R4: Team ~ California Dreamers ~ San Diego

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I feel your pain Dawn, the book I have to cover Ashley I'm really not that keen on reading either, I might hunt around a little bit to see if I can find something else but I figure i'll be doing the same as you.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Letter P



Plea Of Insanity by Jilliane Hoffman
Finished: August 16th
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
This was a really good book! I really liked it! This is my first time reading this author and this won't be my last because I sometimes like to read crime/mystery books!

Words:

Camp: A parade of reporters, cameras, and boom mikes trailed the Levenson camp to the escalators while another broke off to follow Team State as they headed for the elevators, all the while shouting dumb questions that they'd either just heard the answer to in court or weren't going to get an answer to anyway. (Page 98)

Pancake: Julia remembered how her dad would take the family to the Venus for pancakes after church on Sundays. (Page 369)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

C: The Sphinx Project(Chimaera Chronicles)/Kate Hawkings (Kat-Post 151)
A: Pride Mates/Jennifer Ashley (Dawn-Post 142)
M: Stealing Parker/Miranda Kenneally (Ashley-Post 135)
P: Plea of Insanity/Jilliane Hoffman (Amy-Post 152)

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Random update, I checked the spread sheet only 8 of the 11 teams have a perfect score. We are one of those teams. Keep it up ladies we are doing great.

I fell right into my book last night, got 200 pages read and next thing I knew it was 2am.

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Just finished my shift at work now I'm off for 2 days so I can really dig into these books so I can have them done by Friday :)

Yes! Great job girls, I think we could win this one :D

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

~♥ Kat ♥~ wrote: "Just finished my shift at work now I'm off for 2 days so I can really dig into these books so I can have them done by Friday :)

Yes! Great job girls, I think we could win this one :D"
Let me know if it gets tough, I've got 2 K books that would work.

I finished my O book going to write a review in a bit.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week 4: Pork/Barn


Finished: 8/19/13
Rating: 4 stars
Letter: O
One for the Money
Review: I inhaled this book in about 5 hours. It wasn't as LOL funny as I had hoped, but it did get a few giggles. I'll definitely be reading the next one.

Pork- Pg 9 Two years ago, when Grandpa Mazur's fat-clogged arteries sent him to the big pork roast in the sky...

Barn- Pg 199 I was told at night cockroaches as big as barn cats came out to raid the kitchen,...

O=6 + WOW=1 + BOW=1 =8 points

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Week 5: Pork & Barn

by Rachel Caine

Finished: 21/08/13
Rating: 2 stars
My Letter: R

Review: OK I'm kinda on the fence about this one and I'm not sure if the 2 star rating is because I didn't really care for it or if I might have enjoyed it better if I would have read the Weather Warden Series first. That being said I needed an R book with these words so I read it and to be fair I think I will give this book another shot once I read the other series first but in general this book for me was just OK, for now :)

Pork: Angela explained to me, and went into great detail of how to season the pork...pg 74

Barn: There were none,except for a small house and a large storage building - a barn?...pg 63

(R)3+(WOW)1+(BW)1 = 5 points

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I should be done my other book either today or first thing tomorrow I have to say I'm enjoying this one much more then the other :)

[Ashley]

Just got back now. Would you like me to read a quick book Kat? Either way thank you!

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No It's all good Ashley I finished the K book already I'm going to post my review tonight when I get home from work :)

[Ashley]

Sounds good

[[deleted user]]

Week 5: Pork & Barn

by Cindy Gerard

Finished: 22/08/13
Rating: 3.5 stars
My Letter: K

Review:Basiclly this is a story about a special Ops soldier who got sold out after one of his missions went wrong. Throw in a hired assassin to keep things from coming to light about said mission, a beautiful woman and a flawed hero and you have Killing Time.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit, it was action packed and highly entertaining. I liked the way the story flowed and the characters were very likeable and I thought that this was a good start to this new series by Cindy Gerard.

Pork: all of them had pork and the expiration date stamped on the side...pg.318

Barn:seemed a little like closing the barn door after the horse got out...pg.258

(K)15+(WOW)1+(BW)1= 17 points

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Week 6:

Flag

Bonus:
Mask

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Flag:
F:Kat
L:Dawn
A:Ashley
G:Amy

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

How is your book coming Amy?

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "How is your book coming Amy?"

I'll have it posted tonight.

[Ashley]

Book: Accidentally Married to...A Vampire? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Letter: A
Finished: 08/23/13
Rating:3
Review: I liked this book more then the first one but it wasent a favorite. I felt like it was missing something.

Bonus words
Flag: "She had witnessed Niccolo flag down a blue pickup that night by
merely whispering, “Stop your mechanical carriage.”
Page 26 in the ebook

Mask: "In fact, she’d been trying to mask her pain and was going crazy."
Page 127 in the ebook

1(A) + 1 (WOW) + 1 (BOW)= 3

[[deleted user]]

Dont forget Ashley it's triple word week so your total should be 5 instead of 3 :)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

~♥ Kat ♥~ wrote: "Dont forget Ashley it's triple word week so your total should be 5 instead of 3 :)"

I believe you were confusing last week with this week's book.

The one with pork and barn.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Letter P



A Parfait Murder by Wendy Lyn Watson

Finished: August 23rd
Rating: 5 stars

Review:
It was an amazing book! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Even though, I skipped book two to read this book in time of deadline, I wasn't really spoiled when I read book two next!

Words:

Pork: He popped the container of pulled pork in the microwave and started it reheating. (Page 90)

Barn: As we ducked out of the barn, I glanced over my shoulder. (Page 6)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

P: A Parfait Murder/Wendy Lyn Watson (Amy-Post 171)
O: One for the Money/Janet Evanovich (Dawn-Post 157)
R: Undone/Rachel Caine (Kat-Post 158)
K: Killing Time/Cindy Gerard (Kat-Post 163)

[[deleted user]]

Yes your right Amy thats what I get for looking at my emails when I'm tired...lol :)

[[deleted user]]

I'm about a third of the way through my book and so far I'm really enjoying it a lot, at this rate I should be done by Tuesday :)

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I've hit a snag. I started my book but it is part of a series and I skipped ahead to get the letter. The first 3 of the series weren't real related so I thought I'd be ok skipping to book 5 but there was a big scandal in book 4 that set up book 5. Of course I don't have book 4 and there is no digital copy of 4. I've got it on hold at the library that I can pick up tomorrow. So I am going to rush through both books and get done on time, just wanted to let you all know it may be Thursday or Friday before I am done.

[[deleted user]]

no worries dawn you haven't let us down yet :) Good luck with your books

[Ashley]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "I've hit a snag. I started my book but it is part of a series and I skipped ahead to get the letter. The first 3 of the series weren't real related so I thought I'd be ok skipping to book 5 but the..."

No worries. Let me know if you become in a bind time wise. I could always read one.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

My youngest starts preschool today so I am hoping that will help out giving me some extra time.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Finished my first book on to the one that counts.

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I'm half done my book, should be finished tomorrow, thursday at the latest :) So far its very good

[[deleted user]]

I finished my book i'll post my review in the morning :)

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Yay.

Does everyone have some reading time set aside for the 13th & 14th? The last item is called on the 13th, we are still tied for first so I think it is going to come down to who can finish their books and get them posted first. If we really want to win this we will need to be on it that week.

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Week 6: Flag & Mask

by Jordana Frankel

Finished: 28/08/13
Rating: 4.5 stars
My Letter: F

Review:The Ward by Jordana Frankel was a gripping, action packed Dystopian YA novel about a 16 year old girl who will stop at nothing to save the life of her sister from a plague know as the Blight, all the while trying to keep herself from being discovered because she is some how Immune.

For a first novel I have to say that Frankel did a damn fine job. The world building was great and just enough that she will be able to expand into the next book. The main Character Ren is a tough as nails girl who is just unwilling to watch the people she cares about suffer and will do anything to help them, which makes her a fun character to get to know cause she's just cheeky enough that she doesn't come of as a total hard ass.

There is also the hint of of a love triangle but as of right now My girl Ren seems to have her heart set on one guy who may or may not be her downfall. The secondary characters are all wonderful and there is just that 1 or 2 that you love to hate. So all in all this was a fantastic read with something for everyone, I will be looking forward to book 2 when it comes in the future.

Flag: Or, at the least, a checkered racing flag...pg 1

Mask: Callum moves me aside and places a mask with a breathing tube over her face...pg 160

(F)4+(WOW)1+(BW)1= 6 points

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Week 7:

Baby

Bonus: hotel/motel

Double word week

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Baby:
B:Dawn
A:Ashley
B:Amy
Y:Kat

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

I've got about 60 pages left.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "I've got about 60 pages left."

I'll have mine posted sometime tonight.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week 6: Flag & Mask



Finished: 8/30/13
Rating: 4.5 stars
My Letter: L

I really liked this book. the characters were fun and playful and not at all what you would expect from a proper Scottish Lord and a vicars daughter.


Pg 281- The cool night air whipped across the stone flag way...

pg 10- I had to promise not to wear a mask...

[Ashley]

Week 7
Book: Bound by Night by Amanda Ashley
Letter: A
Finished: 08/30/13
Rating:3.5
Review: I was surprised by how much I liked this book. I have always been a fan of books where the main couple is together through all the challenges and this one was exactly that. I will be searching for the next book in a few minutes.

Bonus words
Baby: "The mother and baby both died in childbirth.”
Page 81 in the ebook

Hotel: "Drake pulled up in front of a large hotel with an old-fashioned ambiance."
Page 30 in the ebook

2(A) + 1 (WOW) + 1 (BOW)= 4

[Ashley]

Dawn (Kat N Hat) wrote: "Yay.

Does everyone have some reading time set aside for the 13th & 14th? The last item is called on the 13th, we are still tied for first so I think it is going to come down to who can finish the..."

I have time. Hopefully we will win :)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

(I'm headed to bed so I will post in the points folder tomorrow morning when I get up)

Letter G



Finished: August 30th
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
Another great mystery book! I thoroughly enjoyed it! I'll be definitely reading book two once I'm able to get my hands on it!

Words:

Flag: He held the shovel up in front of Emma like a flag. (Page 267)

Mask: Turning around, she covered her ears with her hands and stared at a place near the window, her face a mask of fright. (Page 215)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

F: The Ward/Jordana Frankel (Kat-Post 183)
L: The Laird Who Loved Me/Karen Hawkins (Dawn-Post 188)
A: Accidentally Married to...A Vampire?/Mimi Jean Pamfiloff (Ashley-Post 168)
G: Ghost a la Mode/Sue Ann Jaffarian (Amy-Post 191)

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Week 7: Baby & Hotel/Motel

by Yasmine Galenorn

Finished: 3/09/13
Rating: 4 stars
My Letter: Y

Review: Night Myst, book 1 of The Indigo Court series was a fantastic start to this new to me series by Yasmine Galenorn. It was full of mystery and magic, and along with tons of action this was a great book for any lover of the paranormal. Grieve is my new favorite book boyfriend, he takes hotness to a whole new level and I can't wait to read the next 3 books in this series.

Baby:"Leann has a new baby,"Leo said...pg 26

Hotel: The incident at the hotel had made me so uneasy...pg 20

8(Y)+ 1(WOW)+1(BW)= 10 points

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week 7: Baby & Hotel/Motel


On the Way to the Wedding Bridgertons

Finished: Sept 2 2013
Rating: 5 Stars
My letter: B
Review: I loved this conclusion to the Bridgerton series. I laughed and I cried, I cried so hard I had to put the book down until I could clear my eyes enough to go on. I loved poor Gregory, who hasn't had much of a role in the series except as the pea flinging little brother. It was great to see him grown up and how much he believed in true love after seeing all his siblings fall in love.

Baby- pg 369 Lucy sheepishly told him she was expecting another baby.

Hotel- pg 51 ...Gregory steered the group to the White Hart, a local inn that served simple but always delicious fare.

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Wow we are on a roll this week ladies, hard to believe this is nearly over

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Week 8:
Quit

Bonus:
Pie



Quit
Q:Kat
U:Ashley
I:Amy
T:Dawn

[[deleted user]]

Geez thats the one combination that I dont have for Q, I have every other letter but that one

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

Do you want my T. I am pretty sure I have Q.

[[deleted user]]

Yes Dawn, I would, I know I have a T book with both words :)

[[deleted user]]

Pie was the only word my Q book didnt have, so thanks for trading with me :)