R10: Team Double the Pleasure ~ Double the Fun (2) **Winning Team**

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

SELECTION Post ~ Week 1, Roll 1: Spot 8

Book: Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Qualification: Book 8 in Immortal Guardians series
Pages: 414

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post ~ Week 1
Roll: 8
Spot: 8
Task: Read # 8 in series
Book: Conspiracy in Death byJ.D. Robb
# of pgs: 363
How it fits: # 8 in the In Death series

[Sam]

Week 1 Tracking Post

Team 2: Double the Pleasure ~ Double the Fun
Week 1: Spot 8
Series #: 8
Alternate: Sun/Moon on Cover

Sam: Grim Tempest- Amanda M. Lee- Aisling Grimlock #8- Review
LaurLa: The Colonel's Daughter- Amy Andrews- Men of the Zodiac #8- Review
Steph Ann: Omens- Kelley Armstrong- Sun on cover- Review
~Melissa~: All Lessons Learned: A classic mystery romance- Charlie Cochrane- Cambridge Fellows #8- Review
Ezi: Awaken the Darkness- Dianne Duvall- Immortal Guardians #8- Review
Shan ~A~: Conspiracy in Death- J.D. Robb- In Death #8- Review
Paula: El Sr. Penumbra y su librería 24 horas abierta- Robin Sloan- Moon on cover- Review

[LaurLa]

Week 1 - Selection Post
Roll/Spot: Roll 8; Spot 8


Task: Series 8; Alternate: Cover Item: Sun/Moon
Book: The Colonel's Daughter - Amy Andrews
How it fits: #8 in Men of the Zodiac series
Pages: 242

[Shan ~A~]

I had to go searching. I had just finished reading a book that fit right when the call was made, but I knew I had another one somewhere. Thank goodness there are so many in the In death series and I have so many, many more to go.

[Paula]

SELECTION Post -Week 1, Roll 1: Spot 8


Task: Series 8; Alternate: Cover Item: Sun/Moon
Book: El Sr. Penumbra y su librería 24 horas abierta by Robin Sloan
How it fits: Moon on cover
Pages: 267

[Sam]

Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "I had to go searching. I had just finished reading a book that fit right when the call was made, but I knew I had another one somewhere. Thank goodness there are so many in the In death series and ..."

I adore that series. However, I'm all caught up in it.

[~Melissa~]

Week 1 Selection Post
Roll # 8

All Lessons Learned: A classic mystery romance by Charlie Cochrane
228 pgs

#8 in the series Cambridge Fellows
228 pgs

[~Melissa~]

*whispers* I hope it's good. I'm not a historical fan ....and I haven't read this series at all :)
But it was avail on KU and it's an 8, lol

[Sam]

Poor Melissa. I hope it's good too, for your sake.

[Sam]

Completion Post
Spot: 8
Cover:
Book: Grim Tempest- Amanda M. Lee
Qualification: Aisling Grimlock #8
Date Finished: 9/14/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This is the 8th book of the Aisling Grimlock series. Aisling and her family are reapers; they collect the souls of the dead. However, strange things keeping happening to them, which all seems to tie back to their resurrected mother. In this book, people in the town are becoming excessively violent during thunderstorms. Aisling thinks something in the storms are causing it and is determined to prove it. I enjoy the banter of this series. Having 5 siblings arguing every book is entertaining. Amanda Lee enjoys writing snarky books with fast paced dialogue, though the plots are fairly predictable. I will be continuing this series.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

~Melissa~ wrote: "*whispers* I hope it's good. I'm not a historical fan ....and I haven't read this series at all :)
But it was avail on KU and it's an 8, lol"

Lol. I don’t seem to like HR in m-m. I also don’t enjoy that author as much

[Steph Ann]

Completion Post
Spot: 8
Cover:
Book: Omens by Kelley Armstrong
Qualification: Sun/Moon on cover
Date Finished: 9/15/18
Rating: 4 stars

Review

This one surprised me. I've had it on my TBR for quite a while and have actually borrowed it from the library a couple times, but never actually read it until now. It started off a bit slow and felt rather disjointed at first, with very brief scenes; however, once Olivia finds out about her birth parents, the pace (and my interest) picked up significantly, especially once she gets to Cainsville. I found myself very interested in the investigation into the murder and did not want to put the book down. The only negatives to me were really the slow start, and I'm also not sure how I feel about Gabriel yet. I will definitely be reading the next book, probably sooner rather than later!

[Sam]

Cainsville? Is that set in the same world as her Women of the Otherworld series?

[Steph Ann]

I don't believe so. At least, I didn't see any connections to it as I was reading.

[Sam]

Steph Ann wrote: "I don't believe so. At least, I didn't see any connections to it as I was reading."

Ah. Just knew she had a werewolf family named Cain. At least it means I don't have to rush to read it :)

[LaurLa]

Week 1 - Selection/Completion Post
Roll - Spot: Roll 8 - Spot 8


Task: Series 8; Alternate: Cover Item: Sun/Moon
Book: The Colonel's Daughter - Amy Andrews
How it fits: #8 in Men of the Zodiac series
Pages: 242
Date Read: 09.17
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
This was a category romance and read just like one. Not that that made it un-ejoyable. For what it was, it was good. This was a bodyguard trope and fairly predictable straight down the line, no surprises. But the characters were well developed and I liked their interactions. The smexy scenes were steamy and not overly explicit. My one issue was how the way the MCs finally had sex for the first time played out. It was after the Big Misunderstanding and ended up being 'angry sex' goaded on by the heroine and her actions were kind of cruel to the hero. It worked for the story in the end, I guess, but I kind of wish we'd have gotten a less angry version between them after the MCs worked everything out. I do like this author, I've read other works that weren't necessarily category and I'll keep reading her.

[~Melissa~]

Ezinwanyi wrote: " SELECTION Post ~ Week 1, Roll 1: Spot 8

Book: Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Qualification: Book 8 in Immortal G..."

Hope it's good :)

[~Melissa~]

Week 1 Completion Post
Roll # 8

All Lessons Learned: A classic mystery romance by Charlie Cochrane
228 pgs

#8 in the series Cambridge Fellows
228 pgs
Finished 9/19/18
Rating 2 to 2.5ish (not enough to round up)
Review: well first book in this series by this author and her style didn't jive with me. Could be the historical part, how it was written or the fact that I jumped in in the middle of the series. We meet Orlando Coppersmith, who is mourning his dead lover, Jonty, that he lost during the war. He is requested to look into the 'death' of another soldier where the mother doesn't believe he is dead. He is happy to have something to wrap his brain around. along the way we learn about Jonty as well as the war. While I found bits interesting and I liked the MC's I felt the book took forever to get to the point, which I figured out in the first 20% of the book. At 228 pgs it's not that long....just sayin'. Thankful to be done and thankful this was avail through Kindle Unlimited. If I need for another challenge I may pick up another in this series but I definitely wouldn't be running out to get it.

[Sam]

Hey team, we have about 18 hours until the next roll. We need to get our books finished, so we can roll.

[Book Concierge]

Sam wrote: "Hey team, we have about 18 hours until the next roll. We need to get our books finished, so we can roll."

Rolls are done on FRIDAY morning ... so you have 27.5 hours till next roll.

[Sam]

Sorry about that. Apparently my days only have 12 hours in them.

[~Melissa~]

Book Concierge wrote: "Sam wrote: "Hey team, we have about 18 hours until the next roll. We need to get our books finished, so we can roll."

Rolls are done on FRIDAY morning ... so you have 27.5 hours till next roll."

Lol - we want the week to go faster :) I thought it was Thursday too... been a weird week

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

~Melissa~ wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "Sam wrote: "Hey team, we have about 18 hours until the next roll. We need to get our books finished, so we can roll."

Rolls are done on FRIDAY morning ... so you have 27.5 h..."

Well technically, if we have them all turned in on Thursday, we can roll after Thursday midnight which would make the earliest we can roll Friday 12:01am ~ Friday morning.
That's what people typically do.

So all of you are right :-D

[~Melissa~]

I thought yesterday was Thursday (not that call is Thursday) 😊

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

~Melissa~ wrote: "I thought yesterday was Thursday (not that call is Thursday) 😊"

That's what having kids does to us. Making our days run together!!!

[Sam]

Ezi, Shan and Paula, you guys have about 6 hours to get your reviews in so we can roll.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

COMPLETION Post ~ Week 1, Roll 1: Spot 8

Book: Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Qualification: Book 8 in Immortal Guardians series
Pages: 414
Read: 9/19
Rating & Review: ★★★
This audiobook was okay. It wasn't as action packed and didn't move the plot along at all. Last full novel, Gershwin had raised a vampire army to battle Seth's immortals. He had gotten really tricky and gave the immortals just about all they could handle.

This book basically consisted of an amnesiac Stanislav being rescued by a gifted woman named Susan. My main issue was that she seemed to lack apprehension and fear that I felt should be evident in a mortal coming into contact with an immortal. Nothing seemed to really rattle her. She quickly became a ride or die chick for a guy whom she knew not much about and a guy who had really weird idiosyncrasies.

There wasn't anything wrong with the book except everything was just so neat tidy and smooth. And we didn't get to see the rest of the gang until the last 20% of the book. Overall Susan and Stan were cool. But this was definitely the least exciting book in this series.

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post ~ Week 1
Roll: 8
Spot: 8
Task: Read # 8 in series
Book: Conspiracy in Death byJ.D. Robb
Finished: 09/20/18
# of pgs: 363
How it fits: # 8 in the In Death series
Rating: 4 stars
Review: At this point when I'm reading this series it's to see the progression of Eve as an individual, Eve and Roarke as a couple, and to see if I can figure out who the culprit is in the crimes that Eve is tasked with solving.

For some reason this book was a bit more emotional for me. Eve has been through a lot over the course of the series so far, but the fact that someone tried taking away the thing that has made her who and what she is had my feelings in a bit of turmoil.

Eve has evolved a lot since she opened herself up to love with Roarke. Not only is she more open to him, but she is more open in all the relationships she had even before he came along. I love the way he cares for her, rather she likes it or not, and has her back no matter the circumstances.

The only reason this one didn't get five stars is because I knew right away that the b*tch scooper was going to cause trouble from the very first moment she was mentioned. (view spoiler)[ I even thought to myself that she was going to end up dead and Eve would be blamed in some way (hide spoiler)] I wish I had been wrong though.

Besides Eve and Roarke, I also enjoy getting to see the evolution of D. Peabody. I am hoping as the series progresses we get to see her find a real relationship, maybe with a certain coworker in a different department.

[Sam]

Thanks, Ezi and Shan. Now we are just waiting for Paula. She still has 3 hours.

[Paula]

Completion Post ~ Week 1
Roll: 8
Spot: 8
Task: Series 8; Alternate: Cover Item: Sun/Moon
Book: El Sr. Penumbra y su librería 24 horas by Robin Sloan
Finished: 09/20/18
# of pgs: 267
How it fits: Moon on cover

Rating: 4 stars
Review: I'm not sure what was I specting from this book, and I'm not sure yet haha. But it certainly was an interesting story. Clay, the MC just started working at a bookstore, and it has some weird clients who doesn't buy books but borrow them from a special catalog. There's a lot of mystery surrounding this group of people and Clay starts to unveil the secrets of Mr Penumbra and his clients.
It was pleasantly surprising to see all the technology involved in the development of the story, how Google (the company) was a big part of the unveiling, but it was more satisfying to read that the mind of a person, in this case Clay, was able to resolve the mystery. Also it was pretty how books are a big part of this story, and how they're the key to everything. Books are like the key to immortality, or something like that.

It's not easy to translate my thoughts of this book to english, it's a very special story, and probably almost any booklover would find charm on it.

[Sam]

Team 2: Double the Pleasure ~ Double the Fun
Week 1: Spot 8
Series #: 8
Alternate: Sun/Moon on Cover

Sam: Grim Tempest- Amanda M. Lee- Aisling Grimlock #8- REVIEW
LaurLa: The Colonel's Daughter- Amy Andrews- Men of the Zodiac #8- REVIEW
Steph Ann: Omens- Kelley Armstrong- Moon on cover- REVIEW
~Melissa~: All Lessons Learned: A classic mystery romance- Charlie Cochrane- Cambridge Fellows #8- REVIEW
Ezi: Awaken the Darkness- Dianne Duvall- Immortal Guardians #8- REVIEW
Shan ~A~: Conspiracy in Death- J.D. Robb- In Death #8- REVIEW
Paula: El Sr. Penumbra y su librería 24 horas abierta- Robin Sloan- Moon on cover- REVIEW

[Sam]

Week 2
Roll 4 + 1
Old Spot: 8
New Spot: 13
Read for series #1, 3, 13, standalone
Alternate: Cover Item: Plant

[Sam]

I'm going to read An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James, which is Cordelia Gray #1.

[Steph Ann]

SELECTION Post ~ Week 2, Roll 2: Spot 13



Book: A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
Qualification: Book 3 in Veronica Speedwell series
Pages: 308

[~Melissa~]

Changing book pick
Selection Post
Week 2~ Spot 13
[* book:Beneath This Mask|33536685] by Victoria Sue
Book #3 Enhanced series
206 pgs

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

SELECTION Post
Week 2 ~ Spot 13

Book: Hidden by Rebecca Zanetti
Qualification: Deep Ops #1
Pages: 400

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post ~ Week 2 ~ Spot 13
Roll 4 + 1 = 5
Old Spot: 8
New Spot: 13

Book:Rebel Heir by Vi Keeland
How it fits:#1 in the Rush Duet
# pgs: 294

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Shan ~ A ~ wrote: "Selection Post ~ Week 2 ~ Spot 13
Book:Rebel Heir by Vi Keeland


I just loved this story

[Shan ~A~]

Yeah, I've found that I can't go wrong with Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward, especially when they are writing together.

I will be diving into this one soon.

[LaurLa]

Week 2 - Selection Post
Roll/Spot: Roll 5; Spot 13


Task: Series 1, 3, 13, standalone; Alternate: Cover Item: Plant
Book: The Other Side of Us - Sarah Mayberry
How it fits: standalone
Pages: 300

[~Melissa~]

Changing my book for the week to Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews (#3 in a series)
I will do a correct post later tonight when I'm on my computer 😊

[~Melissa~]

** Changed my book pick :)

Selection Post
Week 2~ Spot 13

[* book:Fate's Edge|10561549] by Ilona Andrews
372 pgs
Book #3 in The Edge series

[LaurLa]

Week 2 - Completion Post
Roll/Spot: Roll 5; Spot 13


Task: Series 1, 3, 13, standalone; Alternate: Cover Item: Plant
Book: The Other Side of Us - Sarah Mayberry
How it fits: standalone
Pages: 300
Date Read: 09.23
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
Very sweet romance about slightly older MCs (late 30s/early 40s) who have both suffered some trauma and went off to be alone to try and heal. Found each other, of course. It was funny at times to see them work through their own issues in order to see the other person as they are and not how they think they are because of the their pasts. The both had dogs whose antics were hilarious and also gave them a common ground to reach out to each other when their own 'stuff' started getting in the way. There was an HEA but it wasn't all hearts and roses. While the MCs ended up together, they also both agreed they weren't fully healed from their past issues and would have to work hard to get through it and stay together. I liked this bit of reality. Yes, they fell for and loved each other but that didn't make everything else magically okay. But their willingness to be there for each other while they worked through it all was the real HEA, I think.

[Paula]

SELECTION Post -Week 2, Roll 2: Spot 13


Task: Series 1, 3, 13, standalone; Alternate: Cover Item: Plant
Book: Of Neptune by Anna Banks
How it fits: #3 in The Syrena Legacy Series
Pages: 336

[Steph Ann]

Completion Post
Spot: 13

Book: A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
Qualification: #3 in Veronica Speedwell series
Date Finished: 9/22/18
Rating: 4.5 stars

Review
I am so happy to have found this series when randomly searching through My Media Mall. This one was probably the best yet, as we get a ton of information about Stoker's past and what happened with his ex-wife. As always with this series, the book truly shines with the dialogue between Stoker and Veronica, and there are many great moments between them in this installment. I can't wait for the next one to come out!

[Sam]

Spot: 13
Cover:
Book: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman- P.D. James
Qualification: Cordelia Gray #1
Date Finished: 9/26/18
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This is the first book in the Cordelia Gray series. Cordelia becomes the sole partner in a detective agency when her partner commits suicide. She gets her first case when Sir Ronald Callender hires her to determine why his son committed suicide. After digging into Mark's last days, Cordelia determines that he didn't commit suicide, but was murdered. I wasn't expecting the ending of the book and it definitely changed the way I perceived the main character. I'm not sure if I'm going to continue this series, though I might give the second book a chance and see if it changes my opinion of her.

[Sam]

Shan, did you ever pick a book?

[Shan ~A~]

My selection is in post 88

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post ~ Week 2 ~ Spot 13
Book:Rebel Heir by Vi Keeland
How it fits:#1 in the Rush Duet
# pgs: 294
Finished: 09/25/18
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Hot ass hell cover ~ so sexy it sets the tone for what's inside the covers

Gia Mirabelli, romance author, is in the Hamptons for the summer to write. She is asked by one of her housemates and friend to fill in at her bartending job. Gia is not proficient in bartending in the least. While working at Heights she meets Rush (view spoiler)[Heathcliff Rushmore (hide spoiler)]. Rush is the owner of the bar. From their first interactions the sparks fly all over the place.

Gia has to be one of the most honest characters I have read about in a while. No game playing just telling it like it is no matter what. She is attracted to Rush and doesn't hide it, but they decide to be friends. Rush has never had a serious relationship, and he doesn't think he has anything to offer in the relationship department.

All best are off when he just can't stay away from Gia. Of course as soon as things are going their way the hammer comes down... and we are left with a cliffhanger.