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

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

Finished in September and forgot to update! Off to see what I can do with Found and Lost and Found!! Thanks for hosting a great challenge each year.
Updated post: My LOST 2023 Challenge (msg 36)

Lost completion ➖ 09.22.23

COMPLETE - Prompt 9: Square Number


My Prompt 9 Plan (msg 31)

Prompt🔹Read 2 trilogies

Trilogy #1🔹Manhunt



💟Book 1🔹Safe in His Arms🔹03.09 ★★★
💟Book 2🔹Safe by His Side🔹04.22 ★★★
💟Book 3🔹Safe With Him🔹06.09 ★★★


Trilogy #2🔹Glimmer Lake



💟Book 1🔹Suddenly Psychic🔹04.20 ★★★★
💟Book 2🔹Semi-Psychic Life🔹05.17 ★★★★
💟Book 3🔹Psychic Dreams🔹11.09 ★★★★

Meg wrote: "I noticed last year that there seem to be less books published in December, so it's a good idea to get more done in Nov"

Yep, and for some reason my tbr is heavy on books added in the earlier months of the year rather than the fall - although there is a fair number of December adds, so hopefully that will make up a difference!

I read 5... goal was 3... rollovers were 13. Now I am at 11 rollovers with a total goal for November of 11... If I can cut that in half before December, I will be happy!

Meg wrote: "I read 9 this month, but I only needed 7! My rollover is now 0 🎉"

Way to go!!!

I gave up trying to find combos for the Extra. I kept coming across the same combo of letters! I did have some luck with single word titles but then realized I couldn't use those. I also would think I'd have it with the title letters then realize I still needed to use the author initials, and that's when I would fail because inevitably one of the letters was already used.

It's an interesting (and fun-ish) idea. I might come back later and try again to find the Extra combo task after I've finished the others. I didn't exhaust my TBR looking, pretty close though, so there may be combos lurking I just got too tired to keep looking for.

The Birthday Game (2023)
October 2023 -- October 2024

My The Birthday Game Challenge (msg 24)

Books read🚦27

Title🚦Option 1
Read books with at least 2 words in title & the first letter of each word is in PICK A SHELF



✅P 🚦Penmort🚦Penmort Castle🚦11.12 ★★★★
✅I🚦I🚦For I Have Sinned 🚦0.04 ★★★
✅C🚦Castle🚦Penmort Castle🚦11.12 ★★★★
✅K🚦Knight🚦Knight Awakened🚦02.06 ★★★★

✅A🚦Awakened🚦Knight Awakened🚦02.06 ★★★★

✅S🚦Sinned🚦For I Have Sinned🚦10.04 ★★★
✅H🚦Have🚦For I Have Sinned🚦10.04 ★★★
✅E🚦Ends🚦Loose Ends🚦07.23 ★★★★
✅L🚦Loose🚦Loose Ends🚦07.23 ★★★★
✅F🚦For🚦For I Have Sinned🚦10.04 ★★★


Author🚦Option 1
Read books where author's initials (all) can be found in PICK A SHELF



✅P🚦Phillips, Carly🚦Destiny🚦12.10 ★★★★
✅I🚦Ivy, Alexandra🚦A Very Levet Christmas🚦05.01 ★★★
✅C🚦Carly Phillips🚦Destiny🚦12.10 ★★★★
✅K🚦Kim Fox🚦Axel🚦01.22 ★★★

✅A🚦Alexandra Ivy🚦A Very Levet Christmas🚦05.01 ★★★

✅S🚦Shelly Laurenston🚦Badger to the Bone🚦10.16 ★★★★
✅H🚦Hunter, Elizabeth🚦Psychic Dreams🚦11.09 ★★★★
✅E🚦Elizabeth Hunter🚦Psychic Dreams🚦11.09 ★★★★
✅L🚦Laurenston, Shelly🚦Badger to the Bone🚦10.16 ★★★★
✅F🚦Fox, Kim🚦Axel🚦01.22 ★★★


Title 🚦Option 2
Read one-word-title books where first letter of word can be found in PICK A SHELF



✅P🚦Play🚦10.10 ★★★★
✅I🚦Identity🚦02.24 ★★★★
✅C🚦Cakewalk🚦05.29 ★★★★
✅K🚦Kyle🚦12.02 ★★★

✅A🚦April🚦03.27 ★★★

✅S🚦Sawyer🚦02.11 ★★★
✅H🚦Hawke🚦04.03 ★★★★
✅E🚦Exposed🚦12.22 ★★★★
✅L🚦Lucas🚦03.15 ★★★
✅F🚦Faefever🚦10.12 ★★★★


Author🚦Option 2
Read books where author's first OR last initial is in PICK A SHELF & has only 5 letters



✅P🚦Paige Tyler🚦To Love a Wolf🚦10.31 ★★★★
✅I🚦Ilona Andrews🚦Magic Claims🚦11.22 ★★★★
✅C🚦Chloe Liese🚦Better Hate than Never🚦06.06 ★★★★
✅K🚦Kylie Scott🚦Deep🚦03.02 ★★★★

✅A🚦Arden, Susan🚦Twice Tempted🚦07.18 ★★★

✅S🚦Susan Arden🚦Twice Tempted🚦07.18 ★★★
✅H🚦Hanna, Rachel🚦Loving Tessa🚦02.27 ★★★
✅E🚦Erica Spindler🚦Cause for Alarm🚦01.11 ★★★★
✅L🚦Liese, Chloe🚦Better Hate than Never🚦06.06 ★★★★
✅F🚦Force, Marie🚦How Much I Love🚦06.09 ★★★★

I will give this try. Knowing my gluttony for challenges, I'll probably come back and do both options for each!😁

Well I maintained for September. Goal was 4 and I read 4. So rollovers stay the same (13). My total October goal will be 16.

COMPLETE - Prompt 14: Arrays


My Prompt 14 Plan (msg 23)

Prompt ➖ Serial reads: 2 books from 7 different series


➖#2 Dakota Hearts ➖ Badland Bride ➖ 04.24 ★★★
➖#3 Dakota Hearts ➖ Dakota Heat ➖ 07.13 ★★★


➖#1 Dr. Samantha Owens ➖ A Deeper Darkness ➖ 04.16 ★★★★
➖#2 Dr. Samantha Owens ➖ Edge of Black ➖ 06.08 ★★★★


➖#1 Great Wolves Motorcycle Club ➖ Dex ➖ 04.08 ★★★★
➖#2 Great Wolves Motorcycle Club ➖ Sly ➖ 07.16 ★★★★


➖#1 Miami Nights ➖ How Much I Feel ➖ 04.15 ★★★★
➖#2 Miami Nights ➖ How Much I Care ➖ 07.31 ★★★★


➖#1 SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team ➖ Hungry Like the Wolf ➖ 05.06 ★★★★
➖#2 SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team ➖ Wolf Trouble ➖ 07.11 ★★★★


➖#1 Frenched ➖ Frenched ➖ 06.13 ★★★★
➖#1.5 Frenched ➖ Yanked ➖ 06.13 ★★★★


➖#2 Quiet ➖ Crazy Quiet ➖ 08.06 ★★★★
➖#3 Quiet ➖ Extra Quiet ➖ 08.28 ★★★★

Uh, oh. Not a good a good month... I went backwards with only 4 read. September: goal 4 + 14 rollover = 18 total!

EDIT: I didn't realize that the book I was finishing yesterday I had added in August. Yay, so I at least read the goal and maintained rollovers... so total is now 17!

COMPLETE - Prompt 11: repdigit


My Prompt 11 Plan (msg 24)

Prompt🔹Read 2 books where the titles OR authors' names contain same EXACT word/s

Same title



💟The Game🔹Vi Keeland🔹07.28 ★★★★
💟The Game🔹Gennita Low🔹04.16 ★★★

COMPLETE - Prompt 8: O2

My Prompt 8 Plan (msg 11)

Prompt🔹Read 8 of your comfort / guilty pleasures books

Guilty Pleasure: Kristen Ashley



💟Jagged🔹04.25 ★★★★
💟Knight🔹04.12 ★★★★
💟Until the Sun Falls from the Sky🔹03.25 ★★★★

Comfort Reads: Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb books



💟The Becoming🔹02.24 ★★★★★
💟The Collector🔹05.20 ★★★★
💟Heart of the Sea🔹05.04 ★★★★
💟Under Currents🔹02.21 ★★★★
💟The Choice🔹07.27 ★★★★

Joyce wrote: "I had a really bad June and July especially July. I am going to be rolling over 18 books for August. I'd better get on the ball this month."

You'll get there!!!

Read 8 this month which is 2 more than the monthly goal, so I made headway with the rollovers! Woohoo!
August goal 5, Rollover 13 = Total August goal 18

Tien wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Well, I backslid in June and only read 5... so my rollover is now 15 which makes my July total 21. Oh boy. Going the wrong direction!"

Don't worry, LaurLa, the goal number will slowly decrease and you'll be fine by the end lol"

That is the plan (and the hope!!)

Well, I backslid in June and only read 5... so my rollover is now 15 which makes my July total 21. Oh boy. Going the wrong direction!

Fifteen for Fifteen - Prompt 15: Happy 15th!!
April 11 - December 2023 ➖ COMPLETE

My Prompt 15 Plan (msg 25)

Prompt ➖ Read a total of 15 books across different PAS challenges

By the Month

💟Master of the Dark Side ➖ 05.02 ★★★★
💟Avenge Me ➖ 05.07 ★★★★
💟Sweet Filthy Boy ➖ 05.24 ★★★★

LOST 2023

💟Her Perfect Stranger ➖ 09.17 ★★★★
💟Precious and Fragile Things ➖ 08.26 ★★★★
💟All Good Things... ➖ 09.03 ★★★

Moving Mountains - 2023 Ed

💟The Honeymoon Cottage ➖ 07.10 ★★★★
💟The 6th Target ➖ 11.18 ★★★★
💟Racked and Stacked ➖ 05.09 ★★★★

Seriously Serial '23

💟Deeper Than The Ocean ➖ 08.22 ★★★★
💟Secret Obsession ➖ 07.21 ★★★★
💟Lucas ➖ 05.27 ★★★

Trim That TBR (2022)

💟A Scandal in the Headlines ➖ 05.06 ★★★
💟Ice Cold ➖ 06.19 ★★★★
💟Lethal Nights ➖ 11.04 ★★★★

COMPLETE - Prompt 1: BIG

My Prompt 1 Plan (msg 31)

Prompt🔹Read 1 BIG* Book
Prompt Goal 🔹greater than 637 pp



674 pages🔹With Everything I Am🔹04.30 ★★★★

Finished this month with 7 again. I guess that means I'm doing okay...
My rollover is 12 so May is 8 + 12 rollover = 20.


Oy, I can't wait until the goal gets lower than 'average'!