Something Strange and Deadly series by Susan Dennard - restarting 'something strange and deadly' July 13th 2014

[Abi]

The only two i've been approved for on edelweiss are both by Simon pulse.

7 denials - All but one from Harpercollins. :(

[Marga]

We'll continue this tomorrow :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

52 declined
- 14 simon and schuster/simon pulse
- 12 harper collins
- 21 penguin

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Really glad I didn't read first, the prologue is a snippet of the last chapter of the first book!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ her father is not a nice man. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ ah, so this is when Daniel meets Jie. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

isn't as good as

[Sarah Elizabeth]

just finished . It was not good.

[Marga]

1st book:

Chapter 8 - Am I missing something? (view spoiler)[I am confused. So what if may 25th is the day that the spirit hunters came to Philadelphia? (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

Chapter 9 - (view spoiler)[Uhh. So these spirit hunters were the enemy? Curiosity definitely kills the cat. (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

Uhm no. They weren't. Sorry about that last comment. Hahaha

[Marga]

Chapter 13 -(view spoiler)[ why the heck is Jie putting "yeah" in like every sentences she makes? O_O (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

Chapter 15 - (view spoiler)[ I feel like the romance is more important to the MC than finding her brother. Ha. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Margarita wrote: "1st book:

Chapter 8 - Am I missing something? [spoilers removed]"

I think it's because a lot of things happened that day - (view spoiler)[ Elijah went missing, and the walking dead started attacking. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Margarita wrote: "Chapter 13 -[spoilers removed]"

That's annoying!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "just finished . It was not good."

Oh dear! I only got a few pages in yesterday. Going to read it in a bit. Shame its not good. :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I was so bored.

[Abi]

That novella was rubbish!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

that's what i thought. total drivel.

[Marga]

Finished the first book! - (view spoiler)[I totally knew that Elijah was the necromancer. It's freaking obvious. -_- and I still feel weird about the "yeah" part. It makes the sentences look like questions, yeah? ha. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Reading the first chapter of now, then will read the rest after lunch ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ It must be awful for her losing her hand!
Can't believe her mother is in an asylum?! how is she surviving on her own? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ ouch! poor eleanor! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 2 (view spoiler)[ Paris is a heck of a long way from Philadelphia! How long will it take her to get there, and how is she going to pay for the trip? never mind what's going to happen to her mother while she's away? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ I'm slightly confused. I thought she wanted Marcus to follow her to France and away from her mother, but she made a point about him not being on the ship. Did she just want him to take a different ship to her? because otherwise that doesn't make a lot of sense. I have to say that it is far better for her if he's not on the same ship, as long as he realises that she has gone to France! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ ugh! sea-sickness! awful!
who the hell is that? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ Elijah's demon?! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ Not sure what to make of Oliver! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ OMG. that would be so bizarre - having a steward come to your cabin to help you get undressed! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 [spoiler removed]

(view spoiler)[ It would be horrible to lose a hand! How would i be able to hold a book, or turn a page on my kindle?! What a nightmare. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ with all this talk about the spirit realm, I wonder, if Eleanor crossed into the spirit realm, and crossed back again, would she get her hand back? I mean she said a couple of times that she can see the blue spirit glow of where her hand was. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "chapter 1 [spoiler removed]

[spoilers removed]"

She seems to cope extremely well!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ Crikey! bad dream!! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ Ouch! Really bad dream! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ she passed into the spirit realm? why the heck are hell-hounds after her?
there goes my theory about her hand ☹ (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ another confusing explanation. someone is calling the spirit of her hand? if the hell-hounds send things to their final destination, why won't they let her hand cross? I'm confused. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 4 [spoilers removed]"

I'm a bit confused over that as well.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 5 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I don't know what to make of him either. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ Yay! she got her hand back!! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ this hunger is obviously tied to the necromancy. reminds me of (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ I agree with her, it's way too easy. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ I get the impression that she isn't quite taking this power as seriously as she should. which is odd considering what she's already been through, and what she's lost. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"

It is a bit like that!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I had that impression too. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ I have to admit to having to use the kindle's dictionary whilst reading this book. don't think I've ever heard of the word 'foppish'. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ 'not nice' is a bit of an understatement when talking about walking dead who have had their eyes and ears chopped off! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I can think of a few words that i'd use, and they're a lot stronger than "not nice"! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 10 (view spoiler)[ "I can't really remember the details."
do you really think you're going to get away with that eleanor? you got your amputaed hand back for pity's sake! a person would remember how that happened! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

this is really slow in places ☹

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "this is really slow in places ☹"

Yep. :( It started out being better than the first, but now i'm bored.