Pick-a-Shelf discussion

This particular game requires that you complete LOST 2020 first, since you use the date of completion to determine your books for this game.

Directions:
Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR in the past 6 months AND
2. were published prior to the date you completed LOST 2020 (part 1).

Coralie

Dee FINISHED

Kristina Simon

Lusie FINISHED

Mary

Meg FINISHED

Michelle FINISHED

Rosemary FINISHED

Sassafrass

Tien FINISHED

FOUND (Lost 2020, part 2)
I finished Lost 2020 on 11-apr-2020 so I can go back to 11-oct-2019

Read 10 / 10

Who Rescued Who (added 9 apr) [1-jun-20] ★★★★
The Glass Magician (added 10 apr) [2-jun-20] ★★
Mermaid Moon (added 11 apr) [19-jul-20] ★
Never Ever (added 11 apr) [17-jun-20] ★★
Final Assignment (added 30 mar) [14-jun-20] ★★★★
One Perfect Summer (added apr 7) [26-jul-20] ★★★★
Sanctuary (added 26 feb) [11-jun-20] ★★★
Never Kiss a Duke (added 21 dec) [13-jun-20] ★★★
Saving Juliet (added 1 nov) [22-jun-20] ★★★
Southern Ruby (added 3 nov) [21-jul-20] ★★★★

Thanks for posting this Bea!

Lusie wrote: "Thanks for posting this Bea!"

LOL...I only see 7, Lusie...not 10!

lol Bea. I can count, really! lol I know i only have got 7 now. I just dont have any other new ones on my ereader that work for this challenge, so will have to look later for the other 3 :D

Thanks Bea!
I finished lost on 18/5 so can go back to 18/11/19

Public Library and Other Stories ***FINISHED 11/6/20***
Beautiful Ruins ***FINISHED 31/5/20***
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor ***FINISHED 9/6/20***
Begin, End, Begin ***FINISHED 5/7/20***
The Animals in That Country ***FINISHED 30/6/20***
Rogue ***FINISHED 28/6/20***
The Bass Rock ***FINISHED 8/6/20***
Yes No Maybe So ***Finished 10/7/20***
Weather ***FINISHED 31/7/20***
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride ***FINISHED 31/5/20***

Lusie wrote: "lol Bea. I can count, really! lol I know i only have got 7 now. I just dont have any other new ones on my ereader that work for this challenge, so will have to look later for the other 3 :D"

I figured. Enjoy the reading, Lusie!

Bea wrote: "Lusie wrote: "lol Bea. I can count, really! lol I know i only have got 7 now. I just dont have any other new ones on my ereader that work for this challenge, so will have to look later for the othe..."

Thank you Bea!

I can't believe it's time for this already! I've read 3 of 10, and was feeling good because the widget says I'm "on track." I never even got to "Found" last year, and I guess I may not this year either.

Susan wrote: "I can't believe it's time for this already! I've read 3 of 10, and was feeling good because the widget says I'm "on track." I never even got to "Found" last year, and I guess I may not this year ei..."

HaHa! You're not alone, Susan. I've only read 2!

FOUND (Lost 2020, part 2)
Lost 2020: completed 5/22/20
Found 2020 completed 6/26/20

books on my TBR since 11/22/19 and published before 5/22/20

Overnight Sensation (added 11/23/19) 5/26/20
The End Zone (added 12/9/19)
Smooth Moves (added 12/14/19) 6/23/20
Handle with Care (added 12/14/19) 6/24/20
A Lie for a Lie (added 3/5/20) 5/25/20
Smoke Bitten (added 3/8/20) 5/30/30
Call Her Mine (added 4/30/20) 5/27/20
Work in Progress (added 4/30/20) 6/25/20
This Is Love (added 4/30/20) 6/26/20
Not Quite Forever (added 5/17/20) 6/21/20

Susan wrote: "I can't believe it's time for this already! I've read 3 of 10, and was feeling good because the widget says I'm "on track." I never even got to "Found" last year, and I guess I may not this year ei..."

I've read 3, too (well, actually, one of them was a DNF). I don't think I'll get to Found this year!

Eeek! I only read 1 LOST & that was only 2 days ago... Time to up my game 💪

Lusie's request for this next stage surely has caught all of the rest of us by surprise!

I'm excited. I've got two books left so this is just the push I need to get them done this weekend!

Sassafrass wrote: "I'm excited. I've got two books left so this is just the push I need to get them done this weekend!"

You're linked so you can start your planning soon.

FOUND (Lost 2020, part 2)
Lost part 1 completion date: 4 Sept 2020
10 books added to my TBR since 4 Mar 20 and published before 4 Sept 20
COMPLETED 24 October 2020

1. The Garden Of The Villa Mollini And Other Stories by Rose Tremain, 2 Sept 20
Added 27 Aug 20, pub 2003

2. Five Give Up the Booze by Bruno Vincent, 3 Sept 20
Added 28 Aug 20, pub 2016

3. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett, 12 Sept 20
Added 5 Sept 20, pub 2007

4. The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin, 18 Sept 20
Added 29 Aug 20, pub 1944

5. Broom, Broom: Writing about Witches from the London Review of Books by Sam Kinchin-Smith (ed), 24 Sept 20
Added 30 Aug 20, pub 2019

6. Weaveworld by Clive Barker, 26 Sept 20
Added 8 June 20, pub 1987

7. The Crow's Inn Tragedy by Annie Haynes, 30 Sept 20
Added 6 August 2020, pub 1927

8. Nation by Terry Pratchett, 17 Oct 20
Added 4 Oct 2020, pub 2008

9. Marnie by Winston Graham, 19 Oct 20
Added 18 Oct 20, pub 1961

10. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, 24 Oct 20
Added 25 Aug 20, pub 1997

Finished LOST 6/9/2020

FOUND. Added between 1/9/2020 and 6/9/2020 and published before 6/9/2020

1. A Warning by Anonymous
2. Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything by Tim James
3. Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulgerby Ingersoll Lockwood
4. Focus by Arthur Miller
5. Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
6. True Gritby Charles Portis
7.The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

@Rosemary and Mary, you are both linked.

FOUND
10/10 books as at 08/04/20

Read 10 books which were:
1. added between 1/08/20 - 07/08/20
2. were published prior to 07/08/20

1. The Boy in the Snow -Read 07/11
added: 04/19/20 | pub. 2012
2. Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration -Read 07/12
added: 07/06/20 | pub. 2018
3. The Girl and the Stars -Read 07/17
added: 06/06/20 | pub. 04/21/20
4. Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove #1) -Read 07/21
added: 05/28/20 | pub. 2019
5. In Search of Us -Read 07/27
added: 05/28/20 | pub. 2018
6. The Court of Miracles -Read 07/29
added: 05/02/20 | pub. 06/16/20
7. Into White -Read 07/30
added: 06/04/20 | pub. 2016
8. Silver Brumby's Daughter (Silver Brumby #2) -Read 07/31
added: 03/27/20 | pub. 1960
9. The Music of What Happens -Read 08/04
added: 06/18/20 | pub. 2019
10. Deessert -Read 08/04
added: 01/31/20 | pub. 2016

Found

🏆Progress: 10/10 (100%)
COMPLETED 5/10/23

Read 10 books which were:
1. added between 1/10/20 - 07/10/20
2. were published prior to 07/10/20

✿1. Big Lies in a Small Town
✿2. If These Wings Could Fly
✿3. Be Not Far from Me
✿4. The Glittering Hour
✿5. Westering Women
✿6. Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
✿7. If I Had Your Face
✿8. Love After Love
✿9. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
✿10. Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes

Wow, Lusie, you are totally owning this challenge! 1 last one to go hey! am watching you... 👀😂

lol Tien. I'm currently reading the last one for this challenge. But I'm going slowly since I have the night shift.

No matter how slow you're taking that one, I still think you'll still be the first to finish Found - none of us are even close lol

you are probably right lol
I enjoy this challenge, but you probably already knew that ;)

I finished my book and with that completed the found challenge :D

Woohoo! Congrats, Lusie! You smashed this in less than 3 months, that's amazing :)

Well done Lusie!
I have 2 left, Found is a lot easier than Lost for me

Thank you! I agree with Meg that this is easier than lost

Part 3 will be posted in mid-August.

Thanks Bea!

DONE! Woot, that was so much faster that LOST lol

That's impressive Tien! Very fast

ikr! They were all very easy reads and since they're added last 6 months, they're what I'm wanting to read in recent times so more pick-able than LOST, eeek

Congratulations, Lusie and Tien!

I agree Tien, it is much easier

And I'm done too!

Woohoo congrats, Meg!

Congrats Meg!

Congrats, Meg!

I'm declaring LOST finished on August 22nd. I kept changing my books as the library closed and opened and closed again, so I have just done the best I could.

Found
1. Peter Schlemihl read August 28
2. Firewalkers read August 31
3. Imprinted read August 28
4. Dark Winds Over Wellington: Chilling Tales of the Weird & the Strange read September 5
5. A Month of Sundays read September 6
6. Benediction read September 8
7. Barchester Towers read September 10
8. Before the Coffee Gets Cold read September 12
9. The Inexplicables read September 20
10. Solar Federation read September 20

Found (Lost 2020, part 2)
I finished my last book for Lost 2020 on 8/19/20

Read 10 books which were:
1. added to your TBR in the past 6 months (2/19/20 - 8/19/20) AND
2. were published prior to 8/19/20

1. Writers & Lovers by Lily King ~ Shelved: 3/1/20 ~ Read:10/28/20 ★★★★
2. Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews ~ Shelved: 3/19/20 ~ Read: 9/4/20 ★★★
3. Beach Read by Emily Henry ~ Shelved: 3/30/20 ~ Read: 11/28/20 ★★★★★
4. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van Hemert~ Shelved: 3/16/20 ~ Read: 12/8/20 ★★★★
5. The Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen ~ Shelved: 5/24/20 ~ Read: 11/19/20 ★★★★
6. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ~ Shelved: 5/24/20 ~ Read: 9/6/20 ★★★★★
7. Lakewood by Megan Giddings ~ Shelved: 6/19/20 ~ Read: 11/22/20 ★★★★
8. The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ~ Shelved: 4/6/20 ~ Read: 12/15/20 ★★★★★
9. Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb ~ Shelved: 6/24/20 ~ Read: 11/15/20 ★★★★
10. Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia ~ Shelved: 6/28/20 ~ Read: 11/1/20 ★★★★

TBR:

READ:

Dee

finished LOST: 12 September 2020 - can go back 6 months - purchased after March 12 2020

finished: 9/10

1 - Loving Their Vixen Mate - purchased March 17, 2020; published Sept 10, 2014 - not a horrible PNR but wasn't my favorite - likely because its book 4 in a series i've not read before (naughty me...) - but i'm intrigued enough that i want to see if i can get the previous 3. 3 stars.
2 - By the Hour - purchased March 23, 2020; published April 25, 2017 - this was much more on the psychological side of dominance and sexual relations - i liked it as it was something different - 3.5 stars
3 - Touch You Now - purchased April 1, 2020; published April 4 2020 - Carly Phillips is pretty much a go-to comfort read author for me - i didn't realize initially that this was a book that she republished, but thankfully i hadn't read it initially - decent comtemp romance - 3 stars.
4 - Chasing Dreams - purchased April 24, 2020; published March 19, 2018 - this book just disappointed me - it felt very clunkily written and the plot felt like i'd read it several times (injured ballerina comes home, falls in love, but wants to go back to the spotlight) - very underwhelmed...2 stars overall
5- Mine Until Moonrise - purchased May 8, 2020; published Sept 27. 2019 - i normally love Jennifer Bernard's stuff - but this one just felt forced to me - the romance was so-so and the chemistry just wasn't there - 2.5 stars
6 - Alien Mischief - purchased May 30, 2020; published Jan 31, 2019 - wasn't my favorite alien marriage romance - this is definately not a series you can pick up in the middle and understand, i really need to go back to the beginning i think - 2.5 stars
7 - The Chase - purchased June 1, 2020; published Aug 4, 2018 - this solidifyed why Elle Kennedy should be an autobuy author for - i loved seeing the guy being the introvert and the misunderstood girl felt unique, even if it wasn't really - but it did feel like the other guy was supposed to be the hero...not who it finally ended up being...so a bit conflicted...3 stars
8 - The Heartbeat Hypothesis - purchased June 12, 2020; published Mar 20, 2017 - decent NA romance; my biggest issue was that Jake just accepted Audra having his sisters heart with no huge issues and you never really found out what happened to her (just a lot of debate) - 3 stars
9 - Playing Dirty purchased July 12, 2020; published Jan 27, 2015 - ohh this one hit all my happy spots - and my not christmas secret santa bought me the first 2 in the series, so i can get caught up - enough spice without going overboard and there was a solid story supporting it. 3.5 stars
10 - Spurred - purchased July 25, 2020; published Jan 16, 2018 - decent erotic romance but i felt like you just got dumped into the story, there was no story building prior to the mc showing up and the 2 guys deciding she was theirs...3 stars

Question: I finished LOST on 4 September. Do the books that I read for FOUND have to have been added after 4 March and before 4 September, or is a book I added yesterday okay?

Rosemary wrote: "Question: I finished LOST on 4 September. Do the books that I read for FOUND have to have been added after 4 March and before 4 September, or is a book I added yesterday okay?"

The date to use is 6 months back from September 4 (I.e., March 4) forward...no end date on adding....just be sure the book was published prior to Sept. 4

Perfect! Thanks, Bea :)

Bea wrote: "The date to use is 6 months back from September 4 (I.e., March 4) forward...no end date on adding....just be sure the book was published prior to Sept. 4"

If only I had realised that! Would have been easier lol

Lusie wrote: "Bea wrote: "The date to use is 6 months back from September 4 (I.e., March 4) forward...no end date on adding....just be sure the book was published prior to Sept. 4"

If only I had realised that! ..."

Actually, now I am not sure I understand how this works. Using the finish date of Sept 4 for Lost . . . Is any book added AFTER 9/4 also eligible for Found. Eg could a book added on 9/20 be counted as a found book?

they have to be added to be TBR in last 6 months; and published before the date you finished lost - personally, i'm horrible about adding newly purchased books to goodreads, so i just used my amazon records to pick my books