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Week 4
Item : Boots
by Sarah MayberryRead:December , 24
Rating:★★★1/2
Review: I really liked the book but it was lacking something .It was about a single dad and his dead wife's best friend.It seemed that they turned to each other more because the other one was availble and for comfort rather than love , I don't know or maybe I wasn't in mood :D The book happens in Melbourne Au and it's full of Australian things , this part I enjoyed a lot.
Items:
Boots:She was dressed in a pair of yellow cowboy boots. page 39
Mist/Fog:He exhaled, watching his breath turn to mist in the air. page 28
Curly hair:Michael Robinsons dark, curly hair was ruffled . page 9
Bike:What about you? The usual. Eva wants to practice riding her bike . page 240
♥☆♫★ Kathy,bahd gihrl♥★aka Drama Queen wrote: "Back at you!! Where abouts are you? "I'm in US in Connecticut. Technically, I don't celebrate Christmas being not a Christian, but I love the whole idea of the tree, Santa, presents. I have no kids, but I got a tree and had some presents out for my husband and the cat... I can only imagine how fun it would be with kids! :) I hope you all had a great day... :)
Done!Week 4: Boots
Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
Read: Dec 25, 2012
Rating: ★★★★
Short Review: This book was a lot of fun! I've heard of Peter Wimsey, but I'd never read any books featuring him, but I'll sure hunt them down now. The characters are great, the mystery is very good too.
Items Found
1. Clothing: Boots: "I haven't paid for those boots..."
- p90
2. Miscellaneous: Shelf: "...I went to look for something on the shelf..."
- p27
3. Weather: Moonlight: "...the muscles of his back gleamed in the moonlight as he swung his protesting burden..."
- p71
4. Body Part: Toe: "...Hullo, Mr. Bredon! Was that your toe?"
- p93
Less than a day until the next item announcement :)
Yikes again. Bike this time, and I've already claimed that one too!
WEEK 4: Item: Boots
Book: Edge of Dawn by Lara Adrian
Rating: 4.5-stars
Finished: December 26, 2012
Review: This is book to me is Midnight Breeds, the next generation. Since the book isn’t out yet, I will keep it simple. This was Mira and Kellan’s story. Mira, is Renata and Niko’s adopted daughter, and Kellan is the son of the murdered Lazarus Archer. They are both Breed warriors now. This story takes place 20 years after the Breeds revealed themselves to the world. They are still battling prejudices about breeds and they are still trying to maintain the ever tenuous peace between humans and the immortals.
Mira and Kellan’s story was really good, but I think this story will take off even more when we know much more of the enemy threatening the new society.
Clothing: Boots: “her lug-sooled boots silent as they devoured the pavement in stealth pursuit. “ (Kindle location 767 in Edge of Dawn)
Body Part: Elbow: “He drew her mouth and licked the rivulets of blowod that was running down toward her elbow . “ (Kindle location 3427 in Edge of Dawn)
Weather: Moonlight: “Her pale purple eyes glittered in the moonlight , flilled with welling tears . “ (Kindle location 3283 in Edge of Dawn)
Misc: Shelf: “ She kicked off her delicate sandals and raised up on her toes to reach for a high shelf . “ (Kindle location 1052 in Edge of Dawn)
Bugger!! First item that Ive claimed! Will find my book and post later.
Are we unlucky or what?That's the last item I claimed.
I requested the point for Boots. I think we have 1 or 2 uncalled items too , I'll do them later
SO,.... do we get to keep MR Boots for another week, or will you be looking out for his brother!! LOL.I will read
To finish off the series and claim BIKE, MOONLIGHT, NECKLACE, and CURLY HAIR.
Good luck ladies!
Im doing another challenge as well, but there was no bike in my book! Pfft!
♥☆♫★ Kathy,bahd gihrl♥★aka Drama Queen wrote: "SO,.... do we get to keep MR Boots for another week, or will you be looking out for his brother!! LOL."No I won't do that to you, I don't want you to get bored. I'll a find a Mr Bike and it'd be just for his bike
SAD :( !!
♥☆♫★ Kathy,bahd gihrl♥★aka Drama Queen wrote: "SAD :( !!"Aaa you liked Mr Boots that much? I promise a really good Mr Bike;)
Do you like Mr bike? I think Mr boots had set the goal too high, I had to go through pages and pages to select this one, my poor eyes ;)Bike
waiting with baited breath!! LOl.
Squuuueeee!! Going for a look!
Scrolling slowly.... hand over eyes... WOW Huge intake of breath!!!!!!! yumeeeeee!Must show that to hubby when he comes back inside!
Happy New Year!
Oh by the by. I wont start my book till 1/1/13 as Im going to use it for another challenge as well, that doesnt start till then, just to let you know!
I'm done. Week 5: Bike
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
Read: Dec 29, 2012
Rating: ★★
Short Review: I understand that this book was written lyrically and that the prose was strong, but the utter lack of conflict kept me from getting into the book. Everyone is so nice to each other. There was also an abundant use of "what is life" kind of questions, which never really go anywhere. Disappointed.
Items Found
1. Miscellaneous: Bike: "Someone had moved Petie's mashed bike to the road's edge."
- Loc 619.
2. Body Part: Curly Hair: "From a side part, her curls rose like a laurel wreath..."
- Loc 129.
3. Weather: Snow: "...three blizzards dropped eight feet of snow."
- Loc 530.
4. Clothing: Necklace: "...tried to unclasp her heavy necklace..."
- Loc 1688.
Woohoo great ChaitraI haven't even decided what I'm going to read!
I dont know that I've ever been this interested in riding a bike.
Points awarded for Boots, Mist/Fog and Cake
Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "I dont know that I've ever been this interested in riding a bike."Glad to be able to get you interested in new things , imagine what you'll be interested in when the item is belt or shoulder?!
A Q DawnDon't I have to request for uncalled item? Will you just give us the point when we all claimed the item?
Week 5Item : Bike
by Mia DowningRead:31/12/12
Rating:★★★1/2
Review:A smutty sappy book but good for my mood today. I usually like my M/M heroes to be a bit harder . These two were a bit girly!! not in appearance just too much sappy feeling and talking were going on! Love the cover.
Items
Bike:Jordan reached the hotel an returned the bike to its parking spot...(location 365 kindle)
Moonlight:... so he was naked in the moonlight , ... (location 605 kindle)
Belt: "If I were my pants low enough , the tip of my c*ck will be above the belt" (location 1161 kindle)
Tail:... right before he bolted with his tail between his legs. (location 2484 kindle)
Happy new year, I'm off to get drunk and go see the fireworks :)
ShoSho wrote: "Happy new year, I'm off to get drunk and go see the fireworks :)"HAHAHAHAHA, have a drink or two for me as I can't have any! Im still under the weather and I can't taste anything anyway
That sounds awful Ezi. Get well soon!
I think I had enough drinks for everyone on GR. It's midday Tuesday now and I just woke up , The great thing is I never have hang overs.I hope you get better real son Ezi
HAPPY NEW YEAR:)
ShoSho wrote: "A Q DawnDon't I have to request for uncalled item? Will you just give us the point when we all claimed the item?"
Yes, as i fill it in on the spread sheet it will auto calculate your points. So even if you don't mention it, or I miss telling you you have it the spreadsheet will catch it.
Some of the other teams are posting them it is up to you if you want to or not. I am only requiring the called items to be claimed.
I read
4
Review: Ok I started this series as a buddy read. I have to admit I would have given up if it had been just me. I really struggled with the first few chapters of
But ended up leaving my buddy in the dust and have read the whole lot to date now.This is the third book in the LUX series, and follows on from Obsidian and Onyx. Daemon and Katy are made for each other, no question. The sexual tension will drive you crazy! But eventually, after LOTS of interruptions they do the do!! Sexual tension abated. Now we have to concentrate on the job in hand, of freeing the captive Luxen and mutants. This is not as easy as it seems and here we end our story on a cliff hanger!!!!!!!! No more till July!
Is it JULY yet??
CALLED: BIKE PAGE 81 Lost the coolest bike evah and a lot of blood, but lucky me, my childhood friend was an alien.”
CLAIMED: MOONLIGHT PAGE 117 About two hundred feet in, under the pale moonlight, an old farmhouse sat to the right.
CLAIMED: NECKLACE PAGE 205 I thought I could
make a necklace out of it.”
CLAIMED: CURLY HAIRpage 6 It was longer than
Daemon’s—curlier—and probably needed a trim.
Done...sick family. Everyone got the flu. I changed my book and will post as soon as kids go down for nap
WEEK 5: Item: Bike
Book: Angelfall by Susan Ee
Rating: 3.75-stars
Finished: January 2, 2013
Review: This book featured a family trying to remain hidden during a post apocalyptic time, when there was so much chaos and lawlessness. The family consisted of a mother and 2 daughters, Peryn and Paige, sixteen and seven (I think). Peryn's mother suffered from schizoprenia, and now due to the state of society, she was off her routine medication. Paige was wheelchair bound due to an accident when she was 2 years old. Thus Peryn was the responsible adult of the family.
During an encounter with some angels, Paige was kidnapped and Peryn swore to get her back from the angels. In order to find out where Paige was taken, Peryn rescued an injured angel named Raffe and held him hostage until he agreed to help her discover Paige's location. Raffe is an angel who was attacked by fellow angels and left for dead. The rest of the story is comprised of the journey that Peryn and Raffe embarked on, to restore Peryn's family and Raffe's quest to get revenge against his attackers.
An enjoyable and engaging story. The writing was vivid and gripping. I really like the addition of mental illness and disability to this story. I also like the loyalty and steadfastness which seemed to be cornerstone of Peryn's character. How hard it must have been for Peryn to be responsible for an adult and a child, while living in her own fear. Very powerful for those of us familiar with mental illness. I also enjoyed the gradual thawing of the angel Raffe. He definitely had to war against his nature to assist Peryn and the struggle made for great tension between Raffe and Peryn. I do hope they grow her up before they take the relationship further.
I look forward to the next book.
MISC: Bike: “In the desk, I find an old fashioned bike lock, the kind with heavy chains wrapped in plastic.” (Pg. 40 in Angelfall)
WEATHER: Wind “No wind , no birds, no cars, no voices.” (Pg. 3 in Angelfall)
CLOTHING: Bra “Tear off her bra.” (Pg. 145 in Angelfall)
BODY PART: Nose “The stench of sulfur hits my nose.” (Pg. 73 in Angelfall)
This week item is eyes , and I'll request our point for this week in minute.
Ezinwanyi wrote: "Done...sick family. Everyone got the flu. I changed my book and will post as soon as kids go down for nap"Ezi that's really bad , last winter we were sick for a whole month , because we were getting back from the other one.
Shosho! Yum! Is he the Australian model? I cant think of his name at the moment. I completely forgot to come look what had been called!
Eyes yay, nice and easy, and I haven't claimed it!
Ez, honey you take care of yourself and your family. Winter sucks! So glad its summer here, but believe it or not, we had a dumping of snow on the mountains a couple of days ago! ShoSho, are you being affected by the heat wave?
OK Im going with
for EYES , SHELF , SOCK , RAIN.
ShoSho wrote: "Our inspiration for this week"He looks like what I imagine Saxton in BDB to look like.
Thanks ladies. My house looks like a hot mess because of low energy to clean. But I will start trying to get my stuff together tomorrow. I have only listened to books in 2013 because I can rub the kid's back and listen!
For our "EYES" read, I will be reading
or listen to
♥☆♫★ Kathy,bahd gihrl♥★aka Drama Queen wrote: "Shosho! Yum! Is he the Australian model? I cant think of his name at the moment. I completely forgot to come look what had been called!
Eyes yay, nice and easy, and I haven't claimed it!
Ez, hon..."
I don't his name, I found him on pinterest. But he's yumm.
No it's not hot today after a week of scorchers we have nice cloudy day today.
Ezinwanyi wrote: "ShoSho wrote: "Our inspiration for this week"He looks like what I imagine Saxton in BDB to look like.
Thanks ladies. My house looks like a hot mess because of low energy to clean. But I will sta..."
Ah Saxon, I'll post my Saxon soon, he's got blonde curls. Did you read the latest update from Ward? The scene between Play and Sax? Gah it's killing me.I want the book NOW.
ShoSho wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "ShoSho wrote: "Our inspiration for this week"He looks like what I imagine Saxton in BDB to look like.
Thanks ladies. My house looks like a hot mess because of low energy to c..."
I think I could kill for that book. LOL.
couldnt we all girls!!Glad to hear you're not among the bushfires ShoSho. Just saw a clip on the TV news hilights!! AWful. Its 36.6*C here atm!
♥☆♫★ Kathy,bahd gihrl♥★aka Drama Queen wrote: "couldnt we all girls!!Glad to hear you're not among the bushfires ShoSho. Just saw a clip on the TV news hilights!! AWful. Its 36.6*C here atm!"
That's hot, we had a couple of 35°c days last week but now it's 29 or so. Yes this bushfire in Tasmania is horrible
The official high was 34*c at Dunedin airport, but we got 38.3 on our digital thermometer! I took photos.Here it is on my Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
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I have finished my book too but I'm being lazy now and not in the mood to search for the words and type the sentences :P