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Let's Book It for AUGUST 2021
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1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance
Aug-10 literature
Aug-11 sociology
Aug-12 ancient-history
Aug-13 summer-reads
Aug-14 from-the-library
Aug-15 recommendations
Aug-16 creepy
Aug-17 abandoned
Aug-18 mythology
Aug-19 asia
Aug-20 family-saga
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
3. Recommendation 3: Go to , use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [insert month]
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
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Simple Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal
Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
Ultimate Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks with *
*Generate a letter per month and for that month, read book/s where title and/or author's first/last name begins with that letter
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Anna's Reading Life
Bea
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Elvenn
Jayme(the ghost reader)
Joyce
June
Karin
Lauren
LaurLa
Lusie
LynnB
Marie (UK)
Marina (Sonnenbarke)
Meg
Nat
Snowtulip
Susan
Tien
Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal of 5 books AND complete all 5 monthly tasks.August tasks:
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance
The Echo of Twilight, Judith Kinghorn, 11 Aug 2021
Aug-10 literature
The Life She Was Given, Ellen Marie Wiseman, 20 Aug 2021
Fencing the Sky: A Novel, James Galvin, 25 Aug 2021
Aug-11 sociology
Aug-12 ancient-history
Aug-13 summer-reads
Unmarriageable, Soniah Kamal, 28 Aug 2021
Aug-14 from-the-library
Aug-15 recommendations
American Spy, Lauren Wilkinson, 15 Aug 2021
Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration, Sara Dykman, 18 Aug 2021
Aug-16 creepy
Aug-17 abandoned
The Unkindness of Ravens, M.E. Hilliard, 25 Aug 2021
Aug-18 mythology
Aug-19 asia
The Satapur Moonstone, Sujata Massey, 19 Aug 2021
Aug-20 family-saga
The Sewing Machine, Natalie Fergie, 23 Aug 2021
The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny, 31 Aug 2021
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
The Satapur Moonstone, Sujata Massey, 19 Aug 2021, FOUND 2021
3. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
American Spy, Lauren Wilkinson, 15 Aug 2021
4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [July].
An Unmarked Grave, Charles Todd, 21 Aug 2021, Bess Crawford series
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in.
The Moth Catcher, Ann Cleeves, 2 Aug 2021, set in Europe; live in North America
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Progress: 2,529/2,500 as at 08/09
Complete Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
198p - Fresh Ink: An Anthology -Read 08/03
336p - A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) -Read 08/05
304p - Turtles All the Way Down -Read 08/07
Aug-09 romance - Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Aug-10 literature - Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Aug-11 sociology - Turtles All the Way Down
Aug-12 ancient-history -
Aug-13 summer-reads - Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Aug-14 from-the-library - A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1)
Aug-15 recommendations - Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Aug-16 creepy - A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1)
Aug-17 abandoned - Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Aug-18 mythology - A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1)
Aug-19 asia -
Aug-20 family-saga -
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
296p - A Study in Honor (The Janet Watson Chronicles #1) (SS '21) -Read 08/08
328p - The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway #2) (FOUND & SS '21) -Read 08/09
3. Recommendation 3: Go to , use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
461p - The Girl with All the Gifts (The Girl With All the Gifts #1) -Read 08/04
4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [July]
350p - Ruin and Rising (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy #3) -Read 08/01
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
256p - Turncoat (Europe) -Read 08/03
5 books - Ultimate Plan - Letter Cβ�1. Revisit: Romance - It's Been a Pleasure, Noni Blake by Claire Christian
β�2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Children of the Mind
β�3. Recommendation 3: Academy Street by Mary Costello
β�4. Last Month 2: Crossed
β�5. Crossing Borders 1: Come Tumbling Down
August TasksRevisit
Romance
To the Nines
completed 08/9/21
From the library
Ridgeline
Pick A Shelf 1
Acorna's Quest
Simple Plan, 3 books as goal, skipping 3 & 4 ~ ~ ~ (3/3 read)1) Revisit ~ Aug-19 Asia -> A Midsummer's Equation β�
2) Pick-a-Shelf 1 -> Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris (Read for Bookopoly) β�
5) Crossing Borders 1 -> The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji β�
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Simple Plan
4 books
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
Aug-09 romance
Aug-10 literature
Aug-11 sociology
Aug-12 ancient-history
Aug-13 summer-reads
Aug-14 from-the-library - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Aug-15 recommendations
Aug-16 creepy
Aug-17 abandoned
Aug-18 mythology
Aug-19 asia
Aug-20 family-saga
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21) - Signs in the Blood by Vicki Lane
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
Poland: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Iran: Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Let's Book it August - Finished β�Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
Read: 21/5 books
β� 1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me [3-aug-2021] β β β β β�
Not So Nice Guy [4-aug-2021] β β
Throw Like a Girl [6-aug-2021] β β β�
Aug-10 literature
Aug-11 sociology
Aug-12 ancient-history
Aug-13 summer-reads
The Summer Job [13-aug-2021] β β β�
Aug-14 from-the-library
Aug-15 recommendations
Aug-16 creepy
Aug-17 abandoned
The Darkest Secret [9-aug-2021] β β
Aug-18 mythology
Aug-19 asia
Aug-20 family-saga
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
Lost - The Drawing of the Dark [4-aug-2021] β β
Seriously serial:
What Really Happened in Peru (The Bane Chronicles #1) [9-aug-2021] β β
The Runaway Queen (The Bane Chronicles #2) [10-aug-2021] β β
Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #1) [10-aug-2021] β β β β
The Lost Herondale (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #2) [10-aug-2021] β β β β
The Whitechapel Fiend (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #3) [10-aug-2021] β β β β
Nothing but Shadows (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #4) [10-aug-2021] β β β β
The Evil We Love (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #5) [10-aug-2021] β β β β
Pale Kings and Princes (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #6) [11-aug-2021] β β β β
Bitter of Tongue (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #7) [11-aug-2021] β β β�
The Fiery Trial (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #8) [11-aug-2021] β β
Born to Endless Night (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #9) [11-aug-2021] β β
Angels Twice Descending (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #10) [11-aug-2021] β β
β� 3. Recommendation 3: Go to , use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1) [14-aug-2021] β β
β� 4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month
- Bedwyn Saga - Slightly Sinful (Bedwyn Saga #5) [15-aug-2021] β β β�
β� 5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
Midnight Valentine [8-aug-2021] β β β�
Goal: 5 BooksPlan: Simple +
Random letter: E
βοΈ 1. Revisit: Romance
Book: Hard Asset by Pamela Clare (Series: Cobra Elite)
Date read: August 13, 2021
Rating: 3 Stars
βοΈ 2. Last Month 2: Bastion Club (Read in August)
Book: The Edge of Desire by Stephanie Laurens
Date read: September 12, 2021
Rating: 2 Stars
βοΈ 3. Last Month 2: Artifact Hunters (Read in July)
Book: Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley
Date read: August 7, 2021
Rating: 4 Stars
βοΈ 4. Crossing Borders: Italy
Book: Blackmailed For Her Baby by Elizabeth Power
Date read: August 25, 2021
Rating: 3 Stars
βοΈ 5. Crossing Borders: UK
Book: Last Breath by Robert Bryndza (Series: Detective Erika Foster)
Date read: August 11, 2021
Rating: 2 Stars
PLAN - ONE book for each prompt using letter generated which is R1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance The Seven Sisters 20/08/2021 Lucinda Riley 460 pages
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
I really Don't do the other challenges except for Seriously serial - as I have completed 1- 21 I will continue with higher numbers
Troubled Blood Robert Galbraith 17/08/2021 1073 Pages
3. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
The Visitors 304 pages 21/08/2021
4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [July]
Revelation 19/08/2021 644 pages read Sovereign in July
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in New York Edward Rutherfurd 12/08/2021 1020 pages
Page count
460+ 1073 + 644 + 1020 + 304 = 3,501 pages
Let's Book It - August - Simple Plan - COMPLETED 28/08Goal: 1,000 pages
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
βAug-10 literature - Il segreto di Luca - read 21/08 - 187 p.
βAug-12 ancient-history - Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes - read 18/08 - 77 p.
β�2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21) - Hexed - read 05/08 - 260 p.
β�4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month - Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince - read 28/08 - 542 p.
β�5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in - L'avvocato di strada - read 08/08 - 378 p.
Total: 1,444/1,000 pages
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Aug 1 - December 31, 2021
Goal
3 books per month
Aug 2021 monthly plan:
Simple Plan: Meet/exceed your Goal
August
β�1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance: Promises in Death - fin 8/18
Uprooted - fin 8/13
β�2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge, for Seriously Serial
Promises in Death - fin 8/18
3. Recommendation Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended- not done: I started two of the few books my local library had based on these recommendations, and DNF both of them. Recommendation FAIL!
β�4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read in July: In Death series, by J. D. Robb
Promises in Death- fin 8/18
β�5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in: Crocodile on the Sandbank - fin 9/24
completed 3/3 books
completed 4/5 tasks
SIMPLE PLAN COMPLETED 9/24
Let's Book It - The August Edition -COMPLETEDSimple Plan
Goal: 3 books
Books read: 3
1. Revisit
Recommendations: A Gentleman in Moscow - Aug 28
Family saga : The Grapes of Wrath - September 15
Summer Reads: Truly Devious - Sept 12
3. Recommendation
The Elegance of Hedgehog/The Quantum Thief/Kim Jyoung/ There There
4. Last Month
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
5. Crossing Borders
August tasks - DONE!Goal: 8 books
Completed
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
Aug-09 romance -
Aug-10 literature
Aug-11 sociology
Aug-12 ancient-history
Aug-13 summer-reads -
Aug-14 from-the-library
Aug-15 recommendations -
Aug-16 creepy -
Aug-17 abandoned -
Aug-18 mythology
Aug-19 asia
Aug-20 family-saga
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (Seriously Serial '21) -
3. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended -
4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month (July - Thin Air) -
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in -
Let's Book It! August 2021
Goal: 5 Books
Simple Plan
Goal: 5 Books
Simple Plan
Completed ChallengeGoal: 5 books
1. Revisit
2. Pick a Shelf
3. Recommendation
4. Last Month
5. Crossing Borders
AugustGoal: 5 books
Plan: Complete
β�1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance
Tempt Me at Twilight, 8/14/21, 4 stars
β�2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)-PICK A SHELF MONTHLY
Landon & Shay: Part One, 8/7/21, 3.5 stars
β�3. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
The Radleys, 8/12/21, 3 stars
β�4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [July]
The Stone Sky, 8/7/21, 4.5 stars
β�5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
The Firebird, 8/20/21, 4 stars (Scotland/Russia)
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August tasks: π
DONEGoal: 2000 pages
Plan: Simple
2012/2000 pages
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
Aug-09 romance
****Kiss of Steel 446 pages 8/12/21
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
Consider Phlebas 8/3/21 471 pages Used in Seriously Serial '21
Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle 188 pages 8/19/20 Used in Seriously Serial '21
The Secret, Book & Scone Society 290 pages8/20/21 Used in Seriously Serial '21
4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [insert month]
July- Doctor Who series
Doctor Who: Nuclear Time 8/31/21 246 pages
5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry pages 371 8/18/21 - Takes place in England
5/5π August tasks: π
β�1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for August.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
β�Aug-09 romance The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (shelved this 31 times so far). finished August 8
Aug-10 literature
Aug-11 sociology
Aug-12 ancient-history
Aug-13 summer-reads
Aug-14 from-the-library
Aug-15 recommendations
Aug-16 creepy
Aug-17 abandoned
Aug-18 mythology
Aug-19 asia
Aug-20 family-saga
β�2. Pick-a-Shelf 1: Read for another PAS challenge (LOST, Moving Mountain '21, Bookopoly, Seriously Serial '21)
Rich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians #3) by Kevin Kwan for Seriously Serial (for #3)
β�3. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
β�4. Last Month 2: Read book/s from series you read last month [insert month] Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables #8 ) by LM Montgomery
β�5. Crossing Borders 1: Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami set in Japan (counting that as Asia...)
AUGUSTSimple plus
5 Books
letter S
completed 21 November
1. Revisit:
Romance
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev 21 November 2021 β β β β β�
β� The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler 23 October 2021 β β β β
β� Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne 9 September 2021 β β β β β�
Mythology
β� Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 3 November 2021 β β β β
β� The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter 19 August 2021 β β β�
Let's Book It! (2021)
-- COMPLETEAugust - December 2021
My August Plan (msg 24)
Monthly Goal: 10 books
Plan: Completed plan
August Tasks:
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1. Revisit - Read from any picked shelves for August
βπ�summer-reads - The Soulmate Equation - 09.04 β β β β
βπ�recommendations - Fighting Silence - 08.13 β β β β
βπ�from-the-library - The Awakening- 08.15 β β β β
2. Pick-a-Shelf 1 - Read for another PAS challenge
βπ�Moving Mountain - The Reality of Everything - 10.05 β β β β
3. Recommendation 3 - Go to Which Book and read one of the books listed/recommended
βπ�happy - Family Trust - 11.03 β β β�
4. Last Month 2 - Read book/s from series you read last month
βπ�Cantrelle Family - Embracing Elise - 09.12 β β β�
βπ�Rainshadow - Rain Shadow - 10.26 β β β�
βπ�Nordic Lights - Nordic Bound - 10.30 β β β�
5. Crossing Borders 1 - Read book/s set in continent/s away from the one you're living in
βπ�Africa - Tropical Heat - 08.07 β β β β
βπ�United Kingdom - It's Just Turbulence - 08.08 β β β�
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I find the mood-matching search for recommendations (item # 3) very frustrating. First, I guess I don't really choose books by the things in their list, so not very many of the ones they suggest appeal to me. Too, I found the process rather a pain: guess from just the title and cover of a book whether you want to read more about it, before you can see any other information about it at all; click on one to check it out; but then, if it seems possible, copy out the info to check it out on Ε·±¦ΣιΐΦ, and at the various libraries I have access to. Repeat, endlessly.
I started one 26a, and didn't like it at all.
Looking again, I find that most of books I consider are either not appealing at all or not at my library.
I did find one that looked interesting, and while it is not in my library, others by that author are. If it's ok for me to choose one of them to replace it, I'll give this another try. Otherwise, I'm done spending time on it, and will just settle for a "Simple Plan" completion.
But if "emotion-based" recommendations from the Which Book site pop up again later in the year, I'm not even going to bother with it again.
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I find if I scroll down long enough, I usually come across a book or 2 that are already on my tbr so I'd read that :p
Yes, you're welcome to try that author for this task- you came across them through this site anyway so all good :)
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Thanks!
I agree with Susan. I think the website makes it hard to find books that are already on my to read list.
I'm finished! Surprisingly, the quirky book I read for the recommendation was a 4 star read for me (this year my average rating is finally up to 3.2, so I was happy to find a 4 star one to help).
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which book was it?
Tien wrote: "yay, that's great to hear 1 success story, Karin lolwhich book was it?"
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol
It's very French, but naturally I read it in English being very much an anglophone.
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No problem. It was worth checking out. Now I know. I was just disappointed in both books, which had sounded like good choices.
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