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Are re-reads allowed - does anyone know? Read first over six months ago - may even be a year agoeI have a pub 2010, grave on cover, Urban fantasy shelf and may have plot
Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "Yes, rereads are allowed"Yay and thanks!
I need help with this, I am thinking about reading The Dead. I watched the opening that was posted earlier and there is an shot of an eye. Would that work?
I just took a look at the spreadsheet we are currently sitting at 40 points after week one.
Week 2: Walking Dead 2010Shelf: Urban Fantasy 1pt
Cover: grave yard 2pt
Setting: Pub in 2010 6pt
Total: 9pts
re-read from 3/14/13 - 3/16/13
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Alex Craft is a grave witch who helps the police on occasion by raising a "shade" and questioning them. She is estranged from her family, on a first name basis with Death (who is yummy), has met a hot new detective ~ Andrew Falin and has a stone gargoyle named Fred. While investigating a case she is attacked by a "shade" and then an attempt is made on her life. To solve the case she has to work with the new detective and stay alive. One last thing, when she uses her grave witch mojo she is so cold after that she usually ends up picking up men to get her body heat back. This is the beginning of this urban fantasy series. This was just as fun a read the second time around.
Carrie wrote: "I just took a look at the spreadsheet we are currently sitting at 40 points after week one."sounds good to me! How are we doing compared to the other teams
Tied for last place, lol. But it's only a handful of points different from others, I believe the team sitting in first as 48.
Week 2: The Walking Deadcover:
setting: Published in 2010
plot: dystopia and zombies
rating: **
date finished: March 20
Review: This is not my usual genre of books that I read. I enjoy watching the show we are doing this week, but for some reason I dont enjoy it in the written form. There wasnt really anything wrong with the book, the characters were interesting and the story was well written I just didnt enjoy it.
Shelly, could you add a finish date and rating to your review? Thanks :)
Week 2: The Walking DeadBook:
Finished: March 20th
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: I liked Nightwalker it was a good start to what looks to be an interesting series. I'm not going to lie, for the first part I couldn't keep focus on it. I'd pick it up read for a bit and find my mind going elsewhere. It was slow starting for me and I feared that it wasn't going to be as good as I had hopped it would be.
Full review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Show links:
Shelf: Yes = 1 point
Cover: Graveyard = 2 points
Plot: Saving Earth= 3 points
Title: Nightwalker (has walker in it, had it approved) = 4 points
Setting: Savannah, Georgia = 6 points
Total: 16 points
Week 2: Walking Dead 2010Shelly: Review Cover, setting, plot= 11 points (March 20)
Katie: Review Shelf, cover, plot, title, setting = 16 points(March 22)
~Melissa~: Review Self,cover, setting = 9 points (March 16)
Carrie: Review Self, cover, plot, title, setting = 16 points (March 20th)
Total= 52 points
Grimm 2011Shelf: Fairy Tales
Cover:Scythe, Skeleton
Plot: has mythical creatures
Title: Grimm,Tale,fairy,or Reaper
Name: Nick Hank Juliet Monroe
Setting:Portland, OR or published in 2011-12
Grimm title Sequences
I am considering The Fairy-Tale Detectives for this week. Would woods count for the cover/title sequence and would the series title The sisters Grimm count for title?
No to woods by themselves. Yes to the Sisters Grimm for title points.
I just looked at the cover Shelly and I would say that the hand looks like a giant's hand and that would count for cover points :)
Jennifer♔Princess Penguin♔ wrote: "I just looked at the cover Shelly and I would say that the hand looks like a giant's hand and that would count for cover points :)"great thanks
I was looking at that book this morning as well but wasn't sure if we could read children's books. I just haven't had time to get on here to post my question. Is it ok if more than one on the team reads the same book? If not no worries I'll find something else
~Melissa~ wrote: "I was looking at that book this morning as well but wasn't sure if we could read children's books. I just haven't had time to get on here to post my question. Is it ok if more than one on the tea..."
if its not ok I have a back up book I can read. I will wait a day or so before I start it anyway
I believe other teams have already done it.
~Melissa~ wrote: "I was looking at that book this morning as well but wasn't sure if we could read children's books. I just haven't had time to get on here to post my question. Is it ok if more than one on the tea..."
Any type of book (except graphic novel) are allowed as long as they are over 150 pages.
And everyone on your team may read the same book if you would like.
Week 2: The Walking DeadBook:
Finished: March 22nd
Rating: 3 stars
Review: The book was an alright read. I had trouble getting interested in it and it didn't really stand out to me.
Show links:
Shelf: Yes = 1 point
Cover: Graveyard = 2 points
Plot: Saving Earth= 3 points
Title: Nightwalker (has walker in it, Carrie had it approved) = 4 points
Setting: Savannah, Georgia = 6 points
Total: 16 points
I think I found a different book to read. Question for Jennifer, Dawn or Lizz - could you look at a larger version of this cover and tell me if the image down near her jeans looks like a scythe? Kind of does to me just want clarification. Thanks!!
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❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Sorry Melissa I have to say no"No worries. Good luck finding a car. My sis in law has the same problem (view spoiler)
Week 3: Grimm
Finished on March 24
Review: I gave this book 4*'s. I really enjoyed this book. I read it with my 9 year old and we both got into the book. With the idea that all fairy-tales are real and living as real people in a town in upstate New York (very Once Upon A Time) I was worried how well written, and how believable the story would be. It was great, we were both hooked, and have started the second in the series as soon as we finished the first.
Shelf - 1 point
Cover - 2 points (got this preapproved)
Plot - 3pts
Title - 4pts (got this preapproved)
Total: 9points
Just a quick update, after week 2 we have 92 points. Still tied for last spot, but points wise not that much below the others. Still only early in the game yet!! Happy Reading!!!
Week 3Grimm
by Kate SeRine
finished 3/26/13
rating:3♥
Review: This is a first in a series. For me it was rather confusing and took a long time for the story to get interesting IMO. Lots of character introduction in this one. The premise being that "Tales" have been brought over from their stories such as Tess Little (aka Little Red Riding Hood), Gran, The Charming's(Cinderella & the Prince) etc. Tess is the main character and is an Enforcer with the Tale police force working under none other than Al Addin. Crimes have been committed that appear to possibly be committed by Tess's former flames. She is to bring them in and find the murderer. I will probably give the second book a go to see if the pace picks up.
Shelf - 1pt
Plot - 3pts
Title - series name Tranplanted Tales 4pts
Setting - published 2012 6pts
Total: 14pts
Week 3 Grimm 2011Book:
Finished: March 28th
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I drank this book, I gulped it down, I couldn't get enough of it.
Agent Thunder is a huntress with the Fairy Godmother Organization, she hunts down the humans who default on their wishes. All children who are granted a wish by their fairy godmother must repay that wish to another before they turn the age of 32. And if they don't Agent Thunder gets to pay them a little visit to help refresh their memory and she's good at what she does and gets much joy in doing her job. All that changes when she as a run in with a leprechaun named Ciaran.
What a unique idea for a story. So refreshing. As much as I love reading urban fantasy with vampires, werewolves, shifters, magic users,etc. I have yet to encounter a fairy godmother.
Links:
Cover: Fairy on cover (has been approved) =2
Plot: fairy godmothers and leprechauns = 3
Title: Fairy in the title = 4
Setting: Publish 2012 = 6
Total= 15 points
Week 4Cheers 1982
Shelf: Guilty Pleasures
Cover:Bar or drink/drinking
Plot: Main character owns a bar or restaurant....
Title: Cheer
Name: Sam, Diane, Norm, Cliff, Carla, Rebecca
Setting: Boston, Massachusettes or Pub 1982
Cheers title Sequences
HELP!! I am going to need some help finding a book for this week. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
I think this is going to be a tricky week for everyone.
Once we find book(s) we can PM them to each other. I won't be able to look until later today/tonight. We'll find something :D
Week 3Grimm
by Kate SeRine
finished 29/03/13
rating: 2 Stars
Review: This book had a good premise but the execution was somewhat lacking. I might consider eventually giving the second book a try but it is definitely not on the top of my TBR list.
Shelf - 1pt
Plot - 3pts
Title - series name Tranplanted Tales 4pts
Setting - published 2012 6pts
Total: 14pts
Week 3 Grimm 2011Shelly: Review (March 24th) Shelf, cover, plot, title = 10 Points
Katie: Review (March 29th) Shelf, plot, title, setting = 14 Points
~Melissa~: Review (March 26th) Shelf, plot, title, setting = 14 points
Carrie: Review (March 28th) Cover, plot, title, setting = 15 points
Total= 53 Points
I found one for 11 points. It takes place in Boston and has a character named Sam. I spent several hours looking and this was the best I could find. If anyone has anyother suggestions (and possibly more points) please let me know. There is the possibility that we could get plot points but not sure.
I found 2 different books that may work. I'll PM you guys the books. One of them I have already and will probably read.
I saw
in the shelf, it's a freebie I have. Then I noticed some else mention it in another thread that's worth 14 points, so I'll probably go with that one. It was offered free under this name
After 3 weeks, we are sitting in last still :P with 147 points.
The plot book that I had to ask Dawn about got approved if any of you want to read it.
I should be done with my book by tomorrow. Hope you all found something!
Happy Easter ladies!Week 4
Cheers 1982
finished 3/30/13
4.5♥
Review: This was a re-read for me. I had read it mid year last year. Still loved it second time around and I had forgotten ultimately "who had done it". Action, suspense, thriller and romance all rolled into one great book. I had forgotten about this author but not again. I've already looked into getting book #2 of this series.
Total pts: 15pts
Shelf: Yes 1pt
Plot: Main character works in a restaurant 3pt
Name: Main Character is Sam 5pt
Setting: Boston, Massachusettes 6pt
Turns out my book was wrongly combined with another, so a lass I am back to searching again. *Grumbles*
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Shelf: Urban Fantasy
Cover: Badge, bullet, arrow, grave yard
Plot: Apocalypse or trying to save the world
Title: Walk(ing)(s)(ed) Dead
Name: Rick, Lori, Carl, Shane
Setting: Georgia or Pub in 2010
Walking Dead Title Sequence