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(group member since Jan 07, 2011)
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from the SOS: Serious Overload of Series group.
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Finished
for the YA Paranormal shelf earlier today (06/21/12). I think I'll go ahead and give it ★★★★. I found the constantly teenager girl squealing and squeeing annoying. I don't remember that from the first two books in the series, but it has been at least a year since I've read them. That was another problem I had. It had been long enough since I read the previous book in the series that I had trouble remember who was who and what was what. I picked up enough to get me through the book without too much aggravation. I thought the main character was monumentally selfish ((view spoiler), so that spoiled the book a little for me. Otherwise very enjoyable and I went ahead and bought the next book in the series for my Kindle when I realized it was on sale for $1.99.
Got everything to here. I'm just about done with Entice. I'll probably finish it tonight or tomorrow. Depends on how slow it is at work tonight. I think I'm going to love this new night shift job. Once I know what I'm doing and I'm faster at it all, I'll have a ton of time to read. :-) On the other hand I'm having trouble adjusting to having to sleep during the day.
We've actually discussed the zombie apocalypse in great detail here at work (probably because several of us watch The Walking Dead religiously). One of my co-workers has a lot of guns, so he's agreed to let several of us camp out with him. I made him promise to kill me if I become zombie-fied. LOL
Sandra wrote: "Crystal at least you can get Alpha & Omega as a separate ebook, therefore cheaper :)"Glad to hear that. LOL, I hate buying a whole anthology for only one story.
I have Cry Wolf on my TBR mountain. Sounds like I'll need to add On the Prowl to the pile too. Grr! I also find it very annoying when authors put a prequel in a random anthology. I'm not a fan of anthologies so I don't usually bother, except in cases like this when I'm forced to. Meanwhile I have everyone's books and review to here. And I just started my book. It shouldn't take me more than a day or two to finish it. Don't worry Dawn. With me around you won't be the slacker. I read fast, but I don't have time to sit and read much so it takes me awhile to get through things. Especially lately when I've been in such a slump.
Got your review on our master list Deborah. Good for you for reading so fast. I haven't even started my book yet. *hanging my head in shame* It's on my kindle and the battery is dead so I need to charge it up. I'll get around to it. LOL
Team 16's card is good. :-)
For the YA Paranormal shelf I'm going to read
. For the free space I think I'll read
, but I reserve the right to change my mind later. LOL
Yay! A shelf! I'm going to format my posts on the front page now to serve as our overall reference for what's what. Then I'll decide on a book to read.ETA: Alright, Post #42 will be where we can keep track of what we are each reading for each shelf so please let me know if I ever get the wrong book somewhere or if you change your book and I don't fix it within a day or so. :-)
Week 7: Series Catch-up (personal shelf)Stamp Request Date: 08/15/12
AH - Gunmetal Magic ★★★★1/2 Review 08/07/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Grave Memory ★★★★ Review 08/05/12
Crystal S - River Marked ★★★★ Review 08/10/12
Deborah - Size 14 Is Not Fat Either ★★★1/2 Review 08/07/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - The Demon You Know ★★★★★ Review 08/06/12
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Week 8: Angels
Stamp Request Date: 08/24/12
AH - Hexed ★★★★ Review 08/21/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Sins of the Angels ★★★ Review 08/16/12
Crystal S - Promise ★★1/2 Review 08/17/12
Deborah - Second Grave on the Left ★★★1/2 Review 08/13/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Die for Me ★★★1/2 Review date 08/12/12
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Week 9: 2011
Stamp Request Date: 09/01/12
AH - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making ★★★★ Review 08/24/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Smokeless Fire ★★★ Review 08/20/12
Crystal S - At Grave's End ★★★★★ Review 08/31/12
Deborah - Frostbite ★★★1/4 Review 08/20/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) The Beast in Him ★★★ Review 08/21/12
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Week 10: Magic
Stamp Request Date: ???
AH - Stormdancer
Valerie (Val Hall) - Gunmetal Magic ★★★★★ Review 08/28/12
Crystal S - Cloaked
Deborah - On the Edge ★★★3/4 Review 08/27/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - River Secrets ★★★ Review 08/29/12
I'm gonna go ahead and claim a couple more posts here on the first page for linking to our reviews and what-not (in case I run out of room in the above posts).Judithe's Bingo Stats/Spreadsheet
Free Space
Stamp Request date: 07/07/12
AH - Seduced by the Wolf ★★★ Review 06/22/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Lethal Rider ★★★★★ Review 06/20/12
Crystal S - Once Dead, Twice Shy ★★ Review 07/07/12
Deborah - Touched by an Alien ★★1/4 Review 06/21/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Cry Wolf ★★★★ Review 07/04/12
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Week 1: Young Adult Paranormal
Stamp Request date: 06/21/12
AH - Skylark ★★★1/2 Review 06/20/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Forever ★★★ Review 06/18/12
Crystal S - Entice ★★★★ Review 06/21/12
Deborah - Touch of Power ★★★★ Review 06/17/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Spell Bound ★★★★3/4 Review 06/18/12
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Week 2: Favorite Series
Stamp Request Date: 07/06/12
AH - Branded by Fire ★★★1/2 Review 06/26/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Enclave ★★★★★ Review 06/26/12
Crystal S - Kiss of a Demon King ★★★★1/2 Review 07/06/12
Deborah - Dark Lover ★★★1/2 Review 06/24/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Lover Reborn ★★★★ Review 06/27/12
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Week 3: New2You series (personal shelf)
Stamp Request Date: 07/07/12
AH - Kindling the Moon ★★★★ Review 07/04/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - A Blood Seduction ★★★★ Review 07/02/12
Crystal S - Kiss & Hell ★★★★ Review 07/07/12
Deborah - Halfway to the Grave ★★★★ Review 07/03/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Killing Moon ★★★★ Review 07/04/12
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Week 3: Shifters
Stamp Request Date: 07/14/12
AH - Once Bitten ★★★1/2 Review 07/09/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Eternal Hunter ★★★ Review 07/10/12
Crystal S - Twice Bitten ★★★★ Review 07/14/12
Deborah - Immortal Coil ★★★★ Review 07/11/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Dark Needs at Night's Edge ★★★★ Review 07/11/12
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Week 4: Ghosts
Stamp Request Date: 08/02/12
AH - Deadworld ★★★ Review 07/17/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Third Grave Dead Ahead ★★★ Review 07/17/12
Crystal S - 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover ★★ Review 07/29/12
Deborah - 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover ★★★ Review 07/18/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover ★★ Review 08/01/12
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Week 5: Demons
Stamp Request Date: 08/02/12
AH - Summoning the Night ★★★★ Review 07/23/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Wicked Nights ★★★★ Review 07/24/12
Crystal S - Succubus Revealed ★★★★ Review 07/30/12
Deborah - Last of the Demon Slayers ★★★★ Review 07/23/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - Wicked Nights ★★★★ Review 08/02/12
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Week 6: Urban Fantasy
Stamp Request Date: 08/01/12
AH - Windfall ★★★★ Review 07/30/12
Valerie (Val Hall) - Undone Deeds ★★★★★ Review 07/29/12
Crystal S - Dead Reckoning ★★★★ Review 08/01/12
Deborah - Kitty and the Silver Bullet ★★★1/4 Review 07/29/12
Dawn (Kat N Hat) - On the Prowl ★★1/4 Review 07/31/12
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Cont'd in next post
Aww. I've been missed. :-) It actually did occur to me that I'd be awake at the same time as the Mods. LOL
Hello team! I'm from Arkansas in the US and I'm addicted to books. This is my 3rd round of Bingo. I can tell ya now that I'm not particularly chatty. I don't know why. LOL I just hardly ever have anything that I think is interesting to say. This is exactly the way I am NOT in real life. LOLI also don't have any opinions about the team name; whatever y'all want is fine with me. I can be a tie-breaker if you need me to be.
If no one else wants to be captain, I'll do it, but I'll warn you ahead of time that on Monday I'll be starting a night shift job, so I'll be on the opposite schedule of everyone else (at least from what I can tell, 1 from Colorado and 2 from Canada so far, looks like?). So I may be slower to reply to any posts made during the day while I'm sleeping. :-)
I want in! I missed the last round of sign-ups, but that turned out to be ok, cuz I've been in a major major slump for months. But I've started to come out of the slump and this will give me a reason to read. LOL.
(10/24/11) 4 1/2 starsI actually liked this one better than the previous book in the series. I'm curious about where the series is going. Loved meeting Dmitri's family. The whole Dmitri situation was depressing; liking Adrian more and more with each book. I found Lissa's story more interesting than Rose's for the most part. (view spoiler)
I checked on the other team's thread and they only have one book left. Actually, that was several hours ago too so they may have already finished. It's been fun either way!
ETA: Yup. They are done. Bummer. Good try y'all! :-)
I'm gonna read
. I think it'll be a quick read even at >500 pages. I flipped it open and the font is huge with large margins, etc. LOL
I guess I'll read
. I'm not gonna rush though since it is not important strategically. LOL
(10/15/11) 5 starsLoved it! I was laughing out loud while reading it in the cafeteria at work. I'm sure people thought I was nuts. Gwenvael was hilariously arrogant and dramatic. I liked Dagmar. I liked seeing all the previous characters, (view spoiler). I enjoyed the new characters, the cousins, Ragnar the lightning dragon (and the hero of the next book). The only complaint I have is that it kinda started dragging at the end with a lot of scenes I felt were unnecessary and there only to make the book longer. But I'm not counting off for that because I enjoyed everything else too much.
Bring on the next category. I'm ready to go! LOL
I finished
on 10/12. I marked it with 3 stars, but that's a round up from 2 1/2 stars. It was a good plot done poorly, with characters that should have been more interesting. Stylistically it was just awkward. A couple of reviews mention this, but the main character kept referring to her phone as an xPhone. Never just a phone, but an xPhone. Ok, I have an iPhone, but I just call it a phone or a cell. Weird. Also, who brings a $1,000 Dolce and Gabanna purse to a murder scene? (The heroine, that's who!) Constant references to her business partners "melon-sized" breasts. I dunno about y'all, but I don't tend to pay much attention to my friends breasts. Characters were kinda one-dimensional. Conversations were stilted and poorly done. This is a pet peeve of mine. I like conversations in books to be natural and sound like what people really would say. Some authors don't do this well. I have several Cheyenne McCray books (from different series) so I'm hoping this isn't the case for her. Anyway, all that to say, it was ok, but it could have been better. Much, much better. I am disappointed too, because, like I said, the plot was really interesting. I may or may not continue with the series.I picked
for my dragon book. A bold move because it's a long one . I am gonna try to finish it before the next shelf announcement so I can be ready in case one of the shelves we need to win gets picked.
Ok, finished
yesterday (10/09/11). I'm giving it 3 stars. I enjoyed it, but it dragged badly in places. I enjoyed Dan Brown's other books better although I seem to remember similar dragging in Angels and Demons. I think I am just not all that interested in Masonic conspiracies. LOL It seemed that the revealed secrets of Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code were a bit more shocking. The Lost Symbol was more like, "That's it?"
I'm about halfway through Demons Not Included (urban fantasy). I can't decide on a dragon book. I have several to choose from. I think it will boil down to my mood when I'm ready to start it, which will hopefully be sometime tomorrow or Wednesday. I suspect it will boil down to a reread of
(since it's been ages and ages since I've read it),
, or
.
