The Mirk and Midnight Hour (Strands #2) by Jane Nickerson → Start Date: April 7th, 2014

[Katherine]

Join us as we journey to the deep South in the next installment of the Strands series!!

[Kathy]

I am sooooo joining this one! Yes! I loved
I'm SO excited for this one! I can't wait! :D

[Katherine]

Me too!!!! I need more Strands in my life!!! :)

[Kathy]

Right! lol!! :D

[Kathy]

I don't know if I will have a copy by the time this date comes around.
Apparently my library hasn't put any orders in for this one yet. But the record in our catalog says that we have 3 copies, but they aren't assigned to to any branches yet.
I don't know what's going on. I will ask my manager when I see her again, maybe tomorrow maybe Wed.
I'll let you guys know for sure! :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Ugh, so sorry Kathy! I hope they figure that out!

Did I mention I was in for this buddy read?? :D

[Kathy]

I know! I'm always finding weird little things like that to tell my boss about and they turn into little projects for one of the ladies in cataloging!

And yeah, I remembered that you were going to do this one. Hopefully I will have good news soon on this one! Thanks Trisha! :D

[Kathy]

ok, I guess I'm the only person that has a hold on this at my library. So that means that it's not in demand and probably won't put any orders in. Or we didn't get our order in before all the copies were taken and there are none left.

I will have to purchase it or try inner library loan.
Well anyway, I will not be able to join you guys this time around. Hope you like it! :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh no Kathy! I'm so sorry!! :( we'll miss you joining us!!!

[Kathy]

Yeah, I checked again the other day and now it's saying that there isn't even a record for it in our system.

I will have to try to get it through inner library loan or I will have to buy it, which wouldn't be a bad idea! lol!

Hope you guys like it! And looking forward to your reviews! :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Okay, 5 chapters in
so far it's really interesting.
I don't know anything about this particular folklore/fairy tale so this is all new

Step family (view spoiler)[ EEESH! I can't believe how awful they are. weird her dad just upped and married someone who is so awful. If their hired help didn't want to leave yet they will now! (hide spoiler)]

Pratt (view spoiler)[ what a jerk. I can't believe he did that and then tried to make HER feel uncomfortable about it.

I wonder if he ever would have tried if her twin brother was still alive :( (hide spoiler)]

Violet (view spoiler)[ she's an interesting girl. I like her so far (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

10 chapters

wow

Amenze (view spoiler)[ I'm still trying to decide if what she did helped or hurt.....it's interesting to read about
but if I had been Violet, I would have been scared out of my mind! LOL! (hide spoiler)]

the horse (view spoiler)[ hmmm....I'm a little nervous they kept it. I wonder where the rider went (hide spoiler)]

and the added body (view spoiler)[ yikes, something's going on in this town. she didn't seem as worried about it as I thought she would be.... (hide spoiler)]

dorian (view spoiler)[ gag. he's kind of slimy, but not as bad as Pratt (hide spoiler)]

Seeley (view spoiler)[ he's cute so far. poor kid, his older brother isn't very nice (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I'm 20 chapters in

and yikes, this story is pretty slow going...

Yankee (view spoiler)[ I'm glad they finally met him but man...this is REALLY slow. they found the horse months ago (hide spoiler)]

Dorian (view spoiler)[ I read the poem and, as of yet, I can't figure out why we have him here
and Seely and...the whole back story of the marriage of her dad so she has a stepfamily and...all that (hide spoiler)]

I'm hoping this picks up soon....

[Katherine]

Oh no!!! I haven't started the book yet, but the first book was so enjoyable! This scares me...

I haven't ever read the poem either, so it'll be interesting to see the parallels.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol no worries

so...I'm done

:) I can't wait to see what you think!! This one is So different!!