R7: Team #15 ~ Fearsome Fifteen!

[Ezi]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "dang Lizz, you are on it:)
I hope I like this one, so far so good"

I am liking it so far but I don't know about Susan"

I like susan and Ravyn. I am enjoying this one :)

Thanks Karen, off to find me a book )

[Ezi]

I'm either reading OR

[Paris]

Thanks for posting Karen. I was shopping with my mom and my stupid phone does not like to post on Goodreads. Finally we get three in a row...now that there is an 87% chance that someone will win next week.

[KarenF]

No worries Paris - I can only post like one word answers from my phone too!

For supernatural shelf I'll be reading . I just started it tonight and I need to get it back to the library so it should be pretty quick.

I got very little time to read during my trip last week but I'm back home now and I should get to my paranormal book shortly as well.

[Paris]

I'm part way through my paranormal book and will likely read one of these

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Paris, Shadows isn't long enough ;)

[Ezi]

Week: 8
Shelf #8 ~ 07/21/13: 'paranormal mix' or paranormal

Book:
Finished: 7/27/13
Rating & Review: ★★★, This one was okay. It wasn't bad but it was kind of long. It featured WereHunter Ravyn who was kidnapped in his Leopard form and rescued by Susan, who was allergic to cats. The irony!
Anyway, they were both lonely people who saw the hurt in the other. I felt awful for Ravyn for the way his family treated him so i was happy he found someone who understood and appreciated him. Plus she wasn't a damsel who needed rescuing.
Anyway, out of everything in this book, I wanted to slap Nick. He is working my last nerve with his pity party. Next, I want to drop kick Bitch Queen Artemis, who is so pathetic she always has to resort to blackmail to get laid. LOSER!
I am trying to read my way to Acheron's book because he needs a hug from me!

[Paris]

Oh yeah. Thanks Sandra. I keep forgetting it's not long enough for this one, but it's long enough for another challenge. Duh. That's what I get for doing anything after my marathon shopping trip yesterday.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am going to go take a much needed nap and I will pick my book when I get up. But it is looking like might be a winner

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am going to read

[Ezi]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I am going to read "

what happened to the DH?

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I am going to read "

what happened to the DH?"

I am still reading them but I have to get this book back to the library soon

[Ezi]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I am going to read "

what happened to the DH?"

I am still reading them but I have to get this book back t..."

oh, okay. Gotcha

[Paris]

Shelf: Paranormal Mix or Paranormals

by Kelley Armstrong
Finished: 7/28/13
Rating: 3 Stars

I really liked this series overall, but I was semi-disappointed in this installment. The first half was more running around that got boring really quick. I felt like by the time I reached the 25% mark, I should have been further along in the story, but I wasn’t. We were finally introduced to Maya’s brother, who was an antagonistic jerk, and that got old, even if he had a good reason for being the way he was.

Things finally got interesting at the half way mark, but Kelley Armstrong also decided that was a good point to turn the romance into a love triangle out of nowhere. This aggravated me to no end. It was pretty easy to see where things would go from there and I got so mad at one point when she seemed to vilify poor Rafe just to make Daniel look even better. If it wasn’t for this turn of events the last half would have warranted this book four stars. But I am too pissed to give it that now.

I really like how things came together at the end as far as the larger picture goes. I think this sets up a third series set in this Cabal world that could be an adult series five to ten years down the road. I would be very interested to see what happens to this group at that point. Hopefully Kelley will make that happen. It might make up for what she put Rafe through in these books.

[KarenF]

Shelf: Supernatural



Date Finished: 7/28/13
Rating: 3.5 stars

This was a pretty decent YA fey fantasy. Meghan is a good heroine who shows some brains and pluck when facing a new & dangerous world. I love stories with fey/fae/fairy mythology so while a lot of the characters and "rules" are familiar to me I did enjoy this take on them. Grimalkin steals all his scenes as cats are prone to do. Although it does not end with any sort of a cliffhanger there are enough plot threads leftover that I'll be reading the next one.

[Ezi]

Way to go Karen. I think you are 1st to finish the new shelf.

[KarenF]

Yeah, but I'm still behind on the previous one!

I'm starting that one tomorrow. I got out of order. :)

[Ezi]

Hey, we are still making progress

[Paris]

Way to go Karen! I really should see if the book I'm reading is on the supernatural shelf. Duh. lol

ETA: Yay! My book is on there so I should be done with the supernatural shelf book tonight or tomorrow!

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am really liking my book right now ( I got stuck in DH series so I am finally reading it)

[Ezi]

Week: 9
Shelf #9 ~ 07/28/13: Supernatural

Book: "
Finished: 8/1/13
Rating & Review: ★★★, This book just confirms what I already knew. Nalini Singh is just not my cuppa. She's okay but I don't feel her books like many others do. I didn't like Talin, but I liked Clay. I don't know about continuing this series.

[Dawn]

Shelf Paranormals
Date read 8.1
Rating 4.5 stars

I really love Rachel Vincent! She has sucha fun captivating writing style and did not disappoint with this book. Can't wait to finish the series!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Ezi, I still don't like Talin, even though I've read all the books so far. So don't feel bad if you're not a NS fan. We can't all like the same books/authors; it would be too boring if we did.

[Ezi]

Sandra wrote: "Ezi, I still don't like Talin, even though I've read all the books so far. So don't feel bad if you're not a NS fan. We can't all like the same books/authors; it would be too boring if we did."

She's so possessive, but she didn't want to be with him for a while. I realize she was all messed up from her foster father. i wish Singh had started off with her trauma in a prologue because what I started with was "you are such a violent beast. you scared me. why are talking to faith, what is she too you?"

thank you! But I will slowly continue to read the series because I really enjoyed Faith and Vaughn's story.

[Paris]

There are some couples in that series that I love and some that bored me to tears. Hopefully you can get through them all Ezi.

[Paris]

Shelf: Supernatural

by Rachel Caine
Finished: 7/30/13
Rating: 4 Stars

I don’t know how Rachel Caine does it, but I would love for her to teach me her tricks. I have read a lot of her books and she is still able to surprise me with the feelings and the twists and turns that she fills her books with. While the Weather Warden series was non-stop action and “What could possibly happen next?”, the Outcast Season series is a little more stable in that the big bad is the same one throughout all four books. Although we know the enemy, it still doesn’t make life easy on Cassiel or on the reader.

This installment in the series was even creepier than the last. The children that Pearl is capturing and then damaging, nearly beyond repair, are freaking scary. And the cult that Pearl has doing her dirty work are scary in their own right. They all believe that they are doing the right thing and that Pearl will save them all. She has done such a masterful job brainwashing people that even the strongest minds have nearly fallen victim to her.

Aside from the action and creepiness, this book was full of emotion. Rachel Caine is freaking phenomenal in creating such amazing characters that you can’t help but feel so deeply for. Cassiel, who up until she was turned human, didn’t bother with emotions, is filled with them in this book and most of the time she doesn’t know what they are or what to do with them. I can relate to that.

I love this series and the Weather Warden series that it was spun off from. I cannot wait to see what happens next, although I’m hesitant to finish the next book because it is officially the last and I’ll have to say goodbye.

[Paris]

****Updated Master List Up To This Point****

[KarenF]

Shelf: Paranormal Mix/Paranormals



Date Finished: 8/1/13
Rating: 4 Stars

I liked this one but it definitely had its ups and downs for me. The mystery plot meandered a bit and I thought that a lot was made of Charley's PTSD symptoms only to have them pretty much disappear whenever it was convenient. Charley was also a bit more of a damsel in distress in this one. I don't remember her having to call other people to save her as often as in this one. I understand it with the demons but she even needed rescuing from the human "bad guys".

I'm still not sure about Reyes or their relationship. It seems to be based mostly on the fact that he's hot. I have no issue with hot guys but I would think that after 4 books there would be a bit more to it.

Still there was a lot that I did like. For me, the humor has worked better in the last couple of books than in the first ones. Some of the plot lines are actually pretty dark and I found the humor intrusive at times early now. Now I feel like the humor is more natural, and more a break from some of the darkness instead of "hey look at me! I'm so funny!" I also liked that Reyes did cough up a lot of answers about Charley's origins and some of her powers. That part was really interesting and opens up a lot of avenues for the series. And I have to admit that I didn't figure out the mystery part until the end. So that's always good. Overall, it was a very enjoyable entry in a series that I've come to like very much.

[Paris]

So I'm going out with the family today and I doubt I'll be around when the shelf gets called. I'll post when I get home unless someone else gets the chance.

[Ezi]

I will be here

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Paranormals

Finished: 7/23
Stars: 5

I LOVED this series. I can't enough of the DH. I think Wren is on my favorites right now. I really don't know about Maggie...."

Did you get that I finished this one?

[Dawn]

Shadow Heir
Shelf: Supernatural
Date Read 8.2
Rating 4 stars
Loved it! and hated that its the last one in the series. Some neat little twists in the storyline and got to love Dorian! I was disappointed in the ending and the choices Eugenie made.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Supernatural

Finished: 8/3
Stars: 5

I am loving this series like crazy. Dante is my favorite so far. That might change as I read the series. I really didn't know if I would like Tess but in the end I really liked her. I can 't wait to get in to the next book.

[Paris]

Ladies here is the new shelf and it is a winning shelf for another team.

Shelf #10 ~ 08/4/13: 'tortured-hero'
DIRECT LINK: tortured-hero

This shelf gives us another 3 in a row. This was a fantastic team. I wish we had a better card.

[Paris]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "Paranormals

Finished: 7/23
Stars: 5

I LOVED this series. I can't enough of the DH. I think Wren is on my favorites right now. I really d..."

Thanks for pointing it out. I completely missed it. Sorry.

[Paris]

Paranormal Mix 5/5
Stamp Received:

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥: Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 5 Stars - 7/23/13 - Review
Paris: The Rising by Kelley Armstrong - 3 Stars - 7/28/13 - Review
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron: Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon - 3 Stars - 7/27/13 - Review
Karen F: Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones - 4 Stars - 8/1/13 - Review
Dawn (84): Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent - 4.5 Stars - 8/1/13 - Review

[Paris]

Supernatural 5/5
Stamp Received:

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥: Kiss of Crimson by Lara Adrian - 5 Stars - 8/3/13 - Review
Paris: Unseen by Rachel Caine - 4 Stars - 7/30/13 - Review
Ezinwanyi~For you, Agron: Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh - 3 Stars - 8/1/13 - Review
Karen F: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa - 3.5 Stars - 7/28/13 - Review
Dawn (84): Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead - 4 Stars - 8/2/13 - Review

[Paris]

This new shelf has too many great options. lol

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I loved our team

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I am reading

[Ezi]

❥☪LIZZ NEILL☪❥ wrote: "I loved our team"

Me too. I'm thinking I'll read or

[Paris]

No offense to anyone else I've ever played with, but this has been the best Bingo team I've been on ever.

[Ezi]

Paris wrote: "No offense to anyone else I've ever played with, but this has been the best Bingo team I've been on ever."

I don't think I've played before (I may have, LOL) but I agree, this has been such an honor playing with you all. Thank you

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Fearsome Fifteen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'paranormal mix' and 'supernatural'. 

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

Good Job!! :D

[Paris]

Thanks Steph!!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats Fearsomes!

Just as a side note for those of you reading Dark Hunters, they are listed as $1.99 on the Amazon Daily Deals at the moment.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I know I bought them and the cheaper audio books :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Lucky you Lizz, they won't let me buy them cause I'm in Aus :(

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

:(

[Ezi]

Sandra wrote: "Lucky you Lizz, they won't let me buy them cause I'm in Aus :("

I don't know if you want to "listen" some of them as they were boring!