Stacey’s Comments (group member since Oct 26, 2014)

Stacey’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

I'm going to jump in on the Demonica series with you all too. I've read through the first 2 Lords of Deliverance, but it was all so far apart I've had trouble remembering things from book to book. I've recently re-read book 1, so I'll jump in next week when you start book 2.

I got stalled on the BDB after Rehv's story. I've been keeping an eye of the BR threads and hope I can join you all when you get to Lover Avenged for a re-read/refresher and work my way through the rest of the series. I've missed the brothers. ;)

I'm going to be a little late, but it looks like I'll be able to get a copy of this tomorrow from my library. I'd like to try to catch up with you all, but it looks like a pretty quick read. I'll see where everyone is tomorrow and see if I can still join in.

I have no idea how the self-updating spreadsheet works, but it looks like my BR points from The Darkest Touch are not listed. Did it just get missed or did they not count? (I may be getting a weeee bit too competitive here.. dang those chickadees!)

I finished Creation in Death on my run this morning. Just 20 points, but points is points, right? I about halfway through New York which is a BR so will be 120 points once I wrestle my way through it.

I'm going to start the first book sometime this week--a little late to the party, but I'll try to catch up as I can. I feel like I should have heard of this somewhere, but it sounds very interesting.

Hooray! I have finally made it to the end of the Revolutionary War! I don't think I knew what a mess that was for so long, and how much the States really shouldn't have won. :)

(view spoiler)[Sadly, while I like the characters well enough, I was thinking during the war that surely one of them would die, and I found I didn't really care which one it was. I usually like to be a little more attached to my characters. I didn't even feel the sting of the non-HEA for Abigail and Grey--and I LOVE a good romance. (hide spoiler)]

Oh my. I'm sloooowly working my way through The Loyalist, but its some tough going. It just seems like a lot of facts thrown together but the characters aren't a part of it like they were in earlier parts of the book. I'm not even sure that makes sense, but I feel more like I'm reading a history book now rather than a story with history in it.

It is presenting the opposite side of American history from what I learned. The way we are taught in the States is that the Sons of Liberty were the brave, courageous men who stood up for the colonies and lead the charge for freedom (cue music here). So far in this book they are just a bunch of grumpy angry men starting fires. So that's interesting.

I've added my BR points for Full Throttle to the other thread since we now have a qualifying third reader. :) I'm a little stuck with what to read right now as I'm not particularly enjoying my current BR.

Srividya, hope you are feeling better soon!

Lisa, we still need Kelly to get buddy read points, right?

I finished The Philadelphia Girl and Montmayne's Tavern. (view spoiler)[ I'm assuming the whole "your son never came to meet my son" issue becomes a problem, although it seems a little overdone at this point. That whole chapter to me seemed a little wasted. (hide spoiler)]

Karen, I agree. I do like seeing the families grow and move onto different generations, it's just different for me to have characters come and go so quickly! It is an interesting way to relay the history though.

So while Mary is making herself much smarter reading all those books, I'm expanding my brain (not) finishing Full Throttle. ;) This was supposed to be a Buddy read, but so far I'm the only buddy who has read, so I'll put the book down as done, and wait to add the buddy read points after someone else participates? Does that sound right?

Finished New York and the Boston Girl last night. I wasn't expecting quite so much jumping between characters. (view spoiler)[ I'm a little sad that we get to see so little of each character's story--but I guess it would be impossible to cover that big a time span if we did. And obviously I was wrong about Dirk's daughter being interesting as we never really saw her again. (hide spoiler)]

Finished New Amsterdam-- pg 50. Hoping to get a good portion of New York finished tonight. I'm excited that I have already learned--basically--where the names of the boroughs came from. :)

(view spoiler)[ Excited to see how Dirk's daughter plays into the story--she seems fascinating. Jury is still out on Tom--he sounded kind of fun in his first section, kind of an ass in his second. (hide spoiler)]

Enjoying it so far.

Since it sounds like you all have all the categories covered, I'll just work on reading as many books as possible. :)

(gulp) I just got this from the library, so I'm going to give it a go. I imagine it will take me a good while, but from what I've heard so far, the author will make it interesting. Will start Monday, so will see you all after that. :)

Looks like everyone is finished except me--should be later today


(view spoiler)[ I'm glad she's back with Chubs, although to be honest I couldn't remember that he had been shot--just that she hadn't known what happened to him.

I was a little sad that the "Red" (Austin?) was killed. I think it would be really interesting to get a story from one of those who got taken and trained.

I still have a little trouble with the whole premise that the adults would have completely deserted children this way.
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A slightly late Happy New Year wish to you all!

I'm in!

New 2 U Authors Challenge 2015
Duration: 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015
Level: Devil May Care

30/20

1. New York By Edward Rutherford 1/22
2. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 1/26
3. UnEnchanted by Chandra Hahn 1/28
4. Rules of Prey by John Sanford 2/6
5. The Martian by Andy Weir 3/3
6. Tangled by Emma Chase 3/25
7. The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia MacConnell 4/3
8. Because of Low by Abbi Glines 4/5
9. Matthew by Emma Lang 4/9
10. Breakfast in Bed by Robin Kaye 4/25
11. Taste the Heat by Rachel Harris 5/4
12. Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Mederios 5/9
13. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young 5/12
14. Out Of Her League by Kaylea Cross 5/15
15. Embattled Hearts by JM Madden 5/16
16. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 6/3
17. The Hurricane by RJ Prescott 6/11
18. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 6/30
19. Uglies by Scott Westerfield 7/10
20. Master of Crows by Grace Draven 7/20
21. The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Ann Long 7/30
22. Mercenary Instinct by Ruby Lionsdrake 8/7
23. The Deal by Elle Kennedy 9/23
24. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge 10/1
25. Angelfall by Susan Ee 11/11
26. The Maze Runner by James Dasher 12/8
27. Sweet Inspiration by Penny Watson
28. Mrs. Saint Nick by Caroline Mickelson 12/15
29. The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar 12/23
30. The Billionaire's Christmas Baby by Victoria James 12/27
31. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr 12/29

NBRC's Level 1 of the Serious Readers Challenge for 2015
Start: 1/1/15 Finish:
94/100 read

January:
1. Never Fade 1/2
2. Hell for Leather 1/4
3. Full Throttle 1/6
4. Eternity in Death 1/9
5. Creation in Death 1/11
6. Born in Blood 1/12
7. Out of Control 1/17
8. Gunmetal Magic 1/21
9. New York 1/22
10. What Alice Forgot 1/26
11. UnEnchanted 1/28
12. Magic Gifts 1/29

February:
13. Rules of Prey 2/6
14. Yuri 2/10
15. A Very Russian Christmas 2/12
16. Rock Addiction 2/15
17. Rock Courtship 2/15
18. Lord's Fall 2/16
19. Playing Games 2/17
20. In The Afterlight 2/24

March:
21 The Martian 3/3
22. Blood Assassin 3/7
23. Tethered 3/8
24. Rock Hard 3/10
25. Stranded with a Billionaire3/12
26. Kinked 3/13
27. Hard as It Gets 3/22
28. Mate Claimed 3/22
29. Tangled 3/25
30. Sawyer by Lori Foster 3/28
31. Whisper No Lies by Cindy Gerard 3/29

April:
32. Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews 4/2
33. The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs 4/3
34. Ice Games by Jessica Clare 4/4
35. Because of Low by Abbi Glines 4/5
36. Matthew by Emma Lang 4/9
37. Strangers in Death by JD Robb 4/17
38. Nikolai by Roxie Rivera 4/18
39. Riveted by Meljean Brook 4/20
40. Night Shift 4/22
41. Breakfast in Bed by Robin Kaye 4/25
42. Beauty and the Billionaire by Jessica Clare 4/29

May:
43. Taste the Heat by Rachel Harris 5/4
44. Run for Your Life by James Patterson 5/4
45. Your Until Dawn by Teresa Mederios 5/8
46. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young 5/12
47. Salvation in Death by JD Robb 5/14
48. Out of Her League by Kaylea Cross 5/15
49. Embattled Hearts by JM Madden 5/16

June:
50. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 6/3
51. The Hurricane by RJ Prescott 6/11
52. Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh 6/29
53. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas 6/30

July:
54. Uglies by Scott Westerfield 7/10
55. Master of Crows by Grace Draven 7/17
56. Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon 7/25
57. The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Ann Long 7/30

August:
58. Cold Sight by Leslie Parrish 8/5
59. Mercenary Instinct by Ruby Lionsdrake 8/7
60. Sergei by Roxie Rivera 8/8
61. Hell or High Water by Julie Ann Walker 8/16
62. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong 8/20
63. Binding Ties by Shannon K. Butcher 8/23
64. Promises in Death by JD Robb 8/28
65. Midnight's Kiss by Thea Harrison 8/31

September:
66. Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis 9/4
67. Hounded by Kevin Hearne 9/10
68. Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews 9/13
69. Half Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout 9/19
70. The Kraken King by Meljean Brook 9/19
71. Enclave by Ann Aguirre 9/20
72. The Deal by Elle Kennedy 9/23
73. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham 9/25

October
74. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge 10/1
75. The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis
76. Woman on the Run by Lisa Marie Rice 10/13
77. Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost 10/17
78. Kindred in Death by JD Robb 10/25
79. My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster 10/27

November:
80. Head over Heels by Jill Shalvis 11/10
81. Angelfall by Susan Ee 11/11
82. Hold by Zannie Adams
83. Dragos Goes to Washington by Thea Harrison 11/19
84. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning 11/21
85. Bound by Lorelei Something 11/21
86. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 11/29

December
87. Rock Courtship by Nalini Singh (reread)
88. Cutting Loose by Tara Janzen 12/5
89. The Maze Runner by James Dasher 12/8
90. Sweet Inspiration by Penny Watson
91. Fantasy in Death by JD Robb 12/12
92. The Mistake by Elle Kennedy 12/13
93. Mrs. Saint Nick by Caroline Mickelson 12/15
94. The Paper Sway by Leylah Attar 12/23