R5: SS Space Monkey Mafia (11). ***2nd Place***

[Jenne]

Captain ~ Emma

Jennifer ♔Princess Penguin♔
TayaJay **3 stars means I like your book**
Petya
Shannon

[Jenne]

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[Jenne]

[Jenne]

★Publication years, any edition so long as it is published in the given year.
★Covers must be at least 50%
★Locations as long as the book takes part in the given location at some point in the book.
★Author letters, first, middle, or last name must start with the given letter.
★Title letters, must be the first word in the title excluding the, a, and.
★Cover Item, must have the given item on the cover.
★The alternates with links are for shelves, your book must be on the given shelf.
★New item - Text item, your book must contain the given word and need to include the sentence with it and location when posting your review. Plurals will be ok to use.
★ Please link the proper edition when using publication year, cover item, and cover color.

The Alternates:
1. N/A
2. White
3. 1999
4. Need to Buy
5. Title D
6. Cover Item Weapon
7. Author M
8. Text Item Garage
9. California
10. Purple
11. 2001
12. Read 2014
13. Title L
14. Cover Item Shoe(s)
15. Author J
16. Text Item Broom
17. Spain
18. Gray/Silver
19. 1995
20. Interesting
21. Title W
22. Cover Item Hat
23. Author H
24. Text Item Ambulance
25. China
26. Orange
27. 2000
28. Done
29. Title T
30. Cover Item Water
31. Author Z
32. Text Item Sidewalk
33. Nevada
34. Red
35. 2007
36. Made Me Cry
37. Title B
38. Cover Item Building(s)
39. Author K
40. Text Item Envelope
41. Tennessee
42. Brown
43. 2011
44. Ereader
45. Title E
46. Cover Item A Dress
47. Author I
48. Text Item Sink
49. New York
50. Pink
51. 2002
52. Favorite Author
53. Title R
54. Cover Item 2 People
55. Author S
56. Text Item Thunder
57. France
58. Black
59. 2014
60. Beautiful Covers
61. Title G
62. Cover Item Fire
63. Author B
64. Text Item Lace
65. Australia
66. Green
67. 2012
68. Cute
69. Title S
70. Cover Item An Animal
71. Author L
72. Text Item Midnight
73. Oregon
74. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
75. 2009
76.Set Aside
77. Title C
78. Cover Item No People
79. Author A
80. Text Item Butterfly
81. Scotland
82. Yellow
83. 2006
84. Four Star
85. Title M
86. Cover Item Moon
87. Author F
88. Text Item Gloves
89. England
90. Blue
91. 2010
92. Priority Reads
93. Title G
94. Cover Item Flower(s)
95. Author E
96. Text Item Mountain
97. Illinois
98. Purple
99. 2013
100. Read Me
(view spoiler)[101. Priority Reads
102. Author M
103. Tennessee
104. Text Item Midnight
105. Beautiful Covers
106. Black
107. 2009
108. Title E
109. Text Item Thunder
110. Four Star
111. Multi-Colored (3 or More Colors)
112. England (hide spoiler)]

[Emma (M)]

Hi everyone *waves* guess I'm first cab off the rank to post :)

I haven 't participated in SS before so I'm really excited to get started and looking forward to getting to know you all :)

[Petya]

Hi :) I'm really excited to start this round. Emma you're going to have lots of fun and it really helps you with the tbr pile :D

[Petya]

Here are some suggestions for names:

Super Heroes in Training
Walla Walla Weasel Wackers
Space Monkey Mafia

[Emma (M)]

Lol Walla Walla Weasel Wackers!

I vote for Space Monkey Mafia :)

[Taya:)]

Hello Teammates!
This is my third round. I read mostly mm books and recently I've been dipping my toe back into m/f pond. I'm part of multiple challenges and my focus may be split.


I'm loving Space Monkey Mafia.

[Emma (M)]

Everyone who has checked in so far happy to go with Space Monkey Mafia? If so, I will let the mods know on the main thread.

[Emma (M)]

TayaJay **3 stars means I like your book** wrote: "Hello Teammates!
This is my third round. I read mostly mm books and recently I've been dipping my toe back into m/f pond. I'm part of multiple challenges and my focus may be split.


I'm loving..."

I've just been introduced to the M/M genre and read the first book in the Cut & Run series, which I loved! I have downloaded a few more recommended books in the genre but haven't gotten around to reading them yet.

[Taya:)]

Emma wrote: "TayaJay **3 stars means I like your book** wrote: "Hello Teammates!
This is my third round. I read mostly mm books and recently I've been dipping my toe back into m/f pond. I'm part of multiple c..."

It has been four years and counting take over. I used to read maybe few books a month. Then I discovered Amazon one click button. I was just powerless to it. The M/M romance group is great group to join if really looking to discover more about mm books.

[Emma (M)]

Ok, I might give it a looksie :)

[Emma (M)]

We also need to nominate a Captain. Is anyone interested in doing the Captain role?

[Shannon]

Thank for finding me TayaJay! I didn't realize we were teamed up! This one is a bit confusing to me (I don't know why) so I would truly suck as captain!

[Shannon]

Oh, and I love Space Monkey Mafia.

I only read M/M books but should probably try a m/f book again...maybe...at some point. lol

[Taya:)]

I'm a NO to Captain.

[Emma (M)]

Ok, I will give it a go as Captain. Those of you who have done this challenge before might have to answer some questions for me along the way :) I will tell them our name is Space Monkey Mafia!

[Taya:)]

Emma wrote: "Ok, I will give it a go as Captain. Those of you who have done this challenge before might have to answer some questions for me along the way :) I will tell them our name is Space Monkey Mafia!"

Woohoo Emma!

[Shannon]

Yay Emma! Way to jump in when you haven't even played before. Now I'm feeling kind of ashamed...well, not really but I totally should!

[Bouchra]

Hey guys!

I guess I'm on the team with you all. I kinda had forgotten about all of this, was having a pretty busy week.

Looks like you guys have gone ahead and chosen a name and all that, so I'll just introduce myself.

I'm Bouchra, 21, a freelance translator, and I'm crazy about books. I lately have been getting too lazy about reading them so I guessed I needed a boost so I signed up for both SS and SSS. I played SSS last year twice I believe and I missed the last sign-ups and was quite mad at myself, I'd enjoyed it so much xD

I read pretty much everything except erotica, you guys will find me reading things ranging from sci-fi to crime to non-fiction :)

Happy reading!

[Emma (M)]

Welcome Bouchra!! Yay our little team is complete :)

[Shannon]

Hi Bouchra!

[Emma (M)]

Hi Ladies,

As fortune has it, the roll time for this challenge works out to be about 4pm where I am, so I will roll the dice when I get home from work tomorrow. This means we should have our roll for next week within an hour of the start time for the quest.

[Shannon]

Today, today, today. Waiting....waiting. lol

[Emma (M)]

I know right! I'm getting itchy fingers :)

[Emma (M)]

Hello fellow Space Monkeys.

We are off to a good start with a roll of 10 (5+5).

This means we can read:

*A Standalone
*#1 in a series
or
*A book with a purple cover (at least 50% purple).

[Shannon]

Week 1
Rolled: 10
Space: 10
Option: Standalone

by KC Wells, 180 pages

[Taya:)]

Week 1: Rolled 10 ( Book #1)
Happy's Ever After, 160 p/GR

[Emma (M)]

Week 1 - Rolled 10, Spot 10



Book #1
276 pages

[Shannon]

Sorry Emma, I'm changing my book to...
Week 1
Rolled: 10
Space: 10
Option: Standalone


, 202 pages/GR

[Emma (M)]

No problem at all!

[Petya]

I'm going to read #1 in a series

[Shannon]

Sweet! I just realized I had 6 challenges and was reading a different book for each one. Not a real smart idea! :/

[Emma (M)]

Yeah, 6 books at a time would be difficult!! I've had to do some fancy footwork for all my challenges this month :)

[Emma (M)]

Princess of the Midnight Ball

Week 1
Spot 10
#1 in Princess series
276 pages
Rating **
This is the author's take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale The 12 Dancing Princesses. I found the story to be very simple with little in the way of character development or interesting plot line. As such, I didn't really care about the characters or their predicament and didn't get absorbed in the story. It would probably be a great read for someone in the pre-teen age group.

[Shannon]

Week 1
Rolled: 10
Space: 10
Option: Standalone
Read: 3/22/15
Rating: ★★★★

, 202 pages/GR

Really more of a 3.5 but I'll round up just because I love Bryce so much. Cute story with lots of smexing and like I said, Bryce was just a perfect guy. But...Dusty was an asshat. For the whole book! Even when they do work things out, he still didn't do anything to make it happen. It was all Bryce. There should have been a serious amount of groveling IMO. Like on his knees crying and begging. I still want to punch him in his fat face (I don't think it's really fat but, ya know). I do think they make a great couple though so I'll deal with my issues. Just a warning that they do have sex with other people in the book because they weren't all the way 'together'. Annoying but not a deal breaker for me.

[Bouchra]

Just wanted to let you guys know I'm reading the first in The Infernal Devices series.

[Emma (M)]

Shannon wrote: "Week 1
Rolled: 10
Space: 10
Option: Standalone
Read: 3/22/15
Rating: ★★★★

, 202 pages/GR

Really more of a 3.5 but I'll round up just because..."

lol, loved the review, gave me a good chuckle at work :)

[Emma (M)]

Bouchra wrote: "Just wanted to let you guys know I'm reading the first in The Infernal Devices series."

Thanks Bouchra :)

[Shannon]

Emma wrote: "lol, loved the review, gave me a good chuckle at work :) "

Thanks Emma! :p

[Petya]

Week 1
Rolled: 10
Space: 10
Option: #1 in a series
Read: 23/03/15
Rating: ★★★★

Review: I don't know why but I expected more. I've been wanting to read this book since it came out and now that I have I'm dissapointed. I couldn't really connect with any of the characters and didn't really see the connection between Al and Jeb. Now Jeb... I don't care at all for him. If he had died I would have been "Meh."
Other than that, I really enjoyed it and there were some really engaging parts that kept me reading.
Overall, I enjoyed this version of Alice in Wonderland very much and will probably read the rest of the series.

[Emma (M)]

I felt the same way about Splintered as you did Petya. I really didn't think much of Jeb and I found the story a bit meh overall. Morpheus was the only thing that kept it interesting for me.

[Emma (M)]

Tayajay and Bouchra,

As it's less than 24 hours until the next roll, I just wanted to check if you were all good for posting your reviews in time?

Let me know if you think you may be delayed.

[Emma (M)]

Week 1 - Spot 10
Standalone / #1 / Purple Cover

- #1 - Petya's Review

- Standalone - Shannon's Review

- # 1 - Emma's Review

- #1 - TayaJay's Review

- Standalone - Bouchra's Review

[Taya:)]

Rolled 1- Spot 10
Date Finished: 3/24
Rating: ★★★★
Happy's Ever After (Cade Creek #1)

Review:
I have been wanting to read this book for weeks and I'm glad I finally got this off my TBR shelf. The beginning was brutal but I made it thru. I read this book for pure entertainment value over something with depth to it. I read the series that this book is a spinoff from, so I know what I was getting into. The sex scene just didn't gel with me. MC1 who is mentally challenge and virgin said he wasn't ready for that and you (MC2) agreed then cut to me couple swipe of my Kindle to find a scene you are preparing him for full on sex. What was the rush? I get people expect smut in these type of books but who going to complain with the hold up till the end. I would probably be reading the next book because I have no self control with these type of books anyway.

[Emma (M)]

Hi ladies,

I am still waiting for Bouchra's review before we can roll. I have messaged her to let her know so I will roll as soon as the review is posted.

Emma

[Jenne]

Sent Bouchra a pm. She's overseas so she's 6-8 hours ahead of the U.S. (I think).

Hopefully she pops in asap. If I hear from her I'll let y'all know :)

[Jenne]

She finished a book this week that works too (it's a standalone) hopefully shell check in right quick and she can use it vs the one she intended on.

[Emma (M)]

Great, thanks Jenne.