Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Post your requests for book choices! Can't wait to stalk everyone's TBRs... Mine's not going to shrink, is it?!

I will get to it, but postings on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings UK time won't be responded to till the following mornings: life, innit....

Congratulations, Catherine!

Your silent partner for this enterprise is Susan. Please PM her if you should be offline for more than 48 hours. Otherwise, she will also monitor and respond to requests if not responded to (sometimes real life can takeover), after 48 hours.

Hi, Cat! I'm excited to be your first visitor!!!

Would you mind giving me a few picks from My Shelf?

Thanks!

Hi Sass! Welcome, so good to see you! Take a pew! In-flight food will be along shortly, but for ents, take your pick from:
Waistcoats & Weaponry - because I enjoyed the series - fun fun fun!
Landline - timetravel! one I kinda have on my TBR but haven't acquired it yet...
The Viscount Who Loved Me - 'cos I love a Regency romanace

Hope one of these ticks your reading box for now!

Thanks, Cat! Now I have no idea which one to choose. LOL, I'll see what's available at the library for e-book. Great picks!!

Hey Catherine, I just landed on your spot, can you give me a few picks please.https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thanks!

Hey Abbie, whilst you're waiting for the picks, can I offer you a complimentary snack and drink? We have some dusty tasting crisps or shortbread biscuits. Rum, butterbeer or vodka?

Pirate Latitudes
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
A Conspiracy of Faith

Vodka on the Rocks please!

I think I will go with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2.

Thanks!

Abbie wrote: "Vodka on the Rocks please!

I think I will go with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2.

Thanks!"

One vodka on the rocks coming up! Enjoy the in-flight entertainment :)

Hi Catherine, I have landed on your delightful property
Could you pick me three books from my bookopoly shelf please?

I would be very pleased to!

Far-flung travels on this doghouse plane:
Africa - Anthills of the Savannah
Burma - The Glass Palace
South Korea - I'll Be Right There

I hope one of those whets your appetite; let me pour you a drink whilst you are thinking about them!

Thank you. I will need a good drink while I decide in which direction I wish to travel.

Cat! I'm landing on all Dhole properties. :P Could I get some picks please???

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

My pleasure!

Come fly & visit me in London: The Luckiest Lady in London
Or it's fabulous to be Coming Home for Christmas
Or just fly with angels: Angels' Flight

Thanks Cat!

Wow, Cat! I wanted to just check in and congratulate you on buying your property, and you've already had multiple visitors. Have fun with it! I'll be here if you need me.

Catherine wrote: "Hi Sass! Welcome, so good to see you! Take a pew! In-flight food will be along shortly, but for ents, take your pick from:
Waistcoats & Weaponry - because I enjoyed the series - fun..."

I forgot to tell you, Cat. I pick Waistcoats & Weaponry. I'm really enjoying this series as well. I'm listening to it on audio and your Moira Quirk is awesome as the narrator!

Yay! Glad you are loving it - help make your day from hell at the airport a little bit manageable?

Catherine wrote: "Yay! Glad you are loving it - help make your day from hell at the airport a little bit manageable?"

Unfortunately, nothing was able to get me over that hell. LOL, but it was somewhat of a distraction.

Hello again Cat!

I've landed on this spot as well. Can I have some book picks please.

shelf

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "Hello again Cat!

I've landed on this spot as well. Can I have some book picks please."

With pleasure!
A 1-2-3:
Aced
Managed
Count on Me

Thank you!

Hi! I've landed here. What do I owe you for rent? Here's my.
Bookoply
shelf.


Thanks

Anameeka wrote: "Hi! I've landed here. What do I owe you for rent? "

A meal of meat (very dark, sorry), veg & a drink to wash it down with!
Dark Horse
Carrots
Death in Bordeaux

Catherine wrote: "Anameeka wrote: "Hi! I've landed here. What do I owe you for rent? "

A meal of meat (very dark, sorry), veg & a drink to wash it down with!
Dark Horse
Carrots
[book..."

Thanks! Just saw this. I must have unchecked notify me :/. Re the dark meat, no worries, I have the feeling that this year I will be alternating fluff and heavy/ dark stuff.

Howdy, two in a row! Can I get three more picks please? :D

My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thank you much!

CassieV wrote: "Howdy, two in a row! Can I get three more picks please? :D

My shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Thank you much!"

Hi again Cassie! *waves* how about....

Death Comes to Pemberley
Lady of Milkweed Manor
The Moon in the Palace

All places for the Queen to live!

Hmm, I'm really torn between Lady of Milkweed Manor and Death Comes to Pemberley...

Let's do a mystery this time, I'll do Death Comes to Pemberley. :) Thank you again!

Hi Catherine! I landed on your property. Could you pick 3 books from my shelf please? Let me know if you want me to put my link here.

Thank you!
Charity

Charity wrote: "Hi Catherine! I landed on your property. Could you pick 3 books from my shelf please? Let me know if you want me to put my link here.

Thank you!
Charity"

Hi Charity!
In general it's easiest if you put the link in, but I did find your shelf :)

Some comedy classics:
Vile Bodies
Three Men in a Boat
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

Enjoy!

Hi Catherine i have landed on your space please could i have some picks https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Marie wrote: "Hi Catherine i have landed on your space please could i have some picks https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Sure thing! A bestiary of a selection:

Dragons! Here be dragons! A Natural History of Dragons
Another large animal: The Elephant Whisperer
And a smaller flying ones: All the Birds, Singing

Catherine wrote: "Marie wrote: "Hi Catherine i have landed on your space please could i have some picks https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Sure thing! A bestiary of a selectio..."

thanks Catherine 2 of my closer libraries appear to have this book so i will have a go at A Natural History of Dragons

Hi Catherine! I've just landed on your property and would appreciate three selections from Amy's bookopoly shelf. Thanks!

Catherine's away for a bit, so I'll choose for you, Amy.

I gave Bitterblue 5 stars, so that has to be one of my picks.
I haven't read most of the others on your shelf, but here are a couple that look interesting to me, one classic and one new:
The Sea Wolf
The Wrath and the Dawn

Susan wrote: "Catherine's away for a bit, so I'll choose for you, Amy.

I gave Bitterblue 5 stars, so that has to be one of my picks.
I haven't read most of the others on your shelf, but here are..."

Thanks, Susan! I'll go with The Wrath & the Dawn since I downloaded the audio version from my library a couple of days ago.

Amy wrote: "Thanks, Susan! I'll go with The Wrath & the Dawn..."

I'll be really curious to hear what you think of it, and also how well you think the audio version is done. It sounds like it could be a fun one to listen to.

Susan wrote: "Amy wrote: "Thanks, Susan! I'll go with The Wrath & the Dawn..."

I'll be really curious to hear what you think of it, and also how well you think the audio version is done. It sounds like it could..."

Epic fail. The reader was putting me to sleep. I was into the second disk and had no clue what was going on. I'll try The Wrath & the Dawn again, but I'll read rather than listen. Since the print version isn't available at the library at the moment, I'm going to switch to one of the other books. I grabbed both today and am deciding...

Amy wrote: "Epic fail. The reader was putting me to sleep. I was into the second disk and had no clue what was going on..."

How disappointing! It sounded like it could be so good.

I hope whichever one of the others you try next is better.

Hey Cat! Could I get some picks, please?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

Katie wrote: "Hey Cat! Could I get some picks, please?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Good grief Katie, HOW many Christmas books?!
So, whilst I can't pick one out of the millions on the list, one of my picks is "a book with Christmas in the title"; another is "book with MPG Christmas but NO Christmas in the title; and, for non-Christmas, light relief: Undead and Unemployed

Catherine wrote: "Katie wrote: "Hey Cat! Could I get some picks, please?

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."

Good grief Katie, HOW many Christmas books?!
So, whilst I can't pick on..."

Cat, please list the books so it is obvious. I only see one book identified by title.

Um...a few. :P I was doing a Christmas challenge that I'm determined to finish even though I'm woefully late. Thanks!

based on highest ratings for the two Xmas tasks I tried to set you:
Reinventing Christmas
Rocky Mountain Miracle

and the Undead and Unemployed

Hi Catherine - seems I'm doing a tour of your properties! I have landed on Flying Ace - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf

LaurLa wrote: "Hi Catherine - seems I'm doing a tour of your properties! I have landed on Flying Ace - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"

i'm glad you feel so at home in my little empire!

some picks: 3 + 5 = 8
At Grave's End 3
Midnight Soul 5
Blood and Fire 8

Catherine wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Hi Catherine - seems I'm doing a tour of your properties! I have landed on Flying Ace - May I have 3 choices please?
LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"

i'm glad you feel so at home in my lit..."

It must be you're welcoming vibe ;-)

I will go with Blood and Fire. You know, because that just sounds so welcoming!!

LaurLa wrote: "It must be you're welcoming vibe ;-)

I will go with Blood and Fire. You know, because that just sounds so welcoming!! "

Well it is my little EEEEVIL empire, so blood & fire is the perfect welcome! ;-P

Enjoy

Hi Catherine -

I've landed on your spot! Can you pick a few books from my shelf ?

Angela wrote: "Hi Catherine -

I've landed on your spot! Can you pick a few books from my shelf ?"

how about one of:
Milk and Honey
In the Woods
The Paris Wife
all of which I enjoyed!