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Selection PostShelf: Dual/Multiple Authors
Book: The Rebellious Sister by Sarah Noffke and Michael Anderle
Pages: 280 pages
Qualification: two authors listed on GR
Shelf: Goodreads choice nomineeBook: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Pages: 432
Fits: Scifi nominee
Shelf: Dual/Multiple authorsBook: The Circle by Sara B Elfgren and Mats Strandberg
Pages: 608
Fits: 2 authors
Completion Post~ Week #4~Suspense & ThrillerBook: Knock Out, Catherine Coulter
Pages: 417
Read: 23 Jul 19
Rating: 4*s
Qualification: Tagged Thriller
Review: I am really enjoying this series. I had been meaning to read these books as I kept seeing this author in GRs. Glad I gave Catherine a try. She's very timely it seems with her story lines and im really enjoying the spin off series as well. Dillon & Sherlock are in trouble again with a creepy sort of character. Lissy is a troubled teen whom her Mother led down the path of ruin and destruction and of course no good ever comes to those who travel down that path. I liked the storyline in a weird sort of way. Looking forward to reading the next book soon.
Finished my goodreads choice nominee will get the review up soon
✦ Shelf #8 - Dual/Multiple Authors:☑ Abbie DiscoSuperFly -
Delitealex - The Circle - Mats Strandberg
☑ Elizabeth -
Paula - The Rebellious Sister - Sarah Noffke
Sallie (GeorgiaGirl) -
☑ Thenia -
☑ Completed: 3/6
Team Progress
finished my humor book review will be up soon
Completion Post~Week #6, Humor/SatireShelf: Humor/Satire
Book: The Big Kahuna, Janet Evanovich
Pages: 320
Read: 29 Jul 19
Rating: 4 stars
Qualification: Tagged Humor 30 times
Review:
I have to say that Janet Evanovich really knows how to pull off great laughs. My husband thinks Im crazy when I read her books because im all the time busting out a laugh. This one as well did not disappoint in the laugh department. Kate & Nick are hilarious and the other characters are just as funny. The Big Kahuna - it's like where does she come up with these characters. Hilarious. Glad I read this 6th book in the series but sad because now I have to wait another year for another book. Looking forward to the next book release in the Stephanie Plum series.
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Dual/Multiple Authors:BookThe Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
Author: Donna Kauffman; Kate Angell; Allyson Charles
Pages: 320
How it fits: by multiple authors
Dual/Multiple Authors:BookThe Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
Author: Donna Kauffman; Kate Angell; Allyson Charles
Pages: 320
How it fits: by multiple authors
Date read : 7/26/19
Rating :5
Description
Every autumn, Moonbright, Maine, is the picture of charm with its piles of crisp leaves, flickering jack-o’-lanterns … and a touch of the sweetest kind of enchantment.
Witches, goblins, the occasional ghost—they’re all sure to be spotted at the annual Halloween parade, where adults and children alike dress in costume to celebrate Moonbright’s favorite holiday. And no place has more seasonal spirit than Bellaluna’s Bakeshop, a family business steeped in traditional recipes, welcoming warmth—and, legend has it, truly spellbinding, heart-melting treats …
Between good-natured Halloween tricks, frothy pumpkin lattes, and some very special baked goods, for three Moonbright residents looking for love—whether they know it or not—the spookiest thing will be how magical romance can suddenly be …
My thoughts
Loved it ,each author has a cute and sweet Romance story in it that has to do with magic and finding your one ture love, and at the end of the stories you get the recipe for the cookies that was made in the stores , each one will have you either smiling or laughing ,
Shelf:Books to TV/moviesbook: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
author:Mark Twain
Pages:264
How it fits: was made in to a movie as well as a cartoon
Selection PostShelf: Books to TB/movies
Book: Como Agua para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Pages: 265 pages
Qualification: It was made into a movie
I should finish one of my pendant books this week =)
Shelf #5 - Animals/PetBook:
So Good - Nicola RendellPages: 280
Qualification: precis: "Rosie’s cat, Julia Caesar, wants to eat Max’s dog Cupcake for an afternoon snack"
Read: 31/07/2019
Rating: ★ ★ ★
Review:
A friends to lovers book, featuring Max, a master carpenter, and his best friend Rosie, an children's book illustrator.
The two have been inseparable since they met as young children, but never crossed the line between friendship and something more. The book starts with an incident that changes that, and their relationship forever.
(view spoiler)
A light story heavy on the X-rated scenes, that didn't have all that much conflict (view spoiler).
This is the first book of the series, but there is no information regarding the next book yet.
✦ Shelf #9 - Books to TV/Movies: Abbie DiscoSuperFly -
Delitealex - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
☑ Elizabeth -
Paula - Como agua para chocolate - Laura Esquivel
☑ Sallie (GeorgiaGirl) -
Thenia -
☑ Completed: 2/6
Team Progress
Hi team, sorry I've been MIA lately. RL has been quite demanding and I've barely read anything these past few weeks...A quick update on what books are pending:
Abbie:
Animals/Pet
Humor/Satire
Goodreads Choice Nominee
Dual/Multiple Authors
Books to TV/Movies
Delitealex:
Humor/Satire
Goodreads Choice Nominee
Dual/Multiple Authors
Books to TV/Movies
Elizabeth:
Books to TV/Movies
Paula:
Goodreads Choice Nominee
Dual/Multiple Authors
Books to TV/Movies
Sallie:
Free Space
Animals/Pet
Dual/Multiple Authors
Books to TV/Movies
Thenia:
Goodreads Choice Nominee
Dual/Multiple Authors
Books to TV/Movies
Elizabeth please fix the date read on your posts for Goodreads Choice Nominee and Dual/Multiple Authors.Elizabeth wrote: "Shelf : Goodreads Choice nominee
Title: Flight or Fight
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September 4,2018"
The date read can't be before the shelf was called.
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Elizabeth wrote: "Dual/Multiple Authors:
Book: The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
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Date read : 9/26/19"
I'm assuming you meant 7/26/19 for this one?
Thenia wrote: "Elizabeth please fix the date read on your posts for Goodreads Choice Nominee and Dual/Multiple Authors.Elizabeth wrote: "Shelf : Goodreads Choice nominee
[bookcover:Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulen..."
Yep sorry about that I was typing on my laptop and that happen , I didn't even notice , until I saw your message
Thenia wrote: "Elizabeth please fix the date read on your posts for Goodreads Choice Nominee and Dual/Multiple Authors.Elizabeth wrote: "Shelf : Goodreads Choice nominee
[bookcover:Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulen..."
Thanks for letting me know I had the wrong date down on Flight or Fight I read it on July 18,2019
Why does my laptop hate me so 😭
Fixed it
Shelf:Books to TV/moviesbook: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
author:Mark Twain
Pages:264
How it fits: was made in to a movie as well as a cartoon
Rating:4.5
Read: August 1,2019
This was a re read for me since it's been years since I've read it , it's one of those classes that no matter how many times you re read it ,you fell back in love with it all over again.
This time I used my phone so I should have no problems with the date , title , author or rating of the book 😁
Sorry Ladies, I was on vacation, hopefully I can get caught up next week to everything.
✦ Shelf #5 - PetsMeddling Kids
7/11
1 star
322 p
Pet Dog
I was really excited for this book however it was very disappointing. I grew up watching Scooby-Doo and knew this was going to be a knock off, however it was more of a knock down. I do not recommend this book if that is what you were looking for. In the lines of the knock off, it is just the same, some pesky kids and their dog solve crimes and get themselves in trouble.
✦ Shelf #7 - Goodreads Choice Nominee:Don't Breathe a Word
7/27
4 stars
447p
2011 Good Reads nominee
Loved this one, I love all of Jennifer McMahon's books. This one had been on my TBR for a while and since I was on vacation it finally gave me a reason to pick it up. I love that is this a mix between a myth and a mystery and the ending does not disappoint. Is the fairly King real, or is he just made up. The jumping back and forth between now and then slowly leads us to this crazy ending!
Okay, that is all I got for now that I read over my vacation that works for any of the shelves. Sorry that I am so far behind.
Completion Post~Week #6~ Humor/SatireThe Big Kahuna, Janet Evanovich
29 Jul 19
320 pages
4*s
Janet Evanovich never seems to disappoint when I'm looking for a good laugh and this new installment with Nick & Kate was just as hilarious as usual. The cast of characters that she comes up and just as funny as the ones in the Stephanie Plum series. I really enjoyed the book and im looking forward to the next book.
Completion Post~Week #5~Animals/PetsWhiskers in the Dark, Rita Mae Brown
02 Aug 19
288 pages
4*s
I have been a fan of this series for a very long time. I remember when I was reading the very first book that I wanted a puppy like T Tucker. Hubby bought me a Pembroke Welsh Corgi and I named her Lucy-Fur yes after the Cat because I loved the name. Since we lost Lucy there have been 2 more Corgis...Jezebelle & Rastus. They have crossed the rainbow bridge now but I think of them every time I read a book in this series. Harry & Susan along with Mrs Murphy, Pewter, T Tucker and Pirate along with a few others set out to figure out what is going on around "The Hunt" grounds. In the last 5 or so books RMB has gone back to having a duel mystery that is set in the 1700s along with the present which is an added bonus. Harry as usual figures out the how and why for the mystery to be solved. Definitely recommend the series if you have a like for cozy mysteries.
Completion Post~Week #9~Books to TV/MoviesHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
31 July 19
341 pages
5*s
Definitely a huge fan of the Harry Potter series. I don't think ive watched the movies as much as I have read the books but they are still just as good the tenth time around as they were the first time. I love the characters and every time I listen to the audio version I pick up on things I missed. My favorite line is by Draco Malfoy..."if you get any slower you will be going backwards"...hilarious...would love it if JKR would come up with another series that picks up where the last book in the series ended...im sure I will visit my old friends once again.
Shelf: Goodreads choice nomineeBook: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Read: 7/24/19
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 432
Fits: Scifi nominee
Review
I liked this alternate history. It's 1952 a meteorite lands on earth obliterating most of the east coast. Elma was awesome I loved learning about her time as a pilot in WWII also how she tried so hard to get better treatment for female pilots. The emphasis on accelerating the space program was very interesting. I'm looking forward to reading the next book and also the short stories.
Shelf: HumorBook: The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by molly Harper
Read: 7/27/19
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 384
Fits: tagged humor
Review
I really enjoyed seeing what my favorite characters from The Jane Jameson series are up to. I also liked learning more about Iris and her family. I don't like this series as much as the previous but I will continue on to the next book for more glimpses of my favorite characters.
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Book: The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by molly Harper
Read: 7/27/19
Rating: 3 stars..."
Only 3 stars? I really loved that one
Pregnancy/ChildTitle: This Little Dark Place
Author:A. S. Hatch
How it fits: one of the characters is pregnant
✦ Shelf #8 - Dual/Multiple Authors:Cut & Run
Madeleine Urban
Abigail Roux
8/6/19
1 star
SO I have had this book recommend to me about a million times and a lot of friends love the series. I read lots of Mystery thrillers and thought why the heck not. The plot of the book was good, however it was about 75% romance, and that is NOT my thing. Take out all of that and Maybe I would have liked it.
Pregnancy/ChildTitle: This Little Dark Place
Author:A. S. Hatch
Pages:288
Date:8/7/2019
Rating:5
How it fits: one of the characters is pregnant
It's told in a way that makes you ask yourself if you really know you're self like you think you do .and it's the type of book that makes you stay up late to keep reading it.
✦ Shelf #8 - Dual/Multiple Authors: Man Hands - Sarina Bowen & Tanya EbyPages: 240
Qualification: Authors: Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby
Read: 06/08/2019
Rating: ★ ★ ★
Review:
A light and fun story about newly divorced Brynn, and Tom, her rebound guy.
The two meet when Brynn actually jumps Tom when her ex shows up at a party she's attending with a younger, prettier version of her, and she gives in to her friends' prodding. He is taken aback but is more than willing to accommodate her, and the two rock each other's world (view spoiler).
Their relationship is far from typical, from its explosive start to the unexpected (view spoiler).
The chemistry between them is palpable, Tom loves Brynn's quirkiness, while she loves how he makes her feel, and it's not long before real feelings develop between them.
A light and fluffy story that also introduces the bickering couple of the next book, Man Card, Ash and Braht.
✦ Shelf #10 - Pregnancy/Child: Abbie DiscoSuperFly -
Delitealex -
☑ Elizabeth -
Paula -
Sallie (GeorgiaGirl) -
Thenia -
☑ Completed: 1/6
Team Progress
Congrats team ~ our Animals/Pet stamp is on the way!You can see the team's progress and which books each member has yet to read here.
Enjoy your books!
Completion PostShelf: Goodreads Choice Nominee
Book: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Pages: 472
Read:08-07
Rating: 5 stars
Qualification: Winner of best Science Fiction 2009
Review:
This one is an uchronia that I enjoyed quite a lot.
It is about the Great War (WWI), but with some changes, we have two factions, the clankers and the darwinist, the firts ones have mecanic war machines, and the others have animal war machines (I'm not sure how to explain this, because I read it in spanish).
Deryn Sharp wants to join England's Air Force, but she can't because she's a girl. The day she goes to the trials, dressed as a boy, she get carried away by a Huxley (wich is some kind of hot air ballon, but made of a jellyfish) and ends up in the Leviathan. I really liked her character, she's brave, clever and loyal.
On the other hand there's Alek, who has to run away from his house in Austria with his swordmanship teacher and mecanics teacher. He's an important piece in this war, so he has to be protected. He copes better than I expected with the situation. He's been preparing for war all his life. He's impulsive but has a strong sense of responsability.
Of course the two MC's paths cross eventually, and they have to help each other.
The book is super fast pased, I read it in a couple of sittings (very far between each one hahaha). I liked the adventure and I want to read more!
The technologies described are pretty interesting. Also the characters are pretty believable, and I liked reading them.
Finally, the book has an epilogue, where the author explained the differences between real facts of WWI and what he changed for this story, I really appreciated that because other wise, I'd have to look in wikipedia about that haha.
Completion PostShelf: Dual/Multiple Authors
Book: The Rebellious Sister by Sarah Noffke and Michael Anderle
Pages: 280
Read:08-08
Rating: 4 stars
Qualification: 2 authors listed on GR
Review:
The main character was my favorite.
Liv is a magician, but she doesn't want to be a part of the magicians society, not since her parent died 5 years ago. So she lives by herself, works at a repairing shop, and her only friend is a cat named Plato.
Everything changes when she's summoned to take the place of her older brother as a Warrior in the organization she hates, but it is her heritance and she must be a part of it to "protect magic".
Her magic has been blocked since she abdicated her 'place 5 years ago, but now it has to be reactivated and she must learn how to use it, so she can complete the tasks the council commands her to do.
I liked this one specially because of the characters, Liv, Plato and Rory, they're interesting but also funny, there's a lot of humor in this book.
Although it is a little obvious who the bad guys are, and that's why I gave 4 stars mainly, it was a funny and engaging book. Getting to know this world and see Liv adapting to it was entertaining.
I want to read more.
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Shelf:: young adult
Selection PostShelf: Young Adult
Book: La Temporada de los Accidentes by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Pages: 288 pages
Qualification: Young Adult MPG
I just saw that the game is over and a team won BingoIt was fun doing this challenge for the first time and playing with you all =)
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Shelf: Animals/Pet
Book: La Telaraña de Carlota by E.B. White
Pages: 200
Read:07-23
Rating: 5 stars
Qualification: Tagged Animals 1105 times
Review:
This is a very entertaining and sweet book.
I love Charlotte as a character and I can't help feeling a bit sad with the story.
What I thought more interesting in this reading are Charlotte's master phrases in which the nature of humans is noted and how she says "humans believe everything they see written".