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

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

COMPELTE - Prompt 4: Family


My Prompt 4 Plan (msg 29)

Prompt🔹Read book/s with person/s on cover/s where when number of people on cover/s added, we have a total of 4



2 people🔹Hansel's Bear🔹01.10 ★★★
2 people🔹Wedding Fever🔹01.14 ★★★

COMPLETE - Prompt 2: Heads or Tails


My Prompt 2 Plan (msg 44)

Prompt🔹Read first and / or last (final*) book in series
last series number 🔹#1 Wishing Tree series🔹The Christmas Wedding Guest

coin flip🔹heads



#1 Thunder Mountain Brotherhood🔹Midnight Thunder🔹01.10 ★★★

Fifteen for Fifteen - Prompt 5: Prime Number
January 8 - December 2023 ➖ COMPLETE

My Prompt 5 Plan (msg 21)

Prompt🔹Read a book where page number is a prime number



233 pages🔹The Ex Games Boxed Set🔹01.22 ★★★

Fifteen for Fifteen - Prompt 4: Family
January 6 - December 2023 ➖ COMPLETE

My Prompt 4 Plan (msg 29)

Prompt🔹Read book/s with person/s on cover/s where when number of people on cover/s added, we have a total of 4



2 people🔹Hansel's Bear🔹01.10 ★★★
2 people🔹Wedding Fever🔹01.14 ★★★

Tien wrote: "Sorry I missed your Q, LaurLa - I'm gonna say no, sorry!! Also, I checked your stats and it looks like your second longest was 649 pages?

I set the task to be longer than "second longest" for a re..."


Yes, technically 649 was the second longest but I'm not counting the longest as my longest because it was a boxset. But what does it matter - it's 20 odd pages and I still don't have a book longer that 649 pages that isn't multiple books into a series I haven't even started. It appears I may not get this particular prompt done. I'm not saying I'll disregard it, I may stumble across something new that peaks my fancy but I highly doubt it. Maybe I'll search out another boxset to buy that I can read of books already on my TBR.

EDIT: I double checked the instructions thread but to verify, it CAN be a new book added to my TBR this year - we're not restricted to books on our TBR before 1/1/23?

Bea wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "So my second longest book was 637 pp - I have a handful of books longer than that but they happen to be series books that are beyond where I'm at in the series - or haven't even star..."

Hmm - weird. I have not read that series! That I remember... 😶 If it's showing up in me read list, it's a mistake. But I appreciate the recommendation!

Tien - I had a question over on the Prompt 1 thread - could you let me know?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

By the Month... (2023)
January 2023

My By the Month Challenge (msg 26)

January Goal 🔹12 books
January Actual 🔹6
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published January
January 2011🔹Touch of Frost🔹01.11 ★★★★
January 2015🔹New Year in Manhattan🔹01.07 ★★★
January 2016🔹Just Stop Me🔹01.27 ★★★★
January 2023🔹‎A Vampire's Kiss🔹01.15 ★★★★

added January
January 2014🔹Boots and Twisters🔹01.31 ★★★
January 2015🔹Imperfect Chemistry🔹01.08 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

February Goal🔹11 books + 6 rollover
February Actual🔹10
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published February
February 2009🔹Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand🔹02.25 ★★★★
February 2009🔹Bone Crossed🔹02.07 ★★★★
February 2010 (my edition)🔹First Drop of Crimson🔹02.14 ★★★★
February 2013 (my edition)🔹Fuzzy Navel🔹02.25 ★★★
February 2017🔹Love Me Two Times🔹02.26 ★★★★
February 2021🔹Finlay Donovan Is Killing It🔹02.27 ★★★
February 2021🔹In Over Her Head🔹02.26 ★★★★

added February
February 2015🔹The Shipwreck🔹02.12 ★★★
February 2017🔹Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★
February 2018🔹Gator Bait🔹02.22 ★★★
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March Goal 🔹10 books + 7 rollover
March Actual 🔹 7
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published March
March 2012🔹Accidentally Married to...a Vampire?🔹03.19 ★★★
March 2017🔹Sizzling Summer Nights🔹03.31 ★★★
March 2017🔹Company in the Evening🔹03.08 ★★★
March 2022🔹Stuck with You🔹03.12 ★★★★
March 2022🔹Hearts Collide: Infinity Prism Book One🔹03.24 ★★

added March

March 2013🔹The Miles Between Us🔹03.21 ★★★
March 2022🔹Garrett's Destiny🔹03.27 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

April Goal ➖ 9 books + 10 rollover
April Actual ➖ 7
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published April

April 2012 ➖ A Deeper Darkness ➖ 04.16 ★★★★
April 2012 ➖ Knight ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
April 2013 ➖ The Game ➖ 04.16 ★★★

added April

April 2013 ➖ Son of the Morning ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
April 2019 ➖ Hot Single Dad ➖ 04.02 ★★★★
April 2021 ➖ The Phantom of the Opera ➖ 04.17 ★★★
April 2013 ➖ A Cranberry Inn Christmas ➖ 04.30 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

May Goal ➖ 8 books + 12 rollover
May Actual ➖ 7

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published May
May 2014 ➖ Sweet Filthy Boy ➖ 05.24 ★★★★
May 2014 ➖ Avenge Me ➖ 05.07 ★★★★
May 2015 ➖ Beyond Innocence
May 2015 ➖ Grant ➖ 05.21 ★★★
May 2015 ➖ The Vampire's Mail Order Bride ➖ 05.13 ★★★★
May 2015 ➖ Master of the Dark Side ➖ 05.02 ★★★★
May 2020 ➖ Barking Up the Wrong Tree ➖ 05.28 ★★★★

added May
none
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June Goal ➖ 7 books + 13 rollover
June Actual ➖ 5
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published June

June 2003 ➖ The Defiant Hero ➖ 06.30 ★★★★
June 2013 ➖ Officer off Limits ➖ 06.18 ★★★★
June 2014 ➖ Yanked ➖ 06.13 ★★★★
June 2019 ➖ 10 Bodies Lying ➖ 06.04 ★★★

added June

June 2020 ➖ Summer Love Box Set ➖ 06.24 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

July Goal ➖ 6 books + 15 rollover
July Actual ➖ 8
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published July
July 2012 ➖ Double Down ➖ 07.06 ★★★★
July 2013 ➖ The Night Is Alive ➖ 07.26 ★★★★
July 2015 ➖ Sly ➖ 07.16 ★★★★
July 2018 ➖ Slaying It ➖ 07.09 ★★★★
July 2023 ➖ Role Playing ➖ 07.30 ★★★★

added July
July 2014 ➖ Unlocked ➖ 07.17 ★★★★
July 2014 ➖ My Sweetheart ➖ 07.26 ★★★
July 2021 ➖ Bear's Snow ➖ 07.01 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

August Goal ➖ 5 books + 13 rollover
August Actual ➖ 4
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published August
August 2008 ➖ Dragon Actually ➖ 08.29 ★★★★
August 2014 ➖ Taken by Tuesday ➖ 08.02 ★★★★
August 2022 ➖ ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill ➖ 08.17 ★★★★

added August
August 2013 ➖ The Night Is Forever ➖ 08.31 ★★★★
August 2019 ➖ Sweet Rapture ➖ 08.04 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

September Goal ➖ 4 books + 13 rollover
September Actual ➖ 4

(view spoiler)[
published September
September 2013 ➖ Beautiful Bombshell ➖ 09.16 ★★★★
September 2015 ➖ Colt➖ 09.22 ★★★★

added September
September 2021 ➖ Abandoned in Death➖ 09.30 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

October Goal ➖ 3 books + 13 rollover
October Actual ➖ 5
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published October

October 1995 ➖ Secrets of Midnight ➖ 10.28 ★★★
October 2014 ➖ Christmas on the Royal Yacht ➖ 10.20 ★★★
October 2020 ➖ Crazy Stupid Bromance ➖ 10.22 ★★★★

added October

October 2016 ➖ Hard Ever After ➖ 10.23 ★★★★
October 2022 ➖ Bittersweet ➖ 10.31 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

November Goal ➖ 2 books + 11 rollover
November Actual ➖ 6
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published November

November 2014 ➖ Dakota Wedding ➖ 11.11 ★★★
November 2015 ➖ Kellan ➖ 11.14 ★★★

added November

November 2013 ➖ Penmort Castle ➖ 11.12 ★★★★
November 2018 ➖ Wound Tight ➖ 11.30 ★★★★
November 2018 ➖ Dirty Ransom ➖ 11.29 ★★★
November 2022 ➖ Only You ➖ 11.27 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

December Goal ➖ 1 books + 7 rollover
December Actual ➖ 8
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published December
December 2012 ➖ The Christine + Jake Affair ➖ 12.03 ★★★
December 2013 ➖ Santa Stole My Ghoulfriend ➖ 12.27 ★★★
December 2019 ➖ You Can't Ruin Christmas ➖ 12.17 ★★★
December 2023 ➖ Same Time Next Year ➖ 12.16 ★★★★

added December
December 2018 ➖ Off the Grid ➖ 12.14 ★★★
December 2021 ➖ Christmas On Anchor Island ➖ 12.03 ★★★
December 2021 ➖ Merry Elf-ing Christmas ➖ 12.17 ★★★★
December 2022 ➖ Window Shopping ➖ 12.08 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Last year for the first couple months I didn't actually plan... just assumed that I'd have the right books since my reading level is so high (25+ a month)... but that didn't work out so well and I stressed myself out in the middle months. So I'll plan better this year! I hope!

Fifteen for Fifteen - Prompt 3: Third time's the charm
January - December 2023 ➖ COMPLETE

My Prompt 3 Plan (msg 26)

Prompt🔹Read 3 books of 1 author

Series mini binge is ok but the intent behind this is to read an author's works other than their most popular/well-known series etc.

author🔹Rebecca Zanetti



Laurel Snow🔹You Can Run🔹02.11 ★★★★
Blood Brothers🔹Lethal Lies🔹01.15 ★★★★
Scorpius Syndrome🔹Shadow Falling🔹09.10 ★★★★

Fifteen for Fifteen - Prompt 2: Heads or Tails
January - December 2023 ➖ COMPLETE

My Prompt 2 Plan (msg 44)

Prompt🔹Read first and / or last (final*) book in series
last series number 🔹#1 Wishing Tree series🔹The Christmas Wedding Guest

coin flip🔹heads



#1 Thunder Mountain Brotherhood🔹Midnight Thunder🔹01.10 ★★★

So my second longest book was 637 pp - I have a handful of books longer than that but they happen to be series books that are beyond where I'm at in the series - or haven't even started the series. However, I do have one that is 621 pp - a few pages shy of the 'goal'. Will you allow this?

Fifteen for Fifteen - Prompt 1: BIG
January - December 2023 ➖ COMPLETE

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 ★★★★

Seriously Serial '23
January - December 2023

My Seriously Serial '23 Challenge (msg 20)

Books read🔹32

🔹1🔹Dresden Files #1🔹Storm Front
🔹01.03 ★★★

🔹2🔹Nocturne Falls #2🔹The Werewolf Meets His Match
🔹10.26 ★★★★

🔹3🔹Adair Family #3🔹Always You🔹03.31 ★★★★


🔹4🔹Deep Six #4🔹Deeper Than The Ocean🔹08.22 ★★★★


🔹5🔹Jackson Falls #5🔹The Miles Between Us🔹03.21 ★★★★


🔹6🔹Sicily's Corretti Dynasty #6🔹A Facade to Shatter🔹01.29 ★★★


🔹7🔹Curvy for Him #7🔹The Quilter and the Quarterback🔹05.27 ★★


🔹8🔹SEAL TEAM Heartbreakers #8🔹Breaking Chains🔹04.09 ★★★★


🔹9🔹Blacktop Cowboys #9🔹Racked and Stacked🔹05.09 ★★★★


🔹10🔹Color of Heaven #10 🔹The Color of Forever🔹08.20 ★★★★


🔹11🔹Ugly Stick Saloon #11🔹Boots and Twisters🔹01.31 ★★★


🔹12🔹Guardians of Eternity #12🔹When Darkness Ends🔹04.22 ★★★★


🔹13🔹Immortals After Dark #13🔹MacRieve🔹06.03 ★★★★


🔹14🔹Argeneau #14🔹Hungry for You🔹02.10 ★★★★


🔹15🔹Dark Protectors #15🔹Garrett's Destiny🔹05.27 ★★★★


🔹16🔹Made in Montana #16🔹Sizzling Summer Nights🔹03.31 ★★★


🔹17🔹#5 + #5+ #7🔹
Across the Aisle #5🔹Lucas🔹05.27 ★★★
Barefoot Williams #5🔹No Breaking My Heart🔹04.07 ★★★★
Rock Royalty #7🔹Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★


🔹18🔹#9 + #9🔹
Escape to New Zealand #9🔹Just Stop Me🔹01.27 ★★★★
Krewe of Hunters #9🔹The Night Is Watching🔹03.29 ★★★★


🔹19🔹#3 + #4+ #12🔹
Philadelphia Patriots #3🔹Bigger Than Beckham🔹01.23 ★★★★
Wedding Series #4🔹The Runaway Bride🔹10.11 ★★★
Red Stone Security #12🔹Secret Obsession🔹07.21 ★★★★


🔹20🔹#6 + #6+ #8🔹
Anchor Island #6🔹In Over Her Head🔹02.26 ★★★★
Beyond #6🔹Beyond Innocence🔹05.07 ★★★★
Toronto #8🔹Finding My Happy Pace🔹03.30 ★★★


🔹21🔹#5 + #5+ #11🔹
Cincinnati Series #5🔹Into the Dark🔹06.25 ★★★★
Dakota Hearts #5🔹His Dakota Bride🔹10.01 ★★★
Krewe of Hunters #11🔹The Night Is Forever🔹08.31 ★★★★


🔹22🔹Gansett Island #22🔹Temptation After Dark🔹01.29 ★★★★


🔹23🔹Gansett Island #23🔹Resilience After Dark🔹09.12 ★★★★

Trim That TBR
January - December 2023

My Trim That TBR Challenge (msg 18)

Books Read🔹28

✅1. How many?!?!🔹Take the last digit of your TBR total and read that many books off your TBR

TBR Owned shelf = 2579
💟Nightwork🔹09.09 ★★★★
💟Part-Time Lover🔹01.04 ★★★★
💟The End of Tomorrow🔹03.26 ★★★
💟Gator Bait🔹02.22 ★★★
💟Dragon on Top🔹04.29 ★★★★
💟On the Rocks🔹03.13 ★★★★
💟A Scandal in the Headlines🔹05.06 ★★★
💟Mr. Fixer Upper🔹04.18 ★★★★
💟Heart of the Sea🔹05.04 ★★★★


✅2. Share the love🔹Sort your TBR by date added and read:

a. Books with the most recent date
💟Dec 2022🔹Window Shopping🔹12.23 ★★★★
b. Books with the oldest date
💟Mar 2013🔹The Miles Between Us🔹03.21 ★★★★
💟Mar 2013🔹The Bride Came C.O.D.🔹02.16 ★★★
💟Mar 2013🔹All Good Things...🔹09.03 ★★★
💟Mar 2013🔹Ice Cold🔹06.19 ★★★★
💟Mar 2013🔹Fuzzy Navel🔹02.25 ★★★
💟Mar 2013🔹Stuck on You🔹09.22 ★★★
💟Mar 2013🔹Her Perfect Stranger🔹09.17 ★★★★
💟Apr 2013🔹The Night Is Alive🔹07.26 ★★★


✅3. Monstrosity🔹Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR

💟672 pp🔹With Everything I Am🔹04.30 ★★★★


✅4. Catch Up🔹Read that last book in the series! Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment

💟Aegis Security #3🔹Fatal Pursuit🔹01.30 ★★★★
💟Afterlife #3🔹Waiting in the Wings🔹07.05 ★★★
💟Sicily's Corretti Dynasty #8🔹A Hunger for the Forbidden🔹10.17 ★★★
💟Brute Force #3🔹Lethal Nights🔹11.04 ★★★★
💟Dirty Martini Running Club #4🔹Flirting With Forever🔹10.07 ★★★★
💟White Rabbit Chronicles #4🔹A Mad Zombie Party🔹09.11 ★★★★
💟Night Prince #4🔹Into the Fire🔹05.16 ★★★★
💟The Burrow #4🔹The End of Lies🔹08.09 ★★★★
💟Woodlands #5🔹Unwritten🔹07.30 ★★★★

Moving Mountain - 2023
January - December 2023

My Moving Mountain Challenge (msg 22)

Level🔹26 Draws🔹Books Read🔹26



✅Four of Hearts
💟51.8% yellow🔹11,652 ratings
💟Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand🔹02.25 ★★★★

✅Six of Diamonds
💟64.4% blue🔹Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2022)
💟Hook, Line, and Sinker🔹12.12 ★★★★

✅Ace of Clubs
💟green, blue, black, red, yellow, brown🔹Cemetery, Indiana
💟The Honeymoon Cottage🔹07.10 ★★★★

✅Six of Spades
💟76.6% blue🔹standalone
💟Instant Karma🔹05.21 ★★★★

✅Four of Spades
💟61.6% yellow🔹standalone
💟The Seven Year Slip🔹11.05 ★★★★

✅Four of Clubs
💟64.6% yellow🔹Body Movers
💟10 Bodies Lying🔹06.04 ★★★

✅Three of Hearts
💟51.3% orange🔹13,993 ratings
💟By Any Other Name🔹07.16 ★★★★★

✅Three of Clubs
💟60.2% orange🔹Honeybee Mysteries
💟The Buzz Kill🔹04.01 ★★★

✅Three of Diamonds
💟53% orange🔹Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Best Book of the Year (2014)
💟Sweet Filthy Boy🔹05.24 ★★★★




✅Ten of Hearts
💟53.5% grey🔹64,072 ratings
💟The 6th Target🔹11.18 ★★★★

✅King of Diamonds
💟blue, green, violet, brown, orange🔹RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Best Contemporary Romance (2014)
💟Home to Whiskey Creek🔹03.12 ★★★★

✅King of Hearts
💟blue, red/orange, white, brown/cream, green🔹79,098 ratings
💟Devil in Winter🔹07.20 ★★★★

✅Jack of Spades
💟red, grey🔹standalone
💟Ours is Just a Little Sorrow🔹01.17 ★★★★

✅Jack of Diamonds
💟black, red, tan🔹RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for Erotic Romance (2017)
💟Ravenous🔹03.23 ★★★★

✅Seven of Spades
💟54.7% brown🔹standalone
💟Role Playing🔹07.30 ★★★★

✅Queen of Spades
💟orange, blue, violet, black🔹standalone
💟Stuck on You🔹09.22 ★★★

✅Jack of Clubs
💟violet, yellow, grey🔹Imperfect
💟Imperfect Chemistry🔹01.08 ★★★★

✅Queen of Diamonds
💟violet, pink, black, brown/tan🔹Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2019)
💟The Wallflower Wager🔹09.17 ★★★★




✅Five of Spades
💟66% green🔹standalone
💟Window Shopping🔹12.08 ★★★★

✅Ace of Hearts
💟black, red, grey/silver, green, blue🔹105,478 ratings
💟Bone Crossed🔹02.07 ★★★★

✅King of Clubs
💟blue, green, black, grey, brown🔹Blacktop Cowboys
💟Racked and Stacked🔹05.09 ★★★★

✅Ace of Spades
💟violet, blue, green, yellow, grey🔹standalone
💟Nightwork🔹09.09 ★★★★

✅Queen of Clubs
💟orange, yellow, black, grey🔹Adair Family
💟Always You🔹03.31 ★★★★

✅Seven of Hearts
💟57.6% brown🔹16,627 ratings
💟The Last Camel Died at Noon🔹08.06 ★★★

✅Queen of Hearts
💟black, grey, brown🔹332,157 ratings
💟Storm Front🔹01.03 ★★★

✅King of Spades
💟red, yellow, white, blue, black🔹standalone
💟Precious and Fragile Things🔹08.26 ★★★★

PAS wrote: "Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2023

As always, this challenge restricted books added to TBR prior to the year it's being played so books must be on TBR prior to January 1, 2023.

Draw cards - h..."

Should this say: As always, this challenge restricted books added to TBR prior to during the year it's being played so books must be on TBR prior to January 1, 2023.

Or am I reading it wrong?

LOST 2023
January - September 22, 2023

My LOST 2023 Challenge (msg 36)

Lost completion ➖ 09.22.23



☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ The Miles Between Us ➖ 03.21 ★★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ The Bride Came C.O.D. ➖ 02.16 ★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ All Good Things... ➖ 09.03 ★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ Ice Cold ➖ 06.19 ★★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ Fuzzy Navel ➖ 02.25 ★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ Stuck on You ➖ 09.22 ★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ Her Perfect Stranger ➖ 09.17 ★★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ The Night Is Watching ➖ 03.29 ★★★★
☑️added Mar 2013 ➖ Precious and Fragile Things ➖ 08.26 ★★★★
☑️added Apr 2013 ➖ Son of the Morning ➖ 04.12 ★★★★

I've read 9 and but still have 1 for the Found portion to read and I don't think I'll get to it before tomorrow 😥. I have 3 possibilities that fit the criteria for Found... but I don't know if I can make it!
Updated post: My LOST and FOUND 2022 Challenge (msg 4)

Lost completion 08.23

Books Read ➺ 9

Well, I read 10 Found books but 2 of them I added in December and read in December. Not sure that really counts... but I counted them anyway 😄
Updated post: My FOUND 2022 Challenge (msg 16)

Lost completion 08.23

Books Read ➺ 10