R15: SS Team 3 - Chapter Chasers

[Carrie]

Completion Post:

Week 4 - Spot 39
Book: Witch Is When It All Began
Author: Adele Abbott
Date Read: 3/20/2024
Pages: 212
Task: Has at least 5 words
How it Fits: 5 plus words

Review: 3 stars

This was an okay book.

Jill is a P.I who was adopted at a young age. When she tried to connect with her birth mother when she was older, she was turned away. Jill gets a phone call that her mother is dying and has requested to see her. When Jill goes, “You’re a witch” are the only words her mother says to her. Hurt and confused, Jill vows to have nothing to do with the remaining newly discovered family members she has. Her new family has other plans however.

Meanwhile Jill is working a murder case to make ends meet. She’s making little progress but vows not to give up.

I think this book basically serves to set up the series . The reader gets a brief introduction to all of the characters and learns a bit about each of them. There is also the hint of a possible romance in the future. Plus the reader gets to see how the newly discovered information Jill has learned about herself may lead to problems down the road.

The mystery part of this book is only minimally developed and doesn’t feel like a cohesive part of the story. Maybe the mystery part in future installments will be more in depth.

There is also a one eyed cat in this book. I normally love when animals are included in books but Jill “loves to hate “ this cat and Mrs. V is always talking about wanting to kill it.

Anyway, it’s a quick read and has potential. I’ll probably try another one in the series and then decide from there if I want to continue on.

[Leslie Ann]

Completion Post:

Week 4 - Spot 39
Book:Thicker than Blood / Mike Omer
Date Read: 3/21/2024
Pages: 427
Task:3rd book in the Zoe Bentely series

Review: 3 stars
This is the 3rd book in the Zoe Bentely series. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others. I do enjoy Zoe and her interactions with others and her lack of social skills. The plot seemed to be so slow for me. I also didn't enjoy the premise used for the serial killer this time. I do enjoy the series so I hope there will be another book.

[Joyce]

Week # 4 Reviews
Team #3 Chapter Chasers
Spot #39

Joyce- #3 in series - The Devil's Bones - Review
Jade aka MrsTosh - Alternate 4 or more words in title -Class: Welcome to the Little School by the Sea- Review
Carrie- Alternate 4 or more words in title- Witch Is When It All Began Review
Leslie Ann- #3 in series-Thicker than Blood - Review
Celia- Alternate 4 or more words in title - The Last Alchemist: And the Love of His Life - Review
Christene Paula- #3 in series - Heir of Fire - Review

[Joyce]

Week 6
Team #3 Chapter Chasers
Review Post for Week #4
Dice Roll = 1+6=7
Previous Space: 39
New Space: 46
#4 in Series
#6 in series
#46 in series
Alternate Choice-Cover Item: One person

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

I think I will go for Alternate Choice again this week with

[Leslie Ann]

I will go with #4

[Joyce]

I think I am going with Industrial Magic

[Carrie]

I need to have a look yet. Will post my plan tomorrow!

[Celia]

Completion Post

Week 5 - Spot 46
Book: by April Fernsby
Date read: 3/24/24
Pages: 172
Task: one person on cover
How it fits: one person (silhouette) on cover

Review:
I'm so glad I have all the books in this series for free. It's easily the cozy mystery series I most want to follow. I love all the worldbuilding in this and the way we meet and formulate our own suspicions about characters. There's so much going on and it all adds to the story, often in unexpected ways.

[Carrie]

I’m working on one person on cover task.

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Completion Post

Week 5 - Spot 46
Book: Ticket to the World: My 80s Story by Martin Kemp

Date read: 26th March 24
Pages: 298
Task: Alternative - One person on the cover
How it fits: Martin Kemp - One person on the cover

Review:
I enjoyed the audio version of this book, however I do wish it has been read by Martin Kemp as appose to a narrator. It spoilt the story for me somewhat.

The book is a mix of everything 80's. Its take us on trip down memory lane, as Martin talks about growing up in London being part of starting the new romantic phase. The rise to fame or Martin and his band mates in Spandet Ballet and all about the different music venues and sounds that were coming out of London in those days. He talks about many other famous musicians and artists who the bank played with at the time and it was really great to be reminded of so many wonderful things the 80's represented.

[Leslie Ann]

Completion post
Week 5 -spot 46
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
3/27/24
Pages: 656

4th in the series

Review: I have the stomach flu… joys of watching grandkids. So short review. I really like this series and I will continue on with it… great characters

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Leslie Ann wrote: "Completion post
Week 5 -spot 46
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
3/27/24
Pages: 656

4th in the series

Review: I have the stomach flu… joys of watching grandkids. So s..."

Oh no, feel better soon :)

[Joyce]

Leslie Ann wrote: "Completion post
Week 5 -spot 46
Lethal White
Robert Galbraith
3/27/24
Pages: 656

..."

That sucks! Feel better.

[christene_littlelibrary]

Completion Post
Week 5 - Spot #46

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Date Read: 3/22 5⭐
Pages: 648
How it Fits: 4th in series
Review:
Nothing i say will be enough to explain how much i love this book. the love and emotions every single one of these characters (not the bad ones) put me through while reading this. This is wholesome. Time to tandem read the next books

[Carrie]

Completion Post:
Week 5 - Spot #46

Book: The Dark Bones

Author: Loreth Anne White
Date Read: 3/28/2024
How it Fits: One person on the cover:

Review:

When I started reading this I didn't realize that it was actually the second installment in the Dark Lure series. While there may have been information regarding the back stories of characters, I didn't feel like there was any issue reading this book as a stand alone and not in the order of the series. (After reading it, I do plan on going back and reading the first book however!)

I really enjoyed this book. I've never read anything by this author before and wasn't sure what to expect. Simply put - this is an absolute page-turner!

It starts off with a brutal chase scene that immediately grabs all of your intention. Then the main character's father dies and you learn that his death may somehow be tied back to that initial scene. The answers to how, why, and who develop into a magnificent plot that is sure to keep you reading.

Great book! I look forward to reading more by this author in the near future!

[Joyce]

Completion post
Week #5 Spot #46

Book; Industrial Magic
Finished: 3/28/24
Pages: 560
How it fits: #4 in series
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Paige Winterborne and Lucas are investigating killings of the Cabal's children. They have to travel to Miami and deal with Lucas' father who is the head of the Cabal and his brothers who dislike him. Along the way they met a necromancer/tv personality who is a bit flaky but very good at what she does. Pretty much everyone in the past books get a little time in this book. Elena and Clay feature a bit more than others. I will be continuing to read this series as it keeps changing and moving along nicely.

I'm not to crazy about the narrator for this but it was okay.

[Joyce]

Week # 6 Reviews
Team #3 Chapter Chasers
Spot #46

Joyce- #4 in series -Industrial Magic - Review
Jade aka MrsTosh - Alternate one person on cover -
Ticket to the World: My 80s Story - Review
Carrie- Alternate one person on cover- The Dark Bones Review
Leslie Ann- #4 in series- Lethal White - Review
Celia- Alternate one person on cover -The Centaur's Last Breath - Review
Christene Paula- #4 in series - Queen of Shadows - Review

[Joyce]

Carrie wrote: "Completion Post:
Week 5 - Spot #46

Book: The Dark Bones

Author: Loreth Anne White
Date Read: 3/28/2024
How it Fits: One person o..."

sounds really good

[Carrie]

Joyce wrote: "Carrie wrote: "Completion Post:
Week 5 - Spot #46

Book: The Dark Bones

Author: Loreth Anne White
Date Read: 3/28/2024
How it Fit..."

It was really good!

[Joyce]

Week #7
Team #3 - Chapter Chasers
Review Post
Dice Roll = 6+4=10
Previous Space: 46
New Space: 56
5 in Series
6 in series
56 in series
Alternate Choice- Author "G"

Apparently I misnumbered the weeks we are on #7

[Joyce]

I am going to read Its #6 in the series

[Leslie Ann]

I have a book for 6 th in a series…

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Think I will go Alternate Choice again this week. Will read this to knock another book of my NetGalley shelf

[Leslie Ann]

Week 7
Completion Post
Spot 56
The Last Camel Died at Noon / Elizabeth Peters
4/2/24
This is the 6th in the Amelia Peabody series

Review:
I really enjoy this series. I have read many of these out of order and they are so well written it doesn’t impact my enjoyment. The characters are wonderful and currently Ramses is my favorite, love that little kid. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series

[Carrie]

I’m working on the alternate choice
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. I’ll have it finished at some point tonight!

[Joyce]

Week 7 Completion Post
Spot: 56
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
Finished: 4/4/24
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: This is the #6 book in the Murderbot series
Review:
I always love Murderbot. In this one he/she is investigating a death on Preservation Station. He has to interact with people and Murderbot hates that. He just wants to get back to his media stories and forget about everyone else. This is a short book and was the perfect length. I thought the last was a bit too long. Looking forward to the next one.

[Joyce]

How it everyone doing with their books? We do have all of Friday to finish up. If you can't make it. We do have a free pass in an emergency.

[Carrie]

I have less than 50 pages to go. Still hoping to get it up tonight!

[Carrie]

Week 7 Completion Post
Spot: 56
Book: The Woman in the Library
Author: Sulari Gentill
Pages: 267
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Author "G"

Review:

I really enjoyed this book. I was hooked by the story within a story set up.

A scream is heard in the Boston Public Library and a woman is later found dead. Four random strangers happened to be sitting near one another when the incident occurs and they soon become fast friends. When one of those four is also attacked, suspicions arise. How much do these four people really know about one another? Could one of them be a murderer?

To top it off, while this story is unfolding, you also have correspondence occurring between the writer of the story and Leo (an obsessed fan). Over time, the reader gets to know Leo better through his letters (and comes to recognize just how creepy he really is!).

I enjoyed so much about this book. I thought the characters were well developed and enjoyed the Boston setting. I also liked how they author plays around with various tropes within the mystery genre (everyone is a suspect, the absence of evidence and the locked room mystery to name a few).

The only thing I thought could have been better would have been if the relationship between Leo and Hannah was more elaborate. The reader gets to see only Leo's letters, not her replies. I think her responses would have added some additional depth and dimension to the overall story!

This is the first time I've read this author and I look forward to reading more.

[christene_littlelibrary]

Week 7 Completion Post
Spot: 56
Book: Midnight Ruin
Author: Katee Robert
Pages: 316
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: #6 in Dark Olympus series
Review:
Good plot and good smut, though I think the romance could have used more development. Love Eurydice.

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Week 7 Completion Post
Spot: 56
Book: The Bordeaux Book Club

Author: Gillian Harvey
Pages: 316
Rating: 3.5 stars
How it Fits: Alternate Choice- Author begins with a "G"

Review:
Gillian Harvey transports the readers to the picturesque countryside of France. In this book we mean Leah who has recently moved to the region with her Husband and Daughter. The move is not going as planned. Her Husband is never around, her Daughter hates her and everybody else. So when one of her new friends mentions the book club she is forming for ex pats, Leah jumps at the chance to make more friends and carve a new life out for herself in France. The book club I formed of a group of misfits, people who would most likely walk past each other on the street. Without realising it they are about to form friendships that will last a lifetime and help some of them through the trials and tribulations of life.

Ia really enjoyed this book the setting was beautiful and the author describes the scenery so well. Makes me want to add Bordeaux on to my Wishlist!

[Joyce]

Just waiting hear from Celia.

[Joyce]

Week # 7 Reviews
Team #3 Chapter Chasers
Spot #56

Joyce- #6 in series -Fugitive Telemetry - Review
Jade aka MrsTosh - Alternate: Author G -The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey
- Review
Carrie- Alternate: Author G-The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill Review
Leslie Ann- #6 in series-The Last Camel Died at Noon - Review
Celia- -- Review USING FREE PASS
Christene Paula- #6 in series -Midnight Ruin - Review

[Joyce]

I PM'd Celia about 5 hours ago. If I don't hear back soon. I am just going to use our Free pass. I hope everything is okay with her as I didn't see a selection post from her either.

[Carrie]

Joyce wrote: "I PM'd Celia about 5 hours ago. If I don't hear back soon. I am just going to use our Free pass. I hope everything is okay with her as I didn't see a selection post from her either."

I saw on her feed that she posted 20 hours ago in another group that she was in a bad place and hasn't been reading and she wasn't going to finish her book for that group. I'm thinking we will need to use the Free pass.

Hopefully she's okay...

[Joyce]

Carrie wrote: "Joyce wrote: "I PM'd Celia about 5 hours ago. If I don't hear back soon. I am just going to use our Free pass. I hope everything is okay with her as I didn't see a selection post from her either."
..."
Okay thank you I am going to go ahead and roll then

[Joyce]

Week 8
Team #3 Chapter Chasers
Review Post
Dice Roll =5+1=6
Previous Space: 56
New Space: 62
6 in Series
2 in series
62 in series
Alternate Choice- Author 'B'

[Celia]

I'm so sorry, I've been having a rough week.

Selection post for this week:

I'll try to read for alternate - author B

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Celia wrote: "I'm so sorry, I've been having a rough week.

Selection post for this week:

I'll try to read for alt..."

Hope you're ok and this week is a better one for you :)

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

I will also go with alternative this week -

[Leslie Ann]

I am going to read the alternative also
Savage Run by C.J. Box

[Carrie]

I am going to read for the alternate
Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

[christene_littlelibrary]

Week 8 Completion Post
Spot: 62

Book: The Chalice of the Gods
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 268
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #6
Review:
Percy Jackson will always have a place in my heart. This series started my reading era. And it is still fun reading even with an 18 years old Percy with the OG trio, Annabeth and Grover. This makes me wanna read all the books all over again.

[Carrie]

Week 8 Completion Post
Spot: 62


Book: Shady Hollow
Author: Juneau Black
Pages: 222
Date Read: 4/8/2024
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Author B
Review:

There are so many things I liked about this book:

1. The cast of characters is all animals. How adorable is that?
2. The setting of Shady Hollow is charming and delightful.
3. It's a great break from murder mysteries where the young woman is tortured and murdered. In this book, the unfortunate victim is Otto the toad.
4. The plot is good. I wasn't 100% sure of the who and why until close to the end.
5. The cover is gorgeous.
6. The characters are fun and witty!
7. It's a perfect book for a one sitting quick read.

I really enjoyed this book and I will definitely be reading the next one in the series!

[Jade aka MrsTosh]

Week 8 Completion Post
Spot: 62
Book: Finding Friends at the Cornish Country Hospital

Author: Jo Bartlett
Pages: 322
Rating: ****
How it Fits: Alternate Choice- Author 'B'

Review:
I am a fan of Jo Bartletts Cornish Midwife series so thought this new series set in a Cornish A&E department would also be up my street. I am definitely not disappointed, I really like the authors writing style and her character development. Each character has their own trials and tribulations but Bartlett always ensures they come together as friends and a community to help each other out. She also always manages to add a little bit of romance within her books and this one was no exception. I really enjoyed the chemistry between Esther and Jo. As I haven't read the first book in the series, I feel I have missed out on the relationship between Esther and her bff Danni and the background on her previous failed relationship. I will probably go back and read it at some point. But it didn't put me off enjoying this installement.

A great new series which I am sure I will enjoy.

[Leslie Ann]

Week 8 completion
Spot 62
Alternate: author b
Savage Run
C.J. Box
4/9/24
Author last name starts with b
4 stars
Review: I am really enjoying this series. I like the descriptions of all the Wyoming landscapes and all the animals. I also enjoy all the characters especially Joe Pickett. I will definitely be continuing on with this series.

[Joyce]

Week 8 Completion post
Spot 62
#2 in series
Ever After by Nora Roberts
Finished 4/11/24
5 stars
Review:
Allena gets stuck on an island very far away from where she is supposed to be working for her sister. Conel is a reclusive Irishman whose island she lands on. She decides it is fate that they get together. I really enjoyed this light romance with a little bit of magic in it.

[Joyce]

Week #8 Reviews
Team #3 Chapter Chasers
Spot #62

Joyce- #2 in series -Ever After - Review
Jade aka MrsTosh - Alternate: Author B -Finding Friends at the Cornish Country Hospital by Jo Bartlett - Review
Carrie- Alternate: Author B-Shady Hollow by Juneau Blackl Review
Leslie Ann- Alternate - Author B - Savage Run by C.J. Box - Review
Celia- Alternate - Author B - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo -- Review
Christene Paula- #6 in series -The Chalice of the Gods - Review

[Joyce]

Carrie wrote: "Week 8 Completion Post
Spot: 62


Book: Shady Hollow
Author: Juneau Black
Pages: 222
Date Read: 4/8/2024
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fi..."

This looks to be so cute.