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Mar 29, 2018 09:58AM
Whew... Thursday came quick and i was like yikes....
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Since Chan is off being sporty and I'm here sitting on my butt... Week 4
Option 1
2. Read a book with the main page genre 'historical'.
Option 2
Key date: 29 September 2017
Phwoo, this theme is a relief after last week's!
Selection PostWeek 4: Called March 29, 2018
Option 1
2. Read a book with the main page genre 'historical'.
Book: The Serpent and the Pearl
Author: Kate Quinn
Pages: 432
Fits: MP genre Historical > Historical Fiction
Week 4 - Option 1 Book link: The Trouble with Dukes
Page numbers: 339
How the book qualifies: historical romance
I really like this challenge. Since the start I've read new authors and new genres. Usually I am not a fan of books set in the 18th/19th century.
Thanks for helping me out Lauren. I'm not really sporty at all LOL. I love sugar too much, but I'm a decent player.My volleyball team made it to the playoffs this season! I'm so excited.
Stefanie wrote: "I really like this challenge. Since the start I've read new authors and new genres. Usually I am not a fan of books set in the 18th/19th century."That's awesome Stefanie. I like challenges for the same reason, but also the social aspect too :o)
Plethora wrote: "Whew... Thursday came quick and i was like yikes...."Plethora, when we have early calls, the posts due dates do not change. It will still be due on Friday.
Week 4 | Theme 2 | Option 1 ~ Selection PostBook link: Silence is Golden
Page numbers: 300
How the book qualifies: Historical Romance
Selection PostWeek 4: Called March 29, 2018
Option 1: Historical romance
Main page genre 'historical'.
Page Number: 428
Week 4 | Option 1 - Selection Post
Pages: 294
How the book qualifies: Historical Romance
Suzanne wrote: "Selection PostWeek 4: Called March 29, 2018
Option 1
Page Number: 428"
Hi Suzanne. Can you include how the book qualifies in your post please?
Week 4 | Theme 2 | Option 1 ~ Completion PostBookcover/link: Silence is Golden
Rating (1-5): 💖💖💖💖
Review: FREE ON WATTPAD
I don’t know what it is about this series. It’s frustrating, but addictive.
Book 3 of Storm and Silence is my least favorite of the series. I was expecting more from it – I have been on this journey for three books, give me more. Also, I felt like some of the story was disjointed. Like Sir Rob was piecing it together as he went along.
Some sections were still funny and it was great to read about South America during that time. However, I wanted more. More from the characters, more from the plot, etc.
Hiya Whistle While We Readers! Here in Georgia we are having a rare beautiful day! It's just gorgeous outside. Lately, our weather has been a little weird. Today, we can wear shorts, but I bet tomorrow we need earmuffs and scarves.When you get a moment can you check the following links and make sure that I'm not missing your selection and completion posts please?
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Hi all. Just got back yesterday from California where I took my 3 1/2 year old grandson to Disneyland and the San Diego Zoo. I will update week 3 and choose for week 4 tonight after I struggle through a day of work in a different time zone. At least it is a teacher work day, so no students.
Completion PostWeek 4 - Option 1
Book link: The Trouble with Dukes
Rating: 4
Review:
My first book from Grace Burrowes. Even as it was not so easy for me to read, as English is not my mother language and there were several old-fashioned words and expressions, I enjoyed reading it. I liked both MCs but even more ai enjoyed this big family and how they interfere in one another‘s lives.
I like reading series and this one holds lots of stories to explore 😉
Pam wrote: "Hi all. Just got back yesterday from California where I took my 3 1/2 year old grandson to Disneyland and the San Diego Zoo. I will update week 3 and choose for week 4 tonight after I struggle thro..."That sounds like such fun. I took my niece to Disney World when she was 3. She's 10 now and she tells us that it doesn't count because she doesn't remember it. Even though we have pictures to prove it.
I hope you get through the work day okay. Jet lag is not fun.
Chan wrote: "Pam wrote: "Hi all. Just got back yesterday from California where I took my 3 1/2 year old grandson to Disneyland and the San Diego Zoo. I will update week 3 and choose for week 4 tonight after I s..."I love your niece's thinking. Crazy week...sick spouse...jet lag...students definitely not thrilled to be back in the classroom. Still haven't finish my book...sigh
I'm still here...and yes I know it is Thursday tomorrow!
Oof, what a week for everyone! My in-laws just left yesterday and the kids are still on spring break. I'm also still trying to finish my book for the week!
My goodness, we are all having hectic weeks. Hang on...the weekend is almost here :o)
I'm still working on Week 4, but here is Week 3's book!Week 3 | Theme 3 | Option 1 ~ Selection Post
Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern
Book Link: Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern - *****
Page numbers: 384
How the book qualifies: Published 3/1/2005
Review:
So I have had this book lying around my house for years and I originally bought it because Cecelia Ahern is one of my favorite authors. It's a compilation of short stories from different Irish Authors for charity and they've done at least 3 or 4. One of them was in the states and used American authors, so I'm going to be picking those up as well. I really enjoyed it because they were all set in Ireland and they're well known authors over there but I don't think all of them have been published in the states so I'm going to go check through Amazon and see if I can get a copy of the books from the authors of the short stories that I liked and kind of explore. Plus it has a Shamrock on the cover and that has helped me with like 1,000 of my reading challenges, so bonus!
Plethora wrote: "I'm still here...and yes I know it is Thursday tomorrow!"Need at least one completion post before the next call, although I can see you are on to this Plethora :)
Completion PostWeek 2: Called March 16, 2018
Week 2-Option 1
7. Snow white was 'fair' - read a book with an MC with blonde hair and/or fair skin. You must either quote the optional list used OR include in your post the sentence that qualifies that the MC is fair or blonde.
Book: The Chocolate Kiss
Author: Laura Florand
Pages: 352
Read: 4/6/18
Rating: 3
Review: I had a really hard time getting into the book to even get started. I don't know if after that it was all the chopped up reading segments that made me just feel ho hum about this or if it truly wasn't my cup of tea. I saw another review about the beginning be very awkward to them as well. So likely it was set for a fail, getting pulled in at the beginning really helps.
Fits: #53 on the Optional List: Sexy Blonde Heros:Historical, Contemporary and Paranormal Romance
Suzanne wrote: "I'm still working on Week 4, but here is Week 3's book!Week 3 | Theme 3 | Option 1 ~ Selection Post
Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern
..."Hey Suzanne, a couple of additions to two of your postings
Week 4's selection post - don't forget to add how it fits
Week 3's completion post - please add a rating
Whew, we all made it to Friday! I had a crazy week. My volleyball team did decent in the playoffs. We beat the first team, but lost to the second team. In the 3rd set, we lost by 1 point (final set doesn't have to win by two). I hope you all had a great fun week. It appears that nobody is more than 2 books outstanding. We can all live to read another day...without Jane booting us out :o)
We get a new theme today. I'm hoping for theme 4, 8 or 10 to be called. I have a few good books for those themes. There is still one theme I'm hoping never gets called. What about you all? Anything you're hoping for?
Week 3 Completion Post
Rating: **
Review: When it takes me this long to finish a book, you know there is a problem. Told in alternate narrative he/she (and I am not a fan of first person), it just takes too long to get to the reason that Jack acts like such a schmuck. And too much sex talk (I actually can't believe I typed that sentence). Jack is in the police academy and has a random encounter with a woman who turns out to be his new firearms instructor. Both main characters have issues and the issues create real rifts. I think this had the potential to be a good story---some unusual viewpoints that I don't want to give away but just didn't work for me.
Stefanie wrote: "I am hoping for 4,8 or 9 🙈"LOL. Crossing my fingers that we didn't jinx ourselves :o)
Completion PostWeek 4 - Option 1
Book link: Duchess by Day, Mistress by Night - Stacy Reid
Rating: 4
Review:
I really liked the characters in this one - Georgiana especially - but had some issues with the plot. I liked that she was a widow with a young son and that Rhys was basically a nobody - even if he was a wealthy nobody - which was a nice role reversal to the usual duke and female nobody you usually see. They had amazing chemistry, and despite my issues with some of the plot, I couldn't put it down. Looking forward to the next in the series!
Week 5 | Option 1 - Selection Post
Destiny's Embrace
Pages: 384
How the book qualifies: From the Better Homes: Housekeepers in Historical Romance list (#39)
Chan wrote: "Whew, we all made it to Friday! I had a crazy week. My volleyball team did decent in the playoffs. We beat the first team, but lost to the second team. In the 3rd set, we lost by 1 point (final set..."Barely, I had hoped to catch up this week....so didn't happen.
Selection PostWeek 5: Called April 6, 2018
Week 5-Option 1
13. Read a book with an MC as the housekeeper or similar. Must select a book from one of the lists in Jane's post found here: Link to Jane's Compulsory Lists
Book: The Remains of the Day
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Pages: 352
Read:
Rating:
Review:
Fits: #101 on: Servant Heroes/Heroines In Romance List.
Selection PostWeek 5 - Option 2
Book link: Well Hung
Page numbers: 300
How the book qualifies: read by Chan on 10.24.17 - 3 stars
Stefanie wrote: "Selection PostWeek 5 - Option 2
Book link: Well Hung
Page numbers: 300
How the book qualifies: read by Chan on 10.24.17 - 3 stars
"I hope you enjoy it.
I'm being very lazy, but I may use a Pass this week if nobody else is going to use it. Book slumps suck
Completion PostWeek 5 - Option 2
Well Hung
Rating: 5
Review:
It's so much fun to read a book of Lauren Blakely. It's the only author I know writing only from the man's POV which makes it so much more interesting. This book can be read as a standalone but if you have read the other books before it's nice to read about them again.
Chan wrote: "I'm being very lazy, but I may use a Pass this week if nobody else is going to use it. Book slumps suck"
We are close to halftime and no one took the pass option so far, so if you need to pass do it. Fortunately all the themes for which I have no idea what to read a done :-) and will probably have no need for the pass option for the coming weeks...
I'm finishing up my week 4 book finally, should be done this evening.Catchup is going slow, but chipping away.
Stefanie wrote: "Chan wrote: "I'm being very lazy, but I may use a Pass this week if nobody else is going to use it. Book slumps suck"
We are close to halftime and no one took the pass option so far, so if you n..."
You're so lucky!. There is one more theme that I don't have a book for. Trying to find a book to fill a theme in the midst of a book slump is kind of hard.
Week 5 | Theme 13 | PASSBook link:
Page numbers:
How the book qualifies:
Chan wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I'm still working on Week 4, but here is Week 3's book!Week 3 | Theme 3 | Option 1 ~ Selection Post
Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern
[bookcover:Irish Girls Are Bac..."
Done!
Selection PostWeek 5: Called April 6, 2018
Week 5-Option 1
Fits: #51 on: Servant Heroes/Heroines In Romance List
Book: Scandal Wears Satin
Author: Loretta Chase
Pages: 372
Read:
Rating:
Review:
Suzanne wrote: "Chan wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "I'm still working on Week 4, but here is Week 3's book!Week 3 | Theme 3 | Option 1 ~ Selection Post
Irish Girls Are Back in Town by Cecelia Ahern
[bookcover:Irish ..."
Thanks :o)
Completion PostWeek 4: Called March 29, 2018
Option 1: Historical romance
Main page genre 'historical'.
-***** - 4/12/2018Page Number: 428
Review: I enjoyed this book a lot. I've been feeling under the weather a bit so I'm not going to write a huge review but the main characters were likeable. The story was entertaining and I'll be reading the next book in the series. It's a historical romance/mystery book but it wasn't too mired in details. Starts off slow but picks up at the end.
Oh no not a team slump. I'm dying over here between the end of the quarter and an adult child having an existential life crisis (truly real). Can't remember when I read last...Sunday? Monday?
Completion PostWeek 4: Called March 29, 2018
Option 1
2. Read a book with the main page genre 'historical'.
Book: The Serpent and the Pearl
Author: Kate Quinn
Pages: 432
Read: 04/12/18
Rating: 3.5
Review: The start was a little slow to draw me in. Although Quinn does a splendid job of explaining the times, through clothing, scenery, people, etc. Even knowing the history of the Borgia family and the Catholic church still find myself shaking my head. Hard to fathom just how much power the church held. I can't imagine if I was Giulia Farnese and spent what I thought was to be might glorious wedding night sitting up waiting for my new husband to come to only to find out the next day that I had been bamboozled. I was actually meant to be a concubine to some other man. I still wonder if my audio skipped a chapter because she was so adamant that Cardinal Borgia was never to have her and bam....she is all sweet on him. I enjoyed the fiery Carmelina in the kitchens. I'm passionate for history so when people say they find history boring it is stories like this that makes me think, if you only knew. This is that TV drama you find yourself watching every week with lies, deceit, backstabbing, plotting, killing, affairs, etc..... all in true story. While Quinn took some liberties, she is upfront about that which I can accept in HF. I appreciate HF when it doesn't grossly twist history (unless they are clearly writing an alternate history) so that people who only read one HF on a particular time don't have a clear understanding of such in their knowledge base. OK off my soap box, sorry....but my favorite book genre is actually NF History.
Fits: MP genre Historical > Historical Fiction
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