R4: Team #15 ~ Five Divining Divas [FIRST PLACE]

[Lis]

Jennifer I hope everything goes well with your sister's surgery. It's amazing what Dr's can accomplish with the heart. I have a close friend who's son was found with a hole and a lot of additional complications right after he was born, and he is an amazingly healthy little boy now. I'll keep you in my thoughts and hope she has a speedy recovery.

[Vi]

@Jennifer: What Sandra said. Hope everything goes ok with your sister surgery. My thoughts are with you.

I checked your shelves - you haven't yet read the Psy-Changeling or the Kate Daniels series yet. If you're interested, you could check them out.

[Lis]

All right Ms Jennifer, what the divas can do is help you find a new series to start and help keep the mind busy... What are you in the mood for? Vamps, shifters, romance, fantasy, action, zombies??? Any ideas?

[Vi]

Or I could have done what Lis did instead of recommending a series.. Good idea, Lis!!

[Lis]

Good ones Vi...

[Lis]

I think we are typing at the same time... Brainstorming via electronic gadget...

[Vi]

Yep, hehe. We'll wait for Jennifer to get back on her preference and then we can rec more series to her.

[Jennifer]

I like romance, vampires, and shifters. I can get into almost anything though

[Lis]

Keri Arthur for hot wolfie steam and you get hot vampires a few books in... Lara Adrian's midnight series is kind of like Ward's BDB series minus the slang and baby powder baddies... And Lyndsay Sands Argeneau vampire series is pure romance and fun fang humor...

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[Jennifer]

Thanks :) & ill let everyone know how it goes. She has two kids and she recovered fully except her speech. I hVe thought about the psy changeling (I have no idea how to spell that) a lot of people seem to like it.

[Jennifer]

Excuse my grammar and spelling im typing on my phone, and im feeling lazy. :)

[Lis]

Psy Changling series is good too. It's also a group challenge on SOS that several of us are re-reading or first time reading before her new release later this year.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

That's good news Jennifer. The speech will come back. And Psy Changeling would be my pick too.

[Jennifer]

I just picked up A Quick Bite at the library! So hopefully I like it! I hope everyone had a nice valentines day :)

[Lis]

Perfect, no $$ investment and you get take it for a spin... They are just vampire fairy tales and you get to know the whole family. They can be silly at times, you'll enjoy Lissianna's phobia.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

It's a fun, fluffy read, enjoy!

[Vi]

I don't know why but I *think* I'm not that much into PNR series - I have so many authors I've not tried - Lara Adrian, Keri Arthur, Richelle Mead (did try her VA series; not impressed), Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter (read the first in LoU; again not impressed). I think I fare much better with UF though. I need to check them out, I guess.

[Midu]

Same here. I read a lot of PNR but I like UF much better

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

Vi wrote: "Dawn wrote: "Vi congrats! Whens the date?"

June 8 :)"

Congratulations to-be, Vi!

[Vi]

Thanks, Judithe!!

[Jennifer]

Have you got a lot of it planned, Vi?

[Lis]

Vi, Arthur's series is more UF than PNR. She just weaves the wolfie steam into it, but they are always fighting bad vamps, creatures, demons, etc. one of my fav series.

[Jennifer]

I finished A Quick Bite. It was good. Definitely light and fluffy.

[Lis]

There are 3 "Rogue Hunter" books in the middle of the series that are a little less on the fluffy side, but most of them are more of the same. After reading several UFs in a row, I like jumping to one of these for a break.

[Vi]

Marriages in India are a little bit more complicated. Halls and catering is booked. Mom's taking care of most of the planning now. I'm on the phone helping her out. I'll be moving back next month to take care of the rest.

Jennifer wrote: "Have you got a lot of it planned, Vi?"

[Vi]

Oh, GTK Lis. I think I'll add that series to my list. Maybe try it out soon.

Lis wrote: "Vi, Arthur's series is more UF than PNR. She just weaves the wolfie steam into it, but they are always fighting bad vamps, creatures, demons, etc. one of my fav series."

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Vi wrote: "Marriages in India are a little bit more complicated. Halls and catering is booked. Mom's taking care of most of the planning now. I'm on the phone helping her out. I'll be moving back next month t..."

Indian marriages are always so fascinating :)

Seen some great shows on TV about them. You do know we expect pictures, don't you Vi. LOL

[Midu]

Oooh Vi, what color will your dress be? The brides here have started opting for a lot of versatile colors instead of red!

[Vi]

Sandra wrote: "Seen some great shows on TV about them. You do know we expect pictures, don't you Vi. LOL "

The marriages are fascinating but very time-consuming. The main event - something like your vows - is supposed to happen between 6:30 - 7:30 am (which I'm so not looking forward to) but there will be stuff happening before. My mom just told me that I should be getting up by 4 am max to start the make-up. :( I'll upload pics, Sandra! If I look good, that is. I'm sooo not photogenic. I always end up showing weird faces in the photos.

Midu wrote: "Oooh Vi, what color will your dress be? The brides here have started opting for a lot of versatile colors instead of red!"

For me (and my family), the wedding saree will definitely be a red based - maybe maroon saree. It's fixed and I can't change it. I can pick a good dress - 99.9999% saree again, for my reception though.

[Midu]

zabardast! would get to see you in a saree finally! :-p

[Vi]

Acchaa! And when do I get the honor, Midu? ;)

[Midu]

not happening anytime soon! *sigh*

[Vi]

I'm a little bit envious! :)

[Midu]

why? spill,woman!

[Vi]

Marriage blues!! What else??!

[Midu]

awwww what can i do to help? a lil too far to throw you a bachlorette party!

[Vi]

Aww, thanks!

[Midu]

start the novella yet?

[Vi]

Not yet. Later in the afternoon. Have you started? You've got THREE books going??

[Midu]

well..kinda! hehe

[Lis]

Shelf announcement

Steph wrote: "Our next shelf announcement is up ~ 'Favorite Series' (personal shelf)
Members are allowed to choose a book from one of their favorite series.

[Dawn]

I'm going to read

[Vi]

I'm going to read either (a chunky - 720 p) or .

ETA: I could also read or . Choices Choices

[Jennifer]

I think I'm going to read kittys house of horrors. Not sure yet.

[Dawn]

I really liked Mine to Possess. However the night amel trilogy looks interesting gonna have to add it to my list.

[Vi]

It's a reread but I'm not so keen on this one. I didn't like Talin the first time around. Hoping the second time would be better..

[Dawn]

Oh see I liked her well actually I really liked Clay :). And I can't spell..that should say angel.

[Vi]

Oh, you're the first person I've come across who said that. Everybody else I know are pretty much Talin-haters. I didn't like book #2 (Vaughn and Clay) as good as book #1 (Lucas and Sasha) the first time I read it. On a re-read it was definitely better. Hoping that might be the case with this one also. Book #4 and #7 was the least liked among this series.

The Night Angel trilogy (well, the first 2 I've read) is amazing. Really really amazing. You should add it too.

[Vi]

Update Post

Shelf 3 - Favorite Series (Personal Shelf)(Called on 19 Feb): 0/5

Jennifer - Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Lis -
Dawn - Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
Vi -
Heather - Vampire Mine by Kerrelyn Sparks



Shelf 2 - Ghosts (called on 12 Feb): 4/5

Jennifer - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 15 Feb - ★★★★★ - Review
Lis - Poltergeist by Kat Richardson
Dawn - River Marked by Patricia Briggs - 12 Feb - ★★★★ - Review
Vi - Dangerous by Amanda Quick - 12 Feb - ★★★1/2 - Review
Heather - Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward - 15 Feb - ★★★★ - Review

[Vi]

I was taking a look at all the team bingo cards. So far, with the 4 shelves called no team has them perfectly aligned. But, with last week's shelf, 2 teams - Team 7 and 8 had three of them aligned and with this week's, Team 13 has 3 shelves aligned too. It's still way too early to predict but just an update for me us.