R6: Team #8 ~ As the Page Turns

[Moondance]

Breann wrote: "Oh! Magic Bites! Magic Bites! You'll love meeting the Beast Lord. ....mmmmm....."

I think I agree Breann.

[Moondance]

I will be reading

[Megan]

Sorry about not checking in sooner! I read this book on the 11th, but once I finished it took me awhile to decide how I felt about the book. Then it took me forever to write my review and I wasn't able to get online all weekend.

Shelf: 2012

Read: Placebo: A Jevin Banks Novel by Steven James
Finished it on: November 11, 2012
Rating:
Review:
I kept hearing so many great things about Steven James's Patrick Bower series, and his books in general, so when I was given the opportunity to read Placebo, his latest book and the first book in a new series, I jumped at the chance. When I read the synopsis for the book I thought it sounded SO good, but unfortunately I didn't care for this book all that much and was a bit let down.

The story begins with Jevin, an escape artist and illusionist, watching divers search a lake for his wife's minivan, where two hours previous she'd been seen driving it into the lake - supposedly on purpose. The next chapter then jumps to thirteen months later, and Jevin now hosts a show where we see him with his pals Xavier and Charlene getting ready to go undercover to investigate a research center's mind-to-mind communication program and debunk it if it's not true.

The beginning of the story was perhaps my favorite, later on the story just seemed too hectic and, at times, a bit unbelievable. There also didn't seem to be a clear ending, but since this is a series maybe the next book will take care of that. There were a lot of disturbing things in the book, which if they were important to the story would have been one thing, but they didn't seem necessary at all. To me certain characters could have been eliminated totally from the story and it wouldn't have affected it at all.

Now I don't know if this was just me, but every time I read the name "Riah" I thought hair, since Riah is hair backwards. I don't know if this was intentional, but it was funny to me.

Overall, the story wasn't for me, but it was still somewhat enjoyable. If you are a fan of Steven James's work, I am sure you will want to read this regardless of what I think. However, if you are new to this author, like I was, maybe this shouldn't be the first one of his books that you read.

***I received a complimentary copy of this book to review. I was asked to give my honest opinion of the book - which I have done.***

Available November 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

[Megan]

Shelf: Favorite Series

Read: Finally and Forever by Robin Jones Gunn
Finished it on: November 14, 2012
Rating:
Review:
Finally & Forever is the fourth and final book in the Katie Weldon series and is a great conclusion to it. I have read and enjoyed the Christy Miller series, the Sierra Jensen series, and Christy and Todd: the College Years; and while I have always liked Katie she was never a favorite of mine. I now have a whole new perspective on Katie and I loved learning why she behaves the way she does. She is now quite possibly my favorite character from these series.

The ending was so sweet and perfect! I would love for there to be another series with Katie, similar to the way Christy Miller had a second series "Christy and Todd: the College Years". Though if I am completely honest I would love for there to be more written about Christy & Todd and Doug & Tracey too. Needless to say I completely recommend this book - it was excellent!!!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, As the Page Turns!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on '2012' and 'favorite-series'. 

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

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamps Page Turners!

[Breann]

Thank you ladies!

[Breann]

Well Page Turners it's been fun! See you next round! :D

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Breann wrote: "Well Page Turners it's been fun! See you next round! :D"

Same here! I was glad that I was able to play the whole round this time around! The last round, I had to drop out due to medical stuff that I was going through at the time, but now I'm back on the right track and everything has been going great for me!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

We're glad you made it all the way through as well Amy :)

[Lisa P]

It's been a lot of fun...hope to see you all next round!!!

[Moondance]

Oh no!! Did I keep us from getting our shifters stamp! I finished on Tuesday, but have not had a chance to post. I enjoyed playing with everyone and hope to play again.
~~cheryl

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Moondance wrote: "Oh no!! Did I keep us from getting our shifters stamp! I finished on Tuesday, but have not had a chance to post. I enjoyed playing with everyone and hope to play again.
~~cheryl"

No, you were not the one that kept us from getting a shifters stamp. Team 10 got Bingo first and won this round.

[Breann]

No Moondance! Don't be silly :) We wouldn't have won with the stamp anyway. I never read my shifters book, figured I'd wait and see if I needed to.

[Moondance]

I knew Team 10 was winning, but I have OCD and I wanted the satisfaction of having all the stamps for our shelves. I look forward to future challenges.
~~cheryl