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Song for Week #1 "Angels" - Robbie Williamsbook:
Rating: ★★★★
Finished:1-27-2015
Review: This one was cute. It was a fun fast read. The main character is sassy and funny. I also love that the meddling ghost was the mother in law of the other character. Love the couple in this also. Definitely fluffy but very sweet. Had me laughing out loud at certain parts.
song link: Plot = Ghost(s) of a loved one is back to take care of one of the characters- 3 points
I'm almost done with my book. Sorry it's taking so long. If they did the song on Fridays I'd probably be done that day. Sunday is a good reading day too but I hit a snag with the download. It only took about 5 minutes to burn one of the CDs but then it took over 20 min each to get them imported to Itunes. I gave up after disc 8 and switched to print.
ok...sorry to take so long :)this book is on the Angels shelf
, but also...I think this one might be too...didn't go through the whole list...
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The Nine Lives of Christmas is not on the angels shelf. You can got to the book itself to check. It only has 3 pages of shelves and I just did ctrl/f thing and looked for angles. I don't know if it fits anything else.
I am also almost done. Should have review up by tonight.
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "The Nine Lives of Christmas is not on the angels shelf. You can got to the book itself to check. It only has 3 pages of shelves and I just did ctrl/f thing and looked for angles. I don't know ..."
ok..the other one is...:)
Nine lives of Christmas gets 5 points for the author name : Sheila Roberts I'll come back with the Bane Chronicles points .
oh..cool..I missed that..for the name? I was so focused on the shelf :)
I just finished Nine Lives of Christmas...so if that is the most points I'll take it :)
Rate: 5 stars
Review: this is a cute little Christmas romance. a poor stray cat is taken in by an unsuspecting "victim" in Zach Stone....a single fireman who needs help in the love department, but is slow on the uptake. he's a big flirt, and loves his life, but he keeps having "day dreamy" thoughts about marriage. he owns a small Victorian, which he is planning to refurb and then sell...but when this cat "Ambrose" move in, all bets are off. the cat weaves his way into Zach's heart, and somehow manages to catch the eye of a girl....and then.....sparks fly!
Catherine wrote: "I just finished Nine Lives of Christmas...so if that is the most points I'll take it :)"That's great Catherine . You just need to mark as read on your shelf , set the read date , rate it , write a short review and post your review and rating on this thread.
did Bane Chronicles only have points for shelf?
Catherine wrote: "did Bane Chronicles only have points for shelf?"That one is an anthology . I'm waiting for other mods to discuss if anthologies are allowed .
oh..ok...well I put up my review for the other one :)
I can tell you that anthologies weren't allowed in the previous Dance Parties .
Been a long time since I did a review for a game: 
3 1/2 Stars
One thing I like about Nora Roberts is you know what you are getting when you pick up one of her books. They are reliable. This was a nice entertaining read. I had a lot of deja vu moments which made me think I had read it before until she witnessed the murder. Then I realized I had just read a whole lot of books about a girl on the run from something or other who ends up working in a small town diner. Anyway I always enjoy her books but I would never pay money for them. I have to say I was surprised at the killer.
Week #1 Song: "Angels" - Robbie Williams (1997)
Name: Roberts
Setting: Angels Fist Wyoming
11 pts
Okay guys I did it.Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
This one was hard for me to rate, but going with 3.
I agree with Mary that I seem to have just read one book too many about a girl who goes on the run and ends up working at a small town diner :/ I think honestly I'd have rated this higher if the initial plot didn't seem like such a redux to me, which isn't really fair since most of the books it reminds me of were written afterwards. But anyway.
2 things really worked for me in this one- the two main characters, and the romance. Brody (the male lead) was a bit hard for me to get into at first but I really warmed up to him and appreciated the pace at which the romance build.
What didn't really work for me: the setting/basic initial plot as already mentioned. Also wasn't the hugest fan of most of the characters aside from the main two- several were kind of mean.
What did and didn't work for me: The murder mystery. I liked the gaslighting that went on and also I don't mind saying I had no idea who the murderer was (though I did know who it wasn't :P). However, the murder and mystery were somehow a little... heavy handed for me? It's hard to explain. I also felt there were some minor plot holes related to this that were hard for me to entirely get past.
Week #1 Song: "Angels" - Robbie Williams (1997)
Name: Roberts
Setting: Angels Fist Wyoming
11 pts
what about Mr Elf? doesn't he need to red a book too?
Catherine wrote: "what about Mr Elf? doesn't he need to red a book too?"Nope!
I assumed he was our captain because we all probably said "no" to be one when we signed up.
Just an FYI: I have a lot of homework in the upcoming 2 weeks. Unless I can get a lot done at work, I might be really slow with my next 2 books. Especially if I can't co me up with an audiobook.eta: Hopefully they'll put a list of possibles up again and I scout some books out early.
I think the Playlist will be posted tomorrow, Mary: HD♥S. Don't quote me, though. LOL!
Cool. Then when I'm alone at work on Friday I can scout out some possible books.
I haven't really had a chance to look for books yet. I hate looking before the song has been picked but then my library is closed on Sundays if I need to go. So I might look later. I did get 2 book ideas from a thread last night and checked out the ebook version. I held off on downloading so I can just return them early if they aren't called.
I think this might be worth something if All of Me gets called: 
author is John:
cover: mountains and water which you see a lot of in the video but would have to see what imagery they chose. Also water in the song lyrics.
I looked at this because it's 2011 like the Jessie J song but could work for All of Me too:
Mountains on Cover, major character named John.
not a whole lot to work with for the Jessy J videoNot coming up with much for the Michael Buble song other than year 2003. Not going to worry about that one unless it's called. Video is just him and some musicians playing. Could probably find a Michael. (I don't suppose reading old texts or facebook posts from my brother Michael would count?)
Not coming up with anything worth much for the Paris one either. None of my Paris books has an obvious James or William (James William Buffet) has Paris in the title or has anything on the cover that I can connect to the video.
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: " (I don't suppose reading old texts or facebook posts from my brother Michael would count?) "
No but LMAO!
Too bad. He's a Facebook junkie. There's hours worth of reading material there.
I haven't had time to scout out anymore books. At this point I'll probably wait until the song is called. I have a couple of school projects due in a few days.
I have thee two...
and
...both take place in London, and are chick lit...so that's 7pts each...but not sure if they qualify for anuthing else...like fake relatonship, or dancing :) does the cover have to have like a bouquet or is the cover for Much Ado out You ok fo flowers? I do have to check the character names :)
could you just let me know? thanks
There are some small flowers in the first cover but I checked there is another edition with heaps of flowers on it .
Setting + Cover= 8
plus shelf as well? it's chick lit as well :)
Just checking in to see the song. I'll come up with something. I wish there was a way to search for say Regency Romances with a hero named Michael.
question...this one does have a relatio0nship "facade", setting and is chick lit/romance
is this one ok as well?
Catherine wrote: "plus shelf as well? it's chick lit as well :)"You can only choose 2 categories . for the shelf point ,the books has to be on shelf provided in the cheat sheet.
Shelf = Chick-Lit Romance
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Catherine wrote: "question...this one does have a relatio0nship "facade", setting and is chick lit/romance is this one ok as well?"It gets the setting point .It doesn't get the shelf point ,I couldn't find it on the shelf.
As for the plot she is assuming her dead friend's identity , it doesn't seem to be a fake relationship .
oh..ok...sorry...I thought we could use any number of shelves.. anyway...is the bokk in post 92 ok as well? is the "facade" ok for a fake relationship?
Dancing Queen wrote: "Catherine wrote: "question...this one does have a relatio0nship "facade", setting and is chick lit/romance is this one ok as well?"It gets the setting po..."
ok...no problem...just wanted to be sure about it :) thank you
You're welcome :)
I'll go with
:) Setting and Cover..8pts :)
And of course my first choice is only available in the cursed WMA audiobook format: 
You ladies all alright?
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