TART Challenge2 - Book Babes (11)

[AliciaJ]

So I checked our list because it was so long ago I had forgotten which town we picked, it looks like we’re going with London, which is awesome because I have tons of books set there. Yay! 😃

[Laura]

Hehe, I love double posts😜

I was really hoping I'd get a chance to read this Kiss of Steel for the next task. Hooray it fits. Looking forward to reading this one.

[Megan]

I'll read To Have and Hate tagged donna-alam-love-in-london

These books are always interestingly tagged

[Laura]

Megan wrote: "I'll read To Have and Hate tagged donna-alam-love-in-london

These books are always interestingly tagged"

Interesting cover too😘 It's a bit drool worthy!!

[AliciaJ]

It’s soooo good. You’re in for a real treat with this one 😊

[AliciaJ]

I haven’t had a chance to go through my books yet, home school just finished a little bit ago. I’ll pick something this afternoon and get started.

[AliciaJ]

Ok, I'm going to read The Princess Plan by Julia London.

[Laura]

Completion post- task 13

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.

London- set in Megan's hometown

Pages: 448 kindle edition
Read: Oct 8
Qualifies: Set in London, see setting on main book page- London is Megan's hometown
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I wanted to read this series based on Alicia's review of a book higher in this series. I quite enjoyed the elements of paranormal, fantasy, historical romance and steampunk. I think the author did a fantastic job meshing all these genres together. Great attraction and tension between the two main characters. Looking forward to continuing this series.

[Megan]

Completion post- task 13

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.

London- set in Megan's hometown
To Have and Hate
Read: 9th October
Pages: 368
Qualifies: Set in London (my hometown) tagged donna-alam-love-in-london by 1 user (not me)
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This was pretty good. Better than I expected it to be.
I liked Beckett hes a complicated character and I don't think hes developed enough really.
Olivia I wasn't sure about. She was a little too bitchy and just seemed a bit unaware of everything. Felt a little odd.

[AliciaJ]

Completion Post - Task 13

53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.

London- set in Megan's hometown

The Princess Plan
Read: 10/9
Pages: 400
Rating: 2 Stars
Qualifies: from precis: "Nothing gets the tongues of London’s high society wagging like a good scandal."
Review: Well, that was a short-lived reprieve. I hit on another one that didn't work for me. Other people may enjoy heroines who are rude, obnoxious, flighty, etc. but that's not my preference. I tried really hard to like Eliza, but when a prince from a foreign country is standing in your living room asking for your father, and you can't be bothered to help him, instead you send him away with a flea in his ear...well, suffice to say it was a struggle for me from that point on. I did finish it, and there were some good moments. I really did like Sebastian, the prince. And that's about all I can say about this one. ☹️

[AliciaJ]

Since I'm last, I'll go ahead and update.

[AliciaJ]

Team Completion Post

Task 13
53. Each teammate reads a book set in one of your teammates' home town (born in, raised in, currently live in - all work), teams decide. No pass for this task.

London- set in Megan's hometown

✅Laura: Kiss of Steel: Completion Post
✅Megan: To Have and Hate: Completion Post
✅Alicia: The Princess Plan: Completion Post

[AliciaJ]

Ok, I'm heading out to visit a friend who is very ill, so I may not be back on tonight. If not, I'll check in with ya'll tomorrow. Have a good night! 😊

[Laura]

Thanks Alicia!
Oh no, speedy recovery wishes to your friend.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I have you marked complete and will assign your next task as soon as I get to the computer tomorrow. 😊

[AliciaJ]

Laura wrote: "Thanks Alicia!
Oh no, speedy recovery wishes to your friend."

Thanks Laura 😊

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is Task 14:

33. Read 6 5 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.

As a team select a sub-genre and read five books in that sub-genre. Please include the selected sub-genre in your completion posts.

[AliciaJ]

Our sub-genre is contemporary. I picked Before the Call by Emma Alcott, from
Best M/M Contemporary Books of 2020

[Megan]

Hope your friend is getting better Alicia!

[Megan]

I'm reading The Real Deal MPG Contemporary

[Laura]

I'm reading One Hundred Excuses

There aren't a lot of tags so I took a screenshot just in case😆

[AliciaJ]

Megan wrote: "Hope your friend is getting better Alicia!"

Thank you. I appreciate your good wishes and thoughts. I'm sad to say that he passed away today. It's been a hard day, as you can imagine. I'm not sure what tomorrow will be like, but I expect that I'll be spending most of the day with his wife and helping her take care of things. I'll try to post as soon as I can.

[Laura]

That's sad. Sincere condolences to you, Alicia.

Don't worry about fhe task. If you need to use the pass, then let's use it and you look after your friend and yourself. Hugs, Alicia.

[Megan]

I'm so sorry Alicia. You're a good friend.

[AliciaJ]

Megan wrote: "I'm so sorry Alicia. You're a good friend."

Laura wrote: "That's sad. Sincere condolences to you, Alicia.

Don't worry about fhe task. If you need to use the pass, then let's use it and you look after your friend and yourself. Hugs, Alicia."

Thank you. Laura, that’s a good idea, I will go ahead and pass this time. That way I don’t hold you guys up and I can read the book I picked when I can concentrate better. Megan, thank you. I really appreciate you both so much for your kindness and support ❤️

[Megan]

Completion Post Task 14:

33. Read 6 5 books in the same sub-genre, teams decide.
The Real Deal
Read: 11th October
Pages: 366
Rating: 4 stars
Qualifies: MPG Contemporary Romance
Review: This was an addictive book. I enjoyed the romance between these two and then I really enjoyed the side story was really quite interesting.

[Laura]

Sorry busy weekend with not much time for reading. I'm almost finished my book and will finish in the morning

[Megan]

I'm moving on to The Wild One Tagged MPG Contemporary

[Laura]

Completion post - task 14

33. Read 5 books in the same sub- genre, teams decide.
Sub genre- contemporary romance

Read: Oct 12
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 211 kindle edition
Qualifies: sub genre - contemporary romance
Review: This is my second book from this series and both books were read out of order but that didn't take away from the sweetness of this story. Marina and her daughter both get a second chance at happiness with the sheriff of Aspen Cove. Kellyn is a sweetie and definitely added to this story. I liked how Marina finally stood up for herself and was empowered.

[Laura]

Megan, the sub genre is the genre after the little arrow on the main book page with all the main page genres. Currently, our two finished books don't qualify but if we switch our sub genre to contemporary romance both our books fit plus your next one that you have picked out. We would both just have to edit our completion posts to fix why they qualify. Does that work for you? ( since we are using a pass for Alicia I didn't think she would mind)
I'm on the hunt for another book to start!

[Megan]

Laura wrote: "Megan, the sub genre is the genre after the little arrow on the main book page with all the main page genres. Currently, our two finished books don't qualify but if we switch our sub genre to conte..."

Sounds good to me Laura. I hadn't noticed that.

[Megan]

Laura wrote: "Completion post - task 14

33. Read 5 books in the same sub- genre, teams decide.


Read: Oct 12
Rating: 3 stars
Pages: 211 kindle edition
Qualifies: sub ge..."

Glad you liked this. Her other books in this series are pretty similar - I've liked them so far and I'm up to book 8, they're just easy to read.

[Laura]

Ok, great, I edited my post so the qualification is correct. So far I like The Aspen Cove series. I would like to go back and read book 1.
I started the last book in the Buchanan series I was reading that fits the contemporary romance sub genre task.

[Megan]

The Wild One
Read: 12th October
Pages: 251
Rating: 3 stars
Qualifies: MPG sub genre Contemporary Romance
Review: So although I thought this was OK I wasn't bowled over by this.
I think its the way they meet. Her friend trying to get her into a threesome which wasn't sordid it sounds worse than it is but it just didn't start it off the right way.
Her friend is pretty good, encouraging and I liked that about her. I thought Wren herself was quite strong and I liked her ethics for her family. The end few chapters were also a little strange not bad but strange.

[Megan]

Ok going to read A Ruthless Proposition for our last book :-) hoping to get it done before I go to bed tonight

[Laura]

I finished and will post my book after I eat and walk my dog.

[Megan]

A Ruthless Proposition
Read: 12th October
Pages 328
Qualifies: MPG Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3 stars
Review:This was very emotional!!
I didn't like Dante at first. He is rude and to be honest it just didn't make me like him at all but he did grow on me.
Her brother is also a bit of a jerk. For god sake she needed him and he was all butt hurt she slept with his mate. Very weird.
This romance was pretty good in the end.

[Laura]

Completion post - task 14

33. Read 5 books in the same sub- genre, teams decide.
Sub genre- contemporary romance


pages: 384 kindle edition
rating: 3 stars
read: Oct 12
qualifies: sub genre- contemporary romance
review: I thought this book was a nice ending to this 4 book series. Dani finds out in previous books that her father is actually a senator running for president. She does meet him and it doesn't go quite how she expected. She falls for the senator's adopted son and there are a few bumps along the way that all get sorted out by the end of the book. I 'm glad Dani finally realized that family doesn't have to be your blood relations! Cute book with a HEA.

[Laura]

All checked in:-)

[AliciaJ]

I wanna thank you both for taking on this task. I haven’t been able to sit and read at all for the past few days, so I really appreciate you guys taking this one. But I’ll be back online again starting tomorrow, so I’ll be ready for our next task. 😊

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is Task 15:

94. Read 6 5 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.

The books you select for this task need to be initially published in sequential years - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 for example. You can select any years, but they must be sequential with no years skipped. For this task, use the initial publication date, If there is one listed on the editions page use that, otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition.

Glad things are getting back to normal Alicia, so sorry for the loss. Way to work together as a team. 😊

[Megan]

Looks like I'd picked 2019 so I guess we need 2020, 2018, 2017 and 2016?

"94. Read 6 books published in sequential years, teams decide years

2014-2020
Megan: 2019"

The book I've picked up is One Hundred Ways 2019

[Laura]

I think Alicia and I left our options open. I'll take 2020- Every Step She Takes

2020- Laura
2019- Megan
2018- Alicia
2017- Alicia
2016- Laura

[Laura]

AliciaJ wrote: "I wanna thank you both for taking on this task. I haven’t been able to sit and read at all for the past few days, so I really appreciate you guys taking this one. But I’ll be back online again star..."

You are welcome. Glad we could help in this small way. Welcome back!!

[Megan]

Always happy to help like that! Real life stuff happens! Glad you can start getting back to normal.

Speaking of that, my grandads funeral is tomorrow. I'll probably be able to check GR during the day at moments but I doubt I'll get anything read. I'll try and get my book done before tonight & I'm ok to pick up another one once Alicia has picked a year but I doubt I'll get any others done before tomorrow.

[Laura]

You will be in my thoughts and prayers today and tomorrow, Megan.

[Laura]

Completion post- task 15

Read 5 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2016- 2020

Pages: 346
Read: Oct 13
Qualifies: published June 30, 2020
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Another well crafted mystery/suspense from Armstrong. She weaves a suspenseful first chapter that hooks me in and doesn't stop. A few surprises which I didn't see make for a pleasurable read by one of my favorite authors. My only disappointment is that I finished the book.

[AliciaJ]

So I’ll go with 2018 and 2017.

[Laura]

Works perfectly! Since I finished my book I started a book published in 2016 hoping you wouldn't want that one. I should finish tonight, tomorrow at the latest.

[Megan]

Completion post- task 15
Read 5 books published in sequential years, teams decide years.
2016- 2020
One Hundred Ways
Read: 13th October
Pages: 264
Rating: 4 stars
Qualifies: published 15th April 2019
Review: This was a nice book in a good series.
Meg ruined it for me. She was such a stereotype mean girl and that got a little stale quickly. That aside I did like Riley and Luke. They were very well matched personality wise.