Sassafrass’s Comments (group member since Nov 19, 2016)

Sassafrass’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

I *thought* I posted this but I guess I didn't: My two books for May...

Bad Apple
Shelved Hollywood x 4

I read this book on 5/5/20 and rated it *2.5 STARS*. It wasn't set in Hollywood but the hero was "Hollywood's biggest bad boy". I really wanted to like this one more than I did. But the male narrator RUINED this one for me. His nasally voice was so annoying and so not worthy of a leading man in Hollywood that it drove me nuts! NUTS!!! It's all I could think about while he was doing the male POV parts. It was terrible. And it's such a prime example how narrators mean everything to audiobooks.

***Used for: Just read it! (prompt 5)

We Own Tonight
Shelved Hollywood x 3 and Hollywood-romance x3

I read this on book on 5/7/20 and rated it *4.5 STARS* It wasn't set in Hollywood but the hero was a Pop Star and Actor. I felt like this was a solid *4 STARS* for the story which I enjoyed immensely but the narrators bumped it up to *4.5 STARS*. Loved them and loved the way they did this story. I wish we had gotten more of an extended epilogue. I'd love to know what happened after. The two of them, Heather and Eli deserved a million years of happiness.

I ugly cried during this one when I didn't think that I would but despite all the loss it was a fantastic story.

***Used for: Seriously serial 20 (part 3) and Just read it! (prompt 5)

Shelf nomination: Friends-to-Lovers

Prompt 5: Comfort Reads
Goal: 10 books

10/10

Romance Books
✔︎1. Once Upon a Wild Fling 5/1/20
✔︎2. Lumberjack Werebear 5/3/20
✔︎3. Edge 5/3/20
✔︎4. The Billionaire Wins the Game 5/4/20
✔︎5. Bad Apple 5/5/20
✔︎6. We Own Tonight 5/7/20
✔︎7. Outfoxed by Love 5/10/20
✔︎8. Well Suited 5/14/20
✔︎9. How to Raise an Honest Rabbit 5/15/20
✔︎10. What a Dragon Should Know 5/15/20

Prompt 6: DYI
Goal: 10 books

Books on TBR only
(books have to have been on TBR prior to 6/1/2020)

I'm excited. I've got two books left so this is just the push I need to get them done this weekend!

FOUND (Lost 2020, part 2)
Lost 2020: completed 5/22/20
Found 2020 completed 6/26/20

books on my TBR since 11/22/19 and published before 5/22/20

Overnight Sensation (added 11/23/19) 5/26/20
The End Zone (added 12/9/19)
Smooth Moves (added 12/14/19) 6/23/20
Handle with Care (added 12/14/19) 6/24/20
A Lie for a Lie (added 3/5/20) 5/25/20
Smoke Bitten (added 3/8/20) 5/30/30
Call Her Mine (added 4/30/20) 5/27/20
Work in Progress (added 4/30/20) 6/25/20
This Is Love (added 4/30/20) 6/26/20
Not Quite Forever (added 5/17/20) 6/21/20

Great job, Karin!

I haven't used any yet. I'm still not quite clear on that one. Is it only for the special prompts like Blind Date and Bingo? I haven't played any of those yet.

right?!?

I should have made "not in a series" one of my categories for the "read outside your comfort zone" prompt!

Seriously Serial 2020: Round 3
May 3, 2020 - December 31, 2020

1. We Own Tonight (Second Time Around #1) 5/7/20
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Round two completed!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I think I will go for a third round.

Keep going...you've got this!!

Prompt 2: Big and/or Intimidating Books
Goal: 10 books

***Requirements: 450+ pages and/or 15+ hours on audio***
✔︎1. Boarded by Love (16 hours, 3 minutes) 2/27/20
✔︎2. Steel's Edge (15 hours, 25 minutes) 3/1/20
✔︎3. The Will (24 hours/595 pages) 3/4/20
✔︎4. Beard in Mind (466 pages) 3/14/20
✔︎5. Luna and the Lie (17 hours/628 pages) 3/16/20
✔︎6. Soaring (24 hours, 7 minutes/603 pages) 4/1/20
✔︎7. Prey (477 pages) 4/19/20
✔︎8. The Time in Between (19 hours, 2 minutes/563 pages) 4/23/20
✔︎9. Broken Dove (23 hours, 3 minutes/692 pages) 4/26/20
✔︎10. Wild Country (17 hours, 57 minutes/492 pages) 5/3/20

1. Book: Echoes in Death
2. Link to your post in the Monthly Shelf thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. Prompt 4: Finish that Series

1. Book: Apprentice in Death
2. Link to your post in the Monthly Shelf thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. Prompt 4: Finish that Series

1. Book: Devoted in Death
2. Link to your post in the Monthly Shelf thread
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
3. Prompt 4: Finish that Series

I read one more in April for NY

The Allure of Dean Harper
Shelved New York x 3

I read this book on 4/30/20 and rated it *4 STARS*. It is also set in NYC. This was a cute enemies to lovers book that had a some LOL moments. I thought that the ending wrapped up a little too quickly and Dean did not have to gravel nearly as much as he should have. But I really liked those two together.

***Used for: Seriously serial 20 (part 2)

Shelf nomination: Kick-ass Heroines

And Last one for this month....

I read one more in April for NY

Echoes in Death
Shelved New York x 7

I read this book on 4/30/20 and rated it *5 STARS*. It is also set in NYC. This one was really interesting as it comes to the pathology of the killer. I really have to wonder how J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts comes up with this stuff! The killer didn't seem like a likely suspect to me at first until Eve started digging deeper. Really twisted but interesting stuff! I just can't believe that 44 books in and I'm still just as intrigued with this series as I was in the beginning!

***Used for: Seriously serial 20 (part 2) and Just Read Prompt 4: Finish that Series

Shelf nomination: Kick-ass Heroines

Prompt 4: Finish That Series
Goal: 10 books

Final Book in series
✔︎1. Swink (#5, Landry Family Series) 4/5/20
✔︎2. Bloodlust (#2, Nightshade Series) 4/10/20
✔︎3. Magic Triumphs (#10, Kate Daniels Series) 4/14/20


Continuation of series
✔︎4. The Engagement Gift (#1, The Gift Series --read #2 first) 4/1/20
✔︎5. This Heart of Mine (#5, Chicago Stars Series) 4/3/20
✔︎6. Devoted in Death (#41, In Death Series) 4/15/20
✔︎8. Apprentice in Death (#43, In Death Series) 4/16/20
✔︎9. Dax (#4, Arizona Vengeance Series) 4/17/20
✔︎10. Echoes in Death (#44, In Death Series) 4/30/20
✔︎11. Secrets in Death (#45, In Death Series) 5/1/20

Prompt 1: Out of Your Comfort Zone
Goal: 10 books

10/10

Books Set Outside of US
Seek (Columbia) 1/17/20
Sweet Filthy Boy (France) 1/22/20
Cry No More (Mexico) 4/8/20


Horror
Warm Bodies 2/2/20


Non-fiction
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 4/10/20

NOT on audio
Call Me Sir 2/8/20
Deliberate Deceptions 2/10/20
Deep in the Woods 2/14/20
A Question of Hope 3/6/30
A Question of Trust 4/3/20