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I finished my Dreamfever reread at 2am last night. And had to run and grab my nice, big, beautiful, free Shadowfever book and read the 1st chapter. Seriously, I've been waiting over a year with that insane cliffy in my head. What's a little sleep deprivation?And my kids have early dismissal today--Grace will be home in a half hour & Jack in 1.5 hours. And it's his birthday today, so I guess I have to be a good mom and not ignore him with my face buried in Shadowfever.
I see more sleep deprivation in my near future... ;)
Happy Birthday to Jack! Maybe he'll get so into his prezzies that he'll ignore you long enough to sneak in a chapter ;D
Judithe wrote: "Maybe he'll get so into his prezzies that he'll ignore you long enough to sneak in a chapter ;D"LOL! Happy Birthday, Jack!!
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Happy Birthday to you!
He was buried in his present, since the spoiled little brat got an iphone. He's 11. I fought it, but as with everything with my husband, he keeps giving me little pro arguments for something, I give him my cons, we go back and forth for weeks, and I finally say "FINE. Whatever."My 2 nieces have them, they're 10 & 12, our 9 yr old neighbor kid has one, and Jack keeps telling me all the time how everyone in his class has a phone. Well, I know everyone doesn't, but I just thought 11 was too young for a phone.
But during the hubby back & forth, I agreed to a phone, but just a cheap one--he doesn't need an iphone. A little history for hubby's argument--I was the first to get an iphone. Hubby had an ipod touch, so when he got an iphone (because he was so jealous of mine) we gave his itouch to Jack. So now, with all the apps, Grace is always using hubby's or my iphone to play games. So hubby's argument was, why would someone have an itouch and a regular phone? Give him an iphone, and Grace can have the itouch and we can get our phones back.
And we have an unlimited family plan, so it just costs $20 a month for him to have an iphone, $10 for the extra line, and $10 for the smallest internet package. And the 3GS is only $50 now since the 4 came out.
So yes, I saw all his points, and agreed. I was just holding out on principle. And I finally relented.
Plus, I can never think of what to get him--early Feb birthdays suck so soon after the bombardment of Christmas.
:grumble grumble: Spoiled rotten kids.
LOL!!
LOL!! At least with the iPhone you can use the "find my phone" app like Mommie/kid GPS. :)
Oh, good review! You really got me interested! Sounds a little as the earlier Anita.
OUR NEXT SHELF IS ..... 'paranormals'DIRECT LINK: 'paranormals'
NOTE: Everyone can begin reading their shelf pick starting today. You do not have to wait until 14 Feb to start.
If you look closely... at your team(mates) BINGO cards, you will see that random.org is sharing some Valentine's Day love with a specific team!
Yes, please, everyone still needs to read & review their pick for this shelf, even if you're team isn't random.org's Valentine. :)
Happy early Valentine's Day & Reading, Everyone!!
Oh, yay! :) I will either read Angels' Blood or Night Pleasures, depending on which one I'll finish first!
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Aw shucks, well it was definitely fun playing BINGO with ya'll. I'll read Darkfever because I've been meaning to anyway. :)
@ Steph: I've signed up, I love this game!
Cristina wrote: "Aw shucks, well it was definitely fun playing BINGO with ya'll. I'll read Darkfever because I've been meaning to anyway. :)"Hope you enjoy it. Looking forward to your review.
Rebecca wrote: "@ Steph: I've signed up, I love this game!":) I'm glad! Looking forward to R2.
Finished my last shelf now! It's been great reading with everyone and congratulations to the winners! :D
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Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh 16-02-2011 ★★★★ Somewhere between 3,5 and 4 stars.
Oh, what to say about this one! Since it was the first book I've read about angels, I really didn't know what to expect. I had some trouble getting into it in the beginning, and even after it had started to get more interesting, it wasn't enough to keep me wanting to get back to it. It was just okay. However, after the second half of the book, things changed, and I was finally hooked. I couldn't put it down for the whole last part and I ended up really enjoying it!
Of course, I loved Raphael. No surprise there! Mostly I loved that he wasn't like the usual male characters, and you could really notice that he didn't think and react human at all, but like an archangel. Elena though, I wasn't really a fan of. She felt like a very young Anita Blake, but not quite as enjoying to read about. I liked her a lot more towards the end though and she had me laughing more than once with her sarcastic comments. Two other angels who also made an impression on me was Illium and Jason!
The only other book I'd read by Nalini Singh before this one, was the first book of Psy-Changeling series, and I have to say that I liked that one more. At least when looking at the plot and writing. I did love the characters in Angels' Blood more though, and I'm glad I decided not to give up on it. I will definitely continue with this series!
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Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh 16-02-2011 ★★★★ Somewhere between 3,5 and 4 stars.Oh, what to say about this one! Since it was the first book I've read about angels, I really didn't know what to expect. I had some trouble getting into it in the beginning, and even after it had started to get more interesting, it wasn't enough to keep me wanting to get back to it. It was just okay. However, after the second half of the book, things changed, and I was finally hooked. I couldn't put it down for the whole last part and I ended up really enjoying it!
Of course, I loved Raphael. No surprise there! Mostly I loved that he wasn't like the usual male characters, and you could really notice that he didn't think and react human at all, but like an archangel. Elena though, I wasn't really a fan of. She felt like a very young Anita Blake, but not quite as enjoying to read about. I liked her a lot more towards the end though and she had me laughing more than once with her sarcastic comments. Two other angels who also made an impression on me was Illium and Jason!
The only other book I'd read by Nalini Singh before this one, was the first book of Psy-Changeling series, and I have to say that I liked that one more. At least when looking at the plot and writing. I did love the characters in Angels' Blood more though, and I'm glad I decided not to give up on it. I will definitely continue with this series!
Good review, Rebecca. Glad you will be continuing with it and hopefully it'll improve for ya. "Of course, I loved Raphael. No surprise there!" :)
Poop. I forgot to do this.
finished February 12 ★★★★★Loved it. Don't quite know how to review it without giving away spoilers, so I'll just be vague. ;) I have GR friends who wanted to wait until this series was complete before they started reading it, so they are just reading the first couple books now, and listening to them complain about Mac in the 1st book--just like I did--really makes her growth throughout the series that much more noticeable for me. Wow, huh?
And Barrons. Sigh. Love that man. I am always a sucker for the dark, broody, tortured ones. ;)
Yes, I'll have to start this series soon, no excuses left now. *sigh* juggle, juggle, what to read next, juggle
CONGRATULATIONS, The G.L.O.B.! You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'paranormal and urban fantasy'.
[Your new BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
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And I'm still waiting for Bullet...that's one series I love and hate at times! But, I'm still interested in finding out what will happen next!