PtP - Team Chewbooka (11)

[LaurLa]

CB wrote: "Hi LaurLa - so Week 11 is the final week? So remind me, is this upcoming call then where we’re supposed to try to pick and read our books as quickly as we can in order to try to win?"

Yep! If we want to try and win, we'll need to read fast. I'm good either way, I just enjoy the challenge. But I like winning too ;-)

[LaurLa]

Week 11 CALL


Option 1:
13. The Toy Story, Marvel and Frozen collections are huge hits with children

*Read a book with kids in the storyline from one of the following lists:
Best Gay Books Dealing With Children
Romance With Kids in Tow
Littlies: Children in Contemporary Romance
Wee: Children in Historical Romance
Hilarious Kids in Romance Romances
Single Fathers of Romance: Great Family Men

If you use Option 1, your book must be selected from one of these lists. Please QUOTE THE LIST and PLACE NUMBER on that list for qualification - a link is preferred but otherwise just type out the name.


Option 2:
Key date - 13 May 2020
A book on your team mates 'read' list AND rated at least 3 stars and read on or after the key date.

If you use this option, this week you must select your book from the team shelves immediately below your team in this list: We pick from 7 The Animators of Romance
Their thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Must be a current member of the team.

Option 3:
Not available this week

[LaurLa]

If we want to try for the win, we need CB's week 10 completion post, all of us to post a selection ASAP and then READ :-)

[LaurLa]

Selection Post ~~ Week 11
Option 1


Call: 13. The Toy Story, Marvel and Frozen collections are huge hits with children
Task: Read a book with kids in the storyline from one of the following lists
Book: Welcome to Temptation
Pages: 420 pp (GR kindle)
How it fits: #48 on Romance with kids in tow

[*book:Welcome to Temptation|9455464]

[LaurLa]

This is a third re-read for me so it will go pretty quick for me. But I'm as excited to (re)read it as I was to read the brand new book and series from a couple calls ago. I adore Jennifer Crusie!!!

[Logan]

Selection Post Week 11
Option 1


[ book:Overruled|22923997]
Pages: 272 Kindle 1st ed
How it fits: #16 on the Single Fathers of Romance list

[CB]

Selection Post - Week 11
Option 1


Gifts by Brynne Asher
[*book:Gifts|36305232]
Pages: 302 (GR)
How it qualifies: #31 on the Single Fathers of Romance: Great Family Men

[Shinnie]

Selection Post - Week 11
Option 1


Book: Lord Heartless
[*book:Lord Heartless|9519497]
Pages: Kindle Edition, 199 pages
How it qualifies: #75 on Wee: Children in Historical Romance

Sorry about the delay... it was a tad difficult picking this one.

[LaurLa]

Completion Post ~~ Week 11
Option 1


Call: 13. The Toy Story, Marvel and Frozen collections are huge hits with children
Task: Read a book with kids in the storyline from one of the following lists
Book: Welcome to Temptation
Pages: 420 pp (GR kindle)
How it fits: #48 on Romance with kids in tow
Date Read: 11.14 ★★★★★
Review:
Still a 5 star read for me after several re-reads. I love the banter between Sophie and Phin. I love how Phin is laid back and assertive at the same time. I love how Sophie comes to term with her own needs beyond taking care of her family/Amy. I also love how despite her fears, she doesn't let people push her around. Such a fun book!

[CB]

Completion Post - Week 10



Shards of Frost by Suzanne Wright
Date Completed: 11/14/2020
Rating: 4⭐️

I know I’m totally reading the books in the Mercury Pack and Phoenix Pack series completely out of order, but it does not at all hinder my enjoyment of whatever book I’m reading as there is a nice continuity between the two series and the characters who interact with one another. This particular book is the last one in the Mercury Pack series (although I greatly wish there was a book on Cain and Cassidy’s relationship) and one of my favorite scenes was the penultimate fight at the end with all the packs and their allies, united against a common enemy. The introduction of the mink clan to the series was great, I loved their quirks and seeing the other shifters react to them, especially in that final fight scene where we got the see the mink clan shine. I enjoyed the underlying humor in this book, and especially enjoyed that the over-the-top b**** attitude we usually see from the clan matriarchs in these two series was missing in this book. And lastly, it was nice to see the instant “true-mate” connection snap into place for Casey and Eli at the very beginning and their relationship develop without too much angst, and their unswerving support of one another in whatever issues or challenges they faced. 4 stars.

[Logan]

Completion Post Week 11
Option 1


[ book:Overruled|22923997]
Pages: 272 Kindle 1st ed
How it fits: #16 on the Single Fathers of Romance list
Date Read: 11/14/20
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I thought this would be all legal drama but it’s actually a really heartwarming Son-in-Law meets My Best Friend’s Wedding. Stanton leaves his high school sweetheart and their baby to go get a fancy Ivy League education and great job as an attorney in DC. When he gets news that Jenny is getting married he rushes home to try and stop it - only to realize his best friend with benefits might be the one who has his heart. It was cute, sweet, and fun.

[[deleted user]]

Selection Post Week 11
Option 1

Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas
[*book:Devil's Daughter|40237357]
Pages: 387 Kindle
How it fits: #8 on Wee: Children in Historical Romance

[Shinnie]

Does this mean we don't really have to finish the book anymore? :D

[CB]

Thanks, everyone, for a fun challenge, and LaurLa for being Team Captain! Seems like this one went by rather quickly :)

[[deleted user]]

Thank you everyone! This was a lot of fun, and thank you LaurLa!

[LaurLa]

I'm sorry I went dark - I started feeling poorly Saturday morning and didn't get back to GR and then suddenly 3 days had passed!


This team challenge did seem to go fast this time around! I'm glad everyone had fun. Hope to see you all around other challenges! Thanks for being a great team!