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Karla how are you getting on? I'm going to bed soon so i'll check back in the morning.
Elishia wrote: "Karla how are you getting on? I'm going to bed soon so i'll check back in the morning."I have to post my book tomorrow. I'm still working on it.
Today but Karla hasn't finished yet so we have till 11.59 for her review.
Sorry about the delay! Goodreads wouldn't let me on until now. I kept getting an error message.Week 2 - Landed on spot 14- read first book in series
Book: Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
Rating: ***
Finished:May 2, 2014
Review:
There were a few times in the book that I didn't like Jess, the main character. She made comments about overweight people that bothered me. But, in the end, I did like the book. I plan on reading the rest of the series. After her best friend moves away, Jessica Darling struggles with life. She pretty much hates her "friends", feels her dad only care about her running on the school track teams, and doesn't get along with her Mom and older sister, Bethany.
E is probably in bed. Any of y'all can go ahead and roll before GR crashes again.
It looks like I am the only one on here, so I will roll so we don't miss out.Roll: 6 + 3 = 9
Landed on spot 23
I'm reading a #3 in seriesClaudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, so I can make progress in more than one challenge.
Elishia has to stop playing the game, I've got a back up player I'll get assigned in just a bit. Y'all will need to pick a new captain though.
Ladies I sent out a message for backups and got a good response so now I'm evening out the teams (some teams had 5 players)
Hi! I've been assigned to your team. :-)
Dalene feel free to jump on in, if either of you would rather wait and start reading next Friday you can.
Im changing my selection...not in the mood for the first book I chose.....Going with Betrayed
it is #2 in a series and is on the 2star list
Welcome Dalene and Sandy. Who wants to be our new captain?
Week 3 - Landed on spot 23- read second book in series Book: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls by Ann M. Martin
Rating: ***
Finished:May 4, 2014
Review:
This book was told from Claudia's point of view. When the Babysitters begin getting hang-up phone calls, the girls believe it might be a local criminal, nickname the Phantom Caller. The book was fine. I'm not a fan of Claudia's, she's kind of mean to her sister, Janine, and Kristy and Mary Anne.
*waves* to Dalene & SandyI know I don't want to be captain.
Christine wrote: "*waves* to Dalene & SandyI know I don't want to be captain."
I second that ....I don't want to be a captain either....
Dalene wrote: "You all don't already have a captain?"Elisha was our captain. Since she left, we have the spot open. If you, Dalene, or Sandy, don't want to be captain, I'm willing to step in. Only if neither of you want to be captain, though.
I have not been a captain before, if someone wouldn't mind guiding me on what I would need to do, I wouldn't mind stepping in. But I might need someone to stand in for me one week this month as we are going to be going out of town to pick up my oldest son and his family to bring them back home and will be gone for a week. I do know I can take my laptop and hook up at my moms while we are at her place. But I feel it would be better to be backed up just in case I cannot fulfill the duties that week. I believe we are leaving on the 20th and be back on the 27th.
Week 3 - Spot 23Alternate: 2 stars
Finished: 5/6/14
Rating: ★★★
Chloe Saunders has just turned 15 and starts seeing ghosts. She's sent to a mental facility where a few other teenagers with seemingly supernatural powers are staying. The book focuses on Chloe learning more about her abilities and joining with the other teens to learn what happened to others like them who were supposedly murdered. I enjoyed the story and the writing never lagged. This is the first of a trilogy and I want to read the next book but I'm not in a hurry.
I can be the captain. Just let me know when to roll!
Ok, I am fine with Sandy being Captain. :)
Week 3: Spot 23Reviews:
Rosina: Betrayed ** Review
Christine:
Karla: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls**Review
Dalene: Matched ** Review
Sandy: The Summoning** Review
I am a bit slow with my reading right now, I should be finished by midnight. I will post then again.
Rosina and Christine, will you finish today so we can roll?(I understand Dalene doesn't need to finish a book this week since she just joined)
That's right but she does need to let us know she'd rather start today since she claimed a book, I'm being flexible with the new boots lol :)
Jenne wrote: "That's right but she does need to let us know she'd rather start today since she claimed a book, I'm being flexible with the new boots lol :)"OK, Jenne!
Week 3 - Landed on spot 23- read second book in series Book: Betrayed
Rating: ★★★★
Finished: May 8, 2014
Review:
This is the second in the series about Zoey Redfield who is a fledging vampire with more powers than the norm. She is the new leader of the Daughters of Darkness. This is an interesting take on vampires. Different from the Twilight series. I quite enjoy this series, set in Oklahoma.
Good morning, Dalene. Please let me know if you are going to pass this week as a "newbie", or if you're going to review a book. All of our reviews need to be in today in order for us to roll. Otherwise, we lose a turn.Thanks!
I am sorry I am late, I usually have my book read by Thursday night at the latest, but this week was a little hectic and I just finished my book..
Matched by Ally CondieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed the story, the plot is good. The characters are well developed. I like Cassia, Ky and Xander, they are all believable. The world building is pretty good. To have a society who chooses your match and everything else in your life would be boring to me to say the least. This book is a dystopian novel about what it would be like if everything was decided for you by data sorting and statistics. I am looking forward to reading the next book.
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Funny, I finished Matched yesterday! I couldn't use it for this challenge, since I started the day before we rolled. I really hope the trilogy ends well! I hated how The Hunger Games ended!
If Christine doesn't post soon y'all have the free pass to use if you want.
Karla wrote: "Funny, I finished Matched yesterday! I couldn't use it for this challenge, since I started the day before we rolled. I really hope the trilogy ends well! I hated how The Hunger Games ended!"I have yet to read a YA trilogy that ends well. Big disappointments!
Jenne wrote: "If Christine doesn't post soon y'all have the free pass to use if you want."Ah, I didn't know we had a free pass!
If Christine doesn't post by 9:00 pm CT I will use the pass and roll. She lives in Europe so perhaps she is sleeping right now.
OK, I figure another 8 minutes won't make a difference.I am using our Free Pass.
I rolled a 7, which puts us on Spot 30.
Read 3rd in a series, 30th in a series, or a Stand Alone.
The Alternate is Title starts with C.
Good luck everyone!!
hi, sorry I couldnt make it in time. :(I go with
Elder Races #3
I will read a stand alone. Will update once I'm not on my phone.
Week 4: Spot 30, read a stand aloneGood Grief by Lolly Winston
finished May 11/14
Rating: 2.5 ★
Review:
I feel that this book is unbalanced. GOOD GRIEF is an anomoly: a beautifully written book with a completely implausible plot. The begining starts off intriguing and is laced with black comedic moments. Then Sophie Stanton moves to Ashland and it becomes a different book entirely.
I got through the book very quickly, but I wasn't loving it. I was reading constantly waiting for something to happen. I felt for Sophie, I was sad for her, but I just couldn't get completely into it. It just didn't make sense. I thought that she moved on rather quickly for someone so depressed.
The boyfriend wasn't very likable and neither was the little sister. Her being able to start a business out of nowhere made very little sense as well. And the mother in law having Alzheimer's and that being made light of - her being able to take care of Marion while starting a business. This serious disease was reduced to a laugh track. Alzheimer's consumes families. It's a scary, exhausting disease, but Sophie handles it with ease, while effortlessly balancing a start up business--something else that consumes people--especially the first year.
My experience of having my mother pass away and the resulting depression I had and then moving in laws in with us so we could care for them, my MIL had Alzheimers and it was very stressful for my husband to deal with as well as run our business. I really find that this book was not realistic at least from my experience.
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Book: Secrets of a Summer Night
Rating:★★★★★
Finished:30/04/2014
I loved this book. Will continue with this series. Normally I don't read this type of book. I am not much on upper crust historical romance but this one sure surprised me. Four young ladies in search of a husband also known as the wallflowers make a pact. They promise to help each other find husbands and to tell each other everything. The girls plan scheme and plot their way into a proposal from a peer before the end of the season Really enjoyed the writing and flow of the story.