R3: SS 1 4 All (14) ***Winning Team***

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Morning ladies Steph thanks for rolling did you roll a 6 and 4 for 10?

[Ora]

Are we suppose to post the book we are reading after we decide or after it's read? I am having problems finding a 2002 pub year in my books. If all else fails I will go to the used book store or use the alternative by the end of the weekend.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Ora post what you are reading please once you decide.

[Jenne]

Ora don't forget you can also read a standalone or a first in a series since you have a 1 and a 0 in your spot.

[Ora]

I forgot about that. Since that's the case I will be reading . I so excited since I am going to her book signing tomorrow in Asheville.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

I'll be reading which is the 1st book in the Charlotte Westing Chronicles series.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Good morning ladies please refer to Message 5 if you have any questions on books to read. That is where I will update each Friday with the roll we got and what books you can read for it.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

I am going with as my read for this one. It's a 1st in the series.

[Hina]

Hi all,

I am going to read , book 1 in the Royal House of Shadows Series.

Happy Friday! And enjoy the long weekend.

[~Melissa~]

Nice roll Steph! I'm finishing up 2 books that need to be completed by tomorrow and nothing is jumping out at me ATM. As soon as I decide what I'm reading I'll let you guys know.

[Steph]

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Morning ladies Steph thanks for rolling did you roll a 6 and 4 for 10?"

Yes I did

[Steph]

So I didn't want to be official roller since I sometimes fall asleep early lol but if at midnight there is no roll yet can I just do what I did last night?

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Yes Steph thanks that would be great. I am normally asleep at that time because I get up between 5-530 to be to work by 7:30 so if I roll it will always be Friday mornings when I wake up. If you roll I will see if when I get up and update the main message #5 with what the roll was and the books we can chose from. Thanks again.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Ora:
Last Night re Varro: A loss keenly felt!

[Ora]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: " Ora:
Last Night re Varro: A loss keenly felt!"

I was angry and horrified the first time I saw it

[~Melissa~]

Ok - had some time to actually look at my books,lol

#10 of the IAD series.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

~Melissa~ wrote: "Ok - had some time to actually look at my books,lol

#10 of the IAD series."

A great choice!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Ora wrote: "Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: " Ora:
Last Night re Varro: A loss keenly felt!"

I was angry and horrified the first time I saw it"

Heart was heavy but we will return bitter favor to Illythia

[~Melissa~]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "Ok - had some time to actually look at my books,lol

#10 of the IAD series."

A great choice!"

Happy Dance - hopefully it will it in other challenges too :D

[Steph]

Okay sounds great how is everyone's books coming along?

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Im about halfway through my book and I really like it.

[Ora]

I am going to start mine tomorrow or Monday. I'm doing Paris's read a book a day challenge so as long as things goes well, I will have it read Sunday or Monday night.

[Hina]

I finished my book this morning, I will try to get the review done sometime today.

[~Melissa~]

I'll be starting my book on Monday. It works for a Sept challenge I'm doing. Plan to be done by Wed at the latest.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Finished my book and will post my review tomorrow.

[Steph]

I'm a little more than halfway Done with mine. Looks like we're in track to be done by Thursday! Good job guys:)

[Steph]

Finished The Notebook :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/...
Spot:10
Date finished:8/31
Rating: 4 stars

I thought the movie was fantastic and I always try to read the book before I watch the movie because obviously the book is better 99% of the time. I am not even upset one bit that I watched the movie first because they both were equally awesome. I am, however, a little mad at myself that it took me this long to pick the darn book up. Overall four stars because I loved it but I felt there could've been more to it. I do deffffffinatly recommend this to everyone though!

[Steph]

^was that okay for the review? I didn't know how long it had to be since this is my first time playing and im honestly horrible at reviews lol

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Steph yes the review is fine but you need to add the following: Include the spot, book, date finished and rating.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Spot 10:
Read by Colleen Helme
Finished 8/31/2014
Rating:3 Stars
Review:

Carrots was a cute and entertaining read and fell in love with the character of Shelby pretty quickly. We meet Shelby when she is in the grocery store to pickup some carrots to go with her dinner and she is shot in an robbery attempt. Once Shelby wakes up she learns her life is about to change in a pretty interesting way. I liked that Shelby was a quick thinker and quick on her feet. She was also a little impulsive and often didn't think things through first but it just made you like her character even more. We soon learn that as a result of Shelby having a bullet graze her head she can now hear people's thoughts. I think from there this is where the fun starts for this one and it was such a cute read.



As the story continues we get to me Shelby's husband Chris and learn that the new girl, at work has the hots for him. I will say that since Shelby can read the girl's thoughts she handled things way better than I would have. I would have hurt her and not put up with all that Shelby did but you soon realize it's because she is trying cover up the fact she can hear her thoughts. The new chick has a mom boss for an Uncle in the form of Uncle Johnny and this is when things start to go downhill for Shelby because she gets tangled up with him and has to start working for him and using her new ability. I loved that Shelby was such fun character because she starts wearing a disguise to help with her sleuthing and she gets to work with a hit man named Ramos. I liked the character of Ramos because he was a hit man with a heart if there is such a thing.



Overall as the plot thickens and everything starts to unfold Shelby has to be really quick on her feet if she wants to survive this all in the end. This was an entertaining read with lots of laugh out loud moments and it reads me a lot of a Stephanie Plum read but that is what makes it all worth it. If you are looking for a quick fun read that will entertain you throughout you should pickup this book. I am interested in reading the rest of this series and seeing what it is in store for Shelby.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Week One Reviews:

Shy
Steph
Ora
Melissa
Hina
Amy

Week Two Reviews:
Melissa
Steph
Ora
Shy
Amy
Hina

Week Three Reviews:
Steph
Ora
Shy
Amy
Melissa
Hina

Week Four Reviews:
Ora
Steph
Melissa
Shy
Amy
Hina

Week 5 Reviews:
Ora
Steph
Melissa
Shy
Amy
Hina

Week 6 Reviews
Amy
Ora
Steph
Melissa
Shy
Hina

Week 7 Reviews
Ora
Steph
Melissa
Amy
Shy
Hina

Week 8 Reviews:

Ora
Shy
Melissa
Hina
Amy
Steph

Week 9 Reviews
Melissa
Shy
Amy
Hina
Ora
Steph

[Steph]

I couldn't get the picture of the cover so I posted a link to it

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Steph.
How is everyone else doing?

[Ora]

I finished my book. I will have a review posted by mornign.

[Ora]

Space 10 Broken Destiny #1 Completed 09/01 4 stars

I really enjoyed this book. It was little slow for the first couple of chapters, however after that it picked up and I got into the book and characters. Ivy is trying to find her sister who was kidnapped. The last thing she knows is where her sister was because of a text. While searching for her sister, she sees images that disturb her. She thinks they are hallucinations, however later finds out that she sees supernatural beings under their disguise.
Ivy finds out that she has a destiny to fulfill. She is told that she needs to recover one of three weapons that will destroy demons and that she can use that rescue her sister. While on this search, she learns that the man (Adrian), who is helping her, is destined to betray her.
Ms. Frost is putting these two through misery right now. Their attraction to each other is growing even though they know they have opposing destinies. Ivy wants to try to save Adrian from his, and Adrian feels that there is nothing he can do to fight it. At the end of the book, Ivy finds out that there is a chance Adrian can beat his destiny.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Ora.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Just checking in ladies since today is Wednesday will everyone have their reviews in by tomorrow?

[~Melissa~]

I'm about halfway through mine. Had no time to read last night - makes me grumpy. Especially since it's a good book :)
I will make up for it tonight and have my review posted by tomorrow.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Ok thanks Melissa.
Amy and Hina how are yall doing?

[Hina]

I should put up my review tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest.

[~Melissa~]

Week 1: Spot 10
#10 IAD series
Finished: 9/4/14
Rating: 5♥'s

Review - I loved this one!! Carrow has been abducted by The Order - who wants to eliminate immortals. They also manage to capture her niece Ruby. If Carrow brings back Malkom, a venom, The Order has been unable to attain. They will free her and Ruby. Malkom has never known a female, never had friends or a family - Malkom has been betrayed by everyone he has ever met or had in his life. He only allows people to betray him once - as he then kills them. Watching him court her was adorable. Especially since she does not speak much Demonish and he doesn't remember Anglish. Carrow feels terrible having to betray Malkom but she can't not save Ruby. Seems like this book will be setting up at least two possibly three of the next books. Regin's, Lothaire's and Lanthe's.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Melissa

[~Melissa~]

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Thanks Melissa"

I'll probably be done quicker this next week. Holiday weeks are horrid for me at work. 5 days of work crammed into four and I have end of month billing to take care of too :(
Hosting RL bookclub tomorrow night so there is a big glass of wine in my future!! *whispers* I just have to finish the book - and I'm not liking it - oh well,lol

[Shy The WidowMaker]

I understand that Melissa. It gets crazy for me at work too.

I sent Amy and message and she replied and said her review would be up sometime today so we are doing good. Good job team.

[Hina]

Roll 1, Spot 10


Book: Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter.
Date Read: 8/30/14
Rating: 4 Stars
Theme: Book 1 in the Royal House of Shadows

Review:

An intriguing book by one of my favorite authors. The storyline seems to be a bit unique at least to me as I haven't come across one like it. To save their four kids from attack, the king and queen of Elden scattered them for their safety with only a timepiece to connect them. Compared to Ms. Showalter's other books, this probably would not rate high, but I rated more compared to what she was writing to which is a Harlequin Nocturne and for that genre it was a pretty good book. Being the first novel, there is a lot of detail thrown in, and some repeating which takes away from the book. Nicolai, the very sexy vampire who has been sex slave calls to Jane (heroine) in her dreams to help him. Nicolai has no memory but he knows he needs to get free and get revenge. Nicolai is an uber alpha and I think his most favorite word was "mine" (to Jane). Jane on the other hand, I went back and forth because for a really smart person, she did some things that I just couldn't understand the reasons for it. The first half built up the book so nicely that I was a little disappointed with the repetition, I think the author was trying to really lay down the foundation for the future books, but I wasn't really feeling it. As a full novel, it might have been totally worth 5 stars, but either the word count or so much information being cramped into a harlequin set pages, it makes it tough for a book to be as good as we expect Ms. Showalter to put out, but its still worth reading.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Ok I have all reviews linked so far for all that have posted theirs. We are just waiting on Amy.

Steph,
Are you going to roll for us tonight once all the reviews are in or do you want me to roll in the morning? Ladies I will update Message 5 like I did last week.

[Steph]

I should be able to roll tonight but just in case check in the morning.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Steph we cant roll until Amy posts her review anyway because all reviews have to be in first.

[~Melissa~]

Looking forward to the next roll :)

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

Spot 10 (First In Series)



Finished: September 4th
Rating: 5 stars

Review:
What an amazing book! I really liked how everything unfolded. It was quite an enjoyable read! I was literally on the edge on my seat towards the end when the main character confronted the psychotic murderer. After reading this, I now want to watch the movie, Inception because the book summary states this is Inception meets the Wake trilogy by Lisa McMann!