Melissa’s Comments (group member since Nov 26, 2014)

Melissa’s comments from the 2-3-4 Challenge group.

1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month?
I got unto date in 1 series: Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #5

2. Did you start any new series? If so, what were they? Will you continue?
I started 2 new series:
Finishing School series by Gail Carringer
Lucy Kincaid series by Allison Brennan

3. Did you move forward in any series? How many?
no

4. Any standout or 5 star books read? Why did you love it/them?
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children books always get 5 stars. I also really enjoyed the Lucy Kincaid book.

5. Overall summary of your reading month?
I only read 4 books, but I enjoyed them all.

Currently Reading
The Stand by Stephen King (24%)
✔ Brief Cases (The Dresden Files #15.1) by Jim Butcher
✔ Magic Lessons (Practical Magic Prequel) by Alice Hoffman (NetGalley)


Plan to Read – Series
The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic #0) by Alice Hoffman
✔ A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes #3) by Sabaa Tahir
One True King (The School for Good and Evil #6) by Soman Chainani
✔ Kiss Me, Kill Me (Lucy Kincaid #2) by Allison Brennan
The Inside Story (The Sisters Grimm #8) by Michael Buckley
➞ The Shark (The Forgotten Files #1) by Mary Burton
➞ Peace Talks (The Dresden Files #16) by Jim Butcher


Plan to Read – Standalones
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

I hope you enjoy Skin Game by Jim Butcher. The Dresden Files is one of my favorites. The next book in the series comes out this month and I already have it preordered.

Reading Brief Cases now and I already have Peace Talks pre-ordered!

I finished reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 3 ★. Here's my review.

I finished reading Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan, 4 ★.

Here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I finished reading Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid #1) by Allison Brennan and started reading Brief Cases (The Dresden Files #15.1) by Jim Butcher.

I finished reading Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carringer and started reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

I finished reading Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, 3 ★. Here's my review.

I finished reading The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #5) by Ransom Riggs and started reading Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid #1) by Allison Brennan.

I finished reading The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #5) by Ransom Riggs, 5 ★. This adds 1 to my up-to-date in a series list. The next one comes out next year. Here's my review.

Jonetta wrote: "You’ve got a paranormal theme going on, Melissa! Enjoy your reading💜"

I noticed that too, Jonetta. It wasn't planned. :-)

Robin wrote: "I see you have Brief Cases on your list. I still need to read this one before the new book comes out in July. Actually, it's been so long since I read a Dresden book, I should go back and read the ..."

I preordered the next book that comes out next month, so I need to read Brief Cases soon.

1. Did you complete and/or get up to date in any series this month?
I completed The Merciless series by Danielle Vega

2. Did you start any new series? If so, what were they? Will you continue?
I started 3 new series:
Lucy Kincaid series by Allison Brennan
The Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

3. Did you move forward in any series? How many?
I moved forward in 2 series:
Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward
Monkeewrench series by P.J. Tracy

4. Any standout or 5 star books read? Why did you love it/them?
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern was a brilliantly written beautiful book. I always love my Black Dagger Brotherhood books and I loved getting back into the Monkeewrench series.

5. Overall summary of your reading month?
I am so very happy with my reading this month. I completed 10, which I have never done in 1 month before. I finally finished reading Lover Mine which I started many months ago and I'm ahead for the yearly goal of 60 books. I hope to continue this way and continue my streak of fabulous books.

I finished reading The Sixth Idea by P.J. Tracy, 4 ★. I missed the Monkeewrench crew. Here's
my review.

Currently Reading
The Stand by Stephen King (20%)
✔ Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) Gail Carringer
✔ The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #5) by Ransom Riggs


Plan to Read – Series
The Rules of Magic (Practical Magic #0) by Alice Hoffman
A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes #3) by Sabaa Tahir
✔ Love Me to Death (Lucy Kincaid #1) by Allison Brennan
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic Prequel) by Alice Hoffman (NetGalley)
➞ Brief Cases (The Dresden Files #15.1) by Jim Butcher


Plan to Read – Standalones
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
➞ Lord of the Flies by William Golding

It's been a productive month! I finished reading The Sixth Idea (Monkeewrench #7) by P.J. Tracy and will be starting The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #5) by Ransom Riggs soon.

I'm so excited, I finished another book. I finished reading Weekend Warriors (The Sisterhood Series #1) by Fern Michaels and I am now reading Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) Gail Carringer.

I finished reading Weekend Warriors (The Sisterhood Series #1) by Fern Michaels, 4 ★. Here's my review.

I finally finished reading Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood #8) by J.R. Ward, 5 ★. I'm gonna have to start getting these books on my Kindle so that I can make the print bigger. Here's my review.