Pick-a-Shelf discussion

GOAL: 24 references to the time of day
EXPIRY: July-29
REWARD: 24 points per reference and 240 bonus points if goal met within time limit

1. The reference must be either:
a. Specific (for example, 3:15pm); OR
b. Creative (for example, as the sun sank down low over the horizon,...)

2. To further clarify above (1), reference can NOT be just ‘morning’, ‘afternoon’, ‘night’, etc. but must either be specific with reference to a clock OR creative with embellishment to the type of day (for example, this balmy summer evening...).

For example,
"At 3:15pm, Connor and Beau played in the backyard."
but NOT
"In the afternoon, Connor and Beau played in the backyard."

3. You can read as many books as you like to meet your goal

4. As per Part B. 7. c : books read for Hunting Expeditions do NOT have to be listed books.
This can be any book you happen to be reading

5. Reward points can only be claimed ONCE per person.

6. Report your completed Expedition by posting here:
a. Link to your book edition; and
b. Noting page / location of your items (and what they are)

For example,
1. Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill - Read MM/DD
Page 53
”Additional clothing had been purchased from the gentleman’s outfitters in Yass and delivered to Oaklea before ten, and two extra trunks had been placed on the train to Cootamundra for dispatch to Tumut.”

Etc...

Successful Hunters:

816 - Amy

816 - Bea

816 - Coralie

816 - Karin

816 - Lauren

816 - Tien

COMPLETED as at 05/31

Miles Off Course by Sulari Gentill -Read 05/27

1. page 175
"With the first light of day, the men who worked the Sinclair snow lease rode into the hills.

2. page 177
"He checked his watch--it had only just gone past six."

3. page 197
"He scowled at the sun, now nearly one with the western horizon."

4. page 225
"Simpson glanced up at the lightening horizon."

5. page 244
"It was six in the morning."

Cat Under Fire by Shirley Rousseau Murphy -Read 05/29

6. 71%
"They thought the time must be about five-fifty."

7. 71%
"The first mark would leave his house at six-fifteen."

8. 73%
"The sky was paling toward dawn, the houses beginning to take on dimension, the bushes silhouetted stark and black."

9. 82%
"Beyond the parking lot and beyond the red tile roofs of the condo complex, the hills and the mountains were burnished gold in the late-afternoon light. They could not see the ocean, to the west, or the setting sun. But off to their right, beyond the village rooftops, the bay looked like melted gold."

10. 83%
"The golden October evening was deepening, the sky streaked with indigo."

11. 85%
"Mahl, at three in the morning, had to have a key for that."

12. 89%
"The dinner crowd would be moderate; the bar would begin to fill up around eight."

13. 95%
"She wondered if he did all the baking, at perhaps three in the morning, or if he delegated that task to one of his efficient assistants."

Revolution -currently reading

14. 4%
"The clock on the wall says 3:01."

15. 4%
"I look at the clock again. 3:04."

16. 5%
"3:21, the clock says."

17. 5%
"It was eight o'clock by the time I left"

18. 26%
"It's nearly six now and dark, and I'm hungrier than ever."

19. 28%
"He looks at his watch. 'It's past eleven. That's too late for the Metro. I'll take you.'"

20. 30%
"It's one a.m."

21. 32%
"I reach over to the night table for my watch. Nine a.m.. Not good."

22. 33%
"I got here at eleven o'clock and he made me spend the next two hours running all over Paris."

23. 33%
"It's nearly three-thirty and the archives close at five."

24. 38%
"I look at the clock on the wall. It's 4:45."

0/24 as of 10:38 pm May 27. Reading several books, so will note which references come from which books.

1.

24/24 COMPLETED

from Doctor #117641: A Holocaust Memoir

1. page 5
"And so, on the evening of 9 May I fell into bed exhausted, only to be awakened around 4 a.m. by the noise of antiaircraft guns."

2. pages 5-6
"In the early dawn I saw several formations of low-flying trimotor Junker aircraft and realized with a sinking feeling that the "Huns" had come, parachutists and all."

3. page 19
"It was hard work indeed, getting up at about 5 a.m. and hitting the sack at 9 p.m., exhausted, but I never ate as much or felt as good."

4. page 42
"Finally, toward 4 a.m., the driver and car arrived."

5. page 42
"I saw a man peer into the café and wondered what he was looking for at 6 a.m."

from Buried Evidence

6. page 11
"Only 8:00 a.m., and already the courthouse was steaming."

7. page 11
"By noon the place would be as hot as a boiler room."

8. page 18
"I was up until three o'clock last night."

9. pages 26-27
"Middleton's arraignment had been postponed until three o'clock that afternoon, but Lily had two additional court appearances to make, one at ten-thirty and another at one."

10. page 38
"At three o'clock Lily stood outside the dark wood doors of the courtroom, intentionally staging her entry."

11. page 47
"She'd told Kingsley to report to her office at five to brief him on the events of the day."

12. page 53
"The sun was setting and the sky was awash with rainbow colors - blue, pink, rose, aqua."

13. page 73
"I missed so many classes last week, I had to stay up until three o'clock last night."

from Doctor #117641: A Holocaust Memoir

14. page 92
"Every morning at 5:30 or 6:00 all the work details would march out through that gate in neat rows of five to the playing of a band, to return at 4:30 or 5:00 in the afternoon."

15. page 98

"One evening in January 1944, on returning from work, I was notified to report to the Politische Abteilung (Political Department) the next morning at 6:30."

16. page 98
"It was still early; the sun had not yet risen much above the horizon."

17. page 99

"Time crept by slowly; the light outside grew dim, and I realized it must be late in the afternoon."

18. page 99

"On the way I saw a clock. It was 6:30 p.m.."

19. page 100

"In the cold early morning the sky was sometimes a beautiful red, setting aglow the fields to the left across the river."

20. page 117

"In the afternoon, around three or four o'clock, I would walk to a large grassy area with some birch trees close to the fence, the so-called Birken Allee, which also had a swimming pool with a nine-foot diving board."

21. page 119

"Imagine, all passages to that part of Amsterdam are closed off at 3 p.m.."

22. page 119

"When finally at 8 p.m. the siege is lifted, I managed to get through, but my worst fears are realized."

from Buried Evidence

23. page 123
"Waking at five Wednesday morning, she dressed and headed downtown, hoping to get a head start on the day."

24. page 126

"It wasn't even seven o'clock yet, so she decided to dive into her work instead."

24/24

from Crampton Hodnet
1. The Reverend Stephen Latimer's first sight of Leamington was on an October evening. p 19
2 (different paragraph) It was now only half past five. p 19
3. Miss Doggett wasn't expecting him till seven. p 20
4. At ten o'clock they retired to bed. p. 27
5. It's five o'clock now. p. 31
6. ...she kept fidgeting and looking at the clock until at last, just before six, she got up and slipped quietly from the room. p 36
7. That you walked right over the other side and then discovered that you couldn't possible get back by half past six, even if you got a bus straightway. p 29
8. At twenty minutes to eight she was down in the drawingroom. p 43
9. Well, this is a cosy sight, said Francis Cleveland, coming into the drawingroom on a cold December afternoon. p 48
10. He kept Mr. Cleveland entertained with spiteful bits of gossip about various members of the University and the library staff until nearly four o'clock. p 50
11. She doesn't spoil the magic of a beautiful evening--it happened to be a particularly raw December evening--by making conversation. p 56
12. I've been at it all afternoon, from two o'clock until now. p 57

From I Almost Forgot About You
13. I should be back by six, if that's okay. p 58
14. It's dark outside, and the clock on the wall says it's a quarter past eight. p. 59
15. It's something to call the day after, but 7:00 am on a Sunday?

from The Dog Who Knew Too Much
16. Nighttime now, the real dark nighttime you don't get in the city. p 123

from Crampton Hodnet
17. Barbara Bird, also, was able to say to herself when she woke up on a bright March morning, "I'll wear my new green suit today and my yellow jumper." p 67
18. ...she began to wonder how she was going to get through six long hours before it would be half past two. p 67
19. I've got to be at Headington by four, and I must go back to college first. p. 72

from The Dog Who Knew Too Much
20. "Tuesday, nine am," said the sheriff. p 252

from I Almost Forgot About You
21. "I look over at the clock. It's almost midnight." p 85
22. "I am. but you haven't seen me on the six-o'clock news." p 97

from Crampton Hodnet
23. He could hardly wait for dinner to be over and for Miss Doggett to have gone to bed, which she usually did between half past nine and ten. p. 90
24. Towards lunchtime all sorts of ideas came into his head and he was really a little disappointed to see them come into he Reading Room shortly before two o'clock. p 90

24/24

from The Escape read May 30
1. At ten minutes past five Samantha waited a moment... p.139
2. At a quarter to six she was being handed into an opulent traveling carriage... pp. 139/40
3. It was shortly after seven o'clock. p. 287


from London currently reading and will be for quite a while
4. Above the bright morning star was beginning to fade and the clear sky turned to a paler blue p. 6
5. A little before the first hint of light, she wrapped a warm fur around her.... p. 179
6. As the dawn rose over the long Thames estuary... p. 180
7. He attacked at first light. p. 228

from Cosmicomics Read june 3
8. ... leaves her home at a quarter to six in the afternoon... p. 90 (this might be a bit out as I read an ancient copy not on Goodreads)

from The Library at Mount Char Currently reading
9. It was shortly after dawn. p. 49
10. It was just before midnight. p. 50
11. By three a. m., when the lasagna arrived ... p. 51
12. ... the height that the sun would be in the sky at around ten a, m, p. 53
13. By noon, he had gone mercifully silent. p. 82
14. Father told them to stop feeding the fire shortly after twilight of the second day. p. 82
15. It was out by midnight. p. 82

from The Memory of Love Currently reading
16. It was close on eleven o'clock. p. 35
17. At two in the morning I was still awake. p. 38
18. Six o'clock now. p. 122
19. By his reckoning, it is around four, the darkness has begun to lift. p. 125

from Silent in the Grave Currently reading
20. Even when the clock struck midnight ... p. 13
21 & 22. He was a perfect mouse, rising at six and retiring by eight. p. 41
23. I had arranged our meeting for eleven o'clock in the morning. p. 57
24. They met at dawn with pistols. p. 60

6/24

Dark Eye, Disk 4, Track 10:

1. Darcy, pick you up at 9 in the morning.

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World

2. Before he went to bed, he phoned his mother in Florida, to ask her to give him a wake-up call at 7:00 a.m. here in Paris...p. 214

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

3. The evening paper rattle-snaked its way through the letter box and there was suddenly a six-o'clock feeling in the house. (p. 27)

4. Miss Sandy Stranger requests the pleasure of Mr. Alan Breck's company at dinner on Tuesday the 6th of January at 8 o'clock. (p. 49)

5. "My brothurr is up in the morning at five-thirty ..." (p. 78)

6. "...John Stuart Mill used to rise at dawn to learn Greek at the age of five..." (p. 111)

The Crossing - listened to audiobook but am using the ebook for page numbers.

7. Bosch met Haller at 11 a.m. Monday in a downtown parking lot... (p. 49)

8. At 9 a.m. sharp Bosch approached the attorney check-in window... (p. 104)

9. "I was with him last night," Bosch said. "What time did this happen?" "Around ten o'clock." (p. 106)

10. Though time of death in the autopsy was estimated to have been anywhere from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., he knew... (p. 222)

11. "It's Bosch. At seven o'clock tonight I'm going to need you to..." (p. 300)

12. He checked his watch--it was 11 o'clock--and knew it was too late... (p. 327)

13. "I've got an eight-o'clock motions hearing tomorrow..." (p. 336)

14. It was only 10 a.m. and the vice, drug and gang teams... (p. 348)

15. "...Breakfast at Du-Par's. How's eight o'clock sound?..." (p. 370)

16. ...when the temperature in downtown had already ticked past 80 degrees by the 8 a.m. call to order... (p. 432)

17. "We've got a bunch of TV reporters outside the station, doing their stand-ups for the eleven o'clock news...." (p. 441)

18. High-power detainees had six a.m. to six p.m. access to the dayroom, ... (p. 457)

19. "...Come back by the office at eight o'clock tomorrow morning and I will give you what I can." (p. 591)

20. "I have a four o'clock open," he finally said. (p. 623)

21. I checked our new calendar and you didn't have a two o'clock on there for today. (p. 717)

22. "Mr. Haller, our meeting was set for ten o'clock. (p. 727)

23. By the time she finally let me go, I was late for my eleven o'clock hearing in Judge Stanton's chambers. (p. 730)

24. I checked my watch and saw I had to get back to the CCB if I wanted time to meet my client in lockup before the two o'clock hearing.

My post (#5) is completed, although I am still reading both books.

PS I'm done.

Done also.

Done:

Hunting Expedition #3: Time of Day

Book #1: Lady Luck by Kristen Ashley

1. P. 126: "he got AC after the clock struck one thirty"
2. P. 163: "And no call that evening when five o'clock went to six, six to seven and seven slid past eight"
3. P. 232: "Seven o'clock is a ridiculous time to be at work"
4. P. 338: "But I got a one o'clock half highlight and cut"
5. P. 339: "Got an opening two weeks Thursday. Two o'clock"
6. P. 463: "I looked at the clock on the microwave and saw it said a quarter after three"
7. P. 484: "Ty's phone rang on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock"

Book #2: Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb:

8. P. 156: "She checked into the Palace at approximately two o'clock"
9. P. 272: Eight o'clock. It's a matter of dire importance that cannot be divulged except face to face"
10. P. 329: "Where were you between five and seven A.M. this morning?"

Book #3: All About Love by Stephanie Laurens:

11. P. 27: "At eleven o'clock the next morning, Phyllida marched into the bedchamber"
12. P. 77: "The westering sun threw slanting beams through the trees"
13. P. 128: "Lucifer and Phyllida strolled through the twilight"
14. P. 224: "He held her gaze and waited while the sun rose"
15. P. 336: "His gaze was drawn to the jeweled tapestry below, bedewed and glittering with the first touch of the morning sun"
16. P. 344: In that peaceful hour after the sun had set but darkness had yet to descend"
17. P. 359: "At five o'clock, Lucifer went around the nine books for the third time"
18. P. 361: "By nine o'clock, a steady stream of women, gaily dressed in bright gowns and aprons, were ferrying all manner of foods up in baskets"
19. P. 381: "The wind had come up as the sun had gone down; the storm was moving steadily in"
20. P. 384: "There was quite a little party gathered in the twilight"

Book #4: Hidden by Kendra Elliot:

21. P. 10: "Mason glanced at his watch. Seven o'clock on a Saturday evening"
22. P.55: "Her perky picture and wide perfect smile had been plastered on the five o'clock news for a week"

Book #5: A Study in Death by Anna Lee Huber:

23. P. 124: "Sometime around sunrise, I'd finished it and slunk back to my room"
24. P. 174: "as the day stretched on and I watched the sun rise and then begin to sink in the sky"