Netanella’s Comments (group member since Dec 01, 2014)

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

I started "Dark Desire" tonight, with Jacques and Shea. Only 50 pages in, and soooooo much better than Book 1!

It has an overpowering feel to it, sort of reminds me of the Darkyn series.

SOS March 2015 Dr. Seuss' Birthday Challenge


Duration: Mar 1-31, 2015
Done! Whoo Hoo!

LEVEL 1: Color Me Read (2/2 books)
✔ Green Eggs and Ham: Orange, green, white, black or any combo
Buck Naked by Vivi Anna - 03.01.2015 (★★)
✔ One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish: Red, yellow, white, green, blue, black or any combo
Dark Protectors 1 - Fated by Rebecca Zanetti - 03.14.2015 (★★★)


LEVEL 2: Animals are People, too (3/3 books)
✔ The Cat in the Hat ~ Read 1 book featuring a feline shifter or cat familiar, cat on the cover or character named "Cat" (or any variation of the name)
Catnipped by Dakota Cassidy - 03.01.2015(★★)
✔ Fox in Socks ~ Read 1 book featuring a fox shifter, FOX in title, series, or author's name, a fox or a character's socked feet on the cover
Shadowmere 1 - Untamed by Jaide Fox - 03.04.2015 (★★★)
✔ Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose ~ Read 1 book featuring a moose shifter, a character who takes in guests, BIG in the title, series, or author's name, or a heart on the cover
Big Bad by Sommer Marsden - 03.07.2015 (★★★)


LEVEL 3: Fiction2Film (1/1 book)
✔ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ~ Read 1 book featuring a Christmas theme, characters who are thieves or stole something from another character, STEAL/STOLE or THIEF/THIEVES as a part of the title or series, or a book that has been (or is slated to be) made into a movie
Virgin Thief by Sage Burnett - 03.02.2015 (★★★)


BONUS LEVEL: And, the award goes to ... (1/1 book)
✔ Dr. Seuss won many awards over the course of his lifetime, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Read 1 book that has won an award ~ RBL Romantica Hughie Award for Best Parnormal (1999), P.E.A.R.L. (Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature) for Best Overall Paranormal Romance AND Best Shapeshifter AND Best New Author of Paranormal Romance (1999)
Dark 1 - Dark Prince by Christine Feehan - 03.08.2015 (★★★)

I did really enjoy the first book - it had a campy, 80's sort of feel to it that I liked.

Looking to start Book 2 in the next few days, as soon as I finish my current two books.

Finishing up the book tonight - Raven's a little like Clinton - she likes to waffle back and forth. She loves him, she loves him not, she's human, she's not. She's staying, she's leaving him when he comes home injured. Arghh! woman! Get it together!

...

Well, the mansion just burned down and everyone's gone down to the dirt to recover.

I like the tortured hero aspect to Mikhail. I need to remember this book was written over 15 years ago, so this is pretty early in PNR. But I can't seem to figure out why Mikhail and Crew wouldn't have some Renfields protecting the mansion from aggressive humans during the daylight hours. After centuries of survival, I would think they would have figured it out by now.

Started last night. So far I'm liking it. Dark Prince Mikhail is a way over-the-top in his expectations for immediate obedience, but perhaps after hundreds of years of getting such results, he's a tad bit spoiled. I like that I'm only partially in to the reading, and he's already trying to adjust his ego to suit Raven's needs.

Also dig the idea of the older Carpathians only seeing in shades of grays and blacks until they meet their lifemate. Then they can see in color. Reminds me of the blooding of the vampires in Cole's IAD series. But wouldn't colorblindness be a weakness in a predator species? I like the trait as it speaks to the bleakness of the warrior without his lifemate, but I would think it an odd trait to evolve in a warrior species.

Great! Glad you can join us - this is going to be fun! I'm really looking forward to a good, epic series in PNR. I'm a big fan of the Immortals After Dark and the Dresden Files, for the way the authors create a detailed universe with lots of different plotlines and characters.

Does anyone know if Feehan does the same thing here?

Hello!

Group member hIpnoticraQs and I have challenged each other to a Read-A-Thon for Christine Feehan's PRN series Dark Saga , also known as the Carpathians. It looks to me that there are 26 published full works in this series. I'm a newbie to the series, and have heard a lot of good things about it.

We're looking to start in the immediate future, and to read about 1 - 2 books per month.

So, if you're interested in joining me and hIpnoticraQs in reading Dark Prince and Dark Desire this month, this is the thread to post your comments about the books!

SOS February NFL Super Bowl XLIX Challenge


Seattle Seahawks v. New England Patriots
On 1 Feb 2015, the Seattle Seahawks will face off against the New England Patriots for the title of XLIX Super Bowl Champions.

Duration: Feb 1-28, 2015

Level 3/2 plus Bonus!
Read 6/6

LEVEL 1: Team Spirit (2 books)
Cover Colors ~
Seahawks ~ White, grey, blue, green or any combo
✔ The Horde Wars 5 - Lord of the Deep by Sherri L. King - 02.03.2015 (★★★★)
Patriots ~ Red, white, grey, blue or any combo
✔ Warriors of Poseidon 5 - Atlantis Redeemed by Alyssa Day - 02.21.2015 (★★★)


LEVEL 2: Halftime Entertainment (2 books)
✔ Katy Perry ~ Read 1 book featuring a female lead, dark-haired girl on the cover
Maiden Lane 4 - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 02.14.2015 (★★★★)
✔ Lenny Kravitz ~ Read 1 book featuring a character named Leonard (or any variation of the name)
Shameless by Tori Carrington - 02.01.2015 (★★★) (Nina Leonard is the heroine)


LEVEL 3: Location (1 book)
✔ University of Phoenix Stadium @ Arizona ~ Read 1 book set in Arizona, any desert, featuring a character who becomes/is a phoenix, or book #6 in a series (Arizona is the sixth largest state in the US)
Her Russian Protector 2 - Dimitri by Roxie Rivera - 02.17.2015 (★★★★) Male lead Dimitri has a giant phoenix tattooed on his back to symbolize his rebirth and second chance in America


BONUS LEVEL: And, the winner is ... (1 book)

✔ If the PATRIOTS win, read a book featuring a rebel, patriot or revolutionary or a character who is/was alive during the American Revolution (1765-1783), a character named "Tom" or "Brady" (team's quarterback), or a book set in New England (NE consists of: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)
The Valentine Effect - A Strangers in the Night Story by Bonnie Dee - 02.02.2015 (★★★★)

Whoo hoo! Thanks for the quick response, Christina!

I have a question...

In Part 2, what does "✣ Series # correlates to one of your region's "seasonal months" mean?

I'm thinking that there are 12 months, and that Series #1, 2, 3 are Jan., Feb., and Mar., respectively? Is this correct, or am I out on a limb like Shirley Maclane?

SOS I've Started So I'll Finish - 2015 - No Reboot Required


1st January to 31st December 2015
Books Read 17/?
Series Completed 2/?

David Moody's Autumn
1 - Autumn
2 - The City
3 - Purification
4 - Disintegration
5 - Aftermath
6 - The Human Condition


Lora Leigh's Breeds
✔ 23 - Primal Kiss - 03.10.2015 (★★★)
✔ 24 - Navarro's Promise - 04.03.15 (★★★)
✔ 25 - An Inconvenient Mate - 04.04.2015 (★★★★)
26 - Lawe's Justice
27 - Stygian's Honor
28 - The Devil's Due
29 - Rule Breaker


Jaid Black's Trek Mi Q'an
0 - Guide to Trek Mi Q'an
1 - The Empress' New Clothes
1.5 - Seized
2 - No Mercy
✔ 3 - Enslaved - 03.28.2015 (★★★)
✔ 4 - No Escape - 03.29.2015 (★★★)
✔ 4.5 - Naughty Nancy - 03.29.2015 (★★★★)
✔ 5 - No Fear - 03.29.2015 (★★★)
✔ 5.5 - Dementia - 03.29.2015 (★★★)
✔ 6 - Devilish Dot - 03.30.2015 (★★★)
✔ 7 - Never A Slave - 03.30.2015 (★★★)


Mary Balogh's Simply
1 - Simply Unforgettable
2 - Simply Love
✔ 3 - Simply Magic - 01.14.2015 (★★★★)
✔ 4 - Simply Perfect - 01.21.2015 (★★★★)


Shelley Laurenston's Pride
1 - The Mane Event
2 - The Beast in Him
2.5 - A Pride Christmas in Brooklyn
3 - The Mane Attraction
4 - The Mane Squeeze
✔ 5 - Beast Behaving Badly - 01.28.2015 (★★★)
6 - Big Bad Beast
9 - Bite Me


Octavia E. Butler's Patternist
1 - Wild Seed
2 - Mind of My Mind
3 - Clay's Ark
4 - Patternmaster
5 - Survivor


Katherine Kingston's Passions
1 - Ruling Passion
✔ 2 - Binding Passion - 01.02.2015 (★★★)
✔ 3 - Daring Passion - 01.02.2015 (★★★★)
4 - Healing Passion


Mary Wine's Highlander
1 - To Conquer A Highlander
2 - Highland Hellcat
3 - Highland Heat
4 - The Highlander's Prize


Emma Holly's Midnight
1 - Luisa's Desire
2 - Catching Midnight
3 - Hunting Midnight
4 - The Night Owl
5 - Courting Midnight
6 - Kissing Midnight
7 - Breaking Midnight
8 - Saving Midnight
9 - Devil at Midnight
10 - Angel at Dawn


Gena Showalter's Alien Huntress
1 - Awaken Me Darkly
2 - Enslave Me Sweetly
3 - Savor Me Slowly
4 - Seduce the Darkness


Ella Frank's Exquisite
1 - Exquisite
✔ 2 - Entice - 02.21.2015 (★★★★)
✔ 3 - Edible - 04.06.2015 (★★★★★)


Jim Butcher's Dresden Files
✔ 10 - Small Favor - 01.01.2015 (★★★★)
✔ 11 - Turn Coat - 02.28.2015 (★★★★★)
12 - Changes
13 - Ghost Story
14 - Cold Days
15 - Skin Game


Vicki Lewis Thompson's Nerds
1 - Nerd in Shining Armor
2 - The Nerd Who Loved Me
3 - Nerd Gone Wild
4 - Gone with the Nerd
5 - Talk Nerdy To Me
6 - Nerds Like It Hot
7 - My Nerdy Valentine


Bianca D'Arc's Guardians of the Dead
1 - Half Past Dead
2 - Once Bitten Twice Dead
3 - A Darker Shade of Dead
5 - Dead Alert


Cherry Adair's TFLAC
7 - Hot Ice
8 - Edge of Danger
9 - Edge Of Fear
10 - Edge of Darkness
11 - White Heat
12 - Night Fall
13 - Night Secrets
14 - Night Shadow
15 - The Bodyguard


Elizabeth Boyle's Bachelor
2 - This Rake is Mine
3 - Love Letters From A Duke
1 - Something About Emmaline
4 - Confessions of a Little Black Gown


Marie Brennan's Onyx Court
1 - Midnight Never Come
2 - In Ashes Lie
3 - A Star Shall Fall


Connie Brockway's Rose Hunters
1 - My Seduction
2 - My Pleasure
3 - My Surrender


Mina Carter's Zodiac Cyborgs
1 - Lyon's Price
0.5 - Her Empath
2 - Aries Revealed

SOS February NFL Super Bowl XLIX Challenge


Seattle Seahawks v. New England Patriots
On 1 Feb 2015, the Seattle Seahawks will face off against the New England Patriots for the title of XLIX Super Bowl Champions.

Duration: Feb 1-28, 2015

Level 0/2
Read 4/4

LEVEL 1: Team Spirit (2 books)
Cover Colors ~
Seahawks ~ White, grey, blue, green or any combo
✔ The Horde Wars 5 - Lord of the Deep by Sherri L. King - 02.03.2015 (★★★★)
Patriots ~ Red, white, grey, blue or any combo
Warriors of Poseidon 5 - Atlantis Redeemed by Alyssa Day


LEVEL 2: Halftime Entertainment (2 books)
✔ Katy Perry ~ Read 1 book featuring a female lead, dark-haired girl on the cover
Maiden Lane 4 - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 02.14.2015 (★★★★)
✔ Lenny Kravitz ~ Read 1 book featuring a character named Leonard (or any variation of the name)
Shameless by Tori Carrington - 02.01.2015 (★★★) (Nina Leonard is the heroine)


LEVEL 3: Location (1 book)
University of Phoenix Stadium @ Arizona ~ Read 1 book set in Arizona, any desert, featuring a character who becomes/is a phoenix, or book #6 in a series (Arizona is the sixth largest state in the US)

BONUS LEVEL: And, the winner is ... (1 book)

✔ If the PATRIOTS win, read a book featuring a rebel, patriot or revolutionary or a character who is/was alive during the American Revolution (1765-1783), a character named "Tom" or "Brady" (team's quarterback), or a book set in New England (NE consists of: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)
The Valentine Effect - A Strangers in the Night Story by Bonnie Dee - 02.02.2015 (★★★★)

What a great challenge! I'm in. I'd like to do Level 2, but maybe upgrade if I can find the books.

SOS Genre Juice Mini-Challenge January 2015
Ring in the New Year with something new-to-you!

Duration: 01.01.2015 - 01.31.2015
Read: 2/2

1. PNR -or- UF: Anna 2 - Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake - 01.17.2015 (★★★★)
2. NEW TO YOU (new author and series): Dangerously Mine by A.M. Griffin - 01.01.2015 (★★★)

Oh, that's awesome! Thank you for doing this

Land O' Lakes, Florida
8:04 pm EST / 65F
I spy swamp lilies in my backyard.

I'm in!

whoop whoop!

(But I think I mis-read the directions... sheesh)

SOS Genre Juice Mini-Challenge January 2015
Ring in the New Year with something new-to-you!

Duration: 01.01.2015 - 01.31.2015
Read: 1/2

1. PNR -or- UF: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake
2. NEW TO YOU (new author and series): Dangerously Mine by A.M. Griffin - 01.01.2015 (★★★)