R7: Team #15 ~ Fearsome Fifteen!

[Paris]

Wow, Way to go getting that strong heroine book read Ezi!

I am about to put in our request for our book boyfriend stamp. Yay!

[Paris]

Book Boyfriends 5/5
Stamp Received:

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - 5 Stars - 6/16/13 - Review
Paris: Twisted Perfection by Abbi Glines - 5 Stars - 6/9/13 - Review
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron: Wait for You by J. Lynn - 4 Stars - 6/12/13 - Review
Karen F: A Lot Like Love by Julie James - 4 Stars - 6/10/13 - Review
Dawn (84): Wild Man by Kristen Ashley - 4 Stars - 6/12/13 - Review

[Paris]

Free Space 5/5
Stamp Received:

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥: Whispers at Moonrise by C.C. Hunter - 5 Stars - 6/7/13 - Review
Paris: Plague Town by Dana Fredsti - 4 Stars - 6/4/13 - Review
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron: Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison - 3 Stars - 6/18/13 - Review
Karen F: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh - 5 Stars - 6/5/13 - Review
Dawn (84): Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead - 3.5 Stars - 6/15/13 - Review

[Ezi]

Paris wrote: "Wow, Way to go getting that strong heroine book read Ezi!

I am about to put in our request for our book boyfriend stamp. Yay!"

I read it because I realized that I forgot my audio CDs of Lord's Fall (my free space book) at work:(
I'll be back to work on Tuesday and finish it out. Unless I read something else today like which I think would work (right?)

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am going to be changing my book

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am going to be reading now

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Fearsome Fifteen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'book boyfriends'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[Paris]

Thanks Steph!!

[Paris]

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I read it because I realized that I forgot my audio CDs of Lord's Fall (my free space book) at work:(
I'll be back to work on Tuesday and finish it out. Unless I read something else today like which I think would work (right?)

I couldn't find it in one of the free space options, but if you did just let me know where and it would work. otherwise no worries on rushing to finish your free space book. I don't think our free space lines up with any of the shelves called, unlike team 10 who will have 4 in a row when they finish the called shelves and free space.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Paris wrote: "Thanks Steph!!"

Welcome :) WTG, Fearsome 15!

[Ezi]

Paris wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "I read it because I realized that I forgot my audio CDs of Lord's Fall (my free space book) at work:(
I'll be back to work on Tuesday and finish it out. Unless I ..."

I didn't find it either:(
Oh well, I'll finish tomorrow

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats Fearsomes!

[Paris]

Thanks Sandra!!

No worries Ezi. Just finish whenever.

[Ezi]

Shelf: Free Space

Book: by Thea Harrison
Finished: June 18
Review & Rating: 3-stars. I didn't enjoy this book as much as Tiago & the Djinn Khalil's book. I don't know why because I did like Pia & Dragos book. But this one didn't engage me. I am glad Pia & Dragos finally got married and little peanut has a stronger family unit. I am also glad Rune & Dragos talked. That was a relationship I missed. I wonder if Gray will leave Dragos when he gets his HEA with that harpie!

[Paris]

Just put in our request for our free space stamp ladies! We are on a roll! Well done!

[Paris]

Oh and I am reading for my Strong Heroines book.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Fearsome Fifteen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'free space'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[Paris]

Woot! Thanks Steph!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats Fearsomes!

[KarenF]

Wow! We're rockin'! Too bad we don't have Team 10's card. :)

[Paris]

KarenF wrote: "Wow! We're rockin'! Too bad we don't have Team 10's card. :)"

I was thinking the same thing Karen! Teams 7 and 4 will have 3 in a row.

But us and team 6 are the only ones who have stamps on all of our called shelves except Strong Heroines. We really are rolling right along.

[Paris]

Strong Heroines

by Samantha Young
Rating: 4 Stars
Finished: 6/18/13

I am a huge fan of Samantha Young’s most recent work (On Dublin Street, Down London Road) and have been meaning to read her earlier work since they have been sitting on my Kindle for so long, but I never could get around to it. Thankfully Moon Spell worked for a group challenge I’m in and I jumped at the chance to finally delve into this world. Although the writing was a little rocky and the story a bit confusing here and there, I really loved this book. The characters were interesting and the mythology was fascinating and well developed.

I really enjoyed Caia and her growth throughout the book. The end Caia was nothing like the beginning Caia and I appreciated that immensely. She learned, she fought, she messed up and through it all she became a better, stronger Lykan. And speaking of Lykans…I definitely loved Lucien, even though a lot of the time I wanted to smack him around. What is it about dudes that keep them from speaking up? Lucien held a lot back from Caia, some of it made sense, but most of it made me want to scream. In fact, there was one point I actually yelled at my Kindle for him to just freaking tell her how he felt. And then I wanted to bang my head against my desk. I loved every minute of it.

I wasn’t too keen on the bad guys POVs since I didn’t always feel like they moved the story along, although sometimes I enjoyed them because I was devastated when I first realized who his mole was and then thankful when I realized the secret behind the mole. As soon as I was done with Moon Spell, I started reading River Cast. I’m excited to continue on with this series and then move on to more Samantha Young. My goal is to have her entire catalog read before Before Jamaica Lane comes out next year. I doubt that it’ll be difficult for me to do since I tend to devour Samantha’s books.

[KarenF]

Shelf: Strong Heroines



Date Finished: 6/21/13
Rating: 4 Stars

3.5 really but I'm rounding up because of the fun factor. Luckily this book is firmly in the popcorn movie, turn your brain off entertainment camp because the whole thing falls apart if you think about it too deeply. Imagine if the old awesome Will Smith from Men in Black, Independence Day or Enemy of the State were a 20-something woman and you'd have this book. Kitty is a marketing manager on her way out of jury duty when her world explodes. She's quickly drawn into otherworldly intrigues, evil superbeings and hot alien men. She not only handles it with aplomb, she ends up being in charge of pretty much everything. She can blind reload a gun she's handled once! While hanging upside down! From a "hovering" jet! Can jets even hover? I don't know and honestly, after I asked myself that question I just when "eh, who cares", smiled and kept reading. That pretty much sums up this book.

And every time my critical side pointed out these ridiculous scenarios someone would say something funny or something so over the top would happen and I would be reminded to just go with it and have fun. It's actually hard to write a review because the more I think about it, the more falls apart but also, kinda, the more I don't care. If you're a reader who can't help but pick apart unlikely or impossible scenarios I'll say this book probably isn't for you. But if you can just go with it, expect some summer brain candy and have fun with it, it's totally worth it. The characters are extremely likeable, Kitty has a fun relationship with her parents, there's lots of snark, lots of explosions and creative ways to kill big, gross monsters. I can see more of this series on my summer reading list.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Changed my book again to

[Ezi]

Love Mercy Thompson. She is a strong Heroine :)

[Paris]

And our new shelf is...

Shelf #4 ~ 6/23/13: 'cover love'
DIRECT LINK: cover love

Doesn't give us much, but at least it's inline with one of our other ones.

[Paris]

I will likely read

[KarenF]

I'm going to read

[Ezi]

I have no idea what to read. I want to read but I don't know if its on there :(

But I do have 3 others that are on there:

[Dawn]

I finished Demonglass. I will write up my review this evening. And for cover love I will be reading My Soul to Steal.

[Paris]

Sorry Ezi, I didn't see on the shelf.

But I do have to say I loved and so either would be a great pick. and I've heard is great and I really need to get my butt in gear and read it.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Changed strong-heroines book to

and I am looking for cover love book

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

For cover love I am going to read

[Ezi]

thanks Paris!

Is there a group close to Bingo?

[Dawn]

Book:
Shelf: Strong Heroine
Finished: 6.22
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
This is a step up from the first book in the series. There are new characters, plot twists and left with quite the cliff hanger. Wish I had the 3rd book so I could have kept reading.

[Dawn]

Book:
Shelf: Cover love
Finished 6.24
Rating 3.5 stars
Review:
After book 3 I couldnt wait to pick this up. However this left me feeling a little frustrated and irritated with Kalyee, Nash and Sabine. I think it was all the teen angst between them. Overall it had me hooked and read it just over a day so will be reading the next one

[Paris]

Team 10 has 4 in a row, but they don't have all 4 stamps yet. They are the closest I believe.

[Ezi]

Dawn wrote: "Book:
Shelf: Cover love
Finished 6.24
Rating 3.5 stars
Review:
After book 3 I couldnt wait to pick this up. However this left me feeling a little frustrated an..."

Way to go Dawn! I am still vascillating on what book to read and you are done. *High Five*

[Paris]

Yeah. Good job Dawn. I know what I want to read, I just can't seem to sit down and read. Instead I went and saw This is the End last night. Super funny movie.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Cover Lover

Finished: 6/24
Stars: 3

I didn't like this book at all. I kept getting confused, it kept going back forth from the past to the present. And it was hard for me to fallow. I might try and to read it again later on. I do like Kiersten White other series a lot better.

[Dawn]

Thanks actually had a slow day to just sit and read it was sooo nice. And of course it helped that the book I planned on reading next also fit the shelf.

[Paris]

That is always nice when the books fit so easily. Never seems to happen for me. lol

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am almost done with my Strong Heroine book should be done soon

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Strong Heroine

Finished: 6/25
Stars: 5

OMG I just love Vlad and Leila. I fell in love more in the book then the last one. It had me on my toes and thinking what could happen next.(view spoiler)[I was very wowed with they got married. (hide spoiler)]I can't want for the 3th book and it is also the 8th Night Huntress book.

[Ezi]

*sighing*
My husband still has my ipod as he isn't flying through Divergent as quickly as the Razorland series. So I haven't been able to listen to my audiobook of the Last Sacrifice. If I don't get it back by Friday, I will pick another book for the Cover love

[Paris]

Lizz, I love Vlad and Leila too! Such a great series. Vlad has always been one of my favorite guys in that world.

Ezi...this is why I'm not married. lol Okay, not the only reason, but still a reason. ;-) Don't worry about it. I haven't even started my cover love book. So many other things in my head right now.

[Paris]

Strong Heroines 5/5
Stamp Received:

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥: Twice Tempted by Jeanine Frost - 5 Stars - 6/25/13 - Review
Paris: Moon Spell by Samantha Young - 4 Stars - 6/18/13 - Review
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron: Fury of Fire by Coreene Callahan - 3 Stars - 6/16/13 - Review
Karen F: Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch - 4 Stars - 6/21/13 - Review
Dawn (84): Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins - 4 Stars - 6/22/13 - Review

[Paris]

We are currently tied with teams 6 and 13 as far as having (requesting) stamps for all but Cover Love. Also, none of us have 3 in a row or any chance for BINGO anytime soon.

[Ezi]

Paris wrote: "Lizz, I love Vlad and Leila too! Such a great series. Vlad has always been one of my favorite guys in that world.

Ezi...this is why I'm not married. lol Okay, not the only reason, but still a reas..."

but i enjoy discussing books with him. we chatted about The Razorland series extensively. I also got him to read the Hunger Games. I was hoping with Divergent coming out this fall, we could read it and see the movie. but the lovey-dovey parts are annoying him :)

He will get through it soon (I hope)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Fearsome Fifteen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'strong heroine'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D