R9: Team "Summer of 69" (6)

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Thanks, gals, at least today I feel like I will survive. Ugh!

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Shan got your book change entered and everyone else's selections.
Thanks

[Mary X]

Are we on track to be able to roll tomorrow? I have about 30 minutes left on my book and will post my review today.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Are we on track to be able to roll tomorrow? I have about 30 minutes left on my book and will post my review today."

I suspect so.
I had to switch up my book but am more than half way thru it.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Week #2 Books 8th in series or Alt is 8. Black cover, at least 50%

TEAM COMPLETIONS in-progress
Alison ~ Biting Bad (Chicagoland Vampires #8) ~
Mary ~ Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) ~
Moondance ~ Lemon Chiffon Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #8) ~ Review ✬✬.5
Shan ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~
Emelie ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

OMG!!!
Stupid digital library. So I finally switched out my book last night and now this morning I just got an email that the other book is available.
UGH!!!
So frustrating!

[Mary X]

Maybe it will work for tomorrow's roll in some way.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Maybe it will work for tomorrow's roll in some way."

Maybe, but unless the dice come up with 10 so we move to 18 because the Charley Davidson books do not have alternative series number options. However, maybe it will work the week after or the one after that. As I technically now have it for the next 21 days.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Week 2 ~ Completion Post

Task ~ 8th in series (or alt 5. Black Cover, at least 50%)
Book ~ Biting Bad (Chicagoland Vampires #8) by Chloe Neill
Completed ~ 6-15-17
Fits ~ Chicagoland Vampires #8
Rating ~ ✯✯✯✯
Review ~ This is a very interesting modern day vampire series. They dynamics between characters such as Merit and Ethan, Mallory and Catcher, are hot and often steamy, but multi-leveled. While the dynamics between characters that would just be considered friends are just as dynamic without the hot and steamy parts except in some cases the hot but then it is just a bit say "hot under the collar" kind of hot. This book is filled with some twists, less than other in the series, but some, as well as drama, and a lot of action. Even after more than eight books, I have read in the series I still am enjoying them, and look forward to more.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Ok gals..... So, I just got home from spending the evening in the ICU with one of my best friends, expected you all to have posed completion posts.
Then I could do mine, then update, and I could do the roll. Guess that needs to wait, sure hope you all had your books completed before midnight. I need the ALL reviews before I can roll.

**VERY IMPORTANT**
A team can NOT advance if all reviews are not in by the deadline. That being said, players need to have their reviews in latest by Friday. Technically, a review isn't late until after Thursday 11:59p. But your team captain cannot roll until ALL of the team reviews have been posted.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Week #2 Books 8th in series or Alt is 8. Black cover, at least 50%

TEAM COMPLETIONS in-progress
Alison ~ Biting Bad (Chicagoland Vampires #8) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬
Mary ~ Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) ~ ?????? Review ??????
Moondance ~ Lemon Chiffon Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #8) ~ Review ✬✬.5
Shan ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~ ?????? Review ??????
Emelie ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~ ?????? Review ??????

[Emeli]

Task black cover

Read 15/6
✯✯✯✯✯
I love this author this is such a good opposites attract story but its heartbreaking so sensiteve readers be warned. When i read this story the tears were not far away and my heart really went out to
Tom and jay but the way they beat all the odds and came out stronger was so Beautiful

[Moondance]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Ok gals..... So, I just got home from spending the evening in the ICU with one of my best friends, expected you all to have posed completion posts.
Then I could do mine, then update, and I could d..."

I hope your friend is doing better and continues to improve. Take care of yourself.

[Mary X]

So sorry, I completely forgot to post my review last night. My daughter was using an online physics tutor on my laptop last night and I forgot about my review.

I'll post it right now.

[Mary X]

Completion Post:

Week 2, was on space 5, rolled a 3, on space 8

8th in Series,

finished: 6/152017


5 stars

I wish Mercy had been a little meaner to Christie but otherwise, I loved the book. I hope we get to see more of Coyote and Gary Laughingdog in future books. Ben was weirdly missing in this one. He always seems to be one of the wolves helping Mercy and Adam with whatever trouble is happening and he's barely mentioned in this one.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Week #2 Books 8th in series or Alt is 8. Black cover, at least 50%

TEAM COMPLETIONS in-progress
Alison ~ Biting Bad (Chicagoland Vampires #8) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬
Mary ~ Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬✬
Moondance ~ Lemon Chiffon Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #8) ~ Review ✬✬.5
Shan ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~ ?????? Review ??????
Emelie ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬✬

[Mary X]

Was Shan messaged?

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Was Shan messaged?"

I just did.
Sorry, it wasn't earlier.
This has been a hellush week and I am just not on top of it as I should be.
Thanks for the post to help me remember.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Moondance wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Ok gals..... So, I just got home from spending the evening in the ICU with one of my best friends, expected you all to have posed completion posts.
Then I could do min..."

Thanks, she is not out of the woods, but at least she is holding steady so they have not had to put her on a ventilator. Fingers crossed rhey can find what has caused this most recent dip in her lungs oxygen absorption.

[Moondance]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Moondance wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Ok gals..... So, I just got home from spending the evening in the ICU with one of my best friends, expected you all to have posed completion posts.
T..."

Goodness. I hope they find out what is going on. Continued healing thoughts.

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post ~ Week 2
Task: 8. Cover: Black (must show cover for the version you read)
Book: In Her Wake by K.A. Tucker
# of pgs: 177
How it fits: at least 60% black
Finished: 06/16/17
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Wow! I didn't really know what to expect when I picked this book. It was basically the first one that I came across that had a cover to fit our task this week.
Cole and his best friends Sasha and Derrick are having a good time at Derrick cousins party, as any college age boys would be doing. Once it's time to leave the party Cole realizes that he should have remained sober because he was the DD, so they will have to wait awhile before leaving. Sasha assures him that he was fine to drive, so the three friends head out.

What happens next is any person's, especially a parent, nightmare.

Now, Cole has to learn how to get on with his life, and after all he has lost, including himself, he is having a hard time. The one person that he feels will understand is the one person he is too guilt ridden to even talk to.

I am glad I found this novella, before I found the first book in the series because this will definitely make me understand the actions of the characters better once I get to that book, which I most definitely will be doing.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Yes, me also.
They did a CT scan for clots on her lungs but showed no clot. So that is good, but it was also an understood and logical with a known course of action. Now they are back to trying to figure out what else it could be. She is one of those people that unfortunately seems to have things that are 1 in every million patients. So makes her a lot harder to diagnosis.
Thanks for the healing thoughts.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

On a team note, she PMed me to see if we are still down a player, so that could get remedied shortly.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "Completion Post ~ Week 2
Task: 8. Cover: Black (must show cover for the version you read)
Book: In Her Wake by K.A. Tucker
# of pgs:..."

yeah!

[Shan ~A~]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "On a team note, I am waiting to hear from Ezi on what to do next if we do not here from Shan.
Also, she PMed me to see if we are still down a player, so that could get remedied shortly."

I post my book in message #121
Sorry, not much time after having to change my book, but I finished earlier today and had to wait until I made it from work to post it.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Week #2 Books 8th in series or Alt is 8. Black cover, at least 50%

TEAM COMPLETIONS in-progress
Alison ~ Biting Bad (Chicagoland Vampires #8) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬
Mary ~ Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬✬
Moondance ~ Lemon Chiffon Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #8) ~ Review ✬✬.5
Shan ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬
Emelie ~ (Alt-50% black cover) ~ Review ✬✬✬✬✬

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

~ WEEK THREE ROLL ~ &
~ SPACE 8+6 ~ Places us on SPACE 14

Options this week are:
14th book in a series (also 1st or 4th in series, as well as Standalone)
or
Alternate task:
14. Male Author

*Please make sure to do a selection post with task, book link, and pages count. Thanks!

[Emeli]

14th book in a series (also 1st or 4th in series)
Legal Artistry
230 pages
First book in the art series

[Moondance]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Yes, me also.
They did a CT scan for clots on her lungs but showed no clot. So that is good, but it was also an understood and logical with a known course of action. Now they are back to trying to ..."

Is she in the medical field? We always seem to be the ones that have odd diagnosis. I've had a couple of those. Most recently about 4 weeks ago. Wishing her continued healing and hopefully a solution.

[Shan ~A~]

Roll 3: Selection Post
Task: 14th book in a series (also 1st or 4th in series)
Book: The Edge of Dominance
# of pgs: 445
How it fits: Book 4 in The Doms of Her Life series

[Moondance]

Does standalone work as well since there is a 1?

[Mary X]

Selection post:

I happen to have a #14 primed and ready to go:




Kincaid and James #14

480 pages

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Moondance wrote: "Does standalone work as well since there is a 1?"

Yes, my bad

HOW TO PICK A BOOK:
✸ Books are based on the spot you're on not the roll of the die.
If you land on single digit spot for example let’s say you land on spot 5 then you have to read a book that's #5 in a series. For double digit numbers, for example you land on spot 48 you can read either a #4 or a #8 in a series.
✸Standalone books can be used for a 1 or a 0
✸First in a series can be used for a 1
✸I don't expect anyone to read a series out of order and for people that don't read series books that still want to play there will be an alternate option. There will be an alternate option for each spot.
✸Half books: ½ or .5 count only if they meet the page requirement AND will be judged by preceding whole number numeral on goodreads.
Example: Spot 8: A MacKenzie Clan Gathering (MacKenzies & McBrides, #8.5) would count for spot 8 because it meets the page limit.
✸ Books in multiple series can be used for ANY of the series. An example: Azagoth (1001 Dark Nights, #6; Lords of Deliverance, #5.5; Demonica, #10.5) can be used for spot 6 for 1001 Dark Nights, spot 5 for LoD or spot 10 for Demonica because it meets the page limit.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "Selection post:

I happen to have a #14 primed and ready to go:


"

Nice!! I do also, but I might use this to read a book #1 in a short series to try and get us the extra bonus point.

PLEASE add a page count and series name to your selection post. ty

[Moondance]

SELECTION POST

Week: 3
Roll: 6
Space: 14

The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis


356 pages

Standalone

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

I have been trying this read forever

Week 3 ~ Selection Post
Task ~ 14th in series (1st, 4th or Standalone)
Book ~ Shadow Study (Soulfinders #1) by Maria V. Snyder
Series ~ Soulfinders #1; Study #4; The Chronicles of Ixia #7
Pages ~ paperback, 410 pages

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Week 3 ~ Completion Post

Task ~ 14th in series (1st, 4th or Standalone) (or alt 14. Male Author)
Book ~ Shadow Study (Soulfinders #1; Study #4) by Maria V. Snyder
Completed ~ 6-19-17
Fits ~ Soulfinders #1; Study #4
Rating ~ ✯✯✯✯
Review ~ Lets see, to start I loved the original three Poison Study books when I first found them years ago, and in subsequent readings. Had no idea they were considered Young Adult until I got on Goodreads. I have also read the spin off Glass Series, or in-between books depending on if we look at the Study numbering or the he Chronicles of Ixia numbering, Now I am excited to read the continuation of the tales in the Soulfinder series.
I really like Yelena, hated Valek thru most if not all of the first book. Now Also love him, and understand him so much better.
Ari and Janko, are comic relief, as I think Leif is often. May of the others fill lots of different niches in her life.
This book is a progression of the story with some side adventures. Because unfortunately even after you catch the bad guys you often end up either dealing with more or somehow they or a loved one chooses to retaliate or "get even" and then that adds to the tale. I have to say I had started to like the Commander, but I am seriously re-thinking that after this books. However....... as much as this book basically starts with a bang, I think what got me most was the final phrase in this book. I so wish I could say it but talk about major spoiler.
This is an Author I would highly recommend to anyone liking fantasy and a few other genres. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Oh, and a final comment, it is not necessary to read the Sea Glass books between this as you can see when you look at the series numbering, BUT I highly recommend you do, or many of the characters and how they now fit will not mesh well for you.

[Mary X]

I'm going to do my best to not pick a book from the alternates list.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Well, it is not as if Jim has graced us with a new adventure for Harry lately.
Actually have you read the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne? It is not Harry, but they are good.

[Moondance]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Well, it is not as if Jim has graced us with a new adventure for Harry lately.
Actually have you read the Iron Druid series by Kevin Hearne? It is not Harry, but they are good."

I like to think of Kevin Hearne as the love child of Joss Whedon and Jim Butcher.

[Moondance]

My book was so intense that it has taken be a couple of days to figure out how I want to review it. I read it Saturday evening while I was in the ER with my mom. It was extremely dark and twisted. I think I should be able to review it when I get home from work this evening

[Mary X]

I know right? Come on Jim, we need our new Harry Dresden fix. I've been tempted to re-listen to the series.

The Iron Druid books are on my to get to list.

[Sam]

Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I know right? Come on Jim, we need our new Harry Dresden fix. I've been tempted to re-listen to the series. ."

I went to his fan forum looking for an update and discovered that a lot has been going on in his life. Apparently he got divorced, engaged, married and moved across the country. They are building a new house and with all that going on, he is having trouble finding a place to write. Current expectation is for the book to be released this fall/winter (2017) assuming there are no more roadblocks in his life.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Moondance wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Well, it is not as if Jim has graced us with a ..."

"....I like to think of Kevin Hearne as the love child of Joss Whedon and Jim Butcher. "

Oh now that is just too funny! and I can see your point.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Moondance wrote: "My book was so intense that it has taken be a couple of days to figure out how I want to review it. I read it Saturday evening while I was in the ER with my mom. It was extremely dark and twisted. ..."

Hope everything is ok with your mom.

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Sam wrote: "Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I know right? Come on Jim, we need our new Harry Dresden fix. I've been tempted to re-listen to the series. ."

I went to his fan forum looking for an updat..."

Wow, that is a lot! No wonder he has been slow with the next release.

[Moondance]

Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Moondance wrote: "My book was so intense that it has taken be a couple of days to figure out how I want to review it. I read it Saturday evening while I was in the ER with my mom. It was extremely ..."

Thank you! She has bronchitis. She is 95 so Urgent Care would not treat her. She is doing much better.

How is your friend? Any clue to what was going on?

[Alison (Lady Coffin)]

Moondance wrote: "Alison (Lady Coffin) wrote: "Moondance wrote: "My book was so intense that it has taken..."

Well, yuck, bronchitis is not fun, and summer bronchitis is even worse. I have had it. Hope the round of antibiotics has her feeling better real soon.

I wasn't able to get down there today and have not gotten an update. I plan to go tomorrow. Last I heard they thought she might have pneumonia. But I am not sure if it is the bad hospital kind or she had it when she went in and somehow they missed it. ugh! Just keeping my fingers crossed, and sending as much healing energy her way as I can.

[Mary X]

Ugh pneumonia is awful. My dad keeps getting that. He's 76 and has heart and lung problems.

[Shan ~A~]

Roll 3: Completion Post
Task: 14th book in a series (also 1st or 4th in series)
Book: The Edge of Dominance
# of pgs: 445
How it fits: Book 4 in The Doms of Her Life series
Finished: 06/20/17
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
If it weren't for the fact that I had read the other books in this series and I wanted to know how this trio's story was going to conclude, I would have stopped more than half way in.

Alas, that wasn't the case, and in the end I am glad I stuck it out.

After everything they have been through, this left me wondering why do these men love Raine, and why does she love them, well Hammer at least. (I have loved Liam from the beginning and felt he sometimes got the short end of the stick.)

I can say that both of the guys opened up more in this book. We finally got a better understanding of Hammer when he shared his past, and more insight into Liam once meeting him family.

I don't think the addition of the paranormal?? element added much to the story, that must have just been for page filler. Still, I didn't totally hate it either, just wish if it was going to be used it should have been used sooner, and some of the things they had been through would have been avoided.

At the end I was glad to see that things worked out, even though we are left wondering which guy she would legally marry, and I am looking forward to seeing Seth, Heavenly, and Beck's story as River, Pike, and their mystery woman's story. Maybe Dean's at some point also.