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Wow there are SO many I want to read that are on that list. #3 in an Anne Bishop trilogy, a couple of my recently published netgalley books, a Sookie Stackhouse, Magic Study, #2 in the Edge series. How is a girl supposed to choose!?

That's great! It's definitely better to have choices!

I'm still debating my Auto Buy book. I just know it's going to be one of those reads that just hurts to get thru - all the torture and the betrayals.

Haha yeah it might be nice to find something a bit more cheerful if you can.

Time to get back to Guild Hunter! Can't believe this book or the next weren't shelved as Auto Buy.

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Week 5: Fantasy Romance

Book: by Nalini Singh
How it Fits: Tagged Fantasy Romance 12x

hello amazing friends! I am all caught.up and will post my updates tomorrow along with shelf choice. just didn't want anyone to think I had forgotten. I also read the unkindest tide. wow, I love that series!

I loved that one! October & Tybalt were great as always but loved that we got to see so much more of the Luidaeg. And hope we see Captain Pete again!

I REALLY need to start that series - I've been trying to finish a few up this year, but its more incentive to know there are some good series still out there!

Yes, the October Daye series is really good! You definitely can't judge it by the 1st book (or at least the 1st couple I think) because the series really does get better and better as it progresses.

Also have to mention that Toby can be a little annoying the 1st couple books - always referring to herself as a "hero" but that's her thing & you get used to it. I actually think there are drinking games based on things like it :P

I started reading the series last year during TT (all those buddy reads!) and a couple of us continued on. I actually think that may be one of the main reasons I actually read the series!

And their was a short at the end, told from Raj's point of view that was just so amazing!

I finished envy on 10/7 and I give it three stars. I really enjoy the story and the concepts are really good, but it just didn't hook me, you know? I love the character development and world building....I can't put my finger on it, just didn't love it

I finished storm cursed on 10/9 and give it five stars. I would give it more if I could. It's mercy....and I just love her! I really liked seeing the character development of some of the other wolves. Also, mini zombie goats?! Oh yea

For fantasy romance I chose enchanted,inc by Shanna Swendson. Am I all caught up on reviews? It's been a crazy time for me! How does anyone survive having teenagers?

Nici, you still need to read a book for the Favorites shelf :)

Thanks Sandra :)

I'll update the books and request the stamps for those 2 shelves tomorrow!

Oh and yes Nici, that Raj short was great. But it was also a little sad. How he had to hold himself away from people because he knew that he was going to be king.

Just put in for our Angels shelf.

For Favorites, still need Nici's book.

For Auto Buy, still need books for me and Suzanne.

For favorites, I read Shatter Me and giveI it four stars. It was an interesting dystopian novel, with easy to understand world building. I believe it is YA, which is why i feel that there isn't as much depth as i would like. Finished 10/16

For fantasy romance i read Enchanted, Inc. and finished 10/18. i am a little bit hesitant to rate this book, but will go with three stars. it was funny, but the author isn't Mary Janice Davidson. Also i really enjoyed the story but the problem isn't that epic.

Nici, for Shatter Me you'll need to add a date & for Enchanted, Inc, you'll need to fix the date :)

CONGRATULATIONS, Exploding Fluffballs!
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

Congrats on the stamp Fluffies!

Well cool lots of updates - so of course I have more.

Selection Post for Fantasy Romance:

The Orchid Throne
How it fits: it is on p. 17 of the shelf list. I got it on netgalley and am (obviously) behind on reviews, so this is a good one to read.

Completion Post for Shelf: Auto-Buy

Book Read:
Bitter Bite
Author: Jennifer Estep
Pages: 400
Date Read: 10/20/19

Rating: 4 stars
Review: So this was fairly formulaic, but not AS formulaic as others in the series. Fin's mother, who he thought was dead, returns to town and completely charms him. Others are not so entranced, and Gin spends a lot of time trying to support Fin, while she also is keeping an eye on "Mom". It was a fun book - nothing super special, but I didn't get annoyed about how everyone was treating Gin, which has been happening fairly often in this series :)

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Week 5: Fantasy Romance

Book: by Nalini Singh
How it Fits: Tagged Fantasy Romance 12x
Date Read: 10.20.19
Rating: 4.5 stars

Review:So close to being my 1st 5-star of this series! As much as I love this series, there's always some aspect that holds me back and unfortunately this was no exception.

I love Elena and Raphael and was really happy that the story was more focused on them and the overall Cascade arc. When Elena started regressing I didn't think it would go as far as it did, so I was shocked by how it ended. Like WTF?! I love the relationship between Raphael and Elena but to be honest, I could've done without all the love scenes. Crazy, I know.

I didn't remember the whole Cascade effect being so "aware", as was the case when Elena was fighting the villain towards the end. And I got a little distracted by the whole Harrison/vampire killings mystery that Elena just had to solve. But I did like that we got to see a little softness from Jeffrey because of it. And we got to see her grandparents again, who are still a part of her life.

This left off on one helluva cliffhanger so I'm hoping I can fit in the next one ASAP!

Suzanne wrote: "Completion Post for Shelf: Auto-Buy

Book Read:
Bitter Bite
Author: Jennifer Estep
Pages: 400
Date Read: 10/10/19

Rating: 4 stars
Review: So this w..."

Hey Suzanne, did you finish this on the 10th or 20th?

Happy Shelf Day!


Shelf #6 ~ 23/10/2019: Alternate Reality
DIRECT LINK - /shelf/show/...


And some housekeeping/status in case you didn't see them above:

Nici
For Shatter Me please add date to your review
For Enchanted, Inc. please correct your date on your review

Suzanne
Please correct your date for your review for Bitter Bite (20th?)

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Week 6: Alternate Reality

Book: by Laini Taylor
How it Fits: Tagged Alternate Reality 14x

Oops - I finished on the 20th - I'll correct that! Nice proofreading :)

Argh - I'm typing with a brace and somehow managed to delete my full post twice. Anyway, I'll have the Orchid Throne finished tomorrow and then I'll choose my Alternate Reality one. So many good books!

Hmmm....I just got Diamond Fire from the library. It has the right tag but its only 188 pages. I looked and didn't see what the minimum # is for this challenge. Do you know?

I believe the minimum is 200 pgs. I'll look around to confirm.

Yep, it's 200 pgs - listed on the Bingo Rules thread.

Oh wow - I even tried that thread but my eyes must have skipped right over it. Thanks for checking! I'll just choose one of options 2-50 :)

No problem Suzanne!

Selection Post - Week 6 Alternate Reality

Book: Bayou Moon
Pages 480
How it fits: Tagged Alternate Reality 7x
I will need to go through the shelf link and find how many times. The standard "trick" of doing:
/shelf/users...

never works for me anymore - it makes me sad! It times out 100% of the time :( Ty Cathy!

Suzanne wrote: "Selection Post - Week 6 Alternate Reality

Book: Bayou Moon
Pages 480
How it fits: Tagged Alternate Reality
I will need to go through the shelf link and find how many times. The sta..."

It never works for me either. Always times out!

But it was on the 2nd page so easy to find - tagged 7x.

And I totally forgot about that series. AAAAHHHH Ilona Andrews!! Need to get back to it too.

Thank you! Wow I'm glad I'm not the only one it times out on. I was feeling picked on.

And yes - I really enjoyed the first one, but I pretty much like anything Ilona Andrews writes.

Yes, it times out on me now too. It used to work well and now I can't get it to work no matter which computer or which browser I use.

I was wondering about different browsers but good to know, thanks Sam!

First GR takes away the pages for the shelves (remember it used to go up to 100?), now it won't let us use the short-cuts to find if a book works for a particular shelf. They are making this a lot more difficult (& time-consuming)!

Completion Post - Week 5 - Fantasy Romance

Book Read:
The Orchid Throne by Jeffe Kennedy
Date Read: 10/25/2019
How it fits: on p. 17 of the Fantasy Romance shelf list

Rating: 4 stars
Review: This is definitely the first book in a series - there is lots of world building, and not a lot is resolved (although I felt like it ended in a satisfactory place. An evil Emperor has taken over most of the world. There are two pockets of rebellion/freedom - on is "the Slave King" - a real king who has been slaving in the mines and is slowly progressing towards the Emporer. And the country of Calenthe, which has stayed free through subtle manipulation. There is definitely romance in this book, although it is way more fantasy. Calenthe is especially interesting.

I've been trying to read Acheron and I just keep stopping because it is too heartwrenching! I'm at 11% and stopped because it's just too sad and I don't know if I can take it. Like it just seriously breaks my heart.

So, changing my read (since it now fits, thank you to that 1 person who shelved it!) to the new Jane Yellowrock book coming out this Tuesday:

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Week 4: Auto Buy

Book: by Faith Hunter
How it Fits: Tagged Auto Buy 1x

for alternate reality I read chasing magic and finished it today. I will fix my dates and review this book later today or tomorrow.

That sounds like a good change Cathy. I'm glad that Jane Yellowrock book was tagged!!

Me too :) I just love this series & especially these characters! I should finish it tonight and then will post my reviews for both my outstanding books hopefully tomorrow. All in time for new shelf!

Happy Shelf Day!


Shelf #7 ~ 30/10/2019: Magic
DIRECT LINK - /shelf/show/...

+ SOS Bookshelf Magic:
/group/books...
+ SOS Bookshelf Witches Magic:
/group/books...

Didn't think this book would work but since 4 people tagged it, I'm using it :)

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Week 7: Magic

Book: by Neal Shusterman
How it Fits: Tagged Magic 4x

Selection Post
Week 7: Magic
Book:
How it fits: Tagged Magic 42 times

CompletionPost
Week 4: Auto Buy

Book: by Faith Hunter
How it Fits: Tagged Auto Buy 1x
Date Read: 10.30.19
Rating: 5 stars

Review:
What a ride! Even though I had no doubt in the end things would work out for this particular storyline, I still experienced a range of emotions reading this. I must admit that thinking back, I was a little disappointed in Jane's running away at the end of Dark Queen but should've had more faith in her merry band of misfits not letting that happen. (They're not really but just like the way it sounded :P )

Most of our favorite characters were back, except (view spoiler)[I am still in denial - Leo CAN'T be gone!!!! (hide spoiler)]. There was a bigger badder, somehow even more evil, villain that our team had to fight to keep control of their vamps and territories which luckily was resolved by the end. I did miss some of the usual New Orleans characters but there wasn't too much time to dwell. There was action aplenty to keep me on my toes.

This installment felt a little different than the others primarily because of Jane's cancer. She was a little more introspective, and not quite as strong or bad-ass as her usual self. But I loved Jane's inner strength, her loyalty and dedication to those she loves, and the relationships between all of these characters is one of the things that brings me back again and again.

Gimme the next one now please!

Completion Post
Week 6: Alternate Reality


Book: by Laini Taylor
How it Fits: Tagged Alternate Reality 14x
Date Read: 10.25.19
Rating: 3 stars

Review:
So I was a little underwhelmed by this book. I had heard such great things about this author, though it was more about her Strange the Dreamer series. It had a great premise, the setting was unique, the characters intriguing. I did enjoy the initial world-building and thought the writing itself wasn't bad. It's just that the closer to the end that I got, the more generic it felt. And those last few chapters, with the big twist and revelation, was a little predictable.

I can't say that I didn't enjoy it, just that I thought it would be better. I already have the next 2 so will eventually get to them, most likely because of one challenge/game or another. Just hoping the next one is better than this!

Completion Post - Week 6 Alternate Reality

Book: Bayou Moon
Pages 480
How it fits: Tagged Alternate Reality 7x

Date Read: 10/31/2019

Rating: 4 stars
Review: So I never read the synopsis of this book, and I totally expected the same main characters as book one, but it was not. I ended up liking the new characters (we'd met William in book one), but it took me awhile to mentally switch. I liked Cerise - but I like all of the Ilona Andrew's women characters because they are strong and not just waiting around for a man to save them. Cerise is caught in the middle a war between magical nations, and William is hunting an evil magical killer. Their interactions were great - I liked the humor, and I liked the swamp setting.

CONGRATULATIONS, Exploding Fluffballs!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'auto buy'. 

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

Good Job!! :D