R10: SSS Team 3rd Option (3)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I’ve even considered going back to series I quit like PsyChangeling by Nalini Singh and Guardians of Eternity by Alexandra Ivy since i would have books above five to read

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I rolled a “4”, which would put us on Spot 66,
I added one of our bonus points so our new spot is 67

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

WEEK 9, Roll 2 is "4". *adding a bonus point
New Spot is 67
Read a book that is 6th, 7th or 67th in a series OR Alternate Read: Romance
(view spoiler)[ 🌸Earned Bonus Point: 2
❉ Long Book ~ 0ver 500 pages used on 11/11
❉ Three or more books in a series (hide spoiler)]

Book Choices
☑ Ezinwanyi: It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons Series #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Lanelle: The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Sunshine✰✰✰: Archangel's Legion (Guild Hunter, #6) ~ (Review)
☑ Susan A: Ostrich and the 'Roo (Furry United Coalition #6) ~ (Review)
☑ Wolf (Alpha): Traitor's Knot (Wars of Light and Shadow #7) ~ (Review)

[Susan A]

SELECTION POST
WEEK 9: ROLL 2 - 67



Book: Ostrich and the 'Roo by Eve Langlais
How it fits: #6 Furry United Coalition
Pages 156pg

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Continuing with Christmas books :)

Selection Post
Week 9, Roll 2 -Spot 67

Book: The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
How it fits: Pink Carnation #7
Pages: 384

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

SELECTION POST for Week 9, Roll 2, Spot 67

Book: It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn
Pages: 368
Qualification: #7 on the Bridgertons Series

[Susan A]

COMPLETION POST
WEEK 9: ROLL 2 - 67



Book: Ostrich and the 'Roo by Eve Langlais
How it fits: #6 Furry United Coalition
Pages 156pg
Date Read: 11/11/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
I chose this book strictly because it met my requirements:
1. audiobook I could borrow
2. had a bird on the cover
3. fit this challenge

I don't think I would have ever selected this book otherwise. I listened to book 1 in this series and then this one, book 6. This isn't standalone series, but it was okay that I didn't read books 2-5. I don't think I would have enjoyed reading this book. I think I would have rolled my eyes as opposed to laughing at the over the top moments, which are many. However, I really don't like the narrator of this series. I suspect I would have enjoyed the book a lot more with a different narrator. I recently listened to 3 books in this author's Alien Abduction series, which is a fairly similar type of book and I did like it which I am crediting to the difference in narrators. This book was pretty funny at some points, but my overall annoyance with the narrator kind of wrecked it for me.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Susan A wrote: "COMPLETION POST
WEEK 9: ROLL 2 - 67



Book: Ostrich and the 'Roo by Eve Langlais
How it fits: #6 Furry United Coalition
Pa..."

😂 at your veiled disgust. I have found this author’s work to be thin on plot & character development and high on sex scenes. The humor is mostly lost on me as well.

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Selection Post
Book: Traitor's Knot
Author: Janny Wurts
How it Fits: #7 in the Wars of Light and Shadow series.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Selection Post
Week 9, Roll 2 -Spot 67

Book: Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh
How it fits: Guild Hunter, #6
Pages: 374

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Completion Post

Week 9 - Roll 2 - Spot 67

Book: Traitor's Knot
How it Fits: Wars of Light and Shadow #7
Pages: 602
Date Read: 11/13/18
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: Book 7. Can't believe that I actually made it this far into the book. I love how they are not just fighting each other at the moment, but how instead of trying to kill each other they have other distractions. I hate how Lysaer is the leader of a group who wants to kill him. I hope that all works out in the end and both brothers fare well. One of the best books that I've read 5 stars.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post
Week 9, Roll 2 -Spot 67

Book: The Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig
How it fits: Pink Carnation #7
Pages: 384
Date read: 11/12/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This is a super cute story about a main character that is not the sharpest tool in the shed. But he is kind, loyal, and lovable. He can also fight for England in his own way. A good edition to the series.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

COMPLETION POST for Week 9, Roll 2, Spot 67

Book: It's in His Kiss by Julia Quinn
Pages: 368
Qualification: #7 on the Bridgertons Series
Read: 11/13
Rating & Review: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was one of my favorite Bridgerton couples. Hyacinth is the youngest Bridgerton, mother Violet was pregnant when Edmund passed away from an allergic reaction to a bee sting.
Gareth St. Clair, on the other hand, always had a contentious relationship with his father. So each character missed a paternal connection. These two connected during Hyacinth's visit to Lady Danbury, Gareth's aunt. Gareth had received a diary from his grandmother but it was written in Italian which he didn't read. Hyacinth revealed that she had rudimentary understanding of the language and that began a meeting to find out what was written in the diary.

It was a nice adventure and I loved that we had another Bridgerton heroine who was confident and outspoken. I also liked Gareth mostly because I felt sorry for him. His father was so brutal as well as relentless with the verbal abuse. It was terrible. This two just found comfort and a friendly ease with each other. It was fun, it was intriguing and it was entertaining. I had to say Lady Danbury is an awesome character. I can't believe I thought she was the author of the Whistledown posts. This old lady lacks subtly and is so outspoken that she would never hid behind a pseudonym.
This book had a great mix of romance, adventure, mystery and humor. I am looking forward to listening to the next one.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Quick Reminder:

We'll be taking a break next week due to Thanksgiving.

Teams will roll tomorrow (11/15), reviews due as usual on Sunday (11/18). No roll on Sunday (11/18) and Thursday (11/22). The next roll will be next Sunday (11/25) and at this point the game resumes its normal schedule.
Note: This means that should a team have a review missing by end of day this Sunday, they will be unable to roll next Sunday.

For those playing both games, please note that the holiday scheduling works differently on SS and SSS.

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Thanks Denise.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Team I just want to let you know I'm a little behind on my book. I'm pushing to get it done but I might not be finished until tomorrow morning. :-/

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Sunshine✰✰✰ wrote: "Team I just want to let you know I'm a little behind on my book. I'm pushing to get it done but I might not be finished until tomorrow morning. :-/"

Thanks for the heads up. Im traveling tomorrow to Seattle (my first time) so Just know I will be a bit out of the loop. Go ahead roll put up your posts etc and I’ll try to get it all squared away when I can

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Completion Post
Week 9, Roll 2 -Spot 67

Book: Archangel's Legion by Nalini Singh 11/15/18
How it fits: Guild Hunter, #6
Pages: 374
Rating: 5 Stars

Review
I'm so excited! I loved this book. For me, it's the perfect mix of love, sex, war, intrigue. There is so much going on. Seas of blood, Angels falling from the skies, Vampires dying from diseased tainted blood. Raphael's power is changing and we're not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Lijuan makes her attempt to capture the city bringing her legion of zombies. I thought Elena was becoming better at navigating the angel politics and realizing she has power as the Archangel's Consort. I love the little side story touches. It lets you know that there are sill other life events that go on. Dealing with Eve and Jeffrey, Vivek getting another chance, financial investing with a free vamp, little Izak worming his way to becoming part of Elena's guard.

I'm a little bummed the next books veers away from Elena & Raphael again, but I love this world and so excited to keep reading. :-D

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Since I was the last review needed, I rolled for us.

WEEK 10, Roll 1 is "6".
New Spot is 73
Read a book that is 7th, 3rd or 73rd in a series OR Alternate Read: Asia

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Sunshine✰✰✰ wrote: "Since I was the last review needed, I rolled for us.

WEEK 10, Roll 1 is "6".
New Spot is 73"

That's an awesome roll, Sunshine. Careful, Ezi just might give you the job :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Selection Post
Week 10, Roll 1 -Spot 73

Book: The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
How it fits: Pink Carnation #3
Pages: 464

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Lanelle wrote: "That's an awesome roll, Sunshine. Careful, Ezi just might give you the job :)"

Beginner's Luck!

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Selection Post
Week 10, Roll 1 -Spot 73

Book: Wedded Blintz by Leighann Dobbs
How it fits: Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery #7
Pages: 213

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

WEEK 10, Roll 1 is "6". *adding a bonus point
New Spot is 73
Read a book that is 3rd, 7th or 73rd in a series OR Alternate Read: Asia
(view spoiler)[ 🌸Earned Bonus Point: 1
❉ Long Book ~ 0ver 500 pages used on 11/11
❉ Three or more books in a series (hide spoiler)]

Book Choices
☑ Ezinwanyi: Wildfire (Fire #3) ~ (Review)
☑ Lanelle: The Deception of the Emerald Ring ~ (Review)
☑ Sunshine✰✰✰: Wedded Blintz (Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Susan A: Leaning Into Forever (Leaning Into #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Wolf (Alpha): Taken at Dusk (Shadow Falls #3) ~ (Review)

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

You may want to edit that copy/paste post, Ezi! Aren't you on spot 73 now? :D

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Denise wrote: "You may want to edit that copy/paste post, Ezi! Aren't you on spot 73 now? :D"

Thank you. I’m so tired. I will fix

[Susan A]

SELECTION POST
WEEK 10: ROLL 1 - 73



Book: Leaning Into Forever by Lane Hayes
How it fits: #7 Leaning Into series
Pages 261pgs

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post
Week 10, Roll 1 -Spot 73

Book: The Deception of the Emerald Ring by Lauren Willig
How it fits: Pink Carnation #3
Pages: 464
Date read: 11/16/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This story is similar to the first two of the series; slightly silly, a little bit serious, and a lot of fun. It is jarring when the reader is pulled out of the past and into the present a few times during the book. I'm glad the author stopped doing that in the next books.

[Susan A]

COMPLETION POST
WEEK 10: ROLL 1 - 73



Book: Leaning Into Forever by Lane Hayes
How it fits: #7 Leaning Into series
Pages 261pgs
Date Read: 11/16/18
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
I've really enjoyed this series, and this last installment may be my favorite. MC Geordie learns to love again after the death of his long time partner. Great characters. My one dislike in this story is the author's use of the super villain...seriously, too many books I've read by this author feature some wildly awful character (I've stopped reading books in which the main plot point is "THE WORLD'S WORST PARENT) Fortunately, the world's worst friend (friend of the deceased partner) didn't show up until about the 85% point, only had a few paragraphs and Geordie didn't let it wreck his life.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

COMPLETION POST for Week 10, Roll 1, Spot 73

Book: Wildfire by Anne Stuart
Pages: 334
Qualification: Fire Series #3
Read: 11/16
Rating & Review: ❤️❤️½
This book was so disappointing. It looked like it would be good since books 1& 2 were really good but this one fell super flat.
Sophie was a Committee operative tasked with taking out insane billionaire business man Archer but she fell in love him instead and refused to kill. Archer repairs her devotion by marrying her first and then having his henchmen shot her in the back causing paralysis in Sophia lower extremities.
The Committee abandoned Sophia for her betrayal and for the next two years, Sophie was abused by Archer because of His hatred for the Committee and also for disabled people.
Sophia’s resolved to get revenge and slowly she got feeling back into her legs and learned to walk in secret.

Now, the Committee sent Malcolm to complete the assignment that Sophia didn’t but they neglected to tell Malcolm that Sophia was paralyzed. The woman in the wheelchair Malcolm met doesn’t mesh with the person that the Committee described. So of course Malcolm, who initially loathed Sophia, began developing feelings for the operative was going to dispose of at the end of his assignment (she was a loose end). This began the push and pull of their attraction.

I never really grasped the hatred Archer had for Sophia. I also didn’t respect the Committee for how they treated their own. Malcolm was a jerk but I guess I understand that he viewed Sophie as a traitor.
The audiobook was boring and their connection didn’t quite feel passionate enough to me. I wanted more of an emotional bond and I certainly wanted Malcolm to have to win Sophia at the end which he didn’t even try. I didn’t like him not even trying

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Selection Post
Book: Taken at Dusk
Author: C.C. Hunter
How it Fits: #3 in the Shadow Falls series.

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Completion Post

Week 10 - Roll 1 - Spot 73
Taken at Dusk
Book: Taken at Dusk
How it Fits: Shadow Falls #3
Pages: 380
Date Read: 11/17/18
Rating: ★★★★★
Review: I loved this book. I feel so bad for Kylie. Right after Lucas and her became closer, she finds out that his pack has forbidden them to be together. I hope that that will work out. The ghost part was great. I absolutely loved this book and will re-read the series.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Yesterday was my birthday 🥳🎂. I got most of my book done while doing morning chores but chose to ditch the rest in favor of bar hoping with some friends. 🍹😁

I’ll post my review in little bit.

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Completion Post
Week 10, Roll 1 - Spot 73
Book: Wedded Blintz by Leighann Dobbs 11/18/18
How it Fits: Lexi Baker Mystery #7
Pages: 213
Rating: 3 Stars

Review:
Lexi is finally getting married. When at the dress shop trying on her custom dress she runs into her high school nemesis, who’s custom dress is pretty similar. They preceded to get in a vicious cat fight. Later on, Veronica, the bride, and Philippe, the dress maker, are found dead and Lexi is suspect number one. Unfortunately for her, her sexy detective fiancé is taken off the case and the gum snapping rookie is put in charge.

This is a fun, cute little read to fill in the time. Lexi’s grandmother and her senior gang provide humor and we get our happy wedding.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Sunshine✰✰✰ wrote: "Yesterday was my birthday 🥳🎂. I got most of my book done while doing morning chores but chose to ditch the rest in favor of bar hoping with some friends. 🍹😁

I’ll post my review in little bit."

Happy birthday 🎂🎉🎁🎊 🍾
I hope you didn’t do anything I would do...well unless you ran into Chris Hemsworth or Henry Cavill. Then you definitely should have done everything 😂

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Hi Team! Hope you all had a good holiday weekend!

We all had our reviews posted by Sunday 18th and we can roll today, so I rolled for us and got a 5.


New Spot is 78
Read a book that is 7th, 8th, or 78th in a series OR Alternate Read: Fantasy

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Selection Post
Week 11, Roll 1 - Spot 78

Book: Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh
How it fits: Guild Hunter #7
Pages: 384

[Susan A]

Thx Sunshine. I’ll post a selection later, just checking in.

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Selection Post
Week 11, Roll 1 -Spot 78

Book: Stormed Fortress
How it fits: Wars of Light and Shadow #8
Pages: 624

[Susan A]

SELECTION POST
WEEK 11: ROLL 2



Book: Shoulda Been a Cowboy by Lorelei James
How it fits: #7 Rough Riders
Pages 240pgs

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Selection Post
Week 11, Roll 1 -Spot 78

Book: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
How it fits: Mercy Thompson #7
Pages: 343

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Lanelle wrote: "Selection Post
Week 11, Roll 1 -Spot 78

How it fits: Mercy Thompson #3
Pages: 343"

Number 7 (not 3) in the series 🤣

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

WEEK 10, Roll 2 is "5".
New Spot is 78
Read a book that is 7th, 8th or 78th in a series OR Alternate Read: Fantasy
(view spoiler)[ 🌸Earned Bonus Point: 1
❉ Long Book ~ 0ver 500 pages used on 11/11
❉ Three or more books in a series (hide spoiler)]

Book Choices
☑ Ezinwanyi: On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgerton #8) ~ (Review)
☑ Lanelle: Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Sunshine✰✰✰: Archangel's Shadows (Guild Hunter #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Susan A: Shoulda Been a Cowboy (Rough Riders #7) ~ (Review)
☑ Wolf (Alpha): Stormed Fortress (Wars of Light and Shadow #8) ~ (Review)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Ezinwanyi wrote: "Number 7 (not 3) in the series 🤣"

The dreaded copy/paste monster strikes again! (I've fixed it :)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Lanelle wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "Number 7 (not 3) in the series 🤣"

The dreaded copy/paste monster strikes again! (I've fixed it :)"

Happens to me ALL the time

[Sunshine✰✰✰]

Ezinwanyi wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "Ezinwanyi wrote: "Number 7 (not 3) in the series 🤣"

The dreaded copy/paste monster strikes again! (I've fixed it :)"

Happens to me ALL the time"

Hear Hear!!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

SELECTION POST for Week 10, Roll 2, Spot 78

Book: On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn
Pages: 368
Qualification: #8 on the Bridgertons Series

I am so sad. There is only one book left in this series

[Susan A]

COMPLETION POST
WEEK 11: ROLL 2



Book: Shoulda Been a Cowboy by Lorelei James
How it fits: #7 Rough Riders
Pages 240pgs
11/27/18
4 stars

I've read several books in this series and they all seem to have the same general plot line. It gets old after a while which is why I quit it after book #8 (I loathed Keely, I loathed Jack, I loathed Keely and Jack) But this book, for some reason, I just really like. I've re-read it a bunch of times. The sex is hot and the characters are not perfect people which I like. This has become a sort of comfort read for me.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post
Week 11, Roll 1 -Spot 78

Book: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
How it fits: Mercy Thompson #7
Pages: 343
Date read: 11/27/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review: All of the Mercy Thompson books are good, but this one is a favorite. There is so much growth in everyone. Mercy and Adam's marriage is strengthening. Jesse and Gabriel go through an ordeal. It's great to read about Asil and Stephen again. And of course, Mercy's gets mouthy towards the end when things get scary. I laughed out loud when I read it. Again.

[Susan A]

Ezi --

I'll be away Thursday through Sunday. If I forget to check in, please send me a message. I'm worried I'll just forget. Actually, I think I go set an alarm on my phone.