R4: Team 4~Fearsome Foursome

[~Leslie~]

I'm throwing an engagement party for my son and his fiance over Christmas at my mom's house in New Orleans, so that has taken precedence over everything. That and obsessing over going to see Les Mis.

[Sheila]

How's it going Amanda? We haven't heard from you this week. Are you enjoying Sweet Magik?

[Amanda A]

Sorry ladies! It has been a busy and stressful week at work. I can't wait for next week and some time off for the holidays. I will have my book finished by Thursday evening and before the next item is called. I apologize for being such a slacker this week.

[Sheila]

I'm sorry it has been a rough week Amanda. Christmas break is coming!

[Amanda A]

Thanks, Sheila!

I decided to change my book to . It had the same items I was shooting for in my original pick. Review will be in my next post.

[~Leslie~]

There's a great book to pick you up during a bad week!! Love that series.

[Amanda A]

Week 2: Body Part - Bone

Finished 12/12
4★

I love the intriguing Psy-Changeling world that Nalini Singh has created in this series and this book was another enjoyable installment. Riley, a wolf, and Mercy, a leopard, are leaders from two different packs within the Changeling species and always seem to be at odds with each other. They are thrown together to find a Changeling researcher who was kidnapped from their territory. The tension turns into a sizzling romance that is fun to watch as it develops. I really enjoyed the witty banter between the two and found it funny that Riley always called Mercy "kitty". I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series and can't wait to get to Hawke and Sienna's book.

Snow: "his blood a scarlet flower across the snow" ~ KL 384
Bra: "very aware of the sweat molding her black sports bra to her body" ~ KL 3357
Bone: "pure muscle over solid bone" ~ KL 238
Musical Instrument: "She's closed up tighter than a fucking drum." ~ KL 2638

[~Leslie~]

Great review, Amanda! I just finished Kiss of Snow, and am reading Tangle of Need this month. So sad to see this end! Hawke's book is every bit as good as the hype!!

[Amanda A]

Leslie wrote: "There's a great book to pick you up during a bad week!! Love that series."

It really was a nice diversion. The only bummer was that I was so tired I fell asleep while trying to read in the evening. I love this series too. :-)

[Amanda A]

Thanks, Leslie! I am going to have to read this series faster so I can get to Hawke's book!

[Sheila]

Week 2 - Body Parts/Bone called 12/7

I'm off to request the Point for Bone

Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde Finished 12/8 (Review) Also Claimed: Musical Instrument/Piano, Rainbow, Bra

Amy ~ Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter Finished 12/10 (Review) Also Claimed: Bra, mist and fruit/apple

Sheila - Cross by James Patterson Finished 12/9 Review Also Claimed: Snow, Hood and Emergency Vehicle/Squad Car

Amanda A - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh Finished 12/13 (Review) Also Claimed: snow,bra and musical instrument/drum

[Sheila]

Actually I just looked and we all have claimed a musical instrument so I'm submitting that for an uncalled point as well. Nice!

Request uncalled point for Musical Instrument

Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde Finished 12/8 (Review) Also Claimed: Musical Instrument/Piano, Rainbow, Bra

Amy ~Lover of Books~ - Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier Finished 12/3/12 (Review) Also Claimed: Rain, Curly Hair and Musical Instrument/Violin

Sheila - Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson Finished 12/1/12 (Review) Also Claimed: Rainbow, Curly Hair, Musical Instrument/Guitar

Amanda A - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh Finished 12/13 (Review) Also Claimed: snow,bra and musical instrument/drum

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week 2: Bone point awarded and Musical insturment awarded.


Congrats on being the first team with 3 points!

[Sheila]

Congratulations team. We are in the lead! Please check the Spreadsheet to make sure you got credited for all the items you claimed this week.

It looks like we could pick up some extra points this week if we fill in some blanks. (depending on what is called of course)

Leslie - curly hair
Amy - Snow or Rainbow
Sheila - bra
Amanda - ??

[~Leslie~]

I need the word to be called while I'm on my planning period!!

Way to go team!! Happy Dance at teacher's desk. I will be looking for some curly hair this week!!

[Sheila]

When does Christmas break start?

[Sheila]

Week 3:

12/14/12


Weather: Sunshine

[Sheila]

Sunshine is a good call for us since none of us have claimed it yet Of course it puts Amy's target items on hold for another week.

Several teams have already claimed sunshine so that will put us ahead (not that I am the least bit competitve mind you). Have you noticed that 3 teams aren't even on the spreadsheet yet. I wonder where they are?

[~Leslie~]

Thanks, Sheila! You must have heard me. I'm just subbing today and they get off next Friday. But my middle daughter got home from college last night and my senior in HS will be done on Wed after mid term exams. And then it's on to New Orleans for some craziness!! Time to look for some sunshine and curly hair.

[~Leslie~]

OMGosh!!! The book that I am reading for Words with friends this week will also work for this challenge and it has both sunshine and curly blond hair. I will be reading . Yay for the Psy=changeling series!! Happy reading everyone.

[Sheila]

Well Leslie, grapes need planty of sunshine and a truck to haul them to market, right? I am actually going to use the same book for both as well!

[Sheila]

Week 3 item called: Sunshine

I'll be reading

The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell

and going for sunshine, bra, toes and fruit

[Amanda A]

I am also using the same book for both again this week. I plan to read .

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

I'm going to post my book later.

[Sheila]

Week 3 item called: Sunshine 12/14



Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh

Amy ~ Arise by Tara Hudson

Sheila - The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell

Amanda A - Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Okay, I finally decided I'll read

[Sheila]

Week 3 item called: Sunshine

Finished 12/15

The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell

This is #20 in the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series. I have read all 20 and for some reason I am getting to like the books less and less. It just seems like a lot of this book is spent on Kay's paranoia that those around her are keeping things from her or involved in activities that she feels they shouldn't be. I think I probably gave the first 19 books five stars. This one I am going down to ★★★★.


Sunshine - Sunlight filters through the surface, the water green and clear just below page 105

Bra - The bra underneath is loose around the chest, the cup several sizes too big page 154

Toe - a reddish staining on the shrunken bottom of her toes page 145

Fruit - Benton opens the refrigerator and retrieves a jug of orange juice page 308

[Sheila]

Request uncalled point for Bra

Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde Finished 12/8 (Review) Also Claimed: Musical Instrument/Piano, Rainbow, bra

Amy ~ Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter Finished 12/10 (Review) Also Claimed: Bra, mist and fruit/apple

Sheila - The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell Finished 12/15 (Review) Also Claimed: Bra, toe and fruit

Amanda A - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh Finished 12/13 (Review) Also Claimed: snow, bra, and musical instrument/drum

[~Leslie~]

Great job, Sheila!

[Sheila]

Thanks Leslie. This week I get to use the same book for 3 different challenges I am doing.

[~Leslie~]

I think this week I will go for Toe and fruit. Any suggestions on what other words I should look for to help the team?

[Sheila]

I'm trying to go for the hardest stuff first. How about hood Leslie. Almost every time I found hood it was talking about a car hood or a criminal or "the hood" as in neighborhood.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Ok, sorry Team 4. With the new submitting point system it is going to be too hard to track partial points.

Sheila I can't give you credit for post 127 Sunshine until the whole team gets credit for sunshine. So because I can't give you credit for the post yet I can't give you credit for the bra. If I start just giving credit for some of the items in a post and not all of them I am going get mixed up and end up missing something.

Hope that makes sense.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Also, Sheila does your book have a refrence to sunlight or sunshine or the glow or rays of the sun. Your sentence just refrences "sun" it is kind of implied it is because of the light, but the sunshine isn't really mentioned there. I'll take it if it is the best the book has.

[Sheila]

Dawn, I wasn't sure how you were doing the uncalled points. Thank you for clarifying. When the whole team has posted, I'll request the sunshine point. Can I repost for the bra point at the same time?

Also I edited my post 127 to use a sunlight reference rather than just sun. I hope that is OK.

Thanks Dawn for a great challenge!

[~Leslie~]

Sheila wrote: "I'm trying to go for the hardest stuff first. How about hood Leslie. Almost every time I found hood it was talking about a car hood or a criminal or "the hood" as in neighborhood."
I actually decided to go for hood and found it in my book. Can't do toe because it's in the same group as curly hair (duh).

[Amanda A]

Week 3: Weather - Sunshine

Finished 12/15
5★

This is one of my favorite series so I devoured this book in one day. A visit to Virgin River always feels like catching up with old friends. This installment has four stories developing simultaneously, but one of my favorites involved Rick Sudder, who readers have watched grow up over the course of the series so far. He returns from Iraq wounded and feels like he does not deserve the love and support of his friends and family in Virgin River. Robyn Carr always knows how to pull at the heartstrings and she definitely did so with all of the stories in this book.

Sunshine: "A little daily sprinkling and some spring sunshine" ~ KL 3803
Necklace: "that diamond pendant necklace Rick had given her" ~ KL 1328
Tail: "her tail wagged so violently it sent her whole body into a quiver" ~ KL 126
Fruit: Grapes and apples pictured on cover

[Sheila]

Amanda, I've never read any Robyn Carr books before but this sounds really good. I'm going to have to find book 1 of the series.

[~Leslie~]

I have Virgin River on my TBR for next year. I've heard such good things about this series, and I love books set in small towns and you get to know all the quirky people. Fool's Gold is another good one by Kristen Ashley.

[~Leslie~]

Week 3: SunshineTangle of Need 12/17/12 *****stars
Sunshine (p211 the bright Sierra sunshine)
Curly hair(p.48 curly blond hair)
Fruit(p.72 bottles of fruit juice)
Hood (p.425 pulled back the hood of his cloak)
Review
Wow! I loved this book. Everything that has been happening is coming to a head and the tension is ratcheting up. Hawke and Sienna are also a main focus of this story and their relationship continues to grow. But the main focus is on Riaz and Adria, who is Aunt to Indigo. She is a dominant wolf who was in a poor relationship with a less dominant male and she is very scarred by the experience. Riaz is a lone wolf who met his mate, but she is married to another. He has come back to the pack to heal and when he meets and gets to know Adria, there are many sparks. Their struggles to overcome those obstacles is absolutely riveting. So many paranormal romances focus on the concept of a mating bond between a couple and the question always arises about free will to choose a partner. Nalini Singh answers that question in this book and she answers it definitively. Beautiful story.

[Sheila]

Oh Great, another great book report! This is NOT helping me reduce my tbr one bit guys.

[~Leslie~]

Well, this is the last book in the series until sometime later in 2013. It's been an amazing series to read. I have loved all of them. But I agree, these team challenges are rough on my TBR and my budget LOL!

[Sheila]

I always pay pretty close attention when someone rates a book 5 stars or uses the word WOW in their review. Also Leslie congratulations on finding both Curly hair and hood in the same book.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Sheila wrote: "Oh Great, another great book report! This is NOT helping me reduce my tbr one bit guys."

My tbr list is endless. It doesn't help when I work at my public library and I'm surrounded by all the books. Also, hopefully, I'll have my sunshine book finished by tonight or tomorrow, we shall see how it goes!

[~Leslie~]

I was pretty amazed as well, Sheila. I also found grapes and truck for the Words with friends team challenge! Great book all the way around LOL!

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Finished: December 17th
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
I wasn't as crazy about the first book in this series when I read it last year, but book two was a lot better in my opinion. The story had more action and the characters were more likable too. I can't wait to see how this trilogy concludes when the third and final book releases in June 2013!

Items:
Sunshine: Although the windows were shut tight against the cold, all the shutters lay open, flooding the room with sunshine. (Page 272)

Glasses: His light-brown hair was so short, I'd be hard-prssed to call it anything but a buzz cut, and I could barely see his eyes through the glint off his wire-rimmed glasses. (Page 91-92)

Elbow: I propped myself up on my elbow, glanced over his shoulder at his bedside clock, and fell back onto the bed beside him. (Page 17-18)

Emergency vehicle: "We think you've been poisoned-we're calling an ambulance right now." (Page 321)

[Sheila]

Great team - I'm off to request our Sunshine Point. I hope everyone is having a sunshiny day!

Week 3 item called: Sunshine 12/14

Request Point for - Sunshine


Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh Finished 12/17 Review Also Claimed: Curly Hair, Fruit and Hood

Amy ~ Arise by Tara Hudson Finished 12/17 Review Also Claimed: Glasses, elbow and emergency vehicle/ambulance

Sheila - The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell Finished 12/15 (Review) Also Claimed: Bra, toe and fruit

Amanda A - Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr Finished 12/15 (Review) Also Claimed: necklace, tail and fruit

[~Leslie~]

Yay Team!! Happy Dancing in my pajamas!! We had some good books this week!

[Sheila]

Request for uncalled point - Curly hair


Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh Finished 12/17 Review Also Claimed: Curly hair, Fruit and Hood

Amy ~Lover of Books~ - Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier Finished 12/3/12 (Review) Also Claimed: Rain, Curly hair and Musical Instrument/Violin

Sheila - Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson Finished 12/1/12 (Review) Also Claimed: Rainbow, Curly hair, Musical Instrument/Guitar

Amanda A - How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren Finished 12/2/12 (Review) Also Claimed: Rainbow, Curly hair, , Emergency Vehicle/Aid Car

[Sheila]

Request uncalled point for Bra

Fearsome Foursome

Leslie - The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde Finished 12/8 (Review) Also Claimed: Musical Instrument/Piano, Rainbow, bra

Amy ~ Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter Finished 12/10 (Review) Also Claimed: Bra, mist and fruit/apple

Sheila - The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell Finished 12/15 (Review) Also Claimed: Bra, toe and fruit

Amanda A - Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh Finished 12/13 (Review) Also Claimed: snow, bra, and musical instrument/drum