R3: Team 4~FOURtune Hunters & Collectors** Fourth Place Winners**

[Adele]

what about Farrah Fawcett

[Adele]

what about Farrah Fawcett

[Jenne]

Adele she'd count for celebrity for sure.

[Dusty]

I'm going to read

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

He is definately not a big reader. I have recently got him hooked on audiobooks for his comute to work, but he doesn't branch out of his genre much.

Oh, Kathy Dark Gold is one of my favorites in that series.

[JenniferJ]

My hubby wont hardly read ANYTHING unless it has pictures! OK this is moving along great so far! I have my 4 items for this week but still have around 50 more pages or so before can do my review. I am going to be able to claim Green, Shoreline, Bag, and Celebrity

Well actually I already claimed green last week but still had to use it this week but got 3 more items closer to the finish line. LOL

[JenniferJ]

Green week: finished 9/8/12
Rating 3 out of 5 ♥'s
Read:

Found:....Green At the top of one of the dunes was a green-clad ranger. (page 138)

also can claim
Found:....Celebrity (pg 111) we're living in "George" Orwell's nightmare
Found:....Shoreline (pg 138) The ocean sped by them on the right,
Found:....Bag (pg.187) grabbed her coat and backpack, and left.

Review:

I had a tough time with Scored. The subject matter was not so unbelievable and was actually pretty eerily where it looks like our future could be headed. Do I like it or believe it to be fair? No not at all but it's just the way things are and will be. I mean we're already "scored" in so many aspets of our lives.

But the actual problem I had with the book itself was I didn't like any of the characters and it just got a bit irritating having Imani and Diego debate who was right and wrong all the time. It just was to...political reading? I couldn't think of a better word for what I mean but it just became quite boring. Too much bickering and not enough action so to speak.

Imani was just one of the uppitiest (is that even a word?) people I have ever read and I could not stand her. She ditched a friend for falling in love and supposedly causing her score to drop, she was rude to her parents almost like she was above them (when I say rude I don't mean the usual teenager antics I mean like she came across all holier than though in my opinion), and she was so quick to conspire (backstab) against a classmate just to get a scholarship when she realized there was no way to raise her score. I'm like okay I get it. I can see why she did these things but was it really worth it? I can only speak for myself but I value my friends, family, and self respect more than having a high score or having to backstab to get what I want. She did somewhat redeem herself in the end but far to late to gain any respect in my eyes.

[╰⊱♥⊱╮ღ꧁Kathy,Ahmazing Book Faerie꧂ღ╭⊱♥≺]

Im done too!!
Green Week (week2) Finished 9-9-12
Rating probably go with 4✹
I read
Color GreenNoxious fumes rose into the air, green gases that spun and whirled, Page 201

Person Healer“I am a healer for my people,Page 31

Place ShorelineWaves rushed toward the shoreline below. Page 74

Thing Glitterhis golden eyes glittered at her as his gaze ran up and down her body.

Review:
Alexandria has been alone, looking after her younger brother Joshua, for years. Tonight all that will change.
During a dinner "date" with a prospective employer Alex feels a cloud of evil fall over the place. She is drawn outside and into the clutches of a vampire. After feeding from and killing several other women, the vampire spirits Alex and Joshua away to a secluded cave.
Joshua cries for help and his cries are heard by Aiden
who arrives to save them, Sadly, he mistakes Alex for a vampress in the throws of killing Joshua, and nearly kills her. He realizes his mistake,but is too late to leave Alex mortal, and so he is forced to change her.
“I am Carpathian. I am not yet vampire."
Im pleased I didnt read this series back to back as the writing, and story in the first two was very similar, but this one was quiet different, looking forward to the next one.

[Jenne]

I should be done with mine tonight. I found a bunch of the harder items in it too :)

[╰⊱♥⊱╮ღ꧁Kathy,Ahmazing Book Faerie꧂ღ╭⊱♥≺]

Dawn! I only just saw your comment about Dark Gold! I enjoyed it, the first two were like reading the same book again! So this was a nice change. Its been a while since I read the other two, so this has whet my appetite again for the Carpathians!

[Adele]

Green week week 2 finished 9 sep 12

I read

items found:

Green 'And the lights were green, green as far as she could see and flashing.' 2%

Stairs 'She heard her heels tap down the flight of stairs to the street.' 9%

Metropolitan area She could see the city of Vancouver clustered ahead of her.' 2%

celebrity 'Janie sang along with Freddy Mercury about having a good time.' 2%

Review

I absolutely loved this book about a wife and mum who took a month out from her ordinary life with all its responsibilities to experience new things, find the read Janie and be irresponsible for a while. Does the new life draw her away from her responsibilities for good or does she go back home? Does her life change for the better? Sorry but I will not tell, you will have to read it yourself to find out.
This was a break from the paranormal books I seem to have been reading a lot of lately and I really identified with Janie. The humour is good and did actually make me smile and laugh, something most books described as 'comedy' don't manage with me.
It is much more a character driven novel than a plot driven one and this works well because all the character's are so different from each other but all are easy to identify with.

I recommend this book for anybody who is ready for a light read.

A definite 5/5 stars.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

♥☆♫★♡ Kathy♡bahd gihrl♥♡★ wrote: "Dawn! I only just saw your comment about Dark Gold! I enjoyed it, the first two were like reading the same book again! So this was a nice change. Its been a while since I read the other two, so thi..."

I really like her books, but that is a big problem. They are very repetitive. Each has a slight twist but very similar plot... and the same words in the sex scenes over and over.

[Jenne]

Green Week:
I read
finished 9/9/12
♥♥♥♥
Color, Green: Location #2279 Heading towards the one with the green facade
People, Celebrity: Location # 300 he would have looked exactly like Kurt Cobain
Places, famous landmarks: Location 2853 to take him to the Louvre even though it was a weekend
Things, glitter: Location #3743 her eyes losing their sparkle




This one is hard to review without spoilers so it'll be more my thoughts on it. In this on Kate & Vincent are trying to figure out how they're going to make their relationship work despite Vincent being a revenant. The Numa are silent and all of the Paris Revenants are wondering what they're up to. The ending is an Oh No she didn't go there cliffhanger. Kate fights some Numa in this one and actually held her on. It was cool to see her open up some whoop a$$. The plot wasn't as clear in this one and there was no solution to Kate & Vincent's problems but the last half of this book more than made up for it. Ms. Plum has created a unique revenat world. We also meet two new characters Violette & Arthur revenants from Southern France.

[Jenne]

Alright Team 4 we now have two points! ☻

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

LOL you beat me to it Jenne.

I was just checking to see if anyone else had made it there too. Nope, just you gals. I know Dusty hasn't checked in here but I know she is aware of the item and was looking for books on Friday.

[Dusty]

I'm about seventy percent done. Hope to be done tonight. It's been a hectic week, havent had much free time.

[Jenne]

Good deal Dusty! Hope your week settles down.

[Jenne]

Everyone ready for tomorrow? How's everyone's week been so far?

[Adele]

I am ready, I am hoping that the next book I am planning to read will fit, unfortunately it is p/back so I can't do a search, may have to chose an alternative that I can check easier.

[Dusty]

I finaly funished
I give it 4 stars
GREEN-shimmering in the deep green depth of her eyes. loc 1591 (already claimed)
CHILD-The child has had quite an ordeal loc 388
FOREST-As muchas she loved the forest loc 473
SMOKE-The smell of smoke and sulfer engulfed his senses loc 15

Gabriel is cursed to be a dragon by day and a man by night. He meets Alayia, who is on the run from a mad man who want to marry her. They find out she is the reincarnation of hes one true love. They race to find a cure to his curse and to destroy the evil that hunts them.

[Jenne]

Good job FOURtune Hunters & Collectors these past two weeks. Here's to another great week!

[Dusty]

I just hope this next week is better then the last since it's my b-day saturday. Not sure what I'm going to do. Hope I get to sit down an read a hole book in one siting ,that would be nice.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Dusty wrote: "I just hope this next week is better then the last since it's my b-day saturday. Not sure what I'm going to do. Hope I get to sit down an read a hole book in one siting ,that would be nice."

Nice, get someone to take moeny they would have spent on presents and take your kids out for the day to leave you alone... I may have to use that as what I want this year too!

[Dusty]

I just mite get that I asked my sister inlaw for movie ticket an a babysitter.

[JenniferJ]

awww Happy early Birthday Dusty! Our baby girls birthday was today. I agree hope you have a wonderful day no matter what you end up doing. ;)

[Jenne]

Alright everyone this week is famous landmark let us know what you'll be reading. I'm hoping either or has one in there.

[Jenne]

Dusty!

[Adele]

urghh, this is the hardest to find I think.

[Jenne]

I know that's why I tried to get it out of the way last week. Figures!

[Adele]

would this cover work for landmark

[Adele]

I think we should be saving the hard ones for when they are called so we only have to find them once, you did landmark last week but you now have to find another.

[Jenne]

Probably I've read that and it does take place in San Fransico so it is the Golden Gate Bridge. If you want double check it with Dawn but I'm pretty positive it'll work. That's a super good book BTW!

[Adele]

This was one of my kindle freebies, I am glad it is a good book, I have found items for each of the other sections in it as well so should get the full four items again, 3 weeks in a row.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Yes, the Golden Gate Bridge would be a famous landmark.


Just a thought on your stategy Adele, but feel free to play however you want. I personally would save easy ones until last. When you get down to that last week when you need to find 4 specific items in one book, you want them to be easy, not hard, or you may only end up with 2 or 3 in a book not all 4.

[Adele]

okay, I see what you mean, that's your experience paying off, thanks.

I will definitely read Samson's lovely mortal at some point but thanks to Kathy who has given me a lot of help this evening, I am going to change my choice to The Memory Keeper's Daughter as I need to read this anyway for my book club and a few other challenges. This has Fort Pitt tunnel in it as the famous landmark.

[╰⊱♥⊱╮ღ꧁Kathy,Ahmazing Book Faerie꧂ღ╭⊱♥≺]

Finaly got here!! I will read .
Lets hope everything's there!

[JenniferJ]

I'll read by Alex Flinn this time.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Sorry Gals I gotta make up for missing her on the newsletter.


Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday Dustina
Happy birthday to you

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

[Adele]

Who is Dustina? Happy birthday anyway.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Adele wrote: "Who is Dustina? Happy birthday anyway."

Sorry, I felt she needed the full name embaressment. It is Dusty.

[Adele]

Happy Birthday Dusty, hope it was a good one.

[Dusty]

Thanks Dawn. That had me laughing. It hasn't been to bad sofar. Were having cake at my in-laws in a few.

[Dusty]

I'm reading for this week. Already half way there.

[Dusty]

I read . I give it 5 stars. I realy liked this book.

Kitty Surgarman was in a car accident and found out she was half werelion. She heads to Las Vegas to meet her father that she thought was dead, to teach her how to shift. When she gets there she finds out her dad is dieing of cancer an doesn't have much time to live and that hes rich. She meets Max, her fathers second, an they start to fall in love. She also meets her half siblings who dislike her and want her dead. They try five times within 3 days and miss each time. But each time it brings her an Max closer together. By the end of the 3rd day her dad dies an Max becomes Flex an leader of the pack. He also claims Kitty as his mate.

FAMOUS LANDMARK-Smoky mountains pg69
HEALER-the doctor can meet us at the hospital. pg145
BAG-Black doctor's bags existed outside of reruns pg152
ORANGE- Cover

[JenniferJ]

Famous Landmark Week: (finished 9/16/12)
Rating: 3 out of 5 ♥'s
Read: A Kiss In Time by Alex Flinn


Found:....Famous Landmark (pg 45) It's a castle. Not a modern-looking one like Buckingham Palace,

also can claim
Found:....Red (Cover)
Found:....Warrior (pg 64) "Have you defiled the princess?" one guard demands, getting close with his sword.
Found:....Stairs (pg.182) she has to sleep in the study down stairs, on the air mattress.

Review: Alex Flinn does an amazing job here with the retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Another book I have read of late that was hard to put down. The characters were young and impressionable and alot of fun. It was humorous reading of Talia's adventures when she forced Jack to bring her to America with him and discovering all the things that had been created while her kingdom slept...the funniest being the cell phone.

Jack was a pretty shallow person for me in the beginning but once he and Talia were back home at his parents house I could feel his attraction growing especially in times when he would have to swoop in and save her from the dangerous things she didn't understand in our time period like ummm Jello Shots!

If you love story tales I suggest giving A Kiss In Time a try for sure!

[Adele]

Well done Dusty and Jennifer J, nearly finished my book.

[JenniferJ]

thanks Adele! :)