept putting this off because it was more thriller/horror than suspense, I thought, so I was pleasntly surprised to find while there was a bit of gore, there was no creep factor to make it a horror. It was more techno thriller and told with a fairly light hand. I'm glad I read it - the premise was interesting. I'm not sure I agree with the underlying premise for the cloning to have happened, but it was still an interesting read.

Challenges: Just Read It
Nomination: Conspiracy Theory

Thanks Shoshana! I'll go with High Five!

I have landed on Cambridge - May I have 3 choices please?
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Roll 14: Round 2
Due by: 03.15
Completed: 05.26
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 4 + 4 => 8
Timestamp: 02.16; 9:29 pm US EST
Square: P: Cambridge
Task: n/a
Book: High Five
Picked by & time: Shoshana; 02.16; 9:43 pm US EST

Beth wrote: "Hi LaurLa! How about one of these:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
[book:Yule..."

Thank-you! I will choose Butterfly Dreams

Hi all! I have landed on Norwich - May I have 3 choices please?
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Roll 13: Round 2
Due by: 03.08
Completed: 02.28
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 2 + 3 => 5
Timestamp: 02.09; 10:30 am US EST
Square: P: Norwich
Task: n/a
Book: Butterfly Dreams ~ A. Meredith Walters
Picked by & time: Beth; 02.09; 1:20 pm US EST

Just Read It! (2020)
January - December 2020

Prompt #2: Read Big and/or Intimidating Books (size or content)

Prompt Goal: 10 books | Total Read: 10

My Prompt #2 (msg 39)

Big Books (page count)

✔🍬772 pp ~ Alone In the Dark ~ 02.24 ★★★★★
✔🍬673 pp ~ Lover Mine ~ 04.20 ★★★★
✔🍬563 pp ~ The Time in Between ~ 04.18 ★★★★
✔🍬499 pp ~ Wild at Heart ~ 07.19 ★★★★
✔🍬556 pp ~ Lover Avenged ~ 03.28 ★★★★
✔🍬461 pp ~ Sommersgate House ~ 11.15 ★★★★
✔🍬511 pp ~ Lover Unleashed ~ 05.19 ★★★★
✔🍬521 pp ~ The Stopover ~ PaS Monthly - April ~ 04.29 ★★★★

Intimidating (not usual genre, dreading finishing the book)

✔🍬straight (non-romance) sci-fi/fantasy ~ Animal Farm ~ 11.02 ★★★
✔🍬dread to finish ~ Axeman's Jazz ~ 04.28 ★★★

Roll 12: Round 2
Due by: 03.01
Completed: 02.16
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 2 + 6 => 8
Timestamp: 02.02; 5:11 pm US EST
Square: FREE PARKING
Task: Read a "Random" book from your Bookopoly Shelf
Book: Trigger Snappy ~ Camilla Chafer
Picked by & time: n/a

I can read my steampunk books for this and a couple UF books on my TBR are tagged as well.

Those seem too easy for me so I'm also going to look at the books mentioned in the thread to maybe stretch myself a little :-)

For sure I'll read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - that works for me for Prompt 1 in Just Read It since reading this series is out of my comfort zone (not a big fan of non-romance fantasy, sorry...)

Roll 11: Round 2 (back home!)
Due by: 02.16
Completed #1: 01.23 ★★★★
Completed #2: 04.12 ★★★

Roll: 3 + 4 => 7
Timestamp: 01.20; 8:48 pm US EST
Square: C: Chance => S: Telecoms => celtic
Task: read 2 books tagged celtic
Book: Jewels of the Sun ~ Nora Roberts
Book: The Laird ~ Sandy Blair
Picked by & time: n/a

Sounds like a plan, Tien!! Thanks!

Although I kinda like Bea's idea as well :-)

Question about traveling to another board. I understand when traveling we're to go around the board until we land on or pass GO. When that happens, say my roll causes me to land one spot past GO... do I read for that spot then on my next roll return to Home and start from GO? Or if my roll takes me past GO, do I immediately return home and start at GO and roll again?

Roll 10: Round 1
Due by: 02.16
Completed: 01.20
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 5 + 6 => 11
Timestamp: 01.19; 10:26 am US EST
Square: S: Impuesto Sobre Posesiones De Lujo (Luxury Tax) => dance
Task: read a book tagged dance
Book: Four Weddings and a Fireman ~ Jennifer Bernard
Picked by & time: n/a

PAS wrote: "For series books that is greater than 18, you can use the sum of the series number. See below example;"

I know I'm probably just totally missing it, but what is the significance of 18? Why greater than 18 and not just any double digit series number?