R12: Team #13 ~ Baker's Dozen

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Baker's Dozen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'alpha male'. 

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

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp Baker's Dozen!

[Mary X]

It won't let me add anymore to our tracking post so posting all the finished shelves here as a just in case:

Free Space Stamped
Mary: Serpent's Kiss Review
Sarah: Enclave-Ann Aguirre Review
Lisa: The Unleashing-Shelly Laurenston Review
Cheryl: Burn-Paula Weston Review

Week 1 Shelf: Strong-Heroine STamped 8/4/15

Mary: Clean Sweep-Ilona Andrews Review
Lisa: Dark Lover JR Ward Review
Sarah: Cruel Beauty-Rosamund Hodge Review
Cheryl: Refuge-Karen Lynch Review

Week 3: Happy Birthday 2015 book Stamped
Mary: Eighth Grave After Dark-Darynda Jones Review
Lisa:Deadly Spells-Jaye Welles Review
Cheryl: Every Last Breath Review
Sarah: Ruin & Rule-Pepper Winters Review

Week 2: Bloody Mess STAMPED
Mary: Archangel's Shadows-Nalini Singh Review
Lisa: Bloodfire-Helen Harper Review
Sarah: Grave Matters-Lauren Roy Review
Cheryl:The Immortal Rules-Julie Kagawa Review

Series Catch-up STAMPED
Mary: The Brutal Telling-Louise Penny Review
Lisa: Bloodlust-Helen Harper Review
Cheryl: Darken the Stars-Amy Bartol Review
Sarah: Shadow Heir-Richelle Mead Review

Demons STAMPED
Mary: Winterblaze-Kristin Callahan Review
Sarah: Revenant-Larissa Ione Review
Lisa: Chase the Dark-Annette Marie Review
Cheryl: Succubus Blues-Richelle Meade Review

Urban Fantasy STAMPED
Mary: The Unholy-Heather Graham Review
Sarah: Summer Knight-Jim Butcher Review
Lisa: Magic Shifts-Ilona Andrews Review
Cheryl: Succubus on Top-Richelle Meade Review

FavoritesSTAMPED
Mary: The Unspoken-Heather Graham Review
Lisa:Hidden Moon-Lori Handiland Review
Sarah:Death Masks-Jim Butcher Review
Cheryl:Queen of Shadows-Sarah Mass Review

Dark & Stormy Night stamped
Cheryl: Two Minutes-Dannika Dark Review
Mary: Dark Protector-Alexis Morgan Review
Lisa: Storm Front-Jim Butcher Review
Sarah: Storm's Heart-Thea Harrison Review

Meowstamped
Mary: Wild Fire-Christine Feehan Review
Cheryl: Magic Burns-Ilona Andrews Review
Lisa: Stray-Rachel Vincent Review
Sarah:Lion's Share-Rachel Vincent Review


Paranormal Romance stamped
Mary: In a Witch's Wardrobe-Juliette Blackwell Review
Cheryl: Succubus Heat-Richelle Mead Review
Lisa: Brawn-Laurann Dohner Review
Sarah: Angels' Blood-Nalini Singh Review

Itchy Witchy stamped
Mary: The Witch of Painted Sorrows=MJ Rose Review
Sarah: Proven Guilty-Jim Butcher: Review
Cheryl: Grave Witch-Kalayna Price Review
Lisa: The Witching Hour-Ann Rice Review

New2MeSeries stamped
Mary: Nearly Departed in Deadwood-Ann Charles Review
Sarah: Hounded-Kevin Hearne Review
Cheryl: A Darker Shade of Magic-VE Schwab Review
Lisa: Dark Descendant-Jenna Black Review

Reader's Choice stamped
Mary: The Black Tower-Louis Bayard Review
Cheryl: Magic Strikes-Ilona Andrews Review
Lisa: Deadly Descendant-Jenna Black Review
Sarah: White Night-Jim Butcher Review

Cover Love stamped
Mary Tarnished And Torn-Juliette Blackwell Review
Lisa: Burned-Karen Marie Moning Review
Sarah: These Broken Stars-Amie Kaufman Review
Cheryl:Angels' Blood-Nalini Singh Review

Coupledom stamped
Mary: To Wed a Wicked Earl-Olivia Parker Review
Lisa: Chained by Night-Larissa Ione Review
Sarah: Take Me On-Katie McGarry Review
Cheryl:Semi-Human-Isabel Jordan Review

Alpha-Male stamped
Mary: Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage-Jennifer Ashley Review
Cheryl: Tangled-Emma Chase Review
Lisa:Mate Set=Laurann Dohner Review
Sarah:Rule-Jay Conover Review

[Mary X]

I am going to really try and finish my Same But Different book tonight.

[Sarah]

Sorry I'm a little behind. I'm gonna try to catch up today and tomorrow.

[Mary X]

You may not need to: new shelf is BINGO and also appropriately the BINGO shelf for team 9. They appear to be all caught up with the exception of Same But Different.

I am going to finish my SBD book as planned but may wait to do the new shelf until I see if they are going to win or not.

I will keep updating our finished books until a winner is called. Just in case. I played in one round where the first team to hit bingo didn't win because they didn't' finish before another winning shelf was called. But if I remember right, they were multiple shelves behind.

[Sarah]

I'll finish my Same But Different book as well, but it's more than likely they'll win as long as everyone reads the shelf. I'll wait also before picking a book for the BINGO shelf.

[Lisa]

Boo. I have never won bingo. It has been fun ladies. Mary, thanks for talking me into my first Dresden file. Sarah, thanks for swooping in and catching us up. Cheryl, any other books like the Steele and something series (I forgot the name but you know the one)...send them my way! I can't wait until the next round.

[Cheryl]

Yes, I think our chances of winning are very low. But it's not all about winning, right? Thanks for being on the team and for keeping up to date with the reading. It has been fun!

[Sarah]

I'm really glad I got to play with all of you, and I was able to read some great books along the way! I hope to play with you all again!

[Mary X]

I had a great time. I think we did awesome considering we had to replace a player. Sarah did great catching us up.

The ramdomizer just wasn't our friend this round.

Always glad to convert another reading to the Dresden Files. I got a guy at work hooked on them. We are both desperately waiting for Peace Talks.

[Mary X]

If anyone has finished their same but different books, go ahead and review it here and I'll request our last stamp. I still need to post my review. I might even start a BINGO books since they haven't one yet, even though I'll be surprised if they don't.

[Lisa]

Hi Mary. I posted my same but different on 11-8. I think Cheryl's is there too. thanks for doing all the captain work this round.

[Sarah]

Shelf 17: Same but Different, Nuts by Alice Clayton
Pages: 309
Read: 11.16.15
Rating: ★★★★
Review:

I read Wallbanger by Alice Clayton quite awhile ago (perhaps 2013?), and I must have forgotten how funny she is and how fun her books are! I keep meaning to go back and finish that series, but Nuts really caught my eye (mostly the cover, what can I say?). It was cute in a way I wasn't expecting. I was invested in the characters pretty quickly, and I loved her writing! It was witty and refreshing. A light quick read that I thoroughly enjoyed. There is a twisty surprise that I wasn't expecting, but it didn't make it cheesy and it didn't draw away from the plot. There were small instances where I felt the main character wasn't quite acting like I expected her to, and I feel like the climax (and reaction to the twisty surprise) wasn't as well done as I wanted. Overall though it's great if you're looking for a quick romance.

[Mary X]

I'll post mine too and request that last stamp. I finished days ago but kind of went into game over mode.

But as of this point, there is no official winner yet. So please keep checking in just in case. Although not sure we are even in the running with our card anyway.

[Mary X]

Same But Different

11/12/15

4 stars

I really liked this set up to a new series. I couldn't really remember the characters that were in previous books of hers. But I had no trouble following along. Love the concept of the town of Midnight. Looking forward to the rest of the series. I did not know who the killer was until the end which always makes a book better for me. Most of the time I see it coming a mile away but I missed the clues in this one.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Baker's Dozen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'same, but different'. 

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

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp Baker's Dozen!

[Lisa]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "


Same But Different

Mary, didn't think I would finish this book at first but then it grabbed me and I really liked it. I like how she left a little something at the end . Just enough to keep you interested. Very interesting and odd characters.

[Cheryl]

Shelf: BINGO
Book: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
Pages: 323
Read: 11.14.15
Rating: ★★★1/2
Review:

I did enjoy Archangel's Kiss though I did find it quite dark and brutal at times. I also found it difficult to relate to Raphael. I know that he is an Archangel and ancient, but he is so distant and lacking compassion. Apart from his hot looks, I can't see what the attraction is for Elena, though the tension between Elena and Raphael was sizzling hot!

I found the supporting characters intriguing and they definitely added more depth to the story especially Dmitri and Michaela.

I loved the world building and enjoyed learning about the different angel powers. Overall a great read though I definitely liked the first book better.

[Mary X]

Well it's over. It was fun ladies. I think we did awesome. Maybe next time one of us with be lucky and be on a winning team.

[Lisa]

You too Mary. Thanks