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Sheila
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Sep 13, 2018 04:47PM
Haha. I actually needed the 6, 7 and 9 for another challenge I am doing so I hope I can double dip. I am ready with whatever you roll.
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WEEK #1Rolled: 10
Spot: 10
-1st in a series
-10th in a series
-Standalone
-Alt: Book that one of your teammates read shelf rated a 5-star
Yes!! I was hoping we would roll a 10,11 or 12. I have a LOT of #1s and #2s :P
Do we have to post what we are planning to read? Or just the final post after we are done is enough?
I would like a heads up since it'll make my job easier but I don't think it's mandatory
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Not officially, so it's up to the team captain whether they want a selection post. :)
Denise wrote: "Krissy wrote: "I would like a heads up since it'll make my job easier but I don't think it's mandatory"Not officially, so it's up to the team captain whether they want a selection post. :)"
That's what I figured :)
Here is what I picked to read this week.Week 1
Spot: 10
Play Dead by Anne FrasierQualification: Elise Sandburg #1
Finished: Sept ?
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
Sunshine, can you edit your selection so it says 1st in a series instead? Thanks! P.s. I loved that book!
I will read:
Qualifies: standalone
SELECTION POSTWeek 1, Spot 10
My Choice: You're Never Weird on the Internet
Pages: 272
How it Fits: Standalone
maria helena wrote: "I will read:Qualifies: standalone"
I have had this on a library hold since May. I'm #25 on the waiting list.
I’ve been waiting for months for it! Hope you get your copy soon.
Week 1 CompletionsSpot 10
✓Sheila: msg 70
Play Dead, Elise Sandburg #1
✓Carrie: msg 88
The Summer Wives, standalone
✓Krissy: msg 68
You're Never Weird on the Internet, standalone
✓maria helena: msg 72
The Woman in the Window, standalone
✓Sunshine: msg 93
One Small Thing, One Thing #1
✓GreenFairy: msg 71
Neanderthal Seeks Human, Knitting in the City #1
✓Arshiya: msg 87
Graceling, Graceling Realm #1
COMPLETION POSTWeek #1 - Spot #10
You're Never Weird on the Internet
Completed: 9/14
Rating: ★★★★
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was a lot of fun. I've never watched her web series The Guild before but I plan to now. The book was heading to a strong 5 star rating but around the 80% mark it kind of slowed down for me. The last 20% or so wasn't as fun and I kept drifting off. But other than that it was perfect!
Week 1Roll 10
#1 in Knitting in the City series
Completion PostWeek 1
Spot: 10
Play Dead by Anne FrasierQualification: Elise Sandburg #1
Finished: Sept 15
Rating: ★★★
Review: This is my first read of a book by this author and I was only soso about it. I am giving it a 3 star rating for the creepiness factor alone. Set in Savannah, Ga it takes two flawed cops into the world of voodoo with its spells and symbols.
Someone is causing people to simulate being dead until they suddenly awaken in the autopsy room or the cemetery. Lots of twists and turns that feed into one of my deepest fears - being buried alive. The cops come face to face with a Madame who controls her harem of prostitutes by using her powers. The Madame/priestess recognizes that the female cop has "devil eyes" and is a descendant of someone powerful in the voodoo arts.
Week 1 Completion
Knitting in the City series #1
Read 9/17/18
4 stars
Review:
I don't like chick-lit or contemporary romance. At all. Most of the stories are basically the same with character names and locations changed and specific circumstances changed. This was not like that at all. There was a genuine story that did not revolve strictly around Janie and Quinn and their budding relationship. And yes, you actually got to see that relationship develop. I think a few things could have been expanded on like. I'll continue the series...
WEEK 1, SPOT 10
Book: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Read: 9/17/18
Rating: ★★
How it fits: (Alt) Standalone
Review
I thought this thriller had an interesting premise, but it felt too slow going and some chapters were boring. I did not like the main character and thought that the chat room discussions disrupted the flow of the story.
I read that book and didn't think I would ever get done with it. zzzzzzzzz
That is usually what happens with really popular books with me. I don't get it. Two examples - Gone Girl and You
I'm warry of Gone Girl and I did not like Sharp Objects.
Arshiya wrote: "I'm about 78% in!"Doing better then me, lol.
Sheila wrote: "That is usually what happens with really popular books with me. I don't get it. Two examples - Gone Girl and You"Yep, Gone Girl sucked
I'm about 40% in, too.Off to go read, now :)
You still have time! No rush. Just wanted to check in :)
Carrie wrote: "Arshiya wrote: "I'm about 78% in!"Doing better then me, lol."
I had a lot of free time this week :P
WEEK 1Spot: 10
Book: Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Qualification: Graceling Realm #1
Finished: 20 September 2018
Rating: ★★
Review:
I have come to expect a lot of fantasy novels and this paled in comparison. It had a lot of things going for it, a strong female protagonist, a great setting, a charming hero with a secret, good side characters but in the end, it settled for being a mediocre story. Such a shame. There was so much potential here. I went in expecting a fantasy adventure with high stakes but ended up with nothing more than a combination of a mediocre love story and a low stakes plot - the resolution of which was so quick that if you blinked you would miss it. I wish it was better than it turned out because I really liked all the main characters. They just didn't have much going in terms of plot.
Week 1Spot 10
Book: The Summer Wives
Author: Beatriz Williams
Read: Sept 20th
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
This is a tale about love, about murder, lies, and divide. The rich and powerful familes come to the island every summer, and they seem to take over from the regulars who live there year in and year out. They have parties and affairs, marry people they do not love, because status.
We have the tale of two younger girls, 1 and orphan, who had come to America to live with her aunt and uncle for Portugal and another who's father had died and her mother is remarrying. Set in many different years, and it seems all over the place but it works. Little did I know that these two lives would have connections lifetimes apart.
Krissy wrote: "5 hours until the next roll!"Can you do that when we don't have everyone checked in?
Sheila wrote: Can you do that when we don't have everyone checked in?"No but Sunshine isn't a newbie so I have faith she'll get in her completion post in time
Week 1Spot 10
One Small Thing
Read: 9/20
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟
Review: A nice sweet story. Of course Rue (Rufus) tries MF sex once and ends up with Alice. Erik becomes the manny. Erik & Rue fall in love, HEA. Some parts of the story felt a bit unreal. I couldn’t understand how a student with a part time job as a bartender could afford $600 a month to pay Erik. The best part was Erik learning about MM by reading MM books. Some of the passages were “hot”, in fact hotter than the book.
WEEK #2Rolled: 6
Spot: 16
-1st in a series
-6th in a series
-16th in a series
-Standalone
-Alt: Fantasy
I have books that fit all those! Haha...now to decide...
Selection PostWeek 2 spot 16
Standalone
GreenFairy wrote: "I have books that fit all those! Haha...now to decide..."Same! So many choices
Selection PostWeek: 2
Spot: 16
How it fits: Lunar Chronicles #1
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