R5: SS Not so Dirty Dozen (12)

[Jenne]

Captain ~ Angie ~aka Reading Machine~

Sandy
Ubah
Julie (post 70)
LaurLa
Minnttu

[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)]

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Hello everyone!

[LaurLa]

Hi all! I'm looking forward to getting started. I played for a couple weeks at the end of the last round to fill in for someone who needed to drop out but this will be my first time playing from the beginning.

What does everyone like to read? I'm mostly (okay, almost completely) a romance reader but will break out hear and there if I need to for a challenge or a book looks really interesting.

Where are you all from? I'm in middle america in Indiana which puts me in the eastern time zone. I am so glad winter has finally broken its hold over us but the past 2 winters have convinced me that I will be retiring (someday) to a southern state (read WARM!!!).

For a name, do we want to go with something completely obvious like the Dirty Dozen... or maybe the Not-so-Dirty Dozen? But any name works for me, I'm easy!

[Julie]

I'm fine with whatever name floats everyone else's boat.

I live in Utah. I will read almost anything, but am not too wild about horror. I have noticed recently I have read a lot of young adult.

I am looking forward to having fun with this game.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

I live in Pennsylvania. I like the name Not so Dirty Dozen!
I pretty much read all genres with the exception of biographies~ I need to like the person featured. I can be captain if no one else wants too.

[SandyC]

Hi team! I live in the Minneapolis area. Currently on Spring Break at Wisconsin Dells. I read everything but my fave is Historical Fiction. I'm looking forward to this round!

[Julie]

Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ wrote: "I live in Pennsylvania. I like the name Not so Dirty Dozen!
I pretty much read all genres with the exception of biographies~ I need to like the person featured. I can be captain if no one else want..."

I'm good with you being captain.

[LaurLa]

Julie wrote: "Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ wrote: "I live in Pennsylvania. I like the name Not so Dirty Dozen!
I pretty much read all genres with the exception of biographies~ I need to like the person featured. ..."

Ditto!

[SandyC]

Thank you for offering to be Captain, Angie!

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

I messaged Ubah. I'm hoping to hear from her soon.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week 1~Rolled 8
Spot 8
Alternative # 8~Text Item Garage

LaurLa~ Review
Julie~ Review
Sandy~ Review
Angie~ Review

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week 1~Spot 8
by Amy Martin
Finished:3/20/15
Rating:4 Stars
Review:Zara "Zip" McKee is really fast and loves basketball. Nothing new ever happens in her hometown but today is the exception to this rule. Two new students named Kieran and Kayla Lanier. Zip and Kieran are working on a project when suddenly Kieran fast asleep and extremely cold to the touch. Zip later learns that Kieran has narcolepsy. The pair become fast friends. Kieran is hiding something but unsure of telling Zip. All your questions will be answered In Your Dreams.

Text Item~Garage:Kieran looks out the windshield toward the garage. Page 52

[Julie]

Week 1

Finished:3/25/15
Rating:4 stars
Review: For me this is one of the more emotionally rending books in the series. It is difficult to see a character who has been established as strong almost to the point of indestructible, at least in some areas as Eve, brought as low as Eve is in this story. It does show the support system which has been established around her and what those people would be willing to do for her.

[LaurLa]

Week #1
Spot 8: #8 in series

Book:
Read: 03.25.15
Rating: ★★★
Review:
I have a real love-hate thing going with this author. A few books ago I had a real issue with how she treated a character and it has colored my reading of subsequent books. Though the last 2-3 books have not sparked the anger in me that the one particular book did, I still think that experience has affected how I 'hear' this author now. What I have 'heard'/read from the author is judgement on a person who chooses to engage in casual sex. Real judgement, as in this is not a good person or a person worthy to have someone love them. I don't know if it's distance from the book that angered me so much, but this particular book seemed to be less judgemental which is what made me think maybe my reading of the previous couple was colored by my anger. Enough about that and on to this book in particular.

This book was a continuation of an issue brought up in the previous book about the dangers of bull-riding and bull-fighting and the heroines' inability to accept the importance of these things in the hereos' lives. I didn't particularly like how it was handled in the previous book and all through this book I felt like it might go the same way, that is, to force the hero to give up the sport, his dream and something he's worked all his life towards. I have to admit that the author actually did a better job explaining the hero's thought process from the last book in this book (which makes me feel better about THAT couple's HEA). And in the end, I felt really good about how the issue was handled for this couple. I believed in their HEA and actually liked how things ended up for them.

The heroine in this book was a bit wishy washy, giving mixed signals to the hero. She didn't want to be attracted to or fall for him because of his profession but we were supposed to believe that their physical connection/chemistry was so great that she couldn't help herself around him, thus the mixed signals. The problem was that I didn't feel this connection between them. The author told us all about it but I never felt it. And even though the smexy times weren't behind closed doors or even fade to black, they were vague and barely described, so they didn't really add to my belief that these two were so strongly attracted to each other.

The descriptions of bull-fighting were very interesting, added something extra to the book and made me care about the hero.

Not sure why I keep reading this series since I don't particularly like the author's voice, other than maybe curiousity on how the next one will go. Plus they're there, on my TBR... I don't know. This one was less slut-shaming than those in the past and handled the issue of giving up a dream for love better than the previous book, so maybe I have hope I truly enjoy the next one.

[SandyC]

Week 1
Spot 8 - Text item Garage

[SandyC]

Week 1 - Spot 8
Text item: Garage:

"On the way to the restaurant from the parking garage..." p. 17
Date Finished: 3/23/15
★★★★

Review: This book is about 4 women who come together to spend a month on a remote island near Nantucket. Birdie is divorced and has just started a romance with an attentive, but married, man. Her sister India, a widow, is contemplating undertaking a romantic relationship with a much younger woman. Birdie’s daughter, Chess, is reeling from the death of her ex-fiance. Birdie’s other daughter, Tate, is hoping to hook up with the island’s caretaker, whom she has been in love with for 13 years. This is a great beach read that I found hard to put down. I wouldn’t exactly call this “chick lit,” but if you like that genre you’ll probably like this. A friend of mine gave me this book and it’s just been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years. I’m glad I finally read it and I’ll definitely read more from this author.

[LaurLa]

I'm reading today and will post by tomorrow! Didn't want ya'll to worry ;-)

[Jenne]

Minnttu will be joining y'all =]

[Minttu]

Hey! Joining your team a little late and really excited to play :)

I'm chef-to-be single mom from Finland. I read a lot of romance, contemporary and historical fiction with some crime and YA novels sprinkled in the mix.

[LaurLa]

Minttu wrote: "Hey! Joining your team a little late and really excited to play :)

I'm chef-to-be single mom from Finland. I read a lot of romance, contemporary and historical fiction with some crime and YA novel..."

Welcome Minttu! Jump on in ;-)

[LaurLa]

Angie - I updated my post with my review :-)

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Welcome Minttu!

I'll update the posts later tonite.

[Jenne]

I've sent Ubah a pm this am and haven't heard anything. I guess if she doesn't show by tonight I'm assuming she's not playing the game?

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Jenne wrote: "I've sent Ubah a pm this am and haven't heard anything. I guess if she doesn't show by tonight I'm assuming she's not playing the game?"

I've sent her two pm only ever got a response to first one but not the second one.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week #2~Old Spot 8 Rolled 3
New Spot 11
Alternative #11~2001

Ubah~ Review
Minttu~ Review
Angie~ Review
LaurLa~ Review
Sandy~ Review
Julie~ Review

[Ubah]

Hey im sorry i havent been on i have been studying for the SBACs for the past week but i would love to play

[SandyC]

Minttu wrote: "Hey! Joining your team a little late and really excited to play :)

I'm chef-to-be single mom from Finland. I read a lot of romance, contemporary and historical fiction with some crime and YA novel..."

Hi Minttu! Welcome!

[Jenne]

Ok Ubah, go ahead and jump in starting this week then. If RL gets in the way, please let me or Angie know thanks!

[Julie]

Week 2 spot 11

Finished: 4/1/15
Rating:3 stars
Review:I was suckered into this book because of the cover. It is really pretty and I really wanted to love this book. I'm not sure if that is what colored my negative reaction or if the book really was just meh.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Week 2~Spot 11
by Guy Stanton III
Finished:3/28/15
Rating:4 Stars
Review:Levi "Eli" Warner is still feeling the effects of his family's death. Eli is a treasure hunter searching for a Civil War treasure but he gets more than he bargained for on this adventure. Eli lost faith in God only to have God show his hand in Eli's life in a big way. Can Eli let go of the past and the treasure too?

[SandyC]

Week 2 - Spot 11
(First in series)

[LaurLa]

Week #2
Spot 11: 1st in series

Book:
Read: 03.29.15
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
Very enjoyable read. There was enough suspense to keep you guessing throughout but you also never forgot this was, at its heart, a romance.

As for the suspense part of the story, I half guessed the ending correctly. Or should I say, I went where the author directly led me and didn't have a clue about the killer - whether the author was that good or I was that clueless, I don't know. But it made for a good reading experience for me, so I guess it doesn't matter!

As for the romance, it was a bit predictable but I still liked the interactions between the MCs and they both helped each other heal from their various scars, though he took a bit longer to accept himself and his past than did she.

[Minttu]

Week 2 - spot 11 - stand alone


By Katherine Howe

[Ubah]

I have a question do we post a book made in 2001 that iv read and can we also post more then one book

[Ubah]

Week 2-spot 11 7th book in the series

If thats what we are doing ill post
By Lemony Snicket

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Ubah wrote: "Week 2-spot 11 7th book in the series

If thats what we are doing ill post
By Lemony Snicket"

Your book falls under 2001 category as long as your book was published in that year you're okay.

[Ubah]

thanks

[Jenne]

Congrats y'all earned your free pass last week.

[SandyC]

Week 2 - Spot 11

Date read: 3/29/15
Rating: ★★★★

Review: It seems like I'm the last person on Earth to read this. Any time I start a new series that has a lot of hype, I am pretty wary since I've been burned many times. I'm happy to say that I fully enjoyed this book! Harry Dresden is a private investigator who also happens to be a wizard. The Chicago PD calls him in to investigate a gruesome murder involving what appears to be black magic. While searching for the killer, Harry encounters demons, fairies, vampires and other magic practitioners. He also quite often finds himself on the receiving end of an a$$ whooping. This book has non-stop action and is a quick read. I will definitely move on to the next in the series to see what Harry does next.

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

Sandy wrote: "Week 2 - Spot 11

Date read: 3/29/15
Rating: ★★★★

Review: It seems like I'm the last person on Earth to read this. Any time I start a new series that has a lot of hy..."

You've just one of my favorite series and writer! Each book gets better and better.

[SandyC]

I really liked it! Hoping I can use more of these books for this challenge. :-)

[LaurLa]

Updated my post, Angie - post 35. Is that okay or is it easier for you if I re-post with my review?

[Angie ~aka Reading Machine~]

LaurLa wrote: "Updated my post, Angie - post 35. Is that okay or is it easier for you if I re-post with my review?"

No you're fine. No need to repost.

[LaurLa]

Sandy wrote: "Week 2 - Spot 11

Date read: 3/29/15
Rating: ★★★★

Review: It seems like I'm the last person on Earth to read this. Any time I start a new series that has a lot of hy..."

You're not the last person on Earth... sounds like that would be me! High-hype series make me leery too. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I might have to think about adding it to my list :-)

[Minttu]

Can I change my book for the week? I got totally hooked on Burn for Burn by Jenny Han yesterday and can't stop reading it :) It's 1st in a series.

[Ubah]

Do we only post one book each week.

[SandyC]

Ubah wrote: "Do we only post one book each week."

Yes, just one. :-)