Coralie’s Comments (group member since Nov 14, 2009)

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

Top January reads
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump fantasy; urban fantasy; fiction
The Saint of Bright Doors fantasy; fiction; 2024
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray fantasy; young adult; horror

L4L
fantasy City at the End of Time by Greg Bear
young adult Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
2024 Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

D1 TBR
Date added using City at the End of Time added October 2016
The Gardener from Ochakov

Author initials - using Margo Lanagan
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

Title word - using Small Things Like These
A Spell of Good Things

D2 New
year pub Black Juice published 2004
About Grace read March 15

author initials using Claire Keegan
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Title word using time from City at the End of Time
shelf - when I have time
TBD

Top three books from December

The Mimicking of Known Successes - mystery, sci-fi, science fiction
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. - science fiction, fantasy, sci-fi
The Mercy of Gods - science fiction, sci-fi, 2024

L4L
mystery - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen read Feb 18
fantasy - The Revenge of the Rose by Michael Moorcock
science fiction - The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi by Mark Hodder read March 11

D1 from my TBR
1. Date The Keeper of Lost Causes was added on Jan 7, 2025 and so was -
The Year of the Hare

4. Title - using SECRET from The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi -
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

5. Pages - The Revenge of the Rose has 256 pages -
The House of Doors

D2 New
1. Date - The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi was published in 2013 -
The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

2. Series - The Revenge of the Rose is part of a series - book from a series by a new-to-me author
Skin read March 13

5. Title - from The Keeper of Lost Causes using shelf LOST CAUSES -
TBD

Read 3/9

My top three November reads
Elusive top 3 shelves - fantasy, historical fiction, vampires
Not the Ones Dead top 3 shelves - mystery, 2023, fiction
The Hermit Next Door top 3 shelves - science fiction, fantasy, fiction

L4L
historical fiction The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty read Jan 17
mystery The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles read Feb 7
science fiction The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump read Jan 11

D1 my TBR
2. series The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump is a stand alone so a book by the same author
The Guns of the South read Feb 9

3. Author The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty by Sebastian Barry
book by author with same initials
The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop read Feb 10

5. pages The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles has 208 pages
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray 292 pages, read Jan 26

D2 New Books
1.Date The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles published 2024
The Warm Hands of Ghosts read Feb 14

2. Series The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty
stand alone - new to me author
The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino read Jan 29

4. title The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump using the shelf - just in case
The Art of Racing in the Rain

I would also like to know.

Literature
My picks

1. European literature p 12
Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas read June 14

2. Latin American literature p 4
Captains of the Sands read June 8

3. Asian Literature p 1
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 read August 5

Next Picks

1. similar authors - using Patrick Modiano
The Cave by José Saramago

2. readers also enjoyed - using Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Before We Say Goodbye read June 21

3. wacky shelves - 1982
Wittgenstein’s Nephew read July 22

Sequential art

My picks
1. graphic novels p14
Saga, Volume 11 read Feb 1

2. comics p1
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists read June 30

3. sequential art p24
White Sand, Volume 2 read July 19

next picks
1. readers also enjoyed - using Saga, Volume 11
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known read August 27

2. similar authors - using Neil Gaiman
Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson read July 31

3. Wacky shelves - non white authors
A Fire Born of Exile read August 10

Completed August 27

Mystery
My picks
1. amateur sleuth p 10
Station Eternity read June 6

2. historical mystery p 5
Who Cries for the Lost read June 1

3. murder mystery p 15
The River We Remember read July 14

next picks
1. readers also enjoyed - using Station Eternity
Translation State read July 12

2. wacky shelves - lost
Heart of Darkness read July 23

3. similar authors using William Kent Krueger
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon read July 18

Completed July 23

Horror
My picks

1. Splatterpunk p 25 My Heart Is a Chainsaw read June 8

2. ghost stories p 11 Starling House read June 11

3. horror p 1 Let the Right One In read June 10

Next Picks

1. wacky shelves - house
The Sundial read June 15

2. readers also enjoyed - using Starling House
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands read May 31

3. similar authors - using Alix E. Harrow
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher read May 28

Completed June 15

Thriller

My Picks

1. spy thriller p 4
The Alice Network read May 14

2. mystery p 24
We Begin at the End read May 12

3. mystery thriller p 18
Comfort Me with Apples read May 4

Next picks
1. similar authors - using Catherynne M. Valente
Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire read May 10

2. readers also enjoyed - using We Begin at the End
Hello Beautiful read May 7

3. wacky shelves - network
Salt Houses read May 24

Completed May 24

Cultural - my picks

cultural p 1
A Gentleman in Moscow read April 21

Denmark p 1
The Murder of Halland read April 12

India p 1
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line read April 16

Next picks

Author similar to Amor Towles
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor read April 28

Readers also enjoyed - using A Gentleman in Moscow
Demon Copperhead read April 27

Wacky shelves - murder mystery
The Tainted Cup read April 29

Completed April 29

Romance - My Picks

science fiction romance p 9
Winter’s Orbit read Feb 2

romantic suspense p 5
Trust No One read August 13

fantasy romance p 7
A Marvellous Light read August 11

Next picks

Wacky shelves - orbit
The Unbroken read April 2

Similar authors - using Everina Maxwell
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher read July 27

readers also enjoyed - using Winter’s Orbit
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance read August 10

Completed August 13

Fantasy
My picks

1. fairy tales p 9
Thistlefoot read Feb 28
2. urban fantasy p 1
Skin Game read March 5
3. fantasy of manners p 1
The Midnight Bargain read March 1

Next picks
readers also enjoyed
from Thistlefoot
What Moves the Dead read March 2

similar authors to Jim Butcher
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson read March 22

wacky shelves - bargain
The Bone Ships read March 24

Completed March 24

Historical - My picks

1. historical mystery p5
When Blood Lies read Feb 7
2. regency p11
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies read Feb 7
3. prehistoric p1
Shaman read Feb 7

Next picks

1. similar authors
author similar to Kim Stanley Robinson
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson read Feb 12

2. Readers also enjoyed
using Shaman
System Collapse read Feb 12

3. wacky shelves
using shelf - ladies
A Mirror Mended read Feb 10

Completed February 12

Genre: Humor

My picks
1. humor p22
The Road to Roswell read Jan 8
2. comic fantasy p7
Bookshops & Bonedust read Jan7
3. funny p19
Starter Villain read Jan 3

Next picks
1. Readers also enjoyed
using Bookshops & Bonedust
from the October Daye series
A Red-Rose Chain read Jan 10
2. Similar authors
using Travis Baldree
The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher read Jan 22
3. Wacky shelves
using starter
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi read Jan 20

Completed January 22

Three Shelves

My Picks
1. Philosophy p13
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Read Sept 4
2. Travel p7
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
3. Science p5
Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong read March 26

Next Picks
2. Similar authors
from Paul A. Offit
Wild Fire read June 17

4. Readers also enjoyed - using Pandora's Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong
Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites

5. Wacky shelf
pleasures p3 Luck in the Shadows

Prompt 13
Bakers Dozen

All Different series
1. The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy read March 27
2. The Dying Day read March 28
3. Someone to Romance read March 28
4. Give All to Love read March 30
5. Seasparrow read April 3
6. The Betel Nut Tree Mystery read April 17
7. Lucy by the Sea read April 23
8. Children of Memory read April 29
9. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath read May 22
10. The Winners read May 28
11. Fatal Legacy read July 4
12. Seal of the Worm read July 16

New author new series
13. Saint Death's Daughter read April 7

Prompt 13
Arrays
2 books each from 7 different series

1. A Deeper Sleep read April 2
Whisper to the Blood read June 1

2. Why Kill the Innocent read April 5
Who Slays the Wicked read May 29

3. Silence in Hanover Close read April 8
Bethlehem Road read June 4

4. Clockwork Boys read April 20
The Wonder Engine read May 17

5. The Edge of Worlds read April 26
The Harbors of the Sun read July 15

6. Ashes of Honor read April 28
Chimes at Midnight read July 5

7. Someone to Cherish read June 9
Someone Perfect read June 15

Prompt 9
Square number

Two trilogies (or equivalent)

1. Paladin's Grace completed Feb 15
2. Paladin's Strength completed March 11
3. Paladin's Hope completed March 18

4. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra completed March 5
5. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown completed May 6
6. The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star completed May 31

LOST
Oh Sweden! Oh Israel! read May 25
The Maintenance of Headway read June 1

By the Month
May
Eversion read May 10
Octavia Gone read May 11
Cupid and Psyche read May 11
Evelina's Garden read May 15
A Long Petal of the Sea read May 19
We Are All Completely Fine read May 20
Eyes of the Void read May 25

Read 9/15

Prompt 7
Lucky 7

Seven notes on the musical scale

1. Do
Dogs of War completed Jan 30
2. Re
Remember Love completed Feb 26
3. Mi
Midnight Never Come completed Feb 27
4. Fa
Fated completed Feb 28
5. So
Someone to Remember completed Feb 9
6. La
Laurus completed Feb 23
7. Ti
Time Was completed April 10