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Week 4~Old Spot #24 Rolled 7New Spot #31
Alternative #31:Young Adult/New Adult
Paula~
Post 118Angela~
Post 113Maddison~
Post 107Meg~
Post 110Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)~
Post 112Rose~
Post 114Angie~
Post 109Bonus Points:
Week 4 (Spot 31) Selection
Pages: 304
How it fits: NA
Week 4Spot: 31
Look Both WaysQualification: #3 in series
(This worked out just right as I had already planned to start this one tonight)
Week 4 (Spot 31) Completion
Pages: 304
How it fits: NA
Date read: 21/9/19
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: Yeeesssss another amazing book in the series (I'm officially a new Molli Moran fan!)
So happy to see that this one follows another of the brothers. I love that most NA books do this! Breaks up the characters but also gives us insight to other characters we know of.
I just adored Reece and Lanie! But my favourite part of this book has to be Jamie. I love the depth to these characters, the background and history, and all of the relationships with the other characters in the books as well. Not just about the two people in the relationship, but about who's around them as well. So important.
Week 4 - Selection PostSpot 31
Black Diamond by Martin Walker
How it fits: 3rd in the Bruno, Chief of Police series
Week #4Spot #31
by Jim ButcherQualifications:Dresden Files Book #3
Pages:378
Finished:9/23/19
Rating:4 Stars
Review:Something or Someone is torturing ghosts and it's up to Harry Dresden to stop them along with The Fist of God. Harry gets some clues to the identity but not enough for him to act. Can he stop this or will it continue? Find out in Grave Peril.
Week 4Spot: 31
Look Both Ways by Carol PerryQualification: #3 in series
Completed 09/21/2019
Rating: 4*
Review: I'm really enjoying this series. In this installment, the MC buys a duplicate of an antique bureau she once owned that burned in a fire. The bureau, which has secret hidden compartments just like her old one, came from the estate where a killing had taken place. It also has mirror under the top through which Lee can see visions (seeing visions in shiny surfaces is her gift). Through interpretation and some investigation she and her detective are able to solve a pair of murders.
Week #4~Spot 31
by Juliet BlackwellQualifications~ #1 in A Witchcraft Mystery Series
Pages~ 325
Finished~ 23 Sept 19
Rating~ 4*s
Review~ I really liked this "new" series for me. The backstory about Lily Ivory was very interesting. The author did not bore the reader with needless details as the backstory was dropped during the story. I really liked Lily the more I got to know her and then when you throw in Max and Aidan - well things are bound to get interesting. I thought the housewarming gift that Lily receives was a nice touch in that it introduces Lily's familiar - a gargoyle like creatures who transforms into a pig, Oscar. I thought he was absolutely adorable. I am really looking forward to Lily and Oscar's next adventure...
Week 4 - Spot 31 - Completion PostBlack Diamond by Martin Walker
Date read: 9/24/19
Rating: 3
Pages: 320
Qualification: #3 in series
Review: There's something about this series that I like just enough to keep reading, but not enough to really love. I think it's the main character. He's a little too perfect to be believable. That said, the stories are always interesting, bringing in a bit of French history and culture. In this case, it was the trade of black truffles, which turned fraudulent and required the chief of police to launch an investigation to save his region's reputation. A decent read, but nothing special.
Completion- #31Book: Only HumanSylvain Neuvel
Date read: 9/25/19
Rating: 2
Qualification: #3 in series
Review: I'd heard before reading this that it's the weakest in the series, and those reviews were spot on for me. What's most frustrating is it had the potential to be awesome, but the concentration of the plot made it plod (even though it's just 300 some pages). Also, my least favorite character was basically the last viewpoint standing, and that means the concentration of whining and repetition was through the roof. TLDR- should have given up and wikied the end. lol
How's your book coming Paula? No rush just checking in with you.
It'll take a little longer than expected, I hope to finish it sometime tonight or early friday. I understand we can roll until friday 23:59 US Central Time, so I hope there'll be no problem if I finish it during friday, right?
Paula wrote: "It'll take a little longer than expected, I hope to finish it sometime tonight or early friday. I understand we can roll until friday 23:59 US Central Time, so I hope there'll be no problem if I f..."
No problem
Completion - Week 4
Book: El Tercer Durmiente by Maggie Stiefvater
Qualification: 3rd in the Raven Cycle series
Finished: September 27
Rating: 4.5stars
Review:
I think this is my favorite from the series so far.
It was so much easier to get involved in the story and it was fast to read, I wish I had more free time this past week so I could read it more often.
As always, the best are the characters, I loved some of new ones too.
And the ending was 😱😱😱, I need to read the next one soon
Paula wrote: "Thanks for waiting!!"You're welcome.
~Week 5~ Old Spot #31 Rolled 12 New Spot #43
Alternative #43~LGBTQ+
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)~
Post 133Rose~
Post 134Meg~
Post 140Maddison~
Post 145Paula~
Post 135Angela~
Post 132Angie~
Post 125Bonus Points~
Selection Post - Week 5Book: The Defiant Magician
How it fits: 3rd in Unstoppable Liv Beaufont series
Week 5 - Selection Post - Spot 43Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
Qualification - #4 in The Rat series
Week 5Spot #43
by Jim ButcherQualifications:Dresden Files Book #4
Pages:448
Finished:9/28/19
Rating:4 Stars
Review:Harry Dresden must discover who murdered The Summer Knight before all out war breaks out. With few clues or answers to go by Harry is stuck going nowhere. Can Harry solve the mystery?
Selection Post~~Week 5~ Old Spot #31 Rolled 12
New Spot #43
Alternative #43~LGBTQ+
, Bailey Cattrell#3 in the Enchanted Garden Mystery Series
336 pages
Week 5 (Spot 43) Selection
Pages: 214 (I'm reading them all in one edition
How it fits: Asexual
@Denise: Any chance I can count this? It's 4 pages off the page minimum! But I really want to read it!
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Alright, I'll pick another ace book then XD I like reading books I can relate to! I'm ace myself (at least I think so)
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Week 5 - Completion Post - Spot 43Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami
Date read: 9/29/19
Pages: 393
Rating: 4 stars
Qualification: Book 4 in series
Review: This was an oddity for me, in that it is the last book in the series and, in my opinion, the best. The first book of the series was Murakami's first novel, and it was fun to watch his development as a writer through the series. The MC, who remains unnamed through the series, meets a series of odd-ball characters on his search for his ex, and on his journey ends up learning a whole lot more about his true nature than he ever intended. A classic literary storyline, but Murakami style, with a seamless blend of pure reality with magical realism and peppered with his intelligent insight. He's becoming one of my favorites.
Completion Post~~Week 5~ Old Spot #31 Rolled 12
New Spot #43
Alternative #43~LGBTQ+
, Bailey Cattrell#3 in the Enchanted Garden Mystery Series
336 pages
4*s
01 Oct 2019
This is the last published book in this series and I was really hoping the author would have released another book in this series. Its a cute mystery set around the fictional town of Poppeyville somewhere in/around California. Elliana Allbright is the owner of Scents and Nonsense Boutique that specializes in "custom" scents. She is also the mastermind behind the Enchanted Garden...fairy gardens etc abound in this garden - This book centers around a local Professor who is murdered over a "time capsule" that is discovered in the newly renovated town museum. So Elie and her trusted dog, Dash, the Corgi start putting the pieces together to catch the murderer. I was drawn to this series because of the dog...I have been proud Momma to 3 Corgi's and I miss them everyday....Hoping to read more books in this series if they are published.
Completion PostWeek 5
Spot #43
Book: The Reluctant Husband byEliot Grayson
Pages: 160
Rating: 3.5
Read: 10.2.19
How it fits: LGBT
Review:
This is exactly what I was in the mood for, an escapist m/m romance story with nothing to make me throw it against the wall (like half of all m/f gives me an eye twitch from baked in psuedo 1950's holdovers). It's technically a regency style romance, but in a world where the goddess touches men who are destined to marry other men, so it gets around the how the heck does this work world-building for other regency style m/m. I think it could have been way more fleshed out, but I enjoyed it and would read it again.
Completion - Week 5
Book: The Defiant Magician by Sarah Noffke
Qualification: 3rd in Unstoppable Liv Beaufont series
Finished: October 1
Rating: 4stars
Review:
Another entertaining book from the Liv Beaufont series. The diversity of the characters is wonderful.
We're getting closer to know what's happening around the magicians community, but the more I know, the more questions I have.
I liked the Fae Kingdom, and getting to know more some characters.
I really think that it's pretty obvious who the bad guys are, and I can imagine what they're hiding, I really want Liv to discover that!!
These books are short, and I foresee finishing the series soon.
Hi team! I'm not going to get my asexual book done in 10 hours. But I will have it done before that time tomorrow, if you're okay to wait? If you're not okay to wait, then maybe we could use the free pass? I'm sorry, life has been beckoning!
I'm fine with waiting. Meg, how's your book coming?
Sorry, I finished on the 2nd but got behind posting my review. Coming right up!
Week 5Spot: 43
Ghost of a Potion by Heather BlakeQualification: #3 in series
Completed 10/02/2019
Rating: 4*
Review: A very good read, but, unfortunately, the last in the series. It was probably to go longer but stopped at #3. The MC owns a special potion shop that helps to alleviate, or even cure, her customers' ailments. In this installment she has turned the shop over to her dad due to the Halloween weekend, a time period in which she is tasked with helping certain spirits to reach the other side. A perplexing murder occurs during a Halloween Ball, and while she is trying to help the deceased to solve his sudden demise, she gets caught up with helping two others who have unsolved deaths. I enjoy paranormals when they are well-written, and this author delivers. Good that she has another series that I can continue reading.
Okay cool! I have finished, I've had a very busy day so far working on some stuff for another group, so I'll post now!
Week 5 (Spot 43) Completion
Pages: 214 (I read them all in the one edition)
How it fits: Asexual
Date read: 5/10/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I loved reading a book from an ace character, especially as it's a fantasy setting! The few other ace books I've read have been contemporary, so it was great to see it being represented in another world, especially one where the marriage is arranged! There were some amazing quotes, and I just really felt I could connect to Ashley
Week 6~Old Spot #43 Rolled 9New Spot #52
Alternative #52~Cover Item: One Person
Sallie(GeorgiaGirl)~
Post 169Maddison~
Post 152Angela~
Post 166Meg~
Post 155Paula~
Post 174Rose~
Post 164Angie~
Post 154Bonus Points~
Week 6 (Spot 52) Selection
Pages: 248
How it fits: #2
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