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R9: Team Eight Reads a Week (8)
Week #1Spot #7 ~ Alternative #7 ~ Groups such as Sisters or Brothers or BFFs
(Assassins #7) by Toni Aleo (543 p.)How the book qualifies: Assassins #7
Read: 2017-06-08
Rating: ✯✯✯
Review:
The books begins with the day when Jordie was kicked out of the team...And sent to rehab.
Because he has a drinking problem. He is an alcoholic.
After some time Jordie comes back a new better Jordie. He tries to fix his relationship with his true love-his best friend's little sister-Kacey King.
The biggest thing that always bothers me about this series, that books are to long and it can easily can be shortened if you delete some boring or similar scenes.
Almost done. 1 more chapter and the epilogue. Will have completion post up soon.
Week 1~ Rolled 7 - Spot #7Task: 7th in series
Book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Author: J.K. Rowling
Pages: 620
How it fits: 7th in Harry Potter Series
Date started: 6/3
Date finished: 6/8
Rating: 5 stars
Review: I will always love this series. Such a rich world with well developed characters.
Yay! Looks like we're ready for week 2
:)How long is this challenge typically? Is it likely to still be going in September?
Sorry to be a pain with so many questions. Thanks BarbaraAnn for always being so smart and helpful.
Hi Mandiann,I was going to say that no way would it last that long, then I realized September is only 3 months away and the year's halfway over! I'm going to go to bed and pull the covers over my head.
For kicks I checked last years game and it ran from 1/1/16 - 3/24/16 so a little over 3 months.
Oh. I didn't realize it might go so long. I am pregnant and due date is September 18th. Not sure if this is going to be a concern. I am hopeful that once he gets here I will still be able to get one book per week done in audio at minimum so yeah.
But if the team is worried about this, my feelings won't be hurt if you would rather have a sub step up and me step down.
Sorry. Pregnancy brain. haven't really been thinking things through very well recently.
Mandiann wrote: "Oh. I didn't realize it might go so long. I am pregnant and due date is September 18th. Not sure if this is going to be a concern. I am hopeful that once he gets here I will still be able to get ..."
It may not go that long. But if it does, we do eventually get one free pass to use just in case everyone can't finish in time on a particular week.
Great Job everyone! Whose ready for new roll?
Week 2~Old Spot #7 Rolled #7 New Spot #14Spot #14
Alternative #14~Male Author
Katherine~
Post 77Mandiann~
Post 75Angie~
Post 64BarbaraAnn~
Post 76Marty~
Post 78Nikk~
Post 65Bonus Point~
Week #2~ Spot#14
by Billy WongQualification:Male Author
Pages:250
Finished:6/11/17
Rating & Review:4 Stars
Billy Wong happens to be my favorite author for writing female characters. He brings a depth of perception to his characters I've not seen from other authors. I look forward to my next adventure with this awesome author.
Week #2~ Spot#14 Book:
by Marie LuQualification: #1 in Legend Series
Pages:295
Finished: 6/11/17
Rating & Review:
3.75 stars
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The book was fast moving and I quite liked both Day and June. It was a little predictable in the way of plot being in the style of many YA dystopians however i enjoyed the characters and the story enough that i am about to start on book 2.
An enjoyable read and I give it 3.75 stars
Week #2Spot #14 ~ Alternative #14 ~ Male Author
(Love Hurts #1) by Sawyer Bennett (225 p.)
Mandiann wrote: "Oh. I didn't realize it might go so long. I am pregnant and due date is September 18th. Not sure if this is going to be a concern. I am hopeful that once he gets here I will still be able to get ..."
Congratulations Mandiann!
BarbaraAnn wrote: "Mandiann wrote: "Oh. I didn't realize it might go so long. I am pregnant and due date is September 18th. Not sure if this is going to be a concern. I am hopeful that once he gets here I will stil..."
Thanks BarbaraAnn. It's my first so I'm not exactly sure what to expect.
So 14 means I can do 1st, 4th or 14th in series?
Mandiann wrote: "BarbaraAnn wrote: "Mandiann wrote: "Oh. I didn't realize it might go so long. I am pregnant and due date is September 18th. Not sure if this is going to be a concern. I am hopeful that once he ge..."
Yes, that's right.
Week 2 - Rolled 7 - New Spot 14Task: 4th in Series
Book: The End of Oz
Author: Danielle Paige
Pages: 620
How it fits: 4th in Dorothy Must Die series
Date started: 6/9
Date finished:
Rating:
Review:
I forgot to mention that my book from last week works for a bonus task,✸ One point can be earned One point can be earned for reading a book that > 500 pages
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 620 pages
I'll make a note of that Mandiann.
Selection post:Week 2~Old Spot #7 Rolled #7 New Spot #14
Spot #14
The Backup Boyfriend by River Jaymes
Page #279 GR
How it fits - #1 in the Boyfriend Chronicles series
Completion PostWeek 2 - Rolled 7 - New Spot 14
Task: 4th in Series
Book: The End of Oz
Author: Danielle Paige
Pages: 620
How it fits: 4th in Dorothy Must Die series
Date started: 6/9
Date finished: 6/10
Rating: 2 stars
Review: This series to me was a huge waste of time. Didn't like the characters, the world wasn't super interesting or engaging and it just felt a bit forced at times. My worst fear is she will announce a 5th book.
Completion post:Week 2 - Rolled 7 - New Spot 14
Task: #1
Book: The Backup Boyfriend
Author: River Jaymes
Pages: 279
How it fits: #1 in Backup Boyfriend series
Date started: 6/10
Date finished: 6/14
Rating: ****
Review: I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. All of the characters were both complex and interesting. I also thought the relationship/lack thereof was interesting. I'll be interested in where the series goes next.
Week #2Spot #14 ~ Alternative #14 ~ Male Author
(Love Hurts #1) by Sawyer Bennett (225 p.)How the book qualifies: Love Hurts #1
Read: 2017-06-13
Rating: ✯✯✯✯
Review:
More I read Contemporary Romance, they become more predictable to me.
Most of the time id the similar plot or similar characters and so on...
But not this book. (Not everything is predictable.)
I liked that New York city girl goes to a wildness of Alaska. I hope that the next book in series will be as unpredictable as this one.
Week 2: Spot 14
Book: In the Moors by Nina Milton
Qualification: #1 in the Shaman Mystery series
Pages: 395
Rating: Five stars
Review: This story was a good balance of dark humor and dark mystery. It's interesting to note that the supernatural aspect of it was benign compared to the horrible crimes committed in the novel's 'corporeal' realm. Sabbie Dare is the shaman in question, who finds herself unintentionally embroiled in a child abduction/child murder investigation, one that is echoing an old case of several young children who disappeared over 20 years ago. She had been treating the main suspect, who is trying figure out what in his subconscious mind has been stunting his life since he was a child. She's also dealing with a strange attraction to the lead investigator, fending off the increasingly violent attentions of an ex-boyfriend and wondering why the defense attorney for the accused seems so haunted. Another young boy goes missing while the suspect is in custody and Sabbie's spiritual journeys are revealing the increasingly depraved nature of the original crimes. And it's beginning to look like the current crimes are a revenge set-up. I hope that the next episode is as good as this one.
Great Job Everyone!
Week #3~ Old Spot #14 Rolled #10 New Spot #24Spot #24
Alternative #24: Road Trip
Marty~
Post 89Mandiann~
Post 95BarbaraAnn~
Post 88Katherine~
Post 96Nikk~
Post 81Angie~
Post 94Bonus Point~
Week #3~ Spot#24 Book:
by Ilona AndrewsQualification: #2 in Kate Daniels Series
Pages:260
Finished: 6/20/17
Rating & Review:
4 stars
When I first read book 1 of this series, whilst i did enjoy it, I didn't have much interest in reading any further in the series. However with a number of people I know raving about this series, I decided to give book 2 a go and am so glad I did.
Book 2 was a little slow to start but once it did get started, I was on the ride till the end. I felt that the characters were well drawn and we really got to know the main players a lot better in this book.
The world building in this series is really interesting with the premise of magic and tech battling each other in the world and the results on the world due to this. It helped pave the foundation for the story line and make it the intriguing compelling tale it was.
Overall though i think it is the characters that made this book and I will most certainly be reading book 3! Happy to give this 4 stars
Week #3Spot #24 ~ Alternative #24 ~ Road Trip
(Hidden Legacy #2) by Ilona Andrews (389 p.)
Hmmm. I knew I want to go with a second in series because I have 5 #2's out from the library that need to be read but not sure which I will pick up. Going to power through a book for another challenge and will make a selection post by the end of the weekend.
Week 3 - Rolled 10 - New Spot 24Task: 4th in Series
Book: The House of Hades
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 597
How it fits: 4th in The Heroes of Olympus series
Date started: 6/16
Date finished:
Rating:
Review:
Completion post: Week 3: Spot 24Book: Texas Winter by R.J. Scott
Qualification: #2 in the Texas series
Pages: 230
Rating: ***
Review - This book was well written and I enjoyed it. It's kind of a comfort read - there's some drama (Riley finds out he has a 8 year old daughter and Jack's mother is in love with a man who is her son's age). There's no question that things won't work out in the end. I like how Riley and Jack's relationship is progressing from book 1, but the book didn't blow me away. I'd have probably rated it 3.5 stars except for Hayley (Riley's daughter). She was the perfect, precocious moppet and annoyed me more than anything.
Week 3 - Spot 24
Book: The Trench by Steve Alten
Qualification: #2 in the MEG series
Pages: 352
Rating: 2 stars
Review: Disappointing. That pretty much says it all about this book. I really liked the first installment - it was exciting, it was a new twist on the whole 'killer shark' genre, I was really interested to see what the author would do with it. Maybe I'm just jaded by the whole Jurassic Park franchise, but this was too much in too small a package -too much espionage, too much corporate skankyness, too much domestic drama. I ended up really disliking all of the characters but Jonas (yes, I think the name was supposed to be something of a pun) and even his neurosis gets wearying at times. His wife, Terry, comes off as a selfish bitch rather than a strong feminist this time, and his father-in-law has become hapless. The giant prehistoric shark that is the catalyst for all the action seems like an afterthought in some parts of the story. Since any author can trip up now and then, I'll give this series one more try before I declare that it should have been a 'one and done' novel.
yep. the week officially ends at 11:59 pm central time tomorrow. It looks like we're waiting for you, Katherine and Angie.
K. Mine is in audio, have about an hour and a half left. Probably won't get my completion post up until around 6PM Eastern,
That's perfectly fine Mandiann!
Week #3~ Spot #22
by Philippa BallantineQualifications: Fourth book in a series
Pages: 305
Finished: 6/21/17
Rating & Review: 4 Stars
Sorry to see this series come to an end. All of my questions were finally answered. Happily Ever After really isn't part of the equation for this book series.
Completion PostWeek 3 - Rolled 10 - New Spot 24
Task: 4th in Series
Book: The House of Hades
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 597
How it fits: 4th in The Heroes of Olympus series
Date started: 6/16
Date finished: 6/22
Rating: 3 stars
Review: A typical Rick Riordan book. Easy to read, made me laugh a few times but over all too long winded and the cast is getting too big. Some of the characters are starting to feel a little bit neglected and lost. Like Jason.
Week #3Spot #24 ~ Alternative #24 ~ Road Trip
(Hidden Legacy #2) by Ilona Andrews (389 p.)How the book qualifies: Hidden Legacy #2
Read: 2017-06-23
Rating: ✯✯✯✯
Review:
I love this book so much!
I can't believe I forgot HOW GOOD the fist book was. I even thought it been about 2 years when I read Burn for Me.
I really liked that in this book I learned from where Nevada got her powers. I loved the relationship between Nevada and her family. I loved the chemistry between Nevada and Mad Rogan.
Can't wait until next book.
Week #4~Old Spot #24 Rolled #7 New Spot#31Spot #31
Alternative #31~Three Word Title excluding like A, An, The (i.e. Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone)
Nikk~
Post 110Marty~
Post 113tKatherine~
Post 112BarbaraAnn~
Post 105Mandiann~
Post 107Angie~
Post 101Bonus Point~
I will be reading
, book 3 in the raven boys series :-)
Week 3: Spot 31
The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel by Kate Westbrook
#1 in the Moneypenny Diaries series.
272 pages
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Book: Texas Winter by R.J. Scott
Qualification: #2 in the Texas series
Pages: 230
Rating: ***
Review - This book was well written..."
Book 3 of this series was released in Audio last week,so I bought it from Audible. Maybe because I am in a Texan, but I enjoyed the first two books.
Book 1 was definitely better than 2 though
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Week 1: Spot 7
Book: The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths
Qualification: #7 in the Ruth Galloway Series
Pages: 370
Rating: Five stars
Review: This is one of those series that doesn't fall apart if you don't read them in sequence. I've only read #8 in this series and had no trouble getting back into Ruth's archaeological adventures. This time she's in Norfolk dealing with a crashed and buried WWII plane and a strangely preserved corpse within it, given the chemical makeup of the earth around it. And he's been murdered rather than killed in a crash - there's a bullet hole in his forehead. Turns out he's a long dead member of the strange and formerly wealthy Blackstock family, who have been plagued by early deaths and dark secrets. Complicating matters is Ruth's unusual relationship with DCI Nelson, the father of her daughter Kate, and Frank Barker, the handsome consultant on an American documentary film crew. The whole thing wraps up on the Blackstock mansion on a dark and stormy night. I really enjoyed the book, which is probably why I kept putting off finishing it.