Team 10: 10 More Minutes

[SandyL]

Alejandro wrote: "Hello @SandyL. On the free book I am about 1/4 into it."

Thanks for the update Alejandro! I hope you're enjoying it!

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Congratulations 10 More Minutes on completing your Disability Shelf.
Your Bingo Board has been updated to reflect the stamp.

[SandyL]

Hi Team
Week 3 has been called - it's FANTASY/UF/PARANORMAL

[Alejandro]

Hello @SandyL

I like this genre. One of my favs currently. :)

[Alejandro]

Selection Post

Shelf: Fantasy
Book: Fearless: The King Quartet, Book 1
(King #1)
by Tawdra Kandle
Pages: 347
Qualification: On Goodreads Paranormal > Fantasy shelf

[SandyL]

Alejandro wrote: "Hello @SandyL

I like this genre. One of my favs currently. :)"

Yay - enjoy your book Alejandro!!!

[Tiffany]

Selection post:
Shelf: fantasy/paranormal
Finale by Stephanie Garber
Pages: 416
Qualification: tagged fantasy

[Meg]

SELECTION POST:
Shelf: Fantasy/Paranormal
Book: Lizards and Letter Openers by Raven Snow
Pages: 202
Qualification: Shelved on GR as Fantasy/Paranormal

[Mary X]

Selection Post:

Shelf: Fantasy/paranormal



353 pages
Fits: shelved many times as fantasy and paranormal.

[Jen K]

Selection Post
Shelf: Fantasy/ UF/ Paranormal
Book: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Pages: 485 pages
Qualification: MPG Fantasy

[Jen K]

@ Alejandro, I'm with you and enjoy this genre!

[Tiffany]

I really enjoy this genre, as well. I had trouble choosing a book.

[SandyL]

Week 3 - Fantasy/UF/Paranormal - 6/6

Alejandro - Fearless - Completed 6/26/19 - Msg 242
Jen K - City of Bones - completed 6/21/19 - Msg 216
Mary - Dragon Actually - Completed 6/20/19 - Msg 221
Meg - Lizards and Letter Openers - Completed 6/24/19 - Msg 226
Sandy - Mate Claimed - completed 6/21/19 - Msg 220
Tiffany - Finale - Completed 6/23/19 - Msg 222

[SandyL]

Selection Post - Week 3

Shelf: Fantasy/UF/Paranormal
Book:
Mate Claimed by Jennifer Ashley
Pages: 315
Qualification: MGP Fantasy and Paranormal

[Jen K]

@ Tiffany, I also struggled to choose and ended up choosing the book with the earliest library due date.

[Jen K]

COMPLETION POST

Shelf: Fantasy/ UF/ Paranormal
Book: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Pages: 485 pages
Read: 6/21
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: The book is about a normal teen-age girl who realizes that she's not so normal and learns that "all the stories are true". The glamour is removed and she sees the vampires, werewolves and greater fight against demons as she searches for her mother. The story was entertaining and quick. Maybe I'm out of habit with YA Fantasy but I thought the writing was a bit over the top and the characters were so one note that they started to annoy me in the end. Still I will probably try the next book in the series eventually.

[Tiffany]

@Jen That’s pretty much what I did. Plus if I let Finale go back before I finish, the wait list is really long to get it again.

[Jen K]

@ Tiffany Agreed! The library due date is quite motivating. :) I'm interested to hear how you like the book. I read the first one but haven't managed the second yet but feel I should get on it with Finale out now.

[Tiffany]

You definitely need to read book 2, first. So far, there’s a lot that hinges on the happenings in both books.

[SandyL]

Completion Post - Week 3

Shelf: Fantasy/UF/Paranormal
Book:
Mate Claimed by Jennifer Ashley
Pages: 315
Qualification: MGP Fantasy and Paranormal
Completed: 6/21/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I've skipped around in this series, but I really need to start from book 1 and read them in order. I love the world Jennifer Ashley has created for her Shiftertown! This one is based in Las Vegas, and features cat shifters Eric Warden and Iona Duncan. Eric is the leader of the LV Shiftertown, and Iona is a half-shifter/half-human who runs a construction company with her mother and sister (who are both human.) Another group of shifters are being relocated to Las Vegas and Eric and the other leader are now fighting for control. Eric needs Iona's construction company to help him build shifter-appropriate housing off the records. He also recognizes that Iona is fighting her need to mate - and he's planning on being the one she mates with! There was a lot going on in this book and it was fast-paced and exciting!

[Mary X]

Completion Post:



4 stars

336 pages

Fits: shelved fantasy & paranormal

Read: 6/20/19

Stars: 4

I didn't realize that this was 2 separate stories and that they were put in the book in reverse order. Or I would have read the 2nd one first. Not a huge deal but the 2nd story was kind of spoiled because it's the parents of Fearghus in the first story. The first story kind of gave away some aspects of the 2nd story, beyond the expected HEA. That said, I enjoyed the writing and loved Annwyl and Fearghus. I'll definitely read more of the series. I had both the audio and the ebook and I liked the ebook better. The narrator was kind of flat and I had a hard time keeping track of some of the characters when listening. Going to stick with only ebook for the rest.

[Tiffany]

Completion post:
Shelf: fantasy
Finale
416 pages
5 stars
Read: 6/23
Review: This one is hard to review without spoilers for the previous books. It was a very fast satisfying, exciting, suspenseful conclusion to the trilogy. A lot of the lingering questions from the other books are answered and you learn a lot about Legend, the Fates, Scarlet, Tella, and Julian. I enjoyed it a great deal and am a little sad that the series is over.

[Mary X]

Finally got around to actually looking at our card and just noticed that we have a 3 in a row already.

[SandyL]

Are you guys ready for our next call tomorrow?

How are your books coming along, @Alejandro and @Meg?

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

[Jen K]

So excited! Maybe the selection tomorrow will put us at 4 in a row?!

@Tiffany, I will have to move the rest of the Caraval series up in my TBR queue. Glad you enjoyed it!

[Meg]

COMPLETION POST:
Shelf: Fantasy/Paranormal
Book: Lizards and Letter Openers
Read: 06/24
Rating: 4.5
I continue to get a kick out of this series after all these years. Harper "Foxxy" Beck, witch of Wareville, continues to be undaunted and near fearless in the face of creatures that go bump in the night. Even at six months pregnant. Yet, in spite of her tough girl facade, she is utterly devoted to, and protective of, her husband and stepson. This is one paranormal heroine that I gladly cheer for.

[Meg]

Things were a little crazy here so ran a little behind. It may be the same this week but will keep on it!

[SandyL]

Week 4 - SUSPENSE / THRILLER

[SandyL]

Meg wrote: "Things were a little crazy here so ran a little behind. It may be the same this week but will keep on it!"

No worries, Meg! Hope your week goes well.

[Tiffany]

Selection post: shelf: Suspense/Thriller
The Forbidden Door
Qualification: tagged as suspense & thriller

[Jen K]

Selection Post

Shelf: Thriller/ Suspense
Book: The Gloaming by Melanie Finn
Pages: 308
Qualification: tagged as both thriller and suspense

[Alejandro]

@SandyL and 10 More Mins. team members, just checking in. Hope to finish Fantasy pick in a few hours or by tonight.
Congrats on all the completions. :D
Blessings to all from good old Crazy Cali.

[Alejandro]

@SandyL and 10 More Mins. team members, just checking in. Hope to finish Fantasy pick in a few hours or by tonight.
Congrats on all the completions. :D
Blessings to all from good old Crazy Cali.

[Alejandro]

@SandyL and 10 More Mins. team members, just checking in. Hope to finish Fantasy pick in a few hours or by tonight.
Congrats on all the completions. :D
Blessings to all from good old Crazy Cali.

[Alejandro]

@SandyL and 10 More Mins. team members, just checking in. Hope to finish Fantasy pick in a few hours or by tonight.
Congrats on all the completions. :D
Blessings to all from good old Crazy Cali.

[SandyL]

Alejandro wrote: "@SandyL and 10 More Mins. team members, just checking in. Hope to finish Fantasy pick in a few hours or by tonight.
Congrats on all the completions. :D
Blessings to all from good old Crazy Cali."

Thanks for the update Alejandro!

[Jen K]

Hey Team!

How is everyone's week and reading?

While I've read and enjoyed a number of thrillers, it's not my usual genre. Started mine last night though and I'm already thoroughly hooked!! Wishing the same for everyone. :)

Happy reading!!

[Mary X]

Not sure what I'm going to read yet. I read a lot of suspense/thriller so that's not a problem.

[SandyL]

I'm deciding between two books right now - Rules of Prey or The Silence of the Lambs

[Alejandro]

Happy reading to you also @Jen K.

[Jen K]

@ Sandy, they both look terrifying! I barely made it through the Silence of the Lambs movie. Good luck choosing!

@Meg, glad it's a fun option for you, excited to see what you pick!

@Alejandro, hope you are enjoying your read!

[Alejandro]

COMPLETION POST

Shelf: Fantasy/ UF/ Paranormal
Book: Fearless by Tawdra Kandle
Pages: 347
Read: 6/26
Rating: 4 ☆☆☆☆
Review: This was hard to put down. Very good tempo and good plot. Some of the romance was a bit sappy but it was clean. Unlike other fantasy books I have read this was not to dark. Story about a girl that can " hear"
thoughts. Her parents are very overprotective and they help her guard this secret. When they relocate once again they discover that their new small hometown has secrets of its own. Although I would reccomend this book and plan to read more from this author, the story dragged just a bit in some parts. The parts where the action takes place were very good.

[Alejandro]

@SandyL please request our Completion Stamp.
Whoop de whoop! Haha

[SandyL]

Great job Alejandro! Our stamp has been requested.

[Alejandro]

Selection Post

Shelf: Sus/Thriller
Book: The Blue Zone by Andrew Gross
Pgs. 338
Qualification: On goodreads Favorite Crime &
Thrillers list.

[Alejandro]

Thank you at @SandyL

[Jen K]

Nice work Alejandro and you've convinced me to add this to my TBR list.

Thanks Sandy for being so on top of the stamps!!

[Meg]

Don't have computer access at the moment so will post selection soon as I get access back.

[Mary X]

Selection Post:

Shelf: suspense/thriller



256 pages

Fits: shelved as suspense, romantic suspense

[Meg]

Don't have computer yet so will do simple post:

Selection Post
Shelf: suspense/thriller
Whiskey Sour
298 pages
Shelved as thriller