SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Great choices, Sandra! Two of my fave series! Hope you like Grimspace, especially!

Thanks Judithe :))

I will be reading for the kick-ass heroines shelf.

Sorry, I was out all day! I plan to read Here Kitty, Kitty! for the kick-ass heroines shelf and Grave Memory for my free space.

I've got to factor in I keep forgetting it. Interested to see what you think Jackie.

Love and I'm up to so want to know what you think about that one as well Sue :)

I am going to go with On the Jellicoe Road for my kick-ass-heroine book.

Those books sound good i'm off to see what I can read.

I will read for kick-ass-heroine shelf and for a Free Space.

Ok i'm reading for the shelf and for the Free space

Love all of the book choices!

kick-ass-heroine
Shelf#1 9/16
6/6
Jackie M Night Reigns4★'s Sept. 18th review
Skandia Glory in Death4★'s Sept. 19th review
Deidre Deadly Descendant 2 1/2★'s Sept.22nd review
Elisha Stormwalker 4★'s Sept. 19th review
Sue Here Kitty, Kitty! 3 1/2 ★'s Sept. 20th review
SandraGrimspace5★'s Sept. 18th review

How's everyones books going?

I finally started Grimspace and I'm loving it so far :)

I'll start mine today after I finally get to go to the library. Can't wait!

hi I've started stormwalker really liking it so far. Haven't read anything like this so makes a nice change plus native American things interest me.
Skandia do you read ebooks?

Elishia wrote: "hi I've started stormwalker really liking it so far. Haven't read anything like this so makes a nice change plus native American things interest me.
Skandia do you read ebooks?"

Yep, I do read a lot of ebooks. I love my Kindle Touch and it goes everywhere with me.

I am just about done with my book. I'll wrap it up after I get my 3rd grader off to school.

Shelf kick-ass-heroine
Book Night Reigns
date read 9/18/2012
rating 4 stars


review

This is Book 2 of the Immortal Guardians series.
The story starts off action packed right away with Ami returning some movies and then finds herself in the middle of a vampire attack on an Immortal.
Ami is an amazing female who can kick some ass and we are left wondering just what is she because she is not an Immortal, not a vampire, and not a gifted one.
Ami wins the heart of Marcus who has been in mourning for eight years over a woman who was never his to begin with.
I really enjoyed the action in this book and how Marcus who thought he would never love again, comes to realize that he truly never has loved until he falls in love with Ami.
The only thing I didn't care for was Ami not being honest with Marcus as to what she was once they fell in love, I mean really how did she think she could keep it from him.
When the book ended it left a lot of things not yet resolved and I can't wait to get my hands on the next book to see what happens next.

Good review Jackie this books sounds really good, I see my tbr pile will be getting bigger :-)

My tbr pile never shrinks just grows lol.

Jackie M wrote: "Shelf kick-ass-heroine
Book Night Reigns
date read 9/18/2012
rating 4 stars


review

This is Book 2 of the Immortal Guardians series.
The story starts off action packed rig..."

Glad you enjoyed it! I read it recently and just really liked both characters, right from the start. Thank goodness book 3 is out on 2 Oct. :D

BD has got my copy of in processing, so I'm hoping for a speedy delivery :)

Finished Grimspace last night and will have a review up in a minute.

Kick-ass Heroine Shelf
18/9/12 ★★★★★

Siriantha Jax has the J gene, which means she can navigate space ships through Grimspace. Grimspace, can be folded to make trips much shorter and is made up of unknowable colours and patterns. It is beautiful but deadly, many Jumpers just burn out and die, but not Siri.

We meet Siri as she comes to in a Corp med facility after the crash of the Sargasso losing 80 odd people. She is the only survivor and the Corp is intent on breaking her so she takes all the blame, as some of the dead were Galactic heroes.

She is sprung from the facility by March, who she's never met or heard of before and is justifiably wary of him and his agenda.

What follows is a great chase, nasty aliens, fending off bounty hunters and lots of death.

Very interested to see where the next book takes us.

Off to start for Free Space. It's on the SOS Bookshelf.

Sandra wrote: "BD has got my copy of in processing, so I'm hoping for a speedy delivery :)"

I'll put my Oct 2 pre-order in next week. Use my credit card's bonus points -- I'm ordering at least four books with that release date. And if they all qualify for the 4-for-3, that's even better. :)

Grimspace sounds like a book I would really enjoy! I'll have to bump it up on my list.

It's one of those series I kept putting off, and now don't know why I did that!

Hope you enjoy it, whenever you get to it :)

Kitty's going well, but I've only just started as I had a few domestic things to do first :(

Shelf: kick-ass-heroine
Book: Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
date read: 9/19/2012
rating: 4 stars

Second book of the “In Death” series and this was even better than the first one. I'm starting to get seriously hooked on here!
Two murders, both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city and then the third murder that went sort of wrong …
Once again our kick-ass-heroine Eve Dallas has to catch the murderer before he gets to her friends and threatens her own life.
Very good mystery as always, love the characters and the futuristic world of 2058 is absolutely fascinating.
I must say that I'm not a big time mystery reader because I get annoyed if the plot is predictable and I can guess right away who did it. J.D.Robb knows how to make twists and turns and keep the reader guessing and then there are Eve and Roarke. Both characters are very well written and just perfectly mysterious themselves. I liked how Eve started to open up and admits her feelings and then there was THE question asked by Roarke at the very last page of the book …
I guess I must get my hands on the third book soon!

I best get a move on with my books I haven't read much the last few days.

I love this series Skandia I must fit in the next book this month.

I am really enjoying Widow's Web and have the day off today so I will probably come close to finishing it today.

Jackie M wrote: "Grimspace sounds like a book I would really enjoy! I'll have to bump it up on my list."

I've enjoyed the series so far (I think I've read four of the books and have enjoyed them!

Well, I'm in a reading funk :-( I've been reading Samson's Lovely Mortal for another challenge, but I am not enjoying it. It received good ratings, but I am just frustrated with it and I'm only 35% through. So then I picked up my book for this challenge, Grave Memory. I'm 80% through with it, but just not enjoying it. Then I realized that I was reading my free space book first, and switched to Here Kitty, Kitty!. I'm almost 20% done and it's just going okay. So I figure it has to be me, which just frustrated me more! But, I will finish my kick-ass-heroine book as quick as I can (I hope to have it done before the next shelf announcement), and then I'll be that much closer to finishing my free shelf! I'm not picking up that other book until maybe later next week. I have until September 30th to finish it, and I think it's going to take me that long to get through it! Here's hoping that my pick for the next shelf is something that I enjoy so much I fly through it in a day or two!

Sue wrote: "Well, I'm in a reading funk :-( I've been reading Samson's Lovely Mortal for another challenge, but I am not enjoying it. It received good ratings, but I am just frustrated with it and I'm only 35..."

I haven't had a reading funk in quite sometime, but I know that they are hard to get out of sometimes. Hopefully the next shelf that gets called will help pull you out of it :(

Shelf Free-Space
Book Widow’s Web off of SOS Bookshelf
date read 9/19/2012
rating 5 stars


review
Gin is thrown off balance in this book by the return of Owen's fiancee Salina.
When it comes to Salina, Owen is wearing blinders and it's left up to Gin to get Owen to see Salina for what she really is.

We get to learn more about Owen's past and see Gin struggle to not be insecure in her relationship with Owen.
I also liked how Gin's sister Bria is more accepting of Gin's choices and of course how her family and friends rally around Gin and give her the support she needs in tough times.

I want to continue raving about this book, but don't want to give away any spoilers. I can say the end does leaving you hanging a bit.

I absolutely love this series and eagerly await the next book which isn't until April 2013.

This series sounds interesting i've never heard of it before.
Got about 10 pages left of my book so will write my review in a bit.

Finished my Free Space book yesterday & will have my review up soon.

Sue, so sorry you're in such a bad funk. I would of said that Shelly would of dragged you out of it for sure, but obviously not :( My fingers & toes are crossed for you for the next shelf.

Free Space from the SOS Bookshelf
19/9/12 ★★★★


Kitty Norville books just seem to flow and are therefore quick, easy reads, but still are full of action and intrigue.

Kitty becomes obsessed with possible supernatural historical figures and this sees her, Ben and Cormac travelling to Dodge, looking for a possible vampire nest which was supposed to be burned down by Wyatt Earp 140 yrs ago. And they find it and a dessicated old vamp as well.

Whilst there Anastasia phones and requests their presence in SanFran to stop Roman gaining access to an ancient artifact. This story is full on Chinatown meets the tunnels and Chinese mythology.

Looks like there will eventually be a war between Roman and his army and everyone else with Kitty playing a major part. She is gathering her allies and trying to bolster her courage.

Next for Kitty is a trip to London to speak at a conference.

Shelf: Kick ass heroine
Book:
Date read: 19/09/12
Rating: ★★★★

I really enjoyed this book, its the first book i've read by this author and i'll definitely be continuing the series.

I don't know what I was expecting going in to this but it was very different to what I got.
There were so many different magical creatures/Humans in this book a lot of them I hadn't encountered in other books, which was a nice change. I was never sure who was on the good side, i'm still not 100% on some of them, I enjoyed the Navajo setting as well.

Yay Elishia, I thought it was pretty unique as well.

Book #4 is out on the 23 Sept, I think only in ebook/kindle format, as she's been forced to go Indie.

Sandra wrote: "Yay Elishia, I thought it was pretty unique as well.

Book #4 is out on the 23 Sept, I think only in ebook/kindle format, as she's been forced to go Indie."

You're kidding! :(

I just checked her blog -- print versions for this one will be available (she hopes) shortly after. *phew* I'll buy it, even if it's tradeback. I bought her self-pub'ed Captain Lacey books.

So only her Shifter Unbound series (which has a book out 2 Oct) and her historical romance series are being traditionally pub'ed.

Don't forget her various Ellora's Cave pubs, particularly Tales of the Shareem and some standalones.

Just checked BD and no mention.

Interesting that she's giving it a week to be available in print form following the ebook. Especially as it was with the editor on 18 Sept. Maybe it'll be print-on-demand or something?

Sandra wrote: "Don't forget her various Ellora's Cave pubs, particularly Tales of the Shareem and some standalones.

Just checked BD and no mention.

Interesting that she's giving it a week to be available in pr..."

From the wording on her blog, I'd say -- yeah. You can't pre-order it, as she states. I'm guessing that means for both digital and hard copy.

Sandra wrote: "
Kick-ass Heroine Shelf
18/9/12 ★★★★★

Siriantha Jax has the J gene, which means she can navigate space ships through Grimspace. Grimspace, can be folded to make trips ..."

See...see, see! We told ya so. Just had to pop in and say that, no matter how late.

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Don't forget her various Ellora's Cave pubs, particularly Tales of the Shareem and some standalones.

Just checked BD and no mention.

Interesting that she's giving it a week to be ..."

I'll have to check them out I have a feeling paperback will be expensive here if its print to order.

Jackie M wrote: "Grimspace sounds like a book I would really enjoy! I'll have to bump it up on my list."

"Whenever you get to it"? Shame on you Sandra! Now, Jackie! The whole series is out, and it's a wonderful ride. LOL. Can you tell I'm a fan? The last book came out this month, and that was also THE book for me for the last shelf of R5...great read to finish the game.

Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Yay Elishia, I thought it was pretty unique as well.

Book #4 is out on the 23 Sept, I think only in ebook/kindle format, as she's been forced to g..."


I'm so glad to hear it will be coming out, finally! Really like this series, and so happy she's continuing regardless of the "route"!

Judithe wrote: "Sandra wrote: "
Kick-ass Heroine Shelf
18/9/12 ★★★★★

Siriantha Jax has the J gene, which means she can navigate space ships through Grimspace. Grimspace, can be folded..."

ROFLMAO

I just knew you couldn't resist!

Elishia wrote: "Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Don't forget her various Ellora's Cave pubs, particularly Tales of the Shareem and some standalones.

Just checked BD and no mention.

Interesting t..."

Elishia, it's only the last book that may possibly be print to order, all the others have been mass market paperback, and should be available everywhere.

Sandra wrote: "Elishia wrote: "Christina (AKA Babbling) wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Don't forget her various Ellora's Cave pubs, particularly Tales of the Shareem and some standalones.

Just checked BD and no mention...."

Oh ok thanks

Sandra wrote: "Elishia, it's only the last book that may possibly be print to order, all the others have been mass market paperback, and should be available everywhere. ...."

She has more books planned.

Free Space
6/6

Jackie M Widow’s Web from SOS bookshelf 5★'s read Sept 19th review
Skandia Firelight from SOS bookshelf 4★'s read Sept. 24th review
Deidre Gunmetal Magic from SOS bookshelf 5★'s review
Elishia Deeper Than Midnight from SOS bookshelf 3 1/2★'s read Sept.2ndreview
Sue Grave Memory from Sept BOM 4★'s read Sept. 21st review
Sandra Kitty's Big Trouble from SOS bookshelf 4★'s read Sept.19threview