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R16: Team #1 ~ One and Done
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Mar 20, 2018 06:49AM
Futuristic Romance stamp requested! :-)
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Victoria, you might want to take out the Free Space words in your Futuristic Romance review :)
lol oops, didn't realize that was there
LOL
Eldarwen wrote: "Not to worry, Victoria! We're still at the start, being a little behind is not a big deal :-) And since we know you're around and reading, it's all good! We won't have to hunt you down just yet ;-)..."Thanks, I just want to make sure I don't fall too far behind :)
And I've been meaning to check out the Iron Druid Chronicles, but keep getting distracted by other series. I'll get to it eventually.
Sandra wrote: "Victoria, you might want to take out the Free Space words in your Futuristic Romance review :)"And that's why it's good someone else checks these things over! ;-)
A ninja's work is never done *sigh* :D
Iron Druid is definitely worth reading. Oberon, the wolfhound, is a fun addition with his poodle and sausage obsession. And lots of mythological and religious characters thrown in, lots of conflict, lots of ass-kicking and a fair number of deaths with interesting consequences.
I was sad to realise that the final Iron Druid will be out soon. Its one series I've always kept up to date. Love all the twists & turns & the mix of different mythologies.
Oh last one already??Guess it will all have to end some time though...
Oh hey Sandra, since you're here ;-)Have you read Besieged? From the looks of it that seems to include
You guys have been chatty while I was away. :)Completion Post
Week: Two
Shelf: Immortals
How The Book Fits: Shelved 12 times as immortals
Book: The Iron Daughter
Author: Julie Kagawa
Date Read: 3/20/18
Rating: 2 Stars
Review: If I wasn't reviewing this for a challenge, it probably would have been 1 star. The first book in the series was a fairly interesting quest novel. This one was nothing but ridiculous, over the top, angsty teenage romantic crap with dramatic declarations of unimportant minutia and a love triangle thrown in for good measure. Also a prom. Yup, the author found a way to get a sparkly dress and two supernatural dates for the geeky girl into her book. I don't think I would have enjoyed this book even when I was an angsty teenage girl.
CONGRATULATIONS, One and Done!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'futuristic romance'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Eldarwen wrote: "Oh hey Sandra, since you're here ;-)Have you read Besieged? From the looks of it that seems to include all most of the Iron Druid short stories?"
Sorry, that was about the last comment I made before going to bed. It was about 2.30am, so I felt a bit tired! LOL.
And no I haven't read it yet. They want AU$12 for it on kindle & as I have some of them already I can't justify it. I noticed that one of the other bingo players gave it 5 stars :)
Congrats on the stamp O&D!
Sandra wrote: "Sorry, that was about the last comment I made before going to bed. It was about 2.30am, so I felt a bit tired! LOL.And no I haven't read it yet. They want AU$12 for it on kindle & as I have some of them already I can't justify it. I noticed that one of the other bingo players gave it 5 stars :)"
Lol, oops. That was late!!
Ouch, that is a very steep price for a kindle book. I wouldn't be able to justify it either in that case. But good to know that someone here rated it 5 stars :-) I might think about it.
I am a night owl, no doubt about it :D
Magic users would be a good call for us this evening. And a good shelf to read. Fingers crossed. :D
Allison Ann wrote: "You guys have been chatty while I was away. :)Completion Post
Week: Two
Shelf: Immortals
How The Book Fits: Shelved 12 times as immortals
Book: [book:The ..."
Darn, I was thinking of picking up this series, but think I'll pass now. I would have hated the same things you didn't like.
Victoria wrote: "Darn, I was thinking of picking up this series, but think I'll pass now. I would have hated the same things you didn't like."You could read the first one as a standalone if you want. But the prom really just pushed me off the cliff in this one. Of course the "I" titles might mean I'll slog through the next two if I get desperate someday. :D
I will be reading:Week three
Shelf: Part of a series
Shelved 28 times
I'm going to read
for this shelf. I'm hoping for a quiet Sunday where I can spend lots of quality time reading :-)
Hey guys. Sorry I was AWOL last night. Inherited a fundraising dinner for this weekend, so I've been shopping and cooking. I'll be reading Obsidian Butterfly, shelved 18 times as part-of-a-series.
That sounds like something I don't want to inherit! LOL Good Luck!
Sandra wrote: "That sounds like something I don't want to inherit! LOL Good Luck!"Thanks! Just a spaghetti supper for 100 - easy peasy. ;)
Obsidian Butterfly is one of my favourites of the Anita Blake series. Incidentally, it is also the last one I've read. The series and Anita were getting on my nerves but that one was great!
Allison Ann wrote: "Sandra wrote: "That sounds like something I don't want to inherit! LOL Good Luck!"Thanks! Just a spaghetti supper for 100 - easy peasy. ;)"
That is a looooot of people! But at least spaghetti should definitely be easy enough! ;-)
Have fun and good luck!
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Week Two
Shelf: Immortals
How it fits: Shelved five times
Date Read: March 21, 2018
Rating: 3.5
Review:
Madison has been struggling to take care of her siblings but a forced move to their grandmother's changes her life. Madison new neighbor Ephraim likes his privacy and is hiding a life changing secret. They start a relationship and Madison learns his secret, is amazingly calm about it and agrees to keep his secret.
This book is full of crazy scenes that make you wonder if everyone in this family has neen through so much crap that they believe anything in life can happen and is acceptable. Be ready for a crazy and strange ride through the unnatural world with this dysfunctional family.
I have a question: How do you check and see if a book is on the group bookshelf without going through all the list?
When you go onto the group's bookshelf, to the left and at the top, there is a little box where you can do a search for a specific title. (It says "add books" but it makes a search first before adding anything.)GR will then generate a list with that title, or similar ones.
If the book you are looking for is on the group's shelf, then there is a button the right of the book that says "edit" and the book/title is a little blurred (I'm sure there's a better way of explaining that part).
If the book isn't on the shelf, then you have the option to "add to group".
A better term is "grayed' LOL
Yes!! Sometimes finding words is very hard ;-)
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Free Space
Book: Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
How it fits: on the group's bookshelf
Date Read: March 22nd 2018
Rating: 4 stars
Review
I enjoyed the different pace of this one. There were interesting aspects between characters, new introductions, action if more subdued than usual (which was a nice change in pace, I found).
I can't help but wonder what other plans were involved that nobody yet knows about but I guess if there were more than the obvious ones and the ones already revealed, we'll find out sooner or later!
And just because it needs to be said: the pack's pirate games sound like a lot of fun. The beginning of the book was hilarious.
Eldarwen wrote: "Obsidian Butterfly is one of my favourites of the Anita Blake series. Incidentally, it is also the last one I've read. The series and Anita were getting on my nerves but that one was ..."I'm enjoying it so far. I haven't read an Anita Blake is several years but I needed a book #9 in series and I thought I'd give her another shot. She broke up with all her men at the end of the last book, so I hoped this one would be safe. And so far, so good.
Tatenisha wrote: "Completion Post Week Two
Shelf: Immortals
How it fits: Shelved five times
Date Read: March 21, 2018
Rating: 3.5
Review:
Madison has been struggling to..."
Sounds interesting Tatenisha. Glad it was better than your last shelf. :)
Allison Ann wrote: "Eldarwen wrote: "Obsidian Butterfly is one of my favourites of the Anita Blake series. Incidentally, it is also the last one I've read. The series and Anita were getting on my nerves ..."It will stay safe as far as the men are concerned. At least there won't be any unnecessary and terrible sex scenes.
And Edward is just awesome.
Eldarwen wrote: "When you go onto the group's bookshelf, to the left and at the top, there is a little box where you can do a search for a specific title. (It says "add books" but it makes a search first before add..."Thank you
I changed my book for this shelve:Week Three
Shelf: part of a series
How it fits: Shelved 3 times
Completion PostShelf: Shelved four times as immortals
Book: Marked in Flesh
Author: Anne Bishop
Date Read: 24 March
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
I am loving this series!
I really liked this series from the beginning, but didn't feel that invested in it initially. I read the first two about a year ago, really liked them, but didn't feel any strong need to continue with the series. I regret not doing so last year. It's one of those series that I think gets better with each book (as most urban-fantasy books I read). This has a lot to do with the world building. The world building was always great, but as the series continues there's a greater scope the story focuses on and Bishop does a great job continuously extending the world and events beyond Lakeside and have consequences that affect the entire world.
In Marked in Flesh we see the Humans First and Last (HFL) movement become more active in their disregard towards the rules set by the Others and even escalate to large-scale, violent attacks against them. They even attack Humans who don't support them and we see an interesting shift in the human population as many are now unsure in where they stand. There's a lot of new alliances between the Others, Intuits, Simple Life folk, and other humans not supportive of HFL. I really love reading about how the politics play out and how alliances are created and met. Even though this is fantasy, I feel as if this is how things would play out if it really happened.
We also learn more about the people and settlements outside of Lakeside, again broadening the scope of this entire story, which really takes place across the entire world. And we even learn more about the Elders - the really scary Others who live deep in the woods.
Overall, great story and writing and I'm really excited to find out what happens next. There's also been a bit of progress in Meg and Simons relationship, which was both sweet and exciting.
This is the second book in this series I listened to on audio. I wasn't a huge fan of the narration at first, but it's really grown on me and I plan on finishing the series via audiobook.
Alright, I feel exhausted from updating all my challenges - of which I only updated a fraction of. I am going to get off GR to do some good, honest reading and check back in later with my selection for the next shelf.
Eurgh, yes! Updating challenges can take an insane amount of time sometimes!! One of the reasons why I reduced mine. I prefer spending that time reading or doing something else :-)Glad you enjoyed the book! Won't read the review though (as I have with a few others you guys have posted already) since I haven't read the book yet :-)
Completion PostWeek: Three
Shelf: Part Of A Series
How The Book Fits: Shelved 18 times as part-of-a-series
Book: Obsidian Butterfly
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Date Read: 3/24/18
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: Another series I loved when I first started it. The terribly numerous and repetitive sex scenes and tedious love triangle killed some of my enjoyment, but this edition has Anita broken up and away from Jean-Claude and Richard. Thus LKH was able to focus on the story and write an interesting book that I didn't have to force myself to read. It's still LKH, so there are tiny moments of completely inappropriate lusting and a few scenes of mild torture porn, but it didn't take over the whole story. Plus Edward, who continues to be fascinating and slightly less evil.
Completion Post:Week: Three
Shelve: Part of A Series
How it fits: Shelved 3 times
Rating: 2
Review:
Chris is a jerk and Isabel is so smart that she is stupid. Chris only focus is his family at the cost to everything else even his mate. Isabel is a computer genius but when it comes to the real world, she needs all the help she can get. I got hooked on this series from the first book and this one was not as good.
When you just want to kill both of the main characters, there are issues. When you learn that you are being hunted by all unnatural beings and you still attempt to run from the people that are trying to keep you safe, there is a problem. Granted you did not want to be around your jerk of a mate but still, you life should come first.
The only thing that made this book acceptable was that it was also focused on other family members. I will try book three just to see if the series can be redeemed.
Ooh, sorry to see this was only a 2 star read for you :-(Characters who are too stupid to live are very annoying in books... but maybe the third book will indeed be better again if it has different main characters.
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Immortals
Book: Hunted by Kevin Hearne
How it fits: tagged 5 times as "Immortals"
Date Read: March 24th 2018
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Picking up right where the previous book left off, the reader is immediately thrown back into the action and into the extraordinary deep pile of shit Atticus always seems to get himself into. Of course, after some issues and lots of things going wrong, he somehow always ends up manipulating things to go in the exact direction he wants them to go. I guess having some few hundred years to learn the way of life does that.
Zeus was surprisingly disgusting. I had not expected that, but the description was oddly fitting. Diana was a pain.
I'm enjoying the scheming that is going on and still isn't resolved, especially when suddenly more puzzle pieces are thrown onto the table. And the deaths were unexpectedly powerful. That definitely gave this book that little something extra.iew
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