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Sandra wrote: "Well its got some characters from Parasol Protectorate, hence the spin off.I really enjoyed PP but the YA series that came after just didn't do it for me. I didn't get around to the Prudence seri..."
Mmhh, I'm not sure I'm going to read either of those series. Parasol was great because it was different but... we'll see once I finally finish it hehe.
Tatenisha wrote: "Completion Post:Week Ten
Shelf: Gothic Horror
Book: Burnt Offerings
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Date Read: 5/14/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
Anita's live is never d..."
I don't think Anita Blake has a spin-off series. What are you going to do? :D
LOL Well one of the players on another team picked a book that wasn't a spin off & yes it was on that shelf. So Tatenisha should at least check first :D
It's been a struggle, but I'm going with Cartel by Lili St. Germain
Locke Lamora is interesting but slow going, and I just made the "mistake" of peeking into Lover Revealed and somehow I'm a little further in than just a page or two hehe. So I think I'm going to switch my UF read to a BDB novel and be done with it much sooner. Then I'll take a closer look at the spin-off shelf to decide which book I want to read.
Please post any reviews & request for stamps by Saturday US time so I can add them to the stats which hopefully will be out early next week.
Looks like we're done for the round, Team 19 has won! I'm sad it is over, but also happy because this is the first time I have sat down in 9 hours and I'm lucky if I can read for 10 minutes before falling asleep. :D May is not reading month in my world. Thanks for playing and being such great team members. Hope to see you around next fall. Have a great summer.
Aww, such a shame it's over already! But it figured since it was a winning call :-)Thanks a lot for playing guys, I hope you had fun! I always love SoS Bingo and am already looking forward to next round :-)
If you have any more books on the go, as Sandra stated above, you have a few more days to finish them up or post the last reviews of the books you just finished for either of our shelves.
I'll finish my UF fantasy in the coming days and will post that completion post as normal, then request that stamp, but I'm going to skip the Spin-Off shelf, I think. I'll post all your Spin-Off reviews though of course! :-)
Allison Ann wrote: "Looks like we're done for the round, Team 19 has won! I'm sad it is over, but also happy because this is the first time I have sat down in 9 hours and I'm lucky if I can read for 10 minutes before ..."Busy busy day indeed! I'll keep my fingers crossed that your entire summer won't be as exhausting, but from what you mentioned before, it just might be.
Happy summer, hopefully business will be good and you can get maybe 5 minutes of reading time in every now and then before you crash over the book hehe.
It's over already?! I'll finish my gothic horror book and post a review.So.... when's the next round? :D
That's the spirit!! :-))Hope you're enjoying Wuthering Heights :-) I should swing by the BR thread at some point to read comments.
Next round probably August/September, keep an eye out around then :)
Ooooh fairly soon then. How awesome! :-D
Crosses fingers for September - sometime after Labour Day. :D
Sandra wrote: "Next round probably August/September, keep an eye out around then :)"yay! can't wait!
Completion Post
Urban Fantasy
Book: Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward
How it fits: tagged 477 times as "Urban Fantasy"
Date Read: May 26th 2018
Rating: 4 stars
Review
Another great addition to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
Butch has always been an interesting character from the moment he first stepped onto the pages of these books and he had a difficult path. He didn't exactly grow as a character but there was a certain development to his persona nonetheless. It was certainly nice to see him finally get the woman he has been pining for for so long. Even if it was at great cost for her - initially anyway.
There were moments I wanted to slap Marissa though because she was being a hypocrite but at the same time, the things she has had to put up with in her life... I was cheering for her when she finally up and decided to do something incredible with her life, stood up to all those who treated her like dirt before and basically threw it all back in their faces, though they probably didn't quite realise it yet.
Then there is Vishous who has a very particular bond to Butch and there were moments where I was wondering if J.R. Ward was going to turn everything around. The two have always been close and it was great to see this bond develop even further in this book.
Requested our Urban Fantasy stamp.We can still request the Gothic Horror stamp as well once Victoria is done with Wuthering Heights :-)
CONGRATULATIONS, One and Done!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'urban fantasy'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp O&D!
I just realized I never updated my Wuthering Heights review... my bad... But we still did well! Great job ladies, I loved our team!
You can still update it if you wish Victoria :)
Just post the review when you get round to it and I'll do the stamp thing :-)
Ooo didn't realize that! Here we go:Completion Post:
Week Ten
Shelf: Gothic Horror
Book: Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily Brontë
Date Read: 28 May
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review:
I'm a little on the fence as to how I feel about this book. I loved the writing, the writing in some classics becomes stale and difficult to follow overtime, but this was fluid and easily enjoyable. I found the story to be rather fascinating, but I didn't exactly love it. Nearly all the character were unlikable, which may be why I wasn't able to fully fall in love with the story. I still really loved Heathcliff's character despite him being rather monstrous, but I wanted to shake every other character into oblivion.
In short, I liked it a lot and can understand how it's some peoples favorite, but it's definitely not my favorite book or even favorite classic.
Wuthering Heights is a .. particular book. But I liked it :-)
Did the stamp request thing for the Gothic Horror shelf, which is our last completed one. Spin Off was read only by Allison.
Eldarwen wrote: "Wuthering Heights is a .. particular book. But I liked it :-)"It was different than I expected, although I knew shockingly little of the story so not sure what I expected. And I liked it, but sorta thought it'd become an instant favorite, which it unfortunately wasn't
Eldarwen wrote: "Did the stamp request thing for the Gothic Horror shelf, which is our last completed one. Spin Off was read only by Allison."way to go Allison!
Victoria's book added to the stats :)
CONGRATULATIONS, One and Done!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'gothic horror'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp O&D!
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Week Ten
Shelf: Gothic Horror
Book: Burnt Offerings
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Date Read: 5/14/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
Anita's live is never dull. She is going against the vampire council while helping the fire department. Jean Claude was a main character in this book and he is powerful but does not flaunt his power. Anita is still brash and doesn't think anything through before opening her mouth. This book is full of action and violence and craziness.