R5: Team #17 ~ Sultry Seventeen

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Enjoy your holiday Captn Travelling Hussy ;)

[D.G.]

Thanks ladies!

I'll have internet in both hotels so I should be able to check in once in a while. :)

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I should be done my Catch-up series book in the next day or so, I had a crap day yesterday, what with having to take my dog to the vet and finding out she has Lyme diease, poor thing she's a real trooper though.

Have fun on your vaction D.G. wish I was going with ya :) lord knows I could use one!...lol

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I did a little recon mission if the next shelf called is male lead it will be a race between us and team 16 as we are both set for the same shelf...Yikes!

[Skandia]

~♥ Kat ♥~ wrote: "I should be done my Catch-up series book in the next day or so, I had a crap day yesterday, what with having to take my dog to the vet and finding out she has Lyme diease, poor thing she's a real t..."

Aww, Kat, so sorry to hear about your dog! Hope she will be ok soon! I totally know how you feel. My dog went through some pretty serious surgery just last fall and it was tough for the whole family.

[Jackie M]

Sorry about your dog Kat.


I need to get a book lined up incase the male lead shelf is called and then warn my family that I may have a reading marathon. Thanks for the recon mission Kat!

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Thanks...with a little TLC she should be back to normal in about a month.

for male lead I'm picking it's short, just over 250pgs and it also works for the new series shelf too, which we are also set for!

[Jackie M]

BSB5 Week 8 (Aug 5-Aug 11) 'series catch-up'
Completed 5/5
D.G.:Bayou Moon Aug 6 ★★★ review
Jackie M: Tempting Evil Aug 6 ★★★★ review
Kat: Pure Aug 9 ★★★★★ review
Lauren: The Darkest Surrender Aug 5 ★★★1/2 review
Skandia: Ninth Key Aug 4 ★★1/2 review

[[deleted user]]

I will most likely be done with my book tommarrow evening so we'll be able to grab another stamp right quick...Yay!

[Lauren]

Sorry to here about your dog Kat. So glad that she will be OK.
Thanks for the recon. It would be better if new series gets picked for the next shelf because I don't think we have any competition for that one.

[Jackie M]

I agree with you Lauren, new series would be better and also I think the book choices are much better from that shelf.

[D.G.]

Hiya Ladies! Hello from Lisbon! The first day of traveling was murder so we glad is over. :)

Judging from past rounds, it works so several groups have a chance to win so we should count ourselves very lucky if we get the new series shelf where only we can win!

Sorry about your dog, Kat.

[Jackie M]

Hope you are having a great time D.G. now that the getting there is over!

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I love love love this author!




Shelf for August 5th:*Series Catch-Up(Personal Shelf)
Book Chosen:Pure ~ Jennfer Armentrout
Date Read:August 9, 2012
Rating:5♥♥♥♥♥
Review: There are simply not enough words to describe how much I loved this book! This is the second installment in the Covenant series by Jennifer Armentrout and It just keeps getting better and better.

Book 2 is so full of action that I felt like i was on a constant roller coaster ride, and the love triangle between the 3 main characters was just fantastic, I have no Idea who I want to root for more Seth the so full of himself , but all round good guy or Aiden the forbidden Pure blood with a heart of gold.

The ending was a total cliff hanger and now I'm at a loss as to find something else to read until the next installment comes out in November. Jennifer Armentrout has a way of drawing you in and is now firmly in my top 5 authors to read! Loved it!!

[Jackie M]

I'll request our stamp this afternoon when I get home from work!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Sultry Seventeen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'Series Catch-Up'.

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

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats on the stamp Sultries!

[Jackie M]

Woohoo it's shelf day! I am crossing my fingers for new series.

[Lauren]

New series - fingers crossed too!

[[deleted user]]

New Shelf is Angels

[[deleted user]]

There are just to many choices...I've narrowed it down to these four:

and

I scored demon kissed for 95 cents on kobo not bad for an almost 500 pg book :)

[Jackie M]

For the Angels shelf I will be reading

[Lauren]

I will read for the Angels shelf.

It took me three tries to read Pleasure Unbound and I finished yet yesterday. Boy am I glad that I stuck with it because now I'm hooked and ecstatic that the second book is on the Angels shelf.

[Skandia]

I will read for the Angels shelf.

[D.G.]

I was right in not expecting the winning shelf this week. :)

I think I'll read for this one.

[Jackie M]

Skandia wrote: "I will read for the Angels shelf."

I really liked this one. Can't wait to see what you think of it.

[[deleted user]]

So I finally decided on my Angel book none of my other choices were holding my interest

[Jackie M]

My book isn't the best but I'm about halfway through so I'll keep plugging along.

[[deleted user]]

angels isn't really one of my favorites when reading PNR so I found this shelf hard to pick for but so far I'm enjoying this one so here's hoping it turns out to be a great book

[Lauren]

I've finished my book and will post a review tomorrow.

[D.G.]

I haven't even started it ladies. I figure I'll pick it up when I come back to the US onThursday.

[Skandia]

I'm about halfway through my book and it's official now - apocalypse, dystopia and cruel and violent angels are not my cup of tea.

[Lauren]

Sorry you aren't enjoying your book Skandia. Hopefully the next shelf will have better choices.

Have a safe trip home D.G.!

[Lauren]

Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione
Shelf: Angels
Finished: August 13
3.5 Stars

Synopsis
Cursed to suffer eternal torment if he falls in love, Shade has made every effort to avoid the one woman who may make him succumb, Runa Wagner. Runa has sworn revenge against the demon who betrayed her but now she and Shade must work together to escape the dangerous enemy who would destroy them both.

Review
Good story despite the cringe worthy elements (cheating heroes and BDSM are not my thing).

Runa is likeable enough although it is a shame that her Warg abilities are not shown to their best advantage (she always seems incapacitated in some way). Moreover, she starts out enraged with Shade for his past behavior and holds him responsible for the attack that turned her into a Warg. The problem lies in the fact that she is far to forgiving of the first and misguided about the second.

Shade is a jerk and it is difficult to work up much affection for a man who is a) willing to kill someone close to him to save his own ass and b) feels compelled to hurt women ostensibly "for their own good".

Nevertheless, the world building and the secondary plots are well worth the effort. The moral ambiguity of the demonarchy, the conflict with Roag and his minions together with Gem and Kynan's romance and Wraith's intriguing emotional struggles all make this an entertaining read overall.

[Skandia]

Shelf:Angels
Angelfall by Susan Ee
Date Read:08/15/2012
Rating:★★

I really struggled through this book. Apocalypse, dystopia, cruel and violent angels and cannibalistic-demonic children are not my cup of tea at all.
I only give one star to books I don't finish so in this case the two stars came only because I managed somehow miraculously finish the book.
And I hate what those monsters did to my beautiful SF.

[Jackie M]

Skandia sorry to hear you didn't like Angelfall, I on the other hand loved it.

[D.G.]

Thanks, Lauren. I'm really sad the trip is over!

I loved Angelfall too but I guess we all can't like everything!

I like in books when places we love are destroyed. If it was all imaginary we wouldn't feel anything! It's like that scene at the end of Planet of the Apes.

[[deleted user]]

I'll have a review up tomarrow for my angels book I only have 3 chapters left to finish it tonight, it turned out better then I thought :)

[[deleted user]]

Shelf for August 12th:Angels
Book Chosen:Personal Demons ~ Lisa Desrochers
Date Read:August 15,2012
Rating:4♥♥♥♥
Review:First I would just like to say that Angels is not one of my favorite subjects to read about when I'm choosing a book,so It took me more then a few tries to finally pick the right book for this weeks shelf. That being said I have to say that I really enjoyed Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers.

Her writing was very fluid and has a wonderful flow to it. The story was told from two points of view which I thought I would have a hard time with but actually found very interesting, instead of being in just one characters head I got to be in two.

A while this is still your typical YA book right down to the love triangle I found myself enjoying all the teenage drama a lot. The characters were extremely likeable, although I did at times find our Heroine to be kind of annoying in the I must forgive myself department. The male leads were swoon worthy and I'm still not sure who I would have picked if I was our Heroine...lol ;)

All in all a solid read, and I will be continuing on to the next book just so I can find out who gets the girl, the angel or the demon, for more on that you'll just have to read and find out :)

[D.G.]

Hi Ladies! I'm back! Had a great time in Portugal and Dublin. :)

Off to update our spreadsheet with our reads for the last couple of days. Oh and I started today and I'm already more than halfway through it. Definitely liking it a lot!

[D.G.]

Ran out of space in post #8 so I continued in post #9. Here are our reads for this week!

BSB5 Week 9 (Aug 12 - Aug 18): angels
Completed: 3 / 5
D.G.: Unearthly
Jackie M: Lost in Time
✔ Kat: Personal Demons - Aug 15 ★★★★ review
✔ Lauren: Desire Unchained - Aug 13 ★★★½ review
✔ Skandia: Angelfall - Aug 15 ★★ review

[Jackie M]

Welcome back D.G.! Glad that you had a great trip.

[Jackie M]

Lost in Time
Shelf Angels
Date read 8/17/2012
2 stars

This book was one of those books that had a lot going on, but not much happening.
It felt like Jack and Schuyler were chasing a pipe dream and were just running in circles to find the gate.
Then there is Mimi who by some miracle has grown a heart and a conscience. It was weird that her and Oliver were so close and that he went to hell with her. I hate to say it, but I am glad that she was able to find some peace with Kingsley.

I find myself looking forward to the next book because it has promise to be good, but I won't set my expectations too high because I don't want to be let down.

[Skandia]

Welcome back, D.G.! Glad you like Unearthly. I loved this book!

Jackie, good review! I agree, Blue Bloods is definitely series that has it's ups and downs but I have sticked with it also.

[[deleted user]]

Here is where everyone stands with Bingo as of Angels shelf:

Team 3:could win with Kick Ass Heroine or Sci-Fi Romance but has to finish angels to get a win with Scifi Romance

Team 4: could win if Reader's choice is called

Team 5: could win if New2You:Author is called but has to finish Angels & Demons to get the win

Team 7: could win if male lead is called but has to finish Angels to get the win

Team 11: could win if Dragons or Dark Fantasy is called but needs to finish angels for a win with Dark Fantasy

Team 12: could win if Psychic is called but needs to finish angels to get the win

Team 13: could win if reader's choice is called but has to finish Urban Fantasy & Series's Catch Up to get a win

Team 16: could win if male lead or paranormal Romance is called but needs to finish angels to get a win with paranormal romance

Team 18: could win if reader's choice is called

and last but to least :)

Team 17: could win if male lead or new series is called

here's hoping we get New Series called this week! Go Team :)

[Jackie M]

Thanks for the run down Kat. Looks like bingo won't be going on too much longer.
I really hope New Series gets called.

I may be missing a bit today, we are going back to school shopping, I will try to check my phone for the new shelf.

Have a great day everyone!

[D.G.]

I get the impression that we won't get a Bingo this week either. I think the mods like it when more than one team has to fight for the finish and so far only two shelves give the win to more than one team - male lead and readers's choice (I think). So if we get the winning shelf this week and we get to fight for it, it will most likely be male lead.

[D.G.]

SHELF: angels



Title/Author: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Read for shelf: angels
Date finished: Aug 18
Rating: ★★★★½
Review: This is the third YA book with angels I've read this year that I completely loved. It just seems to me that authors are coming up with more exciting, intriguing and profound stories in this sub-genre which they manage to make uniquely their own even if they use some of the same plot points.

Clara is a very good character, the right combination of normal teenager that worries about her peers think and supernatural being with a purpose.

Like you would expect with YA, there are two interesting boys circling our girl - I don't know that I would call it a love triangle though - but the way those relationships progress serves a purpose that really advances the story. When I read about two love interests in books, I usually pick one and stick with him to the end but even I was conflicted by how things developed.

I loved the Wyoming setting - don't remember a book set there - and the descriptions of the outdoors activities were simply wonderful. It made me want to go there.

All in all, I already got book 2 in the series and will be reading it soon!

[D.G.]

We're ready for our latest shelf! Woohoo!

BSB5 Week 9 (Aug 12 - Aug 18): angels
Completed: 5 / 5
✔ D.G.: Unearthly - Aug 18 ★★★★½ review
✔ Jackie M: Lost in Time - Aug 17 ★★ review
✔ Kat: Personal Demons - Aug 15 ★★★★ review
✔ Lauren: Desire Unchained - Aug 13 ★★★½ review
✔ Skandia: Angelfall - Aug 15 ★★ review

[Steph, Serious series addict]

CONGRATULATIONS, Sultry Seventeen!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'angels'.

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

Good Job!! :D