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R14 SSS Post Your Spot
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**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)
1. Cover Item: Umbrella/Parasol
2. Title 'S'
3. Fantasy
4. MC is older than 60
5. Author 'Y'
6. Cover Item: Furniture
7. School/College/University
8. Africa
9. Cover: Orange
10. Published between 1950 and 1999
11. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
12. Published 2001-2010
13. Author 'F'
14. Mystery/Thriller
15. Set in space
16. MC is in their 20's
17. Cover Item: Weapon MC
18. Cover Item: One person
19. Young Adult/New Adult
20. Title 'O'
21. LGBTQ+
22. Cover: Black
23. Author 'V'
24. Title 'R'
25. Less than 100 ratings
26. North America
27. Author 'J'
28. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
29. Originally published in a language other than English
30. Title 'M'
31. Published 2016-2019
32. Author 'L'
33. Re-read
34. Cover: Pink
35. Author 'K'
36. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
37. GR average rating >4.0
38. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
39. Asia
40. Published 2022
41. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
42. Cover: Red
43. Europe
44. Non-Fiction
45. Cover Item: Animal
46. Set anytime between 1837-1901
47. Award Winner (must state which/when)
48. Author 'B'
49. Book with a funeral in it
50. Cover Item: Jewelry
51. Set on an island
52. Author 'C'
53. Set sometime before 1600 AD
54. South America
55. Debut Novel or Debut Author
56. Cover: Yellow/Gold
57. Set in a place you've visited
58. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
59. Author 'E'
60. MC travels by train
61. Cover Item: Water
62. Title 'D'
63. Published 2021
64. Published the year you were born
65. Author 'T'
66. Published 2020
67. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
68. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
69. Title 'B'
70. Favorite Author
71. MC travels by airplane
72. Cover Item: Book
73. Set anytime between 1600-1837
74. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
75. Title 'L'
76. Cover: Purple
77. Set in the future
78. MC has at least one child
79. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
80. Title 'P'
81. Author 'G'
82. Several authors
83. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
84. Author uses a pseudonym
85. Cover Item: Food/Drink
86. Author 'Z'
87. Title 'I'
88. Cover: Green
89. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
90. Oceania
91. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
92. Title has a subtitle
93. Cover: Blue
94. Science Fiction
95. Cover Item: Two or more people
96. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
97. MC has a pet
98. Author 'G'
99. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
100. Romance
101. Published 2011-2015
102. Cover: White
103. Cover Item: Dress
104. Title'W'
105. Book with a wedding in it
106. New to You Author
107. Cover Item: Building
108. Cover: Brown
109. Author 'N'
110. Title 'H'
111. Published before 1950
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✸ Communication is key. Please make sure to check in regularly with your team.
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✸ Instead of having everything handled by a single team captain, teams can also choose two co-captains to handle the workload.
✸ Selection posts are not strictly required by the game's rules and I won't be checking for them. It's up to the team captain to decide whether they want them.
✸ If the team captain requests a pre-arranged absence, it's their responsibility to arrange for another team member to step in as temporary captain.
✸ The team captain is my primary point of contact for the team and should allow receiving private messages.
Hi everyone just checking inhere are some group names
Never ending story
From page to page
It starts with a book
The queens of romance
Namita wrote: "I like From Page to Page."I also like this one.
Anyone up for captaining? I don't mind doing it if no one else wants to.
Melanie wrote: "Namita wrote: "I like From Page to Page."I also like this one."
I like this too.
Melanie wrote: "Anyone up for captaining? I don't mind doing it if no one else wants to."Well volunteered 😉
Louise wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Anyone up for captaining? I don't mind doing it if no one else wants to."Well volunteered 😉"
Lol, that's fine with me as long as Namita or Joeera don't want to.
I'm not sure what time zones everyone is on (I'm EST), but it looks like we can do our first roll at midnight CST, so an hour from now.I'll still be up in an hour so I can do our first roll then so people don't need to wait around for the roll.
Here's our first roll of the game.Week: 1 - Thursday
Previous Spot: 0
Roll: 4
New Spot: 4
You can read any of the following:
- 4th book in a series
- Alternate task 4. MC is older than 60
Weeek 1 Thursday ( roll 1 ) ( spot 4 ) Book:
( by wendy Higgins ) ( book 4 in the sweet series )
Off to look for a book
Melanie wrote: "Louise wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Anyone up for captaining? I don't mind doing it if no one else wants to."Well volunteered 😉"
Lol, that's fine with me as long as Namita or Joeera don't want to."
Nope, I'm good with not being Captain. LOL
Completion Post: Week: 1 - ThursdayRoll: 4
Book: Billy Whistler
Date Read: 1/27
Pages: 279
How it Fits: #4 in the Bayou Hauntings series
Rating: 4⭐️
Review:
A great addition to the Bayou Hauntings series. Drake Landry is simply amazing. A dog with the bone attitude and he gets to the bottom of it all.
An anonymous voicemail message for help and secrets from over a 100 years. A cult, and much more. A really interesting read.
Is everyone done reading? We need to check in if we are to roll tomorrow.
Completion post 1 ( week 1 Thursday )Rolled ( 4 )
Read ( Jan 27- 28 )
Rated: 5 stars
Book ;
( The fourth book in the sweet series )Pages; ( 475 )
Review
I loved this book so much it was sexy, edgy, and more muture. It was nice to see these moments because they were not present in the first three bokks. I found that the author did a splendid job of writing this because it didn't drag on or was it rushed
I'll have my book done later tonight.
Completion Post: Week 1 Thursday - Spot 4
Book: Rancher's Christmas Storm by Maisey Yates
How it fits?: #4 in Gold Valley Vineyards series
Date finished?: 1/28/2023
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
Rancher's Christmas Storm was an enjoyable read featuring a romance set at Christmastime.
Honey Cooper is done with Gold Valley and Cowboy Wines after her father sold the family winery out from under her to rancher Jericho Smith. With a plan to move to Oregon before the holidays, Honey embarks on her journey only for her truck to break down an hour outside of town. When a passing motorist stops, Honey is relieved for the help only for her rescuer to be the very man she was trying to escape from. After a snowstorm stops the pair's journey, Honey and Jericho take refuge in a cabin where the attraction between them threatens to consume them both.
Honey has known Jericho for years as her family took him in after his mother's death when he was sixteen. Their relationship has become fairly antagonistic with a lot of bickering between them that was in large part due to the attraction between them that neither of them wanted to face. I did find the bickering to be a bit much at times and I wish their conversations had been more bantery instead. The time the two were stuck together at the cabin was my favorite section as forced proximity is a trope I really enjoy. The tension that builds between them is great and I liked when they finally gave in to their attraction. Add in the fact they claimed their affair would only last as long as they were at the cabin and I was just waiting for them to catch feelings. My biggest issue with the pair's romance was the Jericho said some crappy things to Honey that I felt he got away with too easily. I wanted more of a grovel from him at the end to make up for that and while he apologized, the scene was missing something for me.
Overall Rancher's Christmas Storm was a nice conclusion to the series and I would recommend these books if you're reading the main Gold Valley series.
We just need Louise's book and then I can roll. I'm off to bed and will check back in the morning.
Completion Post- Week 1 ThursdaySpot: 4
Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
Date Read: 1/27
Rating: 4
How It Fits: #4 Bridgertons
Review
I really enjoy this series, in this book it’s the turn of Colin and Penelope to find they’re happy ever after, with a little help from Miss Danbury. There is a slow build to their relationship where they develop their friendship with Colin realising he has feelings for Penelope. Penelope has always harboured feelings for Colin but overhearing Colin say at the end of the last book that he would NEVER marry Penelope Featherstone broke her heart.
There is also a mystery in this novel with the hunt to unmask the infamous Lady Whistledown. This is a series I continue to enjoy.
Week: 1 - SundayPrevious Spot: 4
Roll: 3
New Spot: 7
#7 in Series
Alternate: School/College/University
Week 1 Thursday Reviews: Spot 4Melanie: Gold Valley Vineyards #4
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Louise: Bridgertons #4
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Namita: The Bayou Hauntings #4
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joeera: Sweet #4
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completion post 2 ( week 1 Sunday ) ( previous spot 4 )Rolled 7
Rated 5 stars
Read ( Jan 30-31 )
Book;
alenarte school )Pages 215
Review
This was my favorite book by Nichols Sparks
What i loved was that the romance between Logan and Jamie was so realistic. It was also a simple, but tragic love story between two people who would never have gotten together if they had had a choice.
Just checking in that I'll have my book done in a few hours.
Completion Post: Week 1 Sunday - Spot 7
Book: Hard Shot by J.B. Turner
How it fits?: #7 in Jon Reznick series
Date finished?: 2/1/2023
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
Hard Shot was another amazing installment in the Jon Reznick series following Jon as he searches for a shooter targeting the NYPD.
For the Fourth of July holiday Jon Reznick visits his daughter Lauren in New York City with plans to take in a baseball game. But before the game can start, gunmen open fire on the cops outside the stadium. Jon manages to track and kill two of the shooters but the last member of the group is still at large. Believing the gunman will kill again, Jon works with the FBI to track him down before more members of the NYPD are killed. But Jon's unorthodox tactics have landed him in hot water for potentially the last time and he'll need to work fast before he's taken off this case.
The plot in Hard Shot hits the ground running and doesn't let up until the very end. The book opens with Jon and Lauren making their way to Yankees Stadium on the Fourth. Before they can fully make it inside, two snipers begin shooting at the cops stationed outside causing mass panic. Jon manages to get Lauren to safety before he tracks the men down and stops them from hurting anyone else. From there, Jon meets up with the FBI and learns the pair were part of a Neo Nazi group with this shooting likely to be only the tip of the iceberg. The plot moves quickly from there and we see Jon as he follows up on several leads to try and find the missing third man. This book takes place over the course of one day so there's very little down time which I appreciated. The ending is action-packed with just the right amount of tension to keep you guessing. I enjoyed Lauren's role in how things were wrapped up and thought the ending was well done.
Jon is a great character to follow and this book was no exception. He's good at what he does and he has no qualms about doing the hard parts that no one else wants to do. His methods have caused him issues in the past and that definitely had some affect on how this book played out. The higher ups are worried about the way Jon does things which has them questioning their whole association with him. Even Meyerstein found herself questioning the way Jon breaks the rules and how her letting him get away with it for so long has changed how she sees herself and the job. Lauren has a bigger role in this book and I liked how she reacted to everything going on. After the ending, I'm interested to see where she goes from here and I imagine we'll be seeing more of her. We only got a small scene with Jon's hacker friend which was a shame as I enjoy the pair's friendship.
Overall Hard Shot was a fantastic read and I'm looking forward to picking up the next book in the series, Hard Target, soon.
Completion Post: Week: 1 - SundayRoll: 7
Book: The Proctor Hall Horror
Date Read: 2/1
Pages: 248
How it Fits: #7 in the Bayou Hauntings series
Rating: 4⭐️
Review:
This was downright spooky. No complaints, I love spooky. I loved the introduction of a couple of new characters. Very well done and they added to the story.
If you like horror, I’d recommend this series.
Completion Post: Week: 1 - SundayRoll: 7
If She Heard by Blake Pierce
Date Read: 2/2
Rating: 3*
Review
This was the last in the Kate Wise series and I admit I was a little lost having not read any of the series. Although there was a mystery to solve, to find the killer of 2 teens home for the winter break there seemed to be a lot of emphasis on Kate not fitting in. At the age of 55 she has become a mother and grandmother and has returned to the FBI to work her last case. I will probably revisit this book once I’ve read the rest of the series.
Week 1 Sunday Reviews: Spot 7Melanie: Jon Reznick #7
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Louise: Kate Wise #7
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Namita: The Bayou Hauntings #7
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Joeera: Alternate - School
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Here's our roll.Week: 2 - Thursday
Previous Spot: 7
Roll: 4
New Spot: 11
You can read any of the following:
- Standalone
- 1st book in a series
- 11th book in a series
- Alternate task 11. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The)
I will be reading
( it is the 1 in the series and it is also a two word title )
I switched my book. Ended up reading another one.
Completion Post: Week: 2 - ThursdayRoll: 11
Book: Merit Badge Murder by Leslie Langtry
Date Read: 2/4
Pages: 199
How it Fits: #1 in the Merry Gentry series
Rating: 3⭐️
Review:
I liked this book but at the same time didn’t like any of the characters. Merry is a retired (forced to) CIA operative but my god!!!
She’s neither smart or very likeable.
I think it reflects the author not knowing or doing her research properly.
I have it 2.5 ⭐️, rounded off to 3. I will most likely not be reading this series. I seriously need a palate cleanser now.
Completion post 2 ( week 2 Thursday ) ( previous spot 7 )Rolled 11
Read ( Feb 2-3 )
Book:
( it is the fist book in the Blue Bloods series and it is also has two words in the title)Rated 4 stars
Pages 302
Review
This book had it all which includes, vampires, fallen angles, epic battles between good and eviil, with lots of twist and turns. Added to the mix was friendships and romance which makes this an awesome read
Just updating that I won't have my book done until tomorrow.
I should have my book done by this evening.
I still have a couple hours left on mine but I'll have it in plenty of time before the cutoff and will roll as soon as I'm done.
Completion Post: Week: 2 - ThursdaySpot: 11
If She Knew by Blake Pierce
Date Read: 2/5
Rating: 3*
Review
This is the 1st in the Kate Wise series and it was actually rather enjoyable. Kate is a retired officer from the FBI and is struggling with coming to terms with her retirement. When a friend asks her to look into the death of her daughter. This is the exact thing she realises is missing and soon becomes involved in the case. A fast paced good start to the series.
Completion Post: Week 2 Thursday - Spot 11
Book: K-9 Patrol by Julie Miller
How it fits?: #1 in Kansas City Crime Lab series
Date finished?: 2/5/2023
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review:
K-9 Patrol was a great read featuring a romance between a criminalist and the K-9 officer determined to keep her safe.
KCPD criminalist Lexi Callahan's first day as a supervisor did not go as planned. After arriving at a crime scene that's eerily similar to another she visited days earlier, Lexi begins processing only to be attacked while alone in the room. K-9 officer Aiden Murphy and his dog Blue arrive right after the attack and Aiden vows to keep Lexi safe from further harm. But as Aiden's protection brings the pair into close proximity, the feelings he has for her find their way to the surface. With Lexi's attacker still at large, Lexi and Aiden must work together to find him before it's too late.
The premise of K-9 Patrol intrigued me as while I've read a lot of suspense stories, I can't recall following a criminalist before so I was excited to see a different side of the investigations. Lexi is great at her job and I liked the scenes where we followed her processing the crime scenes or the evidence back in the lab. I also enjoyed getting to see her work with others who had other different specialties in the lab. The murders themselves were interesting and I was surprised by who the killer ended up being. The ending was well done with some great tense moments and I was happy with how everything was resolved.
Lexi and Aiden's relationship is slower to develop as the pair knew each other growing up and are hesitant to change things. I liked seeing them work through their changing feelings and that they didn't jump straight into being together. But when their romantic relationship does finally develop, it's very well done and I really enjoyed the scenes. There were a few moments where Aiden got a little too overprotective for my liking but I liked that he acknowledged when he did that and apologized for his actions.
Overall K-9 Patrol was an enjoyable read and I will definitely be picking up the next book in the series, Decoding the Truth, soon.
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