SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Angels 5/5
Stamp Received:

√Sarah: Warrior - 8/19/12 - ★★★★ - Review
√Paris: Angelfall - 8/18/12 - ★★★★★ - Review
√Barbara: Demons Prefer Blondes - 8/14/12 - ★★★ - Review
√Suzanne: Archangel's Kiss - 8/16/12 - ★★★ - Review
√Deidre: A Brush of Darkness - 8/13/12 - ★★ 1/2 - Review

Oh my gosh you guys this is so exciting! If New Series gets called this week then we actually have a chance of winning. I thought we'd never get here considering how poorly Mr. Randomizer has treated us this whole time. Other teams practically have blackouts and we just now are getting our first 4 in a row.

Paris wrote: "Oh my gosh you guys this is so exciting! If New Series gets called this week then we actually have a chance of winning. I thought we'd never get here considering how poorly Mr. Randomizer has treat..."

We need to finish 2011 first...all those others are just waiting for the shelf...

I don't think it'll be a problem. I'll be done tonight. Sarah, Barbara and Suzanne are fast readers. We just need Suzanne to tell us what she's reading for the 2011 shelf.

CONGRATULATIONS, Cover2Cover!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'angels'.

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

Good Job!! :D

Congrats on the stamp Covers!

Thanks Steph! Thanks Sandra!

Paris wrote: "I don't think it'll be a problem. I'll be done tonight. Sarah, Barbara and Suzanne are fast readers. We just need Suzanne to tell us what she's reading for the 2011 shelf."

Isn't our bingo card pretty??

Shelf: 2011
Finished: 8/20/12
Rating: 5/5


I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for this moment. I’ve been dying to get more of Hawke and more of Sienna; to learn more about them, to see them finally together. This book was everything I expected and more on the Hawke/Sienna front. They are completely combustible from the beginning of their relationship to the very end of the book. I love knowing that I will get to see more of them in the books to come and maybe someday we’ll get to see a new addition to their relationship when they start the family that they both deserve.

Aside from the hot, hot, hot romance of the book, the Psy stuff was once again creepy and out of control. Henry Scott is a maniac and I still don’t know what to think about the Ghost and the Arrows and Kaleb. I want to think Kaleb is good (or as good as a Psy can be, like Nikita and Anthony), but I just don’t know. And who the hell is the Ghost? I hope we find out soon, but then I also kinda hope that the series doesn’t end any time soon.

I'm reading for the 2011 shelf.

I finished my 2011 book but I can't take credit for it because I gave up and only read 150 of the 210 pages so I'm off to find another book that fits.

As it turns out, which I just finished this morning appears on the 2011 shelf. So here's my review...


Title/Author: V is for Vengeance - Sue Grafton 8/22
Series: Kinsey Millhone #22
Read: August 22, 2012
Rating: ★★★★
Shelf: 2011
To-Be-Continued? yes

Review:
This has a strange start and actually takes a while to even introduce Kinsey, the heroine of this series. I kept thinking WTH is going on and who are these people. Once it became clear, I enjoyed this multi-POV story. Of course since she is the heroine, we had Kinsey's take on things but we also get rich-girl Nora's outlook on life and even bad guy Dante's opinion on things. I found it interesting though at times totally illogical. I th9ought the entire character of Marvin to be bizarre. One minute he's all over Kinsey to find out what happened to his fiance Audrey and the next he's berating her for her strategy -- bipolar much? And what the heck is up with her eating at Rosie's Diner every night? It's one thing if the food is great but the bizarre Hungarian dishes are totally disgusting and inedible and Rosie barely speaks English so WTH is the point of going there night after night?

I haven't read this series in order but it doesn't even matter since Kinsey doesn't have a man so there isn't any build up of a relationship to worry about. She just floats from one investigation to another with her elderly landlord and friend Henry as her sounding board and her addiction to Rosie's to keep her grounded. A thoroughly enjoyable series that gets somewhat better as the books go on but somehow the annoying behaviors never change.

Sweet! Glad that worked out for you Barbara. I have updated the main list. I hope everyone's crossing their fingers that New Series gets picked this weekend.

Read: 8.22.12
Rating: 4/5

Review:
I can see why everyone has absolutely loved this book. I don't think I loved it as much as everyone else, but it is an amazingly unique world and so different from anything I've read. I love Rhine's strength, but that she still has weaknesses. I love the sinister evil that comes from Housemaster Vaughn. Rhine's sister wives and they way the help each other is beautiful. It really is a great book. I hope the second book is just as good, if not better.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Read: 8/21/2012
Rating: *****
Shelf: 2011

I love Mindy Kaling on The Office, so it was really nice to listen to the audio book read by her. Very funny! Now, if only Amy Poehler would write a book! That would be awesome!!!

Woohoo another shelf!! and one step closer to winning (if New Series gets called!)

2011 5/5
Stamp Received:

√Sarah: Wither - 8/22/12 - ★★★★ - Review
√Paris: Kiss of Snow - 8/20/12 - ★★★★★ - Review
√Barbara: V is for Vengeance - 8/22/12 - ★★★★ - Review
√Suzanne: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? - 8/21/12 - ★★★★★ - Review
√Deidre: The Book Thief - 8/19/12 - ★★★★★★ - Review

YAY us!

Wow, we're kicking butt!

CONGRATULATIONS, Cover2Cover!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on '2011'.

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

Good Job!! :D

Congrats on the stamp C2C!

Thanks Steph! Thanks Sandra! Now just please talk Mr. Randomizer into picking New Series this weekend and team 2 will be happy campers!

Mr R can't even be bribed so I don't think talking will do much. LOL.

Sandra wrote: "Mr R can't even be bribed so I don't think talking will do much. LOL."

Man...there's gotta be something he wants in life...I'm gonna have to stalk him and figure out what it is.

Paris wrote: "Thanks Steph! Thanks Sandra! Now just please talk Mr. Randomizer into picking New Series this weekend and team 2 will be happy campers!"

If New Series is chosen, we better read really quick because there are 4 teams that need this shelf to win.

so maybe we should find the shelf new series, and select a book. since if it is another winner shelf, someone else will win anyway! And I unchecked my add to my update feed...

Deidre wrote: "so maybe we should find the shelf new series, and select a book. since if it is another winner shelf, someone else will win anyway! And I unchecked my add to my update feed..."

I already have decided what book to read if it gets pulled. And I made sure it's on hand.

So have I, and so have people on team 17. Team 1 could win but they haven't read anything on their row. I feel for the readers on that team.

Team 12 hasn't picked yet but I'm sure they will.

So teamies, let's pick! new series has 4 potential winners, no other has that many.

Mine's likely going to be or . I have both currently on hand. But if comes in before that, then I'll likely choose that one.

Man I hope New Series gets picked or one of the 2 non winning shelves. That would be kinda fun, even if they do nothing for us, at least that means the game doesn't end yet.

I am going with either or I don't know if

is on the list, but if I have time to look, I might do that one.

The book I was going to read is verboten, seems like I read book 2 in the series (not even realizing I had it) some time ago, and never read book 1. Oh well.

It would be fun, but it's hard to believe that will happen.

Well ladies, we got an early shelf call...

Our next shelf is 'magic' ~ This is not a winning shelf.

Mr. Randomizer sure is a tease isn't he?

Paris wrote: "Well ladies, we got an early shelf call...

Our next shelf is 'magic' ~ This is not a winning shelf.

Mr. Randomizer sure is a tease isn't he?"

And what a worthless shelf that is for us! I guess we are in polka dot city too.

Yeah, but this is the last non winning shelf. There will be a winner next week...

Sure would have been nice to have two possibilities....

So for Magic I will read or or or finally,

I didn't actually find Darklands on the magic list, but I looked up all the tags and discovered one person had put it on a magic shelf. I just got it yesterday so I'm guessing it hasn't been out long. It would be up in the 150-250 range where the 1 person is. Don't have time to find it!

lol I don't blame you. If I have a feeling it's low end like that, I'll go to the book and search the shelves there. A lot faster and easier when you it's shelved 1 time like that.

I'm either going to read:

or

Deidre wrote: "Sure would have been nice to have two possibilities...."

I totally agree. Our card was lame.

I'm either going to read not sure yet though...

Shelf: magic
rating: ***
date: 8/25/12

Maybe I'm just getting tired of the series. This book was better than book 3, but I felt like I had read it in other books by other authors. The giant cauldron stolen from the museum, the bad things being down with cauldron, the trouble our heroine gets into with cauldron and the bad guy I didn't like last book, etc etc. Meh

On the upside, I really like her zombies, and the books best part was the beginning when she has to go present her career to the zombie students...

I'm going to read which is on page 28.

Ok I'm going to read for the magic shelf.

Dark Days - Derek Landy
Series: Skulduggery Pleasant #4
Read: August 26, 2012
Rating: ★★★★★

I love this series! It has the coolest hero (a living skeleton named Skulduggery Pleasant) and a great heroine (a 16 year old girl named Valkyrie). And a cast of over 20 characters, half good guys and half bad. Magic abounds and Valkyrie and Skulduggery win some and lose some. It's a roller coaster of a ride from start to finish. Totally enjoyable.

Wow you ladies are fast. Busy weekend so no reading for me. But I'll get mine done before the weekend when New Series will be called.

I'll also update the main list tomorrow with your books and reviews. I've got a fever so I'm gonna head to bed early, but I wanted to check in first.

I started reading mine today but I haven't gotten past page 2. :)

I am going to read Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews for my Magic shelf.

Shelf: Magic
Finished: 8/28/12
Rating: ★★★★

After DNFing the first book in this series, I am really glad that I gave it a second chance. I love Joanne and the world that Rachel Caine has created for her. The last two books have been crazy filled with action and emotion. In Chill Factor, I found myself on a rollercoaster ride unsure of what was going to happen next and I loved every minute of it…okay almost every minute. There were some points that lagged a little, but I overlooked them because I knew that they would mean something in the end.

There are so many things that I want to say about what I love about this series and this book, but it would give a lot away. I think Joanne is a great character, I love her attitude and her witty comebacks and comments. It’s refreshing given all of the hell she goes through each book. I really look forward to continuing Joanne’s story by reading the next book in the series.

so the new shelf is psychic, phooey

So for psychic I'm going to read even though I've tried a zillion times and couldn't get into it.

But, you can never tell with those other 3 teams. They might lose electricity, win a million dollars and forget to finish their psychic book, accidentally read a physics book, or even read that Shakespeare book I told them to read - anything could happen!

Well Psychic shelf it is. I'm gonna read...

I'm going to read which is on page 15 of the Psychic shelf.

is the psychic shelf a winner for any team?