R16: Team #9 ~ Dressed to the Nines

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Thanks Missy Steph :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Shelf #7 ~ 18/4/18: Necromancers
DIRECT LINK - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I'm about half finished my Shifter book & will probably finish it today or tomorrow :)

[Natalie]

Ongoing Tracking

Team 9: Dressed to the Nines

(view spoiler)[Free Space - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 1: Futuristic Romance - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 2: Immortals - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 3: Part of a Series - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 4: Detective - 4/4 - Stamped!
Tracked Here

Week 5: Demons - 4/4 - Stamped!
Tracked Here
(hide spoiler)]

Week 6: Shifters - 1/4
Tracked Here

Week 7: Necromancers - 4/4
Laura - Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder - ★★★★★ -5/3/2018 - review
Marisa - When a Lioness Pounces by Eve Langlais - ★★★☆☆ - 4/20/2018 - review
Sandra - The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer - ★★★☆☆ - 4/30/2018 - review
Natalie - Abhorsen by Garth Nix - ★★★★☆ - 4/29/2018 - review

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I'll read for Necromancer shelf :)

[Marisa]

I think I'll read When a Lioness Pounces for Necromancer shelf.

[Laura]

I've checked the rules, and the FAQ posts, but I can't find anything about page # requirements. Is it 150 or 200?

I'm struggling with the necromancers shelf, but there's a book from my TBR that I just saw on the list. But it's 154 pages.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Sorry Laura, its 200 pages. Does any other edition have at least 200 pages?

And the 200 page rule is in the Rules Post in the Bingo folder.

[Laura]

Found one! I'm going to read Touch of Power. But I won't be able to read it until May, so that will put me a week behind on that one. But I'll have my shifter book done by this Monday. :)

[Laura]

Sandra wrote: "Sorry Laura, its 200 pages. Does any other edition have at least 200 pages?

And the 200 page rule is in the Rules Post in the Bingo folder."

I checked there and didn't see it. But I was skimming. :)

I found another one, though. One I would rather read, anyway.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I haven't got any more reading done yet. Sunday is looking like the day :) Just popping in and out to do Ninja stuff.

We're having people over tomorrow for a bbq, people the hubby worked with before he retired in December, so I've never met them - cleaning frenzy happening here :(

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Laura, just a thought, you might want to go with the one I picked, its free on Amazon.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Cross-posting. LOL.

[Moondance]

Sandra wrote: "I haven't got any more reading done yet. Sunday is looking like the day :) Just popping in and out to do Ninja stuff.

We're having people over tomorrow for a bbq, people the hubby worked with befo..."

After your frenzy there, you can pop over to my house. You know since it's so close! LOL!

[Marisa]

And if you feel like that and want a bit more of cleaning, my house is very near too ;)

[Laura]

I’m nowhere near, but you can clean my house, if you’re looking for an excuse to visit California. :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

LOL Thank you all for your helpful suggestions!!!!!

Our guests have now gone, and I can't stop yawning ~ its only 6.50pm Saturday night. Is it wrong to want to curl up & go to sleep ......

[Moondance]

Laura wrote: "I’m nowhere near, but you can clean my house, if you’re looking for an excuse to visit California. :)"

I'm in NC and Marisa is in Madrid. Maybe Sandra needs to do a world tour. ~;-)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I'd love to do a world tour ~ who's paying??

[Moondance]

Sandra wrote: "I'd love to do a world tour ~ who's paying??"

We'll have to work on that. :-)

[Marisa]

I agree, let's hope we win lottery soon 😉

[Natalie]

Week 6: Shifters
Book: The Mane Event
How it fits: Tagged as shifters 348 times
Rating: 3/5
Date read: 4/19
Review:

The Mane Event consists of two novellas set in a world with shifters. The first story, reunites Mace Llewellyn with his childhood crush, Dez MacDermot. Mace is a lion shifter whose family has just lost one of its males. The second novella picks up right after with Brendon Shaw, also a lion shifter, and Ronnie Lee Reed, a wolf shifter, who meet in the aftermath of the first story.

Both stories were fine, I was a bit confused on the world. At first, I assumed that shifters were known to the general public, but in the first story, Mace does have to reveal himself to Dez and while she's a bit shocked, she accepts the idea rather quickly. Brendon and Ronnie also have to come to terms with being from different species, but this issue I felt got more coverage and I was more satisfied with the conclusion.

I've read other books with paranormal creatures that are in hiding and there was much more care to keep their existance hidden. The way it was handled in this book confused me. I may continue the series at some point, but it's not a priority.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Shelf: Shifters
Date: 23/4/18
Rating: ★★★★

Gwen Miller, a human, who lives & works at a haunted B&B, stands up for a female shifter who was physically beaten by the entitled local bully with the rich dad & his thug mates. This doesn't go down well with the said dad who does everything to get her to recant her testimony to the Shifter Council.

Along comes Zander Devlin & Bracken from the Mercury Pack, who are staying at the B&B as Zander's uncle has passed away & they are having a Will reading.

Lots of shenanigans with Zander protecting Gwen & her family from the bullies and also from his twin, Rory, who didn't get anything from the Will.

As always alpha males & strong women, whether shifter or human inhabit SW's work. I'm a fan!

[Marisa]

Yes, I'm a fan too, I enjoyed a lot this book.

[Marisa]

I've read my Demon book too, but I have pending to write the review, not so sure about it.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

:D

[Laura]

Finished my shifter book. Will post a review tomorrow, after my mom leaves.

[Laura]

Week 6: Shifters
Book:
How it fits: Tagged as shifters 7 times
Rating: 4 stars
Date read: 4/23
Review:

Jim Butcher never disappoints! Harry Dresden continues to be one of my favorite wizards of all time. His life has gotten complicated through the years, but that is all the more endearing. He learns, he makes mistakes, and he tackles world-ending problems with grit and determination. I just wish he could find a woman to love! :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay that's our Shifters stamp :)

I'm half-way through my Necromancer book, its good but surprisingly slow going, not sure why.

And a new shelf is due in about 20 minutes :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Shelf #8 ~ 25/4/18: Hunter
DIRECT LINK - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Please ignore all the kid's books, someone obviously called their kid Hunter.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

This is a tough shelf!!

Considering and and

[Marisa]

I think that, in this case, I'm going to chose a reread: Angels' Flight for Hunter



Necromancer review pending (I hope to write it today)

[Laura]

A few hours before the call I started a book by Elizabeth Hunter. I bet a lot of her books are on the list. I should have waited, but I was stuck at the DMV. :(

I’ll check the next in series, though. :)

[Natalie]

Ongoing Tracking

Team 9: Dressed to the Nines

(view spoiler)[Free Space - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 1: Futuristic Romance - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 2: Immortals - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 3: Part of a Series - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Tracked Here

Week 4: Detective - 4/4 - Stamped!
Tracked Here

Week 5: Demons - 4/4 - Stamped!
Tracked Here
(hide spoiler)]

Week 6: Shifters - 4/4
Tracked Here

Week 7: Necromancers - 0/4
Tracked Here

Week 8: Hunter - 4/4
Laura - The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan - ★★★★☆ - 05/07/2018 - review
Marisa - Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh - ★★★★☆ - 05/01/2018 - review
Sandra - Magic Hunter by CN Crawford - ★★★☆☆ - 05/06/2018 - review
Natalie - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - ★★★★☆ - 05/13/2018 - review

[Laura]

Natalie wrote: "Ongoing Tracking

Team 9: Dressed to the Nines

Week 7: Necromancers - 0/4"

Natalie, I did select my Necromancers book:

[Laura]

Ugh. None of my upcoming planned books fit. :( Now to search the list. :)

[Laura]

Is there a rule about books that are tagged childrens? This one also has Young Adult on the main page:

[Laura]

So, I'm either going to read The Ruins of Gorlan, A Cowboy's Touch, or Poison Study. As the mood strikes me and other challenges dictate. :)

[Natalie]

Laura wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Ongoing Tracking

Team 9: Dressed to the Nines

Week 7: Necromancers - 0/4"

Natalie, I did select my Necromancers book: "

Sorry, I did see that, but not when I was by a computer to update and then forgot. It's in there now. Enjoy, I really liked that series.

Also I can only find requirements of >200 pages, no graphic novels, all stories in an anthology must be read, and only books can be reread during challenge. So I think childrens >200 is fine, especially when it has YA as a MPG.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Dressed to the Nines!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'shifters'. 

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

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yep, that book is good Laura. Where I wrote ignore all the kids books on the announcement thread it was more the toddler board books, which of course have less than 200 pages.


Thanks Missy Steph :)

[Marisa]

Shelf 7: Necromancers
Book: When a Lioness Pounces by Eve Langlais
Pages: 209
How it fits: Shelved 1 time as Necromancers
Read: 20/04/2018
Rating: ★★★



Review

I'm not so sure about this book. It hasn't been a difficult read but it hasn't been an entertaining one either. the humor inside the book hasn't appealled to me, it was more a dud moment than a laugh. Neither bad enough to leave it nor good enough to want to read all the time. I feel both MCs as bi-dimensional pictures which don't fit with the allegedly background, mainly the hero, and it's too much "pim, pam, pum, that's all" for my current mood.

I don't think I'm going to read more books in this series in some time.

[Laura]

Laura wrote: "So, I'm either going to read The Ruins of Gorlan, A Cowboy's Touch, or Poison Study. As the mood strikes me and other challenges dictate. :)"

I'm going to go with Ruins of Gorlan. I need YA books for another group next month, and Poison Study would be a re-read for me.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Finished my Necro book. Review after I cook & eat dinner :)

[Marisa]

Enjoy your meal (and perhaps your cooking ;) )

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Thanks Marisa, we had hamburgers with everything :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Shelf: Necromancers
Date: 30/4/18
Rating: ★★★

Set in Victorian England, Charlie (Charlotte Holloway) was thrown out of home & lived on the streets for 5 yrs, as a 13 yr old boy.

This was a fairly complex plot regarding the world-building with Charlie being a Necromancer & her father a local vicar who thought she was possessed by the devil, hence her banishment to the streets.

Lincoln Fitzroy, a man raised to be the leader of a secret society dedicated to the welfare of the royal family, is searching for her to prevent her falling into the hands of a mysterious villain.

Fitzroy, was basically an antihero, and Charlie became a soft fragile little thing as soon as she had a bath, food & a clean bed. Not the person who survived on the London streets for 5 years.

This should of been a rollicking, humorous, action packed story but sadly it became a slog to get through. No romance, no funny moments that stand out, a few TSTL moments that do stand out. Don't think I'll be reading any more of this series, but if I need a green gorgeous cover I may do, as all the books in this series have those.

[Marisa]

Shelf 7: Hunter
Book: Angels' Flight by Nalini Singh
Pages: 368
How it fits: Shelved 3 times as Hunter
Read: 01/05/2018
Rating: ★★★★



Review

Angel's Pawn

This was the first book I read of this series, in a moment I knew I liked Nalini Singh but I was fed up with vamps and angels are not my favorite heros. In that moment, it was a very nice change of pace and today, almost ten years later, it's still a very good novella (better because I already know Janvier and Ashwiny's story).

Angel's Judgment

Although the story is the second in the book, I think it's the first one in the time arc of the series, as it shows when Sara became the Guild Director. Both MC are strong characters, and I dind't dislike the story of some of the secondary characteres (Sha, Lucy ;) ). It's curious to see it know when the relationship between Rafael and the humans has changed so much.

Angel's Wolf

A very sad and happy story, at the same time, about love of any kind. A very beautiful, beatiful novella.

Angel's Dance

The most classic courtship but, in some sense, I miss something in it. I don't know exactly the reason, perhaps because the characters are so different from the current ones (although you can find them there).

Anyway, a nice book where all the stories are solid by themselves.

[Marisa]

Well, ladies, now to wait for the next shelf call. Assassin would be a nice call ;)

[Natalie]

Week 7: Necromancers
Book: Abhorsen
How it fits: Tagged as necromancers five times
Rating: 3.5/5
Date read: 4/29
Review:

Abhorsen picks up right where the book Lirael left off. Lirael and Sam are accepting their new fates and dealing with a world ending threat along with the Disreputable Dog and Mogget. Overall I really enjoyed this book and its ending. I'm not sure if I will pick up the newer books as I'm pretty satisfied with where it ended.