R13: SS Team 13 - 13 Going To 1st

[Meg]

Though everyone usually announces their book choices ahead of time, I want to remind everyone, anyway, not to forget to let me know their choices as soon as we have our new spot. Or as soon after as possible. It provides time to double check pages, etc.

[Darkness]

I am lisening to audiobook and i know i woud not finish it until today so i did quick read of that book. Will post it after work today.

[Meg]

Darkness wrote: "I am lisening to audiobook and i know i woud not finish it until today so i did quick read of that book. Will post it after work today."

Sounds great! Thanks, Darkness.

[Meg]

Helloooo Alex, how are you doing with your book?

[Darkness]

Week 10, Spot 67

I Hate You, Fuller James
Date Read: 1.4.2022
How it fits: Alterative- Food on cover

Pages: 208
Rating: 3
Review:
Bully romance. Academic and athletic. One of trope I see a lot in anime I guess is this one. Fuller is having bad grades so he needs to be tutored. So the principal basically blackmails Wren to tutor him. Her ex-bff is in an off relationship with Fuller and is pretty mean to Wren she is after all popular girl and Wren doesn't have friends anymore bc of her. Fuller is bullying Wren since 6th grade if I am not mistaken. He gives her a nickname and is terrible to her. Heck, when people saw him going to the library he told them he is hooking up with her and wanted her to fall in love with her. Idk I do love bully romance but this one was meh.

[Delitealex]

Week 10 , Spot 67
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
Date Read: 4/1/22
How It Fits: drink on the cover
Pages: 316
Rating: 4 stars
Review:

Homicide cop Jack Daniels has to deal with a person using poison to terrorise Chicago. She has to figure out who and why before more innocent people die. There was a lot of action and things happening that keep me interested. I really like Jack she's been through so much during this series. I'm looking forward to what's next for her.

[Meg]

New roll: 75

Read series book #5, #7, or #75(!)

Alternate: 75. Published 2001-2010

[Meg]

Delitealex wrote: "Week 10 , Spot 67
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
..."

Thanks, Alex! I have a question for you regarding this series. I read the first one a long time ago but didn't continue because someone told me the books really get violent. Is this true?

[Meg]

Thanks, Darkness!

[Meg]

Master List - Week 11 - roll 75

Meg - A Double Life, J. New review 5*
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) - Without Warning, K.G. MacGregor review 3*
Bouchra - The One Impossible Labyrinth, Matthew Reilly review 5*
Darkness - Perfect Formation, K B Alan review 4*
Jeanne - Prince of Fire, Daniel Silva review 3*
Alex - Fuzzy Navel, J.A. Konrath review 4*

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

I'm going to read for the alternate task published between 2001-2010. This book was published December 1, 2001. 223 pages

[Meg]

I plan to read A Double Life by J. New, 5th in series.

[Delitealex]

Meg wrote: "Delitealex wrote: "Week 10 , Spot 67
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
..."

Thanks, Alex! I have a question for you regarding this s..."

Very violent sometimes very horrible

[Delitealex]

by J.A. Konrath #5 in series 300 pages

[Jeanne]

I plan to read Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva. Book #5 in the Gabriel Allon series. 434 pp, pub. 2/7/2006

[Meg]

Delitealex wrote: "Meg wrote: "Delitealex wrote: "Week 10 , Spot 67
Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath
..."

Thanks, Alex! I have a question for you rega..."

Thanks, I'm glad I asked!

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

Week 11, Spot 75 - Alternate

Without Warning by K.G. MacGregor
Date Read: 4/2/22
How It Fits: Published in 2001
Pages: 223
Rating: ★★★
Review: I really liked the beginning half of this book when Anna and Lily were trapped in the mall after the earthquake. That whole section was so well done and had me intrigued. Both characters make the best out of their situation and I loved the humor. It was everything after that that I was not crazy about. They fell in love way too fast and I didn’t get it. They definitely do have chemistry but I needed more.

The side characters were fun and this book has aged really well for it to be twenty-one years old. I’ll definitely read the next book because this is a beloved series and I’m interested to see where it goes next.

[Meg]

Week 11, roll 76
A Double Life
Read: 04/02
Pages: 208
How it fits: #5 in series
Rating: 5
Review: Ella Bridges is walking quickly through Kensington Gardens on what promises to be a wet day when she hears mewling. What she initially thought to be a small animal of some kind turns out to be a baby in a pram, hidden away from the path. The baby is reunited with his parents, but the nanny isn't disovered until the following day, dead. Thus begins a new sleuthing adventure by Ella, her inestimable aunt Margaret, and Ella's honorary uncle Baxter, a detective with Scotland Yard. What is unearthed during the investigation is surprising; even more so who all is involved, and how deeply it goes.

This was the 5th in this very well-done series, and it came out in 2020. I'm sure hoping that this not the last of it!

[Meg]

Bouchra and darkness, have you chosen your book for this round? Thursday is coming up quickly again. Thanks!

[Darkness]

I will start reading now Perfect Formation for an alternative. The book is published in 2009.

[Jeanne]

Week 11, Roll 76
Book: The Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva - Book #5 of the series.

Read: 04/06
Pages: 432
Rating: 3*
Review: Gabriel Allon is a world renowned art restorer, who has lived a double life in the Israeli Intelligence Service. Here he is living in Venice, doing art restoration work, and planning to marry.
After an explosion in Rome destroys the Israeli embassy, Allon discovers the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, laying bare his history, thus limiting his effectiveness as a spy.
His old friend and mentor from the Israeli secret service recruits him once again to investigate the bombing. Drawn once more into the heart of a service he had once forsaken, Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist across a landscape generations in the making. The chase, covers a lot of ground and takes the reader from Rome, to Venice, Cairo, London, Paris, and Jerusalem.
I generally enjoyed the book, as I do most of the Gabriel Allon series. However, I found that the plot was mostly one of revenge as opposed to meting out justice, which didn't sit well. Hence only three stars.

[Meg]

All updated!

[Bouchra]

Hi team, sorry, I have been reading but just haven’t had the time to sit at the laptop and link to the book. It’s the #7 in the Jack West Jr series (which I read #6 from last week).

I’m almost halfway through, will try to finish tonight and send in the review.

[Meg]

That's good news, Bouchra!

[Darkness]

Week 11, Spot 76

Perfect Formation
Date Read: 7.4.2022
How it fits: Alterative- Pub in 2009
Pages: 169
Rating: 4
Review:
I like how they talk about there interest and what theya are enjoing during sex time like what kinks abd fetishes. I think that everybody need to to that. Its kind of rmotion of metion death of patient and itd

[Meg]

Thanks, Darkness, we just need Alex and Bouchra and we're done for this roll.

Cheering for you two!!!

[Delitealex]

Week 11 , Spot 75
Fuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath
Date Read: 4/8/22
How It Fits: 5th in series
Pages: 300
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Jack Daniels is back after catching a person poisoning many in Chicago. She thinks she has her life on a more even keel but criminals from her past and present have other plans for Jack and her loved ones. There were so many surprises that kept the story interesting. I can't wait to see what happens next.

[Meg]

Thank you, Alex!

Come on. Bouchra!

[Jeanne]

Come on, please, Bouchra! We really don't want to miss another roll. I know you can do this!!!

[Bouchra]

Week 11, Spot 75

The One Impossible Labyrinth by Matthew Reilly
Date Read: 04/09 (4:30 AM my time)
How it fits: #7 in series
Pages: 416 pages
Rating: *****
Review: What an epic ending to an epic series. I feel like I have to take a step back and reread the book once again to give it its real worth, but then, what’s the point of rereading a book if I’m not rereading the whole series?

Matthew Reilly is an exceptional writer, and I can’t wait to see what he’ll write next, now that this series is over.

[Bouchra]

Really sorry for the delay, but I’ve had a really crazy last few days 🙈

[Meg]

Master List - Week 12 - roll 81

Meg -
Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) -
Bouchra -
Darkness -
Jeanne -
Alex -

[Meg]

Thanks, Bouchra, got it and updated our list!

Our new roll is 81
Read series #1 or #8 or #81 😄

Alternte: 81. Title 'P' (book title starts with P)

[Meg]

I plan to read Murder on Black Swan Lane, #1 in series, 304p.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

I'm going to read for alternate title starts with letter P. 288 pages.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader)]

Ahh, I just saw that team 12 won so congrats to them! This was a fun round. Thanks for being captain, Meg!

[Jeanne]

Thanks, Meg for being captain. I know it must have been a lot of work. But I had fun, and I would certainly do it again.

[Bouchra]

Thanks Meg for being captain, and thank you to everyone on the team for pushing each other to read more. I certainly didn’t expect to stay up through the nights to get caught up with reading when I was behind.

It was fun, and I look forward to the next round again soon! Until then, happy reading ❤️

[Meg]

Thanks, everyone, for the fun challenge! See you all next round!

Congrats to Team 12! 🏆

[Darkness]

Thanks, Meg for being captain.It's sad that we don't get at least one pass and lost one team member if I remember correctly