Team Peppermint Bark (Non-Competitive) - Review Thread

[Andrea]

Totally thought I had posted this one:

Code of Valor by Lynette Eason
Task: 1. new book (Jan. 1, 2019)
Pages: 336 (all)
Finished: 1/5/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

And here's one I finished yesterday:

Happy Birthday, America by Mary Pope Osborne
Pages: 32 (all)
Task: 4. fireworks
Finished: 1/10/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I'm on an editing deadline, so please let me know if I've forgotten anything for these. Thanks!

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Looks good, Andrea. I will update when I get on a computer.

[Andrea]

Thanks, Melanie. It's 1:20 in the morning, and it's just now dawning on me that you were referencing Red Boots instead of the Arthur book for the nine pages one. Haha! Did I mention I've been editing? I think my brain turns to mush after a long day's work, sometimes. Hannah helped my find that little story.

[Andrea]

Tide and Tempest by Elizabeth Ludwig
Pages: 370 (all)
Task: 6. New York
Finished: 1/11/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[R.A.]

Title: Diamond
Author: Paul Willis
Task: 2. Read a book published in January
Pages: 19 (read all)
Date finished: 1/13/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Andrea]

Caitlyn, are you sure you've posted in the right group? This is Peppermint Bark. I'm glad you enjoyed the book!

[Caitlyn]

Thanks, Andrea! Whoops, not sure how I missed that! Deleting my post now! 🙂

[Hannah]

No problem! I did update your book’s page count, though. :)

[R.A.]

Book title: Agent C
Author: Malachi Cyr
Task: 3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: N,E,W,Y,A,R.
Pages: 313 (all)
Date finished: 1/14/2019
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

Book title: Code of Valor
Author: Lynette Eason
Task 1: New book (Published January 2019)
Pages: 336 (read all)
Date finished: 1/4/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz F.]

Book title: Family Reunion
Author: Kelsey Bryant
Task: 8. Read a book by a new-to-you author
Pages: 324 (read all)
Date finished: 1/13/2019
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

Title: City of Fire
Author: Grace Livingston Hill
Task 4: Fireworks/fire (fire in title)
Pages: 331 (read all)
Date finished: 1/17
Rating: 2 stars

[R.A.]

Title: Moonlight Over Manhattan
Author: Carrie Turansky
Task 6: Set in New York City
Pages: 71 (read all)
Date finished: 1/20/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

Title: Wedded By Fate/A Love Victorious
Author: Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
Task 6: set in New York (half the book is set there)
Pages: 510 (read all)
Date finished: 1/19/19
Rating: 4.5 stars

[Kellyn]

Book title: After
Author: Savannah Jezowski
Task: 8 (new-to-me author)
Pages: 382
Date finished: 1/11
Rating: 4.5/5
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

Title: A Kent Squire
Author: Frederick W. Hayes
Task 8: New to me author
Pages: 525
Date finished: 1/20
Rating: 3 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz F.]

Title: Lodestar
Author: Shannon Messenger
Task: 7. Read a book with a dress on the cover
Pages: 676 (read all)
Date finished 1/20/19
Rating: 4.5 stars

[Liz F.]

Title: Shaking the Nickel Bush
Author: Ralph Moody
Task: 10. FREEBIE
Pages: 236 (I didn't read them all in January)
Pages read during challenge: about 160
Date finished: 1/14/19
Rating: 4 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

Title: Agent Undercover
Author: Lynette Eason
Task 3: starts with NEWYAR
Pages: 218 (read all)
Date finished: 1/11
Rating: 3 stars

[Andrea]

My final update:
(Already posted reviews for books #1, #4, #6, and #10.)


Amelia Bedelia Helps Out by Peggy Parish
Pages 63 (all)
Task: 2. published in January (Jan. 1, 1997)
Finished: 1/20/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Who I Am With You by Robin Lee Hatcher
Pages: 320 (all)
Task: 3. starts with W
Finished: 1/19/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman
Pages: 44 (all)
Task: 5. hot beverage in title (cocoa)
Finished: 1/20/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Good Work, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Pages: 64 (all)
Task: 7. dress on cover
Finished: 1/20/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


The Missing Recipe by Ruth Benjamin
Pages: 24 (all)
Task: 8. new-to-you author
Finished: 1/20/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Pages: 64 (all)
Task: 9. first in its series (Amelia Bedelia #1)
Finished: 1/20/19
Rating: 5 stars
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Hannah]

Title: A Silent Terror
Author: Lynette Eason
Task 9: first in series
Pages: 214 (read all)
Date finished: 1/7
Rating: 3 stars

[Hannah]

Title: The Bride’s Prerogative
Author: Susan Page Davis
Task 10: freebie
Pages: 960 (read all)
Date finished: 1/20
Rating: 4 stars

[Andrea]

Whew! You got a couple of those trilogy packs done this time, didn't you? Wow!

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Round Three Ends January 20th
New Years
December 31st-January 20th

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1. Read a new book (i.e. published in 2018/2019)
-Kellyn | The Sky Above Us (Sunrise at Normandy, #2) by Sarah Sundin |384
-Andrea | Code of Valor (Blue Justice #3) by Lynette Eason \ 336
-Hannah | Code of Valor (Blue Justice #3) by Lynette Eason | 336
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2. Read a book published in January.
-Hannah | With This Pledge (Carnton, #1) by Tamera Alexander | 448
-Liz F. | Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, #5) by Maud Hart Lovelace | 345
-R.A. | Diamond (The Greywood Files #1) by Paul Willis | 19
-L.A. | Water Street by Patricia Reilly Giff | 176
-Andrea | Amelia Bedelia Helps Out (An Avon Camelot Book) by Peggy Parish | 63
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3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: N,E,W,Y,A,R.
-R.A. | Agent C by Malachi Cyr | 313
-Hannah | Agent Undercover by Lynette Eason | 218
-Andrea | Who I Am with You (Legacy of Faith #1) by Robin Lee Hatcher | 320
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4. Read a book with fireworks or fire on the cover or in the title.
-Andrea | Happy Birthday America by Mary Pope Osborne | 32
-Hannah | The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill | 331
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5. Read a book with tea, coffee, hot chocolate, or any hot beverage on the cover or in the title.
-R.A. | The Marrieds and their Reasons A Prequel Novella (Women of Promise) by Natasha Metzler | 29
-Hannah | Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes (Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery #1) by Karen Rose Smith |301
-Andrea | Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman | 44
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6. Read a book set in New York.
-L.A. | Maggie's Door (Nory Ryan #2) by Patricia Reilly Giff | 176
-Andrea | Tide and Tempest (Edge of Freedom, #3) by Elizabeth Ludwig | 370
-R.A. | Moonlight Over Manhattan by Carrie Turansky | 71
-Hannah | Wedded by Fate/A Love Victorious by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon | 510
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7. Read a book with a dress on the cover.
-Hannah | Sophie's Daughters Trilogy (Sophie's Daughters, #1-3) by Mary Connealy | 960
-Kellyn | The Ladies of Ivy Cottage | 444
-Liz | Lodestar (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #5) by Shannon Messenger | 676
-Andrea | Good Work, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish | 64
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8. Read a book by a new-to-you author.
-Liz | Family Reunion (Six Cousins, #1) by Kelsey Bryant | 324
-Kellyn | After (The Neverway Chronicles, #1) by Savannah Jezowski | 382
-Hannah | A Kent Squire by Frederick William Hayes | 525
-Andrea | My Little Pony The Missing Recipe by Ruth Benjamin | 24
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9. Read a book that is first in its series.
-L.A. | Nory Ryan's Song (Nory Ryan, #1) by Patricia Reilly Giff | 176
-Andrea | Amelia Bedelia (Amelia Bedelia #1) by Peggy Parish | 64
-Hannah | A Silent Terror (High Stakes, #1) by Lynette Eason | 214
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10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
-Kellyn | The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson | 160
-Andrea | Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter | 400
-L.A. | Wonder by R.J. Palacio | 320
-Liz | Shaking the Nickel Bush (Little Britches, #6) by Ralph Moody | 160
-Andrea | The Bride's Prerogative Fergus, Idaho, Becomes Home to Three Mysteries Ending in Romances by Susan Page Davis | 960
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Task points: 122
Page points: 264
Total points: 386






(view spoiler)[-Tasks-
1. Read a book with leaves on the cover
-L.A. | The Bunny Band by Bill Richardson | 32
-Liz | Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown | 213
-R.A. | Sweet Sanctuary (Sweet Sanctuary #1) by Kim Vogel Sawyer | 300
-Andrea | Castle on the Rise (Lost Castle #2) by Kristy Cambron | 368
-Hannah | At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1) by Jan Karon | 517
-Kellyn | The Best of Intentions (Canadian Crossings, #1) by Susan Anne Mason | 352
2. Read a book published in November
-Andrea | The Girl From the Train by Irma Joubert | 315
-L.A. | No Boring Stories by Julie Falatko | 42
-R.A. | Kate's Innocence (Kate's Case Files #1) by Sarah Holman | 257
-Kellyn | A Royal Masquerade | 129
-Hannah | The Brontë Plot by Katherine Reay | 332
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3. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: T,H,A,N,K,S,G,I,V
-Andrea | The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) by Rick Yancey | 256
-L.A. | The Red-Headed Demon (Samurai Detective Book 7) by Dorothy Hoobler | 263
-R.A. | Allison O'Brian on Her Own Volume 1 (The Allison Chronicles #1-2) by Melody Carlson | 331
-Hannah | Healing Hearts (Savage Wells #2) by Sarah M. Eden | 336
-Kellyn | An Ocean Between Us by Rachel Quinn | 362
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4. Read a book with food on the cover or in the title
-L.A. | Little Elliot, Fall Friends by Mike Curato | 40
-Andrea | Raspberries and Vinegar (A Farm Fresh Romance #1) by Valerie Comer | 345
-R.A. | New Faces, New Friends by Arleta Richardson | 171
-Hannah | Miles from Where We Started by Cynthia Ruchti | 350
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5. Read a book that involves sports
-Andrea | The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green | 406
-Hannah | My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade | 336
-R.A. | Jacky Jumps to the Top by Patricia Leitch | 158
-Kellyn | Misty of Chincoteague (Misty, #1) by Marguerite Henry | 176
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6. Read a book with an animal on the cover.
-Hannah | The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay | 336
-L.A. | Cat Wishes by Calista Brill | 32
-Liz | When Calls the Heart | 221
-Andrea | Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland | 432
-R.A. | Hound at the Hospital (Animal Ark, #33) by Ben M. Baglio | 133
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7. Read a book with decorations on the cover (Christmas lights, Thanksgiving decorations, etc.)
-R.A. | The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope #1) by Donna VanLiere | 132
-Hannah | The Joy of Christmas A 3-in-1 Collection by Melody Carlson | 430
-Andrea | Christmas Ranch Rescue (Wrangler's Corner #5) by Lynette Eason | 214
-L.A. | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans #1) by Barbara Robinson | 128
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8. Read a book that is either part of a family series or has the word FAMILY in the title.
-Hannah | You're Gonna Love Me (Thunder Creek #2) by Robin Lee Hatcher | 320
-Liz | Unbroken | 235
-R.A. | The Mystery of the Queen's Jewels (The Boxcar Children Special series) by Gertrude Chandler Warner | 121
-Andrea | Vanished in the Night by Lynette Eason | 288
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9. Read a book with a candle on the cover.
-Hannah | A Girl from America by L.T. Meade | 406
-R.A. | The Big Five-OH! by Sandra D. Bricker | 290
-Andrea | Whispers in the Reading Room (The Chicago World's Fair Mystery, #3) by Shelley Gray | 346
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10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
-Andrea | A Cliché Christmas (Love in Lenox, #1) by Nicole Deese | 200
-R.A. | Edge of Peril (Fog Lake Mysteries #1) by Christy Barritt | 273
-L.A. | Betsy and the Emperor | 304
-Hannah | The Firebrand by S.R. Crockett | 519
-Liz | The Case of the Tabloid Tattler | 76

Round Two Has Ended

Christmas
December 10th-December 30th

-Tasks-
1. Read a book with a Christmas tree on the cover.
-L.A. | Merry Christmas, Geronimo! (Geronimo Stilton, #12) by Geronimo Stilton | 113
-Andrea | Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish | 63
-Hannah | Cowboy Christmas by Catherine Palmer | 327
-R.A. | Christmas Stalkings by Chautona Havig | 160
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2. Read a book with a baby on the cover or in the title.
-R.A. | Baby Blue Christmas by Kristy Tate |99
-Hannah | A Baby of the Frontier by Cyrus Townsend Brady | 281
-Andrea | Arthur's Baby (Arthur Adventure Series) by Marc Brown | 32
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3. Read a book with a wreath on the cover.
- Christmas Bride by Grace Livingston Hill | Hannah | 319
-Andrea | Arthur's Christmas An Arthur Adventure by Marc Brown | 32
-R.A. | Baby, It's Cold Outside by Susan May Warren | 314
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4. Read a book with snow/snowflakes on the cover or in the title.
-Hannah | Partners by Grace Livingston Hill | 308
-L.A. | Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan | 160
-Liz F. | At the Christmas Lodge (Christmas Collection) by Rebekah A. Morris | 75
-R.A. | Forever Christmas by Robert Tate Miller | 192
-Andrea | Snowflake (Breyer Stablemates) by Kristin Earhart | 33
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5. Read a book with red and/or green cover (i.e. when you see the cover, you think "red" and/or "green". I'm leaving this up to each individual person's interpretation).
-R.A. | Christmas Vows $5.00 Extra by Lori Copeland | 144
-L.A. | Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan | 186
-Andrea | The Angel of Bastogne by Gilbert Morris | 156
-Hannah | The Knave of Diamonds by Ethel M. Dell | 532
-Liz F. | The Penderwicks in Spring (The Penderwicks, #4) by Jeanne Birdsall | 339
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6. Read a book with presents/gifts on the cover or in the title.
-R.A. | Home for the Holidays by Christine Lynxwiler | 62
-Hannah | The Greatest Gift by Arthur W. Marchmont | 448
-Liz F. | The True Gift A Christmas Story by Patricia MacLachlan | 81
-Andrea | A Christmas Gift for Rose by Tricia Goyer | 183
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7. Read a book that starts with one of these letters: C,H,R,I,S,T,M,A.
-L.A. | Smile by Raina Telgemeier | 213
-R.A. |The Father Christmas Confessions (Father Christmas #1) by Emily Ann Benedict | 141
-Andrea | The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson | 167
-Liz F. | There Was Always Laughter In Our House by Sarah Holman | 225
-Hannah | A Hoosier Chronicle by Meredith Nicholson | 606
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8. Read a book with a sleigh on the cover or in the title.
-Andrea | Little Nemo's Wild Sleigh Ride by Roland Urbanek | 44
-Hannah | A Prairie Christmas Collection by Tracie Peterson | 445
-R.A. | Timber Lane Cove (Whispering Brook #6) by Carrie Bender | 155
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9. Read a book published in December.
-R.A. | The Christmas Tree Treasure Hunt by Joan Campbell | 104
-Andrea | Red Boots by Kate Willis | 9
-Hannah | Who I Am with You (Legacy of Faith #1) by Robin Lee Hatcher | 320
- Liz F. | The Green Ember (The Green Ember #1) by S.D. Smith | 365
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10. FREEBIE ( read any book you want )
-L.A. | Horse of a Different Color Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover (Little Britches, #8) by Ralph Moody | 272
-R.A. | A Royal Christmas Wedding (Royal Wedding #4) by Rachel Hauck | 227
-Liz F. | A Royal Masquerade (The Tales of Ambia #3) by Allison Tebo | 129
-Hannah | Ia by Arthur Quiller-Couch | 216
-Andrea | A Bride's Agreement Five Romances Develop Out of Convenient Marriages by Elaine Bonner | 701
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[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Challenge has ended. Final score: 386

[Andrea]

Thanks, Melanie!

Great job, Team Peppermint Bark! So proud of us.

[Liz F.]

That was a fun challenge!! :) I enjoyed doing it with you girls!

[Andrea]

Same here, Liz! Very fun.