R15: Team #8 ~ Oxygen8

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Updating you Sunshine :)

[Maddie]

I'm basically finished my demon book. tomorrow or later tonight I start my spin off

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Good to know Maddison :)

[Louise]

Completion Post
Shelf: Vampires

Lover Reborn by J.R. Ward
Date Read: 15/09/17
Rating: 4*

Review:
This continues on from the end of the last book and follows Tohrment and No'one as they work to put the past behind them and seek out a new future, with a little help from an angel. I love the way we are drawn in to the lives and thoughts of the MCs of the book and are also given an insight into the lives of the other characters. I can't wait to read the next in the series so as to see how the war between the Brotherhood and Band of Bastards hits up and Blau and Quinn finally get it together.

[Louise]

Completion Post
Shelf - Spin-Off

As I Descended by Robin Talley
Date Read: 16/09/17
Rating: 3*

Review

I wasn't overly struck on this adaptation of Macbeth. Based in a school where the Kingsley Award is the prize in question, Maria will do anything to win this, in the belief that she is being directed by her dead grandmother. I felt there were too many elements in the story as if the author wanted to tick a lot of boxes. Not an author I will be revisiting anytime soon

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Thanks Louise :) Any idea yet what you're going to read for Demons?

And requested our Vampire stamp!

[Louise]

Shelf #7 - Demons

Marked by Elisabeth Naughton
How It Fits: Tagged Demons 80 times

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:)

[Louise]

Changed my Demons book

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I enjoyed that one, lots of mythology.

[Louise]

It's been on my kindle forever and worked for my PtP challenge 😊

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Always good when books work for more than 1 challenge!!

[Maddie]

Yeah my demons book counted for two. I'm an hour into the 8.5hr audio for my spin off.

[Maddie]

I'll finish tomorrow.

[Maddie]

Demons Completion

Task: Demons shelf
How it fits: Tags heaps for demons
Date read: 23/9/17
Rating: 2 stars

Review: So basically sums up this book (well at least all I can remember):

How much romance can one person stomach in a book. Well not even romance! It's bloody denial romance! Kai just annoyed me so much in this one that I was actually for once on Anna's side, especially when (view spoiler)[she kissed Kope after hearing that Kai was over her, and then Kai goes and gets seriously pissed, saying 'you should have known' and 'I so wasn't over you'. Like she's not a fucking mindreader dipshit. I'm so glad Anna stood up to him about it too, actually saying 'I thought I meant nothing, as that's what you said'. I was saying hooray in my mind. Just for that bit. (hide spoiler)]
And how bloody typical was it that (view spoiler)[Anna would be the Chosen Neph. (hide spoiler)] Like seriously.

So pleased I got this done in a day. Would've hated for this one to drag out. So pleased it's over.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Bummer Maddison!

[Maddie]

Yeah but it's done now XD

[Maddie]

I'll get majority of Looking-Glass done today.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

I should have my Spin Off book done tomorrow

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Good on both of you!!!! :D

[Maddie]

Thanks XD I'll have it done tomorrow, not tonight. Too busy tonight. Only got around half an hour to go.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Finished
Shelf #6 - Spin-Off
9/25/17
Rating: 3 stars

Review:
It was more YA than I thought it was going to be, (MC turns 16 in the beginning of the book) so I wasn't that excited to read it. It wasn't horrible though. I like the introduction of the Iron Fey and how they came into existence. Reminds me of American Gods, not that these two books are on the same level.

It had the typical YA things that usually keep me from reading these books. Not a fan of teenage love drama, nor the stupid decisions they make without thinking it through. And no one will ever convince my why it makes since that a Fey (or any other long-living being) that has been around for 100's of years will fall in love with a 16 yr old human.

With my personal reading preference complaints out of the way, I could possibly be persuaded to read the next in the series...

[Maddie]

Spin-Off Completion

Task: Spin-Off shelf
How it fits: On the spin-off shelf
Date read: 25/9/17
Rating: 4 stars

Review: This was pretty good! Not really sure if I'll read the next one, but we'll see. I wish Charles Dodson had explained more about (view spoiler)[where he got the characters for his book, as they weren't actually in Alyss' Wonderland, and I don't like how he exploited her and made fun of her. She did even wonder whether she should tell him, and she did, and it was the worst outcome yet. (hide spoiler)] I really appreciated Alyss when she (view spoiler)[agreed to Leopold's proposal, as most MCs would think them above marrying royalty, or think 'it's for the good of the land if I don't' or some shit. (hide spoiler)] I still wonder if (view spoiler)[Quigley (hide spoiler)] will pop up somewhere again.

[Maddie]

Are we all up to date now??

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

The Master List is on the 1st page.

We have 2 reviews outstanding, both for this weeks shelf, which is pretty good going. Yay Us!!!!

And we've got 3 stamps coming as soon as Steph gets somewhere with good wifi.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Oxygen8!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'debut author', 'vampires' and 'spin-off'. 

[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Thanks Steph :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Shelf #8 ~ 9/27/17: Reader's Choice
Reader's Choice ~ must be a book within a series

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I'll be reading

Very easy to pick this week's book. LOL

[Maddie]

Oh wow XD Pointless.

I'll be reading

Has it always been this way, every group with the same shelf each week?

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Yes. It's like regular bingo. The call is the same but Everyone has different cards. Where our Readers Choice is in the I5 square, other teams has it in B2 or N1, etc....


So it's not pointless. It's basically a second Free Space! 😀

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

*best whiny voice* Reader's Choice is hard :-D
I have 13 books in my Current Reading Plan shelf, which is always my go-to, unless I need to dig for something. ;-)

I think it will be between &
But one is 500 pages and the other is 250..... hmmmmmmm

[Maddie]

Shorter one ftw haha.

Ah right that's the difference, the spaces.

[Louise]

Completion Post
Shelf / Demons

Marked by Elisabeth Naughton
Date Read: 27/9/17
Rating: 4*
How It Fits:Tagged Demons 80 times

Review:
This has been on my kindle forever and I'm surprised it took me this long to read it. It is a bit like Percy Jackson meets Black Dagger Brotherhood with the saviour of the race being the Argonauts. There's plenty of mythology references in there along with a determined female who is part of a prophecy. All in all a good read. This is one series I will probably continue.

[Louise]

Shelf #8 - Readers Choice

Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
How It Fits: #1 in Shifters Unbound

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Updated to here :)

Sunshine, did you decide on one yet?

I'm nearly finished only got about 30 pages to go :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Shelf: Reader's Choice
Date: 29/9/17
Rating: ★★★★★

We first met Holly (Sorrow) Chang in the first book, as a human victim of the mad, psychotic Archangel Uram. He changed her, but she wasn't a vampire or an angel, she was unique. So broken, it was decided she needed to be watched, just in case she went bad ....

Venom, the youngest of the Seven at only 300 yrs old, a vampire with snake eyes, also unlike anyone else ever Made, is one of the ones who trains her when he is in New York, along with Dmitri, Raphael's Second, Ashwini, a Guild Hunter/Vampire & her mate Janvier, one of Raphael's top security vampires.

The snarkiness between Holly & Venom leads to the realization that they truly understand each other, they are very alike in movements, intelligence, and their moral compass. Venom calls her Kitty or Hollyberry, Holly calls him ViperFace. There is no instalove here, it is a long, slow burn......

As Holly gets stronger, she starts exhibiting strange powers, though she keeps them to herself, as she is pretty sure it isn't a good thing. There can be only one cause ~ Uram. And he should be dead as Raphael obliterated him over Manhattan, back in the first book.

Love this series, all the characters and world building and I've waited a long time to find out what happened to Holly. Really looking forward to what happens next.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

I'll probably go with . It's the shorter one. :-D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

OK I'll add that & if you change it, no worries :)

[Maddie]

I'll be finishing soon.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

:)

[Maddie]

78% done.

[Maddie]

Series Book Completion

Task: Series book
How it fits: 1st in series
Date read: 30/9/17
Rating: 4 stars

Review: Once again this book made me well up when (view spoiler)[it was revealed that Susannah's cancer came back :( (hide spoiler)]. I don't know why, seeing as this book frustrated me so much, but I just get so invested in the plot, the characters. Although the two MCs annoy me no end, I can't help but fall into them. This is a fantastic light read, definitely a summer read, and it just flies by. I'm definitely Team Jeremiah, as he's just perfect <3 I also think Belly's a little unbelievable, how she (view spoiler)[has been in love with Conrad since she was 10? Really? A little crazy, as 10 year olds still believe in boy cooties. (hide spoiler)] But whatever. I already know this won't be my last time reading this one.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

I'm about 1/2 way through my Demons book and I started my Reader's Choice book yesterday.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Excellent news Sunshine :D

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Finished
Shelf #8 - Reader's Choice
10/1/17
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
I liked this better than the first one. Missy has headed to Las Vegas for a competition. One night later, she is a suspect in the murder of Marta Cambridge, an old home-town rival and a judge in the competition. Missy calls up Chas for support and he flies to LV to help her. Awwwwwe. :-D These two are so cute.

Quick read. I finished it in one day and look forward to then next one.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Glad you thought it was better Sunshine. Always good when a series gets better as it goes along.

[Louise]

Completion Post
Shelf #8 - Readers Choice

Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Date Read: 29/9/17
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: #1 in Shifters Unbound

Review
This was a good start to what promises to be a breathtaking series. Kim is a sassy attorney tasked with defending a shifter charged with murdering his girlfriend. To discover the truth Kim has to enter the lion's den, and in learning the truth she risks uncovering the darkest secrets of the shifters. I enjoyed the developing relationship between Kim and Liam Morrisey, the go to shifter. I'll definitely be continuing this series

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay, thanks Louise, I've requested our Reader's Choice stamp.

Just need Sunshine's Demon's review & we're totally up-to-date WOW. Of course the new shelf pops up in an hour & a half's time :D

[Maddie]

That's exciting though XD And good timing! Can't believe we're all good!