R9: Team Four Leaved Clovers (4)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Team 4 Players
Captain: Karen ♐
Brenna
TayaJay
Gabriela
Colleen
Shannon

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[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

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[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

ALTERNATE LIST:
*Titles exclude leading articles like A, An, The)
❀Each number corresponds with the spot on the board.
❀ Colors: The cover has to be at least 50%
❀ Locations: As long as the book takes part at all in the given location .
❀ Shelves: Any book on the given shelf
❀ Publication Years: I'll be using how GR has it's publication date listed.
❀ Authors Names: The first, middle, or last name of the author is ok.
❀ Cover Items: Must have the given item on the cover
❀ Titles: Only the first word of the title. A, An, And, and The do not count.
So if the letter is B: The Best Day would be ok. Dear Betty would not be ok.


2. 20th Century Novels (January 1, 1901 - December 31, 2000)
3. Steampunk
4. Goodreads Choice Awards 2016
5. Book to Movie (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis
6. Magic
7. Series featuring Groups such as Sisters or Brothers or BFFs
8. Cover: Black
9. Four or more Words Title excluding like A, An, The (i.e. The Girl on the Train or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
10. California
11. Cover: Purple
12. Title L
13. Aliens
14. Male Author
15. Goodreads Choice Awards 2015
16. Title D
17. Cover Item Vehicle/Mode of Transport
18. Cover: Red
19. Erotica
20. Cover Item Food
21. Title W
22. Best Book Boyfriends
23. Author H
24. Road Trip
25. Number in the Title (i.e.Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
26. Science Fiction
27. Cover: Orange
28. Female Author
29. Title T
30. Set in the South
31. Three Word Title excluding like A, An, The (i.e. Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone)
32. Fairy Tale Retellings
33. Cover Item Building(s)
34. Author J
35. Depression/Mental Illness/Disability (I’ll accept drug abuse, self-harm etc)
36. Goodreads Choice Awards 2014
37. Contemporary Romance
38. Young Adult/New Adult
39. Law Enforcement/Military
40. Title E
41. Enemies to lovers (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis)
42. Dystopian
43. Single Parent or Widower
44. New Release (first Published within 6 months of this date)
45. Music/Instrument
46. Freebie/Kindle Unlimited/ARC
47. Love Triangle or Ménage
48. Taboo Romance
49. Crime or MC is a criminal
50. Cover: Pink
51. New York
52. Two Word Title excluding like A, An, The (i.e. Deadly Silence or The Hunger Games )
53. Title R
54. Cover Item: 2 or more People
55. Favorite Author
56. Second chance love (must state how book qualifies i.e. listopia or precis)
57. Shapeshifter
58. White
59. Goodreads Choice Awards 2013
60. Title S
61. Author L
62. Cover Item An Animal
63. Book that one of your teammates read shelf rated a 5-star
64. MC has a Pet
65. College
66. Tattoos
67. Fantasy
68. Sports/Athletes
69. Cover: Green
70. Space Opera
71. Author S
72. Humor
73. Suspense/Thriller
74. Title C
75. Goodreads Choice Awards 2012
76. Debut Novel or Debut Author
77. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
78. Cover Item No People
79. Standalone
80. Author A
81. Cover: Yellow
82. Europe
83. LGBT
84. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
85. Friends to Lovers
86. Cover Item Moon or Sun
87. MC is a minority (Non-Caucasian)
88. Paranormal
89. Cover: Blue
90. Non-fiction
91. Title G
92. Horror
93. Cover Item Weapon(s)
94. One Word Title excluding articles like A, An, The (i.e. The Witness or Divergent)
95. Detective/Law Enforcement
96. Cover: Gray/Silver
97. Marked as DNF at least once
98. Set in the Midwest
99. Cover Brown
100. Series featuring Groups such as Sisters or Brothers or BFFs
102. Cover Item Water
103. Multicultural
104. Author B
105. Author S
106: Florida
107. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
108. England
109. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
110. Shirtless Cover
111. Teammate recommends (at least one from your TBR and at least one NOT on your TBR)
112. Inspirational

[Gabriela]

Hello team! Checking in, can't wait to start :)

[Karen ♐]

Hi, everyone! Can't wait to play too. I loved this last time.

[Colleen]

Hello!!!! I'm looking forward to this challenge, I have so many series piling up it'll be good to knock some down.

Are we doing a team name? We could just be Team 4 or here are some ideas.
The Quad
Fantastic Four
Four Pack
Something with 'square' in it?

[Taya:)]

Hi, Teammates!

[Shannon]

Hello everyone!! So excited to start this one!! :)

[Brenna]

Checking in, sorry I'm a bit late, I was at a state competition all day today ^^"

[Shannon]

Good ideas Colleen. Of course when I see square I think "Square Shooters" which I take in a totally dirty way but it isn't necessarily a dirty phrase....right? lol

[Gabriela]

Haha not necessarily Shannon, but of course I thought that too!

I like Four Pack, or maybe something like Four-leaved clovers, for good luck in our rolls :)

By the way, would anyone like to be captain?

[Shannon]

Oooh, I like the Four-Leaved Clovers. We need luck in this game!

[Taya:)]

I seconded or maybe third Four-Leaved Clovers.

[Karen ♐]

I like it too

[Colleen]

Oh, I like Four-Leaved Clovers, too. Luck and maybe a pot of gold when we're done? :)

I can help someone out, but can't always say I'll be around to make a timely roll of the dice. So I'll volunteer to be second string maybe?

[Karen ♐]

I was a captain last time for this challenge. If no one else wants to do it, I will.

[Brenna]

I like Four Leaved Clovers as well, and I probably shouldnt offer to be captain because my schedule can get a bit busy sometimes

[Shannon]

That would be great Karen!! Thanks for volunteering.

So Karen is our captain and "Four Leaved Clovers" is our name?

We're ready!! Yay!!

[Karen ♐]

I'll roll the dice right after midnight. I'm a night owl and late sleeper so when you early birds wake up on Fridays, the dice roll should be here.

[Gabriela]

That's awesome! Grateful early bird here

[Karen ♐]

BTW, Ezi, our team name is Four Leaved Clovers.

[Karen ♐]

Week 1
Rolled 8
New Spot: 8

Reading Options are: #8 in a series or Alternate: Cover: Black

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Karen ♐ wrote: "BTW, Ezi, our team name is Four Leaved Clovers."

Not Ezi, but I took the liberty of fixing it for you. :)

[Karen ♐]

Denise wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "BTW, Ezi, our team name is Four Leaved Clovers."

Not Ezi, but I took the liberty of fixing it for you. :)"

Thanks, Denise.

[Karen ♐]

Week 1:
Spot: 8 (or Alternative~ Cover Black)

Waiting for Love by Marie Force
Qualification: McCarthys of Gansett Island #8
Finished: 6/8/17
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I love this series. Even though each book is about a different couple, we still get updates on all the other couples from previous books which I really enjoy. This book is about Adam, another McCarthy son, who ends up coming back home from New York. He meets up with Abby, who was his brother Grant's girlfriend at one time. I really enjoyed these two getting together.

[Gabriela]

WEEK 1

Spot: 8 (Alt: Cover Black)
Book: Ashes to Ashes by Karina Halle
How it fits: Experiment in Terror #8
Pages: 406


Finished: June 7th
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
In this book, Dex and Perry, along with their new producer Rebecca, go to a former sanatorium, now school, for children with TB. It was a fairly creepy episode, although I do feel like the sanatorium wasn’t as explored or described as other sites in the series.
As with the previous installments, this book was funny, fast-paced and just a tad overdramatic, which I was in the mood for. But what I loved most was Dex, as usual. He is still very much himself, except that now he is showing Perry how much he cares and protects her and how good a partner he is.

[Colleen]

Week 1
Spot: 8


Book: Scents and Sensibility by Spencer Quinn
(Chet and Bernie Mystery #8)
Finished: 06/03/2017
Rating: 3 stars
Review: The final (so far?) installment in the Chet and Bernie mystery series where a private investigator (Bernie) and his canine partner (Chet) solve the mystery of who stole the cactus.

There is a LOT of Chet POV, which is entertaining. I feel Chet really goes off on wild tangents in this one and some of his threads were forced. However, I still adore Chet and the addition of Shooter to the mix was an amusing side-tale.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Denise wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "BTW, Ezi, our team name is Four Leaved Clovers."

Not Ezi, but I took the liberty of fixing it for you. :)"

What did I put?

[Brenna]

Do you guys think Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

could count for the alternative?

[Shannon]

Gah Brenna, depends if they'll allow a dark charcoal for black. I lean towards yes but my opinion don't mean a whole lot. :)

[Shannon]

Ezinwanyi wrote: "Denise wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "BTW, Ezi, our team name is Four Leaved Clovers."

Not Ezi, but I took the liberty of fixing it for you. :)"

What did I put?"

"Four *Bleep* Clovers"...you dirty, girl! :p

[Shannon]

Week 1 Selection Post

Roll: 1
Space: 8


Redemption by Sloane Kennedy
Pages: 362
Qualifies: #8 in "Protectors" series

[Brenna]

Shannon wrote: "Gah Brenna, depends if they'll allow a dark charcoal for black. I lean towards yes but my opinion don't mean a whole lot. :)"

I was thinking about the same thing, I'll just read Looking for Alaska instead because I know it'll count for sure :)

[Karen ♐]

Ezinwanyi wrote: "Denise wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "BTW, Ezi, our team name is Four Leaved Clovers."

Not Ezi, but I took the liberty of fixing it for you. :)"

What did I put?"

You had Cloved instead of Clovers

[Karen ♐]

Brenna wrote: "Do you guys think Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

could count for the alternative?"

I wouldn't think that would be acceptable for black.

[Taya:)]

WEEK 1: Spot 8
(Alt: Cover Black)

Book: Redeeming Rafe by Sloane Kennedy

How it fits: Black cover
Pages: 214 p

[Shannon]

Week 1 Completion Post

Roll: 1
Space: 8


Redemption by Sloane Kennedy
Pages: 362
Qualifies: #8 in "Protectors" series
Read: 6/6/17
Rating: ★★★★★

Holy crap!! I think I just used half a box of tissues reading this freaking thing. Oh the feels!! If someone could have had a worse life than Levi, please tell me. I don't even see how that's possible. The guy has pretty much been tortured since the day he was born into that awful family. The things he's live through. And we know Phoenix from previous books but it isn't like he's had the peachiest of time either. The two of them...just wow! The love I have for this book is so huge!!

[Gabriela]

I've edited my previous post to rate and review my book, is that okay or should I re-post it?

[Karen ♐]

That's fine, Gabriela. That's the way I'm doing mine also.

[Karen ♐]

If everyone could have their rate/review post done by Thursdays at 8pm CST, I'd really appreciate it.

[Karen ♐]

Week 1

Karen's review
Gabriela's review
Colleen's review
Shannon's review
TayaJay review
Brenna's review

[Taya:)]

WEEK 1: Spot 8
(Alt: Cover Black)

Book: Redeeming Rafe by Sloane Kennedy

How it fits: Black cover
Pages: 214 p"

Date Finished : 6/7/17
Rating: 3.5 stars

Review:
I blame Shannon for finally getting me to read this book. It was honestly a breeze to read this book. I have only read book 4 (twice) and not the others. The sex scene were good but it was a little bit too much dick cure all going on. Rafe's anger was understandable but misdirected at his brothers. I'm mildly disappointed in this book but overall I enjoyed myself.

[Shannon]

Moi?!? I have a love affair with Sloane Kennedy. Don't know why. :)

[Taya:)]

Shannon wrote: "Moi?!? I have a love affair with Sloane Kennedy. Don't know why. :)"

Yes! I read your love for this book and I had read it for myself.

[Karen ♐]

TayaJay wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Moi?!? I have a love affair with Sloane Kennedy. Don't know why. :)"

Yes! I read your love for this book and I had read it for myself."

I read the first one in this series and loved it. Have to get back to it.

[Brenna]

Week 1
Spot 8

Book: Looking for Alaska

How it fits: Black Cover (Alternate)
Number of Pages: 221

Rating: 5 Stars
Review:
Miles (nicknamed "Pudge" by his friends) is an insignificant high-schooler in his home town until he leaves to go to a boarding school to seek his "Great Perhaps". He makes several friends, including Alaska Young who dies halfway through the book in a car crash. Pudge and his friends spend the rest of the book trying to cope with the loss and figure out the reasons for her death.

I overall really enjoyed this book, watching the characters grow and change as a result of the events that occur. I really liked the structure and how the book pivoted around the single event and Alaska impacted the characters both before and after her death. I also enjoyed reading about the fun times the characters had, and trying to piece together the mystery of Alaska. While I wish that some things had more closure, I guess that fits best with Alaska's personality and how the book is written.

[Colleen]

Way to go team! Looks like we have all the week 1 reviews in. Congrats!

[Karen ♐]

Week 2
Rolled 8
New Spot: 16

Reading Options are: #1, 6 or 16 in a series or Alternate: Title D

[Colleen]

I marked Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath #1) as 'currently reading' late last night, but I didn't get past the intro, which I can easily re-read starting today.

I usually have such a tough decision to make when a #1 is involved, glad it was easy this time. :)