TEAM THREAD: Team #2 The G.L.O.B.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

On her blog she says, "Right now the tentative plan is for the first Vlad and Leila novel to release in 2012. 2011 will see the releases of the fifth Cat and Bones novel titled This Side of the Grave, Cat and Bones 6 (untitled as of now), and the holiday-themed anthology I’ll be in with Lynsay Sands that will also feature and Cat and Bones story (untitled as of now). My publisher and I are not sure if Vlad’s new stories will be called Night Huntress World, or something else since it’s the start of a new recurring-character series. More data on that once I have it."

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Fun!! Looking forward to it already!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Should be good. He's such a fun character.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Good pick, Sabrina. Hope you like it.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Wow! Honestly, I didn't remember it was that ... hefty. That should tell ya how fast it flows. Be patient with Faythe though, she can be annoying, but does mature throughout the series. :)

[Laura Lulu]

Yes, be very patient with Faythe. I really like the books, but I just started the 4th one this morning and right off the bat I'm like "God Faythe...you're such a little selfish bitch..." Lol. She grows TOTALLY from the 1st book, but she's a 2 steps forward, 1 step back kinda girl. But I have faith in Faythe. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LMAO!! That is so true, L³! :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

How's it going, ~*~Hershey's Kisses~*~? You're awfully quiet. How are you liking I'm the Vampire, That's Why?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{{Team Stats Updated}}

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LMAO! We were all there. With book#3, I couldn't read fast enough and with book#4, I was boohooin'.

It's done, Alpha is the last book of the series. :(

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Welcome to the G.L.O.B. Sarah. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Welcome to the game/challenge, Sarah! We're all happy to have ya (in the group & the game). Hope you enjoy it! Don't hesitate to ask me, another mod or one of your team members if you have any BINGO questions.

Happy Reading! :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{{Team Stats Updated}}

[Laura Lulu]

Yeah! Welcome Sarah! :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

OUR NEXT SHELF IS ..... vampires-werewolves
DIRECT LINK: 'vampires-werewolves'

Happy Reading, Everyone!!

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Steph wrote: "OUR NEXT SHELF IS ..... vampires-werewolves
DIRECT LINK: 'vampires-werewolves'

Happy Reading, Everyone!!"

Yay! New shelf :D

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL! Have fun book hunting! I'm off to see what I see. :)

[Laura Lulu]

I am going to read one of these, but not til next week--none of the books I need to finish for this month's challenges are on the list. So it just depends on which one of these I can fit into November challenges. :)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

And I just finished Strange Angels last week...

My son picked The Good, the Bad, and the Undead for me to read.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I just started Strange Angels, I like it so far. He made a good pick! :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{{Team Stats Updated}}

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, G.L.O.B.s!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'vampire-romance'.

[Your new BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Steph wrote: "I just started Strange Angels, I like it so far. He made a good pick! :)"

I liked it.

He told me he chose it because it was thicker than the others. lol
That said, I'm quite enjoying it. I forgot how much I liked this world (and I just love Jenks).

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "I'm set on for my pick. I am trying to get rid of some of these books in my growing pile of books so no more putting it off!

I have a horrible habit of..."

I have that problem too so, for Bingo, I'm trying to only read books on my TBR book shelf case.

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

I have a question. I was looking through the Free Space qualifications and I decided to look at option 3. I read a book on the 'read' shelf on 10-19/20 (last week).

Can I write a review of it and use it as my Free Space selection even if I didn't claim it first?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Your free space read can come from any shelf on SOS' bookcase. It must have been started/read by you after the game officially started on 10/11. If so, you're good and can use that book. :)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Free Space selection; Option 3 (first-in-series shelf):

Grimspace
4 stars

I really enjoyed this book. Sirantha Jax was a flawed, believable character. It reminded me of Firefly, and the movie Serenity. The whole space outlaws thing. Ms. Jax is a jumper who has recently lost her pilot. Pilots and jumpers share a telepathic link. March is the leader of a renegade group that rescues her from imprisonment after a disastrous mission.

Anyway, once I got started, I couldn't put it down. I flew through this in two days. I love the world that this is set in and the characters felt like actual people, not words on a page. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that I didn't really feel the 'connection' between Jax and March.

I liked it well enough that I checked the next two in the series out of the library when I returned this one.

[Laura Lulu]

I love the Jax books, and for exactly the reason you did--her characters are so real and fleshed out.

And Jax & March will grow on ya--the angst is almost too much. Almost. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{{Team Stats Updated}}

[Laura Lulu]

Ooh...have you guys checked out our bingo card? Click on the above "Team Stats Updated" link Steph posted and then click on the Team 2 button on the bottom. Once we get our Free Space and Vampire-Werewolf ones stamped, we will have 2 in a row in 3 different ways. Sweet. :)

[Laura Lulu]

Free Space - 2/4 completed

Succubus77 Grimspace finished 10.20 ★★★★
Sabrina Fair Stray
Laura Lulu Prey finished 10.28.10 ★★★
Sarah
Hershey's Kisses



Vampire Romance, I2 - 4/4 completed - stamp awarded

Succubus77 Another One Bites the Dust finished 10.14 ★★★1/2
Sabrina Fair Undead and Unappreciated finished 10.11 ★★★★
Laura Lulu Eternal Kiss of Darkness finished 10.14 ★★★
Sarah Undead and Unwed finished 10.24 ★★
Hershey's Kisses I'm the Vampire, That's Why *currently reading*



Vampire-Werewolf, I4 - 2/4 completed

Succubus77 The Good, the Bad, and the Undead finished 11.04 ★★★★
Sabrina Fair Eternal Kiss of Darkness *currently reading*
Laura Lulu Changes finished 10.31 ★★★★★
Sarah Blood and Chocolate *currently reading*
Hershey's Kisses

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Has anyone heard from HK? She's been MIA for a bit.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{{Team Stats Updated}}

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "No. I'm glad that we were able to add Sarah or I have a feeling we'd be down to 3 members. Hopefully she is OK and life has just..."

Yeah, me too. On both counts. :)

[Laura Lulu]

Me three. :)

I finished my Vampire-Werewolf book last night. It was crazy. My review sucks, because this book is pretty impossible to review well without giving away spoilers, but I'm not spoiling. :)

finished 10.31.10 ★★★★★

The title of this books says it all--there are at least 5 major life changes for Harry in this book, and it is insane. Insanely crazy and insanely awesome. Toward the end, I just gave up wiping the tears off my face and let them drip down my neck, cuz I'd just be crying again on the next page. Sad tears, happy tears, bittersweet tears, the full spectrum. The boy wizard still bugs me at times with his romantic life, but FINALLY we saw a glimpse of maybe a chance for him to hook up with who I have wanted him to hook up with for about 6 books now.

Major cliffhanger at the end, but I knew about it in advance, so I was prepared. :)

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

This is another one of those series I've seen all over, but haven't started...Is it good all the way through?

[Laura Lulu]

It's hard to describe. The 1st 2 books people say are a bit slower, most agree they start to get rolling on the 3rd. But I've liked them all. Also, I've listened to the audiobooks for all but 2 of them, and it's probably the only series I actually like more on audio. James Marsters (Spike from Buffy) reads them and he is AWESOME. I think I love Harry because of him--he just tips the scales from like to love.

One thing to note: there is no romance. It's a male character written by a male, so the few women Harry has been with or been interested in, I haven't been crazy about anyway. He is a stupid man when it comes to women. He thinks it's chivalry--I think it's a man being ruled by his nethers and making stupid decisions because he thinks women must be protected, but he just ends up making stupid decisions and being screwed over by those tendencies. But he's grown so much in that regard, and I think it stems from his friendship with Murphy, a kick ass chick cop in a tiny package. She has shown him that a woman can hold her own and doesn't need to be rescued just because she's a woman. And also that a woman can be real, and a friend, and not just someone who makes Harry lose all reason as he is ruled by his "chivalry" and hormones. Murph calls it his Neanderthal tendencies. :)

But I love so many of the characters, and even when you want to kick Harry in the teeth sometimes, you will still love him. :)

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Thanks...will definitely have to check it out at some point!

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Judithe wrote: "Thanks...will definitely have to check it out at some point!"

You can get away with starting on book 3 or 4 if you have a hard time getting through the first one like I did. I eventually read book 1 and 2, but not until after book 7 or 8. I think the first two are slower because of the world building and he is such a loner at the beginning and once he starts building friendships the books flow better.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I definitely didn't like the 1st one. Judithe, take Diane's advice and start at 3 or 4.

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Oh...so which is the better starter choice?

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Well, it's hard for me to say cause I stopped at #1. LOL.

But Laura mentioned #3 also.

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Judithe wrote: "Oh...so which is the better starter choice?"

I liked both one and two myself. However, I've heard that #3 is the way to go from others.

There was a short lived tv series called The Dresden Files, the plots for both Storm Front and Fool Moon were (somewhat)covered in the series, if you want to see if you like the world of Harry Dresden.

[Diane ~Firefly~]

Succubus77 wrote: "Judithe wrote: "Oh...so which is the better starter choice?"

I liked both one and two myself. However, I've heard that #3 is the way to go from others.

There was a short lived tv series called..."

The funny thing is, the show started slow and got better about mid-way through the (only) season. In the show's case I think it was because they seemed to shy away from him using much magic in the first few episodes.

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Diane ~Firefly~ wrote: "I think it was because they seemed to shy away from him using much magic in the first few episodes. "

Which was just silly because he's a wizard.

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

LOL!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I keep seeing The Dresden Files at the DVD shop, but haven't bothered because it was the only season and I didn't like the 1st book.

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Bookshelf: Vampires - Werewolves
The Good, the Bad, and the Undead finished 11/04/2010

★★★★

This is the second book in The Hollows series. Jenks is still my favorite character. Kisten... well, lets just say he's growing on me. I don't hate him anymore. I hate to say anything else about the characters for fear of spoiling someone.

It was a bit slow (but never boring) in the beginning but then really picked up towards the end to become a real page turner. The whole story line of this book reminds of a roller coaster, with the twists and people (I'm using that term loosely) not being exactly what they seemed. I'm definitely going to read the next one but I don't feel the need to read it RIGHT NOW.

[Laura Lulu]

Regarding the Harry Dresden books--I think it just depends on what kind of books you like. If you read mostly romance, you're not going to love these. But if you like mystery/suspense books and don't need the romance to make a story feel complete, you'll like these. Some people compare the earlier books to a noir private dick kinda series. But, like Diane said, from book 3 on, Harry starts to make friends & allies, and the supporting cast deepens the books.

I guess it just depends on whether or not you're the kind of reader who is fine skipping books. I liked the first 2, and I'm also the type who could never skip, I don't even skim, so I'm glad I read those also, I would always feel like I missed something important. :)

[Laura Lulu]

I finally sat down to see what I was going to read for the FREE SPACE, and Rachel Vincent's Prey was on there. Since I just finished it last week, I'm using it. :)

finished 10.28.10 ★★★

I didn't like this one as much as I liked the first 3 books in this series. They were all 4★ for me. In this one, a love triangle developed. There was a hint of it in the 1st book, but it was quickly squelched and I thought everything was fine & dandy. I think I'm just not a fan of love triangles. I prefer books where there's the long drawn out sexual tension with one character instead. Or if there has to be a triangle, let it be with an unattached woman who is choosing between 2 men. Not a woman who is in a relationship with one man, and then decides she has a "connection" with another guy, too. It just made me uncomfortable. In my book, that's called a cheating whore. Just sayin'. ;)

I think I just hate love triangles so much because one of the guys will end up being badly hurt. And also because I can never fully get a book crush on a dude because I don't want to pick the loser and be disappointed. :)

Four books in, and I am STILL having a hard time fully liking Faythe. I like her most of the time, and I often see growth in her personality, but then she will do or say something that has me calling her a selfish beotch all over again. I probably shout at her in my car (I listen to these on audio) at least 3 times per book.

But don't get me wrong, I'll read the next ones. I like 'em, selfish Faythe or not. :)