diff --git a/packages/obsidian/src/library/LibraryController.ts b/packages/obsidian/src/library/LibraryController.ts
index bfd2471..4f30f42 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian/src/library/LibraryController.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian/src/library/LibraryController.ts
@@ -227,20 +227,19 @@ export class LibraryController {
 			let skipped = 0;
 			if (!dryRun) {
 				for (const entry of report.needsChoice) {
-					const idx = await this.pickCandidate(entry.filename, entry.candidates);
-					const candidate = idx != null ? entry.candidates[idx] : undefined;
-					if (!candidate) {
-						skipped++;
-						continue;
-					}
 					try {
+						const idx = await this.pickCandidate(entry.filename, entry.candidates);
+						const candidate = idx != null ? entry.candidates[idx] : undefined;
+						if (!candidate) {
+							skipped++;
+							continue;
+						}
 						const content = await deps.readNote(entry.path);
 						await deps.writeNote(entry.path, patchFrontmatter(content, candidate.patches, { defaultType: spec.itemType }));
 						report.resolved.push(entry.path);
 						picked++;
 					} catch (e) {
-						const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e);
-						console.log(`[media-db-library] picker failed for ${entry.filename}: ${msg}`);
+						deps.log(`picker failed for ${entry.filename}: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)}`);
 						skipped++;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/tests/library-controller-isolation.test.ts b/tests/library-controller-isolation.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d2c235f..0000000
--- a/tests/library-controller-isolation.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
-
-// Test that verifies the try/catch wrapping is syntactically correct
-// and the error handling path exists in LibraryController.resolveType
-
-describe('LibraryController per-entry error isolation', () => {
-	test('try/catch present in resolveType for per-entry failures', async () => {
-		// Read the source file and verify try/catch is present
-		const srcText = (await Bun.file('packages/obsidian/src/library/LibraryController.ts').text());
-
-		// Verify the fix is in place: try block wrapping readNote/writeNote
-		expect(srcText).toContain('try {');
-		expect(srcText).toContain('const content = await deps.readNote(entry.path);');
-		expect(srcText).toContain('await deps.writeNote(entry.path');
-		expect(srcText).toContain('} catch (e) {');
-		expect(srcText).toContain('picker failed for');
-		expect(srcText).toContain('skipped++;');
-	});
-
-	test('error logging includes filename and message', async () => {
-		const srcText = await Bun.file('packages/obsidian/src/library/LibraryController.ts').text();
-
-		// Verify error log includes entry filename
-		expect(srcText).toContain('picker failed for ${entry.filename}');
-		// Verify error message is captured
-		expect(srcText).toContain('e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)');
-	});
-});
diff --git a/tests/library-controller.test.ts b/tests/library-controller.test.ts
index f9ebb51..8ca614b 100644
--- a/tests/library-controller.test.ts
+++ b/tests/library-controller.test.ts
@@ -554,6 +554,39 @@ describe('resolveType: interactive candidate picker (needsChoice)', () => {
 		expect(notices[0]).toContain('0 picked, 0 skipped'); // dry-run never picks/skips; needsChoice.length is still visible on the report
 	});
 
+	test('per-entry failure isolated: first entry readNote throws in picker phase, second still picked', async () => {
+		const c = new LibraryController(fakePlugin());
+		const notices: string[] = [];
+		(c as any).notify = (msg: string) => notices.push(msg);
+		const logs: string[] = [];
+		const writes: { path: string; content: string }[] = [];
+		const readCounts: Record<string, number> = {};
+		(c as any).makeDeps = () => ({
+			listNotes: async () => [{ path: 'Mangas/Bad.md' }, { path: 'Mangas/Good.md' }],
+			readNote: async (path: string) => {
+				readCounts[path] = (readCounts[path] ?? 0) + 1;
+				// engine resolve pass reads once; picker phase read is the second call
+				if (path === 'Mangas/Bad.md' && readCounts[path] > 1) throw new Error('note vanished');
+				return '---\ntype: manga_item\ntitle: X\n---\n\nbody\n';
+			},
+			writeNote: async (path: string, content: string) => {
+				writes.push({ path, content });
+			},
+			sleep: async () => {},
+			log: (m: string) => logs.push(m),
+			specDeps: fakeSpecDeps(),
+		});
+		(c as any).pickCandidate = async () => 0;
+
+		const report = await c.resolveType(candidateSpec);
+
+		expect(writes.length).toBe(1);
+		expect(writes[0].path).toBe('Mangas/Good.md');
+		expect(report.resolved).toEqual(['Mangas/Good.md']);
+		expect(logs.some(l => l.includes('picker failed for Bad.md') && l.includes('note vanished'))).toBe(true);
+		expect(notices[0]).toContain('1 picked, 1 skipped');
+	});
+
 	test('no needsChoice entries -> summary omits the picked/skipped clause entirely', async () => {
 		const c = new LibraryController(fakePlugin());
 		const notices: string[] = [];