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R4: Team 4~Fearsome Foursome
I'm anxious for tomorrow's word. Here's hoping it isn't in the misc. category!
Item Called: RainbowThis is not going our way at the moment. Oh well! I will look for a book.
Since Rainbow isn't in the misc. category I should be able to complete my items this week. AND I am going to get to read a book I have been really looking forward to.
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
Here is where we stand at the momentWeek 8 called item - Emergency Vehicle called 1/18
Fearsome Foursome
Leslie - Jade Island by Elizabeth Lowell Finished 1/22 Review Also Claimed: Wind, nose and belt
Amy ~ ???
Sheila - Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught Finished 1/20 Review Also Claimed: Lightning, Belt and Nose
Amanda A -Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure by Diane Kelly
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called item Rainbow 1/25
Leslie -
Sheila - Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen
Amy -
Amanda -
I hope that helps you visualize what you still need. It is difficult without the items being checked off on the spreadsheet.
I'm going to definitely finish my shoulder book today! I've got 136 more pages to read so I should be done by the afternoon at the latest or so. Then, I can claim some items and then see what the other two books to read with the items I have left.
Finished: January 25th
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
I thought this book was okay overall probably because dystopian novels are usually a hit or miss with me. Either I really like them like them or I don't. I'm definitely going to read the next book in this series because I'm curious to see what happens next.
Items:(My copy doesn't match what Amazon shows when I search inside the book)
Lightning: "What were you thinking?" Brook asked as I stared out at the flashes of lightning that came again and again, almost without pause. (Page 232)
Sock: There were ladies riding one-wheeled cycles who wore the snow-white tulle of dancers paired with whimsical striped socks. (Page 266)
Shoulder: My shoulders fell. (Page 34)
Paper: Colorful bits of torn paper were thrown, tossed high into the air, and looked very much like feathers as they were carried on the breeze. (Page 81)
Point requested for ShoulderWeek 7 called item - Shoulder 1/11
Fearsome Foursome
Leslie - An Affair with Mr. Kennedy by Jillian Stone Finished 1/13 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, necklace and cake
Amy ~ The Essence by Kimberly Derting Finished 1/25 Review Also Claimed: Lightning, sock and paper
Sheila - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci Finished 1/13 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, necklace and paper
Amanda A - Temptation & Twilight by Charlotte Featherstone Finished 1/18 Review Also Claimed: lightning, shelf and sock
■Requesting point for uncalled item NecklaceFearsome Foursome
Leslie - An Affair with Mr. Kennedy by Jillian Stone Finished 1/13 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, Necklace, and cake
Amy ~ Amy ~ Lullaby by Amanda Hocking Finished 1/14 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, Necklace, and shelf
Sheila - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci Finished 1/13 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, Necklace, and paper
Amanda A - Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr Finished 12/15 (Review) Also Claimed: Necklace, tail and fruit
■Requesting point for uncalled item PaperFearsome Foursome
Leslie - Only Yours by Susan Mallery Finished 12/2/12 (Review) Also Claimed: Snow, Tail, Paper
Amy ~ The Essence by Kimberly Derting Finished 1/25 Review Also Claimed: Lightning, sock and Paper
Sheila - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci Finished 1/13 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, necklace and Paper
Amanda A - Poison Princess by Kresley Cole Finished 12/30 Review Also Claimed: Fog, Toe and Paper
■Requesting point for uncalled item CakeFearsome Foursome
Leslie - An Affair with Mr. Kennedy by Jillian Stone Finished 1/13 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, necklace and Cake
Amy ~ Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor Finished 12/30 Review Also Claimed: Snow, Tail and Cake
Sheila - Cat's Claw by Susan Wittig Albert Finished 12/23 Review Also Claimed: Mist/Fog, Tail and Cake
Amanda A - Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich Finished 1/5 Review Also Claimed: Wind, Cake and Glasses
■Requesting point for uncalled item SockFearsome Foursome
Leslie - Instant Gratification by Jill Shalvis Finished 1/3 Review Also Claimed: Sock, Rain and Elbow
Amy ~ The Essence by Kimberly Derting Finished 1/25 Review Also Claimed: Lightning, Sock, and paper
Sheila - Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain Finished 1/7 Review Also Claimed: Rain, Shelf and Sock
Amanda A - Temptation & Twilight by Charlotte Featherstone Finished 1/18 Review Also Claimed: lightning, shelf and sock
Great job, team!! I'm still looking for my rainbow!!
I'm changing my Emergency Vehicle book to another book I read earlier in the week with all of the items I need. Hope this doesn't cause a problem. I will post it in the next message.For Rainbow, I will read
and also claim sky.
For emergency vehicle, I'll read
Week 8 - Emergency Vehicle
Finished 1/21
4★
Sultry with a Twist is a wonderful contemporary romance debut about two childhood friends who get a second chance at love. June Augustine (her full name is Mae-June July Augustine - what a name!) is ordered to return to her hometown of Sultry Springs, Texas to do community service for an outstanding warrant related to an incident several years ago. She has been on the outs with her grandmother for years and has to crawl back into her good graces while she is visiting. June's childhood neighbor and friend, Luke, is also back in town and their chemistry reignites quickly. I really liked the progression of their relationship. They both experienced rough pasts so it was great to watch them reconnect. I fell in love with all of the characters and enjoyed the banter back and forth between them. There is a seamless blend of humor and romance that pulled me right in. I can't wait for Trey's story in the next book.
Moonlight: "The moonlight glowed from behind" ~ KL 519
Nose: "You broke your nose." ~ KL 161
Emergency Vehicle: "When the ambulance finally arrived" ~ KL 714
Belt: "reached out and snagged his belt loop" ~ KL 4220
I've been trying to keep track of where we all stand with filling in the spreadsheet. If this tally is wrong please let me know. Below is a list of what each of us still need to claim.Leslie - sky
Amy - nose, sky, belt, wind
Sheila - sky
Amanda - sky
*Note - Amy's list is longer only because she hasn't claimed items for the emergency vehicle yet.
Let me know if this list doesn't jive with what you have posted. I've been trying really hard to keep track.
Everybody have a great weekend. We are anticipating a big ice storm - gotta love winter.
Sheila wrote: "I've been trying to keep track of where we all stand with filling in the spreadsheet. If this tally is wrong please let me know. Below is a list of what each of us still need to claim.Leslie - ..."
I'm hoping I'll be able to claim belt with my emergency vehicle book. I'm not sure if gun belt is acceptable for belt so I posted the question in the discussion thread. There are other uses of belt in this book, but I don't know if it's part of a clothing or something.
I understand Amy, I thought I had belt too and it turned out to be a fan belt for a car. Definitely not clothing.
Sheila wrote: "I understand Amy, I thought I had belt too and it turned out to be a fan belt for a car. Definitely not clothing."Okay, Dawn is accepting gun belt so when I'm done with my book, I'll be able to claim belt.
I thought about it as well before I claimed it but I thought it might be okay since it was part of clothing. I'm glad Dawn accepted it. Great job of keeping track, Sheila. I thought I had claimed everything but sky. Obviously I missed one.
Still looking for my rainbow!!
My mistake Leslie. You did claim shelf hereLeslie - Under the Desert Moon by Marsha Canham Finished 12/26 Review Also Claimed: Mist, Toe and Shelf
■Requesting point for uncalled item ShelfFearsome Foursome
Leslie - Under the Desert Moon by Marsha Canham Finished 12/26 Review Also Claimed: Mist, Toe and Shelf
Amy ~ Lullaby by Amanda Hocking Finished 1/14 Review Also Claimed: Moonlight, necklace and Shelf
Sheila - Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain Finished 1/7 Review Also Claimed: Rain, Shelf and Sock
Amanda A - Temptation & Twilight by Charlotte Featherstone Finished 1/18 Review Also Claimed: lightning, Shelf and sock
Thanks, Sheila! I just went back and looked and saw that I had claimed it as well.And I found my rainbow! I will be reading
And it has sky.
Sheila, I think Amy has already claimed glasses in message 146. It looks like we all need to claim sky with our rainbow books this week. If we all finish before another item is called, is that the end of the game?
Thanks Amanda, I totally missed it. Thanks for double checking.■Requesting point for uncalled item Glasses
Fearsome Foursome
Leslie - Blood Sins by Kay Hooper Finished 1/7 Review Also Claimed: Emergency Vehicle, Lightning, Glasses
Amy ~ Arise by Tara Hudson Finished 12/17 Review Also Claimed: Glasses, elbow and emergency vehicle/ambulance
Sheila - Outlaw Mountain by J.A. Jance Finished 12/31 Review Also Claimed: Wind, Elbow and Glasses
Amanda A - Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich Finished 1/5 Review Also Claimed: Wind, Cake and Glasses
Amanda A wrote: "It looks like we all need to claim sky with our rainbow books this week. If we all finish before another item is called, is that t..."Yes that will be it for us for the game. If we can get all our books read and posted before Friday morning I think we will be the big winners of the challenge. We have been pretty darn lucky with Mr. Randomizer to this point. Other teams have had a harder time with him.
We have been pretty lucky. Thanks for all of your hard work as team captain, Sheila. You've done an awesome job!
Wow, that is amazing!! I've never been on a winning team before. We were so lucky this round! Last round I played every item I picked was chosen the next week LOL!!I will get my book done ASAP! Well done, Team Leader Sheila.
Thanks guys. And thanks for pointing out that I missed a couple of items as well.
Item called Rainbow Last to Die by Tess GerritsenFinished 1/27 Rated ★★★★★'s.
Tess Gerritsen is one of my favorite authors and this is book 10 in the Rizzoli and Isles series. In this book there is a family massacres that leaves 1 teenager alive. The surviving teen ends up in a special boarding school in New Hampshire for damaged and traumatized kids. It happens to be the same school that Maura Isle's ward attends. Nothing is as it seems. Is this a school to protect these kids or were these kids saved for a special purpose? Boston PD detective is determined to find out. I loved it.
Rainbow - On a sunny day that bit of quartz would scatter rainbows around the room. page 128
Sky - Uncle Brian handed the equipment out of the house and set it up under the darkening sky page 12
I think I'll be able to finish my emergency vehicle book sometime today! Then, I can look for a rainbow book that also has sky in it!
Great Amy, once you post your er book I can claim another couple of uncalled items as well. We are well on our way to completing our mission!
Sheila wrote: "Great Amy, once you post your er book I can claim another couple of uncalled items as well. We are well on our way to completing our mission!"I'll still have to read the rainbow book. I think we'll be able to complete this this week if everyone reads their books. Lately, I've been kicking myself with reading every chance I got because I want to go back to what I was doing last year where I was reading 3-4 books a week.
3 or 4 books a week Amy! Wow. I usually read 2 at a time as long as they have very different plots so I don't get mixed up. Right now I am reading Notorious Nineteen and Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay which I am absolutely loving and can't wait to see how it turns out. I'll rate this one 5 stars for sure.My BIG goodreads challenge is the Seasonal Reading Challenge which requires reading something like 65 or 70 books in a 3 month period to finish. I have finished each season for something like 10 seasons but am way off pace this season. I'll come up about 10 books shy of finishing which I have decided is OK. I finished one team challenge yesterday and this one is on the final stretch then I am just going to take it easy with my reading. I've decided I don't like feeling pressured to read a certain book in a certain time span. I guess my "free spirit" is wanting out! haha
Sheila wrote: "3 or 4 books a week Amy! Wow. I usually read 2 at a time as long as they have very different plots so I don't get mixed up. Right now I am reading Notorious Nineteen and Never Look Away by Linwo..."Yup, I even amazed myself.
Finished: January 27th
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
I found this book to be sick and twisted, but at the same time, I really liked the story. I can't wait to see what next adventure Jasper (Jazz) and company encounter next in book two, Game
Items:
Wind: Howie had his arm out the window, hand-surfing the wind currents. (Page 190)
Belt: He was fidgeting just a bit, two fingers on his left hand idly toying with a rough patch pf scuffed leather on his gun belt, near the canister of Mace. (Page 9)
Nose: For his troubles, Jazz earned himself a bloody nose and an undying, unstinting friendship. (Page 25)
Emergency vehicle: A police car was parked there, and the man inside had already noticed him coming. (Page 328)
Points awarded for Shoulder, Cake, Paper, Necklace, Sock, Glasses & Shelf. You are currently at 26 points.
I've just requested points for Emergency Vehicle and all remaining uncalled items except sky. I think it is funny that we all left sky for the very end. Probably because it would be the easiest to find.If everyone can finish their Rainbow books before the next item is posted on Friday we will be the big winners!
Go Team!!!
Week 9:Rainbow (already claimed)1/28/13 *** stars
Rainbow:(glistened from jagged walls like rainbow shards)location 709
Sky:(expected the sky to open)location 398
Review
Gena Showalter is just an okay author for me and this was just an okay book. It's actually closer to 2.5 stars than 3 stars. In this Atlantis exists and it is populated by mythological and magical creatures. It's pretty dumb and I have a pretty high tolerance for dumb. But it reads quickly and is slightly enjoyable.
Wow you gals snuck in I didn't think we would have a winner this week. Good luck!
Ok, all points updated now you have 31, everything but sky.
Dawn Mr. Randomizer has been very friendly to the Fearsome Foursome.
Sheila wrote: "Dawn Mr. Randomizer has been very friendly to the Fearsome Foursome."You all have been really lucky picking items too.
And it really helps to have a great team!
I think we have all worked amazing together with the help of our fearless leader to coordinate what we were picking each week! Go Team 4!!
Amy, I got notice that you posted something but I am not seeing it.
Sheila wrote: "Amy, I got notice that you posted something but I am not seeing it."Sorry, I deleted it. I'm sometimes weird like that. I was going to say I'm going to read
for rainbow, but I gotta read another book first for another team challenge before I can read this one and that unfortunately that there is no rainbow found in that other book.
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I'm still working through my shoulder book which I should probably be finished within the next day or so since I'm going to be off for four days before I've to work again. I still have to find a book for emergency vehicle. I've a couple crime/mystery books on hand so there bound to be found in one of those books.