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Shelf Bender (2024)
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Genre: Romance
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Each of the books you read for your Picked Shelves (per Genre) are to be used as starting point for each of below prompts (ie. 1 book cannot be used for more than 1 prompt).
1. Readers also enjoyed: Using one of your books, read from the "Readers also enjoyed" section.
2. Similar authors: Using one of your books, read from a similar author. On the author's page, click on the 'similar authors' link for a list of authors.
3. Object on cover: Using one of your books, read another book which cover has a similar specific object*. Object must be obvious so if it's something you're not sure of, that you have to ask someone for their opinion, it does not qualify.
*object
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a thing that you can see and touch and that is not alive
4. Best of: Using one of your books, read from a "Best of" list for the year/decade/century that book is published (this will depend on date of publication and availability of list)
5. Wacky Shelf: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/ [INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective
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Bea
Charity
Christene Paula
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Christina's Book
Dee
Elvenn
Jayme
Joanna
Joyce
Kristina Simon
Lagullande
Lauren
LaurLa
Lusie
Lyn (Readinghearts)
Marina
Meg
Nat
Rebekah
Susan
Tawallah
Tien
Five shelves:1 Romance p2 - The Bromance Book Club
2 Contemporary romance p1 - The Hating Game
3 Historical romance p6 - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
4 Interracial romance p10 - The Unhoneymooners
5 M-M romance p1 - Boyfriend Material
The Next Picks (prompts)
1. Readers also enjoyed: The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels✔️
Legends & Lattes
2. Similar authors: The Unhoneymooners✔️
Part of Your World
3. Object on cover:
teacup -
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✔️4. Best of: The Hating Game✔️
2016 p10 - Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation✔️
5. Wacky Shelf: The Bromance Book Club✔️
bromance p2 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell✔️
Three Shelves:- Fantasy Romance -> p1 A Court of Wings and Ruin
- Paranormal Romance -> p13 Anna Dressed in Blood
- Romantic Suspense -> p1 Angels Fall
Next Picks:
- Best of: 2017 -> p5 Compañías silenciosas (The Silent Companions)
- Object: House -> Cicatrices (Scatter Her Ashes)
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- Wacky Shelf: Fall -> ?
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Your Picks
1. contemporary-romance (p8) - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid -Read 01/08
2. romantic-suspense (p1) - The Witness by Nora Roberts -Read 01/19
3. clean-romance (p1) - Beauty and the Clockwork Beast (Steampunk Proper Romance #1) by Nancy Campbell Allen -Read 04/08
4. fantasy-romance (p3) - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab -Read 04/15
5. time-travel-romance (p3) - A Murder in Time (Kendra Donovan #1) by Julie McElwain -Read 05/16
The Next Picks (prompts)
1. Readers also enjoyed: A Murder in Time (Kendra Donovan #1) by Julie McElwain >>> The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry -Read 08/19
2. Similar authors: Victoria Schwab >>>
Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) -Read 08/18
3. Object on cover:
<< big ben >>
Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon -Read 06/03
4. "Best of"
The Witness by Nora Roberts >> Best of April 2012
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1) by Julie Kagawa -Read 08/31
5. Wacky Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/
evelyn
p9 - The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo -Read 05/20
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My Picks
1. Fantasy Romance (p.2): Siege and Storm
2. Romantic Suspense (p.1): Black Hills
3. Paranormal Romance (p.14): Silence Fallen
My Next Picks
1. Readers also enjoyed: (Siege and Storm)
Throne of Glass
2. Similar authors: (Silence Fallen)
Ilona Andrews: Sweep with Me
3. Object on cover:
4. Best of:
5. Wacky Shelf: (Black Hills)
black: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... (p.1)
Silver Sparrow
1. Contemporary Romance p. 7 2. Romantic Suspense p. 3
3. Interracial Romance p.1
4. Clean Romance p. 25
5. Time-Travel Romance p. 2
The Next Picks (prompts)
1. Readers also enjoyed: for Get a Life, Chloe Brown
2. Similar authors: to Meagan Spooner who wrote Hunted
3. Object on cover:
<--Rock-->
- Completed 1/18/244. "Best of 2019" for What the Wind Knows which was published March 1, 2019
The Reckoning p. 3 - Completed 2/4/24
5. Wacky Shelf: using Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin
Shelf: Rhythm
p. 4
Three Shelves:Next Picks:
1. Best of the 20th century: All the President’s Men
Romance✺ picked Feb 17 ✺
1. MY PICK Romance (p. 2) ~ The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
✓ NEXT PICK (Similar authors) What You Wish For by Katherine Center Read: 8/30/24
2. MY PICK Contemporary Romance (p. 4) ~ The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
✓ NEXT PICK (Readers also enjoyed) Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Read: 4/22/24
✓ 3. MY PICK Time Travel Romance (p. 1) ~ A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong Read: 7/13/24
✓ NEXT PICK (Best of 2020) Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson (p. 1) Read: 2/21/24
Read: 0/10 books as at 01/01Your Picks
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The Next Picks (prompts)
1. Readers also enjoyed:
2. Similar authors:
3. Object on cover:
4. "Best of"
5. Wacky Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/
Genre: RomanceMy Picks
1. Romance (p. 10): Atonement
2. Fantasy Romance (p. 2): The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
3. Romantic Suspense (p. 1): Rapture in Death
Next Picks
1. Item on cover (Atonement):
I misteri di Borgoladro
<-staircase->
2. Best of 2020 (The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue):
Piranesi
3. Wacky shelf (Rapture in Death):
death (p. 1): A Monster Calls
Genre: RomanceRead: 6/6 - Completed: 10/23/24
My Picks:
✅ 1. Lesbian Romance (p. 1) - Tipping the Velvet - 2/29/24
✅ 2. Romance (p. 10) - Uprooted - 5/8/24
✅ 3. Time Travel Romance (p. 23) - The Ministry of Time - 6/10/24
Next picks:
✅ 1. Readers also enjoyed: Last Night at the Telegraph Club - 8/8/24
✅ 2. Similar authors: What Moves the Dead - 10/23/24
✅ 3. Best of 2024: The Black Bird Oracle - 9/15/24
Genre: Romance My picks
1. Fantasy Romance p4 : Daughter of the Forest
2. Christian Romance pg 2 : A Passion Most Pure
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COMPLETED WITH 5 PICKS 8/19
My Picks
✔ ✔1-Historical Romance (p. 16): What the Wind Knows - fin 7/15
✔ ✔2-Romantic Suspense (p. 4): Kindred in Death - fin 7/20
✔ ✔3-Science Fiction Romance (p. 21): A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) - fin 2/1
✔ ✔4-Fantasy Romance (p. 1): Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2)
✔ ✔5-Romance (p. 9) Last Night at the Telegraph Club - fin 6/9] - fin 6/9
The Next Picks (prompts)
✔ 1. Readers also enjoyed What the Wind Knows
The Echo of Old Books - fin 3/29
✔ 2. Wacky Shelf: Kindred in Death
✔shelf: death, p. 1: Long Way Down - fin 7/8
✔ 3. Object on cover: "sky"-space
- fin 4/12✔ 4. Best of: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2)
2013, p. 3: The Archived - fin 6/20
5. Similar authors: Last Night at the Telegraph Club:
✔Orson Scott Card, Lost and Found - fin 8/9
Genre: ROMANCE# Reading: 3 + 3 (Listing 5+5 Just in Case)
My Picks:
1.
NEXT PICK (Wacky Shelf): A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
2.
NEXT PICK (Object on Cover: Castle): Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
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4. Historical Romance: p1 - To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
NEXT PICK (Best of 2003): A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
5. African American Romance: p15 - The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
NEXT PICK (Also Enjoyed): The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
**The Bride Test (Reading 1st in Series, Book 2 listed)**
All My Genres:
CULTURAL
FANTASY
HISTORICAL
HORROR
HUMOR
LITERATURE
MYSTERY
NONFICTION
ROMANCE
SCIENCE FICTION
SEQUENTIAL ART
THRILLER
ROMANCE
Shelves
1.EROTIC ROMANCE pg 5 Lover Enshrined 5/9/24
Next Pick - Reader's also enjoyed - Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
Similar authors - kresley cole, sherrilyn kenyon, patricia briggs, gena showalter, Larissa ione, Jeaniene Frost, Lara Adrian, charlaine harris
2. PARANORMAL ROMANCE pg 24 After Glow 2/8/24
Next picks - Best books of 2004
The Secret Hour
A Hat Full of Sky
Incubus Dreams
Tall, Dark & Hungry
Memory Zero
Cravings
Staying Dead
The Nimble Man
3.CATEGORY ROMANCE pg 7 Raintree: Inferno 4/9/24
next pick wacky - Rain - The Taking
Vampire Moon
The Hacienda
Pick 3 tasks
1. Readers also enjoyed: Using one of your books, read from the "Readers also enjoyed" section.
2. Similar authors: Using one of your books, read from a similar author. On the author's page, click on the 'similar authors' link for a list of authors.
3. Object on cover: Using one of your books, read another book which cover has a similar specific object*. Object must be obvious so if it's something you're not sure of, that you have to ask someone for their opinion, it does not qualify.
*object
noun
a thing that you can see and touch and that is not alive
4. Best of: Using one of your books, read from a "Best of" list for the year/decade/century that book is published (this will depend on date of publication and availability of list)
5. Wacky Shelf: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/ [INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective
Shelf Bender🚦Genre: Romance
January - December 2024
My Shelf Bender Romance Genre (msg 20)
Shelf Picks
✅Now You See Her🚦romantic suspense page 1🚦06.24 ★★★★
✅Sweet Persuasion🚦erotic romance page 1🚦06.16 ★★★★
✅Check & Mate🚦clean romance page 24🚦04.30 ★★★★
Next Picks
✅2. Similar authors
🚥book used: Now You See Her🚦author: Brenda Novak
🚥Come Home to Me🚦10.14 ★★★★
✅3. Object on cover
🚥book used: Check & Mate🚦object: hearts
🚥Recipe for Second Chances🚦02.03 ★★★★
✅4. Best of
🚥book used: Sweet Persuasion🚦list: #1690 Best Books of 2009
🚥Shot of Tequila🚦02.26 ★★★★
10/10Contemporary romance
Love Marks
Completed 1/2/24
Me Before You
Completed 1/12/24
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast completed 2/19/24
The Identicals 1/21/24
The Extra 04/25/24
Embracing the Beat
Completed 5/13/24
The Five-Star Weekend
completed
A Match Made in Autumn completed 07/22/24
The Drop Off Dad: A Single Dad Romance
Completion 07/25/24
The Art of Falling 08/3/24
Paranormal Romance
Dead to the World 2/2/24
Completed
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The Next Picks
Lusie's Shelf BenderGenre: Romance - completed
A Genre is completed when you have read a total of 6 (3 Picked Shelves) books
My Picks
1. Romance - p 1 Icebreaker [21-jan-2024] ★★★
NEXT PICK (Readers also enjoyed): Check & Mate [29-jan-2024] ★★★★
2. Interracial romance p 10 - The Unhoneymooners [25-jan-2024] ★★★★
NEXT PICK (Similar authors): A Million Junes [17-feb-2024] ★★
3. Time Travel Romance - p 1 The Surviving Trace [22-jan-2024] ★★★★
NEXT PICK (Object on cover): woman seen from the back The Reigning and the Rule [22-jan-2024] ★★★★
My Picks1. Beach Read
2. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast - Read 9/16/24
3. The Hating Game - Read 8/8/24
4. A Court of Mist and Fury - Read 1/19/2024
5. Love in the Afternoon
Next Picks
1. Readers also enjoyed: Using one of your books, read from the "Readers also enjoyed" section. - The Cruel Prince
2. Similar authors: Using one of your books, read from a similar author. On the author's page, click on the 'similar authors' link for a list of authors. - Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet - Read 6/23/2024
3. Object on cover: Using one of your books, read another book which cover has a similar specific object*. "Hat" - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
4. Best of: Using one of your books, read from a "Best of" list for the year/decade/century that book is published (this will depend on date of publication and availability of list) - Married by Morning
5. Wacky Shelf: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title "Beach" - The Beach
ok, of course i'm in!!lol!
My Picks:
1. Kiss and Cry (M M Romance, pg 25)
- NEXT Book (Wacky shelf): Love and Other Words (Cry, pg1)
2. The Fiancée Farce (Lesbian romance, pg 3)
- NEXT Book (Readers Also Enjoyed): Cleat Cute (as of 29 January)
3. Defying Pack Law (Erotic romance, pg 17)
- NEXT Book (Similar Author): He Ain't Lion - Celia Kyle (as of January 29)
4. Part Time Cowboy (Western Romance, pg 7)
- NEXT Book (Best of 2015): Hard to Let Go - pg3)
5. Bringing Down the Duke (Historical Romance, pg1)
- NEXT Book (Item on cover): Reasons Why Not to Date Public Enemy CEO (Hat on cover)
Romance1. Historical (Pg 1) The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
2. Category (Pg 2) Desert Warrior by Nalini Singh
3. M/M (Pg 15) Husband Material by Alexis Hall
1. Similar authors: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
2. Best of 2003 Desert Warrior
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
3. Wacky Shelf: Husband Material
Husband The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Genre: Romance6/6
My Picks:
✔︎ 1. Historical Romance: Slightly Married by Mary Balogh (p.2)
Read: March 20, 2024
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 2. Paranormal Romance: Blood Magick by Nora Roberts (p.19)
Read: March 31, 2024
Rating: 3.5 Stars
✔︎ 3. Romantic Suspense: Beyond Limits by Laura Griffin (p.10)
Read: July 15, 2024
Rating: 4 Stars
Next Picks
✔︎ 1. Readers Also Enjoyed (Laura Griffin) - Cold Snap by Toni Anderson
Read: June 30, 2024
Rating: 4 Stars
✔︎ 2. Object on cover (Nora Roberts) - Decorative Filigree: The Art of Sinning by Sabrina Jeffries
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Read: April 15, 2024
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 3. Wacky Shelf (Mary Balogh) - Married: The Marriage Bed by Laura Lee Guhrke (p.2)
Read: May 11, 2024
Rating: 2 Stars
My Genres (borrowed from Christina's Book)
Cultural
Fantasy
Historical
Horror
Humor
Literature
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Romance
Science Fiction
Sequential Art
Thriller
Romance1. Lesbian - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo pg 3 ✔️ read
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3. Romantic Suspense - Touch Not the Cat pg 16
Romance - My Picksscience 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
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