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R15: Team #12 ~ Random Readers
Becky, I'm not having any problems. I'm running a PC on Firefox though.Which GC books are you interested in. I can check them for you.
Sandra wrote: "Becky, I'm not having any problems. I'm running a PC on Firefox though.Which GC books are you interested in. I can check them for you."
Thanks, Sandra!
I'm looking at Soulless or Etiquette & Espionage, both by Gail Carriger. I have other options if those won't work. Thanks for checking for me! I really appreciate it!
I'm going to try doing a full computer shutdown and restart, then see if that helps. I'll be back shortly! : )
OK, no demons on Soulless shelves. I mean I know that there aren't any in the story but people are crazy.Off to check E&E.
Crossing my fingers! There was mention of one in Imprudence, so maybe I'll get lucky. Otherwise, I'll be reading Charley Davidson #4. LOL!Edit: My shutdown & restart hasn't resolved the problem. I've posted a message in the GR's Feedback group, but I'm afraid it's Safari. I'm about to check Firefox now. Bleech...
Nope, no demons in E&E shelves either. Looks like Charley :)
Thank you for checking, Sandra! I really appreciate it!Unfortunately, I've discovered my viewing problem is Safari. That's a real pain. I'm going to be switching back and forth between browsers whenever I need to mark a shelf until they get it fixed.
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Bummer!!!!!!
It's killing me....*meep*
Becky's Selection Post For...WEEK 7: Demons Shelf
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Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
How it fits: Shelved 222 x / Pg 1, #42 on Demons Shelf
Series: Charley Davidson #4
Pages: 368
Twist wrote: "The higher the shelves, the more messed up they are. I just tried looking for Fused in Fire, and I saw 6 or 7 pages that were exactly the same books."Lovely... I usually go to the book I'm looking at and search each page for the specific tag, but tonight I'd have to do that on Chrome and I just can't wrap my head around it. Charley Davidson is a decent read. It's been awhile since I've read the last book. It's probably time.
I feel your pain, Twist. I've had The Shack on Hold since March or April. I'm finally down to #30. I started at #168 on 5 copies! Maybe by Christmas....
Twist wrote: "The higher the shelves, the more messed up they are. I just tried looking for Fused in Fire, and I saw 6 or 7 pages that were exactly the same books."Twist, if you look at the book page for Fused you can see it is Demons friendly :)
Selection Post: Week #7 - Demons Shelf=====================================
Book: Evil by Tijan
How it Fits: Tagged 29x; Page-13
Pages: 254
Selection Post ... Week Seven ... Demons
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
303 pages, 32 down, sixth page for demons
...I spent some time looking, couldn't find anything (or anyone either) that I was interested in reading/meeting for a starting point in the "Demons" category. but I came across this author I really liked 9 or 10 years ago, before I got my first laptop PC. His series has expanded way far, so I'll start at the beginning and read the IRON DRUID books for a while...
if the link on the book page goes to the same page as that "direct link" for Demons, it's useable.
Art (Posting elsewhere as Whistler Reads) wrote: "if the link on the book page goes to the same page as that "direct link" for Demons, it's useable."You are going to have sooooo much fun reading the Iron Druid Chronicles!!! They are hilarious! My husband and I enjoy that series quite a lot. We're looking forward to the next full size novel to come out. I "think" it's late this year or early in 2018? I'd have to check. The audiobooks are really, really good!
Happy Reading!
Twist wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Twist, if you look at the book page for Fused you can see it is Demons friendly :) "I saw it on the book page, but I thought it had to be found on the list somewhere. So even if we..."
Yep, that's where the popular links come from - the book pages.
That's why in the thread How to Find a Book for BSB it tells you a couple of ways to find a book you're interested in, especially if you don't want to wade through all the pages of the list.
Completion Post: Week #7 - Demons Shelf=====================================
Book: Evil by Tijan
How it Fits: Tagged 29x; Page-13
Pages: 254
Read: 9/21
Rating: 1.5 stars
Review: There went 8 hours I'll never get back. Tijan books have always been a guilty pleasure of mine.. There's usually no redeeming quality to the books but they usually can be counted on to offer pure escape. This one was definitely not escape material, other than the countdown to the escape I kept picturing was at the end of the book. Had this not been for a challenge, I would have dnf'd for sure. (And I do not quit books.) The characters were shallow. The story of demons and angels has been done eleventy-billion times and there was absolutely nothing different about this story to keep me
Completion Post ... Week Seven ... DemonsHounded by Kevin Hearne
303 pages, 32 down, sixth page for demons
Rated: ★★★★✩
Read: 9/23
Review:
It's been eight or maybe even ten years since I first became aware of the World of the Iron Druid. I was fascinated then, and am even more so now. Our main character is "older than the New Testament", 2100 years or more, and personally knew or knew of most or all of the gods and demi-gods (including Jesus, Joseph and Mary) of all the pantheons on earth, being himself tied to the earth and able to "speak" with Gaea the earth mother, first of the early Greek gods, born of Chaos. Atticus O'Sullivan hails from Ireland, but has lived all over the world.
In a moment sitting on an old widow's porch he reflects,
"Unless you find someone to spend some time with (and that time is sunlight, golden minutes when you forget you’re alone), that vise will eventually crush your heart. [...] It’s other people who have kept me alive so long—and I include Oberon in that. Other people in my life right now, who help me forget all the other people I have buried or lost: They are truly magic for me."
(...Oberon is an Irish Wolf Hound ...)
Hearne, Kevin: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One (p. 195)..
This pretty much sums up what you take away from the whole series if I remember correctly, and is why I liked it 10 years ago, and why I will read it again now, along with any additions ...
Becky's Completion Post For...WEEK 7: Demons Shelf
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Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones
How it fits: Shelved 222 x / Pg 1, #42 on Demons Shelf
Series: Charley Davidson #4
Pages: 368
Finished on: Sep 22, 2017
My Rating: ★★★
My Review :
There were a lot of funny lines in this book, which is the one standard I've come to expect from this series. However, I found myself increasingly frustrated with this particular installment. We do get a lot of "reveals" about Charlie, but the mystery plot (and the main topic of the book's summary) brought to Charley's doorstep was very broken up and confusing. This book is really about Charley getting herself back together after the experiences she suffered in the last book. She's become a bit reclusive with dead Aunt Lillian and Mr. Woo. Thanks to her friends, she's forced back into the real world to deal with family and financial crisis.
Overall, there were too many unrelated details crammed between the pages that I had to wonder why the author bothered with Harper and her fears that someone was trying to kill her in the first place. Of course, everything falls into place by the end of the book, I'll even say it does so quite nicely, but it was a frustrating time getting there.
I will keep going with the series as I have enjoyed other installments and I do enjoy the witty dialogue and chemistry between Reyes and Charley. With some of the new information we have available, perhaps Charley will return in the next installment as a much more put-together heroine.
Hey Everbody!Sorry to be MIA! It's been a very busy week with a big family event yesterday so I haven't had much time to get online and chat. Things are calming down a bit and I have nothing but reading on my schedule this evening and tomorrow. That should help me hit the ground running this week...I hope! Lol!
I'll do my best to catch up on the reviews and posts today. I hope everyone is doing well!
A big THANK YOU to Art for checking up on me! : )
..................and we're UP TO DATE!..................shelf..................shelf..................shelf
WOOOHOO!!!! Better late than never! I'll be more on the ball this week. For the first time in I don't know how long a book I'm reading will count for two of my other team challenges. I'm so happy! LOL!
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CONGRATULATIONS, Random Readers!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'spin-off' and 'demons'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamps Randoms!
Yay! Thank you!Nice job, Teamies!!! : )
Yahooooo!!!!! Thank you! Good job, Team Awesome! ;)
Let's keep it up ... one team (13) has 4/5 ... .....................but........................
... we have been first-to-the-stamp-thread for five of seven shelves ...
... so ...
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡GO, TEAM, GO!!!!!!!!!!
Way to go, Random Readers!Ohhh yeah!!!!!!
Hey, Teamies!!!!Lookie what I found....
❖ ❖ ❖ Shelf Announcment #8 ❖ ❖ ❖
Shelf #8 ~ 9/27/17: Reader's Choice
Reader's Choice ~ must be a book within a series
Becky's Selection Post For...WEEK 8: Reader's Choice, book within a series.
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Voice of Mars by Glynn Stewart
How it fits: #3 in series
Series: Starship's Mage #3
Pages: 310
Selection Post for Week #8: Reader's Choice, book within a series
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Book: Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb
Pages: 347
Series: In Death series
How it Fits: #16 in series
I have to admit, I did a little happy dance when I saw the shelf call this week! 
Choice & Completion Posts for Shelf 8... Reader's Choice ... within a series
What better choice than to continue last week's series ...
Hexed by Kevin Hearne
317 pages
Rated: ★★★★★
Read: 9/28
Review:
Elemental aspects of Gaia, scheming Goddesses, factions in the Witch world, resentful Werewolves, and action, Action, ACTION!
What more could a series binger ask for ... ... ... six more books, and a collection of shorts soon to be released ... these should be enough to fill out my yearly reading challenge too ...
K~Terror wrote: "Selection Post for
Week #6
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Book: [book:Portrait in Death|26860..."
Huh? LOL ... (😆)
Completion Post for Week #8: Reader's Choice, book within a series
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Book: Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb
Pages: 347
Series: In Death series
How it Fits: #16 in series
Read: 9/29/17
Rating: ★★★★☆
Review:
This was my favorite In Death book so far! This time we got to see Rourke more vulnerable and how Eve tries to figure out how to put other people's needs in front of her own.
Peabody just makes me giggle every time!
Oh yes, and the mystery to be solved was interesting too. :)
Art (Posting elsewhere as Whistler Reads) wrote: "K~Terror wrote: "Selection Post for Week #6
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Book: [book:Po..."
LOL! I'm just lucky to remember my name this week! Fixed it!
K~Terror wrote: "Completion Post for Week #8: Reader's Choice, book within a series
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Book: [book:Portrait in Death|2686..." Date read???????????????? LOLOLOLOL😀🤣☺😆😁😅😅😅😂😂😂😜
Art (Posting elsewhere as Whistler Reads) wrote: "K~Terror wrote: "Completion Post for Week #8: Reader's Choice, book within a series
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Book: [book:Portr..."ASSUMED ... ¿¿¿ 9/29 ??? ...
... ... currently reading ... ... “Is monstrous fuckpuddle,” Perun asserted, and everyone turned to stare at him with equal parts amusement and bemusement. “What? Is this not English word?”... as I remembered ... Great series ... Into the new soon ...
I suggested that if it wasn’t a word, it should be, and the others agreed.
Hearne, Kevin. Hammered: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Three (p. 188). Kindle Edition.
@Art....You're reading my favorite Iron Druid book (so far)! Perun has some of the most amazing lines! I'm almost jealous that I didn't pick a more humorous book! Mine was really, really awesome space opera, but it's obviously missing Kevin Hearne's humor!
I'll get my review up soon.
Happy Friday, Y'all!
Becky's Completion Post For...WEEK 8: Reader's Choice, book within a series.
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Voice of Mars by Glynn Stewart
How it fits: #3 in series
Series: Starship's Mage #3
Pages: 310
Finished on: Sep 28, 2017
My Rating: ★★★★★
Becky's Review
WOW! I find that I enjoy this series more with each book!
After the dramatic events in book two, I didn't think the author could possibly write a better book, but he proved me wrong.
In Voice of Mars we finally get a good look at Damien's interaction with the Mage King. Since Damien proved his capabilities on his last mission under the most stressful of circumstances, he has been promoted to Hand of the King and is being sent out on his first solo task. When I heard that the King was sending him to his homeworld of Sherwood, I immediately thought of his ex-girlfriend / almost fiancé, Grace. We haven't heard a peep from her since Part 1 of the Starship's Mage Omnibus!
With a deadly incident to investigate and tensions rising between Sherwood and their neighboring planet, Damien gathers his new security team ... (view spoiler)... acquires a starship and jumps to Sherwood. Damien and Grace have both changed significantly and it's fun to watch him anticipate their reunion. They didn't part on easy terms or talked to one another in four years. When Damien and Grace meet after all that time, the tension (view spoiler) is so thick you could cut the air with a knife! I loved it and the humorous dialogue Damien maintains with his security guard is hilarious! The author leaves nothing out of his visual cues, either, making this scene and the rest of the book a true delight to read!
Right away Damien gets to work on the investigation. As usual, things go sideways pretty much from the start. With an unknown person pushing the two planets towards civil war, Damien is in a race against time to save the lives of two planets and prevent a war that could spread to the entire galaxy.
These books have an excellent balance of action, mystery, magic, and science. The stories are always well organized, easy to follow, and complex enough to keep me interested. The space battles are phenomenal! I'm amazed that this author hasn't skyrocketed to the top of the SFF charts! I suspect that will change or certainly hope it does. He's exceptionally talented and has written a very unique series. Now that I'm almost caught up with the books, it's going to be a hard wait for the next one!
I highly recommend this book and the Starship's Mage series to Science Fiction Fantasy and/or Space Opera fans!
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Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "Becky's Completion Post For...
WEEK 8: Reader's Choice, book within a series.
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Voice of Mars by Glynn Stewart
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Stewart has several series running at once, @Becky, are any interconnected?
@Art.... I haven't run across that scenario yet, but it's possible that Starship's Mage and the Castle Federation series could crossover. Both series are set in the same world, but I believe they are in different centuries since there is no mention of magic in the Castle Federation. I've just started reading Glynn Stewart's books and I'm hoping that some of them will intersect. The mage character the author creates in Starship's Mage, is really interesting. If you like magical battles with killer fighting skills, you'll enjoy watching Damien knock the snot out of his enemies. By book three, he has quite the reputation across the galaxy. We are reading Alien Arcana now and it's blowing us away! It's that good!
Becky ♡The Bookworm♡ wrote: "@Art.... I haven't run across that scenario yet, but it's possible that Starship's Mage and the Castle Federation series could crossover. Both series are set in the same world, but I believe they a..."10-Q
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I'm running a Mac and they recently did a Safari update (yesterday) to Safari 11. I'm a little concerned.