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R5: Team #15 ~ Ferociously Flirtatious {2nd Place}
Oh, yes! It has been awhile since I read that one, Juana, but you brought it all back. Great review, thanks!
YAy, time to request our free space stamp!Free Space Shelf 4/5
Completed: 5/5 Stamp requested
Lisa Kay - Branded by Fire ★★★★½. Review. 23/6/12.
Jessica - Kiss of Midnight ★★★★ Review. 25/6/12.
Jeann - Dead Witch Walking ★★★. Review. 24/6/12.
Amy - Tapestry ★★★★ Review. 25/6/12.
Juana - The Rustler ★★★★ Review. 4/7/12.
Hey Jeann you got one of the date of my book wrong. Just wanted to tell you its 7/4/12Happy reading
Oh, I go with the Australian way of setting out dates, it goes day/month/year :)
Thats cool I thought it was wrong for a minute. Thanks for clearing that up Jeann.
Hehe no problem, I could see how that would be mixed up. Good work everyone for our 2nd stamp request!
Yay for the Aussie way! LOL. I do that too Jeann :)
CONGRATULATIONS, Ferociously Flirtatious! You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'free space'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congrats on the stamp FF!
Yay thank you Steph & Sandra!
Shelf: New2You Series
Date finished: 6/7/12
Rating: ★★★★
While reading Unholy Ghosts, what struck me was how strange and unusual it was in some parts of it's storytelling.
Chess is a witch who hunts ghosts for a living, but she is also addicted to drugs and uses them to deal with her life. In order to use magic, she is an employee of the Church of Real Truth, yet she also hangs out in all the wrong places. This juxta-positioning was a little strange, especially when she snorts drugs, listens to sermons, and hangs around rough-talking males. She certainly is an intriguing character, definitely not predictable or run-of-the-mill in any sense. I'm still unsure whether she's a likable one or not, but I guess I'll just have to wait and see as the series unfolds.
The book features an interesting and unique setting. It's set in a dystopian world based around ghosts, where a Church has been established to deal with the ghost problem. As the first in the series definitely had a lot of world-building to it. Despite this, a perfect sense of pace between mystery, character development, and world building sucked me into the story.
Chess's drug using however, was a bit hard to swallow (no pun intended). She's describe as an addict and that she definitely is and we hear about her need throughout the book.
The men in the book were kind of strange. I don't really buy Chess being attracted to either of them, and they are both are written a bit too similar in my opinion. They're both from opposing gangs, and both use rougher, street speech to talk, and both apparently perfect gentlemen. I kind of find this difficult to believe, but I suppose they are meant to be love interests.
I'm glad I've picked up this series as I've heard it gets really good later on and will be definitely continuing to read it.
Yay! Congrats to us on our second stamp! **throws confetti**
Jessica wrote: "About four hours into the audio book, not sure what I think just yet. Kind of like the story but there is a lot ups and downs. Not sure wither or not i like Lachlain or not yet."
Do you like the narrator, Jessica?
Jeann wrote: ""Great review, Jeann. Doesn't sound like my cuppa tea. I've been seeing this book posted in challenges all over GRs. Nice to see such a through review, in order for me to decide on a pass. Thanks.
The language and drug taking can be very hard to take Lisa Kay.
Sandra wrote: "The language and drug taking can be very hard to take Lisa Kay."Maybe I need to be more open minded. **sigh** Or maybe I saw too much addiction in my job.
Well, I only gave 3 stars to the first one because of the drugs & Chess's attitude, and I don't have your excuse, so I think it is just how each one of us look at things differently. No *sighing* required :)
Just checking in to let you know I will be home late Monday night, so I will be caught up with all my reviews & reading by Friday. That will include the next shelf! I am a fast reader, but I have no computer & I didn't bring the YA book with me.
Sandra wrote: "The language and drug taking can be very hard to take Lisa Kay."Yeah, if I had the same exposure that you do Lisa Kay, I probably would find it very hard to enjoy Unholy Ghosts. It was a bit too much, but I could look past it and enjoy the story.
Thanks for understanding, Jeann. I didn't, in any way, mean to diss your reading choice.
Nah I totally understand if it's not for you :)
Yes, Jessica, my first love is still the paperback. However, with the hectic week I've had, I've sure been thankful for audiobooks on my iPod!
I'm 99% sure I'll be listening to Fate's Edge, by Ilona Andrews for my shifters shelf. I have it loaded onto my iPod/Touch and everything.
New shelf, shifters! I'll be reading
I know what book I'm reading for shifters, but I forgot the title. It's in the same series as "the mane event" it's the next one I have... I'll check out the title when I get home!
For shifters does The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
count for that? If it does that's my choice for the Shifters Shelf.
Juana "Darkness" wrote: "For shifters does The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong count for that? If it does that's my choice for the Shifters Shelf." Yup I saw that on the shelf :)
Jeann thanks for giving me the ok. Have fun reading your book.
I agree Jessica, real books are better than Ebooks and Audio Books but sometimes the books are cheeper in Ebooks and audio.:)
I still prefer real books but eBooks have their benefits, portability, cheaper, more indie stuff, etc. I keep on switching between my physical books and Kindle, just depends on what I feel like at the time. Sometimes real books are cheaper than eBooks too!
I switch things around, also. From paperback, to hardcover, to library books, to audio (either on my Kindle or iPod/Touch/CDs in my computer/car), to Kindle.
Title/Author: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Shelf: Shifters
Date Finished: 7/9/12
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Chloe Saunders is a movie buff, in an art school full of them. Until she hit her period and started seeing ghosts everywhere. And on one such occasion Chloe is taken to a hospital and then a group home, where she meets Derek, Simon, Victoria, Rae, and Liz. Although Liz gets taken away a couple days later. Chloe sees her ghost and she talks to her. There are too many mishaps in the home all starting with the mean girl Victoria. Then the escape plans start coming out because of the dead people in the basement. But as it turns out they are going to have some trouble getting out of the place not to mention the stuff that happens after they get out.
Thanks Juana, I've updated that. Have you chosen your New2You series book yet? This can be anything that you haven't read before.
As long as it is at least 200 pages long :)
Shelf ~ New-to-me-Series
Date finished ~ 07/03/12
Rating ~ ★★★
This was actually pretty boring compared to her other series. This series is a continuation of her other series, but her villians have jumped from back in time to the present.
The premise is that there are druids & warriors with a god inside them trying to stop another druid, Dierdre, who has unleashed the bad god in the warriors.
This book is about Gwynn who is in Scotland looking for her father who has disappeared when he goes on this sudden trip from Texas quitting his job as a professor at a university.
Gwynn finds out she is a druid after running into Logan who had time jumped 400 years. He is a warrior. All warriors and their eventual wives compliment eachother in there powers.
This one was low on conflict & they were searching for a tablet most of the time. I can't really say much except it seemed to be a forced continuation of a series that ended... so what??? just jump through time & start over? I dunno!!!
Thanks for your review Amy, I've marked it on the list. Not sure whether that series is for me.Have you picked your Shifters read yet?
Jeann wrote: "Thanks Juana, I've updated that. Have you chosen your New2You series book yet? This can be anything that you haven't read before."Jeann I will read for the New2You Series: An Alpha's Path by Ann Carrie Ryan
it is part of the Redwood Pack Series.
Thanks guys, I've updated both. Happy Reading! I haven't gotten to my Shifters read yet, been participating in a buddy read lately. I hope to get to it later in the week.
Juana "Darkness" wrote: "Jeann wrote: "Thanks Juana, I've updated that. Have you chosen your New2You series book yet? This can be anything that you haven't read before."Jeann I will read for the New2You Series: An Alpha'..."
Sorry Juana, An Alpha's Path is only 59 pages. Your pick must be at least 200 pages :)
Don't know where I am in
but, even with workmen here 12-14 hours out of the day, I should have it finished and a review done by the end of the week.
Thanks Jessica. I am loving all the audio book love in this thread. I gave it a go once for
and decided I preferred to read it myself to give the characters my own voice. I think I also read faster than you could listen to it too.
Oh, I so glad you like the audiobook of
, Jessica!Yes, I definitely read much faster than the audiobooks. Still, I can't fold laundry or grocery shop while reading a book.
The Wolf Who Loved Me by Lydia Dare
, I think this one is over 200 pages if not let me know and I will change it. Thanks for letting me know about the other book Jeann.
Hi, team!SOS: ~ Book Shelf Bingo! ~
Book Shelf: Shifters
Title/Author: Fate's Edge, by Ilona Andrews
Series: The Edge, #3
Rating: ★★★★½✩
Read: July 13, 2012
First-time author: No
To-be-continued: Yes!
Review: my goodreads review
I just adore that Audrey has Ling the Merciless as a pet raccoon.
★★★★½ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Renee Raudman does an excellent job reading this one, the third successive novel in The Edge series. She’s adept at the bantering dialogue that takes place between the two protagonists. Another reviewer had an issue with her performance during the sensual scenes, and I have to agree: her voice sounds a bit stressed, going up an octave or two, becoming “breathy.” Nevertheless, she makes the books so much more entertaining, being very good at sarcasm, she really sounds like she’s having fun.
And this one was fun . I enjoyed it much more than the second one in this action-packed urban fantasy series. (Maybe I should have listened to that one, instead of reading it? Though, another thing about this one, I didn't care for Cerise’s voice.)
On first look, our hero Kaldar Mar, and our heroine Audrey Callahan, appear to be two birds of a feather: both cons. However, they have different reasons for their professions: he sees it as a lucrative way of supporting his family; she’s trying to get away from hers. He’s in it for the long haul; she in for one last heist so she can live a normal life in the Broken closing cases for investigator Dominic Milano. Yet these two grifters are very alike, making them a slick team when they join forces.
We also are treated with Jack and George - Rose’s younger brothers from book one - and Gaston, Kaldar’s nephew who works with him as an agent for the Mirror (a policing agency for Adrianglia that’s on the q.t.). My heart goes out to both the younger kids, but especially Jack; the little lynx shapeshifter has made one too many social faux pas and is worried Declan will send him away to a private school. (As if!) It is a delight to get to see things from his POV.
There is a neat mystery here with lots of political intrigue and betrayals involving stolen Egyptian bracelets, set in the Andrews’ unique worlds of the Weird, the Broken, and the Edge in between. There is a ton of magic and a plethora of interesting characters: sword-wielding warriors, a wyvern, a raccoon, flash sharpshooters, a slayer shadow, a tent-revival preacher, enhanced hunters, and heaps more - not to mention the Hand agents that are after the protagonists. The pace is fast, the romance hot, the humor plentiful - but not at the expense of the emotional depth.
Needless to say, this series definitely should be read in order!
Shelf ~ YA Paranormal
Date finished ~ 07/13/12
Rating ~ ★★★★
Well... There was so much world building & not much story, that I am not pouncing to get to the next book. I may continue the series, but right now I'm not sure.
One annoying feature I cannot overlook was the continuous - start to say something & change mind - or - think about saying something & not... Geez! Spit it out already!
Well this was about Maya an adopted Native (Indian of some sort/unknown) who lives in a teeny Canadian Island town/not a town with 200 people. The town was created by a drug company. Obviously the school is small.
She soon discovers she is a skin-walker, but doesn't know what to do with the information. She likes a new boy in town & has other friend relationships going on.
At the end, they are evacuated because of a fire. No spoiler... just full of build up with no info on anyone but Maya, but maybe there is more to the others. Since no one spit it out EVER... Maybe you'll find out in the next book.
Neat review, Amy! That is an author I've been meaning to try.
Wow fantastic reviews to you both! I love your description on the book Lisa Kay. I'll update now. Time to request our YA Paranormal Shelf!Juana "Darkness" wrote: "The Wolf Who Loved Me by Lydia Dare
, I think this one is over 200 pages if not let me know and I will change it. Thanks for letting me know about the other book Je..."Hey Juana, sorry for getting back to you late but for the New2You Series Shelf, you need to pick any book from a completely new series that you haven't read before and over 200 pages. Let me know what you end up with :)
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Shelf: Free Space
Date Finished: 7/4/12
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Wyatt Yarboro is an outlaw but on one night of rustling cattle he gets the feeling that his gang wants to shoot him. So While the scared cattle stampede Wyatt makes for Stone Creek where he meets Sarah Tamlin the Bankers daughter. So right out he makes his intentions known. Wyatt is going to Marry Sarah but first he has to make an honest way of living. As they get to know each other they meet up with her son Owen and his nasty father Mr. Langstreet. Trouble is sure to follow because of Billy Justice one of Wyatt's former gang members arrive after hearing that his brother is dead. And also because Wyatt is going to marry Sarah in order to take Owen away from his father. See the solution that just drops out of the sky for Sarah and Wyatt in Stone Creek by reading this book and many others by this author.