R5: SSS 5 Perusing Platypuses (5)

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 9 (14 December 2014)

I rolled a 3, so now on space 40

Options
☞ Book 4 in a series
☞ Book 40 in a series
☞ Standalone book
☞ Book title starting with letter B

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 9
Space 40
(Series: 4, 40, standalone, or title B)

| title B | Danielle's review

| standalone | Jane's review

| standalone | Shannon's review

| #4 in series | Suzanne's review

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 9
Space 40

[Shannon]

Roll: 9
Space: 40
Option: Standalone

The Shearing Gun by Renae Kaye, 240 pgs/GR

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Shannon wrote: "Roll: 9
Space: 40
Option: Standalone

The Shearing Gun by Renae Kaye, 240 pgs/GR"

You have to loan me that book when you are done. I'm almost done with

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Suzanne wrote: "Roll 8: Spot 37



Read: No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
Date: 12/14/2014
Rating: *****
Review: I'm getting really into thi..."

I love this series...except the Worth brother books

[Shannon]

Ezinwanyi~the Troublemaker wrote: "Shannon wrote: "Roll: 9
Space: 40
Option: Standalone

The Shearing Gun by Renae Kaye, 240 pgs/GR"

You have to loan me that book when you are d..."

I was going back and forth between the two for this week. I'm barely into mine but loving it so far.

[Jane]

I have been away from home since Saturday morning and still not home. I will post later today with a book for this round.

[Shannon]

Roll: 9
Space: 40
Option: Standalone
Read: 12/15/14
Rating: ★★★★ 1/2


Almost made it to the 5 star mark but lacked the angsty bits that I need in order to push it over the top. I did really, really loved it though. Quackle and Hank. So freaking cute. A lot of Aussie speak in here but that just made it better IMO. Boy, they take their footy and Aussie breeding seriously. lol. Learned a bit about sheep but didn't feel like I was taking a course in it or anything. Just enough to understand Hank's life. My main complaint was when Hank lost his bottom V-card we didn't get to see it first hand. We heard about it from his musings. WTF? I want the details while it's happening, gosh darn it all! See, didn't even bother me enough to curse. These two, their friends and neighbors, their families...all great secondary characters. Can't wait for my next Renae Kaye book. She's fast becoming one of my favs.

[Jane]

Roll 9: rolled a 3, now on spot 40

I will read a standalone

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn

[Suzanne]

I'll read - #4

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 9
Space 40
Alternate Title B


Read: 14/12/14
Rating: 3 stars

Review
I liked the first book Unridden and was liking forward to Bucked as it's the story of Mustang, who was introduced in book one. It was a pretty fast read. It ended a bit to quick IMO, needed just a bit more of the relationship of Mustang and Sage. It was nice to see Slade and Jenna from previous book. All in all an okay read, but nothing special.

[Jane]

Roll 9: rolled a 3, now on spot 40


I have read a standalone

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Date Finished: 12/17-14
Rating: ★★★
Review:

This was okay. It was a fun idea about a scavenger hunt between strangers starting in a bookshop.
I liked Lily okay but not Dash so much, it seems he is nice to his friends but he can be rather rude to other people. I liked Boomer and especially Great-aunt Ida who seemed to be quite a character. It was cute and funny in between but just didn't draw me in.

(the word perusing was used several times in my book. lol)

[✿~Danielle~✿]

I'll check back in and roll later when Suzanne has posted review.

[Suzanne]

Roll 9: Space 40



Read: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole
Rating: ***
Date: 12/17/2014
Review: This book was very similar to the previous books, but that's ok. I still enjoyed it. I'll keep reading the series though, I'm liking the tortured hero scenario and the lines are witty.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 10 (18 December 2014)

I rolled a 5, so now on space 45

Options
☞ Book 4 in a series
☞ Book 5 in a series
☞ Book 45 in a series
☞ Book published in 2012

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 10
Space 45
(Series: 4, 4, 45, or alternate pub'd 2012 )

| pub'd 2012 | Danielle's review

| pub'd 2012 | Jane's review

| pub'd 2012 | Shannon's review

| #5 | Suzanne's review

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 10
Space 45
Published 2012

[Shannon]

Roll: 10
Space: 45
Option: Published 2012

by KC Burn, Published Oct. 2012)

[Jane]

Roll 10: rolled a 5, now on spot 45


I will read alternate option: published 2012

Enchanted Secrets by Kristen Middleton (first published June 16th 2012)

[Suzanne]

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "Roll 10 (18 December 2014)

I rolled a 5, so now on space 45

Options
☞ Book 4 in a series
☞ Book 5 in a series
☞ Book 45 in a series
☞ Book published in 2012"

I'll read book #5

[Shannon]

Sheesh, I though today was Friday and was waiting for my bingo pick. Lawd!! Added my book to my above post. :D

[Shannon]

Roll: 10
Space: 45
Option: Published in 2012
Read: 12/19/14
Rating: ★★★

Review: It didn't suck, it wasn't great. That about sums it up. Another book with the premise...if they had just talked a little more.... I do love me some noisy man sex though. Yum! Also loved that one of the MCs was over 40. Makes it just a tad more interesting to me. This was another mission in the fight again the Umbrae and how the MIA works to get it all done. Entertaining but probably not memorable.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 10
Space 45
Published 2012


Read: 18/12/14
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
This is definitely a cracky book. It's gritty and hard, but a total guilty pleasure. The are some things in this book that are disturbing, but you can't stop reading. Eve and Deuce spend a lot years inbetween apart, but when they are together, fireworks. Eve/Frankie relationship is so strange and really disturbing. Kami is one crazy lady

[Jane]

Roll 10: rolled a 5, now on spot 45


I have read alternate option: published 2012

Enchanted Secrets by Kristen Middleton (first published June 16th 2012)

Date Finished: 12/18-14
Rating: ★★★★
Review:

This was a book with humour and mystery. Being an identical twin myself with a mother who is also an identical twin makes it fun to read as that is what the main character is. Though I haven't discovered my own magical abilities yet. I also like that there is a twist that I hadn't seen coming.

[Jenne]

Just a reminder:

Teams will roll on Sunday (12/21) two times for two spots. No rolls on 12/25, 12/28, and 1/1. Both book's deadline will be 1/4 and then the game resumes it's normal schedule.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

I'll check back in and roll later when Suzanne has posted review.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Suzanne, will you have you review posted today?

[Jenne]

Danielle if y'all want to go ahead and use your free pass you can. If Suzanne posts afterwards by the deadline just re-roll and you'll have the pass back.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Will do Jenne.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 11

I rolled a 4, so now on space 49

Options
☞ Book 4 in a series
☞ Book 9 in a series
☞ Book 49 in a series
☞ Book by an Author starting with S

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 11
Space 49
(Series: 4, 9, 49, or alternate author S)

| author S | Danielle's review

| author S | Jane's review

| Author S | Shannon's review

| Author S | Suzanne's review

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 12

I rolled a 5, so now on space 54

Options
☞ Book 5 in a series
☞ Book 4 in a series
☞ Book 54 in a series
☞ Book Title starting with F

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 12
Space 54
(Series: 5, 4, 54, or alternate title F)

| #4 | Danielle's review

| title F | Jane's review

| Title F | Shannon's review

| #4 | Suzanne's review

[Suzanne]

Sorry, I'm here!

Roll 10: Spot 45



Read: Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
Date: 12/21/2014
Rating: ****
Review: Ok, I think I'm going to switch it up for the next roll, cause this series is kinda wearing on me now. I like the Burlesque dancer thing but I think I'm ready for something different.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Okay, going to take free pass back and roll again

[Shannon]

Roll, roll, roll. lol

[✿~Danielle~✿]

The rolls above for roll 11 & 12 are now correct (I edited them)

[Shannon]

✼Danielle✼ wrote: "The rolls above for roll 11 & 12 are now correct"

lmao, I was just going to ask that! Thanks Danielle.

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Roll 11
Space 49
Author S



Roll 12
Space 54

[Shannon]

Roll: 11
Space: 49
Option: Author "S"

by Nicholas Scott


Roll: 12
Space: 54
Option: Title "F"

by Sue Holston

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Next roll is not until 4th January, please try and have reviews in by the 3rd January, thanks.

[Suzanne]

For Spot 49, I'll be reading for Alternate Option

[Suzanne]

For Spot 54, I'll read for 4th in series

[Jane]

I have just read a title F for SS challenge a few days ago.

I am not sure what I will read or when I will find out. But if not before I will let you know around the 27th after my family Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.

[Shannon]

Roll: 11
Space: 49
Option: Author "S"
Date Read: 12/22/14
Rating: ★★★

by Nicholas Scott
Okay, I'm going to go with 3 stars for this one because it looks like it might be the first work for the author and I did finish it. That said, the editing was horrific. There was an entire section of the story that repeated (I'm sure on accident) towards the end. I thought I was having some kind of weird deja vu. The story itself was entertaining though. A love triangle with hot boys! Okaaaaay!! Realistic? Probably not, seeing as I don't remember reading about even one drop of lube or a single condom. So maybe more of a love triangle with hot, not so smart, boys...At least he had Em, his ever faithful best girl friend. If the next book is still about these three I'll probably pick it up just to see how they could possibly make the whole thing work....and hope they went to the store for supplies.

[Suzanne]

Roll: 11
Space: 49
Option: Author "S"



Read: Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart
Rating: ****
Date: 12/21/2014
Review: This was a cute little book that I got on sale on audible.com. It was ok, I like my historical romance novels to be a bit more humorous but it was ok. There was a little mystery to solve but it was pretty obvious.

[Jane]

Roll 11: rolled 4. Now spot 49

Alternate option: author S

Unicorn Bait by S.A. Hunter

[Shannon]

Roll: 12
Space: 54
Option: Title "F"
Date Read: 12/24/14
Rating: ★★★

by Sue Holston
Review: What to say? What to say? Well, I wanted to love it. I tried to love it. It just didn't work. I didn't really feel the chemistry between the MCs so never really cared if they got together or not. I don't know why. The story itself was interesting enough. A reporter following a rock band around....I think I was rooting more for Lars and Aiden. Hmmm. And towards the end when the shit hit the fan? Well, it was just depressing. It's like everything fell apart and I was left wanting. Nobody really seemed okay. Weird.

[✿~Danielle~✿]