Michelle’s Comments (group member since May 30, 2018)

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

Hoping to finish out 2015 this year:

Goal: 37
Progress: 0/37 (0%)

1. Tapping the Dream Tree - Charles de Lint (Newford #9)
2. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
3. Hollywood Dirt - Alessandra Torre
4. Pretending to Dance - Diane Chamberlain
5. Smoke - Catherine McKenzie
6. Humans of New York - Brandon Stanton
7. The Tears of Dark Water - Corban Addison
8. Be Here Now - Ram Dass
9. 1,000 Places to see Before You Die - Patricia Shultz
10. A Dog's Purpose - W. Bruce Cameron

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

I'm in for 5.

Goal: 5
Progress: 0/5 (0%)

4: the 1920s or 1930s
2: 19th century
9: the 2010s
5: the 1940s or 1950s
6: the 1960s or 1970s

Whyyyy do I do this to myself every year??? lol

I'm in....

Goal: 25
Progress: 0/25

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9
4
8
4
4
7
1
5
1
4
2
3
7
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4
5
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4
7
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8
9

Message #12 updated

Complete!

Message #15 updated! Abysmal!

Progress: 7/23 (30.43%)

Ok, made it in by the skin of my teeth but I made it! We'll see how this goes. =)

Finally finished!!! Message #12 updated.

10/10 complete

It is absolutely ridiculous for me to start this challenge now, but somehow I missed it when I was making my annual plan! Since it's so late, I'm just going to do it for my own fun. =)

I historically do not do well with this challenge....but what the heck.....what's one more year of utter failure?! lol

I'm in!

Update: .....as expected, utter failure...... =(

Goal: 24
Progress: 12/24 (50%)

Numbers:
3 Remain Silent (DS Manon Bradshaw #3)
5
8 The Onion Girl (Newford #8)
9
8 Forests of the Heart (Newford #7) + The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tom and Huck #1)
6 Moonlight and Vines (Newford #6)
2 Threatened (Ape Quartet #2)
4
2 Guilty as Sin (Deer Lake #2)
9
9
6
3 Half Spent Was the Night (Witches of New York #2) + The Second Girl (Frank Marr#1)
4 Crime Song (Frank Marr #2)
1 The Three (The Three #1)
5
2 On the Island (On the Island #1) + Iron Lake (Cork O'Conner #1)
2 The Echo Killing (Harper McClain #1) + IQ (IQ #1)
5
8
1 The Witches of New York (The Witches of New York #1)
1 Endangered (Ape Quartet #1)
9
4

FAILED!! First time I haven't completed LOST in awhile....

Goal: 10 (+ 24 Bonus)
Progress: 32/34 (94.12%)

I'm going to create some of my own rules here, due to the books that are in these slots on my list. I'm going to bypass anything that is part of a series in which I have not read (or in one case, want to reread) the previous books. I will replace a book in the series with the initial or earlier book in that series that I have yet to read. In addition, I will only place one book in a series on this list. Any books that I am unable to locate will be removed and replaced with the next book on the list. Finally, I would like to challenge myself to a "bonus round" by selecting the first 3 audiobooks from each year on my TBR.

🐸1. Moonlight and Vines - Charles de Lint
🐸2. On the Island - Tracey Garvis-Graves
3. Pretending to be Erica - Michelle Painchaud
🐸4. Swerve - Vicki Pettersson
🐸5. Somebody I Used to Know - David Bell
🐸6. An Untamed State - Roxane Gay
🐸7. Black Eyed Susans - Julia Heaberlin
8. The Magus - John FowlesDNF
9. Private Sydney - James Patterson
🐸10. Shots on the Bridge - Ronnie Greene
11. The Secrets of Lake Road - Karen Katchur
🐸12. Nudge - Richard H. Thaler
13. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

2016
The World in Half
A Doubter's Almanac
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

2017
The Three
The Witches of New York
Turn Right at Machu Picchu

2018
Heart Springs Mountain
You Were Made for This
Endangered

2019
The Summer Book
A Thousand Acres
Edinburgh

2020
Five French Hens
Remain Silent
Dig

2021
How to Fail at Flirting
This Close to Okay
The Paris Library

2022
The Night Shift
You Belong Here Now
The Nineties

2023
Once Upon a Wardrobe
The House is on Fire
Looking for Jane

Goal: 12
Progress: 12/12 (100%)
COMPLETED 7/19/24

Cards selected:

🐸Four of Clubs - Part of series with author initials D or Q
🐸The Echo Killing - Christi Daugherty
🐸Seven of Hearts - has at least 10,000 ratings initials G or T
🐸The Summer Book - Tove Jansson (38,514 ratings)
🐸Nine of Clubs - a part of a series with initials I or V
🐸IQ - Joe Ide (IQ #1)
🐸Six of Spades - a stand alone book with initials F or S
🐸You Were Made for This - Michelle Sacks
🐸Jack of Spades - a stand alone book with initials M or Z
🐸The Giver of Stars - JoJo Moyes
🐸Jack of Diamonds - has won or been nominated for an award with initials M or Z
🐸Turn Right at Machu Picchu - Mark Adams
🐸Two of Hearts - has at least 10,000 ratings initials B or O
🐸The House is on Fire - Rachel Beanland
🐸Ten of Spades - a stand alone book initials J or W
🐸A Thousand Acres - Jane Smiley
🐸Nine of Diamonds - has won or been nominated for an award with initials I or V
🐸Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
🐸Queen of Diamonds - has won or been nominated for an award initials L or Y
🐸The Three - Sarah Lotz
🐸Two of Diamonds - has won or been nominated for an award initials B or O
🐸Anxious People - Fredrik Backman
🐸Ace of Hearts - has at least 10,000 ratings initials A or N
🐸The Witches of New York - Ami McKay (24,226 ratings)

Message #10 updated! I've finally finished this challenge! Never too late hahahaha

I'm in!

Trim That TBR 2023

Goal: 17
Progress: 0/17 (0%)

1. How many?! 5
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2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "date pub"

and read:
a. Books with the most recent date
1. Wellness (2023) - Nathan Hill
2. Bright Young Women (2023) - Jessica Knoll
3. The River We Remember (2023) - William Kent Kreuger

b. Books with the oldest date
1. Mansfield Park (1814) - Jane Austen
2. David Copperfield (1850) - Charles Dickens
3. Moby Dick (1851) - Herman Melville

Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

3. Monstrosity - Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
1. The Cider House Rules (1054)
2. Gone With the Wind (1037)
3. Ducks, Newburyport (1022)
4. 1000 Places to See Before You Die (992)
5. Fall of Giants (985)

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series! You must have read at least the first book before October 2023.
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Beverly wrote: "Congratulations Meg and Michelle!!"

Thanks Beverly!

I'm in!!!

Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR between 2/1/23 and 8/1/23 AND
2. were published prior to 8/1/23

Goal: 10
Progress 10/10 (100%)

1. Adelaide, Courtney Summers (added 2/2/23, pub 4/18/23)
2. Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane (added 2/22/23, pub 4/25/23)
3. Girl, Forgotten, Karin Slaughter (added 2/11/23, pub 6/23/22)
4. No Two Persons, Erica Bauermeister (added 2/2/23, pub 5/2/23)
5. Weyward, Emilia Hart (added 2/2/23, pub 2/2/23)
6. Hello Stranger, Katherine Center (added 2/2/23, pub 7/11/23)
7. A History of Burning, Janika Oza (added 3/27/23, pub 5/2/23)
8. Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano (added 3/31/23, pub 3/14/23)
9. The Wind Knows My Name (added 3/27/23, pub 6/6/23)
10. Someone Else's Shoes (added 4/3/23, pub 2/2/23)

Done!!! Woo Hoo!!! Message #16 updated 10/10 complete!

Bea wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Finally finished it! Message #13 updated!"

Congrats!"

Thanks! lol, I am really trying to clean up my old challenges this year!

Finally finished it! Message #13 updated!

Message #5 updated! Finished! 10/10

Lagullande wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Bea wrote: "Congrats, Michelle! Feels good, huh?"

Yes!!!! I HATE unfinished business and I had surely accumulated a lot of it over the past few years! So far I've busted out 3 old..."

Thanks! haha I'm kind of in awe too...but for different reasons! I can't believe it took me so long to finish it!