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

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

Hi Amanda! We're working through back to school in August here...


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Hi Lusie!!! Back with you again on Nobel Prize in Literature with you - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf

Roll 55: Round 11
Due by: 09.08
Completed: 08.25
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 2 + 3 => 5
Timestamp: 08.11; 9:21 am US EST
Square: C: Award Night => Roll 5 => Go forward 3 spaces =>P: Nobel Prize in Literature - Lusie's
Task: n/a
Book: Rebellion ~ Nora Roberts
Picked by & time: Lusie; 08.11; 10:56 am US EST

Hi Tea!!! It's August which back to school for us so....


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HI again - welcome back! It's back to school time here....


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Thanks Lusie.... The Redhead Plays Her Hand will be my choice this time :-)

Hi Lusie! I have landed on Hugo Award with you - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf

Roll 54: Round 11
Due by: 09.03
Completed: 10.14
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 5 + 3 => 8
Timestamp: 08.06; 8:33 am US EST
Square: P: Hugo Award - Lusie's
Task: n/a
Book: The Redhead Plays Her Hand ~ Alice Clayton
Picked by & time: Lusie; 08.06; 5:39 am US EST

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 1 ~ Genre Shelves ~~ Completed
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,024
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 1 ~ Genre Shelves (msg 16)

Contemporary Romance

🔹On Her Own Two Wheels ~ Stacy Xavier ~ 1 time ~ 162 pp ~ 08.19 ★★★
🔹Zero Control ~ Lori Wilde ~ 6 times ~ 224 pp ~ 08.28 ★★★
🔹Out of Focus ~ Nancy Naigle ~ 6 times ~ 337 pp ~ 08.08 ★★★★
🔹Heat Exchange ~ Shannon Stacey ~ 93 times ~ 336 pp ~ 10.19 ★★★★
🔹Little White Lies ~ Kimberly Reeves ~ 13 times ~ 181 pp ~ 08.02 ★★★
🔹Accidental Tryst ~ Natasha Boyd ~ 51 times ~ 346 pp ~ 08.31 ★★★★
🔹Win the Game ~ Lucy Monroe ~ 9 times ~ 271 pp ~ 08.25 ★★★

Paranormal Romance

🔹Vengeance ~ Rebecca Zanetti ~ 12 times ~ 167 pp ~ 08.09 ★★★★
🔹Magic Triumphs ~ Kate Daniels ~ 119 times ~ 336 pp ~ 08.04 ★★★★★
🔹Grizzly Love ~ Eve Langlais ~ 33 times ~ 174 pp ~ 08.13 ★★★
🔹Once Upon a Ghost ~ Day LeClaire ~ 2 times ~ 192 pp ~ 08.15 ★★★
🔹Lover Unbound ~ J.R. Ward ~ 1891 times ~ 557 pp ~ 10.17 ★★★★

Romantic Suspense

🔹Protecting His Best Friend's Sister ~ Noelle Adams ~ 11 times ~ 163 pp ~ 08.12 ★★★
🔹Protecting Paige ~ Norah Wilson ~ 24 times ~ 306 pp ~ 09.06 ★★★★
🔹Never Too Much ~ Lori Foster ~ 4 times ~ 352 pp ~ 11.04 ★★★★
🔹Fatal Reckoning ~ Marie Force ~ 26 times ~ 384 pp ~ 10.18 ★★★★
🔹Crave ~ Liliana Hart ~ 9 times ~ 216 pp ~ 09.17 ★★★★
🔹Hide and Seek ~ Cherry Adair ~ 99 times ~ 320 pp ~ 09.29 ★★★★

Pick 'n' Mix (2019) ~~ Stage 9 ~ Settings (time)
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 5,177
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 9 ~ Settings (time) (msg 29)

Futuristic ~ set in the future

🔹Chaos in Death ~ J.D. Robb ~ 160 pp ~ 07.16 ★★★
🔹Celebrity in Death ~ J.D. Robb ~ 396 pp ~ 08.23 ★★★★
🔹Delusion in Death ~ J.D. Robb ~ 381 pp ~ 12.01 ★★★★
🔹Calculated in Death ~ J.D. Robb ~ 401 pp ~ 12.31 ★★★★

Historical ~ set pre-1900

🔹Yellowstone Reflections ~ Peggy L. Henderson ~ 127 pp ~ 07.14 ★★★
🔹Tender Betrayal ~ Jennifer Blake ~ 380 pp ~ 08.19 ★★★
🔹The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After ~ Julia Quinn ~ 386 pp ~ 10.09 ★★★★
🔹Beneath Montana's Sky ~ Debra Holland ~ 125 pp ~ 09.07 ★★★
🔹Cupid's Mistake ~ Karen Harbough ~ 224 pp ~ 09.11 ★★★
🔹Crocodile on the Sandbank ~ Elizabeth Peters ~ 262 pp ~ 08.30 ★★★
🔹Secrets of a Summer Night ~ Lisa Kleypas ~ 384 pp ~ 10.02 ★★★★
🔹In from the Cold ~ Nora Roberts ~ 105 pp ~ 11.02 ★★★★

Near Past ~ set pre-2000

🔹A Bridge for Judith ~ Clarissa Ross ~ 136 pp ~ 11.17 ★★★
🔹Death at Wentwater Court ~ Carola Dunn ~ 276 pp ~ 07.25 ★★★
🔹Last Summer ~ Theresa Weir ~ 248 pp ~ 08.16 ★★★

Past and Present

🔹Seduction ~ M.J. Rose ~ 386 pp ~ 07.10 ★★★
🔹The Collector of Dying Breaths ~ M.J. Rose ~ 416 pp ~ 07.30 ★★★
🔹Kiss the Earl ~ Gina Lamm ~ 384 pp ~ 11.11 ★★★

Thank, Amy! I'll go with Big Girls Don't Cry this time.

I'll play.... have one book to finish on my Lost list :-)

Hi Amy! I have landed on Agatha Award with you - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf

Roll 53: Round 11
Due by: 08.17
Completed: 08.05
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 5 + 3 => 8
Timestamp: 07.20; 10:03 am US EST
Square: P: Agatha Award - Amy's
Task: n/a
Book: Big Girls Don't Cry ~ Brenda Novak
Picked by & time: Amy; 07.21; 1:05 am US EST

Roll 52: Round 11
Due by: 08.13
Completed: 08.10
Rating: ★★★★

Roll: 2 + 1 => 3
Timestamp: 07.16; 8:33 am US EST
Square: T: Most popular book in [2011]
Task: Read a "popular" book which was published in year ending with 1
Book: The Perfect Play ~ Jaci Burton
Picked by & time: n/a

Roll 51: Round 11
Due by: 08.12
Completed: 08.30
Rating: ★★★

Roll: 1 + 1 => 2
Timestamp: 07.15; 9:44 am US EST
Square: S: Susan's Stash
Task: Read a book found on Mod's bookshelf
Book: Crocodile on the Sandbank ~ Elizabeth Peters
Picked by & time: n/a

Roll 50: Round 10
Due by: 08.12
Completed: 07.15
Rating: n/a

Roll: 5 + 2 => 7
Timestamp: 07.15; 9:39 am US EST
Square: GO TO JAIL
Task: 3. Read the Biggest Thickest Meanest book on your Bookopoly Shelf at time of being sent to jail
Book: Use Get Out of Jail Free Card from round 3 Go spin
Picked by & time: n/a

Passed GO ==> no spin because JAIL :-(

Stage 13 ~ Covers ~~ Completed
January - December 2019

Page Goal: 5,000 Total Pages Read: 0 of 5,039
Out of the Zone: classic or literary fiction

Task limit is 8

Stage 13 ~ Covers (msg 28)

Weapon on the cover

🔹Danger Close ~ Kaylea Cross ~ 288 pp ~ 07.08 ★★★★
🔹Dead Man Stalking ~ Karen Cantwell ~ 165 pp ~ 03.10 ★★★
🔹Lover Awakened ~ J.R. Ward ~ 468 pp ~ 07.05 ★★★★
🔹Warrior ~ Zoe Archer ~ 384 pp ~ 03.18 ★★★★
🔹Indulgence in Death ~ J.D. Robb ~ 373 pp ~ 03.09 ★★★★
🔹Shadows and Silk ~ Liliana Hart ~ 262 pp ~ 03.25 ★★★
🔹Splintered Bones ~ Carolyn Haines ~ 386 pp ~ 04.13 ★★★★
🔹Magic Breaks ~ Ilona Andrews ~ 402 pp ~ 03.22 ★★★★

No People on the cover

🔹Good Luck with That ~ Kristan Higgins ~ 480 pp ~ 03.31 ★★★★★
🔹Eighth Grave After Dark ~ Darynda Jones ~ 352 pp ~ 03.16 ★★★★
🔹Wild Man ~ Kristen Ashley ~ 528 pp ~ 03.19 ★★★★
🔹Cards on the Table ~ Agatha Christie ~ 336 pp ~ 05.05 ★★★
🔹Hotwire ~ Alex Kava ~ 306 pp ~ 04.04 ★★★
🔹Traitor Born ~ Amy A. Bartol ~ 309 pp ~ 04.08 ★★★★

Hi Stacey! It's hot hot hot summer time here so here are some hot (looking) covers!




Happy Reading!

Hi Paola!! It's hot hot hot summer time here so here are some hot (looking) covers!




Happy Reading!