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

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

Roll 59: Round 12
Due by: 11.16
Completed: 11.13
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 4 + 6 => 10
Timestamp: 10.19; 11:27 am US EST
Square: GO TO JAIL
Task: Read the Biggest Thickest Meanest book on your Bookopoly Shelf
Book: Marking Time ~ Marie Force
Picked by & time: n/a

Roll 58: Round 12
Due by: 11.16
Completed: 10.25
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 4 + 3 => 7
Timestamp: 10.19; 11:22 am US EST
Square: FREE PARKING
Task: Read a "Random" book from your Bookopoly Shelf
Book: Tempting Her Best Friend ~ Gina L. Maxwell
Picked by & time: n/a

LOST and FOUND (2019 LOST, part 3)
August 20 - December 2019 (Lost completion: 08.19.19

My LOST and FOUND 2019 Challenge (msg 21)

LOST Books: same author as LOST or oldest on TBR

1 Condition 1 ~
🔹A Lady by Midnight ~ pubbed Aug 2012 after A Night to Remember ~ 10.16 ★★★★
2 Condition 1 ~
🔹Guilty Pleasure ~ pubbed May 2017 after Private Arrangements ~ 11.30 ★★★
3 Condition 1 ~
🔹Classified Christmas ~ pubbed Dec 2007 after The New Deputy in Town ~ 12.08 ★★★

FOUND Books: same author as FOUND or added to TBR in last 6 months

4 Condition 4 ~
🔹The Graveyard Book ~ added Nov 2019 ~ pubbed Jan 2008 ~ 12.17 ★★★
5 Condition 4 ~
🔹Can't Stand the Heat ~ added Oct 2019 ~ pubbed Sep 2009
6 Condition 4 ~
🔹Slow Heat ~ added May 2019 ~ pubbed Feb 2010 ~ 10.12 ★★★★

LOST or FOUND Books

7 Condition 1 ~
🔹Possessed by Passion ~pubbed Feb 2016 after Private Arrangements ~ 08.26 ★★★
8 Condition 1 ~
🔹Stranded ~ pubbed July 2013 after Black Friday ~ 09.13 ★★★
9 Condition 4 ~
🔹Crown Jewels ~ added Nov 2019 ~ pubbed Nov 2016 ~ 11.10 ★★★
10 Condition 4 ~
🔹The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog ~ add Sep 2019 ~ pub Jan 1980 ~ 10.10 ★★★

FOUND (Lost 2019, part 2)
August 19 - December 2019 (Lost completion: 08.19.19

My FOUND 2019 Challenge (msg 26)

Added to TBR after 02.25.19 / pubbed before 08.19.19



🔹1 Archer's Voice ~ added Aug 22 ~ pubbed Jan 2014 ~ 09.28 ★★★★
🔹2 Zero Control ~ added July 2019 ~ pubbed Nov 2009 ~ 08.28 ★★★
🔹3 Crocodile on the Sandbank ~ added July 2019 ~ pubbed Jan 1975 ~ 08.30 ★★★
🔹4 Book Boyfriend ~ added Apr 2019 ~ pubbed Apr 2017 ~ 11.15 ★★★
🔹5 Accidental Tryst ~ added Aug 1 ~ pubbed Mar 2018 ~ 08.31 ★★★★
🔹6 Now That You Mention It ~ added Apr 2019 ~ pubbed Dec 2017 ~ 08.23 ★★★★
🔹7 Let's Get Textual ~ added June 2019 ~ pubbed Sep 2017 ~ 08.05 ★★★★★
🔹8 Scrumptious ~ added July 2019 ~ pubbed Jan 2012 ~ 09.02 ★★★
🔹9 Luscious ~ added July 2019 ~ pubbed July 2012 ~ 09.04 ★★★★
🔹10 Xavier's Loving Arms ~ added July 2019 ~ pubbed Dec 2011 ~ 10.28 ★★★★

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 14 ~ Series ~~ COMPLETE
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,078
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 14 ~ Series (msg 18)

Series Start ~ First Book

🔹Crown Jewels ~ Ella James ~ #1 Off-Limits ~ 330 pp ~ 11.10 ★★★★
🔹Her Cowboy Distraction ~ Carla Cassidy ~ #1 Cowboy Café ~ 148 pp ~ 10.19 ★★★
🔹The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog ~ #1 Hank the Cowdog ~ 148 pp ~ 10.10 ★★★
🔹Deception ~ Mona Ingram ~ #1 International Romance ~ 185 pp ~ 10.21 ★★★
🔹Not a Hero ~ Cherise Sinclair ~ #1 Sons of the Survivalist ~ 281 pp ~ 10.29 ★★★★
🔹Hold The Line ~ S.E. Jakes ~ #1 Inked ~ 129 pp ~ 11.14 ★★★

Series Finish ~ Last Book

🔹In the Arms of a Stranger ~ Kimberley Reeves ~ #2 Carringtons ~ 183 pp ~ 10.13 ★★★
🔹Guilty Pleasure ~ Brenda Jackson ~ #12 Forged of Steele ~ 273 pp ~ 11.30 ★★★
🔹Fool Me Once ~ Mona Ingram ~ #2 International Romance ~ 180 pp ~ 10.25 ★★★
🔹How to Run with a Naked Werewolf ~ Molly Harper ~ #3 Naked Werewolf ~ 352 pp ~ 10.23 ★★★★
🔹The Redhead Plays Her Hand ~ Alice Clayton ~ #3 Redhead ~ 322 pp ~ 10.14 ★★★★
🔹Xavier's Loving Arms ~ K.T. Grant ~ #3 Sweet & Sinful ~ 258 pp ~ 10.28 ★★★
🔹Eli's Triumph ~ Joanna Wylde ~ #6.7 Reapers MC ~ 186 pp ~ 12.140 ★★★★

Series Continued ~ Next Book

🔹Alpha's Promise ~ Rebecca Zanetti ~ #10 Dark Protectors ~ 345 pp ~ 10.31 ★★★★
🔹The Understatement of the Year ~ Sarina Bowen ~ #3 Ivy Years ~ 308 pp ~ 10.29 ★★★★
🔹Shadow of the Hawk ~ Julia Miller ~ #2 Lady Tech ~ 315 pp ~ 12.10 ★★★
🔹Mine to Hold ~ Cynthia Eden ~ #3 Mine ~ 265 pp ~ 10.14 ★★★
🔹Home for the Holidays ~ Jeaniene Frost ~ #6.5 Night Huntress ~ 150 pp ~ 10.26 ★★★★
🔹Marking Time ~ Marie Force ~ #2 Treading Water ~ 414 pp ~ 11.13 ★★★★
🔹Treasure Me ~ Olivia Cunning ~ #10 One Night with Sole Regret ~ 306 pp ~ 12.23 ★★★

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 10 Authors ~~ COMPLETE
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,019
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 10 Authors (msg 18)

Authors with First or Last Intitial L or H (son #1)

🔹Can't Stand the Heat ~ Louisa Edwards ~ 368 pp ~ 11.24 ★★★
🔹The Promise of Surrender ~ Liliana Hart ~ 120 pp ~ 10.06 ★★★
🔹Scorch ~ Liliana Hart ~ 300 pp ~ 12.03 ★★★★
🔹Trouble Maker ~ Liliana Hart ~ 177 pp ~ 11.20 ★★★★
🔹Driven to Distraction ~ Lori Foster ~ 384 pp ~ 11.30 ★★★★
🔹My Lucky Charm ~ Lisa Mondello ~ 191 pp ~ 11.08 ★★★
🔹Ham Bones ~ Carolyn Haines ~ 305 pp ~ 11.13 ★★★★
🔹Yellowstone Awakening ~ Peggy L. Henderson ~ 290 pp ~ 11.30 ★★★
🔹Counterpoint ~ Shay Lacy ~ 189 pp ~ 12.22 ★★★
🔹Offbeat Love Stories and More ~ Jennifer K. Lafferty ~ 232 pp ~ 11.12 ★★
🔹After Shock ~ C.J. Lyons ~ 111 pp ~ 11.30 ★★★

Authors with First or Last Intitial N or D (son #2)

🔹Accidental Bride ~ Noelle Adams ~ 187 pp ~ 12.05 ★★★
🔹The Quietest Woman in the South ~ Nancy Radke ~ 101 pp ~ 12.07 ★★★
🔹Year One ~ Nora Roberts ~ 419 pp ~ 11.08 ★★★★
🔹The Graveyard Book ~ Neil Gaiman ~ 336 pp ~ 12.117 ★★★
🔹A Dundee Christmas ~ Brenda Novak ~ 93 pp ~ 12.20 ★★★
🔹Coulda Been a Cowboy ~ Brenda Novak ~ 288 pp ~ 12.19 ★★★
🔹Too Wilde to Tame ~ Janelle Denison ~ 335 pp ~ 11.27 ★★★
🔹Classified Christmas ~ B.J. Daniels ~ 256 pp ~ 12.08 ★★★
🔹Eleventh Grave in Moonlight ~ Darynda Jones ~ 321 pp ~ 12.14 ★★★★

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 12 ~ Own TBR
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,359
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 12 ~ Own TBR (msg 23)

I've started the series




🔹Never Surrender ~ Kaylea Cross ~ #6 Bagram Special Ops ~ 152 pp ~ 09.15 ★★★
🔹Rock the Beat ~ Michelle A. Valentine ~ #3 Black Falcon ~ 255 pp ~ 09.10 ★★★
🔹The Curse of Tenth Grave ~ #10 Charley Davidson ~ 352 pp ~ 09.17 ★★★★
🔹Just My Luck ~ Rosalind James ~ #5 Escape to New Zealand ~ 381 pp ~ 10.05 ★★★★
🔹My Men ~ Andrea Smith ~ #3.7 G-Man ~ 174 pp ~ 09.28 ★★★
🔹Light After Dark ~ Marie Force ~ #16 Gansett Island ~ 306 pp ~ 08.28 ★★★★
🔹A Very Merry Princess ~ Susan Mallery ~ #2.5 Happily Inc ~ 116 pp ~ 10.03 ★★★
🔹Every Little Thing ~ Samantha Young ~ #2 Hart's Boardwalk ~ 352 pp ~ 09.27 ★★★★
🔹Too Fast to Fall ~ Victoria Dahl ~ #1.1 Jackson Hole ~ 103 pp ~ 09.15 ★★★
🔹Kissing in Action ~ Camilla Chafer ~ #7 Lexi Graves ~ 385 pp ~ 09.30 ★★★
🔹Kill Zone ~ C.J. Lyons ~ #3 Lucy Guardino ~ 356 pp ~ 09.10 ★★★★
🔹Stars Above ~ Marissa Meyer ~ #4.5 Lunar Chronicles ~ 401 pp ~ 08.26 ★★★★
🔹Captured in Surrender ~ Liliana Hart ~ #9.5 MacKenzie Family ~ 122 pp ~ 09.17 ★★★
🔹Fireproof ~ Alex Kava ~ #10 Maggie O'Dell ~ 433 pp ~ 08.18 ★★★★
🔹Stranded ~ Alex Kava ~ #11 Maggie O'Dell ~ 337 pp ~ 09.13 ★★★
🔹The Prince ~ Tiffany Reisz ~ #3 Original Sinners ~ 416 pp ~ 09.10 ★★★★
🔹Wicked Bite ~ Rebecca Zanetti ~ #5 Realm Enforcers ~ 298 pp ~ 09.30 ★★★★
🔹Iris in Bloom ~ Nancy Warren ~ #2 Take a Chance ~ 192 pp ~ 09.19 ★★★
🔹N or M? ~ Agatha Christie ~ #3 Tommy & Tuppence ~ 228 pp ~ 08.30 ★★★

I didn't realize until I was updating this week that I hadn't posted my list at all... and that I had finished it too!!

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 3 ~ Publication ~~ COMPLETE
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,002
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 3 ~ Publication (msg 21)

My Birth Month ~ February

🔹Dog on It ~ Spencer Quinn ~ Feb 2009 ~ 324 pp ~ 09.21 ★★★
🔹Slow Heat ~ Jill Shalvis ~ Feb 2010 ~ 337 pp ~ 10.12 ★★★★
🔹The Memory of You ~ Laurie Kellogg ~ Feb 2012 ~ 241 pp ~ 11.21 ★★★
🔹Vampire, Interrupted ~ Lynsay Sands ~ Feb 2008 ~ 382 pp ~ 11.19 ★★★★
🔹The Book Of Love ~ Mary Eason ~ Feb 2013 ~ 129 pp ~ 09.15 ★★★
🔹Causing Havoc ~ Lori Foster ~ Feb 2007 ~ 352 pp ~ 09.12 ★★★★
🔹At the Stroke of Midnight ~ Tara Sivec ~ Feb 2018 ~ 269 ~ 12.15 ★★★★


Son #1 Birth Month ~ April

🔹Hearts in Darkness ~ Laura Kaye ~ April 2011 ~ 115 pp ~ 09.28 ★★★★
🔹Deep Under ~ Lisa Renee Jones ~ April 2016 ~ 268 pp ~ 10.12 ★★★
🔹Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard ~ Belinda Roberts ~ April 2011 ~ 213 pp ~ 11.09 ★★
🔹Book Boyfriend ~ Claire Kingsley ~ April 2014 ~ 226 pp ~ 11.15 ★★★★
🔹Rome's Chance ~ Joanna Wylde ~ April 2018 ~ 269 pp ~ 12.11 ★★★★

Son #2 Birth Month ~ August

🔹Fall Fast ~ Zoe York ~ August 2015 ~ 174 pp ~ 10.27 ★★★
🔹In Too Deep ~ Cherry Adair ~ August 2002 ~ 320 pp ~ 10.27 ★★★★
🔹Tempting Her Best Friend ~ Gina L. Maxwell ~ August 2014 ~ 182 pp ~ 10.24 ★★★
🔹Taken by Darkness ~ Alexandra Ivy ~ August 2010 ~ 115 pp ~ 11.01 ★★★
🔹Out of Sight ~ Cherry Adair ~ August 2003 ~ 324 pp ~ 11.22 ★★★★

Hubby's Birth Month ~ May

🔹Date Night on Union Station ~ E.M. Foner ~ May 2014 ~ 167 pp ~ 10.13 ★★★
🔹Buns ~ Alice Clayton ~ May 2017 ~ 336 pp ~ 10.27 ★★★★
🔹Just Like Heaven ~ Julia Quinn ~ May 2011 ~ 374 pp ~ 11.01 ★★★★

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 12 ~ Own TBR
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,359
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 12 ~ Own TBR (msg 23)

I've started the series




🔹Never Surrender ~ Kaylea Cross ~ #6 Bagram Special Ops ~ 152 pp ~ 09.15 ★★★
🔹Rock the Beat ~ Michelle A. Valentine ~ #3 Black Falcon ~ 255 pp ~ 09.10 ★★★
🔹The Curse of Tenth Grave ~ #10 Charley Davidson ~ 352 pp ~ 09.17 ★★★★
🔹Just My Luck ~ Rosalind James ~ #5 Escape to New Zealand ~ 381 pp ~ 10.05 ★★★★
🔹My Men ~ Andrea Smith ~ #3.7 G-Man ~ 174 pp ~ 09.28 ★★★
🔹Light After Dark ~ Marie Force ~ #16 Gansett Island ~ 306 pp ~ 08.28 ★★★★
🔹A Very Merry Princess ~ Susan Mallery ~ #2.5 Happily Inc ~ 116 pp ~ 10.03 ★★★
🔹Every Little Thing ~ Samantha Young ~ #2 Hart's Boardwalk ~ 352 pp ~ 09.27 ★★★★
🔹Too Fast to Fall ~ Victoria Dahl ~ #1.1 Jackson Hole ~ 103 pp ~ 09.15 ★★★
🔹Kissing in Action ~ Camilla Chafer ~ #7 Lexi Graves ~ 385 pp ~ 09.30 ★★★
🔹Kill Zone ~ C.J. Lyons ~ #3 Lucy Guardino ~ 356 pp ~ 09.10 ★★★★
🔹Stars Above ~ Marissa Meyer ~ #4.5 Lunar Chronicles ~ 401 pp ~ 08.26 ★★★★
🔹Captured in Surrender ~ Liliana Hart ~ #9.5 MacKenzie Family ~ 122 pp ~ 09.17 ★★★
🔹Fireproof ~ Alex Kava ~ #10 Maggie O'Dell ~ 433 pp ~ 08.18 ★★★★
🔹Stranded ~ Alex Kava ~ #11 Maggie O'Dell ~ 337 pp ~ 09.13 ★★★
🔹The Prince ~ Tiffany Reisz ~ #3 Original Sinners ~ 416 pp ~ 09.10 ★★★★
🔹Wicked Bite ~ Rebecca Zanetti ~ #5 Realm Enforcers ~ 298 pp ~ 09.30 ★★★★
🔹Iris in Bloom ~ Nancy Warren ~ #2 Take a Chance ~ 192 pp ~ 09.19 ★★★
🔹N or M? ~ Agatha Christie ~ #3 Tommy & Tuppence ~ 228 pp ~ 08.30 ★★★

Amy wrote: "Hope you kept my room ready, because I'm back for another three selections from my Bookopoly shelf, LaurLa. :-)"

I'm so sorry, Amy. Sometimes life just happens and things slip by.
Hopefully you like Bea's picks, if not, here are three more.

The A's have it...

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Series

Kristina Simon wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Hi Kristina! I have landed on James Tiptree Jr. Award with you - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"

Here you go, LaurLa:
~ a..."

I forgot to remove Kite Runner when I picked it for another roll, but I'm going to push myself a little and go with 2nd Chance. Both of those are not usual reads for me :-)

Hi Jenny!! Here are you picks...


Still August and back to school, so S is for School :-)

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Hi Kristina! I have landed on James Tiptree Jr. Award with you - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf

Roll 57: Round 12
Due by: 09.27
Completed: 10.02
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 5 + 4 => 9
Timestamp: 08.30; 9:10 am US EST
Square: P: James Tiptree Jr. Award - Kristina Simon's
Task: n/a
Book: Secrets of a Summer Night ~ Lisa Kleypas
Picked by & time: Kristina Simon; 08.30; 10:07 am US EST

Finally finished!!! If it weren't for Lost Parts 2 and 3, I don't think I would have had the push to get through these before December :-)

Original post: My LOST 2019 Challenge (msg 45)

Roll 56: Round 11
Due by: 09.22
Completed: 10.19
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 4 + 1 => 5
Timestamp: 08.25; 10:45 am US EST
Square: S: Tien's Trove
Task: Read a book found on Mod's bookshelf
Book: The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini
Picked by & time: n/a


Passed GO ==> 3. Your picks do not appeal anymore, read a new book of your choosing

AMY! This is crazy! If you want to move in, just say so.... I have extra room ;-)


Well, since we've already explored back to school with August and hot summertime with July... How about A is for Amy and August?

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HI Rosemary! Here are some picks for you :-)


It's back to school time here so S is for School



Happy Reading!

Thanks, Lusie! Need a push to get that Rebellion read, so that's what I'm going with :-)