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Nov 12, 2015 07:09AM
Just realised I haven't picked a book. There have been so many new challenges starting the begining of Nov and trying to keep them all remembered. I'll look now.
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Selection Post — Week 9Option 1 — Accidentally Pregnant or Just Pregnant
155 pages
Fits: #374 Best Accidentally Pregnant in Romance Novels
Completion PostWeek 9
20. Accidentally Pregnant or Just Pregnant
Book: The Tycoon's Vacation by Melody Anne
Rating: ★★★
How it fits: #156 on Best Accidentally Pregnant in Romance Novels
Review:
When I started the book I was expecting a quick and light like the other books from the author I've read and that's exactly what I got. It was a rather short story where everything went by fast but still a decent read.
Just two completion posts outstanding from this week. Looking good!
Hello, ladies! I am so sorry for being quiet the last few days. Earlier in the week I had a really bad migraine that landed me in the hospital. There were other complications from it that led to me being admitted. All recovered though! Now to get all caught up.
Week 9 CompletionOption 2
3 stars
This one in the beginning jumped around between the time period, present day and 6 months earlier. Now, when done properly I'm a big fan of books like that. But it's hard for an author to successfully pull off. Faye adapted really quick to the life Dex took her too. He comes off as a brute, but then he was VP in a motorcycle club. The author did a pretty good job of depicting mc life,even though there were a few things that missed. Not enough to detract from the story. Editing is where it lost stars for me. It was absolutely horrible. Incorrect phrases, misspellings, sentence structure, misspelled words.
Week 10 Option 1
17. Award Winning Romance
RITA Award Winning Books
Inspirational Reader's Choice Award
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) Winners
Lambda Literary Award Winners
Goodreads Choice Awards ~Best Romance 2014
Goodreads Choice Awards ~Best Romance 2013
Goodreads Choice Awards ~Best Romance 2012
If you select this option, you must pick from one of these lists, with the list link shown in the selection post.
Option 2
Key date: 8 May 2015
Are we going to try and go for a win? If yes I can put aside the book I'm currently reading and have a book read tomorrow morning (around 12-15 hours from now). If not, I probably won't be reading the last book unless I find one that can fit in other challenges
Gea wrote: "Are we going to try and go for a win? If yes I can put aside the book I'm currently reading and have a book read tomorrow morning (around 12-15 hours from now). If not, I probably won't be reading ..."I think next week is the last week.
Really? I thought it was a 10 week challenge :) But I see now it's another week to go. I'll post my book tomorrow morning then I'm off to bed now
Selection Post Week #10Book: Magic Breaks
How it fits: from this list - Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) Winners
Pages: 348
Selection Post - Week # 10 - Option #1 -
Captivated by Lauren DaneHow it fits -
https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...
Pgs 326
This challenge is 11 weeks. Next week is the one that finalizes things and no one can take a pass in week 11. This is the last week for that option.Thank you, Danielle, for posting again!
Week 10 Completed 11/20Selections
Stacie Mass-D-
, 333 pages SelectionMaritza-
, 326 pages SelectionDanielle-
, 230 pages SelectionMai-
, 348 pages SelectionGea-
, 345 pages SelectionAmy (greenfairy)-
, 230 pages SelectionPam-
, 286 pages SelectionCompletions
Stacie Mass-D- Completion
Maritza- Completion
Danielle- Completion
Mai-Completion
Gea- Completion
Amy (greenfairy)-Completion
Pam- Completion
Stacie is a machine for reading wrote: "Selection Post Week #10Option 1:
How it fits: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward..."
Can you add the page numbers please?
Week 10 - Completion PostOption #1
Book:Magic Breaks
Rating: ★★★½
Review:
I enjoy the Kate Daniels series, but I think I'm in the minority among its readers: I'm not in it for the romance, not at all. In fact, I don't even like Curran. He's exactly the kind of dominating alpha dude who turns me off . I guess that is a bit problematic in your average shifter story, but I'm more likely to fall for the nerdy, funny beta hero, just saying ;). I'm mostly in for the Urban Fantasy and the story had plenty for me, packed with action and magic - and the fact that Curran wasn't in it for the first half made it even better, so I could enjoy Kate, Ascanio, Derek and other minor characters a lot more.
Week 10 Completion
5 stars
Any book that can get me to cry because of the story and not the horrid editing is a good one. It's very rare that I do cry but after Part One Penelope Ward kept ripping my heart out! Elec and Greta were great characters. You wanted to hate Elec but if you saw past the surface you couldn't. And Greta didn't let him beat her down either! Part Two takes place 8 years later. And this is where the story really grips you. You learn so much more about the characters and really see how their initial relationship has affected them.
Selection Post — Week 10Option 1 — Award Winning Romance
230 pages
Fits: Goodreads Choice Awards~Best of 2014
Finished week 9 and 10 books. I just need to review them and I'll post them as complete.
No problem, Danielle! I buzzed through my book this week. I couldn't put it down. Which has been a problem for me lately.
Completion Post Week #10Option 1:
by Belle AuroraHow it fits: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...-
Rating: 3 stars
Date: 11/17
Pages: 333
Review: Dark, dark and more dark. And just when you think you have it all figured out, there's a bit of a cliffhanger with no resolution that I can tell! What's up with that?!? This is not your HEA kind of story.
Completion Post #10
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Review: This book has been recommended to me so many times and ended up being much sweeter than I expected. It has some real laugh out loud moments but the language got to me after a while.
So--I have theatre tickets for tomorrow night (poor planning on my part--I got them before I signed up) but I promise to check theme and post when I get home.
Completion PostWeek 10
17. Award Winning Romance
Book: Provocative in Pearls by Madeline Hunter
Rating: ★★★★
How it fits: #15 on RITA Award winning books
Review:
This is a second book in a series and while I loved the first one I didn't like this one nearly as much. I didn't like Verity and felt sorry for Hawkeswell but at the end everything worked out like usual.
COMPLETION POST - WEEK 10
by Lauren DaneRead 11/19/2015**
Review - Okay I feel like I stepped in after intermission and was a little lost with plot and characters. I really like this author's other works but first time reading this series and I would need to have read first 2 books to follow plot line. In as far as the story goes I like the way the relationship between the 3 characters developed at a slow pace and wasn't rushed as so many are. I don't think I will read the rest of the series as it didn't appeal to me that much.
Completion Post — Week 9Option 1 — Accidentally Pregnant or Just Pregnant
4 stars
Of the three books in the series, I think I liked this one the most. It was a quick read and while it was will not well known characters, I liked them both.
They were sweet together.
Completion Post — Week 10Option 1 — Award Winning Romance
4 stars
I liked this one, more that I maybe thought I would. It was a quick read and liked characters. The book is told in two parts and I love how they were in the later part.
We are all up to date and ready for the last week!I just want to thank everyone for every bit of help and understanding. It is appreciated so much. My health has been a huge battle lately and I haven't been here as much as I normally would be. But all of you still pulled together and I'm proud of the team we are.
Week 11Selections:
Stacie Mass-D-my link text
Maritza-my link text
Danielle-my link text
Mai-my link text
Gea-my link text
Amy (greenfairy)-my link text
Pam-my link text
Completions:
Stacie Mass-D-my link text
Maritza-my link text
Danielle-my link text
Mai-my link text
Gea-my link text
Amy (greenfairy)-my link text
Pam-my link text
Amy, I hope you are on the mend. Let us know if there's anything you need. I've enjoyed this team!
Yeah, for the most part I am. But these issues are something I'll deal with for the rest of my life unless medical technology actually figures something out. It's mostly managing it and trying to not have attacks.
This last week no one can take a pass. Also, for option 2, we are going to be assigned a team to get a book from their lists. Not our own teammates. A little twist.
Amy wrote: "We are all up to date and ready for the last week!I just want to thank everyone for every bit of help and understanding. It is appreciated so much. My health has been a huge battle lately and I h..."
Awesome. Hope all is well and gets better with your health. I overextended myself in challenges this month. Struggling to keep up and not let any of my teams down. Will I ever learn?
Normally I do 5-6 smaller challenges at a time. I'm on three team challenges now. All are aware that I have health issues and it is interfering with my activity. By this point in the month I've read 8 books at least usually. I'm barely hitting 6 in a month! It's more frustrating that I can't seem to get better but everyone has been awesome. Once it balances out and I have a set plan to try there should be improvement. It's only been a little over a month since it really got sorted out and I have to find what works for me. Have I actually explained what is wrong with me?
I'm going to try and stick around tonight. Since this is the last week and speed is key. I can't promise so just in case I would appreciate it if any of you that are around when it's announced make sure it's posted here? You have been great about it so far.
Week 11Option 1
5. Popular male POV books
Male POV shelf
Romance Books Male POV
Adult Male Only POV
Books With Only Male POV First Person
Best Male P O V
Romance Total Male POV
Or any MM romance book
If you select this option, you must pick from one of these lists, with the list link shown in the selection post.
Option 2
Key date: 15 May 2015
If using this option, please select your book from a member in the group below your group. The bottom group uses the top group to select their book:
Page Turners
Deadly Seven
Sexy Six Readers
Fantasy Four
Five Little Peppers
Cutie Pa Twoies
Sweet & Spicy
Behind the Eight Ball
I hope I got all the links right, it's still really, really early here and I'm 'before coffee' ;)
Completion Post Week 11Option 1
Book:Beautiful Bitch
160 pages
Rating: |15/11/21 ★★★
Review:
This was a quick read over breakfast. It felt a little redundant and could easily have been the previous book's epilogue, also I'm not fond of telling half of a story in flashbacks. Having said this, Chloe and Bennett have a lot of chemistry, I liked the voice of the MC and the sexy times were nice and steamy - so I did enjoy it.
Week #115. Popular male POV books
127 pages
How Book Qualifies - MM romance
Who would have thought I couldn't find a book for the last week. I never had any problems but this theme is just not for me :D It's good I have this mm romance on my TBR from times when I still read it
I had issues finding a book as well - there were a few classics on the list, but those are way too long for the last week - but my roomie/BFF had the novella I read on her kindle, which I borrowed from her this morning :)
Completion PostWeek 11
5. Popular male POV books
Book: Frisco James by Lynn Hagen
Rating: ★★★
How it fits: paranormal mm romance
Review:
It's been a while since I read a Lynn Hagen book and even after all this time I fell into the story as if I read her last book yesterday. It was short, with very little plot and what complication happened was resolved very quickly, as usual. The ending was interesting and I'm curious how the situation with Panahasi and his sons will play out in the end.
Thank you, Mai! I appreciate it. And it looks like links are correct. Awesome start, ladies!
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