R9: Team The Paperback Patrol (12)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Team 12 Players
Captain: Nichole
Tara
Lauren
❀~Amy~❀
Claire
Sandy (MN)

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[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

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[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

[❀~Amy~❀]

Hello team!

[Nichole]

Week 1: Spot 8
✔ Nichole- Broken Soul (#8)/ Review
✔Tara- City Of Bones (#8)/ Review
✔Lauren- The 8th Confession (#8)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Taken with You (#8)/ Review
✔Claire- Sneeuwval (#8)/ Review
✔Sandy- The Forgotten Affairs Of Youth (#8)/ Review


Week 2: Spot 17
✔Nichole- Touch & Geaux (#7)/ Review
✔Tara- Jury Of One (#1)/ Review
✔Lauren- One for the Money (#1)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Home Again (#1)/ Review
✔Claire- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (#1)/ Review
✔Sandy- The Glittering Court (#1)/ Review


Week 3: Spot 21
✔Nichole- White Hot (#2)/ Review
✔Tara- Better Read Than Dead (#2)/ Review
✔Lauren- A Gentleman in Moscow (SA)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Hard as It Gets (#1)/ Review
✔Claire- Legend (#1)/ Review
✔Sandy- Stillhouse Lake (#1)/ Review


Week 4: Spot 30
✔Nichole- Where We Left Off (#3)/ Review
✔Tara- The Target (#3)/ Review
✔Lauren- The Song Rising (#3)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Moving in Rhythm(SA)/ Review
✔Claire- The Body in the Library (#3)/ Review
✔Sandy- House of Names (SA)/ Review


Week 5: Spot 40
✔Nichole-A Man Called Ove (SA)/ Review
✔Tara- Bad Blood: A Lucy Black Thriller (#4)/ Review
✔Lauren- Queen of Shadows (#4)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Grounding Griffin (#4)/ Review
✔Claire- Thursday's Children (#4)/ Review
✔Sandy- Truly Madly Guilty (SA)/ Review


Week 6: Spot 48
✔Nichole- Ball & Chain (#8)/ Review
✔Tara-The Night Season (#4)/ Review
✔Lauren- The House of Hades (#4)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Overexposed (#4)/ Review
✔Claire- Buried Angels (#8)/ Review
✔Sandy- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 (#8)/ Review


Week 7: Spot 57
✔Nichole- Where the Wild Things Bite (#5)/ Review
✔Tara- One False Move: A Myron Bolitar Novel (#5)/ Review
✔Lauren- Fudge Cupcake Murder (#5)/Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Moving Maverick (#5)/ Review
✔Claire- A Murder Is Announced (#5)/ Review
✔Sandy- Haunted (#5)/ Review


Week 8: Spot 62
✔Nichole- Honour Bound (#2)/ Review
✔Tara- Vengeance in Death (#6)/ Review
✔Lauren- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#2)/ Review
✔❀~Amy~❀- Enemy of My Enemy (#2)/ Review
✔Claire- Zeemeermin (#6)/ Review
✔Sandy- Murder of Crows (#2)/ Review


Week 9: Spot 71
✔Nichole-Absolution (#1)/ Review
✔Tara- Breaking Creed (#1)/ Review
✔Lauren- Vacation Pass
✔Claire- The Bat (#1)/ Review
✔Sandy - The Underground Railroad (SA)/ Review


Week 10: Spot 81
✔Nichole- Under Locke (SA)/ Review
✔Tara- Men In Blue (#1)/ Review
✔Lauren- The Gunslinger (#1)/ Review
✔Claire- The Bell Jar (SA)/ Review
✔Sandy- Behold the Dreamers (SA)/ Review


Continued in Post 9

[Tara]

Hi!!! Looking forward to playing this round with you :)

[SandyC]

Hello, team!!

[Nichole]

Continued from post 6

Week 11: Spot 84
Nichole- Any Duchess Will Do (#4)/ Review
Tara- Mistletoe Murder (Alt.-Holiday)/ Review
Lauren- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (#4)/ Review
Claire- Zusje (#4)/ Review
Sandy- Kiss of the Highlander (#4)/ Review



Bonus Points
✔✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series
✔✸ One point can be earned for reading a book that > 500 pages
✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series (there must be more than 4 books in that series...I will entertain series with spin-offs) ~ no re-reads on this one.
✔✸ One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate lists (earned week before winning roll)

[Nichole]

I can be Captain, unless someone else wants to do it!

[Claire]

Hi all, sorry, hope I am not late. Thanks for letting me know.

[Claire]

Nicole, I like 'paperback patrol':-)

[Lauren]

Hello all! I also like Paperback Patrol or The Word Nerds :)

[Tara]

I like Paperback Patrol!

I'd prefer to NOT be captain. I did it last round and unfortunately it left a bad taste in my mouth :(

[SandyC]

Nichole, Thank you for offering to be captain. I like Word Nerds or Paperback Patrol.

[❀~Amy~❀]

Thanks for volunteering Nichole! I love to captain, but am feeling just a tad overwhelmed these days. Want to just enjoy the reading for now.

I really like Word Nerds!

[Nichole]

Alrighty! I need to go back and read the new rules just to make sure I don't miss anything >.<

Do we have any West Coasters that are awake after 10pm? Maybe they can be our designated roller?

I live in Oklahoma so I'm on Central time. I can roll on Friday mornings around 6-630am depending on how many times I hit the snooze button :) Unless someone wants/is able to do it earlier than that.

[Nichole]

So Paperback Patrol for our name then? Sounds good to me!

[Tara]

Sorry, central time here as well .....

[SandyC]

I am CT too.

[❀~Amy~❀]

I'm eastern time so not really any help.

[Nichole]

Has everyone played this before? We have some new *Bonus* features this time. I haven't really planned anything out but maybe I should start looking at my shelves :)

NEW FEATURE:
Bonus Points ~
✸Teams will have a chance to earn 1 Free Pass to roll. To earn your free pass your team has to complete their reads a day before the next roll. Once your team has done this you will have 1 free pass. The free pass will allow a team to roll if they are missing a review(s) before the cutoff. Once you've used it, you can't earn another one. It's a one-time shot. NOTE: The free pass may not be used for the win.
✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series
✸ One point can be earned One point can be earned for reading a book that > 500 pages
✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series (there must be more than 4 books in that series...I will entertain series with spin-offs) ~ no re-reads on this one.
✸ One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate lists (earned week before winning roll)
****Each of those can only be earned ONCE. So That is a FREE PASS and a total of 4 bonus points****

[SandyC]

I have played several times before.
I wonder if the Bonus items are per person or per team?

For example, do we earn one point if between the 6 of us, we read 3 books in a series, or only if one person reads 3 books in a series? (I suppose I should check out the FAQ) :-)

[SandyC]

OK, it's one person only for the Bonus. Answered my own question!

[Lauren]

I'm also Eastern time.

This is my first time playing any team game, so I'm excited to learn (and hopefully I don't mess up haha :P )!

[Tara]

Lauren wrote: "I'm also Eastern time.

This is my first time playing any team game, so I'm excited to learn (and hopefully I don't mess up haha :P )!"

I've played twice before. It's been enjoyable for me - and I don't participate in very many team challenges because I don't read as fast as others and don't want to hold a team up. But this game, one book a week, is very doable for me. Plus I have so many series books going that I can usually find something to fit the callout pretty easily. I think (and hope) you have a good experience :)

[Claire]

I an't help with time zone, I'm on Europe time. And I allways get confused with time stuff,,,

[Claire]

However, I checked. I can roll like two hours after time is over. Like 2 hours after the week has started. Is that closer, Nichole?

[Nichole]

I'm so sorry, Claire! I'm not sure how I missed this. I'm perfectly fine with anyone rolling :) But if you don't want to, that's okay too! Otherwise, I'll be posting around this time every week, 6:15ish am Central Time.

[Nichole]

Week 1~
Roll: 4 + 4= 8
Spot: 8

8th in series
Alternate: Cover- Black *The cover has to be at least 50%*

[Nichole]

I think I'll be reading ... . I'm hoping to get caught up on that series during this!

[Claire]

I'll read Sneeuwval number #8 in the series of Rizzoli and Isles by Tess Gerritsen

[Tara]

I'll be reading City Of Bones by Michael Connelly #8 in the Harry Bosch series.



8 was hard for me.... I had lots of series 7s and 9s but only one 8!!!

[Claire]

Oh, I love his books! Harry Bosch is one of my favourites!

[Lauren]

Oh man, 8 is hard for me too haha. I'll do my best to get to The 8th Confession, but still need to read #7.

[Tara]

Claire wrote: "Oh, I love his books! Harry Bosch is one of my favourites!"

Mine too.... it's been awhile since I read #7, so I'm kind of glad 8 was called this week...gives me a good reason to visit with Harry again :)

[Nichole]

You can always do the Alternate Task if you can't find anything for #8 :)

[SandyC]

Shoot, I wasn't getting notifications!

OK I will try to find something for #8. :-)

[SandyC]

Week 1

[❀~Amy~❀]

Week 1

Finally Found by Aria Grace

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Make sure to state if your book is an alternate read or the number AND page number so your captain isn't having to check

[Nichole]

I'm fine with you just putting it with your review. Just make sure it fits the requirements before it's too late! :) Also, please make a new review post because I'll probably miss it if you just update your selection post. One last thing, please have your reviews in by Thursday night so we can roll first thing Friday morning :)

[❀~Amy~❀]

Changing this week's book Nichole.

Week 1
Taken with You by Shannon Stacey
Kowalski Family #8 ~ 336 pages

[Nichole]

Week: 1
Spot: 8

Book: Broken Soul by Faith Hunter
Pages: 351
Date Read: 6/4/17
How it fits: #8 of Jane Yellowrock
Rating: 4 stars

As usual, Jane has her hands full in this installment. More like overflowing, really! There's the backlash from what happened in the last book with Leo and Bruiser, the upcoming European Council visit that comes with it's own garbage to deal with, her search for magical artifacts, the security upgrades, and on and on! There is never a dull moment in these books.

With everything she has to deal with, Leo is STILL keeping so many secrets from Jane and it almost gets her killed. AGAIN! Grrr! However, she at least deals him a very much deserved ass kicking that made me smile. It wasn't funny but it was long overdue. She also comes into more power with her and Beast and she uses it frequently. I can't wait to see more of this kind of thing! And she finally starts to move on from a certain love interest to another that I've been rooting for. He's not perfect and they have issues to deal with but it's better than the alternative, imo.

All in all, another action packed book that keeps me wanting more.

[Nichole]

❀~Amy~❀ wrote: "Changing this week's book Nichole.

Week 1
Taken with You by Shannon Stacey
Kowalski Family #8 ~ 336 pages"

Got it!

[Claire]

Week 1
Spot 8
Sneeuwval
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Read: 4/6/2017
Pages: 320 p.
How it fits: #8 in the Rizzoli & Isles
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I have read a few books from Tess Gerritsen, so I expected this one to be like the others: a nice read, but nothing special.
However, this book really surprised me. A lot of things happened and there was plenty of suspense. Also, the book gives little clues on what is really going on. Just as the MC you are in the dark, trying to figure out what and who can be trusted.
This atmosphere is kept well through the book. The end, that came as a surprise was a bit disappointing. I really would have loved another culprit to blame.
So while the book was very enjoyable, at the end, things went a bit too quick, and some questions weren't answered.
However, I think it is a great read and can be recommended to fans of psychological thrillers and anyone who likes a good read.

[Claire]

I wanted to put this in the spreadsheet, but couldn't get in. Are we supposed to do it or not?

[Nichole]

Umm, I haven't been able to play the last couple of rounds but we never did it before. I'll check!

[❀~Amy~❀]

Week 1 ~ Spot 8


Taken with You by Shannon Stacey
Pages: 336
How it fits: Kowalski Family #8
Rating and Review: 4 stars
While this is not nearly my favorite book in this series, I really enjoyed it. The audiobooks are really well done and I love Shannon Stacey's humor and writing style. These books just work really well for me. Matt and Hailey made me laugh and aww and just have a generally enjoyable ride. The differences in their personalities made it fun to watch them work their way to a HEA. My biggest complaint is that as a Kowalski book, there is very little of the clan present. Guess that is to be expected when neither MC is a family member.

[SandyC]

Week 1 - Spot 8

How it fits: 8th in series
Read: 6/6/17
Rating: ★★★

Review: This installment is short on plot and long on philosophical musings by the protagonist, Isabel Dalhousie. (Well, she is a philosopher, after all.) I just didn't like her that much. She came off as smug, judgmental, and condescending, especially where her niece is concerned. On the other hand, I think she has a good heart and really wants to make the world a better place for her young son.(view spoiler)[ She and (much younger) Jamie finally marry, so it will be interesting to see how that works out. (hide spoiler)]