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Hi I posted and rolled for us. I got a 3,2 to make spot 68 do we want to use our points to make it 70 for easier picking of a bookSo it would be a 6 or 8 in a series or
7 in series or standalone book
alternates for 68 and 70
68. Author 'I'
70. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
I am for adding the points
Go to 70 then I can get book 7 in Vino and Veritas series! Hmm have to decide if I want to read the one ff book in the series or wait for book 8.
2 for, 2 don't mind, what does our captain say?
I am here, thanks Roger. 70 works for me as well. let's do that.sporadic internet coverage this week....
Denise wrote: "It is! It's a new bonus point I added this round. :)"Excellent, I missed that one.
SS - Week Eight - Spot #70 Alternate Task: Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
#70 = #7, or stand alone
Bonus Points Available: 0
Reviews are due at the latest by end of day on Friday 24 - 11.59pm Central Time.
Catsalive: (# in series)
Heli: (# in series)
Joyce: (# in series)
lorii: (# in series)
Roger: (# in series)
Bonus Points earned:
Catsalive - Heli - Joyce - lorii - Roger
Actually with A Zero we Can't Do First in Series. If a prequel fit page count we can Do a #0 including fraction like 0.5
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Actually with A Zero we Can't Do First in Series. If a prequel fit page count we can Do a #0 including fraction like 0.5"Yeah thanks, I caught that, it works for 1 but not for 0 oh well...
Selection post Week 8 Spot 70Of Feathers and Thorns by Kit Vincent
312 pages
How it fits: Alternate 4 or More Words in Title excluding Articles, 4 words in Title
[*book:Of Feathers and Thorns|62691799]
Selection PostWeek 8 Spot 70
Driving Heat by Richard Castle
Pages: 326
How it fits: #7 in Nikki Heat series.
Selection post:Week 8 Spot 70
Book: Dead Man's Grip
Author: Peter James
Pages: 513
How it fits: #7 in Roy Grace series
Not sure what I am reading, I thought I had a #7 only to find that the previous book has been upgraded from a fraction book to #7 and I am now at #8..... oh well...
Ok I have found an old Nora Roberts - stand alone The Art of Deception 339 pages - I really hate reading out of order so a stand alone it is.
Completion PostWeek 8 Spot 70
Driving Heat by Richard Castle
Pages: 326
Qualification: #7 in Nikki Heat series
Finished: 3/20/23
Rating: 3 1/2 stars
Review:
Nikki Heat get a new murder of an art collector. There seems to be a lot of suspects in the beginning. Nikki is trying to keep Jameson Rook, the reporter that follows all of her cases, at bay. But he is growing on her. Fans of the show Castle can see the characters easily in this book. The beginning was a bit boring but got more interesting about halfway through. I would give it another 1/2 star for the surprise ending I didn't expect. The narrator wasn't the best for this story but it didn't take me out of it either.
Week 8 Completion: spot 70
Book: The Book of Lost and Found by Lucy Foley
Qualification: 4 or More Words in Title
Pages: 458
Finished: 21/3 3.5★
Review:
An easy, entertaining read. Love, loss & hardship amidst war & society's restrictions. While I enjoyed the overall tale of Kate's search for the truth of her origins, I found it hard to engage with the characters to any great extent. There's a lot of back & forth between time frames which may have resulted in my occasional feeling of disconnection. A good story, if a little slow at times.
Completion Post #70
Book: The Art of Deception
Author: Nora Roberts
Pages: 339
How it Fits: Stand Alone
Date Read: Mar 21 ★★✰✰✰
Review:
An old school Nora Roberts, very similar in tone to her other works of the late eighties, early nineties. Published in 1986, it holds well over time, if you remember that the technology is true to the time of writing. It's a bit like an old James Bond movie in tone with hints of forgery, and espionage. Roberts is a master story teller. This novel was very cleverly written with humourous witty banter between father and daughter, and lovely playful flirtations between our main couple. The villain was a curve ball which was a nice surprise unfortuantely after the big reaveal it devolved into a disappointing conclusion. I must admit I have never liked NR's grey characters, heroes or heroines that enter in questionable activites for 'the best of reasons.' 2.5 stars
Completion Post: Week 8 Spot #70
Book: Dead Man's Grip
Author: Peter James
Pages: 513
Qualification: #7 in Roy Grace series
Finished: 3/22/23
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Another great police procedural from this author. Roy Grace and his team investigate a fatal traffic accident. Suddenly the drivers involved in the accident are being killed one after another. There is also a mafia connection. These books always have loads of characters, especially the police. It takes a lot of team work to crack cases. At home Roy's fiancé Cleo is pregnant and experiencing complications. Roy's wife Sandy has been missing for ten years and he's finally taking steps for her to be declared dead. I have never really liked that particular storyline, but now there is a development...
Heli wrote: "Completion Post: Week 8 Spot #70
Book: Dead Man's Grip
Author: Peter James
Pages: 513
Qualification: #7 in Roy Grace series
Fin..."
Heli - how much gory detail is there? - I don't like the grim dark where every horrible detail is meticulously described? thanks
Loriidae wrote: "Heli wrote: "Completion Post: Week 8 Spot #70
Book: Dead Man's Grip
Author: Peter James
Pages: 513
Qualification: #7 in Roy Gra..."
There are many gory details I'm afraid.
Oh well not for me then... thanks Heli
Completion post Week 8 Spot 70Of Feathers and Thorns by Kit Vincent
312 pages
How it fits: Alternate 4 or More Words in Title excluding Articles, 4 words in Title
Date Read: 3/23/2023
Rating 5 stars
Review: First this is a sweet beginning to a romance, not what I would consider a romance, but since the author is claiming it as a romance I am tagging it romance. Kaiden and Esten are sweet together and protective of each other. They are thrust in a mystery that is more dangerous than they know. But come out relatively unscathed! Looking forward to more from this Author. This has a unique magical system that I am enjoying. Ok is an interesting nonhuman secondary character that helps these two on their quest to solve the mystery and avenge the death of their master.
[*book:Of Feathers and Thorns|62691799]
Since we are all complete. I will roll.
Roll Week 9: Current spot: 70
Die roll 8 (3,5) Timestamp: 2023-03-24 07:09:36 UTC
New spot: 78
what fits : #7, #8, #78, alternate cover item Weapon
Selection post Week 9 Spot #78Made Mine by Sloane Kennedy and Lucy Lennox
290 pages
How it Fits: # 8 Made Marian Series
[*book:Made Mine|41587321]
Thanks Roger. All checked in.
Excellent roll, Roger. Perfect excuse for me to read the next book in the Roy Grace series.
Selection post: Week 9 Spot #78
Book: Not Dead Yet
Author: Peter James
Pages: 448
How it fits: #8 in Roy Grace series
Selection Post Week 9Spot 78
Book:Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King\
Pages 488
How it fits: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #8
I am camping and hiking this week, listening to my book. Joyce has kindly agreed to captain for me. Thanks Joyce.
Completion Post: Week 9Spot #78
Book: Not Dead Yet
Author: Peter James
Pages: 448
Qualification: #8 in Roy Grace series
Finished: 3/28/23
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
This was rather good addition to this series. Gaia is a singer turned actress followed and admired by millions of fans. She comes to Brighton to film a movie and encounters her 'number one fan'. At the same time a body is found at a local chicken farm and Roy Grace and his team come in to investigate. As implausible as it might seem, the two cases could to be connected. Good police procedural again, maybe not as much characters as in the last book, or at least I could keep track of the characters more easily. In the first books Roy's wife Sandy was portrayed almost as a saint, but nowdays Roy remembers her being whiney and discontent. There are developments in that storyline too. In the end there are a couple of really nice twists.
Loriidae wrote: "I am camping and hiking this week, listening to my book. Joyce has kindly agreed to captain for me. Thanks Joyce."Sounds great. Have fun!
Week 9 Completion: spot 78
Book: The Sign Of The Book by John Dunning
Qualification: Weapon on cover
Pages: 513
Finished: 28/3 3★
Review:
It has been ages since I last read one of this series so it was great to see Cliff Janeway again. I love the tidbits about the bookish skulduggery that goes on quietly in the bibliophilic world. Cliff is an ex-cop turned bookseller, travelling the country picking up the odd tome; an interesting character & often in troubles. In this episode he's doing a favour for his lawyer-love, Erin d'Angelo, by checking out the confession of Laura Marshall: did she or didn't she kill her husband? Of course, there are rare books involved, & life in small-town Paradise becomes dicier than in Denver.
Week 9 Completion PostSpot 78
Book: Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King
Pages: 488
Finished: 3/29/23
Qualification: #8 in Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review:
As this is the first in this series that I have read it seems a bit slow and seemed like it could be a shorter book. But I did enjoy it in the end and will go back and read it from the beginning.
Mary and Sherlock travel to San Fransisco where Mary lived. They investigate the deaths of her parents, and it seems someone is trying to get rid of Mary as well. The story is told both in the voice of Mary and the voice of Sherlock. Making some of it a bit redundant. About halfway through the book picks up and really ramped up at the end. Which would make it a 3.5 star read for me.
SS - Week Nine - Spot #78Alternate Task: Cover Item - Weapon
#7 or #8 or #78
Bonus Points Available: 0
Reviews are due at the latest by end of day on Friday 31st - 11.59pm Central Time.
Catsalive: The Sign Of The Book by John Dunning Review (Alternate Task -Weapon on cover)
Heli: Not Dead Yet by Peter James Review (#8 Roy Grace)
Joyce: Locked Rooms by Laurie R. King Review (#8 Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes)
Loriidae: One True Heart by Jodi Thomas Review (#8 Harmony)
Roger: Made Mine by Sloane Kennedy Review (#8 Maid Marian)
Completion Post Spot #78
Book: One True Heart
Author: Jodi Thomas
Pages: 336
How it Fits: #8 Harmony
Date Read: Mar 30 ★★★★✰
Review:
A beta hero suffering severe ptsd after a school shooting, the heroine on medical leave from the army. A lovely pairing. Millie has only ever been about military men, so Drew is a total enigma to her. Millie is given an undercover assignment searching for thr moneyman funding terrorist organisations across the world. She has a profile of criteria to match. Drew has his own secrets and Millie becomes increasingly suspicious of Drew as he fits many of the criteria. A lovely story of how they overcome their personal fears to find their true HEA and of course catch the bad guys. A wonderful novel after the disappointment of the conclusion of the previous book. 4.5 stars
We are almost all set to roll. Roger how is your book going. We do have a Free pass if we need to use it. It is getting toward the end so now would be a good time if needed.
Just finished, real life decide to throw a few curve balls in my life.
Completion post Week 9 Spot #78Made Mine by Sloane Kennedy and Lucy Lennox
290 pages
How it Fits: # 8 Made Marian Series
Date read: 3/31/2023
Ratings: 5 stars
Review: Ben, who is Griffin Marian biological brother, was beaten trying to prevent his sister from getting Kidnapped. Reese and the security company he works for rescued her. The company put Ben and Georgia (Georgie) under protection. They are moved to the Alexander Vineyard, owned by Blue (Griffin's brother by adoption) and Tristan. Ben was told something false about Griffin not wanting him. Through time and Marian interference Ben and Griffin reconcile. While Ben and Reese fall in love.
[*book:Made Mine|41587321]
Week 10Current spot: 78
Die roll: 8(5,3) Timestamp: 2023-03-31 20:15:00 UTC
New spot: 86
What fits: #8, #6, #86, Alternate title J
Roger - president of NBR United - wrote: "Week 10What fits: #8, #6, #86, Alternate title J"
Excellent! I already have a J title planned for this week :0)
@Roger - Yes life tends to do that sometimes. Great Roll though.
We are all posted. It looks like we are in the lead
I will be reading #6 Daring Desire: Cowboy Justice Association 241 pages (Amazon page count). I will be back in reliable internet on Wednesday.
Selection postWeek 10
Spot #86
Book: Definitely Dead
Author: Charlaine Harris
Qualification: #6 Sookie Stackhouse
Pages: 324
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