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Jan 11, 2015 05:29PM
Scratch that...it flushed an amazing season down the drain. We broke all sorts of records this year too!
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Yea, I saw that dumb ass call too. Cowboys had a really awesome year! I think they should be able to fine refs for blatant dumb ass calls..
They should! I imagine Jerry will be raising all sorts of hell over it.
Spot 71
Read: 1/12/15
Rating: 5 stars
Review
It felt so good to dive back into Toby's world. As usual, the book is very fast paced, with Toby finding herself in deeper and deeper trouble, bringing Tybalt and Quentin along for the ride as they try to figure out a way to circumvent her abrupt banishment from the Queen's territory. May and the Luidaeg appear as well, although not as much as I would have liked (it's made up for by almost constant Tybalt, which is never a bad thing lol). We find out about Quentin's parentage and meet a new Librarian character I hope to see again. I'm very much looking forward to the next book and will probably be reading it soon!
Spot 71:Read:
by Robyn PetermanFinished: 1/13/15
Rating: ★★★★☆
Review:
4.5
Wow this was way better than I expected it to be. Good fun quirkiness and an awesome cast of characters! Fans of Molly Harper would probably enjoy this. Now for a rundown of these awesome characters :)
1. Our main character Astrid is a Prada loving vampire that has all sorts of mojo new vamps don't have. Throw in some parent issues, a smoking hot husband, a fierce and loyal heart and you have one heck of a heroine.
2. Pam, our foul mouth angel that looks like Oprah. She was a total hoot! Since Astrid's name has a$$ in it she has deemed that Astrid will be referred to as a$$crack, a$$whipe, etc!
3. Ethan, the smoking hot vampire prince who's in love with Astrid. He gives as good as he gets with Astrid and their relationship is a lot of fun!
4. Paris Hilton, yes that's her name goes from a timid goth vampire to being a best friend to Aster.
5. The Ken, who just happens to be the best and toughest fairy on the block who looks like Arnold but has no fashion sense.
And there's many more! This book was a riot and it was a super fun read. It ended with a bit of a cliffhanger so I'll be reading book 2 very soon!
Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Week 8Space: 65
Read: A Wallflower Christmas by Li... i I started reading bookcover Me Before You! So far it's amazing!
I'm looking forward to more Kleypas - I'm planning to read the next/last 2 books in the Gambler series this month.Great job team! We're all set for Friday's roll!
JoAnne - You OK to roll that night?
Yes I am. Hoping for a good one. We're still in the thick of things!
I know!! How awesome are we?!! LOL!
I've been such a slacker this year, I'm never the last one finished lol. Stupid flu...I read the most at night and lately I pass out reading around 9 vs the 11 I usually stay up to. Each night this week my son has had to wake me up because I fell asleep reading on the couch.
Having the flu doesn't make you a slacker ~ it takes time to get back to 100%. Just be patient with yourself. You probably need the extra sleep. :)
It blows for sure :(Ended up giving it to the hubby he finally felt better Monday. So far no signs of the boys getting it. *fingers crossed*
Jenne wrote: "It blows for sure :(Ended up giving it to the hubby he finally felt better Monday. So far no signs of the boys getting it. *fingers crossed*"
Feel better - hope the boys don't catch it.
I'm still not 100% either - not the flu though.
Rolled the big one - 6 + 6 = 12Week 10 we're on spot 83
Can read book 3, 8 or 83 in a series
Alternate is cover item smoke
Happy Choosing and Happy Reading all!
You Rock JoAnne - Awesome Roll! Woo-Hoo!*scampers off to look through TBR books*
I've not read any Marie Force - will have to check her out!I'm going to read
Week 10: Team Attack of the Anns & Dex Heads (14) rolled a 6+6=12 moving us to Spot 83
Book Choices:
★ 8th in a Series
★ 3rd in a Series
★ Alt Book: Smoke
Books & Reviews:
Kristin ------> 3rd Book in Series: Faefever and Review
Suzanne-----> 3rd Book in Series: Dreams of Gods & Monsters and Review
JoAnne -----> 3rd Book in Series: I Saw Her Standing There and Review
Jenne -------> Alt Book: Burned and Review
Steph Ann --> 8th Book in Series: The Winter Long and Review
Good roll!Amazing book K! In gonna wait till the new sss roll to decide. I need to have my books read in time for the new fever book Tuesday that I've waited over 2 years for!
Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "I've not read any Marie Force - will have to check her out!I'm going to read
"She has several series that always seem to be set in New England - this one in Vermont.
I believe she also has a few romantic suspense books.
Jenne wrote: "Good roll!Amazing book K! In gonna wait till the new sss roll to decide. I need to have my books read in time for the new fever book Tuesday that I've waited over 2 years for!"
wow - 2 years
hope it's everything you hope it will be
so disappointed when you wait so long and then it falls short in some way
I really enjoyed the 2nd book in the series and have been wanting to get to this one for awhile now - not sure why that hasn't happened - but now that the stars are aligned, I'm excited to be able to read it!This series is one of them that I've committed to finishing this year for FWYS-2015 :D
K you're too the point where it starts ending in evil cliffhangers (think EIT lol) and you might have to read them straight through. I can't wait for the new release Tuesday....they're always 10 star reads :)
Oh nooooooo!!!! Not sure if my heart can take it! LOL!If it's like EIT, I may be waiting in line on Tuesday for the new one too! HAHA!
Jenne wrote: "Good roll!Amazing book K! In gonna wait till the new sss roll to decide. I need to have my books read in time for the new fever book Tuesday that I've waited over 2 years for!"
I can't decide yet if I'm going to read it right away or not. I read
practically as soon as it came out, and I've had a really hard time waiting for this next one. I'm not the most patient person in the world though, lol, which probably means I'll be reading it sooner rather than later. :)For this next week, I'm going to be reading
.
I think KMM laughs about making evil cliffhangers and then making us wait for the next book like she does. The wait between
and
about did me in....that was just wrong lol.
I was lucky in that, by the time I read
,
was already out. I can't even imagine how it must have been to have to wait for Shadowfever!
Week 10; Spot 83; Read book 3 in a seriesRead:
I Saw Her Standing There(Green Mountain #3) by Marie Force Rating: 4stars
Date: 1/19/15
Review: Marie Force is becoming one of my favorite authors. Loved being back in Vermont - the Green Mountain State - and reuniting with the Abbotts. This is Colton and Lucy's story and boy is it hot. Lots of loving and romance and Colton reminding Lucy to live in the present since he lives in VT and she in New York City and neither one has plans to relocate due to their jobs. Nice happily ever afters on a couple of fronts and epilogue, bonus story and excerpt from book 4, And I Love Her, left me wanting more!
Ok ladies let me know what y'all think. I'm much harder on myself when it comes to judgement calls that are close lol.Smoke?
Jenne wrote: "Ok ladies let me know what y'all think. I'm much harder on myself when it comes to judgement calls that are close lol.Smoke?
"
Not sure about the first one, but it looks like smoke to me on the cover of the Fever book
Finished
and bought & downloaded the next one!We need something with a "4"... 94?
:)
Lol! They're addictive. I'm almost 1/2 way down with burned. As soon as I got back from getting the boys to school I got busy with it! I'm already getting a headache from reading it but it's all good :)It's pretty long but hopefully I'll be done tonight.
As for my books I'm listening to one with smoke on the cover but i already have trail of dead finished and burned will be so soon. I think it looks like smoky wisps coming off of the title. It's hard to tell though....
Didn't the new one just come out today??? LOL!!! (They are addictive!)BTW - I just finished book 8 of the Rylee Adamson series. I thought that was the last book and that it would all get wrapped up - but nooooooooo, there's a book 9 coming out this year.
Yea, I had to enlarge it to see what was going on but it looked like fire and smoke wisps coming from the title.
Yes it did, I've waited sooooo long for it....I though book 8 was the last one too. She was putting them out pretty fast for a minute. I need to get caught up with that one.
I would say Burned definitely has smoke. I'm not so sure about Trail of Dead.
Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Finished and bought & downloaded the next one!We need something with a "4"... 94?
:)"
Hard unless we roll an 11 - what are the chances after a 12?
If all are in do you want to roll or should I plan to?
Awesome that's 3 yeses :)I'm so much harder on myself than others....
Jenne wrote: "Awesome that's 3 yeses :)I'm so much harder on myself than others...."
:)
We aim to please!
Feel free to roll missy! If you crash, I can roll in the morning. Lately I've been falling asleep around midnight.
Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Feel free to roll missy! If you crash, I can roll in the morning. Lately I've been falling asleep around midnight."Okay - will see what happens. I stay up until my son gets home from work. Last night it was almost 2am and I just couldn't stay up a minute longer so I texted him that I was going to bed.
Absolutely! When you're tired, you're tired. I get up around 5:30-6am so can roll then if needed!
Btw - I saw your review and will link it up in a few! You're speedy!I finished my book but need to write my review. Will do that tonight. :)
Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Btw - I saw your review and will link it up in a few! You're speedy!I finished my book but need to write my review. Will do that tonight. :)"
If you saw the pile of review books I have to read/review you know why I have to be speedy. This one was needed for a review.
I got two envelopes with 9 more books today from one site that I have to log in to their spreadsheet/manager and I know another site mailed 2 to me this weekend. Then I have all the ebooks to do too.
I'm in about 10 challenges on Goodreads so it takes a lot of time to go through them all and link each book I read (if it fits). I could do lots more but never enough time! Maybe when I retire some day. LOL
Oh man JoAnne - you're making my head spin! Lol! Hopefully most of the books that are sent to you are decent reads!
Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Oh man JoAnne - you're making my head spin! Lol! Hopefully most of the books that are sent to you are decent reads!"Most are - I get to choose them for the most part. I like when I can get additional books in series I've started.
I've already read/reviewed 15 books this month.
What's your normal amount of reviews in a month? I've read maybe 30 books this month so far, but that's not normal for me. Stupid challenges. LOL!
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