R3 TEAM THREAD: Team #1 ~ Published Enemy #1

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Our Next Shelf is: 'dragons'
DIRECT LINK: 'dragons'

Busy day tomorrow, so I'm making this week's announcement early.

Still no winner! Happy Reading!

[Josie]

Thanks, Steph! I can't believe we haven't had a winner yet, it must be getting to the stage where every team has a chance to win :D

[Josie]

I'm either reading or .
Oh and I'm so sorry Kristen but I'll probably change my UF book since Covet is so... long. I like it but if it was 100 pages shorter, I think I'd be less bored. I've been awful on my book choices recently, keep swapping all the time. I'll keep it for now and try to force-read :S

[Vi]

Wow, that was early. Mr. Randomizer's having fun, I expect, keeping us all on the edge of the seat. Dragons doesn't help us much, still out of the way stamp.

My shortlist:
(from Josie) (too long, but I can try)

Has anyone read His Majesty's Dragon?

[Kristen]

Finished my Urban Fantasy: City of Ashes
Stars: One
Review: I don't know why I thought I would like the second one, when I wasn't a fan of the first one. Too much teen angst and too many characters that seem to pop up at random times. I'm glad the teens love this series, because I sure don't.

It truly was a struggle to get through it and I wish I hadn't.

[Thenia]

Kristen wrote: "Finished my Urban Fantasy: City of Ashes
Stars: One
Review: I don't know why I thought I would like the second one, when I wasn't a fan of the first one. Too much teen angst and too ..."

Kristen I've been trying to convince myself to read that one too after not really caring all that much for the first one... I'm guessing your vote is on NO! right? :P
I really should clear those kinds of books out of my TBR list btw... I think I've grown too old for that much teen angst!

[Kristen]

Shelf: Dragons
Oct. 9


Members:
1. Vi: Daughter of the Blood★★★★ 10/12
2. Josie: The Dragon Who Loved Me]★★★★ 10/18
3. Kristen: The Color of Magic ★★★ 10/16
4. Suzanne: Fire Me Up
5. Thenia: Lover Avenged★★★★ 10/10
6. Alyssa: Firelight

[Kristen]

For Dragons, I'm either reading:

or

I'm not a big dragon fan...this is really expanding my shelf.

[Alyssa]

Kristen wrote: "For Dragons, I'm either reading:

or

I'm not a big dragon fan...this is really expanding my shelf."

Have you read all the other Katie MacAlister dragon books?

[Kristen]

Alyssa wrote: "Kristen wrote: "For Dragons, I'm either reading:

or

I'm not a big dragon fan...this is really expanding my sh..."

I read one of them and I didn't like it at all. I think there was a talking Newfoundland that behaved like a poodle.

[Kristen]

Josie wrote: "I'm either reading or .
Oh and I'm so sorry Kristen but I'll probably change my UF book since Covet is so... long. I lik..."

Just let me know when you're finished and I'll update it :-)

[Kristen]

Thenia wrote: "Kristen wrote: "Finished my Urban Fantasy: City of Ashes
Stars: One
Review: I don't know why I thought I would like the second one, when I wasn't a fan of the first one. Too much te..."

I know it! There are so many better ways to spend our precious time. :-)

[Alyssa]

Kristen wrote: "Alyssa wrote: "Kristen wrote: "For Dragons, I'm either reading:

or

I'm not a big dragon fan...this is rea..."

Well, I wouldn't go with Love in the Time of Dragons then. That's her 3rd dragons series, and they're all kind of related. There's a bunch of characters from the first two series in that book, Including the talking Newfie.

[Suzanne]

I'll read for the dragon shelf.

I took my GRE this saturday and passed!!! So I will bea reading machine this week trying to catch up with you and all my challenges!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats Suzanne!!!!!!!!

[Alyssa]

Awesome job, Suzanne!

[Vi]

Congrats, Suzanne!

[Vi]

Stealing shamlessly from Jessica's comment over here :

If next week, Angels or Magic is called, then nobody will get a Bingo next week. IF angels is called, then we get another 4-in-a-row. Not sure if any other team will get though.

We will be in a two-way race with Team 3 if paranormal romance is called. We are the only team to have one 4-in-a-row. Others have 2 or more, I guess. Bad luck for us.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Yay, Suzanne! Congrats!

[Kristen]

Congrats, Suzanne!!

[Thenia]

I read Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward that was shelved in the Dragons for some reason. I'm finally (almost) catching up with this series!



Date finished: 10 October 2011
Rating: ★★★★

Review: The story continues, this time from new and older points of view. We get to see through Rhev's eyes, as well as Xhex's, Elhena's and one of my favorites, John's, as well as Wrath's (which was kind of a surprise).

The Brotherhood keeps evolving and finding their way out of some problems and into others. Wrath is finally embracing his destiny, Rhev discovers his and John makes a decision that makes me want to jump into the next book right away!

A good series with lots of ups and downs and, yes, still lots of dramatic dialogue and expressions but the story's got too much potential and flow for that to be a problem.

Looking forward to reading the next book!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL! Glad you mentioned the shelf for that one, Thenia, because I never would've guessed 'dragons'. But, that's the fun of searching those shelves; never know what you'll find hidden there. :) Glad you enjoyed Rhev's story.

[Thenia]

Steph wrote: "LOL! Glad you mentioned the shelf for that one, Thenia, because I never would've guessed 'dragons'. But, that's the fun of searching those shelves; never know what you'll find hidden there. :) ..."

So true... I'll never guess why people shelve some books the way they do! I'm moving on to John's story tonight! Looking forward to it (and to catching up to one of my few dozen to-read series)! I'm so far behind! O_o

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL I hear ya. I liked John's story a lot more than I was expecting. Didn't like her giving him a HEA so soon, but he and Xhex are a great match. Enjoy!

[Kristen]

I started reading: . It's too new to be shelved anywhere...but it could be dragons. There are a bunch of chimaera in it.

I'll get to my real dragon book this weekend, but anything by Laini Taylor is too good to put on hold.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Chimaera are usually more kitty-like than dragonny, interested to hear what you think of this one Kristen.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Me too - I almost bought it this week.

[Kristen]

So far it's pretty good. I loved her short story collection and this is just as lovely. She can really "turn a phrase."

[Vi]

I finished on 12th October for the Dragons shelf.

Rating: ★★★★
Review: I've been intrigued by this book for long and I finally picked it up this this month for a challenge. There was no info-dumps (which made sense) but we were able to understand and follow the world which is some skillful work by the author. I thought the pacing of the book could have been better as it lagged in some places and picked up in others. But at the end of book 1, I immediately crawled into a hole and with the help of Kobo, commenced to consume the rest of the trilogy. It was THAT good.

Oh and I've heard people compare it to Kushiel's Dart but they are in no way similar to each other.

[Kristen]

Vi wrote: "I finished on 12th October for the Dragons shelf.

Rating: ★★★★
Review: I've been intrigued by this book for long and I finally picked it up this this mon..."

I might have to look at that one if I don't like mine.

[Suzanne]

I read Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane for the read in 2010 shelf.



Date finished: 13 October 2011
Rating: *****

Review: Chess has really screwed up this time! She's put herself inbetween a rock and a hard place on top of an erupting volcano underneath an anvil on a string. Chess is a screw-up but I love her just the same. Her addictions have put her in the predicament that she's in but her job is so difficult that it's her addictions that help her keep her sanity. Can't wait to read book #3! Book #4 will be out in 2012, will have to wait for that one.

[Kristen]

Suzanne wrote: "I read Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane for the read in 2010 shelf.



Date finished: 13 October 2011
Rating: *****

Suzanne,
I already posted that you read Water for Elephants for the 2010 Shelf. Did I mismark something?

Here's the link: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

Let me know.

K

[Kristen]

Suzanne,
I put Unholy Magic in Urban Fantasy.

I figured it out.

K

[Suzanne]

Opps, I copied and pasted the format and I forgot to change the shelf! Sorry! Glad you figured it out ;)

[Vi]

Kristen wrote: "I might have to look at that one if I don't like mine. "

I highly recommend the Black Jewel Series but hope you like the Laini Taylor book cos I just bought the book the other day. I'm refusing to look at the cost though.

[Josie]

For urban fantasy:



Title/Author: Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean
Date finished: 14 October 2011
Rating: ★★★★
Review: Vampires, werewolves, were-vamp hybrids, it's all been done before but nevertheless, I still thoroughly enjoyed this. Maybe I've been away from UF too long but I thought it had a different feel to it. And even with a love triangle (and it seems that there are more love interests yet to come), I'm moving onto the next one straight away (and with a cliffy like that I dare anyone not to). The writing was good and I really liked Secret (yes, that's her name but somehow it works). It has more romance than the traditional UF but I didn't mind that although I think it could be an issue for some.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

A love tri?? Awh! LOL! Nah, sounds good, good review, hun. :D Sounds like it falls into the UF-R category, yah?

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Sounds good Josie :) might have to bump it up the list.

[Josie]

Lol Steph, that was my reaction too! I dislike love triangle, love-squares (or would that be love-quads?), anything like that but it wasn't too bad. It was leaning towards UF-R but it didn't have some of the aspects I associate the genre with. For example, 'Night Huntress' and 'Guild Hunter' I would say are both UFR and they both have one main guy that the heroine sticks with the whole time. In this there were two (who to be fair do seem like they're sticking around), plus more in the next one, so her love life is still changing. But maybe that's not a necessity to be a UFR? Is there UFRs with more than one main guy?

Yay Sandra, I hope you like it then :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Our Next Shelf is: 'angels'
DIRECT LINK: 'angels'

Unbelievable! Still no winner yet! Happy Reading!

[Kristen]

Shelf: Angels
October 16

Members:
1. Vi
2. Josie: Forbidden★★★ 10/20
3. Kristen: Archangel's Consort
4. Suzanne: Early to Death, Early to Rise
5. Thenia
6. Alyssa: Torment

[Josie]

Wow, I can't believe there's no winner yet. At least with angels, we'll have another 4 in a row :)

Kristen, you can definitely put me down for for the dragon shelf and it was out of and for angels, but seeing as Lover Avenged is 719 pages, I'll go with Forbidden ;)

[Kristen]

I'm going with and get me some more Raphael!

[Vi]

My shortlist:

- I should have all of them with me but I need to search for the 3rd and the 4th.

is also shelved under angels. I've read only a small part of it but so far, I'm NOT liking it and I want to stop reading. Why is it so famous?

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Sorry Vi, I'd be the wrong person to ask. LOL. It's YA, not my fav genre. Maybe Twilight fans jumped on the CC bandwagon?

You can switch your book if you want to, better to read something you like :)

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

I love YA, and I have the first 3 of that series here waiting to be read, but I haven't read any of them yet! Sorry.....

[Vi]

I like YA 90% of the time. But somehow, I just can't get into the first book and this is my second time in 2 years. It just seems so damn popular.

[Alyssa]

I just finished for the Urban Fantasy space.

1. Date finished: 10/16/11

2. Rating: ★★★★★

3. Review: I really enjoyed Ill Wind. It's a lot different than what I've been reading lately. It was fun.

The djinn were totally awesome, even though sometimes they were completely frustrating. I think Joanne is a great heroine. She's so strong and never gave up. I'd also love to see more Lewis in the next book. He sounds like a super interesting character.

Crazy ending too. Sounds like the next book will be just as exciting as the first.

I've already requested from PBS. Can't wait to get it.

[Alyssa]

Sorry that I've been MIA. I started reading The Good, the Bad, and the Undead last month and just got stuck. I had a little bit of a problem getting through the first book too. Plus, then school just started eating up any extra reading time I had. (I guess a benefit of not being able to read is that I still have all A's. Meh... I'm not as excited about that as I should be.)

So, I've come to tell you that I'm going to try to do better. *fingers crossed*

I'm planning to read for the Dragons space.

I'm also planning to read for the Angels space.

I'm hoping to start Torment today once I get my homework done. (The angels book seems like the best one to read next since it will give us another four-in-a-row.)

Happy reading! :-)

[Vi]

Yay! Good timing, Alyssa. We are ready for our urban fantasy stamp, Steph!