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R3 TEAM THREAD: Team #2 ~ Double Trouble [FIRST PLACE]
Decisions, decisions...Though Blaze of Memory IS on the shelf, I'm going with
Oh this is a tough one. Besides the books I own, I have another four on hand from the library that work for this shelf. Trying to decide between
to get them back to the library though
and
are calling to me from my bookshelf downstairs. I think I will go with
since that will take care of a book I need for another challenge as well. This was a tough week!
will go with this one .... I needed mindless this week .. so after I read book 1 , I read 2 though 8 .. so this would be next.Eat Prey Love (Love at Stake, #9)
by Kerrelyn Sparks
Ok, just picked up
at the library. Since it is brand new I only have for a short time. I will change to this for shifters.
Hmmm...tough choice! I've got a bunch on my TBR for this month that are also on this list. So...it'll be one of these:
Heather wrote: "Oh this is a tough one..."I know! :D The only reason I picked so fast was the fact that Pride Mates -- along with Stormwalker (read earlier this season) -- is worth 30 points in the Seasonal Reading challenge (read two books, same author but different pen names - Jennifer Ashley=Allyson James).
So many choices.
Ahh...nice planning there!
Judithe wrote: "Ahh...nice planning there!"Thanks, though, it really wasn't planned out that way, originally. ;-) I had intended to read one of her Ashley Gardner historical mysteries. But the Connect 4 game finished so quickly and Bingo started up sooner than I thought it would -- I wasn't sure I could squeeze it in before the end of this month. I'd all but given up on that task.
I'm more than half way through Pride Mates, so I'll be looking for something to read while waiting for the next shelf -- I think I read the Gardner book. :D
I finished Saturday night, but we were gone for football games yesterday for 7 hours, and throw on another hour or so because we went out to eat with the in-laws afterward. I didn't have it in me to write a review--I laid on the couch and watched TV like a nice little vegetable. :)
*finished August 20* ★★★★I have some GR friends who were peer pressuring me into trying some historical romance. They know I'm not a big PNR fan, but they urged, nonetheless. And I guess I like romances of the historical variety better than I like those of the paranormal variety. Or at least this one. :)
There was angst & misunderstandings, but they were real, not silly plot devices to create drama. Not that the characters weren't stupid, but it was understandable--they had been hurt, and the best of us create walls of self-preservation and protection. It's easy to say they should have just talked, but it's not a rarity for a relationship to crumble from lack of conversation.
The characters were both likeable, and both smart--at least in their day to day lives, if not in their relationship. Leo might have been just a bit too likeable; the man was near perfect.
And I really enjoyed Sherry Thomas' writing style, not overly flowery and romantic, but the woman packs quite a punch with her prose. I'm looking forward to reading more of her stuff.
Rachel, we still need your star rating for Demon from the Dark (post #272), and then we are ready for our stamp. :)
I think I am going to read
for the Shifter shelf. Mr. Randomizer has been a real butthole to me this month, none of the Bingo books have been on my August TBR. But finally, I have one book that one person shelved as "shifters".So I'd like to thank that one awesome person, because I'm pretty sure there are no shifters in the book. I think they just did it based on the cover pic, but oh well, Bingo rules say it just has to be shelved there, even if it doesn't belong. Lol.
Laura -- I reviewd my Free Space book in post #210. :D
Babbling AKA Christina wrote: "Laura -- I reviewd my Free Space book in post #210. :D"Oh, fine...so now it's just me left. ;)
Fixed! :)
Steph, we are ready for our Alpha Male stamp! :)All BINGO Cards
Free Space - 5/6 completed
✔Heather Ecstasy Unveiled finished July 27 ★★★★1/2
✔Judithe No Mercy finished July 25 ★★★★
Laura Lulu Hunt the Moon
✔Rachel Dawnbreaker finished August 5 ★★★
✔Christina Marked finished July 31 ★★★★
✔Ming Kindling the Moon finished July 26 ★★★
Alpha Male, I4 - 6/6 completed - stamp pending
***announced August 13 - completed August 20***
✔Heather Hostage to Pleasure finished August 16 ★★★★
✔Judithe Tempting Evil finished August 17 ★★★★
✔Laura Lulu Not Quite a Husbandfinished August 20 ★★★★
✔Rachel Demon from the Dark finished August 15 ★★★★
✔Christina Branded by Fire finished August 15 ★★★★★
✔Ming How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire finished August 13 ★★★
Shifters, B3 - 0/6 completed
***announced August 20***
Heather Spell Bound
Judithe
Laura Lulu Never Knew Another
Rachel Ecstasy Unveiled
Christina Pride Mates
Ming Eat Prey Love
Laura Lulu wrote: "Babbling AKA Christina wrote: "Laura -- I reviewd my Free Space book in post #210. :D"Oh, fine...so now it's just me left. ;)
Fixed! :)"
Thanks. :D
YAY, stamp!!
Hooray on our stamp!
Shifters
8/21/11 ★★★★Janet's racing over the highways and encounters a sinkhole...and not in a good way...within the first 5 pages! The action starts quickly and furiously in this book and moves to an exciting and satisfying end. Before getting to that end though, an inspector tries to shut down her hotel, her grandmother comes for a visit, her half-sister shows up with her own twisted agenda and someone tries to steal Mick from Janet~seriously not a good idea. Bad couple of days for Janet! It was fun, never boring or slow, and I can't wait for the next one!
Eat Prey Love (Love at Stake #9)by Kerrelyn Sparks
***
So, this is book 9 in the series. If you have read say 1 through 8 you know what happens.
Special Boy (girl)
Meets
Special Girl (boy)
stuff happens
Boy and girl get together
the End
harmless, frequently humorous, entertainment. WIll I read book 10? You betcha.
Oh this one is about Carlos.
finished August 21. PDT.
I am crying uncle on Spell Bound. After two days of trying, I am only on page 60. I know everyone loves this series, but sometimes I find it a chore to read on, but then that twisted part of my can't let the story continue without reading it. I admit, I am one of the few still reading Anita for the very same reason. So, to keep up on our challenge, I am going to change books, and keep reading this slowly on the side. I will be reading
for shifters.
I know what you mean, Heather! I'm only on book 2 of that (though up-to-date on Anita). I enjoyed the first two, but am not rushing to get 3 (though will very soon!). Hope you enjoy your switch!
Ming wrote: "Eat Prey Love (Love at Stake #9)by Kerrelyn Sparks
***
So, this is book 9 in the series. If you have read say 1 through 8 you know what happens.
Special Boy (girl)
Meets
Special Girl (boy)
stuff..."
ROFL! That is such a good summary!
LOL Ming! Love that!
CONGRATULATIONS, Double Trouble! You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'alpha male'.
[Your new BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Ming wrote: "Eat Prey Love (Love at Stake #9)by Kerrelyn Sparks
***
So, this is book 9 in the series. If you have read say 1 through 8 you know what happens.
Special Boy (girl)
Meets
Special Girl (boy)
stuff..."
Wow! ;) Pretty much sums up every PNR written, really.
Steph wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS, Double Trouble! You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'alpha male'.
[Your new BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D"
Thank you kindly, darlin'. ;)
Congrats 2xT!
Done 8/25/11 4* Ecstasy UnveiledMy favorite of the series I think. Lot's going on in this one. Nice setup for Sin's book.
Shifters
*finished August 26* ★★I had a really hard time with this one. I wanted to like it, I've been looking forward to reading it, and I loved the cover, but it just didn't measure up for me.
First of all, the blurb is pretty misleading. It leads you to believe that you'll be reading about the demon children, and I guess you are, but in a roundabout, convoluted way--it's written in 1st person from the POV of a shapeshifting demon hunter, who has all the personality of a macadamia nut. It is all "must kill all demon children...they are evil evil evil". It got old.
Anyway, she and her fellow shapeshifting, demon hunting hubby find a dead body of a man with demon blood. They proceed to clean the skull and carry it around with them, because it allows the woman (who's name we never learn) to access all the memories of this dead demon child. That way, they can see if he knew others like himself, and they can hunt them down. Said dead demon child/owner of scrubbed-clean skull and his girlfriend are the people mentioned in the blurb. So you get a third person account of their story, told through the memories the demon hunter chick pulls from his skull, but I guess we know he dies, huh? Downer.
Also, this book was extremely slow moving. It took me 5 days to read a 256 page book. Yikes. And I fell asleep almost every time I was reading it. Double yikes. The beginning was slow and a bit confusing, and it picked up slightly after Rachel & Jona (demon children mentioned above) are introduced, but still, it just never grabbed me. I hate when finishing a book becomes a chore. Takes all of the joy out of it.
So if you're a fan of "beautiful prose", you'll probably love this this book. It read very much like "literature" for me. I actually feel like I'm admitting to being a dumbass by giving it 2 stars--if I were a real lover of the written word, I would love this book and it's artfulness. But I guess I'm just an average ole reader--I need fleshed out characters and a bit of action, thankyouverymuch.
All BINGO CardsFree Space - 5/6 completed
✔Heather Ecstasy Unveiled finished July 27 ★★★★1/2
✔Judithe No Mercy finished July 25 ★★★★
Laura Lulu Hunt the Moon
✔Rachel Dawnbreaker finished August 5 ★★★
✔Christina Marked finished July 31 ★★★★
✔Ming Kindling the Moon finished July 26 ★★★
Shifters, B3 - 4/6 completed
***announced August 20***
Heather Bedeviled Angel
✔Judithe Shadow Walker finished August 21 ★★★★
✔Laura Lulu Never Knew Another finished August 26 ★★
✔Rachel Ecstasy Unveiled finished August 25 ★★★★
Christina Pride Mates
✔Ming Eat Prey Love finished August 21 ★★★
Laura Lulu wrote: "it's written in 1st person from the POV of a shapeshifting demon hunter, who has all the personality of a macadamia nut...."ROFL! I love your review, especially the "macadamia nut"! Too bad it was such a bum book!
I finally finished
last night (8/26) and give it 3 *'s. I really like Annette Blair's writing, it's humorous, but there was something about the story line that made this book drag just a little bit for me. Perhaps it was more RL causing me to be slow on it, work has been really stressful lately, so perhaps that is the cause. In this story Chance is an angel that died eight years ago, sacrificing himself for Qeisha, a beautiful, now agoraphobic woman he saw in a collapsing mall. Present day, he comes back to earth, not necessarily with permission, and helps her get through what starts out to be a difficult situation. By no means is this a deep series to read, but if you are looking for light-hearted and funny, they are worth the read when you have time.
Good luck with RL!
Good morning, Steph!Hooray...happy Sunday morning!
I'll be reading
for the demons shelf.
Ming wrote: "this will give us 4 in a row"Laura has to read her Free Space book first. :D
I will post my Shifter review later (maybe grab some dinner first).
(off to look at the demon shelf)
Judithe wrote: "Good morning, Steph!Hooray...happy Sunday morning!"
:) Thanks, to you too!
for demonsBlack Night by Christina Henry
by Jennifer Estep is my choice for demons! With much gratitude to the ONE person who shelved it there, LOL!
Babbling AKA Christina wrote: "Ming wrote: "this will give us 4 in a row"Laura has to read her Free Space book first. :D"
Oh, the pressure! Quit hounding me!!! ;) Lol.
I was going to read
for this sucker, but since I still need to read my free space book, and Ghost Story is 481 pages, and my reading has been totally sucking lately, I think I'm going to read
instead. It's 140 pages less, so then I can also get my damn free space book read. Did I mention my sucky reading lately? I used to read 10-13 books a month--in August so far, I've read five. Yikes. Two books this week! I'm on it! :)
You should really enjoy Angelfall, Laura. I thought it was very good. Looking forward to your review.
I really enjoyed it, too! Still need to write my review, but also can't wait for the next one!
Ming wrote: "for demonsBlack Night by Christina Henry"
Ooo. I almost picked this one.
Well, after much waffling, I actually settle on
I meant to come back on-line after picking the book, but I started reading it instead.
I'm off to start the laundry now.
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Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh - ★★★★★ - 15 Aug 11
I chose this book because I'm attempting to get caught up with the series.
I loved the fact that both Mercy and Riley were Changelings, the first book where neither party is Psy (or, in Talin's case, part-Psy). I loved watching them try to figure out their relationship and how that will affect their standings in their respective packs
I liked Mercy. She's a Sentinel, but she isn't adverse to being mated and having children. She's afraid that her dominant leopard will prevent her from accepting the mating bond. Now that Lucas and all the male Sentinels are mated, Mercy's hard pressed to find a dominant male in the DarkRiver pack that can take her on. She'll have to look elsewhere -- or given into the temptation that is SnowDancer lieutenant Riley Kincaid.
Riley is the strong, silent type. He's the calm, level-headed one, which is why Hawke made him the liaison to DarkRiver in the first place. He still suffers guilt for not being able to protect his baby sister Brenna, who he raised from near infancy after the death of their parents. Riley's first instinct is to protect, something that Mercy baulks at -- she's fully capable of taking care of herself.
There are a lot of other things going on in the book -- stuff that deals with the on-going plots concerning the Psy Council, the Human Alliance, and the Ghost. Plus, we get a bit more about Hawke and the situation with Sienna, and Sascha gets two very different surprises.