R2: ♪ The Violet Femmes

[Bror (Abrar)]

Hey guys sorry i'm late , i'm having my exams this week . I don't have time to search for a book with my studying , i'll try to take a couple of hours off and read . Wish me luck :)

[Lauren]

No worries, Ab2y. Good luck on your exams!

[Lauren]

Week 5 - ♬ Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men (2011)


Book: Working Stiff by Rachel Caine
Finished: February 2nd
Rating: ★★★★1/2
Review: My first Rachel Caine book and I will definitely be reading more. I'm not really a fan of Zombies but Caine's version is unique and compelling. The plot is excellent with numerous unpredictable twists and turns and the heroine comes across as very real despite her circumstances. My one small nitpick is that she has a tendency to get beaten up a lot but we can't have everything.

Total points: 16
Cover: Skeletons (2 points)
Plot: Undead Monsters Vs. Humans, Heroine also on quest (3 points)
Artist: Heroine's name is Bryn (5 points)
Setting: Published in 2011(6 points)

[Bror (Abrar)]

Finished my book , i'll post my review when i come back from school .

[Alley]

I'm only halfway through mine. I should be finished by this evening hopefully.

[Manvir]

Song: ♬ Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men (2011) ♬


Book: Mind Over Monsters
Finished: 02/02
Rating: ★★★
Review: Started off a little slow but I found all the characters interesting. I love paranormal mystery type books and this was not bad. It's a quick read too so I'm looking forward to continuing the series.

Total Points: 16
Cover: 2 Monsters (Zombies) on cover
Plot: 3 A government group of (mostly) humans fighting monsters
Title: 4 Has the word Monster in it
Setting: 6 Published in 2011
Bonus Word: 1 Stomp: "I stomp back to my room, the anger rolling of me like smoke." -pg 144

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I updated post 28. We should have 75 points with out the finish bonus for this week.

[Alley]

Song: ♬ Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men (2011) ♬

Book: Mind Over Monsters - Jennifer Harlow
Finished: 02/02
Rating:★★★★☆
Review: I really liked this one. It combines two of my favorite genres - paranormal and crime/police procedurals. It is a super quick enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to more from this author.

Total Points: 16

Cover: Monsters on cover - 2 points
Plot: Humans (and some non-humans) fighting monsters - 3 points
Title: Monster - 4 points
Setting: Pub in 2011 - 6 points
Bonus Word: pg. 144 - I stomp back to my room, the anger rolling of me like smoke. - 1 point

[Manvir]

Oops forgot to add the page number. Duh, I knew I forgot something haha.

[Bror (Abrar)]

Mind Over Monsters by Jennifer Harlow

Week 5 - ♬ Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men (2011)
Finished: 2/2/13
Rating :★★★
Review : This book will make a very cool tv show , it's like a mix of csi and buffy the vampire slayer . I liked the writing style easy and smooth , my favorite character was the hyper-crazy-mannerless-thief teenager .
There were lots of visual tricks that i'll like to see rather than read but over all the book was good .

Cover: monsters 2 points
Plot: humans (and some non-humans) fighting monsters 3 points
Title: Monster 4 points
Setting: 2011 - 6 points
Bonus Word: stomp pg.144 1 point
= 16 Points

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Submitting for points.

Violet Femmes

Week 5
Song:♬ Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men (2011) ♬
Total Team Points for the Week: 80
Team Finish Points: 5
Individual Points: 72
Bonus Word Points: 3

Manvir: Mind Over Monsters♪ Feb 2 ♫ [Review] ♯ {16 Points= Cover,Plot, Title, Setting, Bonus}

Ab2y: Mind Over Monsters♪ Feb 2 ♫ [Review] ♯ {16 Points= Cover,Plot, Title, Setting, Bonus}

Lauren: Working Stiff♪ Feb 2 ♫ [Review] ♯ {16 Points= Cover, Plot, Name, Setting}

Alley: Mind Over Monsters♪ Feb 2 ♫ [Review] ♯ {16 Points= Cover,Plot, Title, Setting, Bonus}

Dawn: A Million Suns ♪ Feb 1 ♫ [Review] ♯ {11 Points= Setting, Plot, Cover}

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Carob posted this in the something to talk about thread.

CaroB wrote: "Captains, could you please pass this onto your teams (Emerald City Readers and Violet Femmes, you don't need to as you've gotten to pick songs):

Could everyone that hasn't yet picked a song, send a song suggestion through to Mr Elf via Private Message please. We will be choosing a song from the general suggestions for the last three weeks of the game. Thanks. ..."

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Probably a good thing. I didn't have anything else to suggest besides the thong song again!

[Manvir]

Lol!

I'm glad too. I just pick whatever song is in my head at the moment. For instance if I had to pick a song again it would be Locked out of Heaven by Bruno Mars. So in love with this song right now.

[Lina]

You ladies are absolutely on fire!! I'm not sure how you do it, but I'm a little bit in awe and definitely feeling like if I were still playing I'd possibly be stepping my foot out on the off chance one of you tripped over it... only in the nicest possible way of course, lol...

Seriously, well done Violet Femmes!!! I've updated your dance card in Post #2!

[Lina]

OMG, just read back over that and it sounded really horrible!! It's meant as a joke but I don't think it reads as funny as it sounded in my head :-(

[Susan (susayq ~), Moderator]

CaroB wrote: "OMG, just read back over that and it sounded really horrible!! It's meant as a joke but I don't think it reads as funny as it sounded in my head :-("

:) We know you have the best intentions :)

[Lauren]

CaroB wrote: "OMG, just read back over that and it sounded really horrible!! It's meant as a joke but I don't think it reads as funny as it sounded in my head :-("

Lol! Actually, it sounds funny in my head too so no worries.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I laughed too. And I am sure the other teams have had similar thoughts too.

[Manvir]

Haha CaroB it's all good.

[Alley]

Rofl. That's awesome CaroB.

I'm glad we don't get to choose songs anymore. I had 2 doozies picked though. Milkshake by Kelis and Barbie Girl by Aqua. Those would have been fun. :)

[Lauren]

It is a good thing we are in cyberspace, Alley, because if either of those two songs was picked, someone (maybe me) would have tried to strangle you, lol!

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

**snortsnort**

[Lina]

Oh I could definitely see the promise in Barbie Girl.. book link possibilities galore! I wouldn't have been a big fan of studying the video clip over and over to try to get the cheat sheet happening though.

[Alley]

I can see it now - dozens of people having Barbie Girl stuck in their heads.

"Come on Barbie, let's go....%#€$&^£ Alley!" *shakes fist in anger*

I almost chose it last time. If it had gotten picked, I would have totally been all 'Omg I'm so sorry' on the outside. On the inside, I would have been

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I can't wait to see what else gets nominated. Someone else had to come up with hard songs too.



Meanwhile humming in my head ♬ Life in plastic, it's fantastic ♬

[Lina]

You can brush my hair...

[Bror (Abrar)]

You can touch, you can play If you say I'm always yours, ooh ooh ooh ( hmmmmm 8 years' old ringtone or pornstar's moto ? ) I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie world hehehe

[Lauren]

Oh no, I'm having flashbacks to my teens. Never a good sign ;0)

[❀Tea❀]

Some of us haven't send a song yet. Don't tempt me! :D

*Come on Barbie, let's go party! ah ah ah yeah*

[Lina]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Some of us haven't send a song yet. Don't tempt me! :D

*Come on Barbie, let's go party! ah ah ah yeah*"

ROFL!!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Potential songs are up and at this point I would have rather had Barbie Girl. Unless someone else can come up with something brilliant and easily accesible I might be low on points again, unless it is the Devil went down to Georgia.

Gea : "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi (2006)Video|Lyrics

Susan (susayq): "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift (2012) Video|Lyrics

Carrie: "Say You'll Haunt Me" by Stone Sour (2010) Video|Lyrics

Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔: Thriller by Michael Jackson (1982) Video|Lyrics

Melissa: "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" By Charlie Daniels Band (1979) Video|Lyrics

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Just a review from snooping the other teams.

So far only Orange and us have submitted for points.

Based on the books that have been read, I am pretty sure Yellow will still beat us for points overall.

Green will be close, we will be with in 5 points of them depending on thier last book.

I am almost positive we will over take red.

So that will at least bump us up to 3rd place if not second.

[Manvir]

Ahh I had a long day today so no time to do research on books. I'll just wait till tomorrow.

[Lauren]

This week's song:

Week 6 - ♬ I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift (2012)


Possible Links
Lyrics: Click Here
Video: Video
Shelf: Bad Boy
Word: RHYTHM

[Lauren]

I am going to read

Worth 13 points:

Shelf: Bad Boy (1 point)
Cover: Tattoo (2 points)
Plot: Hero has a bad reputation (demon of promiscuity) (3 points)
Setting: Published 2012 (6 points)
Bonus word: Rhythm (1 point): Page 98: "A second later, her heart kicked back into gear, slamming into a too-fast rhythm, making her pant".

[Alley]

I've already started .

It has shelf, cover, plot, name, setting and the bonus word. 18 points isn't too shabby.

[Bror (Abrar)]

I was going to read but i have and according to Alley it worth a lot , so i'm reading it .
Thank you Alley :)

[Alley]

And I'm done. Yay for lazy Fridays!

Week 6 - ♬ I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift (2012)

Book: My Favorite Mistake - Chelsea M Cameron
Finished: 02/08
Rating:★★★★☆
Review: Super quick read. Taylor lives in co-ed housing on campus with 2 other girls. The fourth roommate turns out to be a hot guy named Hunter. Taylor isn't happy and tries her best to get him out. Things happen and they fall in love, of course. I found both Taylor and Hunter annoying but kind of cute in a screwed-up person kind of way. I'd normally give a book like this 3 ★s. The extra ★ is because it sucked me in and I didn't want to put it down until I was done.

Total Points: 18

Shelf: On the Bad Boy shelf - 1 point
Cover: Almost kissing couple - 2 points
Plot: Hunter is a 'bad boy' - 3 points
Name: Main character is named Taylor - 5 points
Setting: Pub in 2012 - 6 points
Bonus Word: epub pg. 360 - ...his hand tapping a steady rhythm on his leg. - 1 point

[Lauren]

OMG, Alley! That is fast even for us ;0)

[Lauren]

Found another one also worth 13 points - might read it instead:




Worth 13 points:

Shelf: Bad Boy (1 point)
Cover: Tattoo (2 points)
Plot: Hero has a bad reputation (3 points)
Setting: Desert wasteland (6 points)
Bonus word: Rhythm (1 point): "...he found a driving rhythm.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

Oh, that's a good one, Lauren.

[Lauren]

Thanks Lisa Kay. I'm looking forward to getting back into this series after a bit of a break.

[Lisa Kay, Moderator]

I'll be looking out for your review, Lauren.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I am 68% done with my book . It is at least 13 points maybe 19. It is only partially set in the desert so I am not sure if it will count.

[Lina]

Alley, sorry him, cover doesn't quite make it.

[Alley]

CaroB wrote: "Alley, sorry him, cover doesn't quite make it."

It does according to this post, but I'll change it.

[Lina]

My sincere apologies, Alley. I hadn't read that post before. My bad, almost kissing is counted as cover points, don't change it. Sorry for the mix up!

[ShoSho , Moderator]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "I am 68% done with my book . It is at least 13 points maybe 19. It is only partially set in the desert so I am not sure if it will count."

Is it any good Dawn? the rating is low

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

ShoSho **The sick chick** wrote: "Is it any good Dawn? the rating is low ..."


It's ok so far. I'm not enjoying the heroine. The plot is ok, the sex scenes a bit unbelivable. Right now I'd give it 3 stars, but I read the ratings and someone said there is a clifhanger, so I am not sure the ending will help.