R2: ♪ The Violet Femmes

[Lauren]

I have finished my book. It was pretty good although not as engrossing as some of the earlier installments. Full review to come.

[Alley]

I have finished mine as well. I have a question waiting to be answered, so I will post once that is resolved.

[Alley]

Week 1: ♬ Battlescars by Guy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco (2012)

Book: Hell on Wheels - Julie Ann Walker
Completed: 01/04
Rating:★★★☆☆
Review: A romantic-suspense/military-spec-ops-romance. I don't normally read this genre - the military aspect of it anyway, but I like it. Will read more. This one is about Ali and Nate. Ali is Nate's best friend's sister. Bad stuff happens causing Ali to go to Nate for help. More bad stuff happens, they get through the bad stuff together, they fall in love, HEA. I'm a sucker for a sweet HEA.

Total points: 12
Shelf: On page 2 of the Military Romance shelf - 1 point
Cover: Gun on cover - links to lyrics - 2 points
Plot: Gun battle in book - 3 points
Setting: Published in 2012 - 6 points

[Bror (Abrar)]

The Night Is Mine by M.L. Buchman

Week 1: ♬ Battlescars by Guy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco (2012)
Finished: 1/4/13
Rating :★★★★
Review : This book had a lot of mess in it (pilots (SOAR) , military , FBI , the first lady , secret-agents , chefs and mommy issues) , it's a new read to me where a heroine is actually is military ops , she's not a needy brat nor i need no man bitch .
When you see a military romance the plot is automaticly about a guy but this book is about Ace-pilot Captain Emily Beale but as usual she's trying to prove herself as a woman in the military .
I liked Major Mark Henderson character and how he always had her back .
First book to me by this author and i think it's an opening for more to come .

Military Romance shelf = 1 point
Gun on cover links to lyrics = 2 points
Battle links to plot = 3 points
2012 = 6 points
= 12 points

[Lina]

Great review Ab2y! Do the links mentioned in previous post still apply?

[Lauren]

Week 1: ♬ Battlescars by Guy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco (2012)



Book: Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks
Finished: January 5th
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Review: Lacks the intensity of the previous book both in terms of the romance and the threat to the heroine.

If it is possible, Rio and Grace are far too accepting of each other. She doesn't blink an eye when he kills people even though she is supposedly a healer who cherishes life, and he embraces her paranormal abilities without question. He even goes so far as to claim that he "knew she was his" after seeing her image on video screen - talk about far-fetched. There is absolutely no conflict between them at all and this makes their romance somewhat bland and emotionless.

Every man in the book thinks Grace has amazing strength and resilience. However, to me she came across as defeatist with her "let me die" and "I will kill myself to thwart you" comments. The villain is borderline pathetic and never constitutes any real threat and the ending is saccharine sweet.

All in all, not up to Bank's standards and hopefully PJ and Cole's book will be better.

Total points: 12
Shelf: #10 on the Military Romance shelf (1 point)
Cover: Gun on cover (2 points)
Plot: Gun battle in book (3 points)
Setting: Published in 2012 (6 points)

[Bror (Abrar)]

CaroB wrote: "Great review Ab2y! Do the links mentioned in previous post still apply?"

Yes and i edited my post http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Lina]

Ab2y wrote: "CaroB wrote: "Great review Ab2y! Do the links mentioned in previous post still apply?"

Yes and i edited my post http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1......"

Thanks!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Yay, Ally, Ab2y and Lauren!


I didn't get as much read as I wanted to yesterday. We tried a different brand of motion sickness medicine and it did not do so well. So I got about 20 pages read in a 3 hour trip. And learned that my 3 year old should probably be medicated for future car trips as well. Just in case anyone ever wanted to know, new car smell and puke do not go well together.

I did get more read after I got home. I should be able to finish up today. There has't been an actual battle yet, but the main character has PTSD so I think that will count, just need ok from the mods.

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

Ugh, Dawn. Puke smell doesn't go well with anything ;) I'm sorry your trip wasn't great. I get motion sickness while riding in the car as well. I'm lucky to get read what you got read in that time frame. 2 of my daughters can read the whole trip. Makes me so jealous LOL

[Lauren]

Oh no. Sounds like you were put through the ringer.
I find it very difficult to read in the car and often start feeling sick. It makes me appreciate listening to audiobooks even more.

[Bror (Abrar)]

I love long trips , i read all the way :)

[Alley]

I get motion sickness if I even think of reading in a moving car. I can't even read a text or anything on my phone without feeling sick. It sucks.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Unmedicated I get motion sick if I am not looking out a window. But usually with over the counter medicine, I am usually good to go to read the whole way. I took my meds before the trip there and forgot to pack them for the return trip. I had my mom pick up some more for me. It was a different brand, but had the same basic ingredients. I figured it would work, not so much.

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

After so long in the car, even looking out the window doesn't help. I can't even look out the side windows, it has to be the dash board window. But if I'm driving? I'm fine and no sickness at all.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "... new car smell and puke do not go well together. "

Ugh. Makes me nauseous just thinking about it. I used to get car sick all the time as a kid. Used to have to ride shot-gun, or I was in trouble. Threw up in my aunt's new car once, on a long trip...and she was smoking... AND I repeatedly asked her to stop. She didn't; saying, "We're almost there." Of course, she was very good natured about it afterwards, saying, "I should have listened to you." Duh!

Never heard of the bags they talk about here, but zip-locks might work in a pinch.

[Dani]

Just finished reading Chasing Nikki....it was published in 2012.

I really like this book, I rate this book a 5 out of 5. I liked how it made you feel mixed emotions with both happy times and sad times. I loved how close his and her family had grown together.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Ok, finished my book, but hubby just walked in bringing me a new dryer. I've got to go help him get it in the house and I will be back to post for our points.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week 1: ♬ Battlescars by Guy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco (2012)


Rating: 4 stars
Finished: 1/5/12
Liinks: Published in 2012 (6 points) Mutiple characters with PTSD links plot to lyrics (3 points) Smoke on cover(2 points) total of 11 points


I have mixed reviews about Charley Davidson. She is just one hot mess. She cracks me up, between what she says, what her clothes say and all the headers at the begining of the chapters. My new fav being: You can't fix stupid, but you can stun it with a 2 x 4. In this installment of Charley's life she is recovering from her tramatic "accident" at the hands of a lunatics knife. It is her first trip out of the house in two months and lands her in all sorts of trouble. First off helping a girl who is dealing with her own PTSD and a stalker. Then dealing with her boyfriend aka the son of Satan, the demons chasing her and her dad who had her arrested and is dying.

While I love Charley and her antics the overall plot of the series is wavering, so many hints leading up to the possible end of the world. I'm just not drawn in to that story line. It isn't real clear but I think that is what the author is going for but it makes me not really care about that part of the plot. I will continue to read this series just to see what Charley gets into, not to see if she can save the world.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Dani wrote: "Just finished reading Chasing Nikki....it was published in 2012.

I really like this book, I rate this book a 5 out of 5. I liked how it made you feel mixed emotions with both happy times and sad t..."

Dani the first line of your books blurb is "Chase Walker used to be a good kid—charming, athletic, and with a bright future ahead, but that was before travesty struck his life, sinking him into deep despair. That sounds like battle scars to me, I am going to submit it that way to see if we can get you 9 points. The mods can let us know if it has to be in your post to count.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Ok well I updated post 23 with our points, 60 for the week. Great job!!!!!

The thread to post points is locked up still so I will post points there as soon as I can.

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Miss Dawn, I wont be making a habit out of this, but... I thought you might like to know, there is green smoke on the cover of your book. That gets you another 2 points.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

whooo hoooo. Updating my post right now. I don't mind at all you can share whatever you want with me. *wink*

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Yay us. We were the first team to submit for points!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Nicholas (Online Elf) wrote: "Miss Dawn, I wont be making a habit out of this, but... I thought you might like to know, there is green smoke on the cover of your book. That gets you another 2 points."

I am not questioning your greatness at all, but how does green smoke fit in with the song? I re-read the lyrics and I still don't see a connection.

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "whooo hoooo. Updating my post right now. I don't mind at all you can share whatever you want with me. *wink*"

Well, at the moment there's only my coffee... and I'm afraid that's a no-share zone. But we can share a dance later. *nudge*

[Lauren]

Thanks for updating the post Dawn. Fabulous work everyone!!!

[Bror (Abrar)]

Go team ^_^

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

Wow! Congrats in being the first team finished for the week!

[Lina]

Well done Violet Femmes!!!



You were the first team to finish, and your team score sits at 62 points!! Your dance card has been updated in Post #2.

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Ladies, as the team with the highest points for the first week, you will now be asked to contribute one song each for next week's list.

Please do not post your song choice on any of the threads, as this will give others an unfair advantage. I would ask that you please send me a Private Message with the Song Title and Artist of your choice.

I will then collect all your choices and add the relevant lyric and Youtube links before posting on the game threads.

I've also sent you each a Private Message to this effect, which you can just reply to. The only criteria for the song choices are below:
* It must be in English
* It must have been in the Top 50 in any country, at some point in time from the 1960s to 2012.

Thank you.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Ohhhhhh I love this new twist.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Yeah, it's a good one.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

After all the time I put into researching books and songs on the billbord charts last night I am going to be bummed, when my song isn't called and the book I want to read doesn't fit.

[Bror (Abrar)]

I like that :)

[Lina]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "After all the time I put into researching books and songs on the billbord charts last night I am going to be bummed, when my song isn't called and the book I want to read doesn't fit."

LOL! You mean to tell me you've been trying to get a head start in choosing your book????

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

CaroB wrote: "LOL! You mean to tell me you've been trying to get a head start in choosing your book???? "

Isn't that the point of getting to choose a song? Picking a song that helps me out the most? I did pick a song that would be easy for everyone else too... it wasn't all selfish. hehehe.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Ok all that sexy lil' elf I'd like to keep on my shelf has asked to make sure all the teams know that the team with the highest points for the week will be asked to submit songs for the week. I'd like for that to keep being us. He will post the potential songs for the week after he gets all the suggestions. (One of us hasn't sent it in yet.) I know not everyone stalks GR mutiple times a day like I do. But I'd like to ask if there is the potential that we are the top team check back in that week to see if we need to submit a song.

I'm a planner... it would be good to know if it's ok to start a book now, or if I should hold it and start on Friday because it would be more points. So the soonere we get the list of potential songs the better off we are to find books to fit all the possible choices.



His post is here.

[Bror (Abrar)]

We are fast readers let's keep it that way , i don't even remember my facebook password and i'm online here 24/7 .

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I was scoping out the other teams. They seem to be planning to focus on the most points next week. I think we could go for the most points per player and the fastest! The most a player could get is 21 (22 if there is a bonus word) I think if we all aim for 10+ points we'll be doing good.

[Bror (Abrar)]

we will , it's nice to be #1 every week and pick the song . we need to be here regularly and read fast .
My team lost last time and i can't get over it :( , i'm very competitive (sorry) :)

[Lauren]

Yay! We can do it!

No need to apologize Ab2y. I'm competitive too but the most important thing is to have fun ;0)

[Lina]

Ummm, Dawn, that would be an x-nay to start reading early. No reading to begin until Friday, you wont know which of the 5 songs will be picked until Friday.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

No,no not reading ahead sorry I meant I need a book to read between now and Friday. I don't want to start the perfect book for Friday today, only to find out it fits a song perfectly, then I wouldn't be able to use it.

[Lina]

Aaahhh, I see! lol, that makes a lot more sense!!

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Ladies have sent your songs to Mr.Elf ? Should I bat my eyelashes for him to post them or for you to send it to him?

[Phoenix (Online Elf), Moderator]

Lovely, sexy, and alluring Miss ShoSho. Not to worry, my precious. I have all the songs from everyone. Just checking a few things with videos.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Whoa. He was gushing quite a bit there, ShoSho.

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Thank you Mr.Elf
* Bats her eyelashes anyway*

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Whoa. He was gushing quite a bit there, ShoSho."

That was the aim!:D