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R20: Team #11 ~ Mighty Morphin Flower Arrangers
Completion PostWeek 1 — Book Boyfriend
The Bride Test, Helen Hoang – 2/26/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Pages ➔ 320
Review — I really enjoyed the Kiss Quotient, but I loved this book. Khai is such a heartbreaking character. His autism sets him apart from the rest of the world, but Esme sees more in him. For her part, I loved watching Esme bloom into a strong, confident woman. It made me so sad when she’d refer to herself as “Esme the Accountant” because she didn’t think Khai or anyone else could accept her for the person she is with, what she feels, is a lacking background. Together these two find themselves and connect in a way that is precious and beautiful.
Completion PostFree Space — Option 2 (Best Paranormal Romance Series)
To Tame a Highland Warrior (reread), Karen Marie Moning – 2/28/21 – ✮✮✮✮✮
Pages ➔ 388
Review — I definitely stand by my first review; this is a great story full of danger, intrigue, and love. Grimm and Jillian are such strong characters, they almost cancel each other out. But as they come together again both see the changes the years apart have brought and eventually Grimm lets enough of his guard down to let Jillian in. Since I’m doing a reread of this series so I can catch up on the Fever series, I look forward to reacquainting myself with the rest of the highland warriors and their feisty lasses!
looks like we are off to a great start! hope the week is good to all of you!
So far so good. I should have my Free Space finished this evening. I worked all weekend. After 37 years in private practice, my doc is joining the largest healthcare system in our area. It all happened so fast that I have worked 7 days a week since February 4th trying to get ready to move. Today is our first official day with the system. I had orientation this morning. Transferring charts is a pain. We do have an EMR but we have paper charts as well. Thankfully the hospital is less than a mile from the old office. By the time I park and walk to the new office I could have just walked from the old office. Definitely getting my steps in today.
Moondance wrote: "So far so good. I should have my Free Space finished this evening. I worked all weekend. After 37 years in private practice, my doc is joining the largest healthcare system in our area. It all happ..."yikes! good luck with the move and transition...that does not sound like fun, but hopefully will be a good change in the end.
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Moondance wrote: "So far so good. I should have my Free Space finished this evening. I worked all weekend. After 37 years in private practice, my doc is joining the largest healthcare system in our..."Not how I planned to finish out the last few years of my career but I'm trying to stay positive.
Sounds like a huge move, stay positive Cheryl!!!! And yay for steps!!
I'm still working on my Free Space. Fourteen to sixteen hour days are kicking my butt! I'm hoping today will only be about twelve hours. I'm about 75% done with my book. Looking forward to shelf call!
thanks for the update Moondance! sorry the work week it kicking you so much...take care!
I get that I am working on both books and a little half way through both
no worries Raquel! thanks for the update! =)
Week 2 — Sci-Fi Romance
Witness in Death, J.D. Robb
Pages ➔ 368
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Week 2 — Sci-Fi Romance
Alien Mate, Eve Langlais
Pages ➔ 244
I’m still working on my books but should be all caught up by next week. Oh and it looks like I can keep going with Eve and Roarke this week too!! 💞
I’m with Logan and Kathy!Week 2: Sci-fi Romance
Calculated in Death J.D. Robb
386p
How it fits: Tagged 4 times
For sci-fi romance i will be reading
Completion PostFREE SPACE
Blood Heir Ilona Andrews
359p
BOM February 2021
Read: 03.03.21
Rating: 5 stars
Review:
The moon was full and silver.
Oh my! Wow, just wow! Kate and Curran's adoptive daughter, Julie, returns to Atlanta as Aurelia Ryder. What an amazing woman she has become! She has been gone for eight years and has returned because of a threat to Kate. In the time away, Aurelia has trained with Roland and Erra. She has transformed into a warrior that no one in Atlanta should recognize.
Aurelia first encounter is with Ascanio and his band of boudas. She is such a badass that even Ascanio has to stop and think. Her visit to The Order of Merciful Aid was interesting as she sparred verbally with Nick. Being presented as a Knight-Defender allows Aurelia to investigate a couple of murders that are related to an artifact wanted by Moloch.
There is just so much goodness in this book that I could gush for hours. Derek is back as the beta of the Alaska pact. He is using an alias (seems to be a theme!) and has truly grown into himself.
The street children, especially Marten, have a special place in my heart. Marten is going to be a fearless warrior one day. I can't wait.
Aurelia's horse, Tulip, is an awesome creature. I'm not quite sure what it is that she munches on at times but it is not always her usual grains.
The battles are epic, the characters are amazing and now I want to read the next book right this minute!
Ilona And Gordon never fail to suck you into the story. The world of Kate Daniels just became a better place. I highly recommend this series!
GAH!!!! I’m so excited to read this book...not that I wasn’t before! Do Kate and Curran make any appearances?
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "GAH!!!! I’m so excited to read this book...not that I wasn’t before! Do Kate and Curran make any appearances?"Pretty much just mentioned. You will get caught up in Julie's story so it is OK.
Moondance wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "GAH!!!! I’m so excited to read this book...not that I wasn’t before! Do Kate and Curran make any appearances?"Pretty much just mentioned. You will get caught up in Julie's story ..."
I’m a bit bummed...but I am so excited to see what Julie has been up to! =)
☘KathyD☘ wrote: "Moondance wrote: "☘KathyD☘ wrote: "GAH!!!! I’m so excited to read this book...not that I wasn’t before! Do Kate and Curran make any appearances?"Pretty much just mentioned. You will get caught up..."
I think you will love it. So much going on!
Shelf: Free Space 
Read: 3/6/2021
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
I could not wait for the next season of the Witcher so I had to start these books I love how much of Ciri is in here and hope the show will follow these. I am glad I started this series. Loved seeing Geralt and Yennefer again through out the book but need moooore answers. I can definitely see why Yennefer and Ciri would not get a long at first. The book does jump around a lot so I feel like reading this only on audio would not be good luckily I had both book and audio and kind of did a mix of reading and listening.Why do I like Geralt so much and need more of him in my life?
Raquel (Rocki) wrote: "Shelf: Free Space Read: 3/6/2021
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
I could not wait for the next season of the Witcher so I had to start these books I love how much of Ciri ..."
This series confuses me. I think I heard that you should read a couple of prequels before starting it. I need to look into it a bit more.
Yea it can be confusing i read the short stories before the first book so that helped and of course watching the witcher helped as well i dont thing i would have gotten it otherwise.
Raquel (Rocki) wrote: "Yea it can be confusing i read the short stories before the first book so that helped and of course watching the witcher helped as well i dont thing i would have gotten it otherwise."Good to know. Thanks!
Free Space Completion Post
Battle Ground
Series: Dresden Files #17
Pages: 418
How it fits: Found in Option 2, on the SOS Best of UF Series post, comment 20.
Date Finished: 3/7/21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Oh, Harry. What is Butcher doing to you? It's hard for me to even think where we go from here. Just when I thought things couldn't possibly get any harder/worse for ole Harry, a freaking Titan shows up and tries to lay waste to all of Chicago.
Of course there are casualties. Big ones. And honestly? It feels mostly cruel at this point. I get that the world is a harsh one. I get that when we are facing magical creatures of unimaginable power that mere mortals cannot always make it unscathed. But dang, this whole book hurt.
This was kind of a slog to get through because it is basically all one big long fight scene. There were a couple ebbs and flows but overall I just wanted to get to the finale as soon as possible. There were some side fights that didn't seem to do much to serve the story, and my only guess is that at some point in the future they become relevant. But what feels more likely is that there was not enough to cut to make this and Peace Talks one book, but too much to cut to make this one worth the page count to stand alone. So they left in the filler to flesh it out to a full length. Snooze.
I'm sure I'll keep reading, because I do want to see where things go with Harry and Ebenezer, Thomas and Justine, and Molly. But I'm also glad that I will have to wait awhile before the next chapter so I can sit with my feels on this one.
Week 2 — Sci-Fi Romance
Witness in Death, J.D. Robb – 3/7/21 – ✮✮✮✮✰
Pages ➔ 368
Review — Boy do I love this series! It’s fun doing this reread because I know enough about what’s going on, but can still be surprised by the little things!
i posted our first stamp request today (free space)! yeah us! hopefully everyone’s week is going well...looking forward to tomorrow’s shelf call!
I'm trying to finish up my week 1 book tonight but it may be tomorrow. This Eve Dallas case actually has me stumped! I can't figure out how the killer did it! Fantasy in Death
I really like that one too, Logan. It'll come to you as you get further in the story. It really could only be one person.
Logan wrote: "I'm trying to finish up my week 1 book tonight but it may be tomorrow. This Eve Dallas case actually has me stumped! I can't figure out how the killer did it! Fantasy in Death"Definitely a good one.
CONGRATULATIONS, MMFA!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'free space'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Steph wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS, MMFA!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'free space'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D"
Thanks for the stamp. Whoo hoo!
Week 3 — Series to Finish
Judgement in Death, J.D. Robb
Pages ➔ 372
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Week 3 — Series to Finish
Beautiful Secret, Christina Lauren
Pages ➔ 401
Congratulations on the stamp MMFA!
Shelf: Book Boyfriend
Read: 3/11/2021
Rating: ★★★
Review:
I give it a solid 3, I preferred the first book to this one just because this one was more I am a princess and live in a castle. Not really for me but also the story ended when some interesting things were happening like someone coming back alive, maybe there will be a spinoff series with Kenshin. I don't know if I would be interested enough though to continue. I definitely would like to see more of Raiden's mother and maybe more of the night beasts or demons they make deals with. I want to know more of those creatures. This started to scratch the surface of interesting and then ends. What is going to happen with Yumi, what happened with the black clan, are they always going to have to deal with their demon beasts? these are all questions that were not wrapped up. If this is going to be a satisfying ending then I need more.
For series to finish I will be reading
I finished last week's book a couple of days ago. I will get the review up today.
Week 1: Book Boyfriend
Fantasy in Death
Pages: 356
How it fits: Tagged twice as “book-boyfriend” on page 5 of the book’s shelf listings
Finished: 3/13/21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I had a feeling that the method was going to turn out the way I guessed, but it was still fun to see everyone try to puzzle it out. This was a fun twist on the locked room trope and I liked the peek into the deeper tech of this world. Not much character work in this one which made it drag a little.
I’ll be reading all night. Hope to get both weeks 2 and 3 done this weekend.
Moondance wrote: "So far so good. I should have my Free Space finished this evening. I worked all weekend. After 37 years in private practice, my doc is joining the largest healthcare system in our area. It all happ..."I've experienced something similar in the past, Cheryl. It's always full of pros and cons. Hope the transfer goes well for both you and your doc! Good luck!
Hey guys. Just a quick reminder to refresh yourself with the rules, as needed, to ensure all your book choices fit the requirements. ❉ Bingo Rules
❉ Free Space Rules
Happy Reading!
Week 2: Sci-Fi Romance
Indulgence in Death
Pages: 373
How it fits: Tagged by 3 people as “Sci-Fi-Romance” on page 4 of the book’s shelves
Finished: 3/14/21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I loved that the book started in Ireland. It’s always fun when Eve and Roarke can get away from New York, and I always love seeing his family. The mystery here was fast paced and tidy, which made for a quick and fun read. Eve kept me laughing in this one with her twisted and jumbled metaphors, and she is always at her best when she can take down the rich and smug. Good times.
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