SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

For ghosts I will read Grave Memory (Alex Craft, #3) by Kalayna Price

New to Me

Tarnished (The St. Croix Chronicles, #1)
by Karina Cooper (Goodreads Author)
***\Finished July 5th
An engaging read, if a bit of a magpie stew of plots and characters. The heroine is a Miss with a past and present. One of the heroes is Ton with a secret the other a ring master in a pleasure circus. There are mad scientists, ripper like killers, steam punk backdrops. Servants with secrets, unseen guardians with secrets .. did I mention secrets???

For Shifter
Darkness Devours (Dark Angels #3)
by Keri Arthur
****
Finished July 8th
There are at very least two plots running through this series -- The hunt for the keys to heaven and hell involving Risa's father (not so much in play in this book)
and the work Risa took on for the vampire council as part of a deal to find and punish her mother's killer.
The Vampire council plot predominates in this book. Risa travels through the dark paranormal clubs and streets of Melbourne to hunt for vampire killers on Hunter's orders. There are also the romance plots with the reaper and others (well this is a Keri Arthur book) Book is fast paced and a good read.

for Ghosts:
Cloaked in Malice (A Vintage Magic Mystery #5)
by Annette Blair

Stamp time!


Week 3: New 2 You: Series
Dates: July 1st to 7th, 2012
Completed: 5/5
Ming: Tarnished July 5th ★ ★ ★ Review
Kelly: Wicked Lovely July 1st ★ ★ Review
Kate: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf July 1st ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Dana: The Thief July 7th ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Nici: Minion July 10th ★ ★ ★ Review

Whoot

And again...ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah!


Week 4: shifters
Dates: July 8th to 14th, 2012
Completed: 5/5
Ming: Darkness Devours July 8th ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Kelly: Slave to Sensation July 17th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Kate: Succubus Heat July 9th ★ ★ ★ ½ Review
Dana: Storm's Heart July 8th ★ ★ ★ ½ Review
Nici: Pride Mates July 12th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review

Here's what's happening....


Week #: ghosts
Dates: June 15th to 21st, 2012
Completed: 2/5
Ming: Cloaked in Malice
Kelly: Grave Memory
Kate: The Awakening July 17th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Dana: Greywalker
Nici: Project 17 July 19th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review

Oh, and you may have noticed from above that I am reading for ghosts week. :)

Two more stamps?! That's fantastic.

CONGRATULATIONS, Clever Coven!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'New2You: series' and 'shifters'.

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Good Job!! :D

Congrats on the stamp CC!

for the ghost shelf i read Project 17. I give it four stars. I enjoyed this book a lot, I wish it had been longer. It was very the breakfast club /meets the blair witch project. i finished it 7/19

This weeks shelf is: Demons



I think I'll be reading A Discovery Of Witches

It's been on my bookshelves for months but I just haven't found the motivation to start it..

for demons i will be reading Invincible

Kate, i love that book!

Ahhh, I have been waiting for the demons shelf! Had to renew my library book that I was saving for it. :)

For this shelf I will be reading

Nici wrote: "Kate, i love that book!"

I'm about a third of the way though and I'm really enjoying it. I can see why the ladies at my local bookstore were raving about it.

I haven't gotten around to the second one yet, but I am looking forward to it

Nici wrote: "for the ghost shelf i read Project 17. I give it four stars. I enjoyed this book a lot, I wish it had been longer. It was very the breakfast club /meets the blair witch project. i finished it 7/19"

Was it one of those books that had a 'token' person for each personality category? One princess, one brain, one jock, etc.... Is that what made you reference The Breakfast Club?

Yes it did. At one point one of the characters made the remark if weren't all here now we wouldn't be friends. Really made me think of the breakfast club

A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Week 6: Demons
Completed: July 27th, 2012
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

Review:
There's a lot that I loved about this book. The setting for one. The characters for another. And I liked the plot - it was interesting and exciting.

Witches and Vampires and Daemons! Oh My!

It's a long book and I sort of forgot what had happened in the start by the time I got to the end - and they sort of feel like very different books in a way. Diana and Matthew have completely changed and mellowed a lot.

The supporting characters I liked probably more than I liked the main two. I hope we get to see a lot more of them in the future books - especially the Bishop House.

I am glad you liked it Kate!

/i finished Invincible on 7/25. I give it three stars. Oh and its for the demons shelf. It reminded me of why i have a love hate relationship with the dark hunters books. my problem with these books has always been that there is some bad ass character in the book and they are just the strongest there is and then all of a sudden bam there is another one who is stronger and bigger and they are the top dog but wait here comes another one and bam they are top dog. However, that being said,I will continue to read the series.

for demons -- ((I did finish my ghost book just need to do the blurb.))

The Devil You Know (Felix Castor, #1)
by Mike Carey

which I have also finished -- blurbs coming

Nici wrote: "/i finished Invincible on 7/25. I give it three stars. Oh and its for the demons shelf. It reminded me of why i have a love hate relationship with the dark hunters books. my problem with these ..."

I have that problem with the Dark Hunters too! All those big baddies are just hiding until someone weaker than them gets defeated and then they come along... ?

I've got a copy of Infinity sitting on my desk just waiting for me to get around to reading it... I've always been a Nick Gautier fan but I've been wary about reading it because I'm not sure if I'd like a young adult series about him...

Man, this one took a bit to get through!


Greywalker
Week 6: ghosts
Completed: July 27th, 2012
Rating: ★ ★ ★
Review: For some reason this one took eternity to get through and I don't know why. I also have owned this book for years and have put it in a challenge or 'TBR' list half a dozen times and couldn't force myself to do it. I would shange at the last minute. The weird thing is, I really liked it and thought that it was fairly well done. I'm even going to keep reading the series but jeesh! What is my deal here? I think it is that this reminds me (a tiny bit) of the beginings of Anita Blake and right now I don't like her much. Transference ya think? :)

This week's shelf is up. For week 7 the shelf is Urban Fantasy


I think I'll read Shiver for this week.

have to say -- that was the best shelf we could have hoped for

for Uf I'll read
Darklands (Deadtown #4)
by Nancy Holzner (Goodreads Author)

Cloaked in Malice (A Vintage Magic Mystery #5)
by Annette Blair (Goodreads Author)
***
Finished July 20

Lately Annette Blair has been really inconsistent in both the quality and the tone of her books. Sadly this one is on the down side. A cozies crew badly mashed up with a thriller, and a little girl lost plot. There are ghosts, spys and clowns.

Demons
The Devil You Know (Felix Castor, #1)
by Mike Carey
****
finished july 25th
Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist on a mental health break. He is working kids parties for money. Kids parties ??? The book has a fast plot, good characters and a tone reminiscent of early Jim Butcher.
I already have the next few in the series. Looking forward to them.

Ming, I've given up on Annette Blair. So I'm not surprised it didn't go well.

Felix sounds fun! Mental health break. LOL.

I will be reading Magic Slays for UF

sad really about Blair -- works like magic had such potential

off to read my UF ..

Like the first in the series. Mediocre.



Week 6: demons
Completed: July 28th, 2012
Rating: ★ ★ ½
Review: Even though this one only earned two and a half stars from me, I do have to admit that this one was actually better than the last. In some parts. I did like Azazel's character more than Raziel in general and the memory issue with Rachel was interesting. I was wondering at the cause of it and whether it was self induced or not for some time. The taking Rachel to the Truth Finders though was the apex of stupid plot devices if you ask me. The author spent tons of time on this aspect (which was a totally contrived part) but then spent no time on how the characters actually got over their emotional issues. One scene, it's a problem; the next, nothing, BAM! Really? *sigh* Oh well, I still do like the premise of these stories and the concept of how they came to be. If the next actually fits into a challenge or something I might read it but I am expecting some big improvements. :)

I know! I said I would never do it again, but the stupid thing was just sitting there on the library shelf! Urgh!

for UF

Oops! I meant Magic Strikes for my uf

Here's where we stand...(tell me if I missed something ladies!)


For ghosts:

Week 5: ghosts
Dates: June 15th to 21st, 2012
Completed: 4/5
Ming: Cloaked in Malice July 20th ★ ★ ★ Review
Kelly: Grave Memory
Kate: The Awakening July 17th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Dana: Greywalker July 27th ★ ★ ★ Review
Nici: Project 17 July 19th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review


For demons:

Week 6: demons
Dates: July 22nd to 28th, 2012
Completed: 4/5
Ming: The Devil You Know July 25th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Kelly:
Kate: A Discovery Of Witches July 27th ★ ★ ★ ★ Review
Dana: Demon July 28th ★ ★ ½ Review
Nici: Invincible July 25th ★ ★ ★ Review


For UF this week:

Completed: 0/5
Ming: Darklands
Kelly:
Kate: Shiver
Dana: Kiss the Dead
Nici: Magic Slays

Is Kelly mia? I hope she is ok

Nici wrote: "Is Kelly mia? I hope she is ok"

Not sure...perhaps she went out on a long w/e and we will hear from her soon. Hope all is well with her. RL can be such a drag. ;)

I'll message her and check.

Good grief Charlie Brown!




Week 7 urban fantasy
Completed: July 30th, 2012
Rating: ★
Review:Here's an example of you get what you deserve. I knew this book would be complete rubbish but still, STILL, I read the thing! The last few have been atrocious so why should I hope/assume that this might be better? Hope springs eternal I guess! Lord that was painful.

If you haven't started this series yet, just say NO! the first 7 or 8 are really good, they start to deteriorate after that. Past about number 12 or 13, they are just garbage. Save yourself....'cause poor sots like me don't seem to be able to!

Dana, I am right there with you with that series

Some series just go on for too long. Sad to see you were so disappointed with this week's book.

Nici wrote: "Dana, I am right there with you with that series"

The last was definetely the worst. After all those years and all that waiting...(view spoiler)[Marmie Noir was vanquished with a power that Anita had since Obsidian Butterfly? Really? Good God! (hide spoiler)]

Kate wrote: "Some series just go on for too long. Sad to see you were so disappointed with this week's book."

No worries but thanks. :)

I am going to read a few other things to wash the taste of that AB book out of my mouth so to speak. I've got some fun stuff at home. Yeah!

How are your reads going ladies?

I thought she tripped over her untied shoelace -- must have been nodding off when I read that part.

Week 5 ghosts:Grave Memory (Alex Craft, #3) by Kalayna Price
Finished 7/22/2012
Rating 4/5
In this one Alex and her friend Rianna open Tounges for the Dead Investigations. Business is slow at first. Until the wife of the man who just jumped off a building shows up to hire them. But this shade is different he has no memory prior to the 3 days before his death. Alex needs to figure out if it is a virsus or some different sort of magic causing the memory loss. The love triangle with the farie, Falin who is bound to the winter queen and Death, who she is forbidden any contact with, is still there. Overall I liked this book and will continue to read this series.

Week 6 Demons Sins of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #4) Rowland, Diana
Finished 7/30/2012
Rating 5/5
I really like this series. In this book we finally find out what kind of a demon Ryan is. Even if we still don't know what Ryan did to get cast out of the demon world. Much to my disappointment Rhyzkahl does not show up very much. Ms. Rowland always keeps you guessing on who the killer is and this time was no different. I love how everything is not obvious. The cliff hangers yeah she's good with that too. I can't wait to find out what happens to Kara.

For week 7 UF I will read Chasing Magic (Downside Ghosts, #5) by Stacia Kane