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Oct 01, 2020 09:13PM
Oh Carmen... You didn't include the page count in your post
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Plethora wrote: "Oh Carmen... You didn't include the page count in your post"Got it, thanks 😉
I've finished my first and am halfway through a second. I'll post them both together either later this evening or in the morning. :)
I'll be done with mine soon
Mama's FFS Completion Post
Task #4 ~ Stop #30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
Book: War 4* ✔️ 10/2
Pages: 502 pages
Qualifications: Chest exposed on the cover
Review: So, picture the Dothraki & (view spoiler) from GOT. Oh yes, Khal Drogo was my War! 😍
God was he ever sexy! & Terrifying & All. The Things. He was so loving towards her.
I love that this was a new take on the horsemen. It wasn't a total different part of the world and it was a total new message. This message was for both of them. I loved their back-and-forth banter and this book had some of my favorite quotes. The only thing wrong with it was I feel like it went on too long. Seriously, it was over 500 pages!
Fave quotes...
"Loss," he says. He's quiet for a moment. "It's one of the most common aspects of war, and yet I've never experienced it."
"You better hope you never do," I say thinking of my family all over again.
Loss is a wound that never heals. Never never never. It's scabs over, and for a time you can almost forget it's there, but then something– a smell, a sound, a memory - will split that wound– a smell, a sound, a memory - will split that wound wide open right open, and you'll be reminded again that you're not whole. That you'll never fully be whole again.
"My brothers and I can all do the opposite of our powers – Pestilence can spread sickness and cure it. Famine can destroy crops and grow them. Death can give and take life at will." War pauses. "I can injure... and I can heal."
I don't know what to say to that I think my mind is being blown right now. They were all tasks to end Humanity ... but they were also given the tools to save it.
"I still hate you," I say, without any heat. Mostly because I need to remind myself.
I draw those words around me like a cloak.
The corner of his mouth curves up. "I'm aware," he says. 🤣🤣🤣
Never watched or read GOT, but I know that actor from Stargate Atlantis. lol
Plethora wrote: "Never watched or read GOT, but I know that actor from Stargate Atlantis. lol"IDK he was in that but I know Jason Mamoa was new Aquaman too! Rawr! 😍😍😍😍😍
Anybody read any IAD by Kresley Cole since April?
I might have - actually pretty sure I have.
Completion PostTask: 4 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
Book/cover link: In the Ruins
Page numbers with source: 356 per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Cover: Naked chest
Date Completed: (9/30)
Rating: ★★★★★
Loving this series! This world is so interesting in its' sci-fi elements as well as the powers that Splice forces on the Metahumans it creates. I really loved seeing Jamie and Kyle get to have a little more of a relationship outside of the close knit nature of the team as they still have to hide their relationship from their bosses at MDF. But this mission allows them to pretend to be together as part of their cover so if the rest of the MDF thinks it's fake at least they can have those real moments together.
This books builds on the first really well. Terrorists around the world are attempting to use Splice to build their own forces of Metahumans with whatever humans they can get their hands on, not always willingly. The MDF really needs to find out where they're developing the chemical so they can shut down these efforts. Jamie's family history is just the sort of rich, prominent family background that seems to tempt these criminals and may just give them the inroads they need to find out exactly what's going on. Of course it means Jamie taking on a persona he hasn't participated in in years, since going the military and then MDF.
I can't wait for the next book in this series. I love seeing how this story grows and more elements of the criminal underworld are exposed by the action of Jamie, Kyle and their team. They're a fun group and their banter is always entertaining.
Shelby wrote: "I might have - actually pretty sure I have."Awesome! I will ck out your read Shelf again
Completion PostTask: 4 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
Book/cover link: Tight Quarters
Page numbers with source: 336 per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Cover: Naked chest
Date Completed: (10/1)
Rating: ★★★★
So I didn't love the first half of this story and the relationship development of these two. The age gap between Bacon and Spencer didn't really seem all that relevant at least, it just felt a little awkward while they were out on the mission. Somehow the tension and frustration of the situation for Bacon just didn't feel like a sexual tension building as well. I felt his frustration about begin stuck on the outside with the team more than any real attraction to Spencer.
Now once they broke through that into trying to work on a relationship the book got much better. I liked watching them work out how they were going to make a relationship work between an active duty Seal and a reporter. They were a good couple and even the eventual struggles they had worked in a pigheaded male sense.
Happy to keep reading this series. :)
Sorry ladies. I'm working on my book now. I need to get a book done before I start this next one. OMG!!!! Jason Mamoa!!!! I LOVE HIM!!!!! Thanks for the pictures Mama ;-)
Completion Post Task: 4 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.
Book/cover link: Fake It for Me
Page numbers with source: 258
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Cover: Naked chest
Date Completed: (10/3)
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
This was a cute story.
Bella finally got to go away even if it was for an internship but what she got was a lot more. Not only did she show how talented she was but is in Greece!
Adrian is the rich boy who isn't trusting when it comes to women because he believes they're only dating him for his money and it doesn't help that his mom is always trying to play matchmaker.
These two characters seem like a perfect match when it comes to team work but as their relationship progresses, they both seem at odds about the elephant in the room
So are we done with the 6 now. I've lost track.lol
Here is Task 5:26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
The books you choose for this task need to be about shifters, shapeshifters or were-somethings. The qualification can come from the title, precis, tags or lists. Please remember to tell me how you know the book qualifies, with links and other pertinent Information as necessary - I need to know where to look to confirm your books. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.
Team Completion Post
Task 5: 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Total pages: 283 + 282 + 346 + 401 = 1,312
Carmen - Post
Mamacita - Post
Plethora - Post
Shelby - Post
Now it's me. I need to get my current book done before I start this next one. We're so THAT Team huh. 
This no notifications from GR kinda sucks. But i did pick my book. But not on audio. :(
Completion PostTask: 5 - 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Book/cover link: The Omega Objection
Page numbers with source: 317 per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: MPG: Shapeshifters
Date Completed: (10/5)
Rating: ★★★★★
So it'd been so long since I read the first book in this series I thought I'd skim it and catch myself up before reading this one. Yeah, I remembered nothing and this magic/shifter world is completely different than any other and all too quickly I got sucked into the book so basically read the entire thing so that I could read this one.
Gotta say I am so happy I read this book now. I had forgotten how good the first book was when it came out and really happy I came back to this. I loved this book. I love this whole pack. Tank is such a sweetie and Isaac is unique in what he is. There was so much to love about this story. The information about Isaac's past is slowly revealed over the course of the story and even when you suspect some of what's coming there was a lot to learn about how he got to be how he was. Tank's slow steady presence and his wish to be nothing more than what Isaac needed was just so lovely. I found this story to be touching in just how much everyone needed that little extra care that Isaac could provide, but that Isaac probably needed what Tank gave him even more.
I really enjoyed every element of this story, from Isaac learning to trust in Tank to giving his pack a chance. I loved his introduction to the pack and how Alec handled everything. I want to jump into the next book immediately! This was just such fun and the characters are all really great. The world building is different and makes the things interesting instead of this being just another shifter world.
Completion Post Task 5 - Stop 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Book: Midnight Kisses
Author: Leia Stone
Qualifies : shifters of all kinds are in the story
Read: 10/06/20
Pages: 283
Rated: 4 stars
Review: A shifters island for all shifters except Nai and her family. Not sure why exactly but damn when you find out! I can't wait to find out what's next since this ended with a shock for sure. I really enjoyed the twist and turns in this book but there's still more I need to know. LOL
Completion PostTask 5
26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Fits: Book featuring shifters.
MPG: Paranormal > Shapeshifters
and from precis Pepper discovers a Shifter Wolf is closer than she thought.
Book: Witches' Secrets
Author: Morgana Best
Pages: 282 (GR pages for Kindle edition)
Read: 10/08/2020
Rating: 4
Review: I'm having fun with this new cozy series I found. The MC had just learned in book 1 she is a vampire by blood and has no idea what the paranormal world has to offer. As she tries to navigate finding out about Vampires and Shifter Wolves from her aunts who don't like to be forthcoming with information there is yet another murder to solve at the B&B she is helping her aunts revive.
Mama's FFS Completion Post
Task #4 ~ Stop #26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Book: The Mane Event 3.5* ✔️10/8
Pages: 401 pages
Qualifications: Mace is a Lion Shifter
MPG Tagged Shape-shifters
Review: 3.5*
This book had two parts. The first part was about mace and Dez. The second part was about Ronnie and Shaw.
I really liked Mace & Dez. Ronnie & Shaw were kinda Meh. I can't wait for the next book because it's going to be about Mace's BFF, Smitty. I love that southern boy. And his sister, Sissy Mae, Oh. My. Lanta! She is a hoot & a Half so I can't wait to get to her book too.
Shelby wrote: "Completion PostTask: 5 - 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Book/cover link: The Omega Objection
Page numbers with source: 346 per GR
How book qualified..."
Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count - thanks!
~grumble, grumble - more books added to the pile - grumble~
I'm not waiting for corrections - yet, but it is coming soon! Here is Task 6:18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
The books you choose need to be tagged as 'favorite' or 'favorites' - that is the only qualification that works for this task. Please include the page number and number of tags in your completion post along with a link to the top shelves page with your qualifying tag. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count!
MountainKat wrote: "Shelby wrote: "Completion PostTask: 5 - 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Book/cover link: The Omega Objection
Page numbers with source: 346 per GR
How..."
Fixed. Sorry about that. I need to do a better job tracking which challenges require a specific edition posted. I'm a horrible person who generally just posts whatever the first edition on the list is. Come on GR - do a better job and tell us in the little dropdown what each edition is so we don't have to go fishing. :-p
Well I've got Chain of Gold to read so I might as well read it towards this. Thus no one else needs to worry about page counts. Read what you like guys. :)
Shelby wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Shelby wrote: "Completion PostTask: 5 - 26. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books featuring shifters.
Book/cover link: The Omega Objection
Page numbers with so..."
I am less concerned about which edition is linked, only that the page count you use is correct. 😊 Don't stress about the link - I almost always have to check the editions anyway. The only time it really matters is if you need a specific edition for the qualification - something on the cover or a foreign language edition.
Team Completion Post
Task 6: 18. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Total pages: 233 + 503 + 256 + 304= 1,256
Carmen Post
Mamacita - Post
Plethora - Post
Shelby - Post
Mama's FFS Completion Post
Task #6 ~ Stop #18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Book: Heart Recaptured 4* ✔️ 10/12
Pages: 503 pages
Qualifications: tagged favorites by 330 peeps
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Review: This ReRead of KY & Li was much better this time around. Lilah didn't get on my nerves as much this time. IMHO this is the worst book of the series and this is one of my favorite series ever.
Completion Post Task #6 - 18: Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Book: The Wife
Author: Meg Wolitzer
Read: 10/12/20
Rated : 3 stars
Pages: 233
Qualifies: Tagged favorite 56 times
Review: Joe was a lying, cheating, jerk. Not sure how Joan stayed with him that long but I guess when someone tries to believe that things will get better when everyone around her knows that it will never change. I wasn't sure whether to scream or yell "leave the jerk!" Joan was definitely strong for her children to the end. She never let anyone see what she was feeling except that one moment and wow I bet she was expecting the warmth and understanding. In the end, I think Joe got what he deserved.
Mamacita you need to change your task info to Task #6 - 18: Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Mamacita you need to change your task info to Task #6 - 18: Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'."Done
Have you heard from Shelly & Plethora?
Completion PostStop 6
Task 18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Book: Latte Trouble
Author: Cleo Coyle
Pages: 256 (first Kindle edition pages on GR)
Fits: Tagged Favorites 6 times
Read: 10/14/2020
Rating: 3.5
Review: Another solid entry into this series. This is an earlier one, I've read much later in the series as well. I always wish Madame would play a bigger role, as she just cracks me up. This one still has her just flittering with the local detective and trying to break from the ex that likes to throw on the charm that snagged her to begin with. As always Claire finds herself trying to clear someone's name that she knowns has to be innocent and finds herself skirting around danger.
Hey ladies your completion post needs to include the # of tags...
Plethora wrote: "Hey ladies your completion post needs to include the # of tags..."Thx
So since we have our 750 Pages do we need to wait until all team members have checked in with their completion post? Not sure how this part works
Ok ok. Here’s the late comer to tell us about our mistakes. Hahahaha 😘
Mamacita wrote: "So since we have our 750 Pages do we need to wait until all team members have checked in with their completion post? Not sure how this part works"I believe we do.
Each teammate will need to participate in each task, but may take a pass for one task during the course of the challenge. For some tasks, no passes will be allowed. Completions posts will need to be made when finishing each book for a task, similar to the PtP and Bachelor Challenges. A player will be removed if they make no comment for 5 days after a new task is assigned or 3 days after the rest of the team completes the task (whichever is later), despite attempts to make contact. It is the team's responsibility to notify the host (me) if a teammate fails to complete the task in a timely manner or otherwise goes missing!
Shelby must be busy in the Restaurant.... we can nudge her.
Completion PostTask: 6 - 18. Read over 750 pages in books tagged/shelved with 'favorite'.
Book/cover link: Atonement
Page numbers with source: 304 per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Tagged - Favorites 26 times
Date Completed: (10/15)
Rating: ★★★★★
You know I have really just one big complaint with this series at this point...why does everything have to be with a big huge age gap? Seems like every book in this series at this point has one and I'm never really sure why. That being said I did enjoy this book a lot. Dante and Magnus were a good balance for each other and I felt for both men and the trauma they'd had in their pasts.
This story had less of the suspense elements than some of the others. Sure Dante was ostensibly there to protect Magnus from any potential threats as he testified in a high profile case. His last act as a Texas Ranger before moving officially to Seattle. But ultimately that threat felt more like an excuse to have Dante tag along so this story could happen. This story was really about both men dealing with and moving forward from their pasts. Dealing with both loss and hope.
I liked these two and how they worked through things. Accepting something good in his life wasn't easy for Dante. He really struggles to believe that he is deserving of anything and that he shouldn't be punished for something that wasn't even his fault. Magnus' struggle is more with coming to terms with the idea of being attracted to a guy, and to moving on from his daughter's death.
I'm looking forward to continuing the series. Think I'm finally getting close to the "end" of the published books in the greater world as a whole.
Plethora wrote: "Shelby must be busy in the Restaurant.... we can nudge her."Sorry, yeah I was. And that's right back where I'm headed. Sooooooooooooooooo many more dishes to create so we don't waste any of the books we read.
I've checked us in so now we wait for the next task.
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