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Selection Post - Task 16#84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Team choose:
🎃🎃5. October 2nd is World Smile Day. 🎃Read a book that you know will make you smile or you know will make you happy. You can also read a book that has a person smiling on the cover, or read a book that has a title that starts with S, M, I, L, or E. Don't forget to smile today! :)🎃🎃
Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole WalkerPages: 223
How it qualifies: title starts with a S
Completion Post Task 16 (Current RRRC Monthly Challenge Category-Category 5 World Smile Day)-Book 1
Trace by E. Davies
264 Pages
How it Qualifies: Person smiling on cover, see above
Completed: 10/14/20
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: This series just continues to completely kill it! It’s the perfect amount of fluffy fun with always just a dash of conflict, enough to keep you interested, but not enough to add any unnecessary angst. Dustin and Leo were just so perfect together. They went through so much personal growth and exploration on their journey to love and I just incredibly enjoyed being along for the ride.
Completion Post Task 16 (Current RRRC Monthly Challenge Category-Category 5 World Smile Day)-Book 2
Witch Under Wraps by E.J. Russell
229 Pages
How it qualifies: I KNOW this book will make me happy because all the other books in this world have been adorable and have made me smile
Completed: 10/14/2020
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: I’m smitten with Russell’s mythmatched universe so I was so glad to get to read a copy of this book. I will say, while this can totally be read as a stand-alone, you will get more enjoyment out of it if you’ve read the previous books in the universe (The Fae out of Water trilogy, the Supernatural Selections trilogy, and Howling on Hold). Here we have Ky and Ewan, whom you can tell are SO into each other from the very beginning, but each have their own reasons for holding a part of themselves back. Because of this, we get not only an exploration of their unfolding romance, but also we get to watch them realize that the obstacles they’ve placed on themselves are completely unnecessary. It was cute and charming, with an added dose of danger, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Completion Post Task 16 (Current RRRC Monthly Challenge Category-Category 5 World Smile Day)-Book 3
Sorcerous Rivalry by Kayleigh Nicol
270 Pages
How it qualifies: Title starts with "S"
Completed: 10/15/2020
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Review: This book was so good! Wonderful worldbuilding, an incredibly interesting magical system, and a huge cast of compelling characters. I was sold from the very beginning. Unfortunately some reviews I’ve read from the second book make me wary of it, so even though this doesn’t even end in an HFN, I’m not rushing out to read the second book
Do we need me to read more one? I'm reviewing an incredibly long file all day today, so I will constantly have an audiobook on so can definitely choose one that fits the task!
Amanda wrote: "Do we need me to read more one? I'm reviewing an incredibly long file all day today, so I will constantly have an audiobook on so can definitely choose one that fits the task!"Yes Amanda ..but i can get a short one done tomorrow if you busy .
Trio not posted yet so just presuming she got the 1 bk
Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Do we need me to read more one? I'm reviewing an incredibly long file all day today, so I will constantly have an audiobook on so can definitely choose one that fits the task!"Yes ..."
My TBR knockout book works, so it's perfect!
Selection Post Task 16 (Current RRRC Monthly Challenge Category-Category 5 World Smile Day)-Book 3
Sorcerous Rivalry by Kayleigh Nicol
270 Pages
How it qualifies: Title starts with "S"
Amanda wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Do we need me to read more one? I'm reviewing an incredibly long file all day today, so I will constantly have an audiobook on so can definitely choose one that fits..."God, i havent checked thay today ..im way behind on it 😄😄
Amanda wrote: "Do we need me to read more one? I'm reviewing an incredibly long file all day today, so I will constantly have an audiobook on so can definitely choose one that fits the task!"I didn't get far today, I took my daughter shopping and definitely couldn't listen to any audiobooks while she was in the car 😉. I'll have time tomorrow, but definitely won't be done till the afternoon with mine. So yes please Amanda, if you have time!!!
Selection Post Task 16
Starstruck by L.A. Witt
Length: 254 pages
How it Qualifies: Starts with an "S" for smile
Completed:
Rating:
Review:
Completion Post - Task 16#84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Team choose:
🎃🎃5. October 2nd is World Smile Day. 🎃Read a book that you know will make you smile or you know will make you happy. You can also read a book that has a person smiling on the cover, or read a book that has a title that starts with S, M, I, L, or E. Don't forget to smile today! :)🎃🎃
Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole WalkerPages: 223
How it qualifies: title starts with a S
Read: 15th October
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)
Review:
Ah, I love the Curl Up and Dye Mysteries Series and this spin-off series!
As expected, this part had some sad moments, drama and angst. It's the love story of two broken men, widower and psychic Emory Jackson and former black ops specialist Jonathon Silver. And while the way they fell in love, or rather just knew that they'd love each other before they really knew each other, might not be everyone's thing, I really loved it. It was all about Emory accepting that there could be another love besides the one for his late husband. I think the author did a great job by splitting the book into the three parts - Denial/ Acceptance/ Embrace.
Overall the story never got too dark, instead was lightened up here and there with some humor, snark and of course some Josh moments. ;)
I was a broken widower, and he was the mysterious man who’d witnessed the worst in humanity too many times to count. We were broken men with jagged edges that could cut a person deep if they were foolish enough to venture too close, but, somehow, we aligned perfectly to form something whole and beautiful.
Caipi, do i need to read this after Curl up &Dye series or along side it
TASK 16 COMPLETION POSTSpooky Business by S.E. Harmon
314 pgs kindle edition
Qualifies ..begins with the letter S ......and im pretty sure its gonna make be happy/smile as well 😄
finished 15th october
5 stars
Well this certainly made me smile ..and laugh..and cry. It had all the emotions and it was soooo good .
I'd forgotten how much i loved these two and i also live Rains parents to bits , they remind me of Barbara Striesand & Dustin Hoffman in Meet The Fockers 😄😄😄
It had a few tense & scary moments and theres a bit of a cliffy at the end , but overrall and excellent addition to the series
Completion Post Task 16
Starstruck by L.A. Witt
Length: 254 pages
How it Qualifies: Starts with an "S" for smile
Completed: 10/15/2020
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
Been on my tbr shelf for way too long. I did the audio, pretty standard performance from Witt and Russo - definitely enjoyable, and I'm glad I finally got around to listening to this one.
Completion Post - Task 16#84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Caipi - #612 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Trio - #615 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Janeylou - #614 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Amanda - #603 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
okay guys, I posted in the completion thread :)
Janeylou wrote: "Caipi, do i need to read this after Curl up &Dye series or along side it"Here's the reading order from the author (It includes MF books, but she says you can skip those)
*Curl Up and Dye 1-4
*Unscripted Love and Someone to Call My Own
*A Dye Hard Holiday
*The Lady is a Thief
*Nobody's Prince Charming
*This Time Around
*The Lady Stole My Heart
*Smoke in the Mirorr
*Ride or Dye
*Inside Out
*Prescription for Love
Here is Task 17:94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
For this task, use the initial publication date. If there is a initial publication date listed on the editions page use that, otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition. Books selected need to be initially published in sequential years with no years skipped, for example 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Right..i did allocate years but for only 4 books ,🙄🙄😄 so we can start againWe'll do
15
16
17..janeylou.unsuitable heir
18
19
20 ..caipi ..Nailed
Ill do.2017 , at the cottage and got 2 full days of nothing , so will start with 2017 and then do another but will see what years you all.picked first
Amanda wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Caipi, do i need to read this after Curl up &Dye series or along side it"Here's the reading order from the author (It includes MF books, but she says you can skip those)
*Curl Up..."
Thanks Amanda for answering! 🤗
That's exactly the order how I've been reading this series so far, Janine. 👍😊
Janeylou wrote: "Right..i did allocate years but for only 4 books ,🙄🙄😄 so we can start againWe'll do
15
16
17..janeylou.unsuitable heir
18
19
20
Ill do.2017 , at the cottage and got 2 full days of nothing , so ..."
Sounds like a perfect weekend, enjoy!! :)
Selection Post - Task 17#94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years
Team decided years 2015-2020
Nailed by K.M. NeuholdPages: 331
How it qualifies: published in 2020
Caipi..it makes a change for us 2 to.pick our books first 😄😄
Amanda wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Caipi, do i need to read this after Curl up &Dye series or along side it"Here's the reading order from the author (It includes MF books, but she says you can skip those)
*Curl Up..."
Ill need to see where i am on curl up and dye series
Janeylou wrote: "Caipi..it makes a change for us 2 to.pick our books first 😄😄"Yes! 😂
I was so sad when I checked here first thing this morning and there was no new task! Normally Amanda and Trio already picked their books by then. LOL
On my 2nd book..will post both reviews later
I'll take 2016 and then looking for a second book for either 2018 or 2019 and then will post my selection post!
Selection Post (Sequential Years-2015-2020)--Book 1
Fight the Tide by Keira Andrews
249 Pages
How it Qualifies: First Published July 24, 2016
Selection Post (Sequential Years-2015-2020)--Book 2
The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara
288 Pages
How it Qualifies: First Published February 19, 2018
Trio, if 2019 doesn't work for you, let me know and I can switch one of mine
Did any of you hear that the author P.D. Singer had died ..i only found out today https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I read a few of hers and really liked them ...
Its been a crappy year !!!!
TASK 17 COMPLETION POST An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles
211 pgs kindle edition
Published 2017
finished 16th october
4 stars
im not mad on historicals at all ...but if they have a pnr aspect or a mystery of some sort, i can usually manage them .
This series hasnt been too bad , this one focusus a lot on the mystery which for me was a good thing ..and once again i hadnt got a clue 😄😄
TASK 17 COMPLETION POST
Speaking of Dreams by Stephen Osborne
214 pgs kindle edition
Published 2015
finished 16th october
4.25 stars
The only Stephen Osborne books i have read are the Duncan Anrews series ...so for some reaon i was expecting this be have ghosts in it as well ....and to some extent it did.
Donny doesnt want to remember his old boyfriend & Frank cant forget his
Both have a lot to get over before they get their HAE..
Great surporting cast as well
Completion Post (Sequential Years-2015-2020)--Book 1
Fight the Tide by Keira Andrews
249 Pages
How it Qualifies: First Published July 24, 2016
Completed: 10/16/2020
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Not quite as good as the first one (a little slower, and a lot more internal whining) but I still really enjoyed it. I really like the new characters that seem to be making up Adams new pack. I’m very wary about this island and hope I don’t have to wait too long for the next book (sorry to all the people who have been waiting WAY longer).
Completion Post (Sequential Years-2015-2020)--Book 2
The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara
288 Pages
How it Qualifies: First Published February 19, 2018
Completed: 10/17/2020
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Really well done shifter romance with an interesting mystery as well. I will admit that I kinda could see the bad guys coming from a mile away, but it didn’t lessen my enjoyment any.
Completion Post - Task 17#94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years
Team decided years 2015-2020
Nailed by K.M. NeuholdPages: 331
How it qualifies: published in 2020
Read: 17th October
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)
Review:
Gosh, this book was awesome! :)
Hot and funny! I laughed so much while reading/listening to Stone and Dare's story. The goat incident was hilarious! And Dare's dog Rudy so adorable. :)
So does Kat not give out tasks tonight ..cos if not i may be able to get a longer book read ..i need to read They Told Me I Was Everything
Oh no I really liked it and was okay with the ending! I would’ve preferred the ending you wanted, but I was okay with it. And I think she will once Trio finishes, but I don’t think any of us would mind if were one day later if you want to read that one. Do you know if I have to read any other Ashe series to enjoy it? I still haven’t read an Ashe AOM book
I read A Friend in the Dark recently which was ok and it is co written with CS poe ..( but that will work for AOM ) tbh thats the only one of his ive read..all his books are really long which puts me off and the series all inter link ..originally i was going to try The Same Breath new series , but will try this other one instead...i think a completely new series
But def try A friend in the Dark
I'm only ½ done w mine Janine, so no rush :-D
I'll start it, and if I've not finished when we get a new task I can put it on hold for a bit
Janeylou wrote: "I read A Friend in the Dark recently which was ok and it is co written with CS poe ..( but that will work for AOM ) tbh thats the only one of his ive read..all his books are really..."
I enjoyed A Friend in the Dark but I've never read Poe before. I am vary familiar though with Gregory Ashe. The thing about his stories is that he starts them out kinda slow, so the first in each of his series is never the best book in the series. They build and build, and he crafts amazing relationships between his characters - usually there are fantastic side characters too, and always an amazing mystery. There's usually one huge mystery that spans the series and then a unique side mystery per each book.
I need a fantasy book for Bingo so I'm hoping one of our tasks this week will work for that - I'm not a huge fantasy fan, so any advice will be very welcome!
Trio wrote: "I need a fantasy book for Bingo so I'm hoping one of our tasks this week will work for that - I'm not a huge fantasy fan, so any advice will beGive me 10 mins Trio 😄😄
All these are excellent books Trio By Fairy Means or Foul
The Pedlar and the Bandit King
Nor Iron Bars a Cage
Sebastian
Brute
The Lodestar of Ys
Thick as Thieves
Tournament of Losers
The Only Option
Red Heir
Task 17 - #94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide yearsTeam decided years 2015-2020
completion post
#Burn by Devon McCormack
Length: 316 pages
How it Qualifies: published in 2019
Completed 10/18/2020
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
Devon McCormack is always entertaining, and Michael Dean reading Devon McCormack is twice as nice. This is a good "first time" romance with two manly men, great dirty talk, and an okay storyline. And always good for an easy Sunday afternoon listen.
task 17 completion post#94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years
Team decided years 2015-2020
2015 - Janeylou https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2016 - Amanda https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2017 - Janeylou https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2018 - Amanda https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2019 - Trio https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
2020 - Caipi https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Spooky Business by S.E. Harmon
314 pgs kindle edition
Qualifies ..begins with the letter S ......and im pretty sure its gonna make be happy/smile as well 😄