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I wanted to stop in to let you know that I will be posting my review. My father passed away on Tuesday so I haven't been on my computer that much for fun.
Monica wrote: "I wanted to stop in to let you know that I will be posting my review. My father passed away on Tuesday so I haven't been on my computer that much for fun."Oh, Monica, I am so sorry for your loss. Sending hugs from Minnesota!
Completion postSpot 70
Standalone
Treasure Island
311 pages
Read 3/25
3 stars
This was a reread for me. It was a little dated, but it's understandable given its age. It was still an interesting story and I'm glad i read it again since i missed a lot the first time around.
I am going out tonight and I don't know when I'll be home.Monica, feel free to roll after you post your review, or I will do it when I get home.
Thank you!
Completion Post Spot 70Standalone
Witch
Pages: 234
Read: 3/25
4 stars
Review: I have not read any books by Barbara Michaels. I enjoyed this book from the beginning. Ellen March finds her dream home which soon becomes her prison. Will her safe haven be the end of her or will she be able to escape what she sees?
I will roll Sandy.Week 10 Roll
Previous spot: 70
Roll: 3,3
New spot: 76
** 7th in series
** 6th in series
** 76th in series
** Alternate Cover Item: Animal
I hope I did that right. I didn't post in the captains thread because I didn't know if I was allowed to.
Selection PostSpot: 76
Captain Dreamboat by Tawna Fenske
Pages: 254
How It Fits: #7 Ponderosa Resort Romantic Comedy
Thanks for rolling Monica! I will post on the captain thread later. 🙂
Week 10 Selection Post - Spot #76
420 pages
#6 in series
Completion Post - Week 10: Spot 76Book: The Shadow Queen
Author: Anne Bishop
Date Read: 3/29
Rating: 5 stars
Pages: 429
Review: This might be my favorite of the series so far. It introduces new characters, descendants of characters in a past story, while also keeping up with some of the favorite characters from the original trilogy. I really hope we make it into the 80s next roll, because I really want the next book!
Completion Post - Week 10, Spot 76
420 pages
Read 3/31/2022
★★★
Review: I have always been fascinated by Marie Antoinette. I've read many books about her and have visited Versailles and the Conciergerie, where she was held prisoner before her execution. This book is well-researched and told from the queen's point of view. Any HF book has to have made up conversations, but I wish there had been more of those rather than the day-to-day minutiae of the queen's life. The last part of the book is told from Marie's daughter's POV. The daughter went on to have a long life, but I am horrified imagining the trauma she went through during the Revolution.
Completion PostSpot: 76
Captain Dreamboat by Tawna Fenske
Pages: 254
How It Fits: #7 Ponderosa Resort Romantic Comedy
Date Read: 3/27
Rating: 4*
Review
This was the 7th installment in the Ponderosa Resort series and although I have only read the first in the series this only detracted a little from the story. Full of comedy moments that put lightheartedness into what had the potential to be a heartwrenching novel. Now need to go back and read the rest of the series.
Completion PostSpot:76
Book:The Complication
Author:Suzanne Young
Pages: 464
How it fits: #6 in the Program Series
Date read: 31/3/22
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This is the explosive finale to the program series. As a finale this was satisfying.We answers to many questions that occur during the series, and characters from the other two duologies make an appearance to conclude their stories. The romance is still my cup of tea, but I enjoyed the rest of the story.
Selection Post Spot 76Book: Jinxed
Author: Carol Higgins Clark
Pages: 352
How it fits: #7 in Reagan Riley series
Completion Post Spot 76Book: Jinxed
Author: Carol Higgins Clark
Pages: 352
How it fits: #7 in Reagan Riley series
Date Read: 4/1/2022
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I love Mary Higgins Clark and discovered Carol Higgins Clark and fell in love with her books. Jinxed didn't disappoint. Reagan is on the case to find the missing daughter Whitney to attend a wedding of a rich Aunt, so she can received $2 Million! I always forget about these books! Will Reagan save the day?
Week 11 Roll ** USING FREE PASSPrevious spot: 76
Roll: 3, 4
New spot: 83
**8th in series
**3rd in series
** Alternate: Published between 1950 and 1999
FYI, I am going out of town this week but I will be checking in occasionally.
Our tracking thread ran out of space so I am starting a new one.
Tracking thread, cont.Link to first tracking thread
Week 11 Spot #83
Denise:
Louise: Across Time ** Review
Ira: Murder on the Ballarat Train ** Review
Laura: Record of a Spaceborn Few ** Review
Monica:
Sandy: Caressed by Ice ** Review
Free pass earned week 1, redeemed week 10
Bonus Points Earned: 5
Bonus Points Used: 0
Completion Post - Week 11: Spot 83Book: Record of a Spaceborn Few
Author: Becky Chambers
Date Read: 4/5
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 359
How it fits: Wayfarers #3
Review: I was, unfortunately, a bit disappointed in this one. I don't mind a story being told from multiple points of view, or even when the stories diverge (I love Terry Brooks' Shannara books, for example). But each section was so short that I spent the whole book getting into a character's story. Just when I was into that character it would jump to the next character. By the time I was adjusted to wanting to read about that character, it jumped to yet another one. I think there were 6, but I can't even really remember the MCs. I will read the next in the series, because I loved the first and enjoyed the second so much, but if this had been my introduction to Chambers' work, I would probably stop here.
SandyC wrote: "Week 11 Roll ** USING FREE PASS"What happens if Monica doesn't check in this week? I know she said her father passed away, so I expect we won't see her for a few weeks.
I'm here. Just super busy. I'll check in soon.
Laura wrote: "SandyC wrote: "Week 11 Roll ** USING FREE PASS"What happens if Monica doesn't check in this week? I know she said her mother passed away, so I expect we won't see her for a few weeks."
Monica checked in on April 1, so I believe she's still in the game.
My brain thought Monica was the one who didn’t check in last week. Clearly my eyes and my brain are not working together to read what’s right in front of me!
No worries, Laura!Just a reminder to all that reviews must be in my midnight CT on Friday. We have used our free pass.
Also, a couple of teams are in the 90s so next week could very well be the last.
Completion PostSpot: #83
Across Time by Elizabeth O'Roark
Pgs: 312
How It Fits: #3 Parallel
Date Read: 4/7
Rating: 5*
Review
This was a new to me author and I'm definitely picking up the rest of this series. This is one of the better novels of this trope and the book was made even more enjoyable by the development of the characters and how Amelie a time traveller adapts to pre-war life as she tries to help Marie and Henri. Amelie has a few moral dilemmas as her growing attraction to Henri unfolds, how can she fall in love with a man who in her own time if he is still alive would be an old man; how much of the future should she divulge to the siblings she has grown fond of. Issues that would be difficult for anyone.
Completion PostSpot 83
Book: Murder on the Ballarat Train
Author: Kerry Greenwood
Pages: 151
How it fits: #3 in the Phryne Fisher Series
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
Those books are comfort reads for me. I really like Phryne Fisher, the main character and the way she interacts with other people. She is a very free spirited and independend person, and brings a lot of fun to the narrative. I also really like the setting of these stories (20's Australia) In this book she is investigating a murder that happened on a train. The only problem with this story was that it was so short. I could have read more pages about those adventures, and some characters could be more fleshed out...
Completion post - week 11, spot 83Caressed by Ice
Read 4/8/2022
3rd in series
★★★
Review: There are some series that allow you to pick up any one of them and the story makes sense and you are able to understand what's going on. This is not one of those series. Starting with #3 was not a good idea. I struggled to make sense and follow the plot but all I know is the heroine is a wolf who was tortured and the hero is a professional assassin. I felt like the story dragged and there were pages and pages where nothing happened. I probably would have liked this a lot more if I had read the earlier books.
We aren’t able to roll, but it appears there is a winner. Thanks for playing!
completion postspot 83
Frogs and Kisses
222 pages
how it fits, #8 in series
5 stars
I love this series, especially since it loans itself to the reread easily. the characters are great and easy to relate to. the story is just silly enough to be fun. I wish there were more books in the series.
Guys I am so sorry! I forgot all about posting this past week. My friends have not let me be alone since my father's passing which is great but it made me forget about this challenge. Here is my review:Selection Post:
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Pages: 326
How it fits: #8 in Stephanie Plum Series
Completion post:spot 83
Book: Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
326 pages
How it fits: #8 in Stephanie Plum Series
5 stars
Review: I love this series and always forget about reading it. I read this book a few years ago and it was nice to get back into it again. Stephanie is up to her ways of catching those that don't want to go to jail. This was a great one for a nice laugh.
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Book: Where the Drowned Girls Go
Author: Seanan McGuire
Pages: 160
How it fits: #7 in the Wayward Children series
Date read: 24.03.22
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Those books are always entertaining. In this book Cora is transfering to the other school. It is so different from Eleanor West's school. It is darker and more structured. Its purpose is to make the stuudents adjust to life in this world and forget the world they visited. The writing is good as always and the characters are intriguing.