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Just Read It! Mini Challenge: BINGO
May-July 2020
My BINGO Mini Challenge (msg 41)
BINGO 1 ~ Left to Right diagonal, down
🍬B ~ female author ~ Defiance ~ 05.14 ★★★★
🍬I ~ novella ~ Bearing All ~ 07.05 ★★★
🍬N ~ free
🍬G ~ award winning ~ Lover Unleashed ~ 05.19 ★★★★
🍬O ~ author initials found in Just Read It ~ Forever Mine ~ 05.16 ★★★
BINGO 2 ~ Right to Left diagonal, down
🍬O ~ fictional setting ~ Dreamweaver ~ 07.03 ★★★
🍬G ~ title starts with letter in Pick a Shelf ~ Fast Lane ~ 05.25 ★★★★
🍬N ~ free
🍬I ~ has X or Z ~ Xander's Mate ~ 07.05 ★★
🍬B ~ anthology ~ Perfect for the Beach ~ 05.15 ★★★
BINGO 3 ~ Top row
🍬B ~ female Author ~ Defiance ~ 05.14 ★★★★
🍬I ~ author Initials found in Pick a Shelf ~ Royally Yours ~ 05.26 ★★★★
🍬N ~ title starts with a letter in Just Read It ~ Summoned to Thirteenth Grave ~ 05.07 ★★★★
🍬G ~ title has punctuation ~ On Hart’s Boardwalk ~ 05.02 ★★★★
🍬O ~ fictional setting ~ Dreamweaver ~ 07.03 ★★★
Just Read It! (2020)
January - December 2020
Prompt #5: Comfort Reads
Prompt Goal: 10 books | Total Read: 10
May Prompt (msg 30)
Authors I trust, series I love, guilty pleasure
✔🍬Your Love Is Mine ~ 05.02 ★★★★
✔🍬On Hart’s Boardwalk ~ 05.02 ★★★★
✔🍬Fast Lane ~ 05.25 ★★★★
✔🍬Summoned to Thirteenth Grave ~ 05.07 ★★★★
✔🍬Defiance ~ 05.14 ★★★★
✔🍬Xander's Mate ~ 07.05 ★★★
✔🍬Any Duchess Will Do ~ 07.03 ★★★★
✔🍬Perfect for the Beach ~ 05.15 ★★★
✔🍬Victoria & Shannon ~ 08.01 ★★★★
✔🍬About That Kiss ~ 06.21 ★★★★
Book: The Stopover ~ 04.29 ★★★★
# Tags: 1
Review:
Another New Adult, quite a bit more angst but still not over the top. Although there were other OTT aspects - the back and forth; push/pull from Jameson, the male MC. Overall I liked the book but it was really long and I think that back and forth aspect went on one too many times. I also didn't really understand the nature of the job Emily and her friends have. They call themselves reporters but they do it almost completely from their desks. I've seen the job of reporting handled that way... so either the author is lazy and didn't want to dig into how reporters really work or this is the new world of media empires where story ideas come in through internet leads and are written from a desk with little actual field work. Maybe it's both....
Challenges: Bookopoly
Nomination: journalist
Book: High Heat ~ 04.27 ★★★★
# Tags: 1
Review:
Coming to the end of the series, there is still the ongoing arc of Nikki's mother's death and it will obviously get tied up in the next book. I don't like the decision she made in the end (view spoiler). I don't like that ever as a trope or even as a character action. To me it shows a weakness in the character and the relationship an author has built. And it only ever serves a purpose for the author and doesn't usually make the story better. But I digress. The actual suspense story was pretty good although I guessed the culprit pretty early own. I'll finish the series and decide after I see Storm in the last book if I want to read his series.
Challenges: Just Read It Prompt 4
Nomination: media tie in
Book: Fixed on You ~ 04.26 ★★★★
# Tags: 4
Review:
Pretty typical New Adult book which isn't to say I didn't enjoy it. I did for what it was. It was less angsty than many NAs, which I am grateful for. It was interesting to watch the dynamics between the MCs and the female MC and her family, then his family. It was good to watch her learn to trust in herself and her own strength and that her strength was a strength for him as well.
Challenges: Just Read It Prompt 4
Nomination: stalker
Book: Festive in Death ~ 04.15 ★★★★
# Tags: 5
Review:
As always, I loved reading about Eve and Roarke. They mystery was pretty good too ;-) Eve has such strong moral and ethical principals and it's always interesting to watch her navigate through her distaste for a victim she feels morally obligated to give her best to. She's continuing to stretch emotionally as well with those in her life besides Roarke. I love this series and these characters!
Challenges: Moving Mountain
Nomination: futuristic
Book: Lover Mine ~ 04.20 ★★★★
# Tags: 4
Review:
I liked this installment better than the last two in the series. There wasn't so much 'woe is me, my life sucks' self-pity as there had been in the last couple. Don't get me wrong, there is still plenty of that but there was more proactive action taken by the protagonists in the book than prior books. There are still too many ongoing story arcs within the same book than I'd prefer, but the transitions felt smoother. All in all, this book restored my desire to continue the series. We'll see if it lasts.
Challenges: Just Read It Prompt 2
Nomination: vampire(s)
Roll 21: Round 3 Due by: 05.27
Completed: 05.26
Rating: ★★★★
Roll: 4 + 2 => 6
Timestamp: 04.29; 7:56 pm US EST
Square: S: Super Tax => royalty
Task: Read a book tagged royalty
Book: Royally Yours
Picked by & time: n/a
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I have landed on Cambridge - May I have 3 choices please?LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"
Sure, here you go:
It Started with a Kiss
The Stopover
[book:Sto..."
Thanks, Marina! I'm going with The Stopover :-)
Roll 20: Round 3 Due by: 05.20
Completed: 04.29
Rating: ★★★★
Roll: 5 + 4 => 9
Timestamp: 04.22; 7:36 am US EST
Square: P: Cambridge
Task: n/a
Book: The Stopover
Picked by & time: Marina; 04.22; 9:22 am US EST
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "Hi! I've landed on Cardiff. Could I please have 3 picks? https://www.goodreads.com/review/list..."Here you go, Marina!
Elvenn wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I have landed on Keele..."Hi LaurLa! Here you are:
Wildfire
Moon Called[bookcover:Any..."
Thanks, Elvenn! I'll pick Moon Called :-)
Roll 19: Round 3 Due by: 05.18
Completed: 05.12
Rating: ★★★★
Roll: 1 + 6 => 7
Timestamp: 04.120; 11:41 am US EST
Square: P: Keele
Task: n/a
Book: Moon Called
Picked by & time: Elvenn; 04.20; 6:55 pm US EST
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I have landed on Derby - May I have 3 choices please?LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"
Sure, here you go!
The Fall of Rain
A Challenge
[book:Kitty’s Zombie..."
I'm choosing The Fall of Rain! Thanks!!
Roll 18: Round 3 Due by: 05.13
Completed: 04.19
Rating: ★★★★
Roll: 2 + 3 => 5
Timestamp: 04.15; 10:08 am US EST
Square: P: Derby
Task: n/a
Book: The Fall of Rain
Picked by & time: Marina; 04.15; 10:13 am US EST
Beth wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I have landed on Colchester - May I have 3 choices please?LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"
Good morning LaurLa! How about one of these:
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,
[..."
Thanks, Beth - I will read Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
