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[⚣Michaelle⚣]

LOL and of course the one I've got for Eli is 350pgs.

Good thing I can probably get that done by end of day tomorrow...

(My Leta one is 316, so it's a good thing I had a nap this afternoon!)

[Shannon]

Do we just post when we're finished or selection and completion?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I think it is just completions that need to be posted:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Task
Book/cover link
Page numbers with source
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary.
Date Completed.

**For this challenge, use the GR Kindle first edition page count if available. Ebook page count will be acceptable if no Kindle page count available. The acceptability of other page counts will be made on an individual basis**

[Shannon]

Starting now!

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Shannon wrote: "Starting now!"

I was going to read the Eli one anyway, so I'm gonna start, too.

If Lisa wants a different author I can switch to that one as soon as I know.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Task 1

Read a book by Eli Easton

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Still deciding but I'll start soon :)

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

I know we only have to post completions but this help me keep track of what I'm reading for which challenge.

Selection Post

Task 1: Same Author

Boy Shattered by Eli Easton
Page Count: 352/GR Kindle Edition
How it Qualifies: Team Choice - Eli Easton

[*book:Boy Shattered|42272771]

[Lisa]

Selection Post
Task 1: Same Author

Family Camp by Eli Easton
219 pages /GR.
How it qualifies: Team choice Eli easton

[ *book:Family Camp|44437664]

[Lisa]

Did I see it correctly, that MK wouldnt call new cats any more than every other day, so a new call for us would be Weds at the earliest?

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Lisa wrote: "Did I see it correctly, that MK wouldnt call new cats any more than every other day, so a new call for us would be Weds at the earliest?"

I think that's what I read, or at least how I understood it. Which is why I'm not worried about a 350page read!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Yes - I think she doesn't want to commit to turning around calls all day every day. So its just once every second day I think.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Task 1: Same author
selection

Five Dares by Eli Easton
Pages: 222 per GR Kindle first edition
How it fits: Team decided on Eli Easton
Completed: ?


[*book:Five Dares|36339822]

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Can everyone put the broken booklink in their posts? Definitely for their completion - I'll link through to the completion for Kat...

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Jane (PS) wrote: "Can everyone put the broken booklink in their posts? Definitely for their completion - I'll link through to the completion for Kat..."

Done!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

👍

[Shannon]

Task 1: Same Author
Selection Post

The Mating of Michael by Eli Easton
Pages: 242
Qualification: Chosen Author Eli Easton

[*book:The Mating of Michael|22608331]

[Lisa]

Completion Post
Task 1: Same Author

Family Camp by Eli Easton
219 pages /GR.
How it qualifies: Team choice Eli Easton
Date Read: 04/13/20
4 stars

It seems that all I am reading late are books with children.
I liked this. A newly fostering dad is a month into fostering meets an in the closet ball player at a Family Camp.
They keep their distance until 1 night and then the world erupts as another parent takes pictures of them kissing.
I am glad that Travis took the way out he did. A nice book for a couple of hours reading.

[ *book:Family Camp|44437664]

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Completion Post
Task 1: Same Author

Family Camp by Eli Easton
219 pages /GR.
How it qualifies: Team choice Eli Easton

It seems that all I am reading late are book..."

Please add the date completed. 😊

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Selection Post

Task 1: Same Author

Boy Shattered by Eli Easton
Page Count: 352/GR Kindle Edition
How it Qualifies: Team Choice - Eli Easton
Date Completed: 13Apr2020
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: OOoof, this one was hard to read, but as have all the ones like that I've tackled this month - totally worth it.

I know Eli was worried about having parts of this be political, and maybe upsetting some readers...but I don't know how you can address the topic of school shootings without bringing in the politics, and she did a great job with it.

LOVED how emotional this was, how we see Brian work through the fear of returning to school. I ached for him. ADORED how, what I thought was going to be a GFY or - as Landon worried - a hero worship/transference attraction...was definitely NOT.

There were no easy fixes; not for Brian's PTSD or his interactions with family. Some things were neatly wrapped up, others were not...and I appreciated that there was no "awakening" or simple forgiveness. That the strained relationship he had with his parents after coming out wasn't just magically fixed at the end.

For most of the book I did think that (view spoiler)[two of Brian's teammates were the shooters (hide spoiler)] and while part of that turned out differently, I still felt like it didn't make sense. Like, really? "Civil War?" But, then again, school shootings don't make sense. Even when you think you "understand" (which is NOT the same as to condone, encourage or accept) why it happens, it's never that simple. (Also #Points! for originality with who the ring-leader turned out to be; didn't see that one coming AT ALL.)

[*book:Boy Shattered|42272771]

[Shannon]

Task 1: Same Author
Completion Post

The Mating of Michael by Eli Easton
Pages: 242
Qualification: Chose Author Eli Easton
Read: 4/13/20
Rating: ★★★★★

[*book:The Mating of Michael|22608331]

[Shannon]

I don't think we need reviews here do we?

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Task 1: Same author COMPLETION

Five Dares by Eli Easton
Pages: 222 per GR Kindle first edition
How it fits: Team decided on Eli Easton
Completed: 14 Apr 2020

Review not required, however I will say this is no better than when I read it the first time. I'm downgrading the rating to 3 stars which is more reflective of my latest reading but also my memory of my initial enjoyement. Clearly 'dare' books aren't my cup of tea.


[*book:Five Dares|36339822]

[Lisa]

As we have a day before the next task, should we make some decisions on tasks where we need a consensus, eg genre or RRRC year.
That way we can start reading and not have to wait for teammies who may be asleep (me, lol)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shannon wrote: "I don't think we need reviews here do we?"

No - not needed from my understanding :)

I'll post that we are done for this task :D

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "As we have a day before the next task, should we make some decisions on tasks where we need a consensus, eg genre or RRRC year.
That way we can start reading and not have to wait for teammies who m..."

Or me!

I had tentatively suggested the following in this post:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

* sub-genre : Contemporary. Open to other options though :)
* list : preference? I like Michaelle's suggestion of the MM Member Award Winners since they also have 2nd and 3rd place winners for years 2011-2019.
* profession - Law Enforcement Officer
* trope?

Team recommendation - list the shelf we prefer for team recs. There will be a min book requirement on these shelves so we should probably go for more than 50 books? or 100 books?
Jane: picking shelf I'll need to add to this :)

Other team - I have no preference form Teams 9, 7, 11 or 13

Location: (State in the US or Country outside the US - likely)
* New York, California, England, Texas
* Country - UK? Australia
* Home town - London or Connecticut, Las Vegas, Washington State (forget about my state). I think London is the pick here.

Dates:
* Same month and year - March 2019? October 2018? Please see what you would prefer.
* Year prior to 2018: suggest 2017
* Decade of our year of birth (all have to read the same decade): J, L & M - 1960s. S - 70s. Not the best set of options.
* Year joined RRRC: I joined in 2010 so hopefully some of you are later!! Michaelle is 2018 (Yay!); Lisa - 2014; Shannon - 2014.

* Title letter - C?
* Cover item - bare chest? Gun? Tree?

[Shannon]

My picking shelf will be aa recommend

Contemporary as a sub-genre would be easy.
Michaelle's list idea is fine with me.
Love Law Enforcement
California would probably be easiest.
UK would have the most choices.
London for sure.
I vote for 3/19 for same month and year
Prior to 2018 - I vote 2017
Probably 70s will be less painful but who knows
I say use Michaelle's 2018 for the join RRRC
Title Letter "C" is fine with me.
Cover: Chest is already a category so maybe with a Hand showing?

What about this one? Is there any series everyone enjoys?

Read 4 books in a continuing series?

[Lisa]

Read 4 books in a continuing series. Can we each read from a different series.?

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Yay - you finished Task 1! Here is Task 2:

63. Read over 1000 pages in books that start with the same letter (no articles), teams decide letter.

Remember not to use articles - a, an, the, as the first word, therefore letter, in the title.

ETA: Please attempt to link to the correct Kindle edition as that is what I will be using for the page count - thanks!

ETA - Again: I enjoyed your reviews and now wish I had thought to include them!

[Lisa]

Are we going with C.
I assume we can ignore A, An, The

[Lisa]

Task 2
Selection post

257 pages
How it qualifies: title begins with a C.

I wont start until we are sure we are over 1000 pages.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Lisa, your posts confuse me! 🤔 Going with C, book starts with L... 🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm just going to go back to what I was doing and see how this plays out. 😊

[Lisa]

MK, think our posts crossed. I attached the wrong book

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "MK, think our posts crossed. I attached the wrong book"

Makes so much sense! 🤣

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Selection Post

Task 2: 1000 pages in books that start with same letter

Caleo by James Crawford
Page Count: 294/GR Kindle Edition
How it Qualifies: Team Choice - C

[*book:Caleo|11281950]

(I've got another one on deck to help get it closer to 1000 if we don't have it on the first round of books.)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I'll have a look in a sec...

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Task 2: 1000 pages in books that start with same letter
selection

Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux
Pages: 236 per GR Kindle first edition
How it fits: Team choice - Title stars with C
Completed: ?

[*book:Caught Running|8683423]

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

So Shannon - if you can read a book with at least 213 214 pages, we have our 1,000 pages in total.

Thanks Lisa and Michaelle and Lisa for taking books over 250pp!! I'm working today, so really had to pick an audio and one that wasn't super long!

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

Jane (PS) wrote: "Task 1: Title starts with C
selection

Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux"

LOL, that's the ONE BOOK (MM) that I know takes place in the town where I grew up!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

⚣Michaelle⚣ wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Task 1: Title starts with C
selection

Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux"

LOL, that's the ONE BOOK (MM) that I know takes place in the town where ..."

Yes - I saw earlier that this was set in your hometown! It was one of the first MMs that I read and I loved it... :D

[Shannon]

Task 2: 1000 Pages with Same Letter
Selection Post

Clutch by Piper Scott
Pages: 240
Qualification: Chose Letter "C"

[*book:Clutch|42208487]

[Lisa]

Im going to start. I am sure Shannon can manage the page count....lol

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

I've started but probably won't finish until later tomorrow (my time) assuming I can carve out the time...

[Lisa]

Wow, I posted about Shannon and didnt see she had already posted her choice in the post above. Home confimement must be getting to me.

[Shannon]

I'll try to get mine read today but our house is going on the market and the photographer is coming for pics and a video today so the house has to look not lived in.....not sure how to do that when we can't even go anywhere. lol

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shannon wrote: "I'll try to get mine read today but our house is going on the market and the photographer is coming for pics and a video today so the house has to look not lived in.....not sure how to do that when..."

🤣 That's pretty funny. Good luck!

[Shannon]

You know what really sucks? Having them make a freaking video. So basically I couldn't hide the crap from one room in another while the photo was being taken. All the crap had to be hidden. I have no idea where anything is! My hubby asked me where the dish soap was and we finally found it in the hall closet? WTH? Toothbrush? *shrugs*

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Shannon wrote: "You know what really sucks? Having them make a freaking video. So basically I couldn't hide the crap from one room in another while the photo was being taken. All the crap had to be hidden. I have ..."

Mum and Dad recently sold their house - we were finding items (or couldn't find them at!) for weeks after an open house! Not much was logical. Mum has lost a bit of her short-term memory and the stress of the sale just made it worse... Dad isn't much better.

Yesterday they finalised their unit purchase and today ALL their furniture is being delivered. My sister seriously doesn't think it will fit. Be interesting to hear how it ends up ;)
(I can't visit since they are 7 hours away and we have a travel ban at the moment - obviously.)

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Task 2: 1000 pages in books that start with same letter
COMPLETION

Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux
Pages: 236 per GR Kindle first edition
How it fits: Team choice - Title stars with C
Completed: 16 April 2020

Always enjoy this book.

[*book:Caught Running|8683423]

[Lisa]

Task 2
Completion post

257 pages
How it qualifies: title begins with a C.
Date read: 04/16/20
3 stars

An ok book. Written about a hunt sab and then he happens to fall in love with an ex hunt sab. Although there was no graphic descriptions of hounds actually getting foxes, it was heavy on the sabbing and I thought, not so much on the relationship between the two men.