R4: Attack of the Anns & Dex Heads (14)

[Jenne]

I'll look for mine after I get the kiddos to school. Nice rolls :)
K downside rocks!!!

[K~Terror]

I'm really excited to read it - 2 good books coming up!! LOL!

[Jenne]

Wanted to clarify that you can read the two spots in whatever order you'd like. And if anyone thinks they might not be able to make the deadline due to traveling, cooking, cleaning etc lol. Just please let me or your captain know. Thanks!

[Jenne]

I think for spot 21 I'll read a first in a series

For spot 28 I might go with the alternate and read

[JoAnne]

Kristen don't forget to link our reviews on Post Your Spot Thread. I posted the rolls there.

[K~Terror]

Ok let me take a look on how I can do that bc I don't think I can edit your post with a link to our reviews, can I?

[Jenne]

You can't, go ahead and post and add the new spots and I'll know what's going on lol.

[K~Terror]

Will do. ;)

[K~Terror]

Week 2: Team Attack of the Anns & Dex Heads (14)
rolled 11 and landed on 21

Book Choices:
√ 2nd in Series
√ 1st in Series
√ 21st in Series
√ Author beginning with "O"

Books & Reviews
Kristin ------> Series Book-1: Unholy Ghosts & Review
Suzanne-----> Series Book-1: The 5th Wave & Review
JoAnne -----> Series Book-2: Angel in Armani & Review
Jenne -------> Series Book-1: Bound by Night & Review
Steph Ann --> Series Book-2: Red Fox & Review

[K~Terror]

Week 3: Team Attack of the Anns & Dex Heads (14)
rolled a 7 and landed on 28

Book Choices:
√ 2nd in Series
√ 8th in Series
√ 28th in Series
√ Author beginning with "H"

Books & Reviews
Kristin ------> Series Book-2: Love, in Spanish & Review
Suzanne-----> Alt Book-H: Grave Secret & Review
JoAnne -----> Series Book-2: Make Me Lose Control & Review
Jenne -------> Alt Book-H: Nice Girls Don't Live Forever & Review
Steph Ann --> Alt Book-H: Dead Sky Morning & Review

[Steph Ann]

All right, despite the fact that I have a large stack of other books to read and review, I'm going to go ahead and read for spot 21. :)

For spot 28, I'm going to go with the alternate and read .

Kristin, I hope you like ! That's such a great series!

[Jenne]

Go SA!!!!!

[K~Terror]

Yay Steph Ann!!! Great choices!! :D. I hope you like!

I'm looking forward to reading Unholy Ghosts even though I have no business starting another new series... LOL!

[Jenne]

K it's one of my favorites :)

[K~Terror]

I'm finishing up Mortal Hearts and then I'm getting down to Unholy Ghost-business!

[JoAnne]

our link to the spreadsheet still says to be linked
brings me back to the top of our thread

[Jenne]

All fixed! Try it now :)

[JoAnne]

Jenne wrote: "All fixed! Try it now :)"

thanks, it works
I find it easier to see what spots teams are on by the spreadsheet rather than post your spot

[Jenne]

For sure! I guess I overlooked us when updating the links :(

[K~Terror]

Week 2: Spot 21

Book: Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Read: 11/23/14
Review
Chess definitely is hard core and takes no prisoners. Her world is not pretty - in fact it's very dark and gritty. Chess, herself, is a flawed but strong heroine. As a drug addict, I can't tell you how surprised I am to hear that come out of my mouth but there you have it. She deals with her life the best she can and makes no excuses for who she is. She's a ghost hunter and is fearless. Her weakness is drugs to help numb her dark world. Between Lex and Terrible, there's potential for an interesting love triangle. I look forward to the next book in this series!

[Jenne]

K they just get better and better each book!

[K~Terror]

It seemed like it was a pretty good intro book. It always takes me awhile to get a feel but then I could tell I would like the series. The characters were pretty awesome!

Thanks for the rec. :)

[Jenne]

Anytime :)
It's a top fave!
I'm almost done with my first book it's really really good!

[K~Terror]

I'm glad you like it - was going to add it to my TBR but see I have it all ready there!

[Jenne]

Lol!

[JoAnne]

Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "Week 2: Spot 21

Book: Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Read: 11/23/14
Review
Chess definitely is hard core and takes no p..."

Good job. One down only one to go for you!

[Suzanne]

Week 2: Team Attack of the Anns & Dex Heads (14)
rolled 11 and landed on 21 - 1st in a series



Read: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Date: 11/22/2014
Rating: **
Review: This book was not very good, I had a hard time paying attention to it. For a good third of the book there was no discernable plot other than "We've been attacked by aliens." It was like I Am Legend + The Host and it did not work for me at all. I didn't care for the main female character, but when they started talking about Ben I got more interested. I was ok with the ending of this book, but I just didn't like the way they got there.

[JoAnne]

Suzanne wrote: " Week 2: Team Attack of the Anns & Dex Heads (14)
rolled 11 and landed on 21 - 1st in a series



Read: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey..."

Wow - two of you have your first books read! Great job.

[K~Terror]

This week and next are going to be crazy so wanted to get them in early so I didn't have to sweat it! LOL!

Bummer you didn't care for your book Suzanne! I liked that one but it took me some time to get into it.

Hope your book & week are going well JoAnne!

[JoAnne]

Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "This week and next are going to be crazy so wanted to get them in early so I didn't have to sweat it! LOL!

Bummer you didn't care for your book Suzanne! I liked that one but it took me some ti..."

Waiting for snows to hit here sometime tomorrow which could impact our travel for Thursday. So far saying 4 - 8 inches of heavy, wet snow. Where we are going could get 6 - 10 inches.

Happy Thanksgiving all!

[Jenne]

Ugh that sucks JoAnne! It's suppose to be pretty mild here this week. We're at the freezing mark right now though.

[JoAnne]

Jenne wrote: "Ugh that sucks JoAnne! It's suppose to be pretty mild here this week. We're at the freezing mark right now though."

It was 60's yesterday and supposed to be 50's today then drop. Snow supposed to start around 10am tomorrow and go through the night.
They already changed the HS football game between cross town rivals to tonight.

[Jenne]

Texas would shut down if it snowed like that. We're just not equipped to handle it.

[JoAnne]

Jenne wrote: "Texas would shut down if it snowed like that. We're just not equipped to handle it."

Sometimes we're not either especially when they cancel school at the drop of a hat forgetting that others still have to get to work.
We'll see what happens. Hoping for the best and that travel conditions aren't too bad.

[Jenne]

Fingers crossed ;)

[Steph Ann]

Week Two
Space 21


Read: 11/23/14
Rating: 5 stars

Review

This was another really fast read! There were again some creepy moments, the creepiest to me being Perry seeing the woman with the deer head. Just trying to picture that in my mind gave me the creeps. Karina Halle really knows how to set a good atmosphere! I'm interested to see how Dex and Perry's relationship continues to evolve over time. There's definite chemistry there! I've already read the description for book 3, and it sounds like it's going to be really good!

[Jenne]

Did you love the dance scene? It melted my heart. Book 3 will blow you away :D

[Suzanne]

JoAnne wrote: "Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "This week and next are going to be crazy so wanted to get them in early so I didn't have to sweat it! LOL!

Bummer you didn't care for your book Suz..."

I might give book 2 a try because the ending wasn't bad. It was just the journey getting there that irritated me. Be Safe! Stay Warm!

[Jenne]

Spot 21:
Read: by Larissa Ione
Finished: 11/25/14
Rating: ★★★★☆
Review:
4.5
Ok so I know I probably should duck for cover after this next comment...I thought this was better than Demonica. I absolutely loved it! A very interesting vamp world. It's unusual to see the humans on top vs the vamps. What really made this book for me though was Nicole. She was awesome! She finds out everything she's ever been taught to believe is wrong and instead of having a breakdown she rolls with the punches and comes out stronger because of it. While Riker was the perfect tortured hero it wasn't over done and it didn't prevent him from "opening his eyes" like so many tortured hero books don't do till the bitter end. I am now officially kicking myself for not reading this sooner and I'll be reading book 2 very very soon!

[Steph Ann]

Jenne wrote: "Did you love the dance scene? It melted my heart. Book 3 will blow you away :D"

The dance scene was great!

[Steph Ann]

I was pleasantly surprised by , Jenne. I had heard a lot of people say it wasn't as good as Demonica, so I was a little worried. I ended up really liking it from beginning to end. I haven't read book 2 yet, but I really should!

[Jenne]

You know SA the alternate for your next read is an H author....you could read Dead Sky Morning, just saying :D

[K~Terror]

But no pressure!!! LOL! I read all the EIT books in the last SS challenge! (Although the last few I snuck in between weekly reads just because I lost all control & couldn't pace myself...)

[Jenne]

Meant the next spot not your next read lol! Wasn't meant to be subliminal I promise :D

[K~Terror]

JoAnne wrote: "Kristin ~ Experiment in Terror Junkie wrote: "This week and next are going to be crazy so wanted to get them in early so I didn't have to sweat it! LOL!

Bummer you didn't care for your book Suz..."

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

My son is flying up to NH today with his dad to spend Thanksgiving week with his grandparents. Fingers crossed they have safe travels there and back.

[Steph Ann]

Jenne wrote: "You know SA the alternate for your next read is an H author....you could read Dead Sky Morning, just saying :D"

Oh, man, that's a good point. Now I'm conflicted lol.

[K~Terror]

Week 3: Spot 28 (2nd Book in Series & H-Author Alternative)

Book: Love, in Spanish by Karina Halle
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Read: 11/25/14
Review
This is the 2nd book in a series, following Love, in English which was Vera's story. The follow up story was mostly a continuation of Vera & Mateo's love story, although told from Mateo's viewpoint. However, I was so glad that the book did revisit a couple of key situations that occurred in the last book because there were many questions left in the last book about "What the heck was Mateo thinking???" The first book was definitely a roller coaster ride, as was this one. However, I'm not sure if I just had more faith in the couple or if the peaks and valleys were just not as "angsty" as the last book, but at least no tears were shed throughout these 290 pages. (Yay me!)

I did enjoy seeing the world through Mateo's perspective and I grew to like him much more than I did in the first book. From Vero's eyes, Mateo's world was more simplified so, although I knew he had a lot of things to juggle, I did not realize all of the challenges that surrounded his juggling act. I found Mateo to be much more compassionate and caring than I originally thought - and for this, I am glad!

After the first crazy story, I really didn't know where they would go with the follow up book but there were definitely quite a bit of new and interesting challenges that lay ahead for the couple. There were times I wanted to bop Vera in the head this time, although I did feel like she (& Mateo) showed some growth in character from the beginning of the first book until the end of this one.

[Jenne]

Aww SA you're son is soooo cute!
Glad you liked it K! I think I'll read it next week.

[Steph Ann]

Jenne wrote: "Aww SA you're son is soooo cute!
Glad you liked it K! I think I'll read it next week."

Thank you! I think he's pretty adorable, but I'm biased. :)

[K~Terror]

Jenne wrote: "Aww SA you're son is soooo cute!
Glad you liked it K! I think I'll read it next week."

Such a quick read - like half the number of pages as the first book!