R3 TEAM THREAD: Team #2 ~ Double Trouble [FIRST PLACE]

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

Reading

Go, Double Trouble!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Good Luck 2xT!

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

Thanks, Sandra!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

;)

[Rosina]

Good luck. Read read read. Have fun

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

10/23/11 5*

Beautiful, heartbreaking, life-affirming.

I loved this book. I love this series. I hate that I have to wait close to a year to read the end.

In the acknowledgments, Ms. Aguirre says, "Our heroine's come a long way with your (referring to A. Sowards) expertise. There's only one book left, and I'm proud of what we've accomplished. Thank you. And it's about time Jax got her happy ending, isn't it?" That gives me hope as I'm cheering for Jax and March. I also love the relationship she and Vex have established.

The first book of this series, Grimspace, was fantastic~exciting, intriguing characters with non-stop action~it hooked me, and I'm still hooked. Jax and March are apart physically through much of this tale, but not truly apart. Vex, Dina, Hit, and many others play make solid appearances, but Jax is riveting.

She survives her complete alteration of grimspace beacons and goes on trial for it, and the deaths of a few hundred who were lost when that happened, as she was saving the countless others from the Morgut. Jax, being Jax, comes through, and embarks on her quest to right her personal wrongs.

I really couldn't put it down, and luckily, the family was quite pleased with take-out tonight. LOL...will have to actually cook tomorrow to make it up to them for being buried in a book ALL evening...and have to go buy the bribe for son's willingness to not bother me (a beginner's Italian book as he's decided to study Italian...and I'll help him with it, as he has agreed to spend equal time studying English...)

Now, I know at least five books I'll be reading next August...if not sooner!

[Ming]

Reading Succubus Revealed

(about half way through - should finish this evening.)

[Laura Lulu]

Dragons

*completed October 23* ★★★★★

Holy crap. Man, do I love this series. A review is pretty impossible, because there is just so much to talk about, but basically anything I write will be spoilers for those who haven't started this series yet, or even those who have read the series, but just haven't gotten to this book yet.

And for those of you who haven't started this series, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? O.M.G. is it awesome. Are you afraid it will be another 6 years until GRRM gets the 6th book in our grubby little fingers? Are you concerned that the series will drag out and something unspeakable will happen to GRRM before he completes it?

Hogwash. You are sooooo missing out on one of the best series out there--don't be a chicken. ;)

But, a short & sweet--if vague--review.

He is tying up loose ends, characters are converging at key locations, and the story is heading toward the eventual conclusion, and I'm fairly confident I know what it is, now more than ever after reading this book. But the wonderful thing about GRRM is that even if I know what is going to eventually happen, he still manages to shock the shit out of me on a regular basis. I had to lift my jaw off the floor a couple times in this one, and I love that about this series. Keep the shocks coming, Georgie-boy.

I will say that I wasn't super crazy about the first half with the timeline issues. There were a few times where I was like, wait...I thought he/she was in Old Town/Bravos/Kings Landing/dead/wounded/married/in the dungeon at Casterly Rock/etc. And then I would remember. Oh yeah, we're still reading the stupid past.

But I will forgive my Georgie-boy, because he is the shizzit.

[Laura Lulu]

Off to pick my GR Author book. 200 pages min, right? ;)

[Laura Lulu]

All BINGO Cards


Dragons - 6/6 completed - stamp pending!
***announced October 8 - completed October 23***
✔Heather Playing With Fire finished October 12 ★★★★
✔Judithe The Sleeping Beauty finished October 10 ★★★★
✔Laura Lulu A Dance With Dragons finished October 23 ★★★★★
✔Rachel Last Dragon Standing finished October 10 ★★★★
✔Christina Flying Blind finished October 11 ★★★★
✔Ming What A Dragon Should Know finished October 11 ★★★

Angels - 4/6 completed
***announced October 15***
✔Heather Supernatural finished October 19 ★★★1/2
✔Judithe The Mage in Black finished October 16 ★★★★
Laura Lulu Unearthly
✔Rachel Once Dead, Twice Shy finished October 16 ★★★
Christina Black Night
✔Ming Angels' Blood finished October 19 ★★

Goodreads Author - 1/6 completed
***announced October 22***
Heather Branded by Fire
✔Judithe Aftermath finished October 23 ★★★★★
Laura Lulu Academy 7
Rachel Strange Angels
Christina Bonds of Justice
Ming Succubus Revealed

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Yay! Dragon stamp! :D

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

Hooray on our Dragon stamp!

[Laura Lulu]

It was harder to find a GR author book than I thought it would be. I figured I could just go to My Books and look for authors with the little asterisk by their names. Not so. I found 4 books to read that way, only to have none of them show up on the Goodreads Author shelf. Three of them were on the Goodreads AuthorS shelf, though...ugh. But I found one! :)



Off to speed read! :)

[Laura Lulu]

SSS has 2 books read! Read fast my little teamies!!! :)

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

GoodReads Author



Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh - ★★★★★ - 23 Oct 11

This book, along with the previous one, I'd been apprehensive about because it didn't feature a Changeling hero or heroine. Happily, it turns out that it wasn't a deal-breaker and I was able to enjoy the book as much as the others.

I liked that Max was just an ordinary guy, who happened to have natural shields. There were a few times I thought the maybe he'd find out he was one of the Forgotten because he didn't know much about his father. I thought the J-Psy were an interesting group. I'm surprised the author had Sophia tell us how the Net views her instead of showing us how Sophia learned about it herself -- like Faith and the NetMind.

Kaleb Krycheck, such an enigma. A little more revealed and I still don't know what to make of him. And Nikita surprised me, too, in this book.

Looking forward to the next book.

[Rachel-RN]

Finished 10/23 3*
Lots of action and violence in this one. Liked the different take on vampire hunting.

[Ming]

Finished
Succubus Revealed 10/23
***

Predictable finish to this series. Along the way there is bowling, elfing, reincarnation, and a trial in hell.

[Heather ~ Marceline]

I finished Branded by Fire on 10/23/11 and give it 4*'s for the goodreads author shelf. For some reason I kept putting this book off after finishing the last one. I have no idea why since I enjoyed it being two changeling characters, sometimes the Psy stuff gets to be a bit much for me, but I still love this series. Mercy and Riley's story was enjoyable. The way they had to figure out how to work it out between both animals as well as two dominants made for a great read. I am looking forward to continuing on and seeing how some of the side stories develop.

[Laura Lulu]

All the pressure on me! Shnikeys. :)

33% done, just put the kids to bed and off to finish this bad boy.

[Laura Lulu]

Goodreads Author

*completed October 24* ★★★1/2

This was a fast read, I didn't want to put it down, which made me originally want to give it 4 stars, but really, there wasn't much that made it great, and I really don't think I'll remember much about it in a month's time, hence the 3.5 stars.

It started off better than it finished, there were "secrets" that my 11 year old son could have figured out half way through the book. But I really enjoyed the world the author created, and I liked the characters--I'm always a sucker for an actual smart girl in YA, instead of the annoying crop of TSTL heroines.

Also, the romance was sweet and unhurried, which was a refreshing change from the usual YA fare of insta-love.

Another change from the usual YA fare is that this is a standalone book. If it wasn't, I'd definitely read the next one, this one felt like maybe it was a set up for more to come.

[Laura Lulu]

All BINGO Cards


Dragons - 6/6 completed - stamp pending!
***announced October 8 - completed October 23***
✔Heather Playing With Fire finished October 12 ★★★★
✔Judithe The Sleeping Beauty finished October 10 ★★★★
✔Laura Lulu A Dance With Dragons finished October 23 ★★★★★
✔Rachel Last Dragon Standing finished October 10 ★★★★
✔Christina Flying Blind finished October 11 ★★★★
✔Ming What A Dragon Should Know finished October 11 ★★★

Angels - 4/6 completed
***announced October 15***
✔Heather Supernatural finished October 19 ★★★1/2
✔Judithe The Mage in Black finished October 16 ★★★★
Laura Lulu Unearthly
✔Rachel Once Dead, Twice Shy finished October 16 ★★★
Christina Black Night
✔Ming Angels' Blood finished October 19 ★★

Goodreads Author - 6/6 completed - stamp pending!
***announced October 22 - finished October 24***
✔Heather Branded by Fire finished October 23 ★★★★
✔Judithe Aftermath finished October 23 ★★★★★
✔Laura Lulu Academy 7 finished October 24 ★★★1/2
✔Rachel Strange Angels finished October 23 ★★★
✔Christina Bonds of Justice finished October 23 ★★★★★
✔Ming Succubus Revealed finished October 23 ★★★

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats 2xT :D

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

Jeez...I run off for a couple of hours, and when I come back, everyone is read, rated & reviewed! How exciting! Way to go, Double Trouble!

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Yay, us! :D

[Dana]

WTG DT =D

[Lili]

congrats ladies!... I'm pretty much still in shock, that was some FAST reading!

great game everyone!!, had a blast!

[Vi]

I second Lili. That was very FAST reading. Congrats guys! :)

[Vivian]

Wow! Way to go!

[Lis]

Congrats Double Trouble! That was some super fast reading...

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

Congrats Double Trouble!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Double Trouble!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'dragons' and 'Goodreads author'.

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

Good Job!! :D


Congratulations, Double Trouble!
Round 3 Bookshelf Bingo Winners!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

HOORAY!!!!!!

Balloons, streamers, cheering crowds!!!!!

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Thanks, everyone!:D

[Sherri]

Congrats ladies!

[Laura Lulu]

Thanks girlies! :)

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

Thanks and congrats to all!!! Great team!!!

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Good job ladies. Congrats!

[Heather ~ Marceline]

Thanks eveeyone! DT I had a great time playing with you all.

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Heather wrote: "Thanks eveeyone! DT I had a great time playing with you all."

Same here. :D

[Thenia]

Congratulations!! See you all on R4! ;)

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

Looking forward to it!!