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Book: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
Pages: 368
Qualification: #8 on the Bridgertons Series
Read: 11/26
Rating & Review: ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gregory Bridgerton was such a romantic but his vision of how he would fall in love was nothing like what actually occurred. I love that he thought he would just know and it would be smooth sailing but as as all realists now, you gotta work for love.
Like many men, Gregory worked hard only to find out that what he thought he wanted wasn’t at all what he needed.
Lucinda Abernathy was a means to an end for Gregory. After all, her best friend Hermione Watson was the one that Gregory had fallen for. Gregory enlisted Lucinda’s help to land Hermione until he loses Hermione. Gregory learned that he had fallen for the friend instead. Now he just has to convince her that she isn’t a consolation prize.
This one was didn’t feel like a series ending story even though it was entertaining. I loved Hyacinth standing up for her brother. I loved Gregory fighting for love. It was good but not as angst filled as the prior stories.
Completion PostWeek 11 - Roll 1 - Spot 78
Book: Stormed Fortress
How it Fits: Wars of Light and Shadow #8
Pages: 624
Date Read: 11/29/18
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: I have 2 more books to go. I am sad. I love this book and this series. I love Lysaer and Arithon so much. I can't pick a favorite cause I like them about the same. I felt so bad for Arithon when he has to stand by himself against Lysaer. I hate how Lysaer has teamed up with such an evil person and all the hurt it is doing to him. I can't wait to continue the series. Definitely, as usual, 20 out of 10 stars.
Completion PostWeek 11, Roll 1 - Spot 78
Book: Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh 11/28/18
How it fits: Guild Hunter #7
Pages: 384
Rating: 4 Stars
Review
The story continues on after the attack on the city. As everyone is rebuilding, structures and lives, a dog and a woman are found dead and seem to be mummified. Similar to Lijuan's victims. This, coupled with a new drug putting vampires into a blood frenzy, means there is a quiet attack still happening.
I love Janvier and Ashwini. Their relationship was already on fire, they just needed to give into it. Ashwini had a good reason to hold back. At first I was rolling my eyes. Oh great, another dark past. But boy, that one's a doozy. We still got a bit of Elena & Raphael, which is great cause they are still my favorite couple. I can't wait to read about Naasir next!
I rolled 2. We are on Spot 80
SELECTION POSTWEEK 11: ROLL 1 - 80
Book: A Season of Love: The Meddling Duke Collection by Christi Caldwell
How it fits: Standalone (approved in QA)
Pages 153pgs
**This is a collection of 2 stories, both will be reviewed.
Selection PostWeek 12, Roll 1 - Spot 80
Book: Scaling Her Dragon by Milly Taiden
How it fits: Paranormal Dating Agency, #8
Pages: 170
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New Spot is 80
Read a book that is 0, 8th or 80th in a series OR Alternate Read: School/College/University
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Book Choices
☑ Ezinwanyi: Love Online (Standalone) ~ (Review)
☑ Lanelle: The Affairs of Harriet Walters, Spinster (Standalone) ~ (Review)
☑ Sunshine✰✰✰: Scaling Her Dragon (Paranormal Dating Agency, #8) ~ (Review)
☑ Susan A: A Season of Love: The Meddling Duke Collection (Standalone) ~ (Review)
☑ Wolf (Alpha): Untouchable (Immortals after Dark #8) ~ (Review)
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Thanks for rolling Susan
Completion POSTWEEK 11: ROLL 2 - 80
Book: A Season of Love: The Meddling Duke Collection by Christi Caldwell
How it fits: Standalone (approved in QA)
Pages 153pgs
Read 11/29/18
4 stars
**This is a collection of 2 stories, both will be reviewed.
The Duke is grandfather to the heroines of both stories. He is a matchmaker
In Winning A Lady’s Heart, Alexandra’s father convinced her beau to end the relationship. Alex is heart broken. The Duke brings the couple back together. 4 stars
In the second story, the Duke reunites Olivia with her lost love. He was injured in war and assumed she was better off without him. 4 stars
Both stories were sweet reads and the author did a good job of building the characters in such short stories. I will definitely look for more from this new to me author.
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Week 11, Roll 1 -Spot 80
Book: The Affairs of Harriet Walters, Spinster by Cathy Spencer
How it fits: standalone
Pages: 262
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is on my iphone (audible). While waiting for my youngest at piano, I gave my other son my phone to occupy him and turned to my Kindle fire which I had
by the same author, so I started listening to that one.For another challenge (Meet-n-Greet), I need to listen to
by 11/30. I hate giving my kids my electronics but sometimes I just need them to be distracted while I get business taken care of. That's my current reading/listening dilemma. So I will have one of those books as my selection post by tomorrow afternoon
Well if it helps, Jake Undone shows up as Jake Series #1 on GR, so that one wont count for this spot. :-)
Completion PostWeek 12, Roll 1 - Spot 80
Book: Scaling Her Dragon by Milly Taiden 11/30/18
How it fits: Paranormal Dating Agency, #8
Pages: 170
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
Becca agrees to go to another planet to see her sister and with hopes to find a shapeshifter for herself. Dragon king Vikter hasn't found his mate so now he's dying. When he meets Becca, the passion is on fire, but he keeps pushing her away not wanting her to hurt later. Because of his lost connection to his dragon, he doesn't realize that the big feisty woman he craves is also his mate.
Becca is outgoing, never backing down from a dare. You never know what experience you're missing if you say no. Vikter is mopey, but hey, he's thinks he's missed his chance and is now dying. There was the typical lack of communication. You know the I-wont-say-how-I-feel-unless-you-tell-me-first kind of thing. I didn't like this as much as the last book but it was still a quick, steamy, fun read.
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Week 11, Roll 1 -Spot 80
Book: The Affairs of Harriet Walters, Spinster by Cathy Spencer
How it fits: standalone
Pages: 262
Date read: 11/30/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review: I was afraid I was going to be reading about a 'train wreck' about half way into the story. This country-bred, naive, shy young woman going off to London for the first time with a woman who is scheming and angry. But with the help of a couple of friends, she kept a clear head, and pulled through in the end. It was an okay story. I doubt I'll read it again unless it's for a challenge :)
Completion PostWeek 11 - Roll 2 - Spot 80
Book: Untouchable
How it Fits: Immortals After Dark #8
Pages: 270
Date Read: 11/30/18
Rating: ★★★
Review: I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I didn't like how Daniela's story was not told. I didn't know a whole lot about her. I didn't care for Daniela's personality either. She was portrayed as weak insteadof a normal Valkerie. I didn't like Murdoch very much. He seems to not care about any one else or about anything except for sleeping with Daniela. I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars.
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Lol. That’s the one I finished last night 😂😂😂
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Book: Love Online by Penelope Ward
Pages: 400
Qualification: Standalone (0)
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Book: Love Online by Penelope Ward
Pages: 400
Qualification: Standalone (0)
Read: 12/1
Rating & Review: ❤️❤️❤️
Im torn over this audiobook but I couldn’t get over the heroine’s choice of work. I get why she got into it but it was hard to understand how one can have a meaningful relationship and congas she did.
Ryder McNamara was a tv Star with money and fame but after some friends got him to watch a girl online with a private sex room. For some reason Ryder felt an a connection with this girl and soo cultivated a relationship with her.
I don’t want to give away the plot so I won’t say more but both Ryder and Eden were in need of someone to “see” them and really give them room to be themselves despite their shortcomings.
The characters were really likable and such nice people. I just have a knee jerk reaction to sex workers whether online or dancing in a club. I wish I wasn’t so judgmental but it just irks me. If I can remove that part, I liked the story a lot.
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New Spot is 83
Read a book that is 3rd, 8th or 83rd in a series OR Alternate Read: Cover Item: Building
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Book Choices
☑Ezinwanyi: Duchess By Night ~ (Review)
☑ Lanelle: A Season of Gifts (A Long Way from Chicago #3) ~ (Review)
Sunshine✰✰✰: Inn the Family Way (Who-Dun-Him Inn #3)
☑ Susan A: Snowball's Chance (Ice and Snow Christmas #3) ~ (Review)
Wolf (Alpha):
SELECTION POSTWEEK 11: ROLL 2 - 83
Book: Snowball's Chance
How it fits: #3 Ice and Snow Christmas series
Pages 142 pgs
Selection PostWeek 11, Roll 2 - Spot 83
Book: Inn the Family Way by Heather Horrocks
How it fits: Who-Dun-Him Inn #3
Pages: 250
COMPLETION POSTWEEK 11: ROLL 2 - 83
Book: Snowball's Chance
How it fits: #3 Ice and Snow Christmas series
Pages 142 pgs
Date Read: 12/3/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Enemies to lovers, co-worker & Christmas time setting. This was a nice fluffy read. Not my favorite in the series, perhaps just a bit too much sex.
After reading that the MC hadn't been home to visit his family in years, I researched the distance from Cincinnati to mid Iowa ... 8.5 hour drive. I was surprised. I didn't expect it to be that far. Still, if he couldn't afford to fly (which honestly for 1 person, if you're looking for a sale isn't all that much money and probably not significantly more that the cost of 1 person driving) a 20 hr trip once a year for a young man doesn't seem insurmountable and this plot line kind of bugged me.
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Week 11, Roll 2 -Spot 80
Book: A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
How it fits: A Long Way from Chicago #3
Pages: 164
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Week 11, Roll 2 -Spot 80
Book: A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
How it fits: A Long Way from Chicago #3
Pages: 164
Date read: 12/3/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This book wasn't as good as the first two in the series, but it was still a lot of fun. Grandma Dowdel is a force to be reckoned with. It's amazing what she gets away with, and who she pulls into her escapades! I would suggest reading either book 1 or book 2 before trying this story. Those books give a better glimpse of the redoubtable Grandma Dowdel!
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Book: Duchess By Night by Eloisa James
Pages: 384
Qualification: Desperate Duchesses #3
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Book: Duchess By Night by Eloisa James
Pages: 384
Qualification: Desperate Duchesses #3
Read: 12/3
Rating & Review: ❤️❤️❤️½
This audiobook was a romantic comedy set in the Ton.
Widower Duchess Harriet Berrow is still coming to grip with her husband’s suicide over his failure as a chess gamer when she decides to aid her friend, another Duchess, in a plan to lure her husband back to London.
The plan involved Harriet dressing up as man named Harry Cope and accompanying her friends to reside at Lord Jem Strange’s estate.
Part of the amusing part of this story was trying to pull off the ruse as well as the inner musings of Lord Jem who found himself attracted to “Lord Cope”. I chuckled often and I enjoyed the personal growth of Jem and Harriet. It made me think of transgendered people in the Ton and the sheer terror it would have been for them. This story wasn’t about that but I thought about it anyway.
Harriet and Jem fit because they challenged each other mentally, academically and they were physically attracted to each other.
It was a fun story
Selection PostBook: Dreams of Gods & Monsters
Author: Laini Taylor
How it Fits: #3 in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Completion PostWeek 12 - Roll 1 - Spot 83
Book: Dreams of Gods & Monsters
How it Fits: Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3
Pages: 613
Date Read: 12/4/18
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: This book was amazing. The best one yet. I loved Karou and Akiva and how they were able to reunite as an alliance. They need to get over their problem. I loved them both together. I didn't like Razgut. He was a butt-headed guy. I loved the book overall and am sad to have finished the series. I rate this book 10/10 stars.
Completion PostWeek 11, Roll 2 - Spot 83
Book: Inn the Family Way by Heather Horrocks 12/4/18
How It Fits: Who-Dun-Him Inn #3
Pages: 250
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
So I happened to of randomly read book #2 a few years ago. Vicki owns and runs an inn where each room is decorated in the style of different fictional detectives. The title says it all. One of the guests is a polygamist family, of which the husband keeps offering Vicki to be his 4th wife, (turns out he is a distant cousin). We have 3 pregnancies, multiple marriage proposals, an affair, and a love triangle. This is the same thing that irked me in the other book and still irked me in this one. It seems to be a pretty wholesome story and there are strong family morals, yet there’s a stupid love triangle.
There was no real overarching murder mystery. Sure, there was a mystery there but there’s so many other things going on it’s not in the forefront.
WEEK 12, Roll 1 is "4".
New Spot is 87
Read a book that is 7th, 8th or 87rd in a series OR Alternate Read: Cover: Black
Oh Geeze! You know, I was just talking to a coworker that all day yesterday I kept thinking it was Wednesday. Apparently I can't wait for the week to end. Lol!
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Lol. Tonight though. I love that we are on it. Great job team
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WEEK 12, Roll 1 is "4".
New Spot is 87
Read a book that is 7th, 8th or 87rd in a series OR Alternate Read: Cover: Black"
I can chuckle because I can picture myself doing the exact same thing :)
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Did we use our bonuses? Which do we still need?
We have 1 bonus point we earned but haven't used yet.These are the 2 bonuses we can still earn:
✸ One point can be earned for starting and finishing a series. There must be at least 4 books in that series. Series + spin-off totalling ≥4 books also counts. For series with >9 books, point will be awarded for reading books 1-9. For still ongoing series, all books published to date (OR up to #9 in longer series) must be read.~ No re-reads on this one.
✸ One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate lists. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90.
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New Spot is 90
Read a book that is 0 (Standalone), 9th or 90th in a series OR Alternate Read: Author: T
Book Choices
Ezinwanyi: Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating (Standalone)
Lanelle: Be Mine (Standalone)
Sunshine✰✰✰: The Color Purple (Standalone)
Susan A: Better Not Pout (Standalone)
Wolf (Alpha):
I’m 2 hours into my #8 book but I suppose it’s easy enough to find a standalone
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✸ One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate lists. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90.
🔹I haven’t used the Alternate choice
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We can stay at 89, it’s all up to the team. I’m just one vote. I’ll look and see what I can find really fast on 8 and 9
Ezinwanyi wrote: "One more Bonus post can be earned ✸ One point can be earned for never picking a book from the alternate lists. This point is awarded when your team rolls past 90.
🔹I haven’t used the Alternate ch..."
Nor have I
I have a stand-alone I’ll be fine finishing on time.
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