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R13: Team #14 ~ Well Read Chicks
So far, I've tried 4 Aliens books:1. Not in mood so put it back in TBR
2. & 3. Didn't like the audios so I returned them and don't have the ebooks handy.
4. DNF
Not sure what else I'll try next. I rarely have so much problems with a shelf.
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time finding a book that you like. :( I haven't read a lot of alien themed books before so I don't know if I can even recommend anything.
It's not as if I don't read Science Fiction. I have tons of Aliens books on my TBR! Some are just too long so I'm avoiding those.I think I found one to read. But I'll post it when I'm done with it. :)
Shelf: Ghosts
4 * April 4th
Jo is a medium who sees ghosts and it able to help them "transcend." Wyatt is the business man who hires the company she works for to deal with his "ghost problem." Jo and Wyatt are complete opposites. This was laugh-out-loud hilarious in places. While, I liked Jo right off the bat, Wyatt was an uptight asshole. It took some reading to gradually like him too.
Well done, entertaining. I liked the supporting characters too. Karma is intriguing and hopefully she gets her story too. I especially liked Angelica and Teddy.
Off topic, but the the publisher of this book, Samhain Publishing, is closing. (So I went and bought some titles I've eyeing with a giftcard I got). They are still paying loyalties and rights will (gradually) be reverting back to authors. (Unlike some other publishers that have ceased operations).
Shelf: Ghosts
Book: Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
Finished: 04/04/16
Rated: ★★★★
Review:
Charley Davidson is a Grim-Reaper. Not only does she see ghost and try to help them pass. She also uses her ability as a Private Investigator and sometimes help the local police department on some murder cases. Charley has grown up with problems at home, as her step mom and sister doesn't accept her for who she is.
There's also Reyes (the handsome love interest in this series), who is actually the son of Satan, and is only showing himself to Charley in ghost form as he doesn't want her to find his body. Charley makes it her mission to find his body however.
In this book while trying to search for Reyes, she's also trying to solve the mystery as a lot of people are dying, in what seems to be suicide, but evidence shows that it's not.
I really enjoy the tone in this book. It's fast-paced and has a nice dose of humor that I really enjoy. I like a lot of the sub characters like Cookie, and Angel. I had some troubles with the ending in this book. I'm not going to say too much about it, but that's why I couldn't give this book a better rating. I'll check out the next book and hopefully Charley has become wiser about what she did, but if not I'm not sure I'll be continuing the series.
Anyway, overall I enjoyed it, but the ending was stupid!
Anita wrote: "Anyway, overall I enjoyed it, but the ending was stupid! "That ending made me give up on that series.
I'm not completely giving up. A character is allowed to make mistakes, if she also later will see it as such and learn from them, but yes, very unhappy abut that ending.
I can't remember what she did, I'll have to go have a look. LOL.I'm up to #9 so it was some time ago.
OK, I agree it was a bad choice and she certainly hasn't repeated it. She must have been feeling desperate to save Reyes which I find understandable.
Sandra, I also think that's why she did it. It doesn't make it right though. Good to know she doesn't repeat it. There's hope for the series then. It would also be really sad otherwise since I really love the dialogue and pace of the writing in these books. I can't decide if I liked it better when I read it or with the audio, so I'll have to think about that.
Shelf #1: Aliens
Date finished/Rating: 4/5 ★★½
Review: There were some touching parts but the whole thing was so ridiculous. I understand a woman would do anything to save a sick child but how quickly she felt in "love" with those two and got used to the "two-husbands" idea was simply crazy. And the sex wasn't even that hot!
Oh wow! It's just Tuesday? A whole day left before we get a new shelf!I'm done with my books so I have nothing to read. Maybe I'll try to pick up something for other challenges that I know won't work here.
Congrats on finishing an Alien book. Sorry it was a low rated story for you.
At least it's out of my TBR and it was a quick read. :)
Yes, it's always good to look at the positives.Btw. I won't be up when the shelf announcement will be made today, and I probably won't be on until tomorrow afternoon in my time, as I have a job interview in the morning .
Hopefully someone else will let everyone know which shelf is going to be next. I will be online as soon as possible tomorrow to check the shelf :)
Good luck with your job interview, Anita! One of us will be on and can post the shelf :)
I'll either go non-paranormal and read
(3 people) or
(1 person)
I'll read "Bad Boys Do" by Victoria Dahl (2 people)
I stayed up half the night listening...I'll probably finish mine today.
Guilty pleasures gives us 3 in a row with ghosts...great start! :)
D.G. wrote: "Guilty pleasures gives us 3 in a row with ghosts...great start! :)"That's awesome - means I need to try to listen to my Ghost audio quicker....
I think my book will be
I had already planned to read this one in April. So it fits.Btw. It's hard to say how my job interview went. I think it went well, but there were a lot of other candidates who they had to interview in the coming days, and I have no idea where I stand in comparison to that. I'll probably hear back from them middle of next week.
That's the thing with interviews, Anita. You never know who else is out there.I've interviewed a lot of people in the last year and we always compare people to one another.
Crossing my fingers for you Anita!!!!
Shelf #2: Guilty Pleasures
Date finished/Rating: 4/8 ★★★½
Review: I'm not crazy about older women plots (I keep imagining the guy is still hot in his 50s while she looks like his mother) but this one worked because the difference in age wasn't crazy high. I didn't feel the chemistry between them but I liked the whole family dynamics and how running a business with your family is difficult. The ex-husband was too conveniently a douche but I really liked that Olivia learned from her mistakes and went after what she wanted.
Shelf: Guilty Pleasures
Finished: 4/7/16
Rating: 3♥
Review: Clay and Julia are 'introduced' when her sister meets him in NYC and hears that he is headed to California for business. Julia owns a bar. They instantly click - both clothed and not so clothed. It was supposed to be just one night but neither of them can forget the other - even though they live a continent apart. Enter the angst part - Julia has a major secret that she can't tell anyone as she is trying to keep them out of harm's way. Clay hates lies due to his ex. Julia has a secret due to her ex. What I didn't get is Clay is a lawyer - if you're going to tell anyone about your problem - don't you think you would tell a lawyer that could possibly help you out of your predicament?? No - she keeps 'lying' and telling him to trust her..... My other issue with this - Clay hasn't even met her yet (or anyone else for that matter while doing business) and he's wishing he had brought his handcuffs with him from NYC?? You're going to meet a chick you know nothing about sexually or otherwise - why would this even cross your mind?? And then - she just happens to have a pair of handcuffs in her purse that she hasn't used at all in a year. Felt like this was just thrown in so that it could be labeled bdsm IMO. Anyway this is a one of two part book series. At some point I'll probably read #2 but I'm not running out to get it.
Week 3: Guilty PleasuresD.G. Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl - Review ★★★.5
Anita All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris - Review ★★★★
Rachel Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan - Review ★★★★
Melissa Night After Night by Lauren Blakely - Review ★★★
Week 2: Ghosts
by Elisabeth NaughtonCompleted 4/11/16
Rating: 4♥'s
Review: Orpheus, demon hybrid, has to save his hero brother Gryphon from the Underworld and will do anything to reach his goal. He is a selfish, manipulative bastard ....or was that just what we were led to believe. Orpheus has been in the background since book one. Skyla, a gorgeous Siren, is sent after him by her order to seduce, entrap and destroy him. I loved Orpheus's book. We get glimpses in the last book that there really is more to Orpheus than what we see. Watching (listening) to Orpheus come into his own while realizing he is a good guy and have Skyla question what she has been told by Zeus compared to what she sees. So much fun. My only issue was - I've listened to the books on audio and the voice she does for Orpheus, whiny and annoying, was totally fine in the first books as you weren't supposed to like him but then for his book - just felt wrong for the hero , lol. I'm hoping Gryphon's book is next
Phew - I feel so much better now that I'm caught up. That audio took forever ....well actually that pesky work thing got in the way of audio listening :D
IKR - I'm now ready for the next shelf call....can we do it days early, lol
LOL - I know soooo hard to wait aaaannnnnnddddd sooo hard to figure out what to read - it could work for the next call .......
CONGRATULATIONS, Well Read Chicks!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'aliens'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Yay for you Melissa. Have to admit I haven't started my Guilty pleasure book yet. Will probably start it tomorrow though, and Sookie books are usually pretty quick reads.
CONGRATULATIONS, Chicks!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'ghosts'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Anita wrote: "Yay for you Melissa. Have to admit I haven't started my Guilty pleasure book yet. Will probably start it tomorrow though, and Sookie books are usually pretty quick reads."LOL - thanks - I just hate being 'behind'. Even though I know it's so early in the game I'm not behind. I'll try to not pick audio's as work has been crazy making it hard to finish those timely.
Visiting family in WA and this is first opportunity I had to get away to post this. Guilty Pleasures
Done April 10th 4*
Ned and Kate married young. After 3 months Ned decides to go to China to oversee family holdings there. He is gone 3 years. Of course while he is gone, life moves along. I loved what Kate took on in her spare time and I enjoyed that secondary story. I also liked how they were both faithful to each other. (I think it would have ruined this for me if they didn't).
It did get annoying that Ned wouldn't share what he felt. I didn't like that asking for help was seen as a weakness and not a strength. At least at first anyway. I liked how mental illness was portrayed (pretty sure bi-polar- that is my educated guess) in a time where it wasn't understand, nor was there any treatment (except commitment in an asylum- and history tells how deplorable conditions were in them).
A favorite quote: "It was time to start becoming the husband he could be."
Woohoo! Now that I saw the stamps, I realize that aliens and ghosts also make two in a row! Can't wait for tomorrow!
Congrats on the stamps Chickies!
The new Shelf was called - Yeah!!Strong Heroine - here is the link
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
I'm going to go with
as 5 people shelved as strong heroine
I think I'm going go with Real by Katy Evans shelved by 10 people.
on tablet and unable to link. Will link later.
My choice for Strong Heroine will be
4 people shelved it as Strong Heroine.
Not a surprise...I'm reading
for strong heroine (if a woman who is a queen of the darkness is not strong, I don't know who is!) ;)
I was actually afraid I wouldn't find Rachel Morgan on the list, because it was shelved by so few, but I think she's a worthy heroine.
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Do you always listen to audios? :)
I mix mine up. I'm always working on at least one audio..."
I used to mix them up too, but recently I've been mostly listening. If a book is not in audio, it's taking longer to make it to the TBR.