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Debbie (Doc) wrote: "I am going to read The Law of Moses
by Amy HarmonHow this book qualifies: #1 in a series
333 Pages"
I really enjoyed this one. I hope you do as well. =D
Mandy wrote: "Debbie (Doc) wrote: "I am going to read The Law of Moses by Amy HarmonHow this book qualifies: #1 in a series
333 Pages"
I ..."
I've been wanting to read this for a while. All of the reviews that I've seen are excellent!
Mandy wrote: "Debbie (Doc) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "I messaged her but nothing yet"Did you let Ezi know that Bouchra is missing?
I am also on Eastern time and go to bed around 9:30. I do get up at 4:30 so I coul..."
I've had her in a group before. I don't think she gets on GR to often so she may not have seen or realized that we have started.
Debbie (Doc) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Debbie (Doc) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "I messaged her but nothing yet"Did you let Ezi know that Bouchra is missing?
I am also on Eastern time and go to bed around 9:30. I do get up at ..."
That's what I've heard I'm sure she will join us as soon as she can =D
Mandy wrote: "Debbie (Doc) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Debbie (Doc) wrote: "Mandy wrote: "I messaged her but nothing yet"Did you let Ezi know that Bouchra is missing?
I am also on Eastern time and go to bed around ..."
I agree and we do have a week to complete our book so there is plenty of time.
1st in series works for me. I was going to start The 5th Wave yesterday but procrastinated hoping it would work for our challenge.
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Despicable Ezi wrote: "I pm'd Bouchra yesterday but she hasn't been online since 1/12. I'll give her a couple of days before replacing her"No hurry =D
Debbie (Doc) wrote: We can also read a stand alone since the roll was a 10. A stand alone works for 1 or 0.We can also read the alternate: Color purple on the book cover.
Oh, quite right! Sorry, I left those options out.
OK. So if I'm understanding correctly, I can choose:Series 1
Series 10
Standalone
Purple Cover
That's pretty easy. And it needs to be something started AFTER the countdown clock struck zero, correct?
Kim wrote: "OK. So if I'm understanding correctly, I can choose:Series 1
Series 10
Standalone
Purple Cover
That's pretty easy. And it needs to be something started AFTER the countdown clock struck zero, cor..."
Yep, that is correct!
Mod
Series 1
Series 10
Standalone
Purple Cover
That's pretty easy. And it needs to be something started AFTER the countdown clock struck zero, cor..."
correct, you cannot begin your book until AFTER your captain rolled.
Is that every week or just for the start of the challenge?
Kim wrote: "Is that every week or just for the start of the challenge?"Yes, you can't start a book until the roll.
OK. I'm picking up what you're throwing down. Just finished the book I was working on. I think next up is going to be:
It's a standalone.
That was easy enough!
Hey guys!So sorry about being MIA, I even had the date noted down in my journal but completely skipped over it as I had a bit of a rough week. I'm in now and I'm looking forward to reading A Darker Shade of Magic for the first roll!
Also, I totally dig the name! See what I did there ;)
I wanted to be captain but since I'm this late joining in I'll sit on the sidelines for this one, but if you do need my help anytime, please do let me know. I plan on being more active on Goodreads this year and it won't work unless if I turn into a habit, so I'm going to try and check in at least once every two days :)
Oh, and I'd love to get to know my teammates better ... I'm a freelance Arabic language services provider (translation, social media, PR, etc). I'm Algerian but currently living in Saudi Arabia, and I'm 22 years old. Some of my hobbies are DIY, cooking, baking, and reading, of course. What about you guys?
You are more than welcome to take over =) I just set it up because we haven't heard from you.
Fairlee wrote: "Murder With Peacocks-number 1 of series"This is off topic, but I love your name, Fairlee. I've never seen that before!
Week 1 - 1st in SeriesRead - The 5th Wave
Finished - 1/16/16
Rating - 5 star
Review
I’ve had this one sitting on my shelf for almost a year with the anticipation of getting to it but never really finding the time. I admit I was a little nervous with all the hype about the series I was afraid I wouldn’t love it like everyone else. Well I was wrong it was better than I expected a truly captivating fast paced dystopian alien novel. The author has combined my love of dystopian with sci fi aliens creating an intricate unique story that sucked me in and kept me hooked to the very last page. I really like the multiple prospective it’s interesting to see how things are playing out for both sides of the fence. I liked all the characters finding a way to connect with each one. The 5th Wave was hard to put down I ended up finishing it in one day because I had to know how it would end. I honestly loved every moment of The 5th Wave it’s a captivating book that is well written. I already have the second book sitting on the shelf and can’t wait to see how it's all going to play out.
Week 1: Spot: 10
Book: Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid
Qualification: Standalone (0)
Rating & Review: 3 Stars
This book was a nice, fluffy read. I enjoyed hearing how Leila affected the lives of the other teens that she came across during her road trip. As a parent, I cringed a little bit at how much trouble all the kids were getting into. I wished that the book was a little more fast-paced and not so predictable. It was obvious how the book was going to end. I wish Hudson would have went on the trip with her instead of being angry with her the whole time.
I'll get the review to you by tomorrow night, Mandy. I had to finish another book first for another challenge. Just have a couple more pages on that one then I'll move onto HHG.
I will be done with mine by the end of the day today.
Is my completion post in Post 73 sufficient?
Week 1Spot : 10
The Law of Moses
Completed 1/20/16
5 Stars
How the book qualifies: Book 1 in a series
Review:
Amy Harmon is perhaps one of the best authors that I have come across. Her books are all emotional and her writing is phenomenal. Her storylines are all unique and carry substance. If you are looking for fluff or a light read, you won’t find it in the Law of Moses. With that being said, this book does have a paranormal quality to it. This book will have you laughing, crying, and on an emotional roller coaster ride for the duration of the book.
Although I did give it a 5 stars, primarily for the writing style, I don’t see myself ever reading or listening to this again. Some of the topics in this book just hit too close to home.
I'm still plowing through mine. I should be done tomorrow.
Finished!Week 1, Spot 10
#1 in a series (Professory Moriarty)
The Return of Moriarty by John Gardner - 1/21/16
Rating: five stars
This was a fascinating read - the author managed to take almost the exact same tone as Conan Doyle and did a great job of recreating the seamy underbelly of London in 1894.
The plot takes up a few months after the incident between Holmes and Professor James Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls in The Final Problem. In the original story, Moriarty died, but in this version he survives and returns to find his criminal empire threatened by Idle Jack Adell and his two younger henchmen, known as The Peg and Lord Peter. Colonel Moran, his first lieutenant who was left in charge, has been spending too much time in the gambling houses and winds up in jail.
The novel follows Moriarty's daily routines of helping out the poor, criminal and the desperate who flock to him as if he were Don Corlione. It's a pretty complicated plot, swerving between settling disputes with madams and prostitutes' mothers, springing sons of poor men out of jail and cleaning up the mess that Moran left behind, including dispatching Moran himself before he can be interrogated by the police.
Amidst all this are flashbacks into Moriarty's youth and first forays into the world of crime, including his destruction of his own brother, his Faustian bargain with Holmes that allowed them both to survive as well as the background stories of his band of criminals. The female characters in particular are must stronger than those in Conan Doyle's stories. None of the villains, including Moriarty, are completely despicable - it was hard NOT to root for them as they battled Idle Jack's minions.
This was a very satisfying book and I'm looking forward to the next two in the series.
Marty I'm glad you enjoyed it. Sounds like one I need to add to my To read shelf. Bouchra Fairlee Dawn how are you Ladies doing?
Marty, here's my review:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, 1-20-16 (4*), review
Do you need me to cut/paste it into a message or is this link to it okay?
I would cut and paste it just in case Dawn. That way if Ezi has any questions she can find it quickly.
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yes
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, 1-20-16 (4*), review
Do you need me to cut/paste it into..."
yes. no links please. Cut and paste it
Okay this is my review for
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
HHG #1
This is a fun, quirky, sci-fi comedy bit of silliness. It focuses on Arthur Dent, a 30yo, also-ran kind of guy, just plugging away day to day. His West Country home is going to be bulldozed in order to make room for an expressway. As he is lying in the mud in front of the dozers, all while still in his bathrobe, his best friend, Ford Prefect, rushes him up and away to the neighborhood pub before insisting that the world is going to end in twelve minutes. There are funny little bits thrown in such as Ford is able to convince the councilman in charge of the demolition (Mr. Prosser) to lie in the mud in place of Arthur to hold off the demo with the agreement that they will switch positions later so that Prosser can take a break and go off to the pub himself.
Ford had formed a theory (regarding the inanity of humans)... If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favor of a new one. If they don't keep on exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.
Arthur has to make a quick adjustment to absorb the fact that his best friend of several years is actually from outer space, near Betelgeuse, and has been stranded on Earth for 15 years pretending to be an out-of-work actor. In actuality, Ford Prefect is a researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a huge compendium of information in book form (as it was written and described in 1979, it mirrors how our modern day ebook readers function), written for interstellar hitchhikers, giving them information about different planets, the life-forms which inhabit them, etc., in order to safely traverse the infinite reaches of space.
Unfortunately, yes, the planet Earth is destroyed, with the ironic twist that it needed to be cleared away to make room for an interplanetary expressway. Ford and Arthur barely make their escape and find themselves on a Vogon transport, which isn't a huge advancement in their favor. They find themselves at the mercy and peril of the Vogon, who are described as ugly critters who haven't really evolved and are now the "fill out form A in triplicate" drones of the Galactic Civil Service. They are eventually tossed out of the ship to meet their demise.
"You know," said Arthur, "it's times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why? What did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen."
Luckily, they are rescued within the 30 seconds they are able to hold their breath while floating in the airless and freezing vacuum of space (just go with it) by Zaphod Beeblebrox, President of the Imperial Galactic Government, and his humanoid girlfriend, Trillian. Zaphod is egocentric, flighty, self-absorbed, and slightly stupid. Somehow he has stolen the airship they are on (the Heart of Gold) and is old friends with Ford Prefect. Arthur is also surprised to learn that he knows Trillian from Earth. The two of them had met at a party several months earlier (she was Tricia McMillan then) and were starting to hit it off when Zaphod stole her away with the line, "Do you want to see my spaceship?"
The four of them, along with a depressed robot named Marvin, adventure along together, avoiding hostile planets, missiles, various dangers and oddities. They hazard along searching for the legendary planet Magrathea, thought to be mythical to most, similar to Atlantis on Earth. The legends say the Magratheans used to manufacture planets. Zaphod is not exactly sure why he is searching for it, but everyone is used to him doing things on a whim, so it is not much questioned until the end of the book when they believe they have found it and Arthur is given a second chance to take back his life the way it was on Earth.
Alright Just waiting on two reviews Fairlee and Bouchra how are you two doing?
Roll 1, Spot 10
Final Theory
Relevance: 1st in a series
Date Finished: 17/01/2016
Rating: ****
Review: Interesting take on a subject that I avoid a lot - particle physics. I liked how the book explained it clearly enough for someone like me to be able to grasp a general idea of what was going on.
It was a good change from the usual sci-fi/action novels.
Bouchra wrote: "Roll 1, Spot 10Final Theory
Relevance: 1st in a series
Date Finished: 17/01/2016
Rating: ****
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Can you cut and paste your review for us. Please.
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thank you Captain :D
Bouchra, please paste your review in the post
I guess that we can use the pass option if it gets too late in the day and the review isn't posted.
It would be too bad if we had to use our pass this early in the challenge.
I've messaged Fairlee. Hopefully everything is ok. Maybe it's the storm.
Ohhhh. I didn't even think about the storm. Good thinking.
Mod
Well, you haven't earned your free pass yet. you have to complete week 1 to earn your free pass.
Sorry guys.
Bouchra's link versus posting review won't keep you from rolling. So don't worry about that.
Now Fairlee:
Does anyone know if Fairlee in in the bad weather area. A bunch of our offices got closed and people sent home in Memphis as well as DC because of bad weather conditions. So if that is a factor, we can chop it up to natural disasters.
*let me do some sleuthing.
I'm on my phone right now, is it ok if I just copy and paste the review in a new comment, and then later edit the original comment?I didn't know I had to paste the review, I'd played 2 times before and the link was fine then ...
Well, you haven't earned your free pass yet. you have to complete week 1 to earn ..."Oops, I forgot about that. This one of the reasons is why I'm not the team leader! :D
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We have some options here. But this is what I am thinking.
Since Fairlee is in Texas, we know she isn't in bad weather...but she she hasn't been on GR since 1/16. So let me check with the other mods and see what we can do for you gold diggers :D
dorry dh has been in hospital. Murder with peacocks finished 1/20 16. 3 stars Good introduction to characters but I enjoyed the later ones in this series more
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YEAAAAAA!
Sorry to hear that Fairlee. I hope he is getting better.
Is there anything we can do for you?
*Since you have a very serious issue, I will let your team roll. But I need you when you get a moment later to come back and fix up your post like the sample I provided
(See Debbie or Bouchra's post but add in your review.)
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Did you let Ezi know that Bouchra is missing?
I am also on Eastern time and go to bed around 9:30. I do get up at 4:30 so I could roll then if noone ..."
I did let Ezi know on the Sign up page. I'll just message Ezi. I was hoping she would see my message and join us =(