Shut Up & Read discussion

We will start Monday.

Is this book available on kindle?

Yes, it is. I picked up my copy from the library.

Awesome would love to read it! So how meany chapters will we read each day ect. ?

I'm excited for this one. :)

Sherry usually selects how many chapters/day we do?

There are 36 chapters, so 7 a day? That's roughly 20% a day on my Kindle.

Glad to have you join in Jess :)

Jess wrote: "Awesome would love to read it! So how meany chapters will we read each day ect. ?"

Happy to have you join us.

Do I have to have read the first series to read this one?

I don't think you would have to have read it, as it is promoted as a spin off series of it's own. There will probably be a lot of background info you won't know if you haven't read the first few of the Night Huntress series, though.

I have the books from the original series so I will start there.

Thanks!

Sheri wrote: "Glad to have you join in Jess :)"

Thanks :)

I enjoyed it when I borrowed it from the library last month. I look forward to discussing it with everyone.

MaryAnn wrote: "I have the books from the original series so I will start there.

Thanks!"


The main characters for this book is Spade and Denise. You really don't have to read the Night Huntress series to read this one. I would recommend the Night Huntress series. Love Cat and Bones.

Tasha wrote: "I enjoyed it when I borrowed it from the library last month. I look forward to discussing it with everyone."

Happy to have you join us.

Here is my review for , Cat & Bones 1.5 -
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

And my review of , Cat & Bones 3.5 -
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Has everyone started? I'm not entirely sure I like Denise. As of yet in the book she does not have much personality; she's kind of flat. I hope that gets better. Spade is okay. I like that we are getting more of his history. Except, what is it in books like this (PNR) where the guys always have long or shoulder-length hair? Is it just a vampire thing?

What do you think of the whole demon looking for a relative thing? Personally I think at this point the story is a bit weak, though we are only seven chapters in so we have not had a whole lot of time for it to develop yet. Though, I would have liked something more to happen with the demon when he first approached Denise, I guess, and maybe a little more emotion or something from her afterwards – I mean, come on. She was just attacked by a demon and then just calmly calls around looking for help? I'm not sure I would have been that calm.

I am glad we read the other Night Huntress books first - I think we would have been missing too much background otherwise since the characters are all the same in both series and all those connections are already set in place. This book is different than Once Burned where Vlad was the only connecting factor, which I had read without reading NH first.

Hi guys! I've been having an awful month a a super terrible today. I just wanted to escape into a book but I can't even get my mind to stat put:( the books in the night huntress series are great, I hope everyone new to the group enjoys reading them as much as I do:) especially with this group, they're some great reading buds! Maybe I'll drop in for a comment or two, if not enjoy!-Clare Bear

Hey Leigh I really dig your new profile pic:)

Denise is too whiny for my taste. Sheri, I agree with you about the demon experience. Maybe it was her way of developing a back bone. She couldn't allow her family to suffer so she took it all on herself. Spade's personality and background come to the surface in this one. I like that.

Thank you, Clare. We have misssed you. Sorry your month has been so awful. I hope it gets better soon. We need our CLare Bear!!

So far I'm not linking this, I'm only 4 chapters in but it's not looking well. I'm trying to give Denise a chance, I see that its being attributed to PTSD so thats something I don't want to get in to because I'm a guy who doesn't believe in it. Shit happens, move on, and thats all to it. But people deal with stuff differenlty.

Denise is flat and boring at the moment, Spade isn't much better, but as I said i'm not that far in just yet.(Well, that sounds a bit dirty)

It does get better.

Up tp chapter 13 or so now, and I realised that this is very similar in a way to Patricia Briggs Alpha and Omega series with Charles and Anna, ya know ho he's helping her cope with her PTSD and such. Yeah thats the book. Ha I can remember stuff!!!!

But yea Leigh you are right, it is getting better, I just wonder how the demon is going to be later on, he seems more of a trickster than a powerful demon to me.

I have read up to chapter 23. I will not give anything anyway. Shahbaz, I agree with you about the similarities to the Alpha and Omega series. I love that series!

I'm up to 29...sorry, I forgot to stop reading :) Denise does get better. I really like Spade - (view spoiler)[As if Spade's chivalry would allow him to do anything to a woman. the harshest punishment she could imagine him dishing out to Cat would be refusing to open a door for her. (hide spoiler)] And Cat and Bones show up later.

I haven't read A&O yet, though I've been meaning to. Mercy Thompson is one of my favorites.

I guess I'm not the only one who read over. I am happy that Denise stopped the whining and her backbone stiffened. I like Spade's chivalry which is not necessarily a common trait in paranormal romances.

I would be happy to re-read the A&O series.

There are too many books I want to read!!!

My TBR list grows everyday. I don't think I will catch up. LOL

I don't usually get the chance to read over! No classes this week, so I have a bit of extra time. They start up again Monday. One of my classes is History of the English Language. I'm not really looking forward to that one. It sounds...not fun. Our textbook is an Oxford English Dictionary!!

Sheri -yikes, just plain yikes

Hi Clare! Sorry you've been having a bad month :(

Sheri wrote: "I don't usually get the chance to read over! No classes this week, so I have a bit of extra time. They start up again Monday. One of my classes is History of the English Language. I'm not reall..."

WOW! I won't be looking forward to that either.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I really like having Spade's POV in this book, too. I know not everyone is a fan of multiple POVs, but I am when it's done well. If we only had Denise in this one I don't think it would have the same effect. She wouldn't have had much more to talk, or think, about, so we probably would have just gotten more of her insecurities to fill that blank space.

Spoiler for chapter 28 - (view spoiler)[I LOVE that she turned into a cat!! I actually hope her shapeshifting abilities stay. I thought her response to it after she turned back human was pretty realistic, too. Much more so than when she encountered the demon. Speaking of which, where in the hell (pun intended) is he?? (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[The tattoos have hidden her from him. (hide spoiler)]

I liked Spade's POV, too. That is something different in this book than her Night Huntress series. I really liked the way it ended.

OK, so I read ahead and was feeling bad about it, but I guess I shouldn't have. I am at about 22. I don't mind Spade and I don't mind Denise, but I don't really /care/ either. It's a quick read, and romance is what it is, but Giselda and Randy are taking up a lot of space. And I get the whole bonding over guilt/finding each other thing. I think I'm still just bitter about how Frost *forced* that in the first place.

Also. PTSD is real and it is crippling. And it's not really something you can just will yourself over.

Clare- Missyou! Hope you're doing alright.

I really enjoyed the book (read it in December).

I agree Alyssia. PTSD sure is real. If only willing yourself over it would work but it doesn't.

Just finished and I'm happy to say that I'm happy with how things developed. (view spoiler)[ Denise finally pieced herself together (hide spoiler)]

Spade is an OK character, still not quite sure how I feel about this spin off yet. Maybe with the next book I will know how I feel about it.

I agree. I was worried about Denise at first :) She pulled through.

What do we read next?

My vote is for either or .

I really hope Frost writes a book about Ian. Although he has proved his loyalty, he seems like such an a$$, I am curious as to what kind of female Frost could imagine up to tame him.

Sheri, I agree I want to see Ian with a woman that can tame his wilder side. LOL

I would love to read . I need to know what happens next.

I was thinking that too :)

I still have not read the first 2 books of that series, I know i'm slacking lol. Either book, whichever you guys decide

Are we waiting to see what everyone else says or are we making an executive decision? LOL

Shahbaz, you need to give them a try.

Leigh, we could go ahead and to the next NH book together and you and I start Blameless at the end of the week - I don't think Alyssia or Clare have read Changeless yet either.