R15: SSS Team 3 - The LIP Readers

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I've started reading for green cover.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post

Week: 4 - Thursday Roll
Spot: 26
Book: The Clue of the Leaning Chimney
Pages: 192
Read: 3/15/24
Rating: ***
Task: Read a book with a green cover
How it fits: Tineye says the cover is 85.2% green.

Review: Nancy Drew mysteries are amazing. Someone should really count how many coincidences happen during Nancy's investigations. And Nancy can get hurt, abducted, or chased, and she'll still go to the party at Emerson an hour later.

In this story, Nancy was able to continue sleuthing while babysitting. She is amazing! :D

[Ira]

Completion post
Week 4/Thursday roll
Spot 26



Book: Moon Over Soho
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Qualification: #2 in the Rivers of London series
Pages: 374
Date read: 17/3/24
Rating: 3 stars

Review:
This series has a lot of potential to become really good. The series is a crime procedural with magical elements. This book was good, but we are still in that phase when we are learning about the world and not everythis is fully developed yet. In this book the main character is investigating the death of a mucisian. I really like the main character, and the fact that he struggles with magic, that he is not a natural that gets everything the first time he tries it. I liked the mystery part of the book, and the twistes and turns it takes. I will continue on with the series when I get the chance to.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completion
Week 5 / Thursday Roll

Spot 26
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen

Read 3/17
Qualification: 2nd in Rizzoli & Isles series
Rating 4.5 stars
Pages: 376

Review
4.5 stars. This 2nd installment in the Rizzoli & Isles did not disappoint! This is a super-fast read and exciting and entertaining the whole time! Jane Rizzoli is on the hunt for another serial killer but this one might have ties to the Surgeon who haunts her from the debut novel of the series. I got lost in this one and enjoyed every page-turning minute!

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completions / Week 5 / Thursday Roll
Spot 26

Ira https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lanelle https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Patti https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Week 5 / Sunday Roll
Previous Spot 26
Roll: 5
New Spot 31

Link to completions https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Spot 31

31st in series
3rd in series
1st in series
Stand-alone
31. Title 'V'

Due Thursday March 21st

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

I’m going to take advantage of the 1 and read the first book in the series I plan to start and finish for the bonus!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "I’m going to take advantage of the 1 and read the first book in the series I plan to start and finish for the bonus!"

Yay!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I'm going to read Valerie for the alternate.

[Ira]

Just a reminder. The book I read for spot 24 is over 500 pages, so I think there is a bonus point for that...

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Ira wrote: "Just a reminder. The book I read for spot 24 is over 500 pages, so I think there is a bonus point for that..."

There is indeed. I've added it to your tally. :)
Please do add a note to that effect to both the individual completion post (so it's easier for your captain to notice) and in the Post Your Spot thread (so it's easier for me to notice). Thank you!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post

Week: 5 - Sunday Roll
Spot: 31
Book: Victor
Pages: 187
Read: 3/20/24
Rating: ***
Task: Read a book with a title that begins with a V
How it fits: The title begins with a V.

Review: The continuing saga of a group of British gargoyles now living in Colorado. This book is about the pack's leader, Victor. We get to know more about him, his history, and the sacrifices he had to make for the good of the pack. It really made me think about leadership and the toll it takes on the leaders.

[Ira]

Completion Post
Week 5/Sunday Roll
Spot 31



Book: The Coward
Author: Stephen Aryan
Pages: 412
Date read: 21/3/24
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: Quest for heroes #1

Review:
I found the premice of this book really interesting. The main character has been on a quest and come home as the only survivor, a winner and a legend. Ten years later, still haunted by his experiences of that quest he is asked to go on a new quest with vely little chance of succes. He is very reluctant to go because he knows the legends are false and he sees himself as a coward that did not deserve the fame. I like how the book shows what effects going on a heroic quest can have on a person. After that it is the typical classic epic fantasy quest story. The book is well written and very enjoyable. It provides a different view of heoes and I found what was going on behind the scenes to be really interesting. I am interested to read more of this author.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completion
Week 5/Sunday Roll
Spot: 31

The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Read 3/21
Pages: 460
Rating: 3.5 stars
Qualification: 1st in series

Review:
This is a series I’ve had to my TBR shelf for a long time. While I did enjoy this book, I didn’t LOVE it. It’s really 3.5 rounded up. I felt really bad for Izabela; I’m so glad I live in a time when women can make any decision they want. It would have been awful to be expected to marry someone I didn’t love — and then to stay forever. And that mother-in-law was horrible.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3
Week 5 / Sunday Roll Completions

Spot 31

✅✅ Ira https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Lanelle https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Patti https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 6: Thursday
Previous Spot: 31
Roll: 5
New Spot: 36

Link to reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


Denise: can you please add our team name? Thanks so much ;)

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Spot 36

36th in series
3rd in series
6th in series
36. Cover Item: Book

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

I’m going to go ahead and read the 3rd book in the series I’m working on for the bonus!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I'm going to read for the alternate - Cover Item: Book.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post

Week: 6 - Thursday Roll
Spot: 36
Book: Miss Cayley's Adventures
Pages: 142
Read: 3/23/24
Rating: ****
Task: Read a book with a book on the cover.
How it fits: There is a book on the cover.

Review: This is a wonderful, fun, exciting story about a young lady who decided to go around the world. The amazing part is that she is almost broke when she decides to do this incredible feat. Lois has some adventures, meets some fascinating people, and saves the day for her young man. Rollicking times :)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I would feel more comfortable if we had the Free Pass. Is there any way we could work towards earning it?

[Ira]

I think I could try to make it next week. I have Easter vacation from Wensday and no plans, so I think I could make my review by the end of Wensday or Saturday. I am just confused about the time diference, since I live in Norway. I will have to look it up. My revew is comming soon.

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Ira wrote: "I think I could try to make it next week. I have Easter vacation from Wensday and no plans, so I think I could make my review by the end of Wensday or Saturday. I am just confused about the time di..."

You can use this to help you figure out the time difference: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...

It's early in the morning on Thursday/Sunday for you - I'm in Finland and it's 7am for me at the moment, I think we're one hour apart. (And then there's the whole switching to summer time mess happening in Europe next Sunday, I believe, which will shift the deadline again... so best double check. *sigh*)

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Hi! Sorry I had a busy weekend. I will be finished with my book in about and hour or 2.

Lanelle — I will definitely try for the free pass this week with both of my books. This one I’m currently reading was a long one, so there was no way to get it done early. 🙃

[Ira]

Completion Post
Week 6/Thursday Roll
Spot 36



Book: House of Many Ways
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Pages: 328
Date read: 24/3/24
How it fits: Howls moving castle #3
Rating: 4 stars

Review: I generally like Dianna Wynne Jones writing style and the whimsical quality she brings to her books. I liked the first book in the series and saw this as an opportunity to read this book. This is a trilogy of companion novels that can be read in the "wrong order". In this book the main character moves to her great uncle's cottage to look after it while he is sick. The house is alomst a character in itself. Its doors leads to different places, and she has no idea what she is gatting herself into. The main character is a grumpy, spoiled person that volunteered helself to get out of her room. She comes from a magical family and there are a lot of secrets and a lot is discovered. I loved the fact that Sophie and Howl are making an appearance. I overall likedthe plot and the main characters. It absolutely met all the expectations I had of a Diana Wynne Jone book.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completion
Week 6 / Thursday Roll / Spot 36
The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley

Read 3/24
Pages: 721
4.5 stars
Qualification: 3rd in a series

Review:
This was by a good margin my favorite book in the series so far. Maybe it was because it was about books and writing and loving them both. I can’t pick whose story I liked better — Star’s or Flora’s. I loved Rory and Orlando and Mouse and Archie. It was great to see both women — at different times in history — come into their own and realize their dreams. Very, very good!

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completions
Week 6 / Thursday Roll / Spot 36

Ira: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Lanelle: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Patti: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 6: Sunday
Previous Spot: 36
Roll: 2
New Spot: 38

Link to reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Rolled a 2 🙃

New spot: 38

38th in series
3rd in series
8th in series
38. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)


Books due Thursday, March 28th but we are trying for the FREE PASS so that would be Wednesday;)

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Ladies, thank you for working towards the Free Pass. I think we'll all feel a bit more comfortable having it available.

Patti, the link to my Completion Post is missing from Message 128.

I'm going to read Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas for the alternate: Seasonal Theme.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Week: 6 - Sunday Roll
Spot: 38
Book: Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
Pages: 336
Read: 3/26/24
Rating: ****
Task: Read a book with a seasonal theme
How it fits: The story is set at Christmastime.

Review: The Jane Austen mysteries are very good, and this book in the series is no exception. Lots of background information on Austen's life and circumstances, good storytelling, and a mystery that keeps you guessing. I'll keep re-reading these stories for a long time :)

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Hey -- Ira -- are you going to finish your book today? It's going to be a stretch for me to finish, but I'll make sure I do if I know you're going to finish. If not I can relax. Please let me know. Thanks.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completion
Week: 6 - Sunday Roll / Spot: 38

The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen

Read 3/27
Rating 4 stars
Pages 419

Review
This one caught me from the get-go. A murdered nun in a cold, dark chapel is where this begins, and the suspense keeps going. I liked that this focused on Isles, as I needed to get to know her better. This is a series I’m really enjoying.

[Ira]

Completion Post
Week 6/Sunday Roll
Spot 38



Book: Taken
Author: Benedict Jacka
Pages: 313
Date read: 27/3/24
How it fits: #3 in the Alex Verus Series
Rating: 4 stars

Rieview:
I really liked this book. I like the character development of the main characters, and I liked the direction the series seems to be going towards. The new characters were good, with interesting back stories and interesting dynamics with the old character. This book was fast paced, and the mystery was good. The series seems to improve with every book.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Yay! We did it! The Free Pass is ours! (Right?)

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Lanelle wrote: "Yay! We did it! The Free Pass is ours! (Right?)"

Yep! :D I'll add it to your thread once Patti has rolled and posted your new spot. :)

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Ok great. I’m just woke up. lol.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Completions
Week: 6 - Sunday Roll / Spot: 38

✅✅ Ira https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Lanelle https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Patti https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 7: Thursday
Previous Spot: 38
Roll: 6
New Spot: 44

Link to completions ( Week: 6 - Sunday Roll): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

New spot: 44

44th in series
4th in series
44. Cover Item: Water

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

I’m either going to do:



The one is for the full series bonus I’m working on and the other will get us the 3 or more books in a series bonus

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Completion Post

Week: 7 - Thursday Roll
Spot: 44
Book: Surprise Island
Pages: I listened to the audio book; the default edition has 192 pages
Read: 3/29/24
Rating: ***
Task: Read a book with water on the cover.
How it fits: There is water on the cover.

Review: I find the first few books in the Boxcar Children oddly fascinating. I mean they are not especially good writing. The story leaves out a lot of details that would make how the children live understandable. But I still enjoy reading them. There must be something about the importance of family, being independent, and finding love and acceptance that appeals to me.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 7: Thursday
Spot: 44

Book: Body Double by Tess Gerritsen

Pages: 432
Read 3/31
Rating 4 stars
Qualification: 4th in Rizzoli & Isles series

Review:
The 4th installment of the Rizzoli & Isles series was a page turner from start to finish. Dr. Maura Isles finds her identical twin, murdered in front of her house. The bigger twist is that she never knew of her existence. Is this murder somehow connected to her or was it a case of domestic violence gone way wrong — or something far more sinister? Another great, fast read from Tess Gerritsen!


This earns the following bonus: ✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series

I’ve read the 2nd, 3rd & 4th books in the Rizzoli & Isles series in this challenge

2nd - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3rd - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
4th - here

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 7: Thursday
Spot: 44

Ira
✅✅ Lanelle: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Patti: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Maddielucy(Patti) wrote: "Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 7: Thursday
Spot: 44

✅✅ Ira https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Lanelle: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅✅ Patti: https://www.g..."


Patti earned this bonus: ✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series

[Ira]

Completion Post
Week 7/Thursday Roll



Book: The Last Devil to Die
Author: Richard Osman
Pages: 422
Read: 31/3/24
How it fits: #4 in the Thursday Murder Club series
Rating: 4 stars

Review:
I really like this series: What makes it great is the characters. The four main characters and the supporting characters are great, and have very interesting dynamics. In this book an antique shop owner is murdered and the gang suspects it is connected to drug dealing. This one was very emotional for me. The character arc of Elisabeth was really sad. There were a lot of twists and turns and I was engaged all the way through the book. I am glad I am caught up with the series at last.

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Team 3 - The LIP Readers

Week 7: Sunday
Previous Spot: 44
Roll: 4
New Spot: 48

Link to Reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Patti earned this bonus: ✸ One point can be earned for reading three or more books in a series

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

Week 7: Sunday
New Spot: 48

48th in series
4th in series
8th in series
48. Title 'G'

Books due Thursday, April 4th

[Maddielucy(Patti)]

I’m going to read