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Apr 22, 2015 02:25PM
Heck with it, I'm going to read Half a King
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Good thing it wasn't a winning shelf this week! #CaptainFailWe're ready for our next stamp :D
Week 9 ~ Creature Feature
Deidre: Foxglove Summer 4/19/15 ★★☆☆☆ Review
Lisa P: Nightlife 4/21/15 ★★★☆☆ Review
Breann: Bone Crossed 4/19/15 ★★★☆☆ Review
Jamie: Darkness Awakened 4/19/15 ★★★★☆ Review
Book: Half a King
Rating: ****
Shelf: Male Author/character
Read: 4/23/15
I liked this. So much that when I woke too early, I got up and finished it.
For those who have read Abercrombie, this is not set in the First Law world. And it is very different. I wondered how he would handle a YA. I'm guessing that the difference is that he doesn't use "fuck" in every sentence and blood, guts and treachery are only every other page. Plus, DO NOT READ THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE READ EVERY SINGLE OTHER BOOK JOE ABERCROMBIE HAS WRITTEN!!!! (view spoiler).
That being said, this is the story of a young man who would be king, oh no, he wouldn't be, yes he would, no he wouldn't, etc. (not nearly as annoying as my sentence sounds). There is the usual excellent world building, constantly battling kings, back-stabbing friends and helpful enemies, all set in a bleak place I wouldn't want to visit, much less live.
The boy who would be king, no he wouldn't etc. takes the place of the usual boy meets girl, they fall in love, no they don't, yes they do, they act stupid, part, fall in love, ad nauseum of many YA books. Because this IS Joe Abercrombie, and not a pretty vampire book, I'm thinking this is pretty adult stuff for teens looking for the usual.
Abercrombie writes dark fantasy, and even in YA, this holds true. In fact, if it weren't for the shortness of the book (compared to his others), the lack of obscenities, and the lesser amount of gore, you would never know this was YA.
And because the gods, Father Peace and Mother War (not the One God of the Evil Overlord King) smiled when I decided to read this, book 2 arrived last night in a fed ex box.
Good on Father Peace and Mother War, and fed ex :)
So for the Man's World shelf I decided on a book that's been on my kindle for a while.
Got everything finally updated and pretty and hit... cancel edit. Grrrr....
Oh no!! I hate that!!
Shelf: Man's World
4/23/15
3.5 stars
Ever the Same is a very sweet and touching story.
Dixon and Audie being together was so natural. They slowly progressed from friends to lovers, as their kids became friends and they saw each other more and more. Before they knew it, they became the most important thing in each other's lives, but it was kind of inevitable, since they were basically perfect for each other.
Their romance was easy. Outside of their family drama, they had a very open and loving relationship. They were honest and thoughtful, and didn't let anything get in the way of finding happiness with their new family they created. I liked that regardless of everything else going on, they relied on each other.
While I loved the couple, their dialogue really threw me off quite a few times. It was stiff and unnatural to me, especially the dirty talk. They said things like 'that's cool' and 'that rocks' a lot and, I don't know, it sounded weird to me. The conversations were a bit long winded and a little hard to follow sometimes.
The kids were cute! While I don't think they sounded kindergartners, they were still adorable. I especially loved Randi and how she worried about and helped her dad. She really stepped up and was such a sweet girl, she was never asked to help so much, it's just who she was and I loved it.
It was a nice story. I liked the characters, but the writing style lost me.
I think I will go with
CONGRATULATIONS, Notorious Nine!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'creature feature'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp Notorious!
Shelf: Man's World
Finished: 4/27/15
Rate: 3 stars
Review: I love books involving time travel, and this one was no exception. College student Joel finds himself catapulted back to 1941, where he at first struggles a bit, but then completely succeeds, in adjusting to a totally new lifestyle. Of course he meets many wonderful people, a new love, and his very own grandmother. The characters are what made this story come to life for me. It was a bit slow moving, but I thoroughly enjoyed becoming ensconced in these people's daily lives. The descriptions of the time period seemed to be spot on. The big question is whether Joel will stay, or go back to his own time. I must say that I did predict the ending, but enjoyed it just the same. Definitely a story worth reading!
Jamie ~ Alpha Obsessed wrote: "Yay we have another shelf finished. The new shelf is Man's World which once finished will give us another 4 in a row and give us one more winning shelf possibility. But unfortunately we will share both of our winning shelves with other teams so that means a RACE to win..lol!! "Do you guys have your books picked out yet just in case? :)
Lisa P wrote: "Do you guys have your books picked out yet just in case? :) "I do! :D
Week 10 Shelf - Man's World
Read - 4/28/15
Book -Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Rating - 4 Stars This was a great start to a fascinating series full of action and interesting characters. Harry is a little quirky and Bob is hilarious. I will be reading more from this series. I can't believe it took me so long to start this series.
Sorry ladies I should have posted this last night but I forgot it was Tuesday. I am off to look up books for our winning categories just in case.
Jamie ~ Alpha Obsessed wrote: "Sorry ladies I should have posted this last night but I forgot it was Tuesday. I am off to look up books for our winning categories just in case."No worries! Off to request our stamp :D
Hopefully, we'll get a winning shelf today! *crosses fingers*Week 10 ~ Man's World
Deidre: Half a King 4/23/15 ★★★★☆ Review
Lisa P: The Mine 4/27/15 ★★★☆☆ Review
Breann: Ever the Same 4/23/15 ★★★½☆ Review
Jamie: Storm Front 4/28/15 ★★★★☆ Review
Jamie ~ Alpha Obsessed wrote: "Week 10 Shelf - Man's World
Read - 4/28/15
Book -Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Rating - 4 Stars This was a great start to a fascinating series full ..."
And I have heard that the books in this series just get better and better as it goes along.
Lisa P wrote: "Jamie ~ Alpha Obsessed wrote: "Week 10 Shelf - Man's World
Read - 4/28/15
Book -Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Rating - 4 Stars This was a great star..."
Yes I have a feeling they will because alot of this book was setting up the world, ect so I have a feeling I am going to love them :)
Another non-winning shelf this week!Shelf #11 ~ 29 Apr 2015: New2You Author
Read a book written by an author who is new to you
Or maybe A Madness of Angels
, which is her previous series set in same world. Which i tried to read for last shelf...
CONGRATULATIONS, Notorious Nine!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'man's world'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp Notorious!
I've been trying to read some books that have been on my kindle for a while. I think for the New2You Author Shelf I will read
A good old Pirate adventure!
Book: A Madness of Angels
Shelf: new to you
Read 5/4/15
Rating **
I struggled to finish this book. The plot seems simple enough; a sorcerer awakes, discovers he's been dead for 2 years, now he's alive,inhabited by blue electric angels. He is hunting down those he thinks killed him.
Too much of the book rambles, the main character is sometimes we, sometimes me, and it's hard to follow. This book was very long but I finished it. Sadly, I already own the next 2 books. I hope they are much better.
Good luck Deidre :)
I hate when you have high hopes for a series and it turns out Blah! Hope the next two are better.
Shelf: New2You Author
5/3/15
4 stars
There was the perfect mix of paranormal and teenage angst.
Regan and her family have just moved to a small town to take care of her aunt. She realizes that strange things happen in the thick fog and finds old diaries that back up what she's found and seeks help from a local guy, Nate. He tells her of the witches and their familiars and how both her and Nate are destined to protect people from them.
There's the story of Regan and Nate, and also the story of Lora and Rafe from 1645, during the witch hunts. I usually don't like books with two different story lines, because I find myself enjoying one more than the other, but I really was excited to read about both parts.
I'm hoping there's more to come, because it's all definitely open for a sequel.
Shelf: New2You Author
Finished: 5/5/15
Rate: 3 stars
Review: This was no sweet romanticized pirate novel. This was a gritty, gory, adventurous pirate story! Katherine is captured by pirates while traveling across the sea with her husband. Her life is forever changed as she transforms from a sweet, somewhat sheltered innocent; into a tough, hard as nails, survivor. We get to meet several of the pirate crew and learn a lot about their lives and backgrounds. This helped to make the story more "real" for me as I got to learn the "whys" and "hows" of what brought them to piracy. It was a bloody, murderous life, and this book brings out all the gory details. This book is definitely not for the faint of heart...I had to skim through some of the more grisly scenes. However, these scenes probably depicted a somewhat realistic view of the time period. I must say that this book does not have a clear-cut ending, which I am not too fond of. Being that it is the first in a series, it forces you to read the next to find out what happens.
IT'S OUR SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLF! :DShelf #12 ~ 6 May 2015: Witches
Good luck, Notorious Nine! Happy Reading!
Lisa P wrote: "I am going to read 
"I really liked that one!
Week 12 Shelf - Witches
Read - 5/7/15
by Kim HarrisonBook - The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
Rating - 5 Stars - I can't get enough of this series. It is full of action, adventure, great world building and characters that I want as my best friends. Rachel has gone through so much in the past 11 books I HOPE things are finally going to move in her favor. I don't want to say much about the book because I don't want to ruin anything for anyone but I will say I LOVED IT. I can't get enough of these characters that Kim pulls out of her head and I am going to be so disappointed when it is finally over that I won't know what to do with myself.
Team 4 was super speedy...they already put in their stamp request for witches. At least we were close. It was nice reading with you ladies!
So close! Good job reading, ladies! And thanks for playing!
Sooo close! WTG, ladies! Hope you'll join us again!
Darn! I was just going to post my review. This is the closest I've ever come on a bingo team.
Aw, so close! It was fun playing! See you all next round :)
I see that was supposed to post our previews for the stats so here is mine.Shelf: Witches
Book Dark Heir
Read 5/7/15
Rating ***1/2
I'm not sure why, but I didn't like this as much as I have the past books. it seems like Jane is really whiny in this one. Plus her talents are getting out of hand in terms of all of her abilities - stopping time, the new bonding with Beast, etc.
We finally learn what it is that Leo was keeping in the basement. And it's not good. There is plenty of blood and gore in this one, starting from the first page. In the first battle, Jane actually gets severely injured and doesn't heal very fast, which was different.
Don't get me wrong I enjoyed this book, but not quite as much as the others which is why I gave it three and a half stars. I'll give it four on the regular Goodreads page.
Thanks Deidre :)
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