R8: Team #7 ~ Seven Deadly Speed Demons

[Josie]

WOW! Way to go Brittany!

Okay, so thanks to Paris for keeping the lists up to date, it's just me left and then we've completed all of our shelves. So to let you guys know where I am, I'll be finished with all my books by Saturday night:

Vampires: Secret Unleashed - finished
Reader's choice: Warrior's Redemption - 75% done
Demons: Green-Eyed Demon - 50%
Supernatural: Come Alive - haven't read this yet, but I always read these books quickly

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

*chews fingernails* -- I think I've got my book picked if tomorrow's shelf call is Part of A Series or 2013. I'm likely to stalk the shelf announcement thread every hour ...

[Paris]

Thanks for the update Josie. We are in great shape ladies. Lets hope the shelf called is ours and then one of the two non winning shelves.

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Just checking in on shelf day ...

[Josie]

Okay so here I am with a few hours left to go:

Vampires: Secret Unleashed - finished
Reader's choice: Warrior's Redemption - finished
Supernatural: Come Alive - finished
Demons: Green-Eyed Demon - 50%

Reviews for the finished shelves to come :)

[Josie]

Vampires:



Title/Author: Secret Unleashed by Sierra Dean
Date finished: 10th December
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Another interesting Secret McQueen book. This one I thought really showed how much Secret has grown through the series, and my incoherent thoughts are below in the spoiler for obvious reasons:
(view spoiler)[Still hate Lucas, Desmond is a bit dry - I never feel this love Secret supposedly feels for him. The Sig-reveal was a bit disappointing as I had kind of guessed it anyway. Meeting Secret's dad was cool, and the whole window thing was an interesting mystery. The Doctor was random and scary, and most parts of Secret's torture was hard to read, though I'm still confused with how exactly he managed to jump 3 vamps. The storyline was kind of random as well, and I'm not sure with how far it progressed the whole arc. I'm also not so sure I like the whole cop/FBI/government agent ending, as I really don't like the whole police thing in books. As always though, I do like being in Secret's head and still enjoyed it. (hide spoiler)]

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

I'm still stalking the shelf announcement. (And expecting the stamp request thread too see lots of activity today.) Likely 4 more hours at least but just in case earlier ...

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Josie wrote: "Okay so here I am with a few hours left to go:

...Supernatural: [book:Come Alive..."

The supernatural stamp is still needed for our card's "B" column BINGO if "Part of a Series" shelf gets called.

[Josie]

Reader's choice:



Title/Author: Warrior's Redemption by Melissa Mayhue
Date finished: 13th December
Rating: 3 stars
Review: I read this free from the XOXO After Dark site. It was a bit meh. Not very interesting characters or not much of a plot. I mean it was okay, but nothing really happened, it was all a bit pointless.
For example, (view spoiler)[Malcolm decides to go and fight his brother as said brother is evil and is holding his sister captive. So he goes on his own which is fine, if that's what he wants to do. But as soon he gets there, he barely steps over the threshold and he gets caught. Then nothing much happens. Dani goes to save him, they eventually get him out. Without killing evil brother or getting sister. So all rather pointless. Back where they started. And he suddenly doesn't have to marry some other girl because it was all rumours. How convenient. (hide spoiler)]
The time-travel aspect was all very wishy-washy. No depth, no settling in for Dani, no sense of setting or of the clan. No mystery of who the secret villain was either.

[Josie]

Supernatural:



Title/Author: Come Alive by Karina Halle
Date finished: 14th December
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: It was really great to come back to Experiment in Terror. We did learn quite a bit more about their world and the characters themselves. I wasn't overly blown away by the storyline on this one. All the voodoo stuff could've been scarier, the books where it's been ghosts and haunted places have been much more tense. Maybe it's because it's kind of unexplainable or intangible?
Dex's POV. I didn't mind it as much as I thought I would. I did miss Perry, but it was interesting to be in Dex's quite erratic head. I am looking forward to being back with Perry for the next one, especially as there seems to be still much more to explore, e.g.(view spoiler)[Dex's brother and Perry and Dex's powers. Can't wait, this series is one of my faves for sure. (hide spoiler)]

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Yay!

[Paris]

Great job Josie! And perfect timing too. I'm heading out to hang out with my nephew, but I'll be back during his naptime which should be about shelf call time. Go team!! Come on 2013 or Part of a Series!!!

[Paris]

Urban Fantasy 0/5
Stamp Received:

Brittany:
Preethi:
Paris: Black Heart by Christina Henry
Debbie ~barely here~:
Josie:

[Paris]

Magic 0/5
Stamp Received:

Brittany:
Preethi:
Paris: Endless Knight by Kresley Cole
Debbie ~barely here~:
Josie:

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Paris wrote: "Great job Josie! And perfect timing too. I'm heading out to hang out with my nephew, but I'll be back during his naptime which should be about shelf call time. Go team!! Come on 2013 or Part of a S..."

LOL, and if both get called we need to decide which shelf to read first as both are BINGOs for other teams as well.

[Paris]

Haha good point Debbie.

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Still stalking...

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Ugh ... It's urban fantasy and magic.

So, are we done or are we continuing on for some sort of 1st, 2nd, ...placement deal?

I'm pretty sure in previous rounds once a BINGO, no more shelves are called even if the teams with potential BINGO from the shelf play on for 2nd/3rd place. Which we have no shot at.

[Paris]

Well ladies. No such luck for us today. The shelves are urban fantasy and magic

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Moderator cinfirms that's it, so 'bye all and hope everyone has a healthy, happy holiday season.

My read for a win would have been:



2013, Part of a Series, or Urban Fantasy Shelf
Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter, #6
Finished: December 14, 2013
Rating:
Number of pages: 374-384 depending on edition (I read nook at 384)

Review: Going in as a long-time fan of series, I knew for me that this one will also be about the characters. Oh, there's worldbuilding and a story/plot—but, this series is character driven. And we're back into Raphael and Elena's story. Yummy. And even if this book had turned out to be a bad one, I know that I would still definitely be continuing the series.

[Reading in progress, add review here]

[Josie]

Even though I spent all day reading for tonight, it was still time well spent LOL!
I'm still reading my demon book since I'm over half way. Plus I had a lot of fun playing with you all :D

[Paris]

I had a great time playing with you ladies. Too bad we got so close and just didn't get lucky. Happy holidays to you and your families!

[Brittany Lynn]

aww, sad that it's over. Had so much fun with you ladies. Happy Holidays to you and your families.

[[deleted user]]

Had fun playing with you all:) Too bad we didn't win. still.......
I am going to try to read the books for these shelves as the well.

Read a lot of books I wanted to,thanks to this Double Bingo round.

[Paris]

I am going to read too Preethi.

Reading for Urban Fantasy and for Magic.

[Josie]

I'm sad it's over but well done team for no one dropping out. I know a few other teams did have players leave (for RL reasons, we all know it happens, and it's fine), but it's nice to finish with all 5 players :)

Demons:



Title/Author: Green-Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells
Date finished: 15th December
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This isn't my favourite series to be honest. I do like Sabina, but the other characters I don't particularly care about. It shows how much I care when I actually hoped for (view spoiler)[Cain to be summoned (hide spoiler)] at the end. Just to spice things up a bit.
The second half was much better than the first. The first half dragged, and some of the scenes were pointless. Mac could've been taken out of the book completely, the same with Brooks/Pussy Willow. I kind of thought her character was a bit cardboard cut-out and over the top. I also kept forgetting she was (view spoiler)[fae (hide spoiler)]. The orgy scene I didn't find particularly amusing either. I'm not that PC but I was a bit uncomfortable with the word 'gimp' to describe the midget.
I don't know whether I'll carry on, there is only two books left so I might.

[Paris]

That's a great point Josie. I was really proud that we all stuck it out too. This was a great team!

[Debbie's Spurts (D.A.)]

Yes, it's been fun and a great team.

Total utter bust at shrinking the TBR pile -- but fun.

Thanks everyone.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Seven Deadly Speed Demons!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'vampires', 'reader's choice', 'demons' and 'supernatural'. 

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

Good Job!! :D


ETA: missed stamp req for 'Demons' - fixed card; now showing all earned stamps :)

[Paris]

Thanks Steph!

[Paris]

Well team 2 won and they won 2 ways. Pretty cool. That doesn't happen often in Bingo.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Welcome! Great game, ladies!

It's SOS' first double bingo! :D

[Paris]

I had a feeling it was the first time here. I think I've seen it once when I've played normal Bingo. It's rare. And so cool.