R4: SSS Six Pack (6)

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Rebecca, I understand that real life has a way of sneaking up on us. Yes I like to roll early but I don't have a problem will doing it later.

Jane~As far as the free pass is concerned. I do believe what you stated is true but I would have to check with Jenne to be sure of how it works.

[Rebecca]

I'll be able to finish it by tomorrow morning for sure if not tonight

[Rebecca]

ok I'm home and I have a couple hours...I'm pretty sure I can do this!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I am not sure I will finish The Singer because I am a little bit sleepy already. I did read a book 2 today so I would like to switch my reading book to Harder by Robin York (Book 2, Caroline & West)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Week 3: Roll 1
Spot: 20

Book: Harder by Robin York (Book 2, Caroline & West)
Finished: 9/20
Rating & Review: 3.75 stars, not quite 4-stars.
I hate that this book went from a Revenge Porn Plot to a "save him from his hot mess family" angsty NA. The Revenge Porn thing is not been explored that much so I was really enjoying it. But I guess the author defaulted to NA standard, rude boy from a messed up family who needs that love to give him the strength to aim higher and.

If you liked Wes and Caroline in book 1, then it is the same but reverse here. In Book 1, Caroline was drowning in misery after her ex Nate released her pictures on social media. Wes gave her space, encouragement and used the bakery to give her something else to focus on. In this book Caroline was the anchor for Wes after his father died and his family was in a tailspin. Caroline had to endure some seriously mean attempts by Wes to push her away before he finally gave up fighting her and gave into their love. He found peace and joy and a clearly path to a new future.

I have mixed feelings about Caroline. When she wants something, she just ignores everything else. Some would call it focus and determination, I call saw her as having tunnel vision. I get her need to save Wes the way he saved her, but I found she sacrificed Bridget, her father's efforts on the lawsuits and even her own dignity at times to the altar of Wes. Maybe Wes was worth it, but I wanted more of a focus on the issue with Nate--on that crime that needed to be addressed more.

[Rebecca]

Week 3: Rolled 20
Read: Split Second by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell #2)

Finished: 9/20/14
Rating: ★★★★

This is the second book in the series starring Maggie O'Dell, a genius FBI profiler with a traumatic history involving a serial killer. In the first book, Maggie's experience with Albert Stucky was described briefly, and we found out that she had nightmares along with her physical scars.

In this book, Stucky has escaped from prison and has been on the loose for five months. Maggie has been removed from the case, because of her history and "obsession" with Stucky, but he is now following her and murdering women that she comes into contact with. Unfortunately, no one seems to understand the magnitude of the situation and most everyone believes that Maggie is losing it.

I liked this book more than the first one, because it delves more deeply into O'Dell's character. It is also a very creepy thriller. It kind of irritated me how no one seemed to take O'Dell seriously, even though she was obviously being stalked by this guy...it seemed a little over the top. I gave this book 4 stars, because it was hard to put down and I am definitely ready to read #3!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Angie,
Did you forget to roll? Jane's review is in her initial book post

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week #4:Sunday Roll
Spot 20 Rolled 1 New Spot 21
Alternative #21~Author I

Ezi~ Review
Jane~ Review
Rebecca~ Review
Angie~ Review

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

I apologize for the late posting Ladies.

[Jane]

no problem Angie.

[Jane]

Week 4 (Sunday roll): rolled a 1 ➜ space 21: I will read a #1


Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge (Dowser #1)

Date Finished: 9/23-14
Rating:★★★
Review:

This was okay. I liked Jade the baker, the shape shifters and the vampire. It was very easy to read ( I read it in an evening), unfortunately the mystery is no mystery. It is clear from very early on who is the villain in the story.

[Rebecca]

Week 4 Sunday Roll
Space 21
Will read alternative option: Author I

Lying on the Couch by Irvin D. Yalom



Finished: 9/24/14
Rating: ★★★★★

I LOVED this book...totally not what I was expecting but a very pleasant surprise. I got a mixture of my two favorite things...psychology and a really good novel. Through extremely in depth portrayal of several main characters, Yalom explored the fine lines of patient-therapist boundaries, and posed several complicated ethical dilemmas that made my head spin. He managed all of this with beautiful and simple prose, making this a good read for anyone, whether or not they are in the field.

Without a bunch of psychoanalytic jargon, I was able to appreciate this book on a professional level but also on a human level. It reads like a juicy novel that happens to be written by an extremely brilliant man...fabulous!

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Spot 21
by S.M. Boyce
Finished:9/23/14
Rating:3 Stars
Review:I didn't like this book as well as the first one. I felt like I was missing something through out the whole read. It's unique concept and the writing is excellent. Maybe I just wasn't interested in reading the book in the first place is the problem.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I will choose a book today.
by Jordan L. Hawk (Book 2, Whyborne & Griffin)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Week 4: Roll 1
Spot: 21

Book: Threshold by Jordan L. Hawk(Book 2, Whyborne & Griffin)
Finished: 9/23
Rating & Review: 3.75 stars or 4-stars.
Percival Whyborne's father hired Griffin Flaherty to investigate why workers keep going missing at his mine located at Threshold Mountain. He had already hired a bunch of security, including Griffin's ex-lover Elliot. Whyborne began experiencing insecurity in his relationship with Griffin as Elliot began disrupting their relationship and the investigation. What is lurking in that cave and are the missing people dead or alive?

I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this series because this isn't a romance series. It's mystery, supernatural, thriller with romance as a side dish. But I like how Whyborne is growing a pair and starting to act with more confidence. I like him and Griffin and that mouthy Christine. They are a trio, but not a menage and it works well as an investigation partnership.

I had a hardtime figuring out about the Yay-hoos because I couldn't quite picture it in my mind. I will have to try to draw it out. I liked it a lot though and will continue with the series.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I already about 4 #2 in a series that I need to read:


So I am good on this one and won't be waiting up tonight:D

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week #4:Thursday Roll
Spot 21 Rolled 1 New Spot 22
Alternative #22~Australia

Ezi~ Review
Jane~ Review
Rebecca~ Review
Angie~ Review

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Spot 22
by Laura Kaye
Finished:9/26/14
Rating:4 Stars
Review:I"m really enjoying this series. I love the concept disgraced soldiers searching for the answers to difficult questions with very few answers.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Oh Angie,
I think I'll have to roll for you next time, LOL.
...or one of the other "2" books

[Jane]

Week 4 (Thursday roll): rolled a 1 ➜ space 22: I will read #2


Monsters by C. Gockel (I Bring the Fire #2)

Date Finished: 9/27-14
Rating: ★★★★
Review:

Book 1 in this series had a very abrupt ending and I knew I wanted to read the second. Unfortunately it often takes me a long time to get to the next in the series, this time over a year. This meant I actually went back and read the last chapter in the first book just to remind myself of the story.
In this second book Loki is trying to free Cera, an entity, that has been captured on earth by the help of Odin. Amy is mad at Loki but of course also in love with him. This book introduce Steve, an agent, who is part of the team looking after the entity. I hope we see a lot more of Steve in next book as he is very likable.

[Jane]

We are moving forward. Slowly but surely ☺

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "Oh Angie,
I think I'll have to roll for you next time, LOL.
...or one of the other "2" books"

I'm telling you the dice hate me.

[Rebecca]

Week 4 Space 22
Reading: Kiss Me, Kill Me by Allison Brennan (Lucy Kinkaid #2)


Finished:
Rating: ★★★
Review:

I'm not sure how I feel about this series. The plots are great, which makes me want to keep reading. This was a solid serial killer thriller (I rhymed) and those are my fave, but the characters are killing me. Lucy Kinkaid is super irritating with her PTSD and her delicate nature and she wants to be an FBI agent so badly, but all she can do is cry and feel sorry for herself when it doesn't happen immediately. I'm not a cruel person, I mean I'm a social worker and I have empathy for people who have been through trauma but not in my THRILLER NOVELS! I don't see how she can hack it in the FBI if she can't pull herself together.

Anyways, Lucy isn't even my main problem, her boyfriend is the absolute worst. He's obsessed with her and it grosses me out. His idea of helping her is to be really mad and talk about how stupid the FBI is. He goes behind her back to try to talk her way into the FBI, while simultaneously trying to make sure she is never in a dangerous situation...he's a nutball. I hope she dumps him in the next book.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Angie,
I am about to go to my inlaws house. They don't have internet. I will try to get to my sister in laws to post my review on Sat. Normally when I use my iphone, it doesn't show up...
Anyway, if you don't hear from me, just know it's because of no internet.

Also, I am reading listening to Eternal Kiss (Mark of the Vampire, Book 2)..and reading No Place to Run (KGI, Book 2). I will try to post whichever one I finish first.
Thanks.

I will be back late Sunday afternoon

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Thanks for the heads up Ezi!

[Paris]

Hey just to let y'all know, Danielle found this and I just thought I'd warn everyone in case they can't roll until tomorrow.

Advisory: RANDOM.ORG will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday 2014-09-28 due to maintenance work.

You can go here, you just have to change the number of dice and the number of rolls to 1

Roll Dice Online

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Week 4: Roll 2

Book: No Place to Run by Maya Banks (book 2, KGI)
Read: 9/27
Rating & Review: 4-stars. I don't know why I've been avoiding this series. I didn't really enjoy the first book on audio, so I read this one. I think this should be a read only series. Unfortunately I've already bought book 3 on audio.
Anyway, older Kelly boy Sam was on a mission with his KGI operatives to bring down a crime lord whose been smuggling both arms and drugs into the U.S. from Mexico.
But while he's working, he indulges with a little waitress at a near by bar for a springtime fling. Little did Sam know his waitress is his mark's daughter.

After the mission, she shows up 5 months later pregnant. Talk about trust issues. Who is she and what side is she on?

I love the Kelly family especially the matriarch Marlene. Their sense of inclusiveness and trust and love is just awesome. Sam was a great hero

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Paris wrote: "Hey just to let y'all know, Danielle found this and I just thought I'd warn everyone in case they can't roll until tomorrow.

Advisory: RANDOM.ORG will be intermittently unavailable on Sunday 2014-..."

Thanks for heads up Paris!

[Rebecca]

you can always roll some real dice lol

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week #5:Sunday Roll
Spot 22 Rolled 5 New Spot 27
Alternative #27~Cover Item 2 People

Ezi~ Review
Jane~ Review
Rebecca~ Review
Angie~ Review

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Spot 27
by Elizabeth Moon
Finished:10/1/14
Rating:4 Stars
Review:Limits of Power is an exciting fascinating fantasy with unique and interesting characters. Magery is coming back to the lands of Tsaia and Lyonya. Yet everyone wonders if Paladin Paks and Duke Verrakai are to blame. But others wonder if this isn't the hand of Gird instead. Your answers await you in Limits of Power.

[Rebecca]

Week 5: Spot 27
Will read: Last Witness by Jilliane Hoffman (C.J. Townsend #2)



Finished: 10/1/14
Rating: ★★
Review:

I'm kind of tired of these lady cops who are supposed to be badass but are about 2 years old emotionally. The theme seems to be "I can't come to terms with my emotions so I have to isolate myself until some guy steps in and saves me from myself." It's just old. This book wasn't as good as the first one, and I'm tired of the continuing story line. Although there were aspects I liked, it's not enough to make me continue the series.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

-- can that count for two people?

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "-- can that count for two people?"

Looks like two people to me but I'd check with Jenne to be sure.

[Jane]

Week 5 (Sunday roll): rolled a 5 ➜ space 27: I will read alternative: Cover Item 2 People


Color My Horse by Bev Pettersen

Date Finished: 10/1-14
Rating: ★★★★
Review:

This was an okay romance but it is their relationship with the horses I like more and I am not even a horse person. Jessica is okay but she is quite manipulative at the same time as she is trying to be independent. Mark doesn't want pretty females working at his stables but is pressured by Jessica's grandfather to do so.
It is a romance so of course it is a happy end.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

(alternative read) with two people

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Week 5: Roll 1
Spot 27, Alternative read: Cover with 2 people

Book: Something About You by Julie James (book 1, FBI/US Attorney)
Read: 9/28
Rating & Review: 4.5 stars
AUSA Cameron "Cam" Lynde just finished up a pretty grueling case, so she decided to take a vacation--to a hotel a few blocks from her house. Unfortunately, while on there, she witnessed a murder. A call girl was suffocated after having sex with a married senator, so now she is the only one who can bring the murdered to justice.
Special Agent Jack Pallas was called in to solve the case and also keep the only eye witness alive. The only problem is that these two, Cam & Jack, had a run-in 3 years ago and there is lingering animosity.

Jack blames Cam for ruining a career bust and also getting him transferred to Colorado, away from his family in Illinois. Cam blames Jack for making her out to be on the take from criminals, undermining her as a prosecutor.

They are both having to lick their wounds and try to keep Cam alive as the killer has just discovered her identity and wants to silence her for good.

This was a fun romantic suspense. the narrator did a great job of capturing the tone of the book. It was kind of serious, but had some humor and some passion too. I liked Jack and Cam, but I really loved the supporting cast. Cam's friends kept her grounded and added humor to her life. I like that Jack has alpha instincts but wasn't overbearing either. I also found their chemistry to be believable and their journey together to be realistic, not rushed nor forced. Great series beginner!

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week 5:Thursday Roll
Spot 27 Rolled 5 New Spot 32
Alternative #32~ 3 Stars/a>

Jane~ Review
Angie~ Review
Ezi~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Rebecca~ Review

[Rebecca]

Week 5: Spot 32
Will Read:

The Soul Catcher by Alex Kava (Maggie O'Dell #3)



Finished: 10/4/14
Rating: ★★★★
Review:

I liked it. Another fast-paced, compelling chapter in this series. I'm always intrigued by the religious cult themes, and this one was done pretty well...not too obvious or over the top. I also got to learn a bit more about the history of the main character and some interesting new characters were added while older ones were explained a bit more. Not bad!

[Jane]

Week 5 (Thursday roll): rolled a 5 ➜ space 32: I will read alternative: 3-star (shelved 7 times as 3-star) ( shelved 14 times as 3-stars)


Dracula by Bram Stoker


Date Finished: 10/4-14
Rating: ★★★★
Review:

I needed to read this for several challenges but I have kept putting it off as I have a problem with classics. This was better than expected and of course it helps it is in my favourite genre of paranormal.
We don't actually see much of Dracula but everything is about what he does, what he can do and how to hunt him.
Dracula is a truly evil vampire and nothing matters to him but his own survival.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I am determined to get one of these two from my last month starter plan finished this weekend.
#2 in a series that I need to read:
or

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Changing book to (Brooklyn Sinners, Book 2)

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

That's fine! Just a heads up ladies my daughter went to the hospital this evening. I've not read as much as I would have liked. I'll probably being rolled Sunday afternoon instead early. I hope this isn't a problem.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ wrote: "That's fine! Just a heads up ladies my daughter went to the hospital this evening. I've not read as much as I would have liked. I'll probably being rolled Sunday afternoon instead early. I hope thi..."

Angie, I am sorry and really pray she is okay.

[Rebecca]

Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ wrote: "That's fine! Just a heads up ladies my daughter went to the hospital this evening. I've not read as much as I would have liked. I'll probably being rolled Sunday afternoon instead early. I hope thi..."

of course its not a problem!! what kind of people do you think we are lol...also praying for you and your daughter and hope its nothing serious

[Jane]

Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ wrote: "That's fine! Just a heads up ladies my daughter went to the hospital this evening. I've not read as much as I would have liked. I'll probably being rolled Sunday afternoon instead early. I hope thi..."

Not a problem. Hope your daughter gets better soon.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Thank you ladies! It means a lot to me.

[Jenne]

Ang, if you need to skip this week's book that's fine, sending prayers and thou bus your way :)

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

We can also take a free pass on Angie's book and I can roll for the team tonight, that way, Angie can concentrate on her daughter

[Jenne]

Due to the circumstances y'all don't have to use the pass. Kiddos in the hospital come first.