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[Judy]

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Title: The Jetsetters
Author: Amanda Eyre Ward
Pages: 352 (default for audio)
Date read: 18 June
Letters: A, C, L
Task: 40 deckchair on cover
BOM: DQs written DQs 2 DQs 3 DQs 4

Planning spreadsheet updated

[Maddy]

Does it fit - Read a book with stripes on the cover?

[Melindam]

Maddy wrote: "
Does it fit - Read a book with stripes on the cover?"

There are even stripes within stripes, so I say YES. :)

[Melindam]

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A Wicked Kind of Husband by Mia Vincy.

Read: 18 June

Planning sheet updated.

[Maddy]

Great, thank you :)

[Maddy]

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Title: Badlands
Author: Morgan Brice
Pages: 296
Date read: 6/18
Letters: S - character Sebastian Simon Kincaide, D?A? - character Vic D'Amato, C - character Cassidy, T- character Tracey Cullen
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with stripes on the cover

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Bookworm_gem]

How is everyone enjoying the challenge so far?

I'm hoping to read a couple more for this round :)

Any good books you've read this round so far?

[Melindam]

Hi Gemma,

I just finished A Wicked Kind of Husband, which is a regency romance and while it was far from perfect, I found it still way better than what this genre usually has on offer. The story was well written and the better part of it was really hilarious so it made up for its faults.

I really wish GR introduced half-stars. This was definitely not a 4star read, but better than a clean 3 stars.

[Judy]

Heya Gemma :)

I've read a couple pretty good books (The Bromance Book Club & Murder on the Orient Express) and one terrible (The Jetsetters) one - it's been a mixed bag. So as much as I want to encourage you all to read the BOM for the extra points, I really can't recommend it...

[Maddy]

I have been lucky with books so far :)
No terrible reads or books I want to DNF,so fingers crossed my luck continues on!
I think it is the liberty of reading what I want and then just fitting it to tasks that makes it more enjoyable :)


I agree about half stars. So often I need to add a half star to give it true rating!

[Maddy]

Oh, sorry to hear you did not like it :(
Was it the plot or the writing style?

[Melindam]

Dear Team,


just a shout-out from Judy and me to you all!

We are doing great! :)

We spelled out "Sandcastle" 3 times already.



Keep up the good work and enjoy your books. 😉

[Maddy]

We are awesome! :)

[Melindam]

Maddy wrote: "We are awesome! :)"

AMEN to that! :)

[Annalisa]

Judy wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Completion Post

June 17

On the planning SS"

Can you please put the right edition on your shelf/mark the one on your shelf as read? :)"

The right edition is on my shelf. I read the ebook. Ugh I know what happened kindle updated wrong cover. It’s not letting me change on my phone.

[Melindam]

Annalisa wrote: "Judy wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Completion Post

June 17

On the planning SS"

Can you please put the right edition on your shelf/mark the one on your shel..."

Annalisa,

I think there is a GR mess-up here.

On your Wheelaton shelf you have this edition, but no read-date

On your read-shelf you have this edition with read-date .

Could you please fix this?

[Annalisa]

Melindam wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Judy wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "Completion Post

June 17

On the planning SS"

Can you please put the right edition on your shelf/mark the..."

I noticed that as soon as I posted and it’s not letting me change from my phone.

[Maddy]

Completion Post

Title: Talk Me Down
Author: Victoria Dahl
Pages: 352
Date read: 6/18
Letters: T- title, C - character Cameron, D - author, L - character Ben Lawson
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with a white cover

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Annalisa]

It should be right now. I’ve not had that happen before.

[Melindam]

All good now, thank you!

[Judy]

Maddy wrote: "Oh, sorry to hear you did not like it :(
Was it the plot or the writing style?"

Pretty much everything - the characters were all terrible and their actions didn't make sense. Their arcs ended so abruptly that I was confused by what even happened during the ending. At least the audiobook narrator was decent...

[Judy]

Thanks, Annalisa :)

[Jackie]

Judy wrote: "Maddy wrote: "Oh, sorry to hear you did not like it :(
Was it the plot or the writing style?"

Pretty much everything - the characters were all terrible and their actions didn't make sense. Their ..."

I'll finish The Jetsetters today and I was hoping for an ending that maybe would make the reading worthwhile but sounds like that won't happen. This has been one of the worst books that I've read recently.

[Annalisa]

I think I’m going to remove my hold on Jetsetters. It wasn’t really a book I wanted to read anyway. I’ll read the YA instead.

[Jackie]

Annalisa wrote: "I think I’m going to remove my hold on Jetsetters. It wasn’t really a book I wanted to read anyway. I’ll read the YA instead."

The only thing that I can recommend about it is that it was a really easy and quick read.

[Judy]

Jackie wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "I think I’m going to remove my hold on Jetsetters. It wasn’t really a book I wanted to read anyway. I’ll read the YA instead."

The only thing that I can recommend about it is that it was a really easy and quick read."

Harsh but true...

And yep, definitely one of the worst books I've read in a while. I never give out 1 star ratings but I genuinely couldn't find any redeeming qualities.

[Melindam]

Base on your review, Judy, I checked out the other GR reviews and generally the reviewers don't seem to like it.

Quite a few 3/2/1star ratings. the average rating is 3.2

[Ora]

Annalisa wrote: "I think I’m going to remove my hold on Jetsetters. It wasn’t really a book I wanted to read anyway. I’ll read the YA instead."

If you have scribd, the audio is available. I finished it this morning. The narrator was good. I think if I read the book I would have wanted to throw my kindle several times with the frustration because of some of the characters. I wound up giving it 3 stars and considering lowering it. The narrator is the only reason why I gave it such a high rating compared to a lot of the others who read the book.

[Jackie]

Ora wrote: "Annalisa wrote: "I think I’m going to remove my hold on Jetsetters. It wasn’t really a book I wanted to read anyway. I’ll read the YA instead."

If you have scribd, the audio is available. I finish..."

Maybe I would have liked it better if I had listened to it rather than reading the ebook. It was just a chore to read at times. I'm waffling between 1 and 2 stars for it.

[Ora]

Completion Post

Title: The Jetsetters
Author: Amanda Eyre Ward
Pages: 352
Date read: Jun 18
Letters:
A author Amanda Eyre Ward
C Charlotte Perkins
T narrator Therese Plummer
L Lee Perkins
Tag: None
Task: Read a book with a deckchair on the cover

BOM DQ's
DQ Day 1
DQ Day 2
DQ Day 3
DQ Day 4
DQ Day 5

[Judy]

Melindam wrote: "Base on your review, Judy, I checked out the other GR reviews and generally the reviewers don't seem to like it.

Quite a few 3/2/1star ratings. the average rating is 3.2"

Yeah I don't think there were more than a couple people in the BOM discussion who actually somewhat liked it.

[Judy]

Jackie wrote: "Maybe I would have liked it better if I had listened to it rather than reading the ebook. It was just a chore to read at times. I'm waffling between 1 and 2 stars for it."

The audiobook definitely helped a little, I don't think I could've finished it had I had to physically read it. I was really wishing Scribd went faster than 2.0 speed.

[Jackie]

Completion Post

Title: The Jetsetters
Author: Amanda Eyre Ward
Pages: 352
Date read: 6/18/20
Letters: A, C, L
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with a deckchair on the cover

BOM: Yes
DQ Day 1
DQ Day 2
DQ Day 3
DQ Day 4
DQ Day 5

Planning sheet updated

[Tawallah]

COMPLETION POST
Title: Lab Girl: A story of Trees, Science and Love
Author: Hope Jahren
Pages: 305
Date Read: June 18
Letters: L
Tag: Tree
Task: see planning sheet

Planning sheet updated.

[Ali]

Yeah it sounds like I'll skip out on the Jetsetters. It isn't one of my favorite genres to start with so if it isn't good I'll wait for other BoM.

[Tawallah]

Life has been topsy turvy right now. I’m going to changing some of my planned reads.

I was planning on reading the Jetsetters but that’s off given the reviews.

[Judy]

Fair enough - can't blame you for giving this book a pass! The other BOMs for June & July look more promising :)

[Maddy]

Question - do we get penalties for going over monthly book count we signed up with?

[Jackie]

Completion Post

Title: The Collectors
Author: David Baldacci
Pages: 438
Date read: 6/18
Letters: C, D, S, A, L, T
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with MPG Suspense

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Maddy]

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Title: In Front of God and Everyone
Author: Nealy Wagner
Pages: 237
Date read: 6/18
Letters: S - character Seth, C - character Caleb, N - author, E - character Ezra, D - character Dylan
Tag: No
Task: Read a book with MPG New Adult

BOM: No

Planning sheet updated

[Ora]

Judy wrote: "Fair enough - can't blame you for giving this book a pass! The other BOMs for June & July look more promising :)"

I'm looking forward to reading Five Feet Apart. I haven't saw the movie yet since I prefer reading the book first and never got around to it. I can't remember the actor's name who plays the male lead but I love him in Riverdale

[Ali]

Maddy wrote: "Question - do we get penalties for going over monthly book count we signed up with?"

I sure hope not. I have way more time to read right now than I usually do!

[Annalisa]

There is not a penalty for reading more than you signed up for. I have a feeling most people signed up for less than they will read. I signed up for what I read in April and May and that was half my pre COVID reading.

[Melindam]

No penalties! :)

[Maddy]

Great :)
I was just wondering, because covid does give a bit more time for reading than usual :)

[Melindam]

I also signed up with less books, because I simply didn't know what/when I would be able to read. Now it seems I'll be able to read more, but it may change next week.
So it's comfortable not to have to worry about penalties. :)

[Judy]

Completion Post

Title: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Author: Robin DiAngelo
Pages: 187 (default for audio)
Date read: 19 June
Letters: D (author), A, L (narrator Amy Landon)
Task: 22 black cover

Planning spreadsheet updated

[Tawallah]

COMPLETION POST
Title: The Hanging Tree
Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Pages Read: 384
Date Read: June 19
Letters- T, N- Thomas Nightingale; C,T- Cecelia Tyburn; S- Sahra Guleed, L- Lesley May; A,S- Alexander Seawoll
Tag: None
Task: A plant word in title

Planning sheet updated

[Tawallah]

Definitely going to be reading Dear Martin for July BOTM.

[Melindam]

June, could you please add the book to your Wheelaton shelf? Thanks