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Ink and Bone is definitely worth a read! It's one of those YA books that has characters that seem more adult, which is my preferred type of YA novel.For shifters, I'm going with Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs!
Yes Laura, it looked like magic was the other possible winner. Maybe next week we'll get UF ;)
I'm going to read
which is tagged Shifters a bunch of times. I've got to finish one and read 3 more for other challenges, but I'll be done by the next shelf call.
CONGRATULATIONS, Read Til You Drop!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'owned, not yet read' and 'steampunk'.
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Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamps Sleepy Readers!
Completion Post Shelf #18: Shifters
Book: Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Read: 5/19/17
Pages: 289
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
More time with Sookie but this time in Dallas. I enjoyed this one, and while I read #1 a while back and I was able to jump right in again with this one, without feeling like I needed to re-read #1.
I like Sookie a bunch, just a sweet, down to earth girl with her head screwed on. Other than her relationships with vampires and shifters and her "disability" to read minds, she's a pretty normal and likable gal. This book expanded on her relationships with the fellowship of vampires and their control over her and her ability to read minds. Sookie is expected to go to Dallas with Bill to read the minds of people to find a missing vamp. Throughout the story we learn more about the world of vampires, shifters and maenads.
I listened to the audiobook version and flipped back to the ebook when not possible to listen. The narrator does a great job with Sookie's accent and really presents her in the same way I would expect to hear her, if I was to meet Sookie.
Another well written paranormal romance mystery story... whew! That's a lot to take in...
Completion Post - ShiftersBook: Out of the Dark
Date Read: 5/20
Rating: 3 stars
Review: After every one of these books I declare again that I'm done with the series. And then a challenge requirement comes up and I fall in again. What can I say? The author has a name that starts with Q! These books are very YA. And the editing is atrocious. There are so many instances where the author changed what pronoun she wanted to use, or her exact phrasing, but the original choice is left in. The first book in the series was really bad with that, but the last 2 had been better. This one was back to bad.
With all that being said, I still keep coming back to them. And, let's be honest, there are other Q authors out there. The real draw here is the snark of the main characters. It doesn't hurt that the werewolves are hot, but the girls' snark is what brings me back, every time.
Vilda wrote: "Lol, gotta love the love-hate relationships we form with some series... ^^ Glad you enjoy the snark at least!"And I get lots of exercise with all the eye rolling. :)
Shifters
Read: 5/22/17
Rating: 4 stars
Review
Another solid book from Patricia Briggs. I really love the dynamic Charles and Anna have, how they each bring out the best in each other. This book moved very quickly for me, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I'm definitely looking forward to the next one!
CONGRATULATIONS, Read Til You Drop!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'shifters'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp Sleepy Readers!
Vilda wrote: "Thanks, ladies!Not Bingo for us, but Team #5 it appears. However, from what I can tell they still have some shelves to go, so who knows what will happen!
Shelf #19: Fae
https://www.goodreads.co..."
If they don't get caught up, next week will be interesting. This call means that everyone except about 3 teams are only one away from Bingo. It means any shelf called will be a race.
I'll make sure I've got one on hand that's a quick read!
With many thanks to the one person who tagged it Fae, I'll be reading
.
I'm going with Dark Desires After Dusk by Kresley Cole!
I've finished Stardust and will get my review out asap. Heading out of town for the weekend, So I hope to get it on the computer rather than from my phone before we head out ;)Happy Friday friends!!!!
Fae Shelf #19 
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Read: 5/25/17
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
Mr Gaiman is quite the storyteller. Every aspect of this story is just so unique! It is basically a love story. A story of seeking out, breaking rules to find your true love and along the way yourself.
As usual I enjoyed this story and the audio version was read once again by the author, Neil Gaiman. His voice is just delicious and so suitable to these types of stories!
I would have to rank this one high on the Gaiman list of books. A solid 4 stars. And I have to say this will have to be a must re-read because I think this is the type of story you can read again and learn new details that you missed the previous time. This book should be put on your shelf of classics!
Completion Post - FaeBook: Finnikin of the Rock
Date Read: 5/26
Rating: 4.5 stars (bumped up)
Review:
I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It's been sitting on my Kindle for years. I really wish I had read it earlier! My heart ached for the people of Lumatere. I was rooting so hard for the heroes. I was pretty sure I had figured out who (view spoiler) This was a fun, YA Fantasy with no love triangle. I will definitely be reading the next book.
The competitive reader in me is starting to come out. On the off chance that Wednesday's call is UF, just wondering how you guys are coming with your books, Vilda and Steph Ann?
I have about 60 pages left. I'm going to try and stay up tonight to finish it, but if not, I'll definitely have it done tomorrow!
Lol! Love to see the competitiveness come out! I'm going to start looking for a good UF book to get prepared for a win ! ;D
Here are the teams that will be in it for UF:Team 11 - haven't finished shifters or fae
Team 13 - quite a few shelves behind
Team 17 - quite a few shelves behind
Team 18 - also a few behind
Fae
Read: 5/30/17
Rating: 3 stars
Review
While I enjoyed this installment in the series, I didn't feel super connected to the characters, which made it a slow read. As usual, I enjoyed the scenes with Nix, but she's really not in it much, so I couldn't bump the rating up to 4 stars just for her. All in all, it was enjoyable, but nothing really set it apart from any other romance. I still plan on continuing the series though because there have been some really good books amongst the more ordinary ones.
Good Luck Team! today might be our lucky day :)
BINGO!
Vilda wrote: "If I've understood it correctly, this means that Teams #4, #8, #10 and #14 can get Bingo if they have read all other shelves as well. Including #5 from last week, if they catch up this week. Look..."
Team 4 just has to finish Shifters & Fae. And this one. The others are a few more shelves behind. So I guess this could go on for another week! :)
I guess I'll pick a book and see what happens closer to the weekend. :)
I'm going to read
for Series to Start Shelf.
That's an interesting series, Trina. I have mixed feelings about it, which is probably why I never rated it. It's a little bit like Matched and a little bit like Divergent.
Laura wrote: "That's an interesting series, Trina. I have mixed feelings about it, which is probably why I never rated it. It's a little bit like Matched and a little bit like Divergent."Thanks Laura! So far so good... definitely reminds me of Matched!
Looks like Team #8 won. They were fast on this last call!
Wow! They really hussled!! It was fun team... I really enjoyed getting to know y'all :D
Maybe another Bingo in the future???
That was super fast!If I have time, I'll try to read something for this week. If I'm not able to though, I want to say I had a great time playing with you ladies! :-)
CONGRATULATIONS, Read Till You Drop!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'fae'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp Clumsy Readers!
Series to Start Shelf
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Read: 6/4/17
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
This read was nice surprise for me, a bit of a twist on the typical female "heroine" dystopian story. Our MC, Lena is a rule follower, a true believer of the way her country is run. She lives in a world without Love... it is considered a disease and infection, deadly. And the difference , the improvement on most stories is that Lena believes it to be true. She is not the rebel right out of the gate. Slowly, she learns more and more of the truths that she is not being told and taught in school.
This story was well done, more "believable" than most of the stories out there of the same premise.
I loved (ha), how Love was described as a disease, it's symptoms and effects truly sounding like a terrible and deadly disease. Very creative, loved it!
I don't think I'm going to get a series-to-start book read this week. :(
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I don't think this was a winning call for anyone. I looked yesterday and I'm pretty sure Magic was the only other winning shelf. But I think this adds at least one more to the UF group with us.