TART Challenge2 - We'd Rather be Reading (12)

[Shan ~A~]

Mary C wrote: "I hope it’s ok that I went ahead and did that? There’s only a few days left of the challenge left anyway."

No problem. I just wish I saw it before I wasted my day listening to this book since it wasn't that great, but it's all good.

[Nayara]

Completion Post

Task 21: Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance


Book: When You Are Mine
320 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: MPG Romance
Date completed: 11/04
Rating/Review: 1.5⭐

After reading the precis I already knew this was not for me. The "falling in love for my best friend fiancee" trope will hardly work for me and I'll probably not cheer for the main couple. This is what happened here... nothing between the two protagonists made me like them, and their do-gooders ways only seemed manipulative for me (see... they are good people. You can hate them too much... well, I can certainly try).

So... why do read this book anyway, Nayara? Because I made a lot of bad decisions, that's why. And apparently I like my own suffering (there's a word for that).

[Michaele]

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Task 21: 57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.


Book: Rock Chick Reawakening, Kristen Ashley
207 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: MPG - Romance
Date completed: 11/4
Rating/Review: 5⭐

[Shan ~A~]

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Task 21: 57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.

Book: Dax by Sawyer Bennett
# of pgs: 342 (Kindle 1st Edition)
Finished: 11/04
How it fits: MPG Romance
Rating/Review: 4 stars

[Mary X]

I finished yesterday but got sidetracked and couldn't post.

[Mary X]

Completion Post:
Task 21: 57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.



Fits: MPG Romance
Pages: 336
Rating: 4 stars
Date: 11/4/2020

No surprises here but I didn't expect any. It's exactly what you think it is, a fun shape shifter romance.

[Mary X]

We have 1205 pages so going to submit our completion.

[Mary X]

Team 12: We'd Rather Be Reading submission Post

Task 21: 57. Read over 1000 pages in books that are MPG Romance.

Mary: review
Shan: review
Michaele: review
Nayara: review

[Nayara]

The next task is probably our last :(

[Michaele]

Nayara wrote: "The next task is probably our last :("

Sad! This has been fun.

[Mary X]

Just submitted. People keep making me work at work today. The nerve.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is Task 22:

79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.

As a team, select a romance trope and read 6 books featuring that trope. Remember to let me know how you know the book qualifies - from the precis, title, tags, lists, whatever, but I need to know where to look to confirm your book. Include the selected trope in your completion posts along with any other info or links as necessary.

[Nayara]

I'm good with whenever for this one... I probably can find a book that's going to insterest me in any trope.

Just no love triangles 😂

[Michaele]

Friends to lovers? Enemies to lovers? Crush on best friend's brother/sister or brother/sister's best friend? Sports romance?

I hate love triangles too!

[Nayara]

I have 2 historicals that I was going to read anyway tagged enemies to lovers. I think it's one of the easiest tropes out there.

[Shan ~A~]

I'm good with either of the one Michaele named.

The book I'm currently reading is a Sports Romance, but I have books on my line up for all of the above.

[Mary X]

My vote would be enemies to lovers because I just found a Julia Quinn book on that shelf here and my library has it.

But I could also do another hockey romance for sports.

and I just found a friends to lovers book.

[Michaele]

Looks like enemies to lovers is the best option?

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Task 22: 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. (Enemies to Lovers)

Loathe Thy Neighbor by Teagan Hunter
# of pgs: 252 (Kindle Edition)
How it fits: Enemies to Lovers

[Nayara]

okay! enemies to lovers

[Mary X]

Works for me

[Mary X]

Reading



On the enemies to lovers shel

[Nayara]

Completion Post

Task 22: Read 6 books that have the same romance trope (enemies to lovers)


Book: Someone to Watch Over Me
384 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: tagged enemies to lovers (3 people)
Date completed: 11/06
Rating/Review: 1⭐

Like some others LK book's this one DID NOT aged well. The slut-shaming runs strong, you can see where the story is going early on, and Grant is in my very selected list of worts heros written in the history of mankind.

[Michaele]

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Task 22: Read 6 books that have the same romance trope (enemies to lovers)


Book: Sixty Five Hours, N.R. Walker
174 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: tagged enemies to lovers (70 people - first page)
Date completed: 11/06
Rating/Review: 4⭐

[Michaele]

I've started a second book.

[Nayara]

Me too

[Mary X]

Completion Post:

Task 22: Read 6 books that have the same romance trope (enemies to lovers)



fits: on Goodreads enemies to lover shelf.
pages: 384
rating: 4 stars
Date read: 11/6/2020

Another enjoyable entree in the Bridgerton family saga. I've kind of been reading these out of order. That's one thing I like about this series.

[Mary X]

We're going out to dinner tonight for my daughter's birthday. She turned 23 yesterday. So I'm not likely to get another book in but it looks like that won't be a problem.

[Nayara]

Have fun, Mary!

[Nayara]

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Task 22: Read 6 books that have the same romance trope (enemies to lovers)


Book: A Scot in the Dark
400 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: tagged enemies to lovers (3 people)
Date completed: 11/06
Rating/Review: 2.5⭐

This is probably my least favorite Sarah MacLean so far. Her writing and pace are good as usual, but Lilian and Alex are the most boring couple. The side characters (are the best part and I bet this book would be more fun if it told the story of another Dangerous Daughter.

[Michaele]

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Task 22: Read 6 books that have the same romance trope (enemies to lovers)


Book: Breakaway, Avon Gale
242 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: tagged enemies to lovers (12 people - first page)
Date completed: 11/06
Rating/Review: 5⭐

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post
Task 22: 79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope. (Enemies to Lovers)

Loathe Thy Neighbor by Teagan Hunter
# of pgs: 252 (Kindle Edition)
How it fits: Enemies to Lovers (Shelved 28 times)
Finished: 11/06/2020
Rating: 4 stars

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post

Shan ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nayara ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nayara ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Mary ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Mary X]

Think we’ll get one more?

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your LAST TASK!

Read a book written by an authors whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z). No pass for this task.

Books selected for this task have to be written by authors whose initials are wholly contained in either first half or the second half of the alphabet. You do not have to decide on first half or second half as a team. Each book just needs to fall into one or the other to work. If the author uses a middle name or initial, it must also fall into the same half of the alphabet as initials of the first and last names. Examples of qualifying authors would be Lorelei James, Amy Lane and Nora Roberts. Authors that would not qualify would include J.D. Robb, Sawyer Bennett and Sloane Kennedy. Also Jennifer L. Armentrout would work, but Susan Elizabeth Phillips would not. Each teammate must complete a book that qualifies for the team to complete the task. Additional books will add to the team's page count total in case a tiebreaker is needed. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Oops, I just noticed you shouldn't have gotten this until morning! Go ahead and plan if you want, but please don't start reading until tomorrow. 😊

[Mary X]

Oh good I can finally read A Bad Day For Sunshine.

[Michaele]

Nayara - thank you so much for posting the tracking posts - they have helped me so much! I've been re-reading a lot of books this year and it's hard to keep track of which books I've read for which challenge so I don't repeat something . Seriously, thank you!

[Shan ~A~]

Selection Post
Last Task: Read a book written by an authors whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z). No pass for this task.
The Wrong Man by Delaney Diamond
# of pgs: 222 (Kindle Edition)
How it fits: Author's initials are both in first half of alphabet (A-M)

[Nayara]

Michaele wrote: "Nayara - thank you so much for posting the tracking posts - they have helped me so much! I've been re-reading a lot of books this year and it's hard to keep track of which books I've read for which..."

It was no problem doing it :) I will uptade everything after this task

[Nayara]

Completion Post

Task 23: Read a book written by an author whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z).


Book: The Reinvention of the Rose
191 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: Christina C. Jones (first half of the alphabet)
Date completed: 11/07
Rating/Review: 4⭐

[Mary X]

Completion Post:

Task 23: Read a book written by an author whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z).



fits: Author initials both N-Z

pages: 339
Rating 4 starts
Read: 11/8/2020

[Mary X]

Completion post:

Task 23: Read a book written by an author whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z).



pages: 396

Fits: author initials both A-M
Rating 4 starts
Date read: 11/8/2020

[Michaele]

Completion Post

Task 23: Read a book written by an author whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z).


Book: Complicated, Kristen Ashley
576 pages (Kindle 1st Edition)
How it qualifies: Kristen Ashley (first half of the alphabet)
Date completed: 11/08
Rating/Review: 5⭐

[Michaele]

I tried to pick a long book to help with page count, but it took forever to finish. Hopefully I can finish another before this ends!

[Nayara]

Wait, why the page count is important in this task? Am I missing something?

[Michaele]

Nayara wrote: "Wait, why the page count is important in this task? Am I missing something?"

It'll be used as a tie-breaker. Even if we don't tie for first, it'll be used as a tie breaker for other places in the ranking too.

If I am not mistaken :)

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post
Last Task: Read a book written by an authors whose initials are both in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) or both in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z). No pass for this task.
Book: Wild Fire by Kristen Ashley
# of pgs: 220 (Kindle Edition 1st Edition)
How it fits: Author's initials are both in first half of alphabet (A-M)
Finished: 11/08/2020
Rating: 4 stars

[Shan ~A~]

Completion Post:

Shan ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Michaele ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Mary C ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Mary C ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Nayara ~ https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Shan ~A~]

Before we check in was anyone else reading another book for the page count?