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

[Steph]

Phew that was close Amy! I'll be rolling in a few minutes:)

[Steph]

Start: space ten
Rolled: 1+4=5
Now on: space fifteen
Can read: 1st in the series, 5th in a series, 15th in a series, standalone, or a book set in Italy.

[Ora]

I waffling between (5the in series) and (Italy). I will post what I decide by the end of the weekend.

[Steph]

I will read Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters

It's the first in a series

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Steph. I will link all reviews and post the spot we are on when I get into work.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

I'll be reading It's the 1st book in A Yellow Rose Mystery series.

[~Melissa~]

Well shoot - I finished a #5 in a series on 9/1/14 - bummer I wanted a 6,lol so I could continue.....
I'll be back once I decide what I'm going to go with

[~Melissa~]

Going with The Degan Incident - it's a #1 in a series

[Hina]

I am going to read by Suzanne Forster. It is a stand alone.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Ok I am going with for a first in series.

[Ora]

I've decide on . I shoudl be ableot start reading it tomorrow evening.

[Ora]

Is it too late to change my mind on what book I want to read this wee. I cam currently reading . I don't know why I didn't think of doing first in series when I was deciding on what to read this week.

[Jenne]

You can always change your book as needed :)

[Ora]

Thanks

[~Melissa~]

Week 2: Space 15
- book #1 of series

Completed 9/6/14
Rating: 3.5♥'s

Review: this book is a lot of first's for me: first by this author, first alien mm book, first mpreg book. Devin and Bastien were seriously cute together. Lonely orphaned, left alone Devin and big, furry, horned Bastien. Total opposites that somehow work. The alien sex along with the aggressive DNA sperm was an interesting twist - actually really kind of funny. I got a good laugh out of seeing a man's reaction to being pregnant. Lots of politics in this one that didn't really make sense. I'll be continuing this series - I want to know what happens to Devin's friend Peri - there's a story there I can tell.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Melissa.

I'm about 45% done with my read.

[~Melissa~]

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Thanks Melissa.

I'm about 45% done with my read."

Hope you're enjoying it - the blurb sounds like it would be good.

[Steph]

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Thanks Melissa.

I'm about 45% done with my read."

I'm about 88% done with mine :)

[Ora]

I finished my book late last night. I am still tryingto get my thoughts in order and should have my review posted tomorrow morning at the latest.

[Steph]

Week 2 space 15
Read: Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
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Completed: 9/8/14
Rated: 4 stars.

It was a pretty good book especially seeing as I went in with really low expectations. It was just as the cover said it would be, a funny mystery. Not to mention the added in bonus of an attractive security guard from his own private agency. Overall I give it four stars and I cant wait to continue the series!

[Hina]

I am done with my book. I will post my review tomorrow hopefully.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Ok I have reviews for week 2 linked so far for those that posted. I should be done with mine today or tomorrow and review will be up by Thursday.

[Ora]

Week 2 Space 15 Outlander series #1 09/08 5 stars

This is a book I have been waffling about for a while. I have heard so many good things about it; however I haven’t had the best of luck with time travel books. It wasn’t until I started watching the series that I decided to read the book. I absolutely loved this book. I found it hard not to compare the series with the book, and found myself being critical with the series. Even though the series changed a few things so far, it seems to be staying relatively true to the book. I loved the development of Jamie and Claire’s relationship, going from friendship and lust to falling in love. From the moment Claire was pushed back in time, she had a huge learning curve to overcome. I liked watching Claire’s character grow and having to realize that 200 years makes a big difference on how women are treated and are expected to act in addition to superstitions and the education level of most people was nonexistent. There were a few times I wanted to knock Claire upside her head and tell her to stop running away from Jamie. I loved it when Jamie took her back to Crag na Duhn so she could go back to her own time, and she chose Jamie over Frank. It is clear throughout the story that Claire loves Frank, it just isn’t all consuming willing to die to save you love that she has with Jamie. I think when they are at an abbey for Jamie to recover; it helped Claire to talk with one of the fathers who helped her see her situation from a nonbiased point of view and helped her with her guilt in regards to Frank.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

I finished my book last night. I will get my review up tonight or tomorrow.

[~Melissa~]

Ora wrote: "Week 2 Space 15 Outlander series #1 09/08 5 stars

This is a book I have been waffling about for a while. I have heard so many good things about it; however I haven’t ha..."


Wow - nice job finishing this one so quickly :) Those doorstopper books tend to take me more than a week to finish. Then again I usually have more than one going.

[Hina]

I completely forgot to put up my review yesterday...I will do it sometime today.

[Ora]

~Melissa~ wrote: "Ora wrote: "Week 2 Space 15 Outlander series #1 09/08 5 stars

This is a book I have been waffling about for a while. I have heard so many good things about it; however ..."

I was lucky to have nothing I had to do over the weekend and was able to have more time reading than I usually do.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Ora wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "Ora wrote: "Week 2 Space 15 Outlander series #1 09/08 5 stars

This is a book I have been waffling about for a while. I have heard so many good things ..."

Are you watching the show on Starz?
Starz gave me my beloved Spartacus and now they have Claire and Jamie.

[Ora]

Yes I am. Love it :)

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Week 2: Space 15

by Kiersten White
Completed September 9,2014
Two Stars

I was drawn to this book because of the cover and the fact that I loved one of the author's other series but sadly this book didn't work for me. I am changing up my review a little this time around to talk about what didn't work for me with this one. I loved the setting of this book and loved that the main character Jessamin was more than the average girl and wanted to learn and become more but that was all I cared for about her. On to what didn't work for me.

I didn't care for the fact that Jessamin was so cool with talking to birds. I thought it was really weird and even though I found out why later it was still kinda creepy.
I didn't like the way the letters Jessamin would write were filled with all the half truths and things she felt she couldn't tell her mom. I felt like she could have had a better relationship with her.
When Jessamin meets Finn she just accepts him at face value and doesn't really question him much at all and that grated on my nerves. She was so willing to follow along with him just because of what he told her. She had no clue if it was really true.
Once the action really picks up in this one it drags along and I lost interest with it and was struggling to force myself to finish it because I was hoping it would get better.
I hated that I didn't like this one because I had high hopes for it and wanted to love it. The characters didn't work for me though so I wasn't invested in it. I was hoping the character of Jessamin would have been stronger and a great heroine but she fell flat for me and I was disappointed. I won't completly write this one off though for those that may want to read it because the book had a lot of promise and what didn't work for me might work for others. I would still suggest you read it for yourself to decide because you may love it.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Ok I have all reviews linked to this point. Good job again this week team.

[Steph]

A day early! Nice job

[Shy The WidowMaker]

No Steph sorry I should have worded it better. I linked all the reviews that I had so far. We still need Amy and Hina.

[~Melissa~]

Yay - new roll tonight :)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

~Melissa~ wrote: "Yay - new roll tonight :)"

I don't know if I will up to roll for my team :D

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Steph are you going to roll for us tonight if all our reviews are in?

[~Melissa~]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "Yay - new roll tonight :)"

I don't know if I will up to roll for my team :D"

Someone else usually rolls for us - good thing as my kids have given me a cold and I've been asleep between 8:30 - 9 pm. I haven't been able to read a lot of Dreams of a Dark Warrior

[Steph]

Yes I can roll. I hope we het all the review in.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

Thanks Steph. Hopefully they will all be in. I have been trying to hold off on reading anything new until we roll again so I can use that as my next read.

[~Melissa~]

Shy The WidowMaker wrote: "Thanks Steph. Hopefully they will all be in. I have been trying to hold off on reading anything new until we roll again so I can use that as my next read."

Exactly - that's why sometimes it's hard to wait. You don't want to start anything and then find out it would work......

[Hina]

Team 1 4 All
Roll 2, Spot 15


Book: Child Bride by Suzanne Forster.
Date Read: 9/7/14
Rating: 3 Stars
Theme: Stand-alone

Review:
The premise sounded really interesting to me when I first read it. The heroine, Annie goes looking for her husband and she finds him in Wyoming but he has no recollection of her. Chase does not remember Annie but some of the things she tells him are true. While Chase tries to figure out her story and get her out of his cabin, Annie is willing to do anything to stay with Chase. The premise was while started out interesting, it fell short of my expectation. Annie really should be a strong character with what she has been through but she acted too meek with Chase at times and didn't tell him all the hardship she had to face. I would have preferred to see more romance because in the middle of the book, there really wasn't much happening. All the good stuff seemed to be in the beginning and end. I think Annie should have Chase grovel a little bit more in the end or make him a bit more jealous with Starhawk. I think I just had a different vision/story in mind before I started this book, it wasn't bad, it was a typical romance book, but it had the potential to be better than a 3 stars.

[Steph]

So once Amy posts her review well be good to go guys

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

I'll have my review up around the same time as last week. I'm sorry for being last again this week.

[Shy The WidowMaker]

No problem Amy.
Steph roll us a good one. I will link up the rest of the reviews in the morning and post our spot.

[Amy ~Lover of Books~]

(First In Series)

Finished: September 11th
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
I would've finished this sooner, but I wasn't feeling well earlier today. Anyways, I ended up really liking this book! It was nice light mystery read! I'm curious to see what the next mystery is about!

(Is my review good or do I need more to it? Let me know and I will edit it in the morning because right now I just want to head to bed. Again, I'm sorry for being the last one again this week to post my review.)

[Steph]

Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "I'll have my review up around the same time as last week. I'm sorry for being last again this week."

Doesn't matter :) as long as you get it done in time it doesn't matter lol

[Steph]

Wow this was a good one!
Roll 3
Started on spot 15
Roll: 5+6=11
Now on spot 26
Can read: 2nd in series, 6th in series, 26th in series, or title starts with the letter E.

[Steph]

I'm going to read Onyx by Jennifer L.Armentrout it's the 2nd in the series

[Ora]

Steph wrote: "I'm going to read Onyx by Jennifer L.Armentrout it's the 2nd in the series"

I love that series. If you continue with the series I would read between and . JA describes as a stand alone adult novel about the Arum. The Arum in that book play a role in the final Lux book.

[Ora]

I am going to read 2nd in Atlantis series.