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Roll 17: Round 3 Due by: 05.11
Completed: 04.21
Rating: ★★★
Roll: 1 + 4 => 5
Timestamp: 04.13; 7:45 am US EST
Square: P: Colchester
Task: n/a
Book: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Picked by & time: Beth; 04.13; 9:19 am US EST
Just Read It! (2020)
January - December 2020
Prompt #4: Finish that series
Prompt Goal: 10 books | Total Read: 10
April Prompt (msg 39)
Series with 1 or 2 books left and not read in over a year
✔🍬Cat DeLuca ~ There Was a Crooked Man ~ 07.20 ★★★★
✔🍬Wild Half ~ Running Wild ~ 12.14 ★★★
✔🍬Servants of Fate ~ Claimed ~ 06.22 ★★★★
✔🍬Broke and Beautiful ~ Make Me ~ 11.13 ★★★★
✔🍬Wild Men of Alaska ~ Dreamweaver ~ 07.03 ★★★
✔🍬Wild Men of Alaska ~ Bearing All ~ 07.05 ★★★
✔Nikki Heat ~ High Heat ~ PaS Monthly - April ~ 04.27 ★★★★
✔🍬Nikki Heat ~ Heat Storm ~ 08.21 ★★★★
✔🍬In Other Words ~ The Other P-Word ~ 10.31 ★★★★
✔🍬Intimate ~ Intimate Surrender ~ 10.30 ★★★★
I have LOTS of abandoned series on my goal list for this year. I think I'll be able to meet this prompt pretty handily... assuming I can stick to my yearly goal of course!
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "I have landed on Middlesbrough - May I have 3 choices please?LaurLa's Bookopoly Shelf"
Sure! How about:
A Challenge
Festive in Death
[book:Phantom ..."
Festive in Death it is!
Roll 16: Round 3 Due by: 04.29
Completed: 04.15
Rating: ★★★★
Roll: 1 + 2 => 3
Timestamp: 04.01; 9:59 am US EST
Square: P: Middlesbrough
Task: n/a
Book: Festive in Death
Picked by & time: Marina; 04.01; 10:37 am US EST
Book: 3rd Degree ~ 03.29 ★★★★# Tags: 1,008
Review:
Very fast paced. I felt like this one didn't really dig into Lyndsay's character as much but I did like the focus on the mystery. I did like the treatment of (view spoiler). I'm looking forward to the next one.
Challenges: Just Read It Prompt 3
Nomination: strong women
Book: Concealed in Death ~ 03.27 ★★★★# Tags: 542
Review:
Not much to say - I continue to enjoy this series, the relationships in Eve's life. In contrast to the last full size novel in the series (Thankless in Death), I actually enjoyed this one much more. Even though the murders were sad, they were distant, having occurred in the past, so no emotional investment in the victims - the last book drew us into a couple of the victims' lives and made us care about them. Their subsequent killings were harder to accept than this one where we didn't know the victims.
Challenges: n/a
Nomination: futuristic
Book: Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons ~ 03.22 ★★★# Tags: 141
Review:
This was cute and had some LOL moments. I see the author setting up a love triangle. Not sure how I feel about that. Not sure how I feel about the series as a whole. I like Rose the MC, but there's a lot of OTT drama, overly emotional aspects to the writing that for me takes away from authentic relationship building. I'll probably try at least one more in the series.
Challenges: Just Read It Prompt 3
Nomination: dogs
Tien wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Nomination: law enforcement hero"Sorry, LaurLa, there's a minimum of 1,000 books on shelf to qualify for nominations"
Can I change it to just law enforcement then?
Book: Cocoa and Chanel ~ 03.20 ★★★# Tags: 41
Review:
This was sort of cute, sort of cozy. Not a lot of depth but still a fun read. Not a real surprise either on who the killer is... but it was a light read and I enjoyed it enough I might like to read another in the series.
Challenges: n/a
Nomination: australia
OH! In Death here I come :-)*sneaks off to make sure the next couple are actually tagged*
Here's my list but I may have outsmarted myself. For this list, I chose my outstanding Just Read It books, but for Prompt 3 I chose all books from my current month TBR. So. I may end having to replace some if I end up reading them before getting called. My Blind Date (msg 75)
Weekly Calls:
✔🍬2 ~ 03.01 ~ Anansi Boys ~ Prompt 1 ~ 08.16 ★★★
✔🍬15 ~03.08 ~ Coming Home ~ Prompt 3 ~ 03.18 ★★★★
✔🍬1 ~ 03.15 ~ Pride and Prejudice ~ Prompt 1 ~ 10.01 ★★★★
✔🍬17 ~ 03.22 ~ Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons ~ Prompt 3 ~ 03.22 ★★★
✔🍬4 ~ 03.29 Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda ~ Prompt 1 ~ 04.21 ★★★
✔🍬5 ~ 04.05 Time Trap ~ Prompt 1 ~ 09.08 ★★★
✔🍬19 ~ 04.12 ~ Heat Storm ~ Prompt 4 ~ 08.21 ★★★★
✔🍬13 ~ 04.19 ~ Lover Mine ~ Prompt 2 ~ 04.20 ★★★★
✔🍬8 ~ 04.25 ~ Axeman's Jazz ~ Prompt 2 ~ 04.28 ★★★
✔🍬9 ~ 05.02 ~ Wild at Heart ~ Prompt 2 ~ 07.19 ★★★★
Just Read It Books
🍬3 ~ The Shimmering Road ~ Prompt 1 ~ 04.12 ★★★
🍬6 ~ Animal Farm ~ Prompt 2 ~ 11.02 ★★★
🍬7 ~ The Time in Between ~ Prompt 2 ~ 04.18 ★★★
🍬10 ~ Sommersgate House ~ Prompt 2 ~ 11.15 ★★★★
🍬11 ~ Lover Unleashed ~ Prompt 2 ~ 05.19 ★★★★
🍬12 ~ The Stopover ~ Prompt 2 ~ 04.29 ★★★★
🍬14 ~ Forever Mine ~ Prompt 3 ~ 05.16 ★★★
🍬16 ~ Claimed ~ Prompt 4 ~ 05.16 ★★★
🍬18 ~ Dreamweaver ~ Prompt 4 ~ 07.03 ★★★
🍬20 ~ Running Wild ~ Prompt 4 ~ 12.14 ★★★
Book: Dangerous Affairs ~ 03.16 ★★★# Tags: 10
Review:
This is a new to me author and one that's been on my TBR for a long time. I won't turn the author away but I probably won't go seeking another book. The mystery was okay and did actually take me by surprise. The romance part wasn't done very well. Too sudden - I'm all for insta-love in the right book and genre, but this author didn't know how to build the chemistry to make it right or believable. Overall, okay book. Not great, though.
Challenges: Just Read It Prompt 3
Nomination: law enforcement hero
Book: Greedy Bones ~ 03.07 ★★★★# Tags: 77
Review:
I started this series along time ago and got side-tracked from it so decided to reread from the beginning. With this book, I'm caught up to where I was. One of the things I love about this book and series is the depth of Sarah Booth's affections for her friends. This book definitely highlights that. It's also somewhat timely (quick spreading virus) but at least in the book it was quickly contained. Anyway, I'm excite to forge new territory now in the next book :-)
Challenges: Seriously Serial
Nomination: southern lit
LaurLa wrote: "I read lots if suspense which is often tagged mystery.... I'll looked for books that MPG mystery, otherwise almost all my books would work!"Here's my list of MPG mystery - we'll see how many I get through (2 so far...)
Dangerous Affairs
Cocoa and Chanel
The Shimmering Road
Concealed in Death
Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons
Greedy Bones
Axeman's Jazz
3rd Degree
Be back to post my books!
Just Read It! (2020)
January - December 2020
Prompt #3: Read Owned Books
Prompt Goal: 10 books | Total Read: 10
Prompt #3 (msg 29)
Prompt #3: Read Owned Books ~ oldest purchased on current month TBR
✔🍬Coming Home ~ 03.18 ★★★★
✔🍬Forever Mine ~ 05.16 ★★★
✔🍬Stella in Stilettos ~ 03.22 ★★★
✔🍬3rd Degree ~ PaS Monthly - Mar ~ 03.29 ★★★★
✔🍬Invisible Magic ~ 03.31 ★★★
✔🍬Dangerous Affairs ~ PaS Monthly - Mar ~ 03.16 ★★★
✔🍬So Tough to Tame ~ 03.09 ★★★★
✔🍬Beauty and the Blacksmith ~ 03.10 ★★★★
✔🍬Nowhere Near Respectable ~ 03.09 ★★★★
✔🍬Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons ~ PaS Monthly - Mar ~ 03.22 ★★★
I read lots if suspense which is often tagged mystery.... I'll looked for books that MPG mystery, otherwise almost all my books would work!
Here you go, Tea
Happy Reading!
