Steph’s Comments (group member since May 22, 2010)

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

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Happy reading!

yeah, they changed their licensing before closing access to the books. 😐

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Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb
Series: In Death #16
Shelf #13: L - Lovers
Read: 23 May
Rating: ✮✮✮✮☆

My Review:

Only the mad would call this madness. Only the blind will look and not see.

The murderer in this installment is photographing the dead and sending the pictures to Nadine. The way Eve's mind works is fascinating. I was lost on this one. I had no idea who was killing these young people, even after Eve was able to piece together the likely why.

"Chipper's my middle name. I'm going out to spread joy and laughter to all of mankind."

It was just Eve's luck - the first time we witness her true joy and excitement, this time over Summerset's impending vacation, she completely jinxes herself by celebrating a tad too early. Oh Galahad, what have you done? 🤭

"I feel stupid."
"No, sweetheart. You feel married."

When Roarke shuts out Eve she's unsure how to react. What's wrong? Has she done something? Should she push? Thankfully, Mira's there to reassure her and set her on a path to answers. But, unsurprisingly, it's Feeney who gives her the conclusive push in the direction she's needed most -- to Dublin, with her man, who is digging into parts of his past he thought were closed to him forever.

There were some rollercoaster moments:
≈ Roarke's discoveries
≈ Peabody's taking the next step - personally & professionally
≈ Trueheart's close call
≈ Baxter's growth
≈ Eve's marriage rules

A very long time to wait! What the heck!? 🤞🏼

June Genre Mini-Challenge
June 5th is Nat'l Attitude Day

Duration: 6/1 - 6/30/25
Rules: Read a minimum of 2 books out of the 3

1. PNR -or- UF
2. Humorous PNR
3. Dark romance, horror or other dark sub-genre

June Cover Hunt Challenge
June 4th is Nat'l Hug Your Cat Day

Duration: 6/1 - 6/30/25
Rules: Read 3 books with the following items found on their covers; Be sure to post your book covers

COLOR: Orange cover
ITEM #1: Cat(s)
ITEM #2: Wilder cat(s): Lion, Panther, Tiger, etc.

We have bought a lot of audios from them, too. I hadn’t considered losing them. Kinda sucks now that I am 😝 hopefully it won’t happen to any of us.

It's time to pick our June Book of the Month! The poll consists of May new releases. Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "New Releases for May 2025” list.

Please cast your vote now (write-ins are allowed) and join us in June!

[Poll ends @ 29 May]

I’ve finished mine, too and will get my review up within the next day or two 😊

Victoria wrote: "Another great round, Steph, Sandra, and all involved.
SOS Bingo is genuinely always a highlight in my year. Thanks so much for all your hard work! 🙏"

Love hearing that! 😊

Book Shelf BINGO | Round 27
Duration: 26 Feb 2025 - 21 May 2025

# of Players/Teams: 27 players/9 teams
# of Shelves Called: 13

B-I-N-G-O: Team #6 ~ The Scarlet Scribes
Players: Angie, LaurLa & Victoria

AliciaJ wrote: "I have to say this has been one of the most fun times I’ve had playing!"

That makes 😁 so happy to hear!

AliciaJ wrote: "It is useful - it’s workplace investigation training, so it’s actually super interesting, it’s just grueling and we have a test on the material tomorrow."

That does sound interesting. How’d your test go?

Eldarwen wrote: "Not sure how many I'll read between now and the next round of Bingo hehe. We shall see."

I'm interested to see if I continue to feel a pull to read on or not w/out the BSB push. I’ve definitely become attached to all of the characters and more are worming their way into my heart with each book.