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Steph Ann wrote: "I don't seem to have any self control when it comes to books. I told myself I was going to wait until the library got it in and then I would borrow it. I made it a day before I went ahead and bough..."I've preordered the MMP and I would've bought the kindle to tide me over, however, they won't let me buy it so I'm first on the list for the library when its released here next week. Fingers crossed that the library hurries up.
lol, Tiffanie, I don't think my fiance quite understands it either. He likes to read, but he definitely doesn't read as much as I do. I told him once how many books were on my TBR list, and the look he gave me clearly said he thought I was crazy. :)Sandra, you're lucky to be first on the list at the library! My luck never works out that way. I waited about two months for my turn to read
from the library. The whole time, one my coworkers kept telling me how good it was and that I needed to read it ASAP. It was torture!
I should have my Free Space book finished today! :)
My husband keeps asking me, every now and then, "Do we need all these books", my reply "Yes, I haven't read them all yet" ROFL He doesn't seem to realise I have the same again on the computer.Then he says "Can we get rid of any of them" my reply "NO." I'm lucky cause he does bring me bookcases, so I must be doing something right :DD
Free Space
(from SOS Bookshelf)Read: 6-7-13
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review:
I was a little torn on what rating to give this book. The first 15-20 percent went really slowly, as there was a lot of world building, character introducing, etc. I'll admit I'm still not 100% clear on how things operate in this universe, but I find it very intriguing.
Once I hit the 20 percent mark, with every page, I found myself more and more interested and invested in what was going on. By the time I reached the end, I didn't want it to be over. However, that first 20 percent made it hard for me to justify giving the book 4 stars, which is why I'm going with 3.5.
This is definitely not a light and fluffy read. It's incredibly dark, especially when you consider the fact that the heroine is only 12 at this time. I'm interested to see where the story goes from here and will most likely pick up the 2nd book sooner rather than later.
Sandra wrote: "My husband keeps asking me, every now and then, "Do we need all these books", my reply "Yes, I haven't read them all yet" ROFL He doesn't seem to realise I have the same again on the computer.The..."
hehe... my hubby just glares at me when I talk about going to Bookman's (our local used book store and one of the best things about Tucson :D)
Steph Ann wrote: "I'm really hoping 
works for whatever shelf is called this weekend. I just keep hearing such good things about it! I'm starting to get very anxious to read it! :)"Have you read your free space book? I (and lots of other folks!) read HoO for that... ;)
Judithe wrote: "Have you read your free space book? I (and lots of other folks!) read HoO for that... ;)"I did actually read my free space book already. I was already halfway through it when I finally bought HoO, so I figured I should just finish it. :)
For book boyfriends, I'll be reading
. :)
I still need to read my assassins book, but I will be reading
for book boyfriends.
For book boyfriends I'll read
and I'll choose another free space book. It'll probably be
for FS
Book Boyfriends: 5/5Stamp Received: 6/25/13
Barbara: On Dublin Street, 3 stars, Review
Breann: Twice Tempted, 4 stars, Review
Christal: Ten Tiny Breaths, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Blood Hunt, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie:A Touch of Crimson, 2 stars, Review
I'll finish my FS book today and will read
for book boyfriend.
Ooohh, I read that a little bit ago and loved it!
I've heard good things about
, Barbara. I'll look forward to seeing what you think of it!
I was at a family reunion all day yesterday, with no access to a computer. Sorry..I'm going to read
for the book boyfriends shelf.I'm almost done with my FS shelf book too.
Finally I can put one on the board. :)Free Space:
Title/Author: Before I Wake - Rachel Vincent
Series: Soul Screamers
Read: June 9, 2013
Rating: ★★★★
First time author? no
To-Be-Continued? yes
Review:
After If I Die I wasn't sure I was going to continue the series. I so did not like the whole Kaylee-Tod thing. But of course, I continued the series and I'm glad I did. I totally loved Tod in Before I Wake. He has turned into such a sweet guy and he's such a funny character. I've decided I like Kaylee and Tod together. This installment is full of twists and turns as well as lots of dead people. Yup people are dropping like flies...damn those hellions!
I even liked Sabine and Sophie as both really came into their own in this one. And Luca, yup I will definitely be reading the conclusion to this series sooner rather than later.
Free Space ShelfBorn of Fire
Sherrilyn Kenyon
4 Stars
Completed 06-09-13
CI Syn raised in the gutter as a thief, now trained as an assassin, he allows no one too close.
Shahara Dagan the best bounty hunter in the universe. Takes the one contact no one else could ever complete, bring in CI Syn.
This is the 2nd book in The League Series and a good continuation of the series.
@Barbara If you end up liking On Dublin Street, I think you will like Ten Tiny Breaths too. They had a very similar feel to me.
Shelf: Book Boyfriends
Read: 10 June 2013
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Ten Tiny Lies is one of the better contemporary romances I have read lately. It did have a similar vibe to On Dublin Street so if you liked that one, you'll probably like this one too. Kasey was almost too unlikable at times, but the other characters really made up for it. I saw the twist coming from a mile away, but I thought it was pretty well handled. All in all, a pretty satisfying read but I'm not sure I would have classified Trent as a book boyfriend.
Great job, everybody! Just 1 more Free Space book and 2 more Assassins books, and we'll be ready to request stamps for each of those spots! :)I'm about halfway through my book boyfriends pick and should easily have it finished in the next day or so. My fiance is on the night shift this week, so I'll have a ton of reading time.
Shelf - Book Boyfriends
Read: 6/11/13
Rating: 4 stars
Review
I always forget how much I enjoy this series. I've been looking forward to Logan's book for awhile now, and it definitely didn't disappoint. Hope was a very strong heroine, which is something I've always liked about this series. She was definitely willing to throw herself into a fight rather than just sit back and let the guys do all the work. She and Logan definitely had chemistry, and I was very satisfied with how everything progressed throughout the story. Some future storylines are set up here as well, and I'm very interested to see where they go.
Shelf - Assassins
Read: June 13, 2013
Rating: ★★★
Review:
Let me start my review how GRRM ended this book...
”Hey, wait a minute!” some of you may be saying about now. “Wait a minute, wait a minute! Where’s Dany and the dragons? Where’s Tyrion? We hardly saw Jon Snow. That can’t be all of it. Well, no. There’s more to come. Another book as big as this one."
His brilliant plan was to split this massive novel into two and instead of using the time frame to decide where to split it, he just took out half the characters...the good ones! And not only left the lame-ass characters but added a few new lame-asses. Does this mean that the events in A Dance With Dragons are going to occur during the same time frame as this one or afterwards? That will be mighty confusing.
This book was harder to slog through than the first three put together as all my favorite characters were missing and the ones left were just plain old boring. Very little of any import happens. Heck I think GRRM could have paraphrased the entire book into a prologue for A Dance With Dragons. Hey if he can use ravens to impart important details, why can't he use the same method for most of this book. I honestly had to force myself to pick up this book each and every day though I had more difficulty forcing myself to read more than 50 pages at a time. It was just mind-numbingly boring and repetitive. I was thrilled when I read the final word just so I could move on to a hopefully more exciting adventure with Dany, Jon Snow, Tyrion and Bran.
The only things I liked about this book were Jamie's story (he's slowly redeeming himself in my eyes), Brienne's story (though at time this bored me to tears) and crazy Cersei's (view spoiler) (boy was I routing for that.) I also liked Arya (though I can't figure out what the heck she's doing as Cat) and Sansa (though she creeped me out everytime she called Petyr father.) The rest of the book, GRRM could have kept to himself. I like Samwell too but his portions were incredibly boring and filled with barfing and crying. Yeah that I could have done without.
Finally able to really get into Twice Tempted and going to buy Heart of Obsidian tomorrow (yay payday ;)). Hoping to get both of them done before Monday, my little family & I are going to the beach for the week :)
I'm looking forward to your reviews, Breann! Both of those books look really good (and have gotten great reviews).Barbara, I was just reading an article earlier this week that mentioned that A Feast for Crows was probably the least popular book in that series because of the lack of Dany, Tyrion, and Jon. I'm only at book 2 so far, but I'm not looking forward to #4!
It was a real chore to read because I really didn't care about any of the characters. It really was a 1000+ pages travelogue where nothing was done and little was learned. Good luck.
Book Boyfriend:
Read: June 14, 2013
Rating: ★★★
Review:
I guess I'm part of the minority as I didn't love this book nor did I love Braden. Braden was such a caveman that he tended to get on my nerves. Oh yeah the sex scenes were hot as hell but outside of the bedroom, neither main character was really likable. Joss came across as a flighty, bitchy, unsympathetic character. The only character I really liked was Ellie and even she got irritating with the whole Adam thing. I guess this was just too angsty for me. Don't get me wrong, it's not a horrible book but I won't be continuing the series.
Book Boyfriends: Twice Tempted
6/14/13
★★★★✩
Well, they don’t call him Vlad the Impaler for nothin’. Vlad is one seriously bloodthirsty vamp and he has absolutely no qualms about it. And Leila loves him just the way he is.
When we start off Vlad and Leila are having some relationship issues. Leila wants commitment in the form of “I love you” and a toilet installed his bathroom. It’s really the courteous thing to do. Making your girlfriend walk down the hall to another bathroom? No, I don’t think so. But you know how these heroes are, they’re all, “No, I’m incapable of loving anyone. Deal with it. You are my woman and I am caveman. Spread your legs for me.” Luckily, Leila is a kickass heroine in her own right and left without looking back. Well, maybe she looked back a little but she still left his arrogant ass. Maximus took Leila back to her old carnival friend, Marty, until she could figure out what to do next. While at the carnival someone is out to hurt Leila, resulting in her capture. Who comes to the rescue? Dracula himself.
Oh, I seriously love these two. They are both such strong characters and could each have their own book without any romancing and I would still be craving more. But them together? There aren’t many PNR couples that can live up to Vlad & Leila. Like I said, they had some issues in the beginning but they were resolved in the most perfect way possible. But saying anything more would be some major spoilers. So much happened in this book for their relationship and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Before Leila is captured and then rescued by Vlad she spends quite a lot of time with Maximus. I love him. I want him to have his own book. Can he please get his own book? He’s not quite as in your face alpha as Vlad or Bones, but more of a quiet, I’ll be there when you least expect it type of alpha male. I was so sad to see his heart broken in this book and I would love to read about his HEA.
Of course, this was action packed, with some super hot sex scenes, major alpha male-ness, a strong heroine, snarky comments and LOL moments. So, it was great. I didn’t really expect anything less.
Barbara ★ wrote: "Book Boyfriend: Read: June 14, 2013
Rating: ★★★
Review:
I guess I'm part of the minority as I didn't love this book nor did I love Braden. Braden was such a..."
Aw, bummer! I love angsty, that's probably why I loved it :D
Breann wrote: "Just bought !! SQUEEEEEE!!!"I hope you enjoy it!!
I'll keep
in mind for when I'm in an angsty mood. :)
We're real close to being able to request our first stamps! We just need Breann's free space book, Christal's Assassins book, and Tiffanie's Book Boyfriends book. Great job, everybody! :)
Free Space: Heart of Obsidian
6/15/13
★★★★★
What to say...what to say...
It was fantastic? I loved every second?
So, that doesn't really do this book justice and nothing that I write ever could. Nobody writes PNR quite like Nalini Singh. I had huge expectations here and they were met and surpassed. Not only in the love story but in the progression of the plot. Everything fans have been waiting for happened in this book, but it's still only the beginning of what's to come next.
Next shelf is up! strong heroinesAnd of course, someone shelved Heart of Obsidian as strong heroine, but not the plural version. *sigh*
I'll request our Free Space stamp! Yay! :)
Free Space: 5/5Stamp Received: 6/17/13
Barbara: Before I Wake, 4 stars, Review
Breann: Heart of Obsidian, 5 stars, Review
Christal: After Dark, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Daughter of the Blood, 3.5 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Born of Fire, 4 stars, Review
For Strong Heroines, I'll be reading 
.
Steph Ann wrote: "I'll keep in mind for when I'm in an angsty mood. :)"Don't judge it on my review as I was definitely in the minority. I liked the beginning but Joss got on my nerves with her neuroses.
For strong heroines, I'm going to read
.
Strong Heroines: 5/5Stamp Received: 7/1/13
Barbara:The Rising, 4 stars, Review
Breann:Twice Bitten, 4 stars, Review
Christal:Tiger Lily, 5 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Kiss of Fury, 4.5 stars, Review
Tiffanie:The Rift Walker, 5 stars, Review
I wasn't able to get a hold of Throne of Glass so I just ended up doing a re-read of Poison Study for the assassins shelf. Review and pick for the next shelf shortly.
Shelf: Assassins
Read: 16 June 2013
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
I love Yelena's story and it definitely held up to a second read. The story is so interesting and this was my absolute favorite book in the series. I loved seeing Yelena learn to recognize poisons and beginning to better herself. Of course, Valek was totally swoon worthy and his relationship with Yelena was sweet. I highly recommend this series and am so excited to hear that there will be three more books about Yelena and Valek coming soon!
For the strong heroines shelf, I'm going to read
I've been wanting to reread
too. I may have to do that soon!
Assassins: 5/5Stamp Received: 6/17/13
Barbara: A Feast for Crows, 3 stars, Review
Breann: Angel and the Assassin, 2 stars, Review
Christal: Poison Study, 5 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Widow’s Web, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie:Born of Night, 5 stars, Review
CONGRATULATIONS, Two Hot to Handle!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'free space' and 'assassins'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats 2 Hots!
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Me either. I have to hide my book purchases from my husband. He just doesn't understand why I would need to buy 3-5 books a week. Although you would think he would notice my TBR pile grows faster than my kids.