Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2 hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads.
Wednesday: Finished Shadow of Night as planned.
Thursday: Still reading as planned and finished Night of the Purple Moon.
Friday: Finished my last February book Speechless. Ready for March.
Saturday: Joined a 24hour readathon so have read lots.
Sunday: The last hours of the readathon this morning, didn't read the rest of the day.
Monday: Managed to finish the book from yesterday and start a new one
Tuesday: Finished The Rosie Project.
Wednesday:
# of pages read today: 343
# of pages read for week: 343
Books finished today: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Total # of books finished:1
Thursday:
# of pages read today: 188
# of pages read for week: 531
Books finished today: Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
Total # of books finished: 2
Friday:
# of pages read today: 288
# of pages read for week: 819
Books finished today: Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Total # of books finished: 3
Saturday:
# of pages read today: 804
# of pages read for week: 1623
Book currently reading: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Books finished today: Forever Fae by L.P. Dover and Two Weeks with a SEAL by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt
Total # of books finished: 5
Sunday:
# of pages read today: 302
# of pages read for week: 1925
Book currently reading: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
Books finished today: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Total # of books finished: 6
Monday:
# of pages read today: 257
# of pages read for week: 2182
Book currently reading: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Books finished today: Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh
Total # of books finished: 7
Tuesday:
# of pages read today: 214
# of pages read for week: 2396
Books finished today: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Total # of books finished:8
Showing posts with label February 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label February 2014. Show all posts
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
February 2014 Update
February has come to an end and I have read 16 books. This adds up to a total of 3892 pages. Not as much as I might have liked - many of the books were quite short.
All my February posts are HERE.
List of books:
All my February posts are HERE.
List of books:
- Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
- Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews
- Magic Gifts by Ilona Andrews
- Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews
- Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
- Steel and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
- The Highlander's Hope by Cali MacKay
- Honeymoon For One by Chris Keniston
- Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
- Becoming by Kelley Armstrong
- What Stays in Vegas by Beth Labonte
- Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
- Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
- Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
- Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret
Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.
Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she’s ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse.
But there’s strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she’s done. If only she can forgive herself. From Goodreads.
Chelsea has always been the one to gossip and tell everybody's secrets. She shares a discovery with a group of people and somebody is nearly killed. This was an interesting book. The main character goes from very dislikeable to likeable and there is a serious issue in it too.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (288 pages)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (contemporary)
Jumble Your Genres Reading Challenge 2014 (contemporary)
2014 Full House Reading Challenge (contemporary)
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought 28th of July 2013)
2014 Women Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Joanne's♥ bookshelf - she is a tiger)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Ten Book Author Train Challenge
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (H-hawk)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2
Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.
Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she’s ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse.
But there’s strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she’s done. If only she can forgive herself. From Goodreads.
Chelsea has always been the one to gossip and tell everybody's secrets. She shares a discovery with a group of people and somebody is nearly killed. This was an interesting book. The main character goes from very dislikeable to likeable and there is a serious issue in it too.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (288 pages)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (contemporary)
Jumble Your Genres Reading Challenge 2014 (contemporary)
2014 Full House Reading Challenge (contemporary)
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought 28th of July 2013)
2014 Women Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Joanne's♥ bookshelf - she is a tiger)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Ten Book Author Train Challenge
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (H-hawk)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2
Labels:
2014 Ebook,
2014 Full house,
2014 Literary Exploration,
2014 Quick Fix,
2014 TBR Pile,
2014 Women,
CCC-2014 RaT#2,
CCC-Chinese New Year,
February 2014,
Goodreads 2014,
Jumble Your Genres 2014,
NBRC-Spell it out-Animal A_Z,
Ten Book Author Train,
You Read How Many Books 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Night of the Purple Moon by Scott Cramer
Abby, 13, is looking
forward to watching the moon turn purple, unaware that bacteria from a
passing comet will soon kill off older teens and adults. She must help
her brother and baby sister survive in this new world, but all the while
she has a ticking time bomb inside of her--adolescence. From Goodreads.
Another free book that was way better than expected. The scary part of this book is the description of how they survive. The group the book follows on Castine Island is a good group. Most of the group want to work together to help each other, but that is not the case on the mainland where it is survival of the fittest or in other words the worst.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (188 pages)
Meet the Protagonist Reading Challenge 2014 (lives by a body of water)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (dystopian)
2014 Full House Reading Challenge (less than 200 pages)
Color Coded Reading Challenge 2014
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought 10th of September 2013)
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Pass The Parcel Team Challenge
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
CCC Winter Seasonal Spell Challenge 2013-2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (S-jellyfish)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge (Maine)
Crazy Challenge Connection Scrabble, anyone?
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2
Another free book that was way better than expected. The scary part of this book is the description of how they survive. The group the book follows on Castine Island is a good group. Most of the group want to work together to help each other, but that is not the case on the mainland where it is survival of the fittest or in other words the worst.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (188 pages)
Meet the Protagonist Reading Challenge 2014 (lives by a body of water)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (dystopian)
2014 Full House Reading Challenge (less than 200 pages)
Color Coded Reading Challenge 2014
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought 10th of September 2013)
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Pass The Parcel Team Challenge
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
CCC Winter Seasonal Spell Challenge 2013-2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (S-jellyfish)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge (Maine)
Crazy Challenge Connection Scrabble, anyone?
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2
Labels:
2014 Ebook,
2014 Full house,
2014 Literary Exploration,
2014 Quick Fix,
2014 Read Your Freebies,
2014 TBR Pile,
CCC A-Z authors,
CCC A-Z titles,
CCC Winter Spell 2013-14,
CCC-2014 RaT#2,
CCC-Scrabble,
Color Coded 2014,
February 2014,
Goodreads 2014,
Meet the Protagonist 2014,
NBRC - 50 state challenge,
NBRC-Spell it out-Animal A_Z,
RRRC: Pass The Parcel,
You Read How Many Books 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
It began with A
DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of
powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken
the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant
alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in
which she became bound to Matthew. Now the fragile coexistence of
witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened.Seeking
safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. But they
soon realise that the past may not provide a haven. Reclaiming his
former identity as poet and spy for Queen Elizabeth, the vampire falls
back in with a group of radicals known as the School of Night. Many are
unruly daemons, the creative minds of the age, including playwright
Christopher Marlowe and mathematician Thomas Harriot. Together Matthew
and Diana scour Tudor London for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782, and
search for the witch who will teach Diana how to control her remarkable
powers... Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew once more in this
stunning, richly imagined, epic tale. From Goodreads.
This book has been on my TBR pile for more than 1½ year. I bought it as soon as it was published on Kindle in July 2012 but then never got round to reading it.
I enjoyed it and it was interesting being back in 1590 Europe. It just wasn't as good as the first book. I am however looking forward to the final book coming in July.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (historical fiction)
2014 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
2014 Full House Reading Challenge (historical fiction)
2014 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge (award winning)
2014 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge (Night)
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought on Amazon.co.uk 10th of July 2012)
Vampire Challenge 2014
2014 Women Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (D)
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: 2014 Chubby Chunkster (592 pages)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Shan's bookshelf - she is a goat)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge (Europe)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (D-badger)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2
This book has been on my TBR pile for more than 1½ year. I bought it as soon as it was published on Kindle in July 2012 but then never got round to reading it.
I enjoyed it and it was interesting being back in 1590 Europe. It just wasn't as good as the first book. I am however looking forward to the final book coming in July.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (historical fiction)
2014 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
2014 Full House Reading Challenge (historical fiction)
2014 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge (award winning)
2014 Monthly Key Word Reading Challenge (Night)
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought on Amazon.co.uk 10th of July 2012)
Vampire Challenge 2014
2014 Women Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (D)
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: 2014 Chubby Chunkster (592 pages)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Shan's bookshelf - she is a goat)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge (Europe)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (D-badger)
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2
Labels:
2014 Ebook,
2014 Full house,
2014 Literary Exploration,
2014 Monthly Key Word,
2014 Monthly Motif,
2014 TBR Pile,
2014 Witches and Witchcraft,
2014 Women,
CCC-2014 RaT#2,
CCC-Chinese New Year,
February 2014,
Goodreads 2014,
NBRC-Spell it out-Animal A_Z,
RRRC: 2014 Chubby Chunkster,
Setting Alphabet,
TCF-Spell it out-super.......,
Vampire 2014,
You Read How Many Books 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2 Start
Crazy Challenge Connection 2014 RaT #2 hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads.
Believe it or not, February is almost over, and that means it's RaT time again! Our next RaT will begin at 12:01am Wednesday, February 26, and continue until midnight on Tuesday, March 4, a total of seven days. (Use your local time for start/end times.) We're hoping that this will help you finish your February reading lists/challenges and get a head start on next month's reading!
Again, our goals for this RaT will be to:
(1) complete any challenges ending in February that you haven't finished yet and start on March's challenges (when appropriate) and/or
(2) work on that pile of library books that's waiting for your attention and/or
(3) read anything you want to read, just because!
If none of these goals fit your reading plan, then create your own goal and let us know what you plan to accomplish :) As you read, be sure to check in here and let us know what you've read, how it fits your goals, how you rate the book, and anything else you want to tell us about it!
Who's in? What do you plan to read?
I have joined this RaT with option 1, as I have 2½ books that I need to finish in February and then I will hopefully be able to read a few books for March in the second half of this challenge but those choices might changes.
The books I need to read in February:
Believe it or not, February is almost over, and that means it's RaT time again! Our next RaT will begin at 12:01am Wednesday, February 26, and continue until midnight on Tuesday, March 4, a total of seven days. (Use your local time for start/end times.) We're hoping that this will help you finish your February reading lists/challenges and get a head start on next month's reading!
Again, our goals for this RaT will be to:
(1) complete any challenges ending in February that you haven't finished yet and start on March's challenges (when appropriate) and/or
(2) work on that pile of library books that's waiting for your attention and/or
(3) read anything you want to read, just because!
If none of these goals fit your reading plan, then create your own goal and let us know what you plan to accomplish :) As you read, be sure to check in here and let us know what you've read, how it fits your goals, how you rate the book, and anything else you want to tell us about it!
Who's in? What do you plan to read?
I have joined this RaT with option 1, as I have 2½ books that I need to finish in February and then I will hopefully be able to read a few books for March in the second half of this challenge but those choices might changes.
The books I need to read in February:
- Shadow of night by Deborah Harkness (I have started it but I need to finish) - For the February part of Key Word and Motif challenges.
- Night of Purple Moon by Scott Cramer - For RRRC Pass the Parcel.
- Speechless by Hannah Harrington - For the February part of Jumble Your Genres.
- Forever Fae by L.P. Dover - for the March part of Key Word and Motif challenges.
- Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh - for the February part of Jumble Your Genres.
- Hell of a Journey: On Foot Through the Scottish Highlands in Winter by Mike Cawthorne
- Death du Jour by Kathy Reichs
Thursday, February 20, 2014
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII Finished
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII hosted by Socrates' Book Reviews.
Welcome to the 2014 What an Animal Reading Challenge VII. The challenge will begin on January 1st. Read on for more details...
The rules are really simple...
1. Read at least 6 books that have any of the following requirements:
a. there is an animal in the title of the book
b. there is an animal on the cover of the book
c. an animal plays a major role in the book
d. a main character is (or turns into) an animal (define that however you'd like).
***** AMENDED:
Level 1 - Read up to 6 books
Level 2 - Read 7-12
Level 3 - Read 13 or more
2. The animal can be any type of animal (real or fictitious)--dog, cat, monkey, wolf, snake, insect, hedgehog, aardvark...dragon, mermaid, centaur, vampire, werewolf...you get the idea...
3. Challenge runs from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. That’s a full year to read at least 6 books (you can read more if you’d like).
4. Books can be fiction or nonfiction.
5. You may make a list of books at the beginning of the challenge or you can just list them as you find them.
6. Book titles may be swapped out at anytime (assuming you made a list to begin with).
7. Crossovers with other challenges are permitted and encouraged.
8. You don't have to have a blog or write a review, but you can if you want to. If you don't have a blog, just post in the comment section that you'd like to join. You can post your books in there. Or you can sign up by joining my group on Goodreads for this challenge by clicking here.
9. Books can be in any format of your choice (print, audio, ebooks)
My goal for this challenge was level 1 - Read up to 6 books. As I guessed, most of the books I have read for this challenge have been shapeshifter books.
I have completed my goal and I have read 8 books.
All posts for this challenge are HERE.
List of Books:
Welcome to the 2014 What an Animal Reading Challenge VII. The challenge will begin on January 1st. Read on for more details...
The rules are really simple...
1. Read at least 6 books that have any of the following requirements:
a. there is an animal in the title of the book
b. there is an animal on the cover of the book
c. an animal plays a major role in the book
d. a main character is (or turns into) an animal (define that however you'd like).
***** AMENDED:
Level 1 - Read up to 6 books
Level 2 - Read 7-12
Level 3 - Read 13 or more
2. The animal can be any type of animal (real or fictitious)--dog, cat, monkey, wolf, snake, insect, hedgehog, aardvark...dragon, mermaid, centaur, vampire, werewolf...you get the idea...
3. Challenge runs from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. That’s a full year to read at least 6 books (you can read more if you’d like).
4. Books can be fiction or nonfiction.
5. You may make a list of books at the beginning of the challenge or you can just list them as you find them.
6. Book titles may be swapped out at anytime (assuming you made a list to begin with).
7. Crossovers with other challenges are permitted and encouraged.
8. You don't have to have a blog or write a review, but you can if you want to. If you don't have a blog, just post in the comment section that you'd like to join. You can post your books in there. Or you can sign up by joining my group on Goodreads for this challenge by clicking here.
9. Books can be in any format of your choice (print, audio, ebooks)
My goal for this challenge was level 1 - Read up to 6 books. As I guessed, most of the books I have read for this challenge have been shapeshifter books.
I have completed my goal and I have read 8 books.
All posts for this challenge are HERE.
List of Books:
- A little Christmas Magic by Sylvie Kurtz (dog on cover and part of story)
- Brazen by Kelley Armstrong (Main character is a werewolf)
- Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris (Hellhound in title)
- John Macnab by John Buchan (book about poaching)
- The Rising by Kelley Armstrong (main character changes into a cougar)
- Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews (main character changes into a Lion)
- Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews (main character is a shapeshifter)
- Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews (Lion head on cover, most characters are shapeshifters)
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews
Mercenary Kate Daniels
and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a
heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s
shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a
medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by
the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta.
Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap… From Goodreads.
Another brilliant book in the Kate Daniels series, the only fault of this book is that I now have to wait for the next book to be published. Kate and Curran and a group of shapeshifters go to Europe to help to arbitrate a dispute between different packs. But nothing is what it seems. I have borrowed most of this series from the library but I will most likely buy the next book so I can get my hands on it the minute it is published.
This book qualifies for:
I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII
Shifter Challenge 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (I)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (#6)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (A-eagle)
Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap… From Goodreads.
Another brilliant book in the Kate Daniels series, the only fault of this book is that I now have to wait for the next book to be published. Kate and Curran and a group of shapeshifters go to Europe to help to arbitrate a dispute between different packs. But nothing is what it seems. I have borrowed most of this series from the library but I will most likely buy the next book so I can get my hands on it the minute it is published.
This book qualifies for:
I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII
Shifter Challenge 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (I)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (#6)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (A-eagle)
Sunday, February 16, 2014
What Stays in Vegas by Beth Labonte
Bored administrative
assistant, Tessa Golden, is trapped in a life of lousy weather,
irritating bosses, and mind-numbing secretarial work. Her dreams of
being an artist have rapidly deteriorated into building things out of
paperclips while on hold with tech support. To make matters even worse,
the love of her life has gone off and married another woman.
So when Tessa is suddenly transferred to the Las Vegas branch of her company - playing wingwoman to her freshly divorced boss, juggling a client from hell, and catching the eye of one very eligible coworker - will her life finally be shaken up enough to straighten itself out? From Goodreads.
I enjoyed this more than expected and there were quite a few funny elements in it. Her best friend and love of her life, that she can't have as he is married, seems nice but turns out to be a jerk. Of course the story is predictable but that is okay.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (194 pages)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (chick lit)
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge
2014 Women Challenge
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (L)
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Pass The Parcel Team Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (W-hawk)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge
So when Tessa is suddenly transferred to the Las Vegas branch of her company - playing wingwoman to her freshly divorced boss, juggling a client from hell, and catching the eye of one very eligible coworker - will her life finally be shaken up enough to straighten itself out? From Goodreads.
I enjoyed this more than expected and there were quite a few funny elements in it. Her best friend and love of her life, that she can't have as he is married, seems nice but turns out to be a jerk. Of course the story is predictable but that is okay.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (194 pages)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (chick lit)
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge
2014 Women Challenge
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (L)
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Pass The Parcel Team Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (W-hawk)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge
Labels:
2014 Ebook,
2014 Literary Exploration,
2014 Quick Fix,
2014 Read Your Freebies,
2014 TBR Pile,
2014 Women,
CCC A-Z authors,
CCC A-Z titles,
CCC-Chinese New Year,
February 2014,
Goodreads 2014,
NBRC - 50 state challenge,
NBRC-Spell it out-Animal A_Z,
RRRC: Pass The Parcel,
Setting Alphabet,
TCF-Spell it out-super.......,
You Read How Many Books 2014
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Becoming by Kelley Armstrong
This free online graphic
novella tells the story of Elena’s “becoming” a werewolf—that dark
period from the time Clay bites her through her escape to Toronto. From Goodreads.
This is a short 28 page graphic novella. I really liked it but I think it is important to read the book Bitten by Kelley Armstrong first as everything makes more sense then.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (28 pages)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (graphic novel)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
This is a short 28 page graphic novella. I really liked it but I think it is important to read the book Bitten by Kelley Armstrong first as everything makes more sense then.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (28 pages)
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (graphic novel)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
London constable and
apprentice Peter Grant suspects sorcery when Soho area musicians drop
dead, their brain scans showing magical draining. Victim Cyrus left
girlfriend Simone, who beds Peter. His dad "Lord Grant" taught him jazz,
but master mage DCI Nightingale still recuperates, and a Pale Lady
bites off essential bits for an animal chimera slave ring. From Goodreads.
I read the first book in this series over 6 months ago and finally got around to reading this one now. It continues where the first one stopped, meaning Peter's friend Lesley and his boss are still recuperating after their injuries. I like Urban fantasy and Ben Aaronvitch does it well. Just when you think you know the plot and answers there is a twist. I already have the next book in this series.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (urban fantasy)
2014 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought 24th of August 2013)
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (P)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Paranormal activity)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge (London)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (B-badger)
I read the first book in this series over 6 months ago and finally got around to reading this one now. It continues where the first one stopped, meaning Peter's friend Lesley and his boss are still recuperating after their injuries. I like Urban fantasy and Ben Aaronvitch does it well. Just when you think you know the plot and answers there is a twist. I already have the next book in this series.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (urban fantasy)
2014 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge (bought 24th of August 2013)
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (P)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Paranormal activity)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Setting Alphabet Reading Challenge (London)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (B-badger)
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Honeymoon For One by Chris Keniston
To escape local gossip,
jilted bride Michelle Bradford embarks on her honeymoon cruise — alone.
Coaxed by a thrill seeking hunk she never expects to see again, she
slowly sheds her good girl persona to have some well deserved fun.
But unlike Vegas, what happens on the high seas doesn't always stay there. From Goodreads.
It is an okay romance. A short, quick read. Nothing special and no surprises.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (180 pages)
What’s In A Name 2014 (number written in letters)
2014 Women Challenge
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (C)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (K-gecko)
But unlike Vegas, what happens on the high seas doesn't always stay there. From Goodreads.
It is an okay romance. A short, quick read. Nothing special and no surprises.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (180 pages)
What’s In A Name 2014 (number written in letters)
2014 Women Challenge
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (C)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (K-gecko)
Sunday, February 9, 2014
The Highlander's Hope by Cali MacKay
When Dr. Catriona Ross
discovers clues to a long lost highland treasure, her only hope of
finding the jewels is to obtain the help of Scotland's most eligible
bachelor and playboy, Iain MacCraigh.
Iain can't believe his luck when he finds out the jewels are hidden away somewhere on his land-- and it doesn't hurt that the historian looking for them has curves to go with her smarts. With his brother betting the family fortune, this is the life line he desperately needs.
The odds are against them, and with word getting out about the jewels, they're not the only ones on the hunt. Time's running out, but can they learn to trust each other, or will they lose the jewels and true love in the process? From Goodreads.
This was an okay romance with suspense. It is a quick and easy read. As I have lived in the Highlands I like most things Scottish. I liked the side character Angus and as the next book is about him and it was extremely cheap I have actually already bought it.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
Read Scotland 2014
2014 Quick fix Challenge (200 pages)
2014 Women Challenge
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (C)
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Pass The Parcel Team Challenge
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Yahtzee Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (C-gecko)
Iain can't believe his luck when he finds out the jewels are hidden away somewhere on his land-- and it doesn't hurt that the historian looking for them has curves to go with her smarts. With his brother betting the family fortune, this is the life line he desperately needs.
The odds are against them, and with word getting out about the jewels, they're not the only ones on the hunt. Time's running out, but can they learn to trust each other, or will they lose the jewels and true love in the process? From Goodreads.
This was an okay romance with suspense. It is a quick and easy read. As I have lived in the Highlands I like most things Scottish. I liked the side character Angus and as the next book is about him and it was extremely cheap I have actually already bought it.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
Read Scotland 2014
2014 Quick fix Challenge (200 pages)
2014 Women Challenge
2014 Read Your Freebies! Reading Challenge
CCC A-Z Book Titles 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (C)
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Pass The Parcel Team Challenge
Romance Readers Reading Challenges: Yahtzee Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (C-gecko)
Friday, February 7, 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Monopoly roll #3
Monopoly hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads.
Roll #3
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: Read a book with at least two generations of the same family OR a book set in a place you’d like to visit OR a book in which a character’s career is essential to the story.
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger: Three generations of the same family.
Roll #3
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD: Read a book with at least two generations of the same family OR a book set in a place you’d like to visit OR a book in which a character’s career is essential to the story.
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger: Three generations of the same family.
Steel and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
In the title story of
this collection from "New York Times" bestselling author Richard
Matheson, "Steel," human boxing has been replaced by heavyweight bouts
between massive robots. But that is just one of over a dozen
unforgettable tales in this collection, which includes two new stories
never before published in book form. From Goodreads.
This was definitely not for me. Quite a variety of weird short stories of which some made a bit of sense but others didn't. I liked I am Legend and I might read other books by Richard Matheson but no more short stories.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Audio Book Challenge
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (short stories)
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (R)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (R-badger)
Crazy Challenge Connection Monopoly
Crazy Challenge Connection Scrabble, anyone?
This was definitely not for me. Quite a variety of weird short stories of which some made a bit of sense but others didn't. I liked I am Legend and I might read other books by Richard Matheson but no more short stories.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Audio Book Challenge
2014 Literary Exploration Reading Challenge (short stories)
CCC A-Z Authors 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (R)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (R-badger)
Crazy Challenge Connection Monopoly
Crazy Challenge Connection Scrabble, anyone?
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Crazy Challenge Connection Monopoly roll #2
Monopoly hosted by Crazy Challenge Connection on Goodreads.
Roll #2
CONNECTICUT AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly white cover OR a book whose title starts with C OR a book whose title (no sub-titles) includes at least one set of double letters, in consecutive order OR a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “CONNECTICUT”
Roll #2
CONNECTICUT AVENUE: Read a book with a mostly white cover OR a book whose title starts with C OR a book whose title (no sub-titles) includes at least one set of double letters, in consecutive order OR a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in “CONNECTICUT”
Steel and Other Stories by Richard Matheson: Steel includes at least one set of double letters. |
Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
After being kicked out of
the Order of the Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea's whole existence is
in shambles. She tries to put herself back together by working for
Cutting Edge, a small investigative firm owned by her best friend. When
several shapeshifters working for Raphael Medrano—the male alpha of the
Clan Bouda, and Andrea's former lover—die unexpectedly at a dig site,
Andrea is assigned to investigate. Now she must work with Raphael as her
search for the killer leads into the secret underbelly of supernatural
Atlanta. And dealing with her feelings for him might have to take a back
seat to saving the world . . From Goodreads.
I am so enjoying this series and though this is not a Kate book it is very good. We have met Andrea quite a bit in the other books in the series and it was nice to get a book that featured her. She is no ordinary shapeshifter, she is beastkin which is not usually a good thing but she gets away with it.
This book qualifies for:
I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014
Eclectic Reader Challenge 2014 (award winning)
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII
Shifter Challenge 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious(I)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Sonia's bookshelf- she is a rabbit)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
CCC Winter Seasonal Spell Challenge 2013-2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (G-dragonfly)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Monopoly
I am so enjoying this series and though this is not a Kate book it is very good. We have met Andrea quite a bit in the other books in the series and it was nice to get a book that featured her. She is no ordinary shapeshifter, she is beastkin which is not usually a good thing but she gets away with it.
This book qualifies for:
I Love Library Books Reading Challenge 2014
Eclectic Reader Challenge 2014 (award winning)
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII
Shifter Challenge 2014
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
The Challenge Factory Spell It Out - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious(I)
Crazy Challenge Connection Chinese New Year Challenge (Sonia's bookshelf- she is a rabbit)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
CCC Winter Seasonal Spell Challenge 2013-2014
Nothing but Reading Challenges - Spell it Out - Animal Alphabet (G-dragonfly)
Nothing but Reading Challenges - 50 States Challenge
Crazy Challenge Connection Monopoly
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews
Several fans volunteered to edit this Collection so that we could put
it up for you with a minimum of mistakes. We are deeply grateful to
them. Thank you to Tori, Rachel, Ronnie, Malissa, Loyal, Jparrack,
Lynda, Neal, Ami, Lynn, and others.
This is the entirety of the Curran POVs in chronological order. I hope that you enjoy. If you’re traveling, be safe and take care. Here’s to the end of the year, and if it sucked, let’s hope next year is better. From author's webpage.
This is several episodes from the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews seen from Curran's point of view. I think it is important to have read the books first in order to know what is going on in each episode. It is great to read Curran's take on, among others, when he and Kate met. I thoroughly enjoyed this collection.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII
Shifter Challenge 2014
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
This is the entirety of the Curran POVs in chronological order. I hope that you enjoy. If you’re traveling, be safe and take care. Here’s to the end of the year, and if it sucked, let’s hope next year is better. From author's webpage.
This is several episodes from the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews seen from Curran's point of view. I think it is important to have read the books first in order to know what is going on in each episode. It is great to read Curran's take on, among others, when he and Kate met. I thoroughly enjoyed this collection.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge
2014 What An Animal Reading Challenge VII
Shifter Challenge 2014
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Magic Gifts by Ilona Andrews
A dinner date after a
hard day at work sounds heavenly. Of course, when that date is between
the Beast Lord and Kate Daniels, things don’t go as planned. Before you
know it, undead are running amok, heads are being chopped off, lawyers
are deployed and used with extreme prejudice, and drunk vikings are
calling people out. From Goodreads.
Kate and Curran have to save a boy, this involves the People with their vampires, the Vikings and a nasty mythological creature. Very enjoyable.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (100 pages)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Kate and Curran have to save a boy, this involves the People with their vampires, the Vikings and a nasty mythological creature. Very enjoyable.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (100 pages)
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews
From New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews comes a tale of darkness, desire, and werecats.
Alpha Pack leader Jim Shrapshire has always been the strong, silent type. But something has come over him--a magic force currently residing in one of the Pack's headquarters. Were-tigress Dali Harimau has always wished she could get Jim's attention--but now he needs her help.
Stricken with a magic-sickness, Jim needs Dali's flair for magic. And to save him, she must challenge a powerful, dark being to a battle of wits. From Goodreads.
Another great short story from Ilona Andrews. Dali is a strange character, a near blind were-tiger who is a vegetarian. Very unusual. Jim the strong Alpha security chief who has worked with Kate for years. This is the story where they get together. Well written.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (86 pages)
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
Alpha Pack leader Jim Shrapshire has always been the strong, silent type. But something has come over him--a magic force currently residing in one of the Pack's headquarters. Were-tigress Dali Harimau has always wished she could get Jim's attention--but now he needs her help.
Stricken with a magic-sickness, Jim needs Dali's flair for magic. And to save him, she must challenge a powerful, dark being to a battle of wits. From Goodreads.
Another great short story from Ilona Andrews. Dali is a strange character, a near blind were-tiger who is a vegetarian. Very unusual. Jim the strong Alpha security chief who has worked with Kate for years. This is the story where they get together. Well written.
This book qualifies for:
2014 Ebook challenge
2014 Quick fix Challenge (86 pages)
You Read How Many Books? Reading Challenge 2014
Goodreads Reading Challenge 2014
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