FL1: Team #6 ~ Read in Sixty Seconds

[Regina]

Oh you mean my profile pic. Lol.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yep!

[[deleted user]]

What regina , seriously ! So much change !!

[Crystal S]

I'll read .

[[deleted user]]

I'm done with my book!

Week: 7
Card: 2 of Diamonds
Space: #121 Blue
When you give a duke a diamond
Finished: 10/3/13
Rating: 3 1/2 stars.
Review: This was a book about a duke and a courtesan , it had great potential , but somehow maybe it was me I don't know , I just coudnt get into it , couldn't connect with the characters at all . I will be continuing with the series but frankly , highly dissapointed.

[Regina]

I am changing my book to

[Regina]

That was fast Karen! Did you like it?

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Regina I didn't realise #4 was due so soon, so thanks for that ;)

[[deleted user]]

Regina wrote: "That was fast Karen! Did you like it?"

It was ok , but I felt absolutely no connection to the characters!

[Regina]

Week: 7
Card: 2 of Diamonds
Space: #121 Blue
Book: Eddie's Prize by Maddy Barone

Finished: 3/12/13
Rating: 2.5 stars
Review:
This review hurst me to write. I was so looking forward to this book. I did not enjoy this book. I like the setting and will be back for further books in this series, but this romance was done poorly and I just did not believe in it. I don't want to spoil it for people waiting for the release so I will leave it at that. I am actually rating up by giving it 2.5 stars.

[[deleted user]]

Aww ! Regina ! I hope your next book is better !

[[deleted user]]

Btw Paris after seeing your post I was tempted to return to the lux series ! Just finished shadows , rereading obsidian now and then onto the next two books !

*happy dance*

[Regina]

I have been wanting to read that series (Lux) for awhile.

[[deleted user]]

It is very good ! You definitely should :)

[Paris]

Seriously ladies...wait until you read my review for Opal which is what I read for this week. I am having a time formulating words. That series is freaking unbelievably awesome. I'm sure it has flaws, but I'm so blinded by the sheer awesomeness of it all that I can't even see them. I haven't read Shadows yet, but I'll be reading that soon. I am so sad and annoyed that Origins isn't coming out until the end of August.

[Paris]

Week: 7
Card: 2 of Diamonds
Space: #121 Blue


by Jennifer L Armentrout
Finished: 3/10/13
Rating: 5 Stars

It took me 3 days to read the 3 books that are currently available in this series. It took me only a few pages to fall in love with these characters and to become so invested in them that the minute this book ended I was extremely distraught. I don’t know how Jennifer Armentrout could have ended this book the way she did. I’m dying for the next book which doesn’t even come out for months. If I had known that this was how I was going to feel after reading these books I probably would have waited until closer to the release for Origins.

When reading, most of the time you finish a book and then immediately move right on to the next one in your TBR list. Sometimes you finish a book and it sits with you for a little while and then you move on. Other times you finish a book and you can’t get rid of it. You dream about the characters, you worry about what’s going to happen to them. The book haunts you and makes it hard to move on to whatever you’re supposed to read next. This is one of those books. Heck, this series is one of those series. Before I finished book one, I owned Onyx and Opal. Before I even started reading Onyx I was ready to read Opal and of course I started Opal the second I finished Onyx even though it was past my bedtime.

So many unbelievable things happen in this book. The DOD is freaky and so incredibly screwed up. It freaks me the heck out that the government is so shady. I’m sure that things like this do exist…maybe not aliens, but shady government branches. Makes me glad I don’t live in a small town where creepers could be lurking at all times. Speaking of creepers, Blake is back and that man deserves to get his head ripped from his body. Of course Daemon and Katy are amazing together. They’ve got screaming intense chemistry and there are so many great scenes between them that include the snarky banter that I fell in love with in Obsidian. All I can ask now is…is it August yet?

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week: 7
Card: 2 of Diamonds
Space: #121 Blue


Beauty Awakened (Angels of the Dark), Gena Showalter
Finished: 3/14/13
Rating: 3 1/2 stars.
Review: Some of Gena's work just sucks me in and doesn't let go, some of it is just missing that hook. This one was missing the hook. The plot and story were good, it was just not as great as I know she can be. I will probably still continue on with this series as it intertwined with the LotU which I do love.

[Regina]

I am hoping for blue, green, orange or red or a free space tomorrow! I have an arc I need to read and it has all of those colors in it. :)

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Blue, orange and maybe red... (would pink count as red?) will work for me.

[Crystal S]

Week 7: Space 121/Blue


Finished 03/15/13
★★★★

Another great Dark Hunter book by Kenyon. That said, I didn't like it as much as Dance with the Devil. I think I'm just a sucker for bad boys and Wulf wasn't really a bad boy. LOL. He was bad-ass, of course, but actually a pretty kind-hearted and sweet hero. Loved his interactions with Chris. I hope that's not the last we'll see of Chris. I enjoyed getting a smidge more background info on Acheron. I'm still salivating for his book. Great new characters (Kat, Urian). I've actually read this before, but it was long enough ago that I remembered literally nothing about it. Looking forward to the next book, which I also have read, but remember nothing about.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Ooooo I've been so busy with all my team challenges I forgot about finishing that one Crystal, Vane is up next though! Yum.

[Regina]

Karen, do you know what time you will be posting the card? Just trying to decide if I should start a book or wait. :)

[[deleted user]]

Sorry people but I will have to step down as captain , I'm having a very bad streak in life right now , my computers charger has stopped working , I'm keeping on falling ill , and now the doctor has said that my grandmother has max 4 m to live *sobs*we have guests coming over almost all the time !

I'm extremely sorry for having been such a pathetic captain and I apologise with all my heart and I really didn't mean to mess everything up *hangs head*

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I'm very sorry to hear that life is kicking you hard and spittin in your face, Karen.

I'm sure I speak for your team when I say, I hope things improve, you stay strong and family is very important.

I guess you're staying in the team, just not the captaincy. Totally understand a need to read, particularly in the bad times.

I therefore call for a new captain to step forward and post the reviews and draw this week's card.

[Crystal S]

I have no desire to be captain, but since I'm awake I thought I'd go ahead and post our reviews and draw a card.

Hope things get better Karen. Are you leaving altogether or just as captain?

Week 7
Card: 2 of Diamonds
Space: 121/Blue

Reviews
Karen - Review of When You Give a Duke a Diamond ★★★1/2
Regina - Review of Eddie's Prize ★★1/2
Paris - Review of Opal ★★★★★
Dawn - Review of Beauty Awakened ★★★1/2
Crystal - Review of Kiss of the Night ★★★★

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay Crystal, thanks for jumping in, even if temporarily.

[Crystal S]

Here's what I got guys.



Week: 8
Card: 6 of Spades
Space: #125
Color: Orange

[Regina]

Karen I am so sorry about your Grandmother. And I definitely understand about rough life patches.

Crystal, thank you for stepping in temp.

Anyone want to be captain? If needed, I am happy to divide up tasks.

[Regina]

My orange book is going to be

*The author's name is in orange.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

All that flesh looks all tanned and orange. LOL.

[Regina]

Lmao!!

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Karen no worries, you take care of what you need to. I think we all have had occasions where real life just jumps in and bites you. No need to hang your head.

I'm not sure I'm available every week to post at the right time, but I think I could cover it this week. Maybe we could all rotate weeks? I haven't checked the sheet to see how close anyone is to finishing. I'll go look now.

[Regina]

Dawn, I like that idea. :) Or, maybe on Fridays too we could say who is available to gather the reviews - anything to make it easier.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

So it could be anywhere from 2-4 more weeks of the draw, it is afterall the luck of the draw.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I've got I want to read.

[Paris]

sorry guys. I'm in Vegas so I have limited access but I can step in to be captain. I work on Saturdays and am online all day.

Sorry about your grandma and everything ekse Karen. I'll keep your family in my thoughts

[Regina]

LOL -- poor gal in Vegas. :) Have fun!

Thanks for stepping in!

[Crystal S]

I'll be reading .

[Paris]

I am back...exhausted, but back.

I'll be reading which is the Polish edition of

[Paris]

Week: 8
Card: 6 of Spades
Space: #125
Color: Orange

Reviews
Paris: Review of Undone ★★★★
Regina: Review of After Hours ★★★★.5
Dawn: Review of Lucky in Love ★★★
Crystal: Review of Blood Sport ★★★★
Karen: Review of Dark Lover ★★★★

[Paris]

Week: 8
Card: 6 of Spades
Space: #125
Color: Orange

Book 1 of the Outcast Season series by Rachel Caine
Finished: 3/19/13
Rating: 4 Stars

I really liked this book. I think it's a great departure from the Weather Warden series, yet had many of the elements that I loved about that series. I am so happy that there were cameos from some of the characters we know and love from WW (view spoiler)[Loved seeing Jo and David, but it was seeing Imara and Johnathan that really got me excited. (hide spoiler)]

I think Cassiel is fabulous. She's very different from Joanne, but I think that's exactly why she works. We really got an idea of what the Old Djinn were like in the WW series, cold, calculating and uncaring. Cassiel is all of that, but as she spends more time as a human she's learning to be more.

I think it'll be interesting to see where she and Luis go from here. That ending was a crazy cliffhanger and not what I was expecting. And seriously (early in the book spoiler) (view spoiler)[I can't believe Manny and Angela are dead. That was a huge, sad moment that I definitely was not expecting. (hide spoiler)]

[[deleted user]]

Thank you all for your wishes and thanks Paris for taking over !

Yes , I will be continuing in the team . Just not as captain!

[Paris]

How's everyone doing with their books? Tomorrow is the day to make our next move.

[[deleted user]]

I need 2-3 hours more to finish so I will be done !

[Paris]

Sweet! I won't be on much for the rest of today, but I work at 9 am pst tomorrow so I'll be on for the majority of tomorrow.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Drat I was done days ago and haven't done my review yet. Will post here in a min.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week: 8
Card: 6 of Spades
Space: #125
Color: Orange

Finished: March 20
Rating 3 Stars

I enjoyed this installment of Lucky Harbor. It wasn't as phenomenal as the first three. The characters just wern't as deep to me. I did enjoy the introduction of three new characters to look forward to. I am looking forward to Amy's story.

[Crystal S]

I'm gonna try to finish my book in the next few hours cuz I won't have time tomorrow.

[Crystal S]

I've finished my book. I've got to get some sleep so I'll write a review at some point tomorrow.

[Regina]

OMG I am loving my book. I will be back to post my review, I am almost done. It is just delicious.