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R13: Team #17 ~ Not So Grim Reading Reapers
SELECTION POSTFree Space
My Choice: GhosTV
Page Count: 300
How it Qualifies: Found on group's bookshelves
COMPLETION POSTWeek #1~ Aliens
Outcast Mine
My Rating: ★★★
Date Completed: 3/27
Final Thoughts:
Pretty good. I thought the narrator of the audiobook did a good job. I'm not a big fan of multiple POVs. Especially if it's really random. You get the POVs from both MCs (which I'm good with) then every once in a while a different POV just pops up willy nilly from a secondary character. But honestly even without those I don't think I would have liked it more than I did. Better than okay but not great. Forgettable.
Wow, we got really silent. How is everyone doing? Anyone hoping for a particular shelf tomorrow?
Everything is great here. I'm up for anything tomorrow. I'm not picky
COMPLETION POSTFree Space
GhosTV
My Rating: ★★★★
Date Completed: 3/29
Final Thoughts:
This is such a great series. And Gomez Pugh is a fantastic narrator. I love his voice. This book was a little slower in the middle than the other books but I still loved it. My only eh? moment came at the end when (view spoiler)
Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Wow, we got really silent. How is everyone doing? Anyone hoping for a particular shelf tomorrow?"I was reading ;)
I'm hoping for one of the reader related shelves or one of the series related ones!
SELECTION POSTWeek #2~ Ghosts
My Choice: Winter Oranges
Page Count: 275
Shelf Page: Page 30 on Popular Ghosts Books
Hey all!Sorry I've been MIA. I came to a conference this week for work and usually the days are pretty unstructured but WHOOOOOAAAA it's super structured at this one. Starting at 8 AM and ending around 9 PM each month.
It's done Friday around noon so again apologies for not checking in, I just didn't anticipate the time constraint this week! I'll be back in business in a couple of days and update everything.
Thanks also to Krissy for posting this week's shelf!
SELECTION POSTWeek #2~ Ghosts
My Choice:
Page Count: 310
Shelf Page: Page 3 on Popular Ghosts Books, shelved 101 times as ghosts
Selection week 2 - Ghosts
291 pages
pg 12 of shelf
Completion post - week 2 - ghosts
3 stars
4/1/16
Review: Pepper was kind of a spoiled brat which took away some enjoyment of the story. The reality TV show on graveyard restoration was a neat twist. This ghost asks Pepper to prove him innocent of murder and she manages to investigate with all this going on.
Hey Team! Thanks for being patient with me!I'm going to update all the posts now.
Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Completion post - week 2 - ghosts3 stars
Review: Pepper was kind of a spoiled brat which took away some enjoyment of the story. The reality TV show on graveyar..."
Diane when you get a chance, be sure to add your date completed.
@Danielle - I finished it on April 1 and marked it read then as normal.
Sorry Diane, you have to say you completed the book on a set date in your review post. That's the rules :D
COMPLETION POSTWeek #2~ Ghosts
Winter Oranges
My Rating: ★★★★
Date Completed: 4/03
Final Thoughts:
Such a super sweet book. Actor, Jason, is fed up with current acting gigs and decides to buy a house in the middle of nowhere. Finds out his house is haunted-ish. Well, a spirit-like guy (Ben) is trapped in a snow globe that happens to be in Jason's new home. They get to know each other and of course fall in love. Ben was such a sweet character and I thought he was adorable. Gotta say Dylan turned out to be a really good friend. I liked his character and wouldn't mind reading a book with him as the MC sometime in the future.
Sandra wrote: "Sorry Diane, you have to say you completed the book on a set date in your review post. That's the rules :D"I'm confused. I have to say the date in the post here in this forum? Or I have to set the date in my review? Because I did set the date to April 1st in my review of the book (see below)
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It has been a long time since I read the previous book and I was not liking Pepper at all. She was behaving like a spoiled brat. However, by the end, I liked the cast from the show enough to bring it up to 3 stars.
Pepper considers herself a PI for the dead and this time is asked to prove the innocence of a man convicted of murder 25 years ago, while being a team captain on a reality show about restoring a grave yard (forced to by work). The show is very unbalanced as one team is all socialites a ...more
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Diane, all she is asking is you add the date you finished in message 63 where you posted your completion of this week's book.
Thank you Krissy. I wasn't sure what was being asked.
COMPLETION POSTWeek #2~ Ghosts
My Choice:
Page Count: 310
Shelf Page: Page 3 on Popular Ghosts Books, shelved 101 times as ghosts
Date completed: 4/5
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
I enjoyed the 2nd book in this series much more than the first book. I figured out the bad guys pretty early on but Halle kept me second guessing myself throughout. Perry and Dex both still annoy the crap out of me but I feel like there is something building. Mild creepout factor in this one. I will definitely keep on going.
Shelf #1 Aliens: Demon PossessionDate completed 4/4
Rating: 2.5 stars
Review:
I purchased this book in the height of my one-click addiction and like many others I had, didn't know it existed until I started perusing the shelves for something to read that wouldn't break the bank. So this book ended up being a 2.5 star read for me mostly because I thought the hero was a big jerk at first and couldn't really get past that. Analia was nice in the way I'm super innocent, everyone wants to take care of me way. And I had a lot of interest in finding out the mystery of her identity but other than that she's your typical innocent, blossoming heroine.
Overall story was okay. I found it to be a bit much at first that these were space demons but hey I love fantasy I accept that as truth. There are some odd moments like the hero first discovers Analia on the ship and he thinks to himself "Her features were not the features of a poor woman". Like what does that even mean? Is there a particular kind of nose or set of lips that wealthy people have?
Also (view spoiler) Give the poor girl some time to recover DANG!
There are some interesting nuggets of stories forming for the other characters but I can't say I'm compelled to spend money to read more. Aliens aren't really my cuppa either.
I'll be done with my Ghosts book either later today or early tomorrow and then I'll be back on track after my crazy work week last week :)
Heading over to request our first stamp!Danielle - Demon Possession Review 2.5 stars 4/4
Krissy - Outcast Mine Review 3 stars 3/27
Stacie - Shattered Promises Review 2.5 stars 3/24
Diane - Your Planet or Mine? Review 3 stars 3/26
Thanks for posting Stacie!
I'm going to read Storm Front by Jim Dresden. I've had this book for a couple of years now and still have started it.
Danielle Book Mafia Enforcer- Mad Rogan's Boo wrote: "Thanks for posting Stacie!"No problem! I was most certainly not hitting refresh over and over until the shelf posted.
Hahahahaha shelf frenzy is real!
:DDDDD
SELECTION POSTWeek #3~ Guilty Pleasures
My Choice: Winter Wonderland
Page Count: 205
Shelf Page: Page 75 on Popular Guilty Pleasures Books
Selection Postweek 3 - Guilty Pleasures
was on pg 52 of Guilty Pleasures shelf
COMPLETION POSTWeek #3~ Guilty Pleasures
Winter Wonderland
My Rating: ★★★
Date Completed: 4/08
Final Thoughts:
I liked it but it wasn't my favorite of the series. In fact it was probably my least favorite. Which saddens me because I love both MCs as individuals and as a couple. I just thought the last 30% or so seemed to drag on forever. And I figured the issues with Paul's family would have been more of a problem in the story than they actually were. They came in, made a scene, Paul pouted for a bit and freaked out on some stuff, then got over it.
Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Selection Postweek 3 - Guilty Pleasures
was on pg 52 of Guilty Pleasures shelf"
Diane I need to continue that series! I think I'm on book 5. I might try to fit that in for the next shelf :)
Shelf: Guilty PleasureBook:
Date Finished: 4/8
Rating: 3 reluctant stars
Review:
What to say about this read...
Harry is the world's most world-weariest wizard. There were so many heavy sighs both implicit and explicit. Harry reminds me of that depressed robot from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. At first I rolled my eyes at the story because I thought it was headed down this path toward the mafia being a focal of this book at which point I was ready to classify it as a mystery/crime thriller with a character who happened to be a wizard but it stayed true to genre of urban fantasy, albeit a rather boring one. There moments that dragged and coupled with Harry's world-weariness it made for a slow moving story. I appreciated that as a first book, the info dumps weren't horrible. It was actually well written IMO but just a tad bit boring. I also have to say I tend to find witches/warlocks/ghost stories the most boring in the genre.
It has a very popular following and I can't say I wouldn't be open to reading another story in the series to see if I truly don't like it however I can't say that that would happen any time soon.
Danielle Book Mafia Enforcer- Mad Rogan's Boo wrote: "Shelf: Guilty PleasureBook:
Date Finished: 4/8
Rating: 3 reluctant stars
Review:
What to say about this read...
Harry is the world's most world-weariest wizard. The..."
About book 3 and definitely book 4 the series started getting great for me. Harry stopped being such a loner and found some supernatural friend (and enemies). If I hadn't read a short story that I enjoyed set much further in the series, I never would have read past book 1.
Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "Danielle Book Mafia Enforcer- Mad Rogan's Boo wrote: "Shelf: Guilty PleasureBook:
Date Finished: 4/8
Rating: 3 reluctant stars
Review:
What to say about this read......"
Good to know! I'll place it on my price drop list and pick them up if they go on sale. I know they are a part of audible sales sometimes too.
Completion Postweek 3 Guilty Pleasures
date - 4/8/16
3 stars
review: Merit is becoming someone who needs rescued instead of being the one who rescues, which is annoying. The supporting characters are awesome as always. The GP is clueless as always. And fire-bombing and riots are happening. It was nice to see one plot point seem to finally wrap up.
Week #3 Completion Post
How it fits: Shelved 56 times as guilty pleasures, page 1 on Guilty Pleasure
Date: 4/9
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
What a silly book yet I want to know who A is. These are terrible girls who all need to be grounded. I totally see why this is a guilty pleasure for people and now I will have to keep going to see what happens.
Yay! I'm compiling all of our reviews and going to request the next stamp!
Shelf: Guilty PleasureKrissy Winter Wonderland Completed: 4/8 Review 3 stars
Danielle Storm Front Completed: 4/8 Review 3 stars
Diane Biting Bad Completed 4/8 Review 3 stars
Stacie Pretty Little Liars Completed 4/9 Review 3 stars
CONGRATULATIONS, Reapers!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'aliens' and 'guilty pleasures'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
What are reading in the mean time while we wait for a shelf? I'm finishing my Ghost book tonight. It finally picked up, the story was going a little slow at first.
I just finished
and I'm about to start the audio of
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pg 23 of Aliens shelf
date - 3/26/16
rating: 3 stars
review: when an alien comes back to Earth to save it and the girl he fell in love with he runs into troubles when said girl is now a State Senator and is dealing with false accusations against her family and trying to keep a low profile. Cute story where they spend a lot of the time on the run from different threats.