"Hot Days of Summer" Challenge

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

Ohhh...are we posting our weekly reads? I jumped the gun and read two last week...so kind of holding off to TRY and follow the one a week thingy...;D

[Dana]

NP :)

[Lis]

Erato wrote: "Hope you like QoS too. Really good stuff. :)"

I really enjoyed this book, what a great start to a new series. Must give a big THX to several GR SOS members for the recommendation, since I snagged this one from your comments.

[Heather ~ Marceline]

I read for week two, hot bodies.

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

Week 2: I read for Cool Shades. However, there was nothing "cool" about this book! Hawt, Hawtter, HAWTEST!!!!

[Dana]

I've decided that my favorite thing about this challenge is the weekly posting. It is just a great big parade of sexy mens on book covers...and, OH! How I hate that! ;)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Liar, liar, pants on fire. hahahaha

[Dana]

That is exactly my problem with all the hawt guys on the book covers.....my pants are on fire! >;) hehe

[Josie]

Week 2, I'm going to read Lord of the Fading Lands for the hot shades category :)

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I finished for Hot Head now I'm going to read for Cool Drink.

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

Updated my post (#21) :D

Read for Cool Shades (white cover)

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

I guess i'm going to have to pick up QoS to read now

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Read for Week 3 Cool Shades & will read for Week 4 Hot Shades :)

[KarenF]

For week 3 I'm going to read for Hot & Spicy.

[Vi]

Ok, so I'm cheating a bit here but I think should pass (by the skin of its cover) for the Hot Shades.

[Dana]

Vi wrote: "Ok, so I'm cheating a bit here but I think should pass (by the skin of its cover) for the Hot Shades."


That is just fine for Hot Shades Vi. It gets additional red points for sheer awesome-ness-ocity so it is practically all red! :)

[Lis]

Jumping a wk ahead again with for a Cool Pad read.

[Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos)]

Done with and I loved it

[Sarah]

This week I'm reading Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean :)

[Rosina]

This week read is

[Heather ~ Marceline]

Read for Hot House this week, 5*'s.

[Dana]

I read for Cool Pad-cold location for week 3. Host is the third and final in the Rogue Mage Trilogy and man was it good! It is set in a post-apocolyptic US where winter lasts for 10 month each year. I really enjoyed this whole series and this was a great ending to it.

Here is Dana's review of ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

[Josie]

I'm glad you liked it Dana, I've been meaning to read the Rogue Mage Trilogy for a while now. It sounds very interesting!

Plus, look how pretty they are!! Probably my favourite book covers :)

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

I love those covers! This is the first time to see them...those plus the review/positive comments mean TBR just got a little bit fatter!

[Dana]

Aren't they awesome? Great cover art.

One thing that I really liked about them is that the author pays to much attention to the way things smell. I know that sounds stupid, but women have a much more developed sense of smell than men. I need this in my books and when we are talking about sexy mens, you just gotta know, right?

The seraphs in the books all have a smell...it's really cool and it makes my mouth water just a bit. hehe

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

Aghh....my wallet is screaming NOOOOOOOOOO while my fingers are trying to find the cheapest way to add it to MY library!

LOL...I wanna know what seraphs smell like........

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

I read Host earlier this year and I've since picked up #1 & #2. Looking forward to finding out how it all started.

Judithe, I picked them up from BWB, give them a try they were reasonably cheap.

[Dana]

Sorry Judithe, didn't mean to throw temptation in your way. :) I'd loan you my Kindle copies but the dumb things aren't lendable.

I think we need to look into the group profile on Amazon that Regina was talking about so we can share books. hhhmmmm......

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

Definitely have to lookin into the the loan thing...though I don't have so much on my kindle!

[Josie]

Dana! You temptress! Now look what you made me do! I just had to buy it. But for £1.56 inc delivery (and the pretty version) you really can't say no, can you? ;)

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

OHHHHHHHHHHH.....jeeeeaaaalous! Where DID you find it for such a wonderful price?

Still haven't found a matching-pretty-cover set...

[Josie]

UK Amazon but it's used (although good condition). There's another one that's like £1.61 or something still there for anyone in the UK interested Bloodring paperback (used - good). I don't want the other covers either lol ;)
Hope you find a good price Judithe!

[Dana]

That is an awesome price! Would you consider being my personal shopper? it seems you have a knack. ;)

[Josie]

Oh my word, that would be such a brilliant job! Buying books all day long and getting paid for it *sigh*

[Dana]

For week 4, I am going with H3-Hot House (Arizona) and reading

[Sarah]

For this week I'm reading Goddess of Spring

[KarenF]

For week 4 I'll read for Cool Drink.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Wow! Somehow my notifications for this thread got sucked into webspace ... so, I forgot all about it. No offense to you or your great challenge, Dana. RL is all over the place, I'm lucky my clothes aren't on inside out. :D

I've got to take a look at my recent reads and update what's what with my overall list. Be back w/an update.

ETA: I've updated my original post with my reads for the last two weeks. Haven't picked one for this week yet.

[Dana]

NP Steph. :) RL is usually unfriendly to me as well. BUT...the grandparents are taking my kids for the week so I am fffrreeeeeeeeee! Then I get them back for 5 days and the other grandparents are taking them for a month! A whole month!

Can you say read-A-thon? Ohhhh! *shiver* =P

(I'm gonna miss them.) *sniff* But seriously! A whole month! ;)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

:) Tx! Yay, enjoy your free time and read-a-thon. Fun!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay, great news Dana. ROFLMAO!

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

Hey guys - would work for the Anniversary week? Weddings and holidays usually have "gatherings" associated with them. Or am I stretching things a bit too far?

[Wan]

I'll be reading for wk 5.

[Dana]

Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "Hey guys - would work for the Anniversary week? Weddings and holidays usually have "gatherings" associated with them. Or am I stretching things a bit too far?"

LOL! that one might be stretching it a bit. :) Remeber thought that you can go outside the genre to find what you need on one week as well.

This week is most likely the 'challenging' part of this challenge. ;)

[Dana]

REMINDER: Any book with words associated with weddings, anniversaries, OR the 4th of July will qualify for week 5.

i.e., book with the words red, white, or blue in the title would be acceptable for week five.

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

I just got the ABSOLUTELY PERFECT book in the mail!!!



WHOO HOO!!!!!!!

[Dana]

Custom fit my friend! Happy reading. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Dana, red, white or blue in the title or on the cover?

[Vi]

Erato wrote: "Vi wrote: "Ok, so I'm cheating a bit here but I think should pass (by the skin of its cover) for the Hot Shades."


That is just fine for Hot Shades Vi. It gets addi..."

I'm thinking I should have added Dreamfever for one of the "hot" categories :P Just gotta figure out which one.

[Vi]

For week #3, I read for Cool Treat , Tempted by Trouble by Liz Fielding. It has ice cream on the cover (ans inside as well). Unique premise but unfortunately I didn't enjoy this book much. ★★