R8: SS Team Ten Speed (10)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

ShoSho wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Week #5 - Spot 41

The Bird and the Sword

Standalone
My Rating: ★★★★
Date Finished: 8/16
Review:
This was a fantasy book ..."

There has been mixed reviews to this one, thats why I haven't read it. I am usually all over Amy Harmon or Colleen Hoover books.

[ShoSho]

ThatEzi wrote: "There has been mixed reviews to this one, thats why I haven't read it. I am usually all over Amy Harmon or Colleen Hoover books.
"

Well this was my first book by Amy Harmon and I've never read a Colleen Hoover book!
I read a review and it got me really interested and I saw it on my library website the same day and I grabbed it.
It reminded me of Radiance (although they have nothing in common).
What I really liked about the book were the characters and the world building. I would love to read more books set in the same universe.

[Gabriela]

Welcome ShoSho, you'll fit right in :) And thank you Ezi!!

[Gabriela]

COMPLETION POST
Week #5 - Spot 41


Book: Maybe Maby
Finished: August 16th
Rating: ★★★★★
Review:
First of all, I have to say that this book tackles a personal topic for me, and that has obviously influenced my opinion of it. Objectively, I can see how some of the plot lines may be unbelievable or one of the characters a little caricaturesque, but I don’t really care.
Here’s one of the main reasons why. You know how in a lot of books you have these main characters who maybe are struggling with something or even doing quite well but, either way, at one point they fail miserably and have to pick up the pieces and pull through? It wasn’t like that for Maby. She plummets; fails, falls, goes deeper, gets darker, finds a scrap of light, holds on and survives. Over and over again. And this just made her more human to me, because I’ve seen it happen, I’ve seen the strength it can take to just get up in the morning or leave your home, so I found her more than commendable. It made me love her all the more.
Then, of course there’s the love interest. Let’s just say, it’s neither the bad guy nor the good guy, it’s the great guy she never saw coming. It’s the person that in order to choose him, she has to love herself.
From the outside looking in, he could seem a bit too good to be true, but Maby disserved him. And a girl can dream, right?

[ShoSho]

Gabriela wrote: "Welcome ShoSho, you'll fit right in :) And thank you Ezi!!"

Thanks, Gabriela.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

ShoSho wrote: "ThatEzi wrote: "There has been mixed reviews to this one, thats why I haven't read it. I am usually all over Amy Harmon or Colleen Hoover books. "

Well this was my first book by Amy Harmon and I've never read a Colleen Hoover book!..."



Please remedy this by checking out my first book by those authors
by Amy Harmon and by Colleen Hoover.
It's a good starting point :D

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

What Ezi said. Amy Harmon is definitely a must read. Making Faces is in my all time favorites. My favorite Colleen Hoover is .

Slammed is good as well.

[ShoSho]

ThatEzi wrote: "ShoSho wrote: "ThatEzi wrote: "There has been mixed reviews to this one, thats why I haven't read it. I am usually all over Amy Harmon or Colleen Hoover books. "

Well this was my first book by Amy..."

LMAO! I'll do that :D

[Krissy]

My favorite Hoover book is Maybe Someday. I'm not a huge fan of hers though. I think after a while all her books start to give off the same vibe.

[Krissy]

And I definitely wasn't impressed with Slammed

[ShoSho]

Just wondering are we done for this week?And is the next roll in about 10 hours?

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

ShoSho sorry to be late welcoming you but I have been off line Tuesday thru just about an hour age. ANy help you need I am a veteran at this game also.

[ShoSho]

Thanks, Roger.
I just finished the audiobook I was listening to and I'll finish the novella I started last night in a bit and I'll be ready to start this week's book right after the roll!

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

and we are all done and roll is about 6 hour away.

[Krissy]

WEEK 6

Roll: 1 + 3= 4

New Spot: 45

4th in a series, 5th in a series, 45th in a series
Alt: Freebies

[ShoSho]

I have a 4th and a 5th in the series on top of my TBR. I'll come back when I decide which one to read for this week.

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

hmm I know what book I am reading but have to go into work early.

[ShoSho]

A question, I have hundreds of freebies but I don't know if they are on that freebie shelf. Does it have to be on the shelf or is it enough that I got it as freebie?

[Krissy]

It has to be on the list. What I do if I have a book that might be on list is go to the book's main page then click on "top shelves" under all the tags at the right. Look to see if that specific book was shelved by anyone else as "freebies." If it was shelved by more than 5 people then that book will be on the list. On the list after the author is will say (shelved __ times as freebies). If your book was shelved let's say 7 times as freebies then find where on the list (shelved 7 times as freebies) starts. Which happens to be on page 48 of the freebies list. Then scroll until you find your book. It'll be there.

Every time we get a link we have to find a book from I never just scroll through the list. I find a book I want to read that would fit that list then go through the above process to find it.

I hope that made sense.

[ShoSho]

Krissy wrote: "It has to be on the list. What I do if I have a book that might be on list is go to the book's main page then click on "top shelves" under all the tags at the right. Look to see if that specific bo..."

Oooooh I know a trick! Let me see if I remember it correctly.

[ShoSho]

Week 6

It's on page 3 of the freebies shelf. Tagged 27 times.
Pages:355


(view spoiler)[ I'm going to start an audiobook it's the 4th in the series. I'll switch if I finish this one first.
Can I do that? (hide spoiler)]

[Krissy]

WEEK #6 Reviews
Roll: 4 - New Spot: 45

4th in a series, 5th in a series, 45th in a series
Alt: Freebies

(view spoiler)[

Krissy:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
(Alt: Freebies)
Completed: 8/23
Review: MSG 235


Roger:
The Doctor in Unit H by Kris Cook
(The Mockingbird Place #4)
Completed: 8/19
Review: MSG 228


ShoSho:
Painted Faces by L.H. Cosway
(Alt: Freebies)
Completed: 8/21
Review: MSG 233


Gabriela:
Just for Now by Abbi Glines
(Sea Breeze #4)
Completed: 8/24
Review: MSG 249


Mika:
A Mended Man by Jaime Reese
(The Men of Halfway House #4)
Completed: 8/21
Review: MSG 232
(hide spoiler)]

[Krissy]

Yes you are able to switch if you want.

[Krissy]

Whenever you officially decide which book then make an official selection post like these examples:

Roger's Example

Mika's Example

[Krissy]

You added the page number and week so that works.

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

Selection Post
Week 6 Spot 45
Book:
How it fits: 4th in series
Pages: 382 pages

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

Selection Post
Week 6 Spot 45:
Book: The Doctor in Unit H
Criteria: Book 4 in Mockingbird Place
Pages: 167

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

Completion Post
Week 6 Spot 45:
Book: The Doctor in Unit H
Criteria: Book 4 in Mockingbird Place
Pages: 167
Read: August 19, 2016
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: A great book about hope and second chances. Maddox Butler was a brilliant teenage all set to be a doctor 18 and already in Medical school. Jaris Black is the Same way but he come from a wealthy family while Maddox come from a poor, broken family. Maddox is wrongfully accused of rape and convicted also. He spend 6 years in prison. Jaris, both families and his friends at Mockingbird Place all know that Maddox s innocent and never stop trying to find proof. I like that this M/M romance also include the Romance of Maddox's mother, who is fighting cancer and his soon to be stepdad and we get to see Sally and Kevin finally get married. Maddox is Kevin's best man and Jaris is Sally's best beau. We Also get further insight into what is troubling Tony, One of the MC in book 5 which I want to read soon. I love this series

[Gabriela]

SELECTION POST
Week #6 - Spot 45

Book: Just for Now
Author: Abbi Glines
How it Fits: Sea breeze #4
Page Count: 304

[Erin L]

I am so very sorry guys, I was on vacation and I thought I'd posted my review before I left. Totally my fault. I see you've found a replacement for me - Good luck on the rest of the challenge.

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

Erin wrote: "I am so very sorry guys, I was on vacation and I thought I'd posted my review before I left. Totally my fault. I see you've found a replacement for me - Good luck on the rest of the challenge."

Glad you are okay Erin!!

[Tamika♥RBF MOOD♥]

Completion Post
Week 6 Spot 45
Book Read:
How it fits: 4th in series
Date Read:08.21.16
Rating: 3 stars

Review: If it wasn't for this challenge this would have been a DNF. I was completely frustrated with this book for most of it. No frustrated with Aidan. Get the f*** over yourself. I get it, you went through a traumatic experience but it was seriously pulling teeth trying to get him to open up. What gives him the right to be extra assertive in everyone else's life but when it comes to him we damn near have to coddle him. I was over it, and the story before I could like it. Ugh!

[ShoSho]

Completion post
Week 6 spot 45


Rating:3.5 stars
Finished: 21 August
On the Freebies shelf page 3
Review:
(view spoiler)[I thought about this book long and hard and I can't give it more than 3.5 stars.
I loved the idea of the hero's occupation, a drag queen. The details of how his character could switch between his stage persona and his everyday character was amazing.I loved the snarky heroine( although she went too far sometimes), I don't think I've ever read a book with such unique and out of the box characters but there were certain things about them that I despised.

1.The hero starts hitting on the heroine the minute he sees her. Well that's good and refreshing but... he sleeps with another woman a couple of hours after he tells the heroine that he wants to sleep with her and he starts the seduction of the OW right in front of the heroine. The next day he tells her that he'd been imagining it'd been her when he'd been inside the OW! WTF?! and she keeps making excuses for him and thinking he'd already told her "he's a serial shagger"

2.The heroine doesn't like to be called fat but she keeps thinking one her friends is a slut because she has one night stands and she had a threesome. Name calling is name calling , if you don't like to be called names , don't do the same with other people.

3. The hero could be an asshole toward the heroine and she was a pushover. I don't think he did enough grovelling for what he did to her.

The things that I mentioned are my pet peeves and as I can tell by looking at other people's rating it won't bother most people.
All that being said I really enjoyed reading it and I couldn't stop. I was planing to read this in a span 3- 4 days but I ended up finishing it over the weekend.
I will read the next book which has the same timeline only from the hero's POV in a few months , I might like him better then. (hide spoiler)]

[Krissy]

SELECTION POST
Week #6 - Spot 45

My Choice: Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Alt: Page 7 of Freebies
Page Count: 279

[Krissy]

COMPLETION POST
Week #6 - Spot 45


Pride and Prejudice
My Rating: ★★★★★
Date Finished: 8/23
Final Thoughts:
This has always been one of my favorite movies of all time. I have no idea why it took me so long to actually read the book. It was just as fabulous. I absolutely loved it! And it was even more enjoyable because the narrator of the audiobook was Rosamund Pike who played Jane in the 2005 film adaptation. She did an outstanding job narrating.

[ShoSho]

Krissy wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Week #6 - Spot 45


Pride and Prejudice
My Rating: ★★★★★
Date Finished: 8/23

Final Thoughts:

This has always been one of my favor..."

I have the freebie Audio too. I have read the book many times but I haven't had the chance to listen to the audio yet.

[Krissy]

I know there are quite a few audiobooks out there of the book. All with different narrators. But if you pay to add narration to the ebook freebie that audio is narrated by Rosamund Pike. She did a great job. But there are about 6 or 7 different narrators out there.

[ShoSho]

Mine is narrated by Flo Gibson (Narrator)

[Krissy]

I see one is narrated by Kate Reading. I love her!

I don't think I've ever listened to Flo Gibson before.

[ShoSho]

I hope we go to 50s for our next spot. I have a #5 in the series that I want to read over the weekend.

[Krissy]

Fingers crossed!

[ShoSho]

Krissy wrote: "I see one is narrated by Kate Reading. I love her!

I don't think I've ever listened to Flo Gibson before."

I love Kate Reading. I listen to Furies of Calderon and the rest of series and Paladin of Souls narrated by her. She was fantastic.

[Krissy]

Kate has narrated many of my historical romances I've listened too. Plus she narrates (along with her real life husband) The Way of Kings and its sequel. AMAZING books. Her husband is probably the best male narrator I have ever heard.

[ShoSho]

ThatEzi wrote: "ShoSho wrote: "ThatEzi wrote: "There has been mixed reviews to this one, thats why I haven't read it. I am usually all over Amy Harmon or Colleen Hoover books. "

Well this was my first book by Amy..."

Ezi I'm downloading audio of right now :D

[ShoSho]

Krissy wrote: "Kate has narrated many of my historical romances I've listened too. Plus she narrates (along with her real life husband) The Way of Kings and its sequel. AMAZING books. Her husband i..."

OOoooh I was looking at this book a coupe of hours ago. I might buy it then.

[Krissy]

I cannot recommend that book (especially the audiobook) enough. It's really long but you will get sucked into the story so much the hours will fly by! You can't deny that average rating. Over 130,000 ratings but still has an average rating of over 4.6 stars?? Crazy

[ShoSho]

Yep I saw it's over 45 hours!!!!
You're right if that many people rated it over 4 stars then it must be good. Thanks for the recommendation :)

[Krissy]

You're welcome :)

[Gabriela]

COMPLETION POST
Week #6 - Spot 45


Book: Just for Now
Finished: August 24th
Rating: ★★
Review:
If I had to describe this book in one word, I'd use 'shallow'... so so shallow. It's not like I expected it to be inspirational, I wasn't even expecting to remember much of it later on, but even for a fun light read the characters where wildly two dimensional and the storyline was full of random senseless drama with no true resolution. However, I do recognise the effort in bringing the series' characters together and giving them a small continuation.

[Krissy]

Great job, team! We are all finished and ready for tomorrow night's roll :)