SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Done free space 9/19 4*
Overall I enjoyed the story. I liked the cast of characters. I enjoyed the heroine- I thought she was ballsy. The steampunk element was a minor one; this felt more urban fantasy to me. I wasn't sure how much I would like this, since I usually avoid alternate history themed books, but I did get into the story. It did take about 1/3 of the book to really get into it. The other thing is the British slang (ie fag=cigarette) took time to get used to. I look forward to the next one.

Zina wrote: "BOOK Seize the Night
Shelf Kick Ass Heroine
Read Sept 19 2012
Rating 4.5 Stars
Review I absolutely love this series. This book was about Tabitha the twin sister of Amand..."

I love the DH books too! This one was hilarious, especially when Tabby feeds Val penironi :)

I should get my KAH book finished sometime today. Had a movie night with my mom last night so never had the chance to get any reading in.

Carrie wrote: "I should get my KAH book finished sometime today. Had a movie night with my mom last night so never had the chance to get any reading in."

Which movie(s) did you watch?

Nairabell wrote: "Carrie wrote: "I should get my KAH book finished sometime today. Had a movie night with my mom last night so never had the chance to get any reading in."

Which movie(s) did you watch?"

The Perfect Getaway, it came out a few years ago. She saw it couple of times already, I never even heard of it before. It was really good. I can see why she wanted to see again, I'll probably check it out again myself.

I watched that as a movie night with my Mum a while back. We'd both seen it before but wanted to see if it was still a good movie when you know the ending. It definitely is. Turns out we'd both missed lots of clues the first time :)

That's what she was saying to me, she was seeing things she never noticed. She had also saw it on the t.v so it was edited so it was like seeing it again for the first time.

Title: Feed by Mira Grant
Shelf: Kick-Ass Heroine
Date Read: 20 Sep 2012
Rating: ★★★★
Review: I'm a big of Grant's alter-name Seanan Mcguire but I was really hesitant on picking Feed up because it has zombies. I'm not a big fan of zombies. But I was hooked with few pages of Feed.

It's 2040 and zombies are a reality and infectious. Bloggers Georgia and Shaun Mason run a media site and they are selected to cover the campaign of Senator Peter Ryman who is running for President. There were info dumps in the initial chapters that weren't worked in that gracefully into the storyline. In spite of that, the world created was very interesting. The explanations given for the rise of zombies seemed much more real and the little day-to-day things are much different and potentially dangerous in their world. The narrative is primarily first-person by Georgia Mason and in this case, it has worked really well.

There were some potential squick factors in the book but Grant didn't go down that route. Though, I might have read too much into it. I didn't much like the ending but it is good that Grant went that route and I'm eager to see how the trilogy proceeds further.

Title: Inside Out (Insider #1) by Maria V. Snyder
Shelf: Kick-Ass Heroine
Date Read: 20 Sep 2012
Rating: ★★★★ 1/2
Review: I haven't really read many dystopian novels, so this was a nice change for me. When I had first started I was unsure if I was going to like it but as I got further into it I hooked.

Trella, the "Queen of the Pipes" as her fellow srubs call her, did not believe that there was something else, something/place better, the gateway as they call it. In her mission to prove it's non-existence or even existence, meets Riley, an upper, and discovers that what she has always believed isn't as it seems.

Still some stones uncovered, really looking forward to reading the next book.

Definitely a book I can see me re-reading, need to pick up physical copy.

KAH stamp requested:

#1 KICK-ASS HEROINE Called Sept 16th 6/6
Carrie: Sept 20th 4.5*Inside Out Review
Lynn: Sept 16th 5*Darkfever Review
Nairabell: Sept 16th 4*The Hunger Games Review
Rachel: Sept 16th 5*Vengeance Born Review
Vi: Sept 20th 4*Feed Review
Zina: Sept 19th 4.5*Seize the Night Review

Oooh....congrats guys!

CONGRATULATIONS, La Nina Bonitas!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'kick-ass-heroine'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

Thanks, Deborah and Steph!!

Congrats on the stamp Ninas!

Thanks, Sandra!

New shelf soonish, excited!

I'm off to bed now. I'll check the shelf when I wake up tomorrow. I can't wait! As of now, I'm planning to start for Free Space tomorrow.

Good night Vi.

New shelf: Favorite Author. This is a personal shelf.

Awesome! I'll be reading by Maggie Stiefvater :)

You know you would think that this would be an easy shelf.

Carrie wrote: "You know you would think that this would be an easy shelf."

Lol! It's only easy for me because my book only arrived yesterday. If I'd had to pick without that I'd be totally lost.

For this shelf I'm going to be reading

I'm in a dilemma. Do I use for this shelf or for free space? Since Carey is one of my favourite author. I'm going to decide after I finish reading.

I'm going to read for this shelf :-)

I think I decided on:

I am back from vegas will catch up tomorrow to post my choice

Hey Zina, welcome back. How did your trip go?

Title: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Shelf: Free Space
Date Read: 24 Sep 2012
Rating: ★★★★
Review: This book was one of the first UF books I've ever read and it was an introduction to the genre. It is also a comfort read. The second time reading it was as good as the first. I didn't like Elena at first but came close to loving her at the end. I'm still in the fence about Clay but having read other books by KA on Clay's childhood, I can appreciate Clay more. I flat-out loved Jeremy. As such, it still remains of my favorite UF books.

This book is on the group bookshelf

Title: Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey
Shelf: Favorite Author
Date Read: 25 Sep 2012
Rating: ★★★
Review: Kushiel's Mercy is the conclusion to Imriel's Trilogy and the sixth book in the Kushiel's legacy series. The blurb at the back of the book didn't really do the story justice. The twists and turns in this book were really unexpected. It also tied up all the loose ends in the Terre Ange world with a bitter sweet end. The thing I sort of like about Carey is she gives a sort of epilogue-y ending. Instead of leaving with war won, with a bitter-sweet ending, she leaves us with a completely sweet ending even if it's a bit corny. Even with all that, I still feel the first trilogy is much stronger and better. I'm now having this urge to re-read the first one. Phedre is a stronger character than Imriel and the concluding book was just stunning for me. Carey has woven such a beautiful world with Kushiel's legacy series that I don't want it to end.

Ok, I'm all caught up on all the shelves. And I just realized it's FOUR days for the new shelf! It looks like toooooooo long a time. :(

Title: Grave Witch by Kalayna Price
Shelf: Free Space
Date Read: 25 Sep 2012
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: So wow Grave Witch, an urban fantasy with out vampires or werewolves. Kind of refreshing, not saying anything bad about the vampires and weres just nice to read something different. I really enjoy my urban fantasy's that involve magics, and this one is different then ones I have read before.

A Grave Witch is what Alex Craft is, she has the ability to raise the dead, well a shade of their former self. Her clients tend to be people wanting to find out information on family history/ wills disputes etc. But she also works with the police/DA in murder cases, finding how they died and who killed them.

Definitely have a new book crush to add to the ever growing list of fictional characters I'm getting giddy over, Falin. Oh my, love how he is so sure of himself, his cockiness, the eye brow arch, LOVE it!!! *Swoon*

And then you have Death, who I can't wait to learn more about. I'm sensing he's going to be the romantic one, :)

Can't wait to pick up the next book.

Vi wrote: "Ok, I'm all caught up on all the shelves. And I just realized it's FOUR days for the new shelf! It looks like toooooooo long a time. :("

I haven't even started my favorite author book yet, I'm bad I know. I wanted to finish up Grave Witch first.

Hehe, Carrie. It's ok. The game's just started and we have enough time in the game. Are you planning to read the next book Grave Dance soon?

Unsure as to when I'm going to be, I need to actually go out and pick up a copy. Although I could just order a copy of it online.

I'll be really interested in hearing about what you think. I liked the first two fine but I'm not that enthused about the series.

I hope the series doesn't turn out to be a flop, but that can happen. First book or two of a series can be fantastic then the rest, thumbs down.

Title:
Shelf: Free Space
Date Read: 26th September 2012
Rating: *****
Review: Another excellent story by Kresley Cole! The story continues the story of Rydstrom - the Demon King who lost his crown to the sorceror, Omort. He is captured by Sabine, the Queen of Illusions, who is under orders by Omort to seduce the Demon King. The story develops into a love-hate relationship between the two main characters, whilst bringing in elements from previous books in the series. I loved it!

I really need to start that series, I think I'm probably one of the last few people that read pnr to actually start that series.

Updated stats:
b> FREE SPACE 5/6
Carrie: Sept 25th 5*Grave Witch--Review Group Bookshelf
Lynn: Sept 26 5*Kiss of a Demon King--Review Group Bookshelf
Nairabell: Sept 16th 4*Catching Fire--review Group bookshelf
Rachel: Sept 19 4*God Save the Queen--Review Group Bookshelf
Vi: Sept 24th 4*Bitten--Review Group Bookshelf
Zina:



#1 KICK-ASS HEROINE Called Sept 16th; Stamp received Sept 20th
Carrie: Sept 20th 4.5*Inside Out--Review
Lynn: Sept 16th 5*Darkfever--Review
Nairabell: Sept 16th 4*The Hunger Games--Review
Rachel: Sept 16th 5*Vengeance Born--Review
Vi: Sept 20th 4*Feed--Review
Zina: Sept 19th 4.5*Seize the Night--Review



#2 FAVORITE AUTHOR Called Sept 23 1/6
Carrie:My Soul to Take
Lynn:First Drop of Crimson
Nairabell:The Raven Boys
Rachel:Destined for an Early Grave
Vi: Sept 25th 3*Kushiel's Mercy--Review
Zina:

You're not alone Carrie. I haven't started that series as well. But I find that PNR is really not my genre.

and those books are just a confusion of characters!

Midu wrote: "and those books are just a confusion of characters!"

Hmm, interesting.

I have some lying around, I'll get to the one of these days. Hey maybe for bingo.

also beware of over the top male alphas.

LOL. But that's just the way I like em. In books, not RL.

LOL, Midu! But that is not encouraging :( I couldn't stand BDB for the same reason. That and the lingo. I hope IAD is not like that

At least in IAD, all the women are strong, powerful, kick butt girlies, at least by the end of each book :)

IAD doesn't have all the lingo that BDB has, and the males aren't quite as alpha as BDB either...but then, if it was like real life, I wouldn't have read either! I like a bit of the alpha male in my stories (as long as the women aren't soft, anyway)! ;-)

Ah, so the women are stronger in IAD? That is good. I'll give it a go anyway. As a general interest, I suppose you all love Gena Showalter's the Lords of the Underworld series? I read the first but I wasn't impressed. It was a little bit boring actually. I haven't yet picked up the next book though. But mostly, I hear raves about that series.

yeah, it is just another typical PNR series,Vi! Didn't even read the last one that came out recently.