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R10: Team Str8 Bookin' It (8)
Week 4 CompletionsSpot 32
✓Sheila: msg 145
The Vault, Tyler Locke #2
✓Carrie: msg 151
The Sweetest Thing, Lucky Harbor #2
✓Krissy: msg 153
Struck, Team A.L.P.H.A. #3
✓maria helena: msg 150
Hunted on the Fens, DI Nikki Galena #3
✓Sunshine: msg 149
Storm's Heart, Elder Races #2
✓GreenFairy: msg 157
Stain, King's Harlots #2
✓Arshiya: msg 148
Cress, Lunar Chronicles #3
COMPLETION POSTWeek #4 - Spot #32
Struck
Completed: 10/10
Rating: ★★★
Review: Decent except I thought the brothers completely overreacted. They annoyed me in this book. Their brother is a grown man. Let him live his life.
A little less than 2 hours until next roll. Hopefully GF will get her completion posted in time. If not I won't be able to roll.
Heading to bed now. Hopefully I'll be able to roll tomorrow.
I've been having connection issues. Between the storms rolling through and our cell/internet tower getting struck by lightning...three times in a month now...it's been rough.
Week 5 CompletionSpot 32
10/11/18
3 1/2 stars
A continuation of the big story arc from the first one. But this one focused more on Meeka and Asher. Best friends for years, fighting their attraction for awhile. Until a horrible situation pushes them to accept and move on. Some answers, more questions. At least the story is moving along.
GreenFairy wrote: "I've been having connection issues. Between the storms rolling through and our cell/internet tower getting struck by lightning...three times in a month now...it's been rough."Better late than never! I hope it gets better for ya. I know how frustrating unreliable connection can be :/
WEEK #5Rolled: 6
Spot: 38
-3rd in a series
-8th in a series
-38th in a series
-Alt: Historical
Carrie, is that for BSB too? Hitting up that time travel :)
It's always convenient when a book fits more than one challenge
Krissy wrote: "Carrie, is that for BSB too? Hitting up that time travel :)"Yeah, I've been trying to line them up if I can, bonus if I can make one the meet & greet challenge picks work or one of my library books work. 😊
I love having a tower so close. It's maybe 100 feet away from my house. But, they never truly fix it when there is a problem. They'll do a quick fix to get things going again. Then the next storm the same thing happens. It's gotten better today. As long as there are no more storms, I should have connectivity. It messes with cell service and internet. Totally sucks.
Carrie wrote: "Krissy wrote: "Carrie, is that for BSB too? Hitting up that time travel :)"Yeah, I've been trying to line them up if I can, bonus if I can make one the meet & greet challenge picks work or one of..."
I keep checking my Meet N Greet list too. So far, no luck. Haven't checked for this week yet though.
Week 3Spot 38
334 pages
#3 of Scarred Soul series
WEEK #5Rolled: 6
Spot: 38
Downfall by Jeff AbbottQualification: (Sam Capra #3)
Finished: Oct 14
Rating: ★★★
Review: Sam Capra has lived a thrilling life as a CIA agent but now all he wants is to settle down, run his San Francisco bar and raise his ten month old son. He soon realizes that you don't just walk away from the CIA and the shadowy figures that are out there.
Things are going well until a stranger, Diana, comes into his bar and says Help Me to Sam. Within minutes 2 thugs enter his bar and try to kidnap Diana. Sam steps in to prevent this and ends up in a knife fight that ends with one of the kidnappers lying dead on his tavern floor. All this puts Sam on the radar of an underground group of influential men and women that don't necessarily play nice. This conspiracy seems to lead to the White House.
WEEK 5, SPOT 38
Book: Copper Heart
Read: 10/15/18
Rating: ★★★
How it fits: #3 in series
Review
This was an ok crime novel. I loved the setting, but it was a bit slow going at times and I am still not sure if I like the main character - police officer Maria Kallio - or if I just find her annoying.
Week 5 Completion
10/17/18
3 stars
When I read the first book, I absolutely loved it. The second book, it was good, but not as good as the first. This one...there is so much going on. Too much is going on. How can you can wrap up so many side stories in one book? How can you have key characters from book 1 or 2 pop up in 3 with no explanation about how those characters got to where they are. Multiple POVs kept bouncing up...illogically. You just get into one story then suddenly it changes. With no linkage between them.
Hey guys. I am so sorry but I don't think I'll be able get my book in this week. I've been sick (still am). Trying my best to read something, anything but it's not happening. So sorry
Arshiya, we can use a free pass if you can't get your review in on time but that doesn't replace your review. You'll still need to complete a book for week 5 and then another book for week 6. Do you think you'll be able to do that?
Everyone else, I noticed I had the wrong week # on my roll post. It's actually week 5 so if you can fix your own posts to reflect that then that'd be great. Thanks!
COMPLETION POSTWeek #5 - Spot #38
Rust & Stardust
Completed: 10/16
Rating: ★★★
Review: This was set in the 1940s but it was hard to tell. The author didn't do a very good job getting the 40s feel/vibe. It read very much like modern day. I got so frustrated so many times. At Sally for being so gullible and naive, at her mom for being so trusting, at all the close calls throughout the story... I also wasn't a fan of the ending. Knowing how the real life story ended I was afraid the author would take it there too. And she did.
Krissy wrote: "Arshiya, we can use a free pass if you can't get your review in on time but that doesn't replace your review. You'll still need to complete a book for week 5 and then another book for week 6. Do yo..."I always thought the free pass replaced someones book post.
From what I read it only allows you to roll on time and gives the reviewer more time to post. I'll double check though
I asked just to make sure. I've never been in a situation where we had to use a free pass
"Week 5: Selection PostSpot 38
Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison
Read: 10/18
Rating 3 stars
Review: There wasn’t much to this book. The story kept going in and out of memories so many times, I got lost.
We still need a completion post from Carrie. But if she gets hers in on time I'll go ahead and use the free pass for Arshiya
Week 5 CompletionsSpot 38
✓Sheila: msg 170
Downfall, Sam Capra #3
✓Carrie: msg 187
A Knight to Remember, ALT
✓Krissy: msg 176
Rust & Stardust, ALT
✓maria helena: msg 171
Copper Heart, Maria Kallio #3
✓Sunshine: msg 181
Serpent's Kiss, Elder Races #3
✓GreenFairy: msg 172
Ravage, Scarred Soul #3
Arshiya: free pass
Okay, I got confirmation. If it's the first time the player is missing their review then the free pass will completely replace their review. But that's it. Once we use it it's gone. Nobody can miss a review again from now until the end of the game.Hopefully Carrie will get hers in within the hour. If not then I won't be able to roll until she posts it tomorrow
It's almost 1am so I'm heading to bed now. Hopefully I'll be able to roll in the morning
Week 5: Selection PostSpot 38
Book: A Knight to Remember
Author: Cynthia Luhrs
Read: OCt 19
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: Historical
Review: Lucy isn't sure she wants to say with her current bf, but goes to England with him on a trip anyway to see if when he's in is homeland will she see the real him. Sadly the real him is worse then the rude jerk she's been dating. When Lucy says no to him when he asks her to marry him. He drugs her, marries her and attempts to murder her, all in the name of a curse on his family that he needs to break.
This attempt at murder, sends Lucy back in time....to before the curse happens....will Lucy get home? Will the curse get broken? Will it ever happen?
I really liked this story, the writing at times was a tad repetitive, I will always pick up if you said the exact same thing about the exact same person or whatever in a book.
WEEK #6Rolled: 10
Spot: 48
-4th in a series
-8th in a series
-48th in a series
-Alt: Africa
WEEK #6Rolled: 10
Spot: 48
-4th in a series
Watch Me Die by Erica SpindlerQualification: (Stacy Killian #4)
Thanks for using the Free Pass Krissy! So sorry we had to use it so early on in the game because of me :/I'll get this week's book started right away though, so that I can slowly but surely get it done within the week.
No worries. That's what it's there for:)
Week 6Roll 10
Spot 48
How it fits: Africa
COMPLETION POSTWeek #6 - Spot 48
Wheels Up
Completed: 10/19
Rating: ★★★★
Review: Great series. Awesome audiobooks. I am a big fan of stories where the MCs meet online first. I look forward to the next book
Week 6 Selection
342 pages
How it fits: #4 in the All the King's Men series
WEEK #6Rolled: 10
Spot: 48
-4th in a series
Watch Me Die by Erica SpindlerQualification: (Stacy Killian #4)
Finished: Oct 20
Rating: ★★★
Review: This was an excellent serial killer saga that takes place in New Orleans post Katrina. The thing I found strange was that this is the 4th in the Stacy Killian series but she is barely in the book. In the previous book she was shot and in this one she is hospitalized recovering from her wounds. Meanwhile her partner is trying to catch a serial killer who thinks he is God's messenger. This zealot hears voices in his head that tell him to kill demons that possess people.
WEEK #6Rolled: 10
Spot: 48
Alt Africa
Book: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Read: Oct 22
Rating 3 stars
Review: Precious Ramotswe (Mma Ramotswe is how she's addressed in the book) is the first lady detective in Botswana, Africa and she takes on many little cases through out this book. We get to see her life in bits before she became a detective, from her fathers death to her abusive ex husband. I like that it is a mystery book but not one that keeps you in suspense or thrills. Just day to day life in her little part of the world. I will be reading the next book....at some point.
How it fits: Africa
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Book: The Sweetest Thing
Author: Jill Shalvis
Read: Oct 11
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: I liked it, I didn't love it. It was a quick read, I wanted to like it more but it just seemed like there should have been more to it. Especially when it came to Mia.
I was drove nuts with the repetitiveness too, the amount of times I read about someone waking up at the crack dawn, like if I was a drinker and this was a drinking game I'd be long on my ass and not bei able to read..
But despite it all, it was enjoyable. I will continue on at some point.
How it fits: 2nd in a series.