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week 5 roll 8 spot 47 4stars Deadly Notions Victoria and the Sweet Brira sewing circle are trying to pursue the town that they didn t kill the town bully or did one of them? Can Victoria keep her teacher boyfriend or will she lose him to his college sweetheart? I love this series and can t wait to read the next one.
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Week 5 - Roll 8Spot 47
Forged in Steele - 7th in Series
5/21/14
4 stars
I started this series a long time ago and have really enjoyed all the books. KGI is made up of the Kelly Brothers and other ex military personnel. This group takes on rescues that the government agencies don't want to get involved in.
Steele is the leader of one of the three rescue groups and met Maren when they were on a prior rescue mission and has fought his attraction for her. Maren is a doctor and if ever the rescue groups needed a doctor when they were out of the company,they would fly to Costa Rica and Maren would treat them. It was after one such mission when they flew to Costa Rica that Steele finally gave into his attraction and he and Maren slept together. Maren ends up pregnant and she is Kidnapped by an arms dealer. It takes months until they get Maren back and Steele finds out he is goig to be a father.
I really enjoyed this story because we get to see the emotional side of Steele as he admits his love for Maren and their unborn child.
Mandy decided we are going to use the pass this week since Vicky is missing and she will talk to Jenne....I rolled 5+5=10 ,so we are now on 57
You can read a 5th in series, a 7th in series or an orange cover book....
Alright Sue beat me to it. We haven't heard from Vicky so we will be using our free pass this week.
LOL I will be reading
5th in series
Week:5 Roll:8 Spot:47 Alternate:PurchasedMandy ~ Breathe ~ Review
Fairlee ~ Deadly Notions ~ Review
Vicky ~ Three Weeks With Lady X ~ Review
Sue ~ The Accidental Vampire ~ Review
Nan ~Forged in Steele ~ Review
5/5 complete
Well, I was just coming to post my book. I had another super busy week and have had no GR time, but I will definitely let you know if I WON'T have a book finished on Friday. Should I still post it? I finished it at 4:30 this morning.
Yeah post it, someone roll again and you'll get the free pass back.
Vicky post your book and roll so we can start this week's reading....
Can we all please slow down and be a bit more patient? Just because we can roll at midnight does not mean we have to, we have all day on Friday to read. I have had a very busy and stressful past few weeks, but I have (even if at the last minute) found time to read my books each week. As I said before, I will let you all know if I will NOT have my book read by midnight on Friday and you can otherwise assume that I will post before the roll deadline is up. I'm starting to feel like I'm being pressured to finish by Thursday, that has not been an option for me lately, and I don't appreciate the feeling. I posted my question and walked away to grab breakfast so I did not see Jenne's response right away. When I came back and saw her response I sent a PM to Mandy to double check that we wanted the free pass back instead of the roll of 10 - since it was a good roll. I was doing other things and just saw her response to go ahead and do it, so I will be doing so after I post this.
Week 5: Space 47
Three Weeks With Lady X by Eloisa James
7th in a Series
Read: 5.23.14
Stars: 3
I really enjoyed the first six books in this series. I wanted to love this one, but it felt like it was missing something.
The parallels between Thorn's story and his father (The Duke of Villers, A Duke of Her Own) were much appreciated. I also enjoyed Villers sly hand in teaching his son about love.
I loved the witty banter that James gives her characters. I loved the way they finally come together at the end, but I felt like their journey to get their was inconsistent of their characters.
When you signed up for this ( TEAM) challenge , you said you could read 1 book a week . And to most that is Friday midnight to Friday midnight. Yes Jenne has graciously given us a grace period of 24 hours on Friday,but this is to use in emergency, that is what a grace period is... I think some are impatient for a reason. This is not the only challenge they are doing, so they have have set days to do certain things. Some need to learn in a team tourney, when you run late, you hurt the whole team....
OMG it just dawned on me I can read a 3 this week......so many choices..... I can't choose.
Week 6 - Space 53Never a Hero - 5 th is a Series
5/23/14 - 4 stars
This was a wonderful story about 2 MC that are hurt in different ways. Owen was born without a hand and has been emotionally abused by his mother and Nick is HIV positive. THey meet when Nick moves into the apartment below Owen.Owen has become a loner because his mother has made him feel like a freak since he only has one hand and Nick's sister June has the same condition. Thanks to Nick and June, Owen learns that he isn't that at all and Nick gets Owen out in public more and introduces him to Nick's friends.
The two men discover feelings for each other but Nick fights this attraction because he doesn't want to do anything that will cause Owen to get infected with HIV.
I would say this was my favorite of the Tucker Springs Series so far. I loved Nick and Owen and wasdrawn into this story immediately!
WTG Nan. I should be done early tomorrow , about half done now......
week 6-space 53
-This series is always fast pace and this one doesn t disappoint. I love the angle of the story but was disappointed in the love triangle development. Who killed the famous reporter and Why? Angie and Mel to the rescue again. 5 stars
Week 6 - Space 53
- 5 th is a Series5/25/14 - 4 stars
I am really loving this series and with each they keep getting better. Can't wait to read the next one....
After being rescued from the Underworld, Gryphon is plauged by strange voices and an evil foreboding. He believes that his only hope for salvation is to track down the goddess who cursed him...until he meets Maelea.
A prisoner with no bars, Maelea encounters Gryphon on her quest to find Olympus. He's about to test her loyalty to the gods, and she's ready to find out if he still has a heart worth saving...
New roll starts tonight at midnight.....yayyyyyyy!!!!
I'll be done this afternoon. Everyone including myself has been fighting the evil spring cold.
Week 6 space 53
3rd in seriesFinished 05/29/2014
Rating 5 out of 5 stars
Review
Moving Too Fast is the third installment in the Sweet series which is based on Carrie and Grant. After reading all three this is clearly my favorite there is just something about these two I just loved. The characters are easy to connect with you can’t help falling in love with them. I loved that the story is also a clean sweet romance it’s one of my favorite themes in romance. The author has created a clever story between a nice girl and bad boy but putting her own unique spin. Moving Too Fast is a fast paced romance that captures the imagination as well as the heart. I actually read the whole book while sitting at the base hospital with a friend having surgery, and made her wait while I finished the last couple of chapters. The book is well written it flows from start to finish, I think the author did a fantastic job and I can’t wait to check out her other book.
Week 6: Space 53
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
5th in a Series
Read: 5.25.14
Stars: 3
Trapped takes place 12 years after the events of Tricked, and I wish I had read the novella Two Ravens and One Crow before diving in to fill in a bit of the gap. I was surprised to see Atticus on genial terms with Odin and it seems the novella would have explained why and made the transition to Trapped seem less awkward.
The main event in Trapped is binding Granuaile to the Earth, a ceremony that is interrupted time and time again by everyone who wants to kill Atticus. There's a lot of action and the trio is always on the move, but the story didn't seem to move forward very far. Similar to the way that I felt Hammered, I feel that the main purpose of Trapped was to start setting up the pieces for Ragnarok.
Week:6 Roll:6 Spot:53 Alternate:lol shelfMandy ~ Moving Too Fast ~ Review
Fairlee ~ Going, Going, Ganache ~ Review
Vicky ~ Trapped ~ Review
Sue ~ Enslaved ~ Review
Nan ~ Never a Hero ~ Review
5/5 complete
Good Morning !!!! I rolled 6+6+12
So we are on 65.
A 6th in series, a 5th in series or Modern Book
Week 7: Space 65
Alernare: Modern p 500
Read: 5/31/2014
Stars:***
Review: Though I didn't dislike this book....it was not one of my favorites... I found it predictable and really sappy. It tended to drag out at times,just not what I normally read....
Joan Sanderson's life is stuck.
Her older sister, Allie, is starting a family, and her younger sister, Tori, has a budding career. Meanwhile, Joan is stuck at home with Mom and her aging grandmother. Not exactly a recipe for excitement--or romance.
When a hunky young doctor moves in next door, Joan sets out to catch his eye. But it won't be easy. Pretty Tori flirts relentlessly, and Joan is sure that she can't compete. But with a little help from God, Allie, and an enormous mutt with bad manners, Joan begins to find her way out of this rut and into the life she's been hiding from.
Book 1 of the Sister-to-Sister series, Stuck in the Middle combines budding romance, soul searching, and a healthy dose of sibling rivalry that is sure to make you smile.
Alright Sue how did you go through 500 pages so fast? It's taking me forever
Mandy I cheated. The newer book are toward the back. So on bottom where it says page I deleted number and put 500. I was looking for end of list but I came upon a free Ebook I had so I took it...:)
I'm reading
Alternate page 150 (I started at 100)I'm having burn out recently so picking was tough.
Week 7-Sugar and Iced-I love this series and I can t wait for the next book. 4 stars Who killed the beauty pragent judge? Will Mel and Joe ever marry? Will Lupe win the scholarship? I love this series more with each book.
Week 7: Best Laid Plans - 5th in Series3.5 stars
I started this series earlier this year and I fall back on it when I need a Paranormal/Shifter book. It is a light quick read and I have enjoyed the series so far. I definitely plan on continuing the series when I need it for a challenge or when I have extra time.
Week 7: Space 65
Alternate: Modern p 150
Read: 6/3/2014
Stars:****
Review
Once in a Full Moon is a fast captivating werewolf romance that sparks the imagination. I love werewolf stories so it had some big shoes to fill, and I think the author did a great job adding her own unique twists to the story. The characters are unique and easy to connect with I couldn’t help liking Celeste and Brandon. The story is fast paced it’s easy to be drawn into Celeste’s world, I found myself having a hard time putting it down. I think the author did a great job with the first book but she left us a cliffhanger and I can’t wait to read the next one to see what will happen to our couple. I like that the story has clean romance which I found refreshing for a young adult the romance was sweet. Overall I enjoyed the story and look forward to seeing where the series goes.
Week 7: Space 65
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig
5th in a Series
Read: 6.4.14
Stars: 3
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine is a bit diverted from the rest of the Pink Carnation series thus far. It focuses on Charlotte Lansdowne (one of Henrietta Selwick's friends) and Robert, the Duke of Dovedale who has returned to England after years of being abroad in India.
Unlike the first four books in the series (and The Mischief in the Mistletoe which was the 7th published book but overlaps with Christmas festivities at the beginning of this book), Temptation didn't focus overmuch on the French spies. The French definitely had their hands in some of the goings on in this novel - but it wasn't as major of a focus as it was earlier in the series. The danger and adventure was definitely more subdued.
Not that I didn't like it, it was just different.
Orphaned at a young age and raised by her overbearing grandmother, the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale, Charlotte has retreated to books for comfort. The books lead her to daydream of fairy tale romances and happily ever afters, so it's only natural that Temptation be a little more whimsical and a little less action packed.
There were a few minor things that bothered me, but overall a solid book. Penelope next - that should be a trip!
Week:7 Roll:12 Spot:65 Alternate:ModernMandy ~ Once in a Full Moon ~ Review
Fairlee ~ Sugar and Iced ~ Review
Vicky ~ The Temptation of the Night Jasmine ~Review
Sue ~ Stuck in the Middle ~ Review
Nan ~ Best Laid Plans ~ Review
5/5 complete
Week 8: Space 71 1st in Series
byCharlaine HarrisRead: 6/10/2014
Stars:*****
Review: What a great story, so different from her Sookie Stackhouse books but another winner !!!!!
Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.
There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).
Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth...
I posted this in the discussion thread but thought I'd post it on each team's thread too.All teams in post 4 of their thread have the winning alternates under the spoiler tag. They've been randomly selected and I'll post the list here too. So for any newbies to win you have to roll past 75, you can read the # you'd be on i.e. land on 89 you can read and 8th or a 9th or the new alternate.
76.Color: Pink
77. Location: Texas
78. Title: K
79. Location: France
80. 2007
81. Location: Italy
82. Color: Red
83. Title: C
84. Title: D
85. Title: P
86. Location: New Mexico
87. Lol
Here's an update on each team after the last roll:
1: 64
2: 71
3: 58
4: 51
5: 59
6: 67
7: 61
8: 70
9: 71
10: 58
11: 69
12: 64
13: 62
Teams 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11, & 12 have the potential to go out next week.
I'm going to read
for 1st in series.
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