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LOL!it will fit
D,H,E,S,P,A
just off the top of my head
I will most likely read
which thankfully will also work for letters for both CORNBREAD or ACORN
Awesome, Nikk, thanks! I'll probably read that then, rather than do more hard work in hunting :)Acorn - that's gonna be fun to find!
I've just realised: we are now in a position to get bingo with three different calls: Druids / Grabby Hands / RaunchyHow exciting!
Gotta get all our outstanding shelves read, rated & reviewed! (I think I'm up-to-date now, except for the Kindle Freebie shelf from yesterday)
Have we lost Amy?
That is exciting Cat. I hope to have my Kindle Freebie read over the weekend and then I will be up to date. :)
CONGRATULATIONS, WWMNBN!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'shifters' and 'dragon'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamps Nameless Ones!
Completion post:Shelf 10: Kindle Freebie
Read by: Cat
Date read: 17 Nov
Book: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
Author: Kristen Painter
Pages: 370
Fits: 18 shelved
Rating: 3*
Review:
This was a fun one - cute romance with a tinge of angst and some excitement & thrills with the bad guys.
I enjoyed the location too, with plenty of ways the series can go to explore the side characters
Cat wrote: "I've just realised: we are now in a position to get bingo with three different calls: Druids / Grabby Hands / RaunchyHow exciting!
Gotta get all our outstanding shelves read, rated & reviewed! (I..."
Cat wrote: "I've just realised: we are now in a position to get bingo with three different calls: Druids / Grabby Hands / Raunchy
How exciting!
Gotta get all our outstanding shelves read, rated & reviewed! (I..."
I am here. No worries. Posting today and will be ready/timely with the selection this week
Completion Post: Shelf #9 Urban Fantasy
Book: Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones
Date Read 11/7/18
4 stars
I love the T-shirt quotes!
Charlies challenges include the twelve, the reporter, her missing father, her best friend from high school, her own imagination and stubbornness. I liked the story over all but Charlie proved to be quiet annoying. Her schemes and thought processes were frequently less than adolescent. Reyes kept some balance there. The events in the end were disappointing....
Amy wrote: "Completion Post: Shelf #9 Urban Fantasy"
And that's that shelf finished! :)
Completion Post:Shelf #10 Kindle Freebie
UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn
Date Read 11/20/18
Rating 5*
Refreshing story. This was a new twist on the Fairy Tales Grimm. I liked the characters and enjoyed this quick read.
I am done with my kindle freebie book but I went out last night and didn’t get a chance to post my review yet but will do it during my lunch break.We have a chance at a win, should druids, grabby hands or raunchy be called so we are in a good position. If druids called, it will be a bit of a race as one other team needs druids for the win.
We've got more of our shelves stamped than the other Druids team, though, and we can get the request in for the UF shelf now too, can't we? (when Nikk's got time!)
Yup I will get our shelves updated and stamped when I get home tonight. I already have my books prepicked too just in case :-)
New shelf callShelf #11 ~ 21/11/18: Warrior
DIRECT LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
It is not a winning call for any team this week
I am going to read
shelved 1 time as warrior.
Completion Post Shelf #10 Kindle Freebie
Date read: 11/16/18
Book: Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase
Pages: 256
Fits: shelved as Kindle-freebie 16 times
rating: 3 1/2 stars
review:
This book didn't start out so great. In fact it felt like a bit of a hot mess at first and I thought there was a little chance I would be moving on with the series but i pushed on and found the further i got into it the more I enjoyed it. By about half way or so, it felt like the author started to hit her stride and all of the pieces started to come together and by the end, I was ready not only ready to give the rest of the series a chance but actually kind of eager to.
I think the main problem was that the main character jade annoyed me a little at first and there seemed to be quite a lot of questions raised and and a lot of setting up to be done. which interefered with the flow of the story. However, once the author got into the flow, it was an interesting ride until the end. The author introduced some interesting quirky characters who I am sure e will see more of as the series progresses and there was satisfaction in the initial mystery being solved to bring about the resolution of this book .
I will definitely be reading more of this series. Actual rating 3 1/2 stars
Selection Post:11/21/18 Warrior
Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
shelved 2 times as Warrior page 15 on the list
Completion post:Shelf 11: Warrior
Read by: Cat
Date read: 23 Nov
Book: Magic Burns
Author: Ilona Andrews
Pages: 260
Fits: 2 shelvings: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
Rating: 4*
Review:
So, I read the first one AAAAAAAGES ago and *whispers* didn't love it. Found it meh, really.
I know! I know! the horror! the insanity! I should be stripped of my reader status and thrown to the wolves.
It was reactions like that, plus a need for Is, that made me try book 2 - after all, the whole world couldn't be wrong, right? and people did say #1 was weak...
I'm glad I trusted the whole world! I enjoyed this one much more, feeling in safer authorial hands and with the characters becoming more real and rounded, with added benefits of better world building stuff happening and some fab action/mythology fun.
A win, and a convert! :)
Glad you've jumped off the crazy train Cat and now have the fabulous Kate & Curran show ahead.
Sandra wrote: "Glad you've jumped off the crazy train Cat and now have the fabulous Kate & Curran show ahead."With the added benefit / pain that the whole series is out, so no agonies of waiting! The pain being that I fear I'll inhale them all and then be sad that I didn't have years of enjoyment & anticipation!
Well there's the Innkeeper series & Hidden Legacy series, as well as the Edge series :D That's presuming you haven't read any of them yet :D
Sandra wrote: "Well there's the Innkeeper series & Hidden Legacy series, as well as the Edge series :D That's presuming you haven't read any of them yet :D"
No, not read those yet either! Plenty of exploring & reading there yet! :)
CONGRATULATIONS, WWMNBN!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
How is everyone going with their warrior books this week?
Completion Post Shelf #11 Warrior
Date read: 11/25/18
Book:Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Pages: 434
Fits: shelved as warrior 17 times
rating: 3 1/2 stars
review:
While I did mostly enjoy this read, the second half more so than the first, I didn't finish it with any great hankering to read on in the series nor did it leave much of an impression. In many ways it read like the many other vampire stalks 'soul mate' whilst trying to battle the bad guys stories I have read. That's not to say it wasn't a particularly fast and easy read, but more that, to me at least, it didn't really stand out that much as a new series that I needed to continue on with right this minute.
I may still move on to book 2 as I do have a copy on my kindle but I won't be in any great rush
Congrats on the stamp Nameless Ones!
Nikk the Sapphired Book Dragon wrote: "How is everyone going with their warrior books this week?"I'm done! See the Cat-off-crazy-train chat above :)
LOL
Shelf #11 WarriorDate Read 11/28/18
Book: Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
Pages: 336
Rating 5 stars
Review
I loved this story of Khalil and Grace. It was a little irritating that Grace was so ignorant of her position and the people who came to her. Her feisty personality was perfect to handle the strong personalities she encountered and fuel the bickering between she and Khalil. I loved how he gave his promise to protect the children and it encompassed so much more than what Grace comprehended. Great story with more of the world development, action, mystery, adventure, danger, and love.
Shelf: KINDLE FREEBIEDate read: 16. Nov
Book: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride
Pages: 372
Fits: shelved 18 times as kindle-freebie
Rating: 3 stars
It's one of those 'I only read it because it was free for Kindle and I needed it for a challenge' situations again... But this time I didn't draw the shortest straw. I got:
+ Small town full of different paranormal creatures.
+ Colorful secondary characters that I can't wait to meet again.
+ Old mail-order-bride cliche modernized. It worked quite well.
+ Cute pet cat.
The Vampire's Mail Order Bride was a classic good old PNR so I recommend it to all the fans of this genre.
Shelf: WARRIORDate read: 23. Nov
Book: Lord's Fall
Pages: 305
Fits: shelved 1 times as warrior
Rating: 4 stars
After Dragon Bound, Lord's Fall might be my favorite book in this series. probably because it continues Dragos' and Pia's story. I love the world and these two characters and I am really sorry that Thea Harrison decided to do a PNR (multiple couples per series) instead of UF(one couple per series), I think it would have been even better.
Still, it's one of the best paranormal romance novels I have read, so if you like the genre and haven't read it, hurry up.
Dragana wrote: "Shelf: WARRIORDate read: 23. Nov
Book: Lord's Fall
Pages: 305
Fits: shelved 1 times as warrior
Rating: 4 stars
After Dragon Bound, Lord's Fall might be my favorite ..."
I read it last week and loved it!!!
For the Part-of-Series call, I'm reading The Girl in The Towerhttps://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
Amy wrote: "Dragana wrote: "Shelf: WARRIORDate read: 23. Nov
Book: Lord's Fall
Pages: 305
Fits: shelved 1 times as warrior
Rating: 4 stars
After Dragon Bound, Lord's Fall might..."
Very addictive series. I can't put it down. :)
Completion PostShelf 12: Part of Series
Read by: Cat
Date read: 4 Dec
Book: The Girl in The Tower
Author: Katherine Arden
Pages: 384p
Fits: 1 shelving: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/users...
Rating: 5*
Review:
I love this series, you guys. The first one was a perfect fierce girl fairytale retelling, and this one moves from there, opening out into the city and politics whilst keeping the feel from the first.
Vasya is a wonderful character: determined and strong and empathetic, with foolhardiness and impatience too.
I loved that The Girl in the Tower could - and did - refer to many of the characters in the book. And I liked the hints that Olga, who is stuck in the tower by virtue of her marriage and children can still wield power. You don't have to be riding around and swash-buckling to be fulfilled and powerful.
Don't forget to post any reviews not yet completed so the stats are complete, also if you finish all your shelves you'll receive a Badge for Completion :)
Shelf #10 ~ 11/15/18: Kindle FreebieDragana The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter 3 stars 11/16/18 review above in msg 234
Amy: UnEnchanted by Chanda Hahn 5 stars 11/20/18 review
Nikk: Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase 3 1/2 stars 11/16/18 review
Cat: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter 3 stars 11/17/18 review
Request put in for stamp Kindle Freebie
Shelf #11 WarriorMagic Burns by Ilona Andrews 4 stars
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian 3 1/2 stars
Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison 5 stars
Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison 4 stars
Request put in for stamp Warrior
CONGRATULATIONS, WWMNBN!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'kindle freebie' and 'warrior'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamps Nameless Ones!
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do read it. its a fun series :-)
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What letters does it have? will the characters fit either THURSDAY or PECAN PIE?? :)