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Netanella’s comments from the SOS: Serious Overload of Series group.

SOS USA Cover Hunt Challenge
✿~❀~May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii~❀~✿

Lei Day

Duration: 5/1 - 5/31/15
Rules: Read 2 books with the following items found on their covers; Be sure to post your book covers

☑ COLOR: Yellow or pink cover: Quick and the Grateful Undead by P.J. Kelley - 05.10.2015 (★★★★)
☑ ITEM #1: Sun, body of water, or flower: Otherwise Alone by Shay Savage - 05.04.2015 (★★★★)

Updated post 2 above - thanks for a lovely challenge!

I'm reading Vampire in Atlantis now, by Alyssa Day. And there it is, right at the end of Chapter 12:

“You should sleep now,” he said again, and a red gleam flared in his pupils.
She knew she should argue with him, but she was just so sleepy, and after all, he was right, they needed to sleep, and—Oh.
Oh, no.
“You used your nightwalker hypnotic powers on me,” she said, fighting against it, but the compulsion was too strong. The last thing she saw was the smile on his beautiful face, and then the room went dark as she sank into sleep.

BIG HAPPY FACE

SOS USA Cover Hunt Challenge
"In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes" ~ Benjamin Franklin

Death & Taxes

Duration: 4/1 - 4/30/15
Done! Whoo Hoo!

✔ COLOR: Blue or black cover - Dark Magic by Christine Feehan - 04.18.2015 (★★★)
✔ ITEM #1: A vampire, fangs, or blood - Dark Gold by Christine Feehan - 04.14.2015 (★)

Military Spouse Appreciation Day ~ 8 May 2015


Duration: May 1-31, 2015
Books Read: 0/7

LEVEL 1: "You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have" (0/2)
Read 2 UF books featuring a strong heroine
☐ Warriors of Poseidon 8 - Heart of Atlantis
☐ Guardians of the Dark 2 - Once Bitten Twice Dead by Bianca D'Arc


LEVEL 2: "Live each day like s/he deploys tomorrow" (0/3)
Read 3 PNR books featuring a couple on the cover
☐ Breeds 26 - Lawe's Justice by Lora Leigh
☐ Pride 6 - Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston
☐ Shadow Destroyers 2 - Stripped Away by Sydney Somers


LEVEL 3: "Home is where the military sends you" (0/1)
Read 1 book featuring a house or door on the cover, 'HOME' or synonym (Synonyms: haven, refuge, shelter, sanctuary, residence, bungalow, retreat, house) in the title or series name
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BONUS LEVEL: Service Member Salute (0/1)
Read 1 book featuring a character who is or has been in a branch of the military
☐

I've got a tad bit of insomnia tonight - I need a Carpathian to put me under a sleep compulsion. So much better than Lunesta.

Genre Juice Mini-Challenge
Time to pay the taxman

Duration: 4/1 - 4/30/15
Rules: Read 2 books - one in each of the genres

Genre Juice Flavors
✔ 1. PNR -or- UF - Navarro's Promise by Lora Leigh - 04.03.15 (★★★)
✔ 2. VAMPY (PNR or UF sporting vampires) - Reign of Blood 1 - Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy - 04.16.2015 (★★★★)

Our heroine Alexandria is in the process of conversion into a Carpathian. Unfortunately, she also seems to be converting into something else - channeling her inner 8-year-old - holding her hand over her ears and telling Aiden to shut up, she doesn't want to listen to him. Wow. Really?

What happened to the smart, intelligent, thinking heroine, kicks ass, empathetic to the downtrodden, but also someone you can respect. I'm starting to really feel sorry for Aiden for having her as a lifemate.

Man! How do you leave your little 6-year-old brother in the park with a homeless man while you go to a dinner interview?!?! You've got to be effin' kidding me.
"Here, Henry, here's my little brother and his Tonka truck. I'll be back in three hours after I land this job interview and a new paycheck. Because I have to upgrade my housing for the safety of my kid brother, you know."

I started Dark Gold tonight - whoop whoop! Sucked me right in with its cheese-tastic elements. The dirty, lowlife vampire Paul who stalks our beautiful, virtuous, but psychically powerful heroine Alexandria, who's main drive in life is to take care of her little six-year-old brother.

I enjoyed the restaurant scene where Alex 'sees' the long, claw-like shadow of an evil being creeping up on the diners - very, very Nosferatu. I love me some good camp, and this just felt right.

I did not enjoy - especially because the author seems to do this often enough to disappoint me - the jumping-to-conclusions mentality that our Carpathian male took. Alex looks a little beat up, so she must be an evil vampiress herself. Let's attack her and drink her blood. Well, duh! She just spent the night in a water-logged cave, trying to keep herself and her brother from drowning. Of course she's a little worse for wear and has seaweed in her hair! I'm hoping as the book progresses that Aiden starts using a few critical thinking skills.

When do you want to start Dark Gold?

I'm currently in-between books - the smut ones, at least. I've been pecking away at A Dance with Dragons for a week now, but it will probably take me a little bit to finish that monster. Epic fantasy needs to be taken in moderation, like a good wine. Glutting yourself can lead to serious personality disorders, and I don't want to start speaking Dothraki as a hobby.

This is cool! Welcome to our chat, Sandy. Jump in any time. We're trying to read 2 books a month in the Dark/Carpathians series. For the month of April, we've cued up Books 3 and 4.

I've been sitting on this series forever, and I'm really glad I've started with this group.

SOS April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge


Duration: Apr 1-30, 2015

LEVEL 1: Happy Book Birthday! (2/2 books)
✔ April: Dark 3 - Dark Gold by Christine Feehan - 04.14.2015 (★)
✔ May: Manaconda by Sherri L. King - 04.04.2015 (★★★)


LEVEL 2: World's Wettest Places (3/3 books)
Read 3 books, each set in one of the following locations
According to AccuWeather.com, these are the "wettest places in the world":
[ Around the US ]
Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, New York & Hawaii
✔ Texas: Her Russian Protector 4 - Nikolai by Roxie Rivera - 04.09.2015 (★★★★)
✔ Louisiana: Dark 4 - Dark Magic by Christine Feehan - 04.18.2015 (★★★)
[ Elsewhere Around the World ]
Columbia, India, Cameroon, Australia, Papua New Guinea, British Columbia, Myanmar, & Bosnia
✔ Australia: Wedding Night With A Stranger by Anna Cleary - 04.18.2015 (★★★★)


LEVEL 3: April Showers & May Flowers (1 book)
Read 1 book featuring any form of water (ex: rain, shower/bath, waterfall, body of water, etc.) or a flower on the cover
✔ Warriors of Poseidon 7 - Vampire in Atlantis by Alyssa Day - 04.20.2015 (★★★★★)


BONUS LEVEL: Name Game (1 book)
Read 1 book by an author whose first or last name is/contains "APRIL" or "MAY"
✔ Rednecks 'n' Roses by Judy Mays - 04.20.2015 (★★★)

Awesome! Welcome, Belinda! The more, the merrier, I believe.

I've never really 'done' an audio-book - it seems to have a Stephen Hawking-sterile feel to it. I'm not sure how I would feel with a narrator reading to me an erotic love scene.

I agree. I've got the 3rd book lined up for an April read. Let me know when you're ready to go!

I'm really ready to read Gregori's story, but it looks like Aidan is next. He's the golden American wolf we met at the end of Book 2. Interesting, but not as interesting as Gregori's story, I bet.

I'm looking forward to both in April.

SOS Cover Hunt Challenge - March 2015


Duration: 3/1 - 3/31/15
Rules: Read 2 books with the following items found on their covers; Be sure to post your book covers

COLOR: Green or white cover
✔ Never Trust a Zombie by Paul Brodie - 03.03.2014 (DNF)
ITEM #1: No people, objects only
✔ Jacob's Odyssey by Russ Melrose - 03.13.2015 (★★★)
ITEM #2: A weapon
✔ Killing The Dead by Martin Marriott - 03.19.2015 (★★★)

I find the books usually get better with a glass of red wine. Drinking shots usually makes my eyes blurry...

Finished the book last night. I loved the character of Jacques - so crazy, yet so sweet at the same time, in all of the right places. The ending scene in the cavern hot springs was spot on. I enjoyed the humorous banter between Shea and Jacques - much more enjoyable than the characters of Raven and Mikhail.

I'm also starting to like the more 'traditional' aspects of the vampirism - shapeshifting into wolf, bird, or mist, sleeping during the day, being covered in native soil as a healing element. Most vampire romances of late don't include these kind of old school vampire traits.

As much as I love a sexy vampire, a good toothbrush is a necessity, After being buried alive for almost a decade and living off of bugs and small animals, Jacques apparently lays a soul-searing kiss on Shea.

Ugh...reality check, please. This is beyond morning breath.

So far book 2 is better for me. I started skimming at the end of book 1, particularly the fight scenes, since I knew how they were going to turn out. Sort of like going for a bathroom break before the movie cuts to commercial...didn't hold my interest enough to read/digest every single word.