Crystal S’s
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(group member since Jan 07, 2011)
Crystal S’s
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Sandra wrote: "Congrats on the new bloke Crystal :)"Thanks Sandra! :-)
I'll probably be reading
for the Itchy Witch shelf.
Cover Love book is probably gonna be
.PNR? I'm leaning towards
if I can find my copy.Everything is updated. Sorry I'm so absent y'all. I started dating someone not long after the game started and it's going really well, so new relationship = spending all my time with him. I'm trying though. :-(
Reading
for the feline shifters shelf. PNR has so many choices, I'll see what I feel like reading when I finish my feline book.
****Stamp Requested****Week 6: Dark & Stormy
Sallie - Dark Fire - 2 stars, Review, 08/24/15
Danielle - Dark Skye - 4.5 stars, Review, 08/24/15
Crystal S. - Storm Front - 4 starsReview, 09/18/15
Berit - X - 4 stars, Review, 08/25/15
Shelf: Favorite
Finished: 09/20/15
Stars: 5 stars
This was another fantastic book in the Immortals After Dark series. I seriously don't understand how these books stay so good and so fresh. Every story and couple is unique. And we see a new type of immortal in this book (berserkers) along with some new characters/possible future book heroes and heroines.
Declan was not one of my favorite IAD heroes, simply because he was so bad to begin with and I have a little trouble forgiving him completely for that. But I do enjoy Regin. One thing I like about this series is that the females are just as bad-ass as the males.
I can't wait for Lothaire's book. I really need to know what makes this guy tick. LOL
Shelf: Dark and Stormy
Finished: 09/18/15
Stars: 4 stars
This is a re-read for me, except this time around I listened to the audiobook. It's just as good the second time around. Good start to a series, some world building and learning about what's what in Harry Dresden's magical universe. It's interesting going back and meeting the characters that I've come to know again.
The narrator was James Marsters, aka Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I totally admit that this is the reason I bought the book in the first place. :-) I admit he read Harry as a lot more soft-spoken than I imagined, but it ended up working pretty well. Only other issues were production issues/poor editing/bad audio copy(?), such as background white noise, oddly long gaps in the same sentence, and you could hear the narrator's mouth opening and shutting (the wet smacking noise you hear when you open and shut your mouth, gross I know).
Everything is updated y'all. Let me know if I've missed anything. Gonna go pick a cat shifter book now.
Shelf: Urban Fantasy
Finished: 09/10/15
Stars: 2 stars
Major book slump happening here. I can't find enjoyment in anything lately. Is it me? Or the books I'm picking? Whatever the case may be, I almost gave this 3 stars, cuz it wasn't that bad. It's been ages since I read the previous book in the series, so I don't remember how it ended. So this one picking up, seemingly in the middle of a plotline, may actually be a continuation of a story that started in the previous book. But, since it's been so long since I read book 2, all this did was leave me completely and totally confused for a lot of the book.
I will say, one thing these books lack is physical descriptions. Other then Jaz having red hair (or dyed black hair in this book, since they are undercover in the middle east), I have no idea what any other character looks like. Maybe I missed it, but I seem to recall the same issue in the first two books.
Anyway, confusion for most of the book equals a 2 star from me. Perhaps later I'll reread the series in quick succession to see if that improves things.
New shelf for week 9: Meow! (featuring feline shifters)
I dunno Sandra, take my opinion here with a grain of salt. I have been having a not great run of books so maybe I'm just cranky. LOLI'll be reading
for the Favorite shelf. (Favorite series, favorite author)
****Stamp Requested****Week 5: Demons
Sallie - Seventh Grave and No Body - 4 stars, Review, 08/18/15
Danielle - Broken Soul - 4.5 stars, Review, 08/21/15
Crystal S. - My Way to Hell - 2 stars, Review, 09/01/15
Berit - First Grave on the Right - 5 stars, Review, 08/30/15
Shelf: Demons
Finished: 09/01/15
Stars: 2 stars
Boring. Boring. Boring. Boring. Um, I guess I should use other words. :-( The first Dakota Cassidy book I didn't enjoy much. It was supposed to be funny I assume, since all her other books are, but it fell flat with me. Characters were blah. Storyline was blah (AND predictable). Even the romance was blah. The resolution was at least slightly surprising. There appeared to be a set-up for a potential sequel that has never come (this book being 5 years old and all).
Unless I'm mis-seeing, once we get caught up we'll be four away from bingo. :-D
I'll read (listen really) to
for the Dark and Stormy shelf. For Urban Fantasy I'll read
.
****Stamp Requested*****Week 4: Series Catch-up
Sallie - Archangel's Shadows - 4 stars, Review, 08/14/15
Danielle - Magic Shifts - 5stars, Review, 08/10/15
Crystal S. - Never Cry Wolf - 2 stars, Review, 08/27/15
Berit - Frostbite - 5 stars, Review, 08/15/15
Shelf: Series Catch-up
Stars: 2 stars
Finished - 08/27/15
Definitely my least favorite book of the Night Watch series. It was ok, but just ok. There was nothing particularly objectionable about it, but there wasn't anything all that interesting either. It just seemed flimsy. Weak, chaotic plot, mostly boring characters, loose ends that (since there hasn't been another book in this series in 4 years) will apparently never be tied up. Do yourself a favor and pretend that Eternal Flame is the last in the series. It won't be difficult because there's no connection between the first three books and this one, except that the hero, Lucas appears briefly. Apparently he plays into the prequel book, Immortal Danger, which I've never read. Other than that, it didn't even seem to be a part of the same series.
