R4: Team #1 ~ The Fiery Firsts

[Midu]

Damn, you guys!!! Still haven't even chosen mine!!

[Valerie]

Awww, are you still having trouble choosing one? D: These were some other books on my shortlist, if it helps any:

[Midu]

yep, have replacement and discovery of witches. will read one of those. Thanks, Valerie!

[Suzanne]

Ok I finished my Ghosts read!! Everytime I say I'm going to finish something that night, I end up making a liar out of myself...



Book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Rating: ****
Shelf: Ghosts
Review: I enjoyed this book, I like Neil Gaiman's writing style but I felt like the plot just died in the middle and then took awhile to get back on the road again. I'll still give it 4 stars though, It was still a good read.

[Suzanne]

I'm having technical difficulties with my Demon selection, I downloaded the audio book from the library and now it's telling me that I need an older version of Itunes in order to transfer it to my Ipod... Very strange. I just received A Perfect Blood last week so I might use that as my Demons pick instead.

[Carlyn]

That's me requested the ghost stamp ladies :)

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

Yippeee good on ya Suzanne!

[Suzanne]

I'm trying! I'm pregnant and I've been fighting allergies or a cold (or the plague) since the Superbowl. So I can only use old school medicines to treat it. This is the 2nd round of antibiotics and it's making it manageable but it's not getting rid of it.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the upcoming happy event Suzanne :)

Sorry to hear you can't shake the illness :(

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Fiery Firsts!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'ghosts'.

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

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp Fieries!

[Valerie]

Thank yooooou! :D

[Carlyn]

Thanks Steph!

[Suzanne]

Woohoo Thanks Steph!

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

Rating: ★★★★
Shelf: Demons
Finished: 03/03/2012
Review:

Daughter of Smoke and Bone caught me by surprise. The first half of the book starts out with rich, luscious descriptions where I savoured every single word. Karou, blue haired and mysterious is an intriguing character. Her world of demons, art class and Prague is fantastical and it's impossible not to get enamored with it. Not to mention Laini Taylor's incredible writing and vivid scenarios, this is definitely someone who can write.

Halfway through however, Karou meets the love of her life(s), an impossibly perfect seraph named Akiva, and then blooms an incredibly sappy romance that overtakes the entire book. With barely any build-up whatsoever, Karou finds herself absolutely enthralled with Akiva and vice versa. My fascination with Karou dwindled at this stage; it seemed like all of the uniqueness of her character melted away into YA land of a perfect relationships.

While wondering what happened to such an incredible start, before I knew it, again the book switches genre quickly to high fantasy with the heavy involvement of sorcery, demons, and an age-old war between Chimera and Seraphim. After building up world where I clung on to every description, the book focuses on a time in the past, with mostly different characters. It tells the stories of these new people in such a fast-pace that you wonder whether you are even reading the same book.

A few shocking twists, and a huge punch in a gut later, there you have the end of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

Thank you Laini, for delivering one of the cleverest WTF experiences ever. Definitely one of the most unique literary experiences I've ever had, but I would have preferred to explore more of the first half of the book.

[Carlyn]

New shelf is up ladies and here is the link to he shelf :)

paranormal romance

[Carlyn]

I'm going to read . I've heard so many good things about this series and I can't wait to start!

[Carlyn]

Shelf: Paranormal Romance

Carlyn: message 278 Finished 06/03/2012 Rating 4 Stars.

Valerie: message 274 Finished 06/03/2012 Rating 4 Stars.

Jeann: message 301 Finished 12/03/2012 Rating 3 Stars.

Suzanne: message 330 Finished 20/03/2012 Rating 2 Stars.

Midu: message 273 Finished 06/03/2012 Rating 3 Stars.

[Valerie]

I think I'll go with .

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

Yay new shelf! I'll read to complete the Night Huntress series :)

[Suzanne]

Dark fever is pretty good, I enjoyed it! I think I'm going to read . I promised my best friend I'd watch the movie with her so I need to finish this series already. I'm on my iPad and I think it counts for this shelf. I got to work on my iPod finally so I'm still reading that one for the demons shelf.

[Midu]

Hey Carlyn, I read the same book as you! :-)

[Midu]

Rating: ★★★
Shelf: Paranormal Romance
Finished: 06/03/2012
Review:
(view spoiler)[Both of the MC irritated me to no end!
Mac was just overly girly and the stereo typical blonde character but she also had the nerve to get mad when Barrons treated her that way.
Barrons would be the guy you'd kill your daughter before you let them near him!
Other than that, the book was really good.
I loved the brutality of Alina's murder and I also loved how the Fae were portrayed in this book. The Seelie were not shown as the "good" Fae and Fae Royalty was something to be afraid of, no matter which of the Fae group it belonged to.
Would be interesting to find out what Barrons is.
On to the next one! (hide spoiler)]

[Valerie]

Shelf: Paranormal Romance
Finished: March 6th, 2012
Rating: ★★★★
Thoughts: This was lots of fun.

Entwined is a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. In this book, the princesses are addicted to dancing; dancing terms are sprinkled throughout the book, which kind of threw me off at first, but got better as it went on. After their mother passes, the King declares the royal family in mourning; the princesses must dress in black for a year, and must not be seen by any outsiders as expressing happiness. But dancing is in their blood, and when they find a secret passage in their bedroom leading to a silver forest and pavilion, its owner extends an invitation: come every night, and dance as long as they please. However, the Keeper has a price.

If you're a huge fan of Disney movies, this is worth a read -- and I'm not saying that as an insult! There really is a magical, fairytale-like quality to this book. It's also extremely witty -- some of the characters have amazing one-liners. Fun and fluffy, with some riveting and dark action scenes near the end.

[Valerie]

Hah, honestly, I've heard so many bad things about Darkfever's protagonist that I've been scared off. I understand that she develops, but...

[Midu]

Her, I could stomach but the guy strangles her at least twice in the first book and not in a good way! lol

[Valerie]

D:

D:

[Carlyn]

Shelf: Paranormal Romance
Finished: 06/03/2012
Rating: 4 Stars

I have been getting told to read these books for ages and everyone said how amazing they were so I have been a little wary about picking them up in case they didn't live up to the hype. I'm glad I did though because I really enjoyed it!

Mac travels to Dublin to try to find out who murdered her sister but instead she finds out she is not who she believed and her world will never be the same. She meets a man called Jericho Barrons who wants to use her to find a special book but danger lurks.

I had heard that Mac couls be quite annoying but I didn't really think she was so bad. She had a perfectly normal reaction to finding out that things were not as they seemed. Denial, denial and more denial! In her position I would be exactly the same. I really don't know what to make of Barron's and I was left with a lot of questions about him.

Basically before I had even finished this book I had already bought the second one. That makes it a good book in my opinion :)

[Suzanne]

Rating: ★★★★
Shelf: Demons
Finished: 03/6/2012
Review: This book seemed very similar to the Black Dagger Brotherhood, but less romantic. Lot's of "female" and "brother" being thrown around in the dialogue. Once I got past the similarities between the two series and started paying attention to the story line the story got a lot better.

[Carlyn]

Midu did you do a demons book?

[Midu]

Nope,not yet. Getting to it.

[Midu]

Thanks Vi, I owe you one!

Rating: ★★★
Shelf: Demons
Finished: 06/3/2012
Review:
(view spoiler)[So, Mac is a little less irritating. And Barrons is slowly being made out to be the classic misunderstood but really cuddly bad guy. There's a new character who seems to know who Barrons is. Also, instead of the old mysteries being solved, newer ones keep piling up. I knew the pseudo-vampire was going to be trouble since Mac kept saying he wasn't a threat while Barrons insisted the exact opposite. Yes, I'll still be reading the next one! (hide spoiler)]

[Carlyn]

Thanks Midu! I've requested the demons stamp now :)

[Midu]

Sorry it took me so long!

[Valerie]

Our card is looking pretty good so far! :D

[Vi]

:) Congrats on the stamp ladies!

[Midu]

Thanks,Vi!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Fiery Firsts!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'demons'.

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

Good Job!! :D

[Midu]

Thanks,Steph!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

:D Welcome! Congrats!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp Fieries!

[Midu]

Thanks,Sandra!

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

Nooooooo I left my Kindle at work and it's the start of the weekend :( won't be able to finish my PNR this weekend guys!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Bugger, Jeann!

[Suzanne]

That's ok, I'm not anywhere close to finishing mine either. I got a lot of stuff going on next week so I'm going to try to read as much as I can this weekend but I doubt I'll be able to finish before Monday.

[Suzanne]

Sweet! New Shelf is announced:

Shelf #6 ~ 3/11/12: 'paranormal-mystery'
DIRECT LINK: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/p...

[Suzanne]

I'm going to do or for the Paranormal Mystery Shelf!

[Valerie]

I'll probably do .

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

I'll do I think

[Carlyn]

Shelf: Paranormal Mystery



Carlyn: Message 320 Finished 17/03/2012 Rating 3 Stars.

Jeann: Message 302 Finished 14/03/2012 Rating 4 Stars.

Valerie: Message 324 Finished 18/03/2012 Rating 3 Stars.

Midu: Message 327 Finished 18/03/2012 Rating 3 Stars.

Suzanne: Message 364 Finished 30/03/2012 Ring 5 Stars.