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TART Challenge2 - Speedy Spine Crackers (6)
Completion: Task 2
The Decadent GiftPages: 250 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/17/20
Task: Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. (our team chose Lauren Blakely)
How it fits: Written by author Lauren Blakely
Rating: *4 STARS*
I liked this one. Jake and Kate were wonderfully dirty together. I wish the other characters who got little side stories could have gotten a bit more love, but I enjoyed it over all. I also loved how at the end of the audio we see how more of these characters (in other series) are connected. I didn't realize that.
There are supposed to be a couple of more books in this series that are coming out. I look forward to listening to those as well.
Hey guys just FYI a hirricane has started this eve we are due to be in the eye of it tommorow... by sunday eve monday it will have passed so if you dont hear anything from me its due to power cuts ect, hopefiully its not bad but if it is i should be back wth you by monday x
Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Hey guys just FYI a hirricane has started this eve we are due to be in the eye of it tommorow... by sunday eve monday it will have passed so if you dont hear anything from me its due to power cuts ..."Hope all is ok. That must be scary. Xx
So sorry to hear that, Laura - please stay safe.
Completion Post - Task 21. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Selected Author: Lauren Blakely
The Sexy One by Lauren Blakely
Pages: 270 (GR)
Date Completed; 9/17/2020
How it qualifies: Book written by Lauren Blakely
Rating: 3⭐️
Cute story - no drama at all, not that that is necessarily a bad thing, but I felt like there needed to be something more than just watching them swoon over each other for half the book, then immediately get together with no conflict.
so what are you hoping for for the next task?I am personally looking forward to having something a little less specific than a date or author.
The only one that I really don't want though is male author. I don't read enough of those for it to be easy for me to pick.
Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "Hey guys just FYI a hirricane has started this eve we are due to be in the eye of it tommorow... by sunday eve monday it will have passed so if you dont hear anything from me its due to power cuts ..."I hope things don't get too bad, Laura. Stay safe!
Sassafrass wrote: "so what are you hoping for for the next task?I am personally looking forward to having something a little less specific than a date or author.
The only one that I really don't want though is ma..."
I will finish my book later on tonight for me. Work has been pretty hectic this week with a lot of early starts and late finishes as i had a deadline to meet for this morning. I worked until midnight last night so read 3 pages and fell asleep. Im hoping to finish sharper today and get caught up.
Im not looking forward to a male author either, although i need to check the rules - is there the requirement for romance as a MPG? If not that makes it slightly easier.
Oh sorry, Hazel, please don't think this is rush. CB will tell you. This is just what I do. I'm always thinking of the next book! LOLMKat the book doesn't have to be romance but it does have to Fiction. so that does open things up.
Male author is my least favorite potential task as well - now that we have all said that, though, it’s sure to come up for us! 😂If I remember correctly, it does not require MPG Romance, which as you said, Hazel, does at least make it a little easier.
hey guys no electricity still this is the last bit of battery on phone..... yea the hurricane has messed up the island the school has been smashed up and houses it's moved on from us now and is in northern greece but it may take a while to get electricity pylons back up
Laura..devouring books like crumpets wrote: "hey guys no electricity still this is the last bit of battery on phone..... yea the hurricane has messed up the island the school has been smashed up and houses it's moved on from us now and is in ..."That’s rubbish. At least you are safe!
Completion Post - Task 21. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Selected Author: Lauren Blakely
Book:
Read:19 September
Rating: 3⭐️
Review: Reeve an aspiring actor and Sutton a casting director get put together in a fake fiancé scenario. She would never fall for an actor but needs to pretend to have a fiancé to get the shot at the next big film. Reeve has nothing better to do and needs the cash. Entertaining short read with some humorous sections.
Hope you get electricity back soon, Laura.
Hazel wrote: "Completion Post - Task 21. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Selected Author: Lauren Blakely
Book:
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Please add the Kindle edition page count to your completion. Thanks!
Here is Task 3:6. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
The number of reviews is on the main book page under the title. Please include the number of reviews of your chosen book in your completion post.
Glad you made it safely through Laura, hope you get electricity back quickly!!
REPOST Completion Post - Task 2
1. Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task. Selected Author: Lauren Blakely
Book:
Pages: 202
Read:19 September
Rating: 3⭐️
Review: Reeve an aspiring actor and Sutton a casting director get put together in a fake fiancé scenario. She would never fall for an actor but needs to pretend to have a fiancé to get the shot at the next big film. Reeve has nothing better to do and needs the cash. Entertaining short read with some humorous sections.
Oh, I was getting really scared because I read the task as ratings not reviews...
Sassafrass wrote: "Oh, I was getting really scared because I read the task as ratings not reviews..."I did that too and panicked! 😂
The book I picked for PtP this week will actually work for this task as well -
by Ella Summers, I love this series. Only 64 reviews.
Completion: Task 3
Delivered with a KissPages: 345 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/19/20
Task: Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews
How it fits: Has 35 reviews
Rating: *4 STARS*
I really enjoyed this one. Smith has been intriguing to me since he beginning of the series. We've gotten snippets of his life before he came to Vets on the Go and it was so sad. It made sense how surly he was. I've been wanting his story and more importantly to know the woman who could put up with his grumpy ass.
I loved the Erin didn't let Smith intimidate her. She was so much stronger than she gave herself credit for. I loved their chemistry and the way they cared for those around them.
I was sad for Smith but so hopeful. I was glad that he got a family in the end. I just wish there had been more of epilogue. Is this the end of the series? I'll be sad if it is but it did end on high note.
Do you think I should read another book and give Laura a pass for this one since she's got the power outage?
hey guys I finished one if someone can do me a completion post89 reviews, pumpkin everything by Beth labonte....
sweet book where granddaughter travels to look after her grandad while reconnect omg with the one that got away.
3.5 stars
Hey Laura! Wow, without power and still competing in challenges! Impressive!!I'll post for you. :)
COMPLETION TASK FOR LAURA: Task 3
Pumpkin EverythingPages: 194 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/20/20
Rating: 3.5 STARS
Sweet book where granddaughter travels to look after her grandad while reconnect omg with the one that got away.
Sassafrass wrote: "COMPLETION TASK FOR LAURA: Task 3 Pumpkin EverythingPages: 194 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/20/20
Rating: 3.5 STARS
Sweet book where grandda..."
thanks hun im back online!!!!!! yay!!! i have a cracked Kindle, and sfter using all the power in phone and (new) kindle... that book was the only one that i had on the cracked kindle with battery.... so lucky accident really......
Completion task 3Book:
Pages: 280 pages as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 20 September 2020
Rating: 4 ⭐️
How it qualifies: Has 235 reviews
Review: Following the second generation of the Gentry family. Cami dreams of being a journalist but when her internship falls through she takes a job at a spa on a big resort. She experiences the lightning strike of insta love with former baseball player turned club manager Dalton.
Completion Post - Task 36. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers
Pages: 361 (GR)
Date Completed; 9/20/2020
How it qualifies: Book currently has 64 reviews
Rating: 3.5⭐️
Another solid entry in the Legion of Angels series, although admittedly not one of my favorites. I love the relationship between Leda and Nero, and having a fake fight between them for half the book that one of them didn’t know was fake, even if it was for their protection, I found annoying. I also love Leda’s ingenuity and corresponding chaos, especially in the face of all the other rule-following angels, but didn’t see as much as it in this book, especially with the villain at the end. Great ending to the book, though, which has me very excited for the next installment in the series.
Team Completion Post - Task 36. Read 4 books with fewer than 500 reviews.
Sassafrass - Message 78
Laura - Message 82
Hazel - Message 84
CB - Message 85
I have posted our team completion in the Q&A thread 👍
I've got you complete for this task and will assign Task 4 tomorrow. 😊Glad you are back Laura!!
Here is Task 4:21. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
You can use any edition's cover to qualify your book, but remember to use the first edition Kindle edition for your page count. Please post your qualifying cover in your completion post.
Completion: Task 4
PotentialPages: 169 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/22/20
Task: Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
How it fits: night sky with moon on cover
Rating: *2.5 STARS*
This was ok. I liked the premise of the story, but I wasn't extremely fond of the execution. A lot of the dialogue was cheesy and made me eye roll, but I thought it was sweet overall.
I got this through audible escape and the one in the series is not free and I didn't like enough to pay for it.
Completion Post - Task 421. Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
Vampire Moon, by J.R. Rain
Pages: 262 (GR)
Date Completed; 9/23/2020
How it qualifies: Moon and night sky on the cover I read
Rating: 3.5⭐️
I like this series, it’s a fun twist on the whole idea of being turned into a vampire against your will, so now what do you do? For Samantha Moon, former federal agent and soccer mom, you become a private detective who can work those late nights. And the cases she deals with tend to be interesting, which is good, especially as I can see where the new cases in each book will help to keep the stories fresh. Seeing Sam evolve in the series is what I really enjoy so far, although it took way too long for her to deal with her scumbag ex-husband and the issue with the kids. This is not a deep series, more of a light UF read, but sometimes that’s exactly what you want. 3.5 stars.
It was tougher to find a book with a night sky on it than I thought it would be!
agreed! I tell you when I'm looking for it, I can never find it!
Completion: Task 4
Pages: 231 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/24/20
Task: Each teammate reads a book with a night sky on the cover, no pass for this task.
How it fits: night sky with moon on cover
Rating: *3*
I enjoyed the way it was written and it was refreshing to read about a different type of paranormal Sup Banshee books are not as common.... it seemed YA but had adult aspects too...... Becoming a Banshee on her 18th birthday our MC finds out the family shes tied to shriek for is that of the love interest......
Completion task 4Book:
Pages: 225 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 24 September
Rating: 1⭐️
Review: From this book I can understand why mature individuals can’t read YA books. I don’t normally mind them but I struggled with this from the beginning. The MC is able to hear people’s thoughts and she moves to a new town with her mother, sister, step father and step siblings. She finds out she is descended from a faction of angels from the boy she falls in love with after 2 seconds. There is a lot of immature behaviour mixed with little plot about other factions trying to kill her. I won’t be continuing with the series.
Completion tracking task 4Sassafrass Completion post
CB Completion post
Laura Completion post
Hazel Completion post
Your review made me laugh - I can’t read YA either, Hazel!
CB wrote: "Your review made me laugh - I can’t read YA either, Hazel!"I’ve read some good YA /NA books but they tend to have a darker twisty or fantasy element. This was 15/16 year olds! She couldn’t go on a family trip because she had her period and moaned about it for 3 pages 😂
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Each player reads a book by the same author, teams decide author - no pass for this task.
Selected Author: Lauren Blakely
One Night Only - Lauren Blakely
Pages: 208 (kindle)
Date completed: 9/17/20
How it fits: written by Lauren Blakely
Rating: 3 STARS
I loved the interaction between Callum and Ivy, the whole story is about Ivy's fantasies really... so not much else to tell....
The narrators were brilliant... but i recently read the engagement gift by the same Author and it was almost the same story.......
Still was a decent quick read... will definately keep an eye out for the Narrators!