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V it's almost noon my time, y'all have 12 hours to have her post or use your pass. If you'd like to go ahead and use it you're welcome to :)
Ahh hello lovely, glad you are okay, I was worried as we hadn't heard from you :○D
Thanks Jenne but she's here lol.
Had a busy week sorry ti have left you all hanging.
Not a problem at all, glad you're okay x
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Yeah sorry that's my fault, I keep forgetting about the time difference as it is 6pm here lol.
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Righty O girlies This week we rolled a 6 taking us to spot #81
THIS WEEK WE CAN READ
#8 in a series
#1 in a series
A Stand Alone
Alternate book ..... The Best Shelf
Review
Vicci - Review
Denise
Lauren - Review
Laurla
Carrie
Haha where are you? I work in travel and I constantly have to check the time to see if I'm calling a country too early lol.
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I'll take a #1 and read
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I'm going to read another one of my buddy reads for this month
#1 in a series
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I knoooow! My brother moved to the US last summer, I almost called him at 3am his time by accident on his birthday. *lol*
Haha oh no he would not have been happy!My hubby has family in Utah and my step sister lives in Dubai, very confusing when you have to make family calls lol.
My brother lives in Belgium. Only one hour difference but I still managed to wake him up last night when I called at midnight, lol!
Week #10: Spot 81 - 8th in series
Book: After the Storm by Maya Banks
Read: January 19, 2015
Rating: 1 Star
Review:
Beware! Rant ahead!
OMG! What in the name of all that is holy was that?!
It is virtually impossible to associate this book with the rest of the KGI series. The writing is simply appalling with repetitive scenes and word choices, the characterization is completely incomprehensible and the plot is one of the more ridiculous out there.
Donovan, the sexy, geeky Kelly brother, who had such amazing potential in the previous books, is barely recognizable in the borderline psychotic and obsessive hero of After the Storm. He takes one look at Eve and decides that she's "the one" and proceeds to take over her life whether she's interested or not. Granted Eve is in an awful predicament and in desperate need of help for herself and her traumatized siblings, but Van's controlling attitude is simply creepy.
Speaking of Eve, while emotionally scared and/or physically abused heroines are the norm for KGI, Banks has gone overboard with this one. Ostensibly a strong willed fighter, Eve is actually passive, compliant and detached. Even though she has ample opportunity to stand up for herself, her solution to every obstacle it to run. This is particularly apparent in the contrived conflict toward the end.
As to the suspense plot, it is virtually non-existent with a villain who barely puts in an appearance and a motive that doesn't make much sense.
As for the Kelly clan, why has the family turned into a simpering pile of goo? Yes, the men are besotted with their wives but is it really necessary to go on and on about it ad nauseam. The only bright spark in this otherwise travesty of a book were Rusty Sean. Of course, we are going to have to wait for their book because Swanny and Hancock come first although I might just skip them.
I finished mine last night too, just need to review now.
WEEK 10
SPOT #81
BOOK
FINISHED 20/1/15
RATING *****
REVIEW
I was worried to read this book as me and PNR do not usually mix, however I was pleasantly surprised as I loved this book!!
Karou is a normal teenage girl with blue hair and tattoo's, and is well liked by most everyone.
Her friends always love her little made up stories about the creatures she knows and look forward to hearing about them as she sketches them in her note book.........the thing is they are not made up, the creatures are real!
Karou has been brought up by a creature called Brimstone and is and errand runner for him, by using portholes in the shop that Brimstone lives in, Karou goes all over the world to collect the thing he needs the most, teeth!
The thing is she doesn't know why!
All of a sudden there are black handprints being left on the portholes around the world, made by an angel, and he has his eye on Karou!!
Week #10:
Spot 81: #1 in series
Book: The Thrill of It - Lauren Blakely
Read: January 19, 2015
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
I'm not a big fan of NA and I don't know what made me decide to buy this one - maybe the premise of a virgin call girl is what pulled me in and I think it was free at the time, or very very cheap. I honestly don't remember now why I decided to get it but I'm glad I did. It was angsty but not over the top. Both MCs were the NA requisite screwed up but this book (maybe the entire series) is about how they are trying to get un-screwed up. I think at the beginning of the book Trey was a little ahead of Harley, only in that he did choose to start going to group and therapy where Harley was kind of forced into it. But Harley was open to it. She may have started going because of the blackmail but she allowed the therapy to start to work on her and she began to see just how skewed her thinking had become.
I was worried for awhile that Trey fought so hard to keep his reasons for his addiction to himself, held that part of himself back from Harley. It wasn't fair and I'm glad Harley, just her being her, was enough to break down those barriers for him.
I thought her being able to break away so easily from her pimp was a little too pollyanna-ish. I can't imagine in real life she could just walk away like that. I'm not sure that in real life there really is such a thing as a virgin call girl with a pimp that didn't at some point force her into actual sex. But that's a different story than the one being told. This wasn't a dark, gritty ugly NA - it was about messed up people working hard to get better and doing it better together.
Lauren wrote: "Week #10: Spot 81 - 8th in seriesBook: After the Storm by Maya Banks
Read: January 19, 2015
Rating: 1 Star
Review:
Beware! Rant ahead!
OMG! W..."
This series is on my TBR list... doesn't sound like I'll be having fun towards the end :-(
Laurla wrote: "This series is on my TBR list... doesn't sound like I'll be having fun towards the end :-( "I've enjoyed most of the books in the series bar one or two but this one was a travesty. The author even apologized for it on her Facebook page :0(
Lauren wrote: "Laurla wrote: "This series is on my TBR list... doesn't sound like I'll be having fun towards the end :-( "I've enjoyed most of the books in the series bar one or two but this one was a travesty...."
wow... maybe by the time I get to it she'll clean it up some? what was her excuse?
Here's what she wrote at the time (it appears though that they posts have been removed form her Facebook feed):https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMayaBa...
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Current Spot: 81
Read:
The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams (Bobby Dollar #1)Finished: 22 January 2014
Rating: *****
The endless battle between Heaven and Hell is being fought on the streets of Earth, day after day, one soul at a time. The angel Doloriel, in his current earthly incarnation known as Bobby Dollar, is an advocate for the newly departed and spends his days arguing in favour of his clients' souls' passage to Heaven. He may not be anyone's traditional idea of a heavenly being, but he's reasonably content with his life and good at his job - until a human soul goes missing without a trace on Bobby's watch, and suddenly the gun-toting, tough-talking angel has a whole lot of trouble on his plate...
An original, highly entertaining take on the angels and demons theme. Lots of action, humour and engaging story that kept me glued to the page. A great addition to the UF genre
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I'm not sure how long we have left, I've left it for a while because of the time difference again lol.Can I ask a favour please?
I'm out singing with the band tonight and have zero signal, just come outside to post this, can someone please do this week's roll if Carrie comes back as I don't think I'll be able to keep checking with my dodgy signal!
If not don't worry I can keep checking throughout the evening x
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If you don't mind Denise that would be great, really sorry was just sort of sprung up on me, otherwise I would have been okay lol
It's 22:55 here. Perhaps We should give it another couple of hours and roll.
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I'll be up for another hour or so and will roll before going to bed, just to be on the safe side.
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Spot: 81
Reviews:
Vicci - Review
Denise - Review
Lauren - Review
Laurla - Review
Carrie - Free pass
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Just got home and managed to get a signal, it's 1am here and I need my bed!! Thanks for the help Denise sorry for being a pain :•(
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I'm reading
set in CanadaChanged my mind I think lol I'm reading
#2 in a seriesHmm or
set in Canada
I will read
Has anyone heard from Carrie? Is she still participating?
Week #11:
Spot 92: #2 in series
Book: Animal Attraction - Jill Shalvis
Read: January 25, 2015
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
I very much enjoyed this installment of the animal lovers in Sunshine, ID. Jade and Dell had already been circling around each other for months before this book opens, but you had a hint of that in the first book, so you don't really feel like you missed anything. The timing is now several weeks before she is supposed to return home to Chicago (which she doesn't really want to do, regardless of her feels for Dell) and as the time gets closer, the tension between the two amps higher and higher. They are both afraid of the other - he knows getting involved with her means attachment, which he doesn't do. And she knows getting involved with him would only bring heartbreak because she does do attachment. But these two mean alot more to each other than they're willing to admit and once they realized how much, it's time for her to leave. Neither feels like the other wants her to stay, so neither of them asks. They make noises about trying to see each other long distance but neither really believes the other will make the effort. Of course it's no surprise that almost before she crosses the state line, they both realize their mistake. And to give them their due, it only takes a day for them to admit it to themselves and make tracks for each other. It's a good thing that Jade is such a planner, because once she decided to go back, she had to make her lists (instead of just jumping in the car or plane and going!) so she was thankfully still at home when Dell showed up. That could have been a fun little detour in the story.... Ah well. I liked that they both made the decision to reach out to the other even though he got to her first.
This was a satisfying HEA. No surprises, lots of cute animal antics and definitely one yummy hero!
Lauren wrote: "Has anyone heard from Carrie? Is she still participating?"I've heard from her today and she has dropped out of the SS game :•(
I spoke to Jenne about a replacement bit as it is so close to finishing we will just carry on as we are.
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Spot 75
Alt book: S title The Seance Society: A Mystery
Finished Jan 16th
Rating 4 stars
Review: Plunkett and O'Nelligan have been hired to investigate the murder of a medium. Not only do they have to figure out what really happened, Mr. Plunkett has to pretend that he himself is a medium who has been contaked by the departed to help cross over to the next life.
I found it rather enjoyable, set in the 50s. A tad predictable but not taking away from my liking it.