30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND

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30.2 - Delicious Dee's task: LOST and FOUND
Thanks to Tien for this task idea.
One of the restrictions I placed on myself this last season was, as much as possible, the books I read for had to come from my massive To-Be-Read/Owned books pile. Overall I was fairly successful with about 80% of books fitting those requirements. I also found many books that I had completely forgotten that I owned…this task is dedicated to those books that are LOST on my TBR pile and new authors I’ve FOUND because of them.

This is a 2 book task, you must read one book from LOST and one book from FOUND.
Your books need to be a total of at least 600 pages
Books with the MPG Childrens are NOT allowed.

Both books must be by single authors.

Book 1 – LOST – Read a book that has been LOST on your TBR for at least 3 years (added to TBR list prior to 1 Dec 2017). Your To-read list may be your GR shelf, a custom GR shelf, or an off-GR list. WARNING: This book will be used to determine Book 2 so be sure to select a book that gives you an option that will work for Book 2.

If you don’t maintain a TBR shelf, you may pick a book from this shelf: amazon archive shelf

Required: State the date the book was added to your TBR list OR state that the book was picked from from the provided shelf.

Book 2 – FOUND - using your LOST book, read a book by a NEW TO YOU author that fits one of the 3 criteria below:
A – shares a first or last name with LOST book. Names may be in any position, but must match exactly
B – by an author that can be found on the similar authors portion of the authors profile (just above list of books on author's profile). Warning: Authors on this list may change over time. Authors may be confirmed as appearing on the list in the Help Thread.
C – a book found in the readers also enjoyed section (click on the similar books link to expand your choices). Warning: The books on this list may change over time. Books may be confirmed as appearing on the list in the Help Thread.

Example:

Book 1 – LOST - The Touch by Colleen McCullough (added to TBR 1 June 2010)

Book 2 - FOUND - I could read any one of the following (example for each option)
- Option A – an author with the name Colleen or McCullough
- Option B – an author from this link: Authors similar to Colleen McCullough (found on author's profile page just above list of books:
Average rating: 4.17 · 415,643 ratings · 12,172 reviews · 86 distinct works • Similar authors)
- Option C – a book from this link: Books similar to The Touch (found on book's main page under READERS ALSO ENJOYED)

Required: State which option you used AND that the author is new-to-you when you post.

[Dee]

Book B - option 2

#16 Sandy - Jess Walters/Karin Slaughter
#35 Book Concierge - Dee Brown/Alice Hoffman
#42 Kristen - Louise Penny/Deborah Crombie
#53 - KSMary - Melanie Benjamin/Renee Rosen
#61 - Teri K - Georgette Heyer/Barbara Metzger
#68 - Elizabeth - N.K. Jemisin/Rebecca Roanhorse
#72 - Stacey - Kristen Ashley/J.T. Geissinger
#79 - Kaora - Harlan Coben/Karin Slaughter
#83 - Kristina Simon - Tess Gerritsen/Jo Nesbo
#84 - Jammin Jenny - Ilona Andrews/Jeaniene Frost

Book B - option 3
#21 - Tien - Lilian's Story/The Dictionary of Lost Words Or The Weekend or Stone Sky Gold Mountain
- Tien - Dark Places/The Confession
#23 - Julia - Mistress of Mourning/Maid of Secrets OR Outsider OR The Boleyn Deceit
- Julia - The Mapmaker's Children/The Movement of Stars
- Julia - Revolutionary/Golden Hill
#25 - Andy - An Empty Death/The Savage Garden
#29 - Kelly - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body/Know My Name
#31 - ♞ Pat - Prayers for Sale/Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
#33 - Amy - The Eyes of the Dragon/Seeking Safety
#34 - Joanne - The Grim Company/The Vagrant
#37 - list_addict/Charlston - The Butterfly Garden/Before the Fall
#39 - Karen D - The Mothers/Transcendent Kingdom
#40 - Aprilleigh - Ender's Game/The Martian or Ready Player One
#45 - Elaine - Running On Empty/Ruckus
#47 - Fly - Bubba and the Dead Woman/Forgotten
#51 - Heaven - Cinder/Legend
#55 - Cat - The Alloy of Law/The Rage of Dragons
#57- Joanne - The Grim Company/The Waking Fire
#58 - carlos - Angels & Demons/The Kite Runner
#63 - brooklyn - Most Wanted/The Dream Daughter
#65 - Laura H - Loving Frank/The Giver of Stars
#78 - Barbara ★ - SEALed Forever/True to Me
#81 - Chris - The Aviator's Wife/The Lions of Fifth Avenue
#88 - Tess - The Secrets She Keeps/The Nowhere Child
#91 - Karen D - The Mothers/Friends and Strangers
#93 - SandyL - Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat/Sticking to the Script
Brooke - Since We Fell/Pretty Little Wife

[Dee]

R

[SRC Moderator, Moderator]

This thread is now open!

[Marie (UK)]

i do have a TBR but nothing before 2018 on it do I have to use the shelf

[Dee]

Marie (UK) wrote: "i do have a TBR but nothing before 2018 on it do I have to use the shelf"

yes - that was my intention - its my LOST shelf

[Marie (UK)]

Dee wrote: "Marie (UK) wrote: "i do have a TBR but nothing before 2018 on it do I have to use the shelf"

yes - that was my intention - its my LOST shelf"

Ok i will find something

[Marie (UK)]

I cannot find the links to let me find something for option B or C I have tried with my chosen book for book 1 and with other books on my TBR I dont know where i should be looking buut it is not before the list of author's books

[Dee]

what book/author are you looking at? a book that only has a handful of ratings may not have an other readers enjoyed section

[Marie (UK)]

Dee wrote: "what book/author are you looking at? a book that only has a handful of ratings may not have an other readers enjoyed section"

its OK Dee I have found something that works

[Tien]

Hey! Nice spin ;)

[Tien]

Does this section, "C – a book found in the readers also enjoyed section (click on the similar books link to expand your choices)", change over time, do you know? Just wondering if I should lock in my choices?

[Dee]

TIen - checking with mods now

[Dee]

Tien wrote: "Does this section, "C – a book found in the readers also enjoyed section (click on the similar books link to expand your choices)", change over time, do you know? Just wondering if I should lock in..."

if you want me to lock it in i can - we updated the task to include that language

[Andy]

Would you please confirm that The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich is on list of Readers Also Enjoyed list?
Thanks,
Andy

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Please confirm Karin Slaughter as being on the Similar Authors list for Jess Walters. https://www.goodreads.com/author/simi...

Thanks!

[Andy]

Would you please confirm The Savage Garden byMark Mills ?for the Readers Also Enjoyed List? I just realized I can't use the Watchman one because I have read a book by Erdrich.
Thanks,
Andy

[Dee]

Sandy wrote: "Please confirm Karin Slaughter as being on the Similar Authors list for Jess Walters. https://www.goodreads.com/author/simi...

Thanks!"

Approved - I’m a Karin fan so hope you enjoy

[Dee]

Andy wrote: "Would you please confirm The Savage Garden byMark Mills ?for the Readers Also Enjoyed List? I just realized I can't use the Watchman one because I have read a book b..."

Andy wrote: "Would you please confirm that The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich is on list of Readers Also Enjoyed list?
Thanks,
Andy"

Andy - what was your original book?

[Dee]

If you need me to confirm a book please post your book A so I can easily locate your book B

[Tien]

I'm not sure which I'm going to do yet so here's a list :)

For Lilian's Story:
The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Weekend
Stone Sky Gold Mountain

For Dark Places:
The Confession

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Dee wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Please confirm Karin Slaughter as being on the Similar Authors list for Jess Walters. https://www.goodreads.com/author/simi...

Thanks!"

Approved - I’m a Karin fan ..."

I've never read anything by her, so this seemed like a good opportunity - since I've also had a book by Jess Walter hanging around forever!

[Julia]

Great task!

I'm not sure which I'm going to do (a lot depends on whether things listed by my library are really available) so can you please lock these in:

Book 1: Mistress of Mourning
Book 2: Maid of Secrets or
Book 2: Outsider or
Book 2: The Boleyn Deceit

Book 1: The Mapmaker's Children
Book 2: The Movement of Stars

Book 1: Revolutionary
Book 2: Golden Hill

(all are Option C - listed in readers also enjoyed/similar books)

[Andy]

Sorry Dee,I always forget the obvious. My Original book is An Empty Death by Laura Wilson which has been on my list since 12/10/12
And the book I need approved is The Savage Garden

[Andy]

Hi Dee,
In regard to my post # 17, The book from my to read list is An Empty Death The book I need approved is The Savage Garden: A Thriller. Sorry for my not stating the obvious in this case the book on my to read list.
Andy

[Kathy KS]

Just clarifying here...

"Your books need to be a total of 600 pages"

Do you mean "exactly" 600 pages OR 600 pages "or more"?

[Dee]

Kathy wrote: "Just clarifying here...

"Your books need to be a total of 600 pages"

Do you mean "exactly" 600 pages OR 600 pages "or more"?"

at least 600pgs

[Dee]

Tien, Julia, Andy - all approved and listed in msg 2

[Kelly]

I'd like to lock in:
Book 1 - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, on my TBR since August 2017

Book 2 - Know My Name appears in "Readers Also Enjoyed" (option C) and is at the bottom of the "Similar authors" list (option B)
Thanks!

[Dee]

Kelly wrote: "I'd like to lock in:
Book 1 - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, on my TBR since August 2017

Book 2 - Know My Name appears in "Readers Also Enjoyed" (option C) and is ..."

approved and added to msg 2

[♞ Pat]

For the LOST book 2 task ...

Book 1 is Prayers for Sale

I would like to verify Book 2 as "Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt" in the Readers Also Enjoyed List.

Thanks!

[Dee]

approved and in msg2

[Amy]

Please lock in the following, Dee:

LOST: The Eyes of the Dragon (added May 2017)
FOUND: Seeking Safety (from readers also enjoyed)

Thanks!

[Joanne]

My LOST book is The Grim Company by Luke Scull

Will you confirm that The Vagrant byPeter Newman appears on the "similar books" link

[Book Concierge]

Please confirm this pairing:

LOST: On my TBR excel spreadsheet (originally in a spiral bound notebook) since about 1980 (!)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown

FOUND: Option b - NEW to me author who is on LIST of authors similar to Brown
Alice Hoffman / Practical Magic

[Dee]

updated through #35 - all approved and in msg2

[Charlston]

Please confirm Before the Fall as a similar book for The Butterfly Garden

With thanks.

Readerboard name: List_addict

[Dee]

Charlston wrote: "Please confirm Before the Fall as a similar book for The Butterfly Garden

With thanks.

Readerboard name: List_addict"

confirmed and added to msg 2

[Karen D]

Hi, I'd like to confirm that Transcendent Kingdom is listed as an option for Books Similar to: The Mothers

Thanks!

[Aprilleigh]

Please confirm Ready Player One and The Martian are BOTH on the "See similar books" list for Ender's Game.

[Dee]

#39/#40 - both confirmed and added to msg 2

[Kristen]

Please confirm that Deborah Crombie is listed as a "similar author" to Louise Penny.

Thank you!

[Dee]

Kristen wrote: "Please confirm that Deborah Crombie is listed as a "similar author" to Louise Penny.

Thank you!"

approved and added to msg 2

[Dee]

i'm underway this week - i should be able to check verifications - but will be weather dependant

[Elaine]

Can you please verify that Ruckus is on the Books Similar to Running On Empty list. Thanks!!

[Dee]

Elaine wrote: "Can you please verify that Ruckus is on the Books Similar to Running On Empty list. Thanks!!"

approved - but double check your page count - the 2 books didn't add up to 600+ pages that i saw

[Fly]

could you please confirm?

Book 1 – LOST – Bubba and the Dead Woman
Book 2 – FOUND - C – a book found in the readers also enjoyed section
Forgotten

[Dee]

Fly wrote: "could you please confirm?

Book 1 – LOST – Bubba and the Dead Woman
Book 2 – FOUND - C – a book found in the readers also enjoyed section
Forgotten"

approved and added to msg 2

[Heaven]

Hi, could you please confirm my selections?

Book 1- LOST: The Golden Compass (added TBR jan 11, 2014)
Book 2- FOUND- c- a book found in the readers also enjoyed section: The Princess Bride

[Dee]

Heaven wrote: "Hi, could you please confirm my selections?

Book 1- LOST: The Golden Compass (added TBR jan 11, 2014)
Book 2- FOUND- c- a book found in the readers also enjoyed section: [book:The Pr..."

while they both work - golden compass has a shelving as childrens right now - which isn't allowed per the task sorry