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R11: Team Twice as Fast (2) ***Winning Team***
I'm ready for new roll
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Me, too :)
We have another hour and a half right? :)
Mod
Okay cool :) I'll have it posted up in a little bit, just got a slight amount left!
Week 3 Roll 2 (Spot 21) Completion
Pages: 402
How it fits: #2 in series
Date read: 19/9/19
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: Actual rating: 3.5 stars
This book I definitely didn't find as good as #1. It started off great, with a POV of a character I love, but it turns out we only get that POV once. It was jarring to me. I didn't like the whole jealousy plot, it always irks me. And the way everyone accepts Catherine, and those who don't she wins over. I definitely did grow on the parts in the demon world. Interested in #3!
2min before roll! :D Then I can hope that my next book fits!
Week 4~Thursday RollOld Spot #21 Rolled 5 New Spot #26
Alternative #26~Published in 2013
Hhhmmmmm maybe now's the time to pick Scarlet up... But that's big. I'll just have to think about it.
Week 4~Thursday RollSpot #26
by Kristen BritainQualifications:The Green Riders Book #6
Pages:809
Finished:9/21/19
Rating:4 Stars
Review:The Green Riders are much like The Pony Express only set in medevil setting. I really enjoy this series. Can't wait to read the mext book!
I still can't for the life of me find an appropriate book XD
And I work all day tomorrow and Sunday... So I only have Saturday to read a book (on top of the other books I have to read). I'll sleep on it and post a selection tomorrow
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Old Spot #21 Rolled 5 New Spot #26
Alternative #26~Published in 2013"
😂 Again with the 5? WTF is going on this round?? 😂 (And apparently it's both of us with the 5-streak, which makes it even crazier!)
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Roll: 5
Current Spot: 26, Alternate: Published 2013
✔ Angie ~aka Reading Machine~: Firebrand by Kristen Britain (Green Rider #6) Review
✔ Maddie: As You Breathe Again by Molli Moran (The Walker Boys #2) Review
✔ Denise: Saint Death by Mark Dawson (John Milton #2) Review
✔ Lanelle: The Indomitable Miss Elizabeth by Jennifer Joy (Meryton Mystery #2) Review
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Spot: 26
Book: Saint Death by Mark Dawson
Qualification: John Milton #2
Pages: 304
Finished: 19 Sep 2019
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
After six months on the run from his former employers, John Milton turns up in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just in time to become involved when a bunch of cartel killers shoot up a restaurant aiming to kill a journalist named Caterina Moreno who's been publishing stories about the cartel's crimes. Determined to keep her safe until he can find a way to smuggle her across the border to the US, Milton teams up with a local cop a few days short of retirement and an American bounty hunter going after the same man trying to take out the journalist.
Fastpaced action I sped through in one sitting. Anna seems like an interesting character, I'm very much hoping to see more of her in the next book.
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Week: 4 Roll: 1
Spot: 26
Book: The Indomitable Miss Elizabeth
Qualification: Meryton Mystery #2
Pages: 359
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Week: 4 Roll: 1
Spot: 26
Book: The Indomitable Miss Elizabeth
Qualification: Meryton Mystery #2
Pages: 359
Finished: 9/19/19
Rating: ★★★
Review: I really enjoy this author's writing. She has a good balance of tension, humor, and characterization. I do wish that the writing would better reflect the time period, tough. I will definitely read the next book in the series.
Week 4 Roll 1 (Spot 26) Selection
Pages: 304
How it fits: #2
And any chance I could pass on this roll next week? Just as I'm moving house on Saturday, I work all day Friday and all day Sunday, so I really won't have time to read a book.
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Yes please. I'll be able to complete this roll and the next roll, but not Roll 2 next week
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Week 4 Roll 1 (Spot 26) Completion
Pages: 304
How it fits: #2
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~Sunday Roll: Old Spot #26 Rolled 6New Spot #32
Alternative #32~Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
Week 4~Sunday RollSpot #32
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.
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Roll: 6
Current Spot: 32, Alternate: Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
✔ Angie ~aka Reading Machine~: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files #3) Review
✔ Maddie: As You Come Undone by Molli Moran (The Walker Boys #3) Review
✔ Denise: The Driver by Mark Dawson (John Milton #3) Review
✔ Lanelle: Aunt Bessie Considers by Diana Xarissa (Isle of Man #3) Review
*Bonus point earned: Angie - 3 or more books from the same series
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I intend to keep going with the John Milton books for the complete series point. (There are 15 books out, so we won't get the bonus until I've read book #9, unless someone else can fit in a complete shorter series.)
I'm planning on doing Walker Boys #3 (I've done #1 and #2 for this challenge as well), which completes that series!
Week 4 Roll 2 (Spot 32) Selection
How it fits: #3
Pages: 222
I'll do Walker Boys #3 next roll, as we'll still be in the 30s
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Gotta be at least four books for the complete series bonus though!
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Spot: 32
Book: The Driver by Mark Dawson
Qualification: John Milton #3
Pages: 330
Finished: 22 Sep 2019
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
Milton has found employment as a taxi driver in San Francisco, and everything's going well until his urge to make amends for his past by helping people in need once again gets him into trouble. A girl he drove to a party has gone missing and her boyfriend is reaching out for help when the police don't seem to care much. Once a couple of bodies turn up, however, they're suddenly very interested - and Milton is their prime suspect.
A quick read that kept me entertained, though I was a little disappointed not to see Anna again in this one. Hopefully the subplot involving her will pick up again soon. And if Milton could at some point develop a self-preservation instinct instead of running headlong into TSTL territory in every single book, that'd be great, too...
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Okay. I found a cozy mystery series that will work.
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Week: 4 Roll: 2
Spot: 32
Book: Aunt Bessie Believes
Qualification: Isle of Man #2
Pages: 213
Week 4 Roll 2 (Spot 32) Edit
Pages: 309
How it fits: #3
Denise wrote: "Angie, we'll both have 3 books from the same series with this one. The Dresden Files are re-reads for you, right? So we'll have the 3 books bonus nailed down with that since re-reads can't be used ..."Dresden Files is a re~read for me.
I have a most-likely-confusing question for you Denise:I don't believe I'll need a pass for next roll if I can count this book as #3 in series
Sooo Trophy Husband is officially listed as #3 in series on Goodreads, but I heard mixed things about it, so I sent the author Lauren Blakely a message on GR asking her what the deal with the series is.
Lauren: Hi! I wouldn't read Trophy Husband personally! I was not happy with the story and I felt it could be vastly improved. That's why I rewrote it - The Dating Proposal is a completing reimagining of the story and it's a much better story now IMHO. I would read The Dating Proposal, but it does work just fine as a standalone :) LMK if that helps
I then responded with: Also on your blog it doesn't list #4 in that series either, just jumps from #1, #2 to #5. Does this mean we should only read those 3 for the proper series experience?
And she replied: The series was renumbered and rearranged a few times. Stars in Their Eyes was part of it and was then moved into its own series and is now My Charming Rival and My Sexy Rival. The series for now is Caught Up In Us, Pretending He's Mine and Playing with Her Heart. All work as standalones :)
So the #3 as listed on GR technically isn't #3. And #4 isn't #4. Which means that the book listed as #5 on GR is now supposed to be #3. Here is the link to her blog which lists the series (Caught Up In Love) https://laurenblakely.com/reading-order/So if I can count Playing With Her Heart (#5 GR, #3 by author), as a #3 in series then I won't need a break this week, as I'll have time for that audio in the car.
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I don't believe I'll need a pass for next roll if I can count this book as #3 in series
Sooo Trop..."
Oh boy. XD Methinks that lady needs to make up her mind about how her books ought to be organized! :D
However, the rules do address this pretty clearly:
✸ Series # will be based on how GR has it listed.
So I'm afraid as long as GR has it listed as #5, it counts as a #5 for the purposes of this game. :)
Yeah it was really confusing! She's completely ripped up a series and rewritten books, which makes no sense to me!And alrighty, I won't be able to do the roll then sorry!
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Completion Post
Week: 4 Roll: 2
Spot: 32
Book: Aunt Bessie Considers
Qualification: Isle of Man #3
Pages: 236
Rating: 3 stars
Review: The author tried to portray Aunt Bessie as a Miss Marple, elderly, friendly confidant to the townsfolk. It didn't quite work. At least Aunt Bessie was on good terms with the local police.
There were many inconsistencies. The main character would complain if she didn't get enough sleep and then would get upset if people mentioned how old she was. Also the main character would complain that her feet hurt, but then she would go for a long walk to stretch her legs. The book was in sad need of an editor.
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And alrighty, I won't be able to do the roll then sorry!"
No problem, don't worry about it!
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Spot: 21
The Secret in the Old Attic
Qualification: Nancy Drew #21
Pages: 204
Finished: 9/16/19
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This Nancy Drew mystery had an interesting theme. The theft of intellectual property and patented formulas. I thought that these were quite deep for a teenager back then, but I suppose that everyone needs to be aware of this type of thing happening. Nancy is much more in danger in this book as well.