R14: Team #2 ~ Series Slayer Squadron

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp SSS!

[Kaity]

Kathleen wrote: "Lol Kait, you just compared it to chicken nuggets? It's not a pretty picture! Sorry the book didn't quite meet your expectations! I hope the next one does!"

:P Well if the shoe fits...

[Kaity]

Preethi, yay for a 5 star read! And wooohooo!!! Our first stamp!

[Kaity]

Thank you, Steph and Sandra :)

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Kait, are you doing any other team challenges here on Goodreads too?

[Kaity]

Kathleen wrote: "Kait, are you doing any other team challenges here on Goodreads too?"

I am! I recently joined A Million More Pages and they're starting team bingo this Friday. Looks like they do team challenges pretty often, I'm excited!! I need to check out their other group (Game Night) soon.

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Check out Nothing But Reading Challenges, Stress Free Reading Challenges, and Perks of Being a Book Addict too :) Not that I'm enabling you or anything you know--- just being helpful! :D

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

You should definitely join NBRC. We have regular team challenges lol.

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So we have our first stamp. This calls for a happy dance!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Cute :D

[Kaity]

Kathleen wrote: "Check out Nothing But Reading Challenges, Stress Free Reading Challenges, and Perks of Being a Book Addict too :) Not that I'm enabling you or anything you know--- just being helpful! :D"

I actually am a member of NBRC! My first team challenge was there. It was team battleship but I haven't tried any of their other ones. I never seem to catch them until everyone is in the middle of a game.
I'll be sure to check out the other groups asap. Thanks, enabler! ;D

[Kaity]

Preethi, awww! I vaguely remember that cartoon. Classic Disney is so good <3

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Kait wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Check out Nothing But Reading Challenges, Stress Free Reading Challenges, and Perks of Being a Book Addict too :) Not that I'm enabling you or anything you know--- just being helpf..."

You missed Wobble? There's UNO over at Perks now. You can sign up for reserves. I think there's big chances of you getting into a team soon. We just had one team member replaced.

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Shelf #2: Paranormal Romance

Book: Lord of the Fading Lands
Date Completed: Jan 31
Rating: 5 stars
REVIEW:

This book is more Fantasy Romance than Paranormal Romance, but I get why this is thought of as Paranormal Romance too.

Loved this book this time too. The villains of the series, The Mages, are so awesome. Or awesomely bad. Scary, evil people.

"The Eld work in subtleties until they consolidate their base of power. They sow doubts, disagreements, suspicions, fears-the kinds of things that can be explained away. They play on mortal weakness and self-indulgence. And through those small, steady corruptions, they begin to claim souls."

There was a sense of scary evil lurking in the background of the book. The Eld Mages use sneaky, Machiavellian machinations to get people to do what they want.

"The world was full of useful tools; the trick was cultivating the right ones... and carefully encouraging them to usher in their own destruction."

I liked both the MCs too. Rain and Ellie were pretty interesting characters. The other supporting characters were pretty interesting too.

Yes, there is a soul bond in this book. But though Rain and Ellie get to know of it, their relationship grows slowly from being complete strangers to star-crossed lovers... Well, they haven't quite reached that stage of their relationship yet at the end of this book, but it is only a matter of time. This is how you write romance, people!

While the romance is great, the fantasy aspect is brilliant too. The Fae, the Tairens, the Tairen Soul, the magic system, the weaves, the politics and danger, the feyan language system all makes it a brilliant story.

Must read for all fantasy romance lovers.

[Kaity]

Kathleen wrote: "You missed Wobble? There's UNO over at Perks now. You can sign up for reserves. I think there's big chances of you getting into a team soon. We just had one team member replaced."

Ohhh so tempting... I think I'm going to try and resist as much as I really, really want to join. Some of AMMP's bingo categories are really difficult for me so I don't want to overextend myself and let others down. Thank you so much though! I will probably follow along that way I can be all over it next time.

[Kaity]

Sounds like an amazing book, Preethi! Glad you enjoyed it this time around too :)

[Kaity]

Book - Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison
Shelf - Paranormal Romance
How it Fits - shelved by 548 people as paranormal romance
Pages - 305 pages
Date Read - February 1
Rating - 4 stars
Review - This was a reread for me. I 'abandoned' this series a while back because of this book. Not because it's bad! Because it isn't. It's just really, really disappointing after experiencing how amazing the first in the series is. I had originally read the books back to back and was sooo sad. First in a series aren't usually the strongest books but Dragon Bound is wonderful.
This time I could appreciate Storm's Heart for what it was, an enjoyable fun story. It still lacks the magic of the first book especially when it comes to its characters but is it even possible for the author to top Dragos and Pia?!
I will definitely be continuing on with the series this time!

[Lala]

I'll need this week extra time with my Paranormal Romance book. It took forever to get into it and I traveled to Estonia this week and it has been super busy here. I try to finish it up in couple of days :)

[Kaity]

Shelf #3 ~ 2/1: Guilty Pleasures
DIRECT LINK - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Kaity]

No worries, Laura! Safe travels, hope you have a nice trip :)

[Kaity]

For the Guilty Pleasures shelf, I will be reading - shelved by 5 people as guilty pleasures, 391 pages

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

I will be reading found in page 5 of the list.

[Kaity]

Enjoy your book, Kathleen! I've only read the first book in that series but I loved it! I read it when it first came out then decided to wait until the whole series was out to continue because the cliff hanger destroyed me :P I need to pick the series up again!!

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@Laura: Take your time . No worries:)

@Kait: I've read the first 4 books of the Elder races series and loved them all. Book 5 has been sitting on my TBR for a long time. No idea why.

I'm so glad you gave Storm's Heart another chance. I know the feeling though. Sometimes, after reading the amazing first books, second books do tend to disappoint. Which is why, I never read any book in any series back to back!

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Kait wrote: "Enjoy your book, Kathleen! I've only read the first book in that series but I loved it! I read it when it first came out then decided to wait until the whole series was out to continue because the ..."

Thanks Kait. I've been going through them slowly. :)

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I'm going to read for Guilty Pleasures shelf. Shelved by 6 people.

[Lala]

I'll be reading for the Guilty Pleasures shelf

[Kaity]

Preethi wrote: "@Laura: Take your time . No worries:)

@Kait: I've read the first 4 books of the Elder races series and loved them all. Book 5 has been sitting on my TBR for a long time. No idea why.

I'm so glad..."

:D Glad to hear you enjoyed 3 and 4. I will definitely be spacing them out though. I never read books back to back these days. I used to go through a whole series at once but I found myself forgetting a lot when I returned to the series after another book came out (names and who's who especially) and all the books would run together. Now, AT MOST, I read about 3 from the same series a year spaced out.

Enjoy Stars or Fortune! :) I prefer her books under JD Robb (oh Roarke <333) but have enjoyed several under Nora Roberts as well.

[Kaity]

Laura, enjoy your book! I haven't read anything from Lisa Kleypas (I feel like a bad romance fan admitting that!) O.o I've heard great things about her historicals though.

[Lala]

Kait wrote: "Laura, enjoy your book! I haven't read anything from Lisa Kleypas (I feel like a bad romance fan admitting that!) O.o I've heard great things about her historicals though."

I love the style she wrights and the back stories of the characters are always interesting as well. Also there is always some drama mixed with the romance. Highly recommend if you like historical romances :)

[Kaity]

Laura wrote: "Kait wrote: "Laura, enjoy your book! I haven't read anything from Lisa Kleypas (I feel like a bad romance fan admitting that!) O.o I've heard great things about her historicals though."

I love the..."

:D Sounds like I need to give her a try! I enjoy most historical romance I read. My favorite is a toss up between anything Tessa Dare has written and Jennifer Ashley's Mackenzies & McBrides series.

[Kaity]

Book - The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston
Shelf - Guilty Pleasures
How it Fits - shelved by 5 people as guilty pleasures
Pages - 391 pages
Date Read - February 3
Rating - 4 stars
Review - What an odd first book in a series! The Mane Event was made up of two novellas, one of which was holiday themed. I loved Christmas Pride! Mace has loved Dez since they were kids and is finally back in town to catch her. Super sweet story. I really wish this had been a full length novel. The action story line wasn't well fleshed out and could have been great. I would also have liked to see a little more conclusion to Mace and Dez's relationship.
I didn't love Shaw's Tail, the second novella, as much as the first but still enjoyed it. There were a few little things that bothered me but weren't made a big deal of in the story. They were things that normally would have made me toss the book aside but were very small blips in the story and weren't used for drama or angst. My biggest issue was that Shaw had been a 'breeding' male, meaning he'd been used to knock up some of the Llewellyn pride women (consensual). Icky and not what I want in a romance. Otherwise, Shaw was a great character and I loved how in your face and wild Ronnie Lee was. They made a great couple.

[Lala]

Kait wrote: "Laura wrote: "Kait wrote: "Laura, enjoy your book! I haven't read anything from Lisa Kleypas (I feel like a bad romance fan admitting that!) O.o I've heard great things about her historicals though..."

I'll check them out....

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Shelf: Guilty Pleasures (shelved by 14 people)
Date read: 02/05/2017
Rating: 4 stars

Thoughts:
Even though it has been quite sometime when I last read the third book in the series, being reacquainted with the gang wasn't too hard. And so the adventures of Lady Maccon continues!

I didn't like this as much as the other series as I found Alexia to be a bit forbearing here. I understand that she is pregnant thus the hormonal imbalance and all but my goodness! She is much a handful here. Many times while reading the book I was internally screaming "you're pregnant for goodness sake!" But she still continued on with her normal aplomb for adventure despite her pregnancy. Which makes her qualified as the craziest mom ever. What mother in her right mind would endanger her baby? She's too full of herself sometimes. *breathes deeply* Okay, rant over.

Disregarding all of that, it was nice to see more of the vampires in this book because in previous books we always met them as culprits or villains to our MCs. It was nice to be able to enter their hive this time around and read of their vulnerability and more of how they function.

The twist at the end boggles me. How did that came to be?

[Lala]

Shelf: Paranormal Romance
Book: The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead
Date read: 06.02.17
Rating: **
Review:
I remember liking the first book, but this one wasn't that good. The story was weak and the so called smart main character is socially total dummy. Most of the book was total waste of time. There wasn't anything building up and the hints something is going to happen where so noticeable and there where no exciting twists in the story. If you haven't started the series, don't. You will not miss anything.

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Speaking of Lisa Kleypas, I enjoyed some of her contemporary books specially Smooth Talking Stranger :)

[Kaity]

:D Looks like Preethi will be able to request our paranormal romance stamp. Nice work everyone!

[Kaity]

Kathleen wrote: "Speaking of Lisa Kleypas, I enjoyed some of her contemporary books specially Smooth Talking Stranger :)"

Oh wow! All but the last book in that series has an awesome average rating. I haven't heard much about her contemporary books, I will need to give them a ago!

[[deleted user]]

Hi ladies! I've been away for the weekend. I returned home just today. I'm almost three-quarters of the way through my book, so I'll be done by tomorrow.

I'll most likely be changing my Free Space book. I'm so behind on some other challenges in other groups, so I'll probably read something that fits other challenges. I'll let you all know what my new free space book is.

I've also requested our Paranormal Romance stamp. Yay!

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Kathleen wrote: "
Shelf: Guilty Pleasures (shelved by 14 people)
Date read: 02/05/2017
Rating: 4 stars

Thoughts:
Even though it has been quite sometime when I last read the third book..."

Kathleen, I've read the first book of this series and loved it. I should probably pick up the second book soon, I guess. Sorry you didn't like it as much as the previous books in the series.

Oh, and also, if you are going to change your book, please let me know so that I can update the main tracking post accordingly.

[[deleted user]]

@Kait: I love Lisa Kleypas. I started reading Kleypas with her Hathaways series. I still love that series to bits. Quirky characters and interesting plot always accompany a Lisa Kleypas novel.

@Laura: I didn't like much. I hope you like it better!

[Lala]

Preethi wrote: "@Kait: I love Lisa Kleypas. I started reading Kleypas with her Hathaways series. I still love that series to bits. Quirky characters and interesting plot always accompany a Lisa Kleypas novel.

@La..."

So far I like it. I have few more chapters to read, Hopefully the ending is good :)

[Kaity]

Preethi wrote: "Hi ladies! I've been away for the weekend. I returned home just today. I'm almost three-quarters of the way through my book, so I'll be done by tomorrow.

I'll most likely be changing my Free Spac..."

Hope you had a nice trip, assuming it was for pleasure :)

Smart plan! I try to only pick books that work for multiple things. Everything I read needs to be on my seasonal reading challenge to read asap list, then if it works for even more challenges bonus!

Wooohoooo!!! :D

[Kaity]

Preethi wrote: "@Kait: I love Lisa Kleypas. I started reading Kleypas with her Hathaways series. I still love that series to bits. Quirky characters and interesting plot always accompany a Lisa Kleypas novel."

I think that's the series I've heard the most about, the covers look the most familiar to me.

I finally made a new shelf for these books O.o My tbr is still next in series or books for authors I've read but I've got a shiny, new 'maybe to read' shelf of recommendations here and random books I've seen on my feed. I wonder how long it will take before it reaches over 1000 books... :P

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Haha my tbr shelves total over 3,900 (and that's just the ones I own), good luck with yours Kait :D

[Kaity]

Sandra wrote: "Haha my tbr shelves total over 3,900 (and that's just the ones I own), good luck with yours Kait :D"

Holy moley! That is quite the library! I had to stop buying paper books because I ran out of space and couldn't make myself part with any of them, and it annoys me that ebooks have such strict lending rules (or can't be loaned at all) so I don't buy a lot of them. I'm lucky to have a decent public library.

I resisted for over 3 years! This group is a terrible influence ;P

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

LOL

My library unfortunately doesn't have all the books I want, so literally forced to buy them. I buy whichever is cheapest - ebook/kindle or pb. And yes my pb are all over the house usually 3 deep in the bookcases.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Series Slayer Squadron!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'PNR'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[Kaity]

Shelf #4 ~ 2/8: Favorite Series
DIRECT LINK - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Kaity]

Sandra wrote: "LOL

My library unfortunately doesn't have all the books I want, so literally forced to buy them. I buy whichever is cheapest - ebook/kindle or pb. And yes my pb are all over the house usually 3 de..."

:( That's too bad! If my library doesn't have a book I want, I can get it from any other library in the state for free. The ebook selection could use some work though.