TART Challenge2 - The Need to Read (15)

[bamaace83]

Completion Post:

Book: Diamond Fire
Author: Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 10/8/2020
Pages: 160 per kindle goodreads
Rating: 3 Stars

Task: Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy

How it fits: MPG Fantasy

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Team Completion Post

4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.

🟠Cyndee: Tiger Lily - msg 197

🟠bamaace83: Diamond Fire - msg 201

🟠Leslie: Obsidian - msg 193

🟠Keri: The Whitsun Daughters - msg 199

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Maybe we'll get a task outside the single digits this time. LOL! 🤞

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Leslie wrote: "Completion Post ~ 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.


Book: Obsidian
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 294 per Kindle edition Goodreads
Date Rea..."

Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count - thanks!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

bamaace83 wrote: "Completion Post:

Book: Diamond Fire
Author: Ilona Andrews
Date Read: 10/8/2020
Pages: 160 per kindle goodreads

Task: Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy

..."

Please add your rating - thanks!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Cyndee wrote: "Maybe we'll get a task outside the single digits this time. LOL! 🤞"

That would be an adventure wouldn't it!? 😂

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Since I'm not waiting for corrections - yet, here is Task 5:

32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.

The number of ratings is on the main book page under the title. Selected books need to have over 2500 ratings, not reviews. Please include the number of ratings in your completion posts.

[Leslie]

MountainKat wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Completion Post ~ 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.


Book: Obsidian
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 294 per Kindle edition Goo..."

Cyndee...Not sure what I've done wrong here ... 294 is the first edition Kindle listed as far as I can see. Can you take a look and let me know what I should have used?

[Leslie]

MountainKat wrote: "Since I'm not waiting for corrections - yet, here is Task 5:

32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.

The number of ratings is on the main book page under the title. Selected books need to have o..."


I haven't started my Heart Bones yet ... it will work for this task.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Leslie wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Completion Post ~ 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.


Book: Obsidian
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 294 pe..."

There is an edition published in 2011, yours is 2012. The correct page count should be 287. 😊

[Leslie]

MountainKat wrote: "Leslie wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Completion Post ~ 4. Read 4 books tagged/shelved as PNR or fantasy.


Book: Obsidian
Author: [author:Jennifer L. Armentrout|4476934..."

Thank you! I didn't have it sorted right. I thought that was the correct edition. I've updated message 193.

[bamaace83]

Ive got a couple of books that I need to finish before I can start a new one but I’m pretty confident that I can knock out a couple books for this one tomorrow.

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Anna, don't forget to add a rating to your last completion. :D

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Since this task requires 6 books to move on, I can do more than one.

[Leslie]

Cyndee wrote: "Since this task requires 6 books to move on, I can do more than one."

I'm sure I'll be able to read a second book as well.

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Leslie wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "Since this task requires 6 books to move on, I can do more than one."

I'm sure I'll be able to read a second book as well."

Yeah, 2500 ratings isn't all that bad. We'll likely fall into 6 books by accident before a few days have passed. :)

[Keri]

Yay this one is nice because we can all read pretty much whatever we like/ had planned!

And 😮 —32!! Way outside single digits haha 🤣

[bamaace83]

I fixed it. I only have one audio book left that I'm working on but I started it before this. I know that I'll knock out one if not two books tomorrow. Turf wars is short this week and I need to pull my weight.

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bamaace83 wrote: "I fixed it. I only have one audio book left that I'm working on but I started it before this. I know that I'll knock out one if not two books tomorrow. Turf wars is short this week and I need to pu..."

I haven't been doing as much for Turf Wars this time as I did for Australia because I got a little irritated with my team in week one. 😕 It just hasn't been a priority for me since then. I still log everything I'm reading and get as many points as possible, but...

[bamaace83]

Oh that stinks. Last time I played turf wars or maybe it was towers, I can't remember I didn't have a good team on one of those and I almost quit. I think it was turf wars so I totally understand. We have a pretty solid team and it's been interesting to try to figure out what the other two teams are doing. I will say some of these .05 lists are not my thing. I've been doing more spell-outs this turf wars than before. They have been easier to fit all these other challenges that I got myself into.

[Leslie]

bamaace83 wrote: "Oh that stinks. Last time I played turf wars or maybe it was towers, I can't remember I didn't have a good team on one of those and I almost quit. I think it was turf wars so I totally understand. ..."

That is unfortunate. I love my Turf War team. Everyone is so nice, helpful and super supportive of each other. I guess I will appreciate them a bit more tonight.

[bamaace83]

I think all 4 of us might be on opposite teams. It was Cyndee that didn't like hers. Mine is pretty good and maybe slightly crazy....you just never know what's going to happen over there.

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Thanks girls! Keri's on my team for Turf Wars so she saw it all go down. Basically, week 1, I posted in the chat multiple time that I was finishing up a book on the final day and wouldn't be able to check it in until the evening. And when I say multiple, I mean MULTIPLE. I had it in the SS so all I'd have to do is add the completion date. I'd post that I was finishing it up, then someone would ask if I was going to get it done. I'd reply again that YES, as I mentioned just 2 hours before, I will get it done. Then someone asked again, so I just started quoting my own previous post about getting it done. And then when I did get it finished that evening and went to add my completion date, they had completely deleted me from the SS. There were still HOURS left in the round. The whole thing just rubbed me the wrong way so it stopped being a priority. Sounds really petty when I talk about it now, but I was pretty irritated at the time. 😂

[bamaace83]

I would've been irritated too. You should've only had to post once that you were working on it or maybe twice if your threads were running really fast and possibly get missed. Whoever deleted it sure wouldn't want to be on my team. I know our captains are like scrambling to get those last few points in. We like to fly in at the last minute. Like for reals. I will say this time the teams seem pretty balanced. That was one of the things I didn't like the last time I played. It just didn't seem as balanced sometimes.

[Leslie]

bamaace83 wrote: "I would've been irritated too. You should've only had to post once that you were working on it or maybe twice if your threads were running really fast and possibly get missed. Whoever deleted it su..."

I agree....I think the teams are pretty balanced and I think Sandi has done an outstanding job of adjusting Turf Wars each time so it's different, but the same. I keep saying I don't like the listopia's but then I find books on them that I can read.

[Leslie]

Completion Post ~ 5. 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.

Book: Heart Bones
Author: Colleen Hoover
Pages: 338 per Kindle edition Goodreads
Date Read: 9 Oct 2020
Rating: 5 Stars

How it fits: 19,832 ratings

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COMPLETION POST

5. 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.


Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker
Read: 10/10/20
Pages: GR Kindle ~ 170
How if fits: 4,293 ratings
Rating: 4 stars
I can't wait to jump into book two! This was a silly, sweet, and low angst "fake boyfriend" story. It was short but filled with a group of diverse, interesting characters. A nice little escape that had me grinning throughout. Spencer and Andrew are two lovable guys who are great together and I'm looking forward to seeing where their "true" relationship takes them.

[bamaace83]

Finished up the books that I had started before this rolled. I'm about to start a book for this right now.

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COMPLETION POST

5. 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.


The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper
Read: 10/11/20
Pages: GR Kindle ~ 320
How if fits: 6,976 ratings
Rating: 3.5 stars
I'm struggling with how to rate this one. I'm thinking a solid 3.5 stars rounded up. It wasn't quite what I expected because it really focused more on the fictional NASA Orpheus mission to Mars and the manipulation of modern media outlets, NASA's public relations objectives, and social media "influencer" content than on the relationship between Cal and Leon. And that's truly okay with me because that's the story Stamper set out to tell, but every point in this story seemed to be so "surface," for lack of a better explanation. I saw, rather than really felt, the content that should have packed the biggest emotional punches. When the space program experienced losses and setbacks, I should have felt the devastation. Cal and Leon had a charming chemistry that I would have liked to feel developed more. There was discussion of Leon's struggles with depression but I would have like to delve deeper. It was a nice, sweet story and entertaining enough to keep me reading, but it could have stood for more and had a profound, lasting impact had the emotional connections between the reader and the characters been rocketed up a bit (pun intended 😁).

[bamaace83]

COMPLETION POST

5. 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings

Book: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Author: Mariana Zapata
Date Read: 10-11-2020
Pages: 673 per Kindle edition
Rating: 4 Stars

How it fits: 67,225 ratings

I wasn't for sure how I felt about Mr. Aiden at the beginning of the book. I really liked Vanessa. She was so spunky. Aiden totally grew on me, especially after I realized he just coped differently than other people. I really liked this book. I will admit I would've been so mad at Zac if it was me training for a marathon and I walked in and he had a cast on. He may've ended up with more than the cast on. I think this is my first book of hers and now I'm going to need to read a couple more.

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bamaace83 wrote: "COMPLETION POST

5. 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings

Book: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
Author: Mariana Zapata
Date Read: 10-11-2020
Pages: 673 per Kindle ed..."

If you can, listen to them on audio. Callie Dalton does a fantastic job bringing her female characters to life. She's narrates ALMOST all of MZs books.

[bamaace83]

Cool! Let me go see which one I can maybe fit in this week that may still be on audible escape before they take it away from me.

[Leslie]

Completion Post (#2) ~ 5. 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.

Book: Origin
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Pages: 418 per Kindle edition Goodreads
Date Read: 11 Oct 2020
Rating: 5 Stars

How it fits: 88,130 ratings

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Awesome! So we're just waiting on Keri for book #6 and we'll be ready to go!

[bamaace83]

Cool sounds good.

[Keri]

Wow you guys were fast! I’m working on one, getting some reading in now actually.
My audio unfortunately doesn’t have enough ratings yet at only 1698 :/
I’m focusing only on the physical book unless I’m in the car so I get it done faster!!

[Keri]

How do y’all read so fast?!?! I need to learn this skill!!! Any tips welcome :-)

[bamaace83]

Lol, I listen to a mixture of audiobooks and read e-books. I listen on what some people call chipmunk speed. Minimum 2.75 but some books I listen at 3.0. John works every weekend and I'm off so if I don't have any plans I just sit around and read or listen to books on my errands and chores.

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bamaace83 wrote: "Lol, I listen to a mixture of audiobooks and read e-books. I listen on what some people call chipmunk speed. Minimum 2.75 but some books I listen at 3.0. John works every weekend and I'm off so if ..."

This is what I do. I have a long commute as well, so basically, I have an audiobook going for my commute and while I'm doing stuff around my house, then a paper or eBook for when I'm just chilling out.

[Keri]

Sounds similar to what I do but my commute is short right now and work days have been long :/

Less overtime ahead tho the rest of the month which should help.
I’m so sorry this round is taking me so long :/
I’ll be done for sure by Saturday but pushing to finish tomorrow. I keep falling asleep while reading today because I didn’t sleep well last night and work was exhausting.

[bamaace83]

You're totally fine. We've all been there for sure. Audiobooks have totally saved me the past few weeks. We just have been super busy at work also. I'm sitting over here in between patients trying to catch up on some things if I can. I have challenges everywhere that needs attention.

[Keri]

Completion Post

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
Author: Maureen Callahan
Pages: 299 pages (Kindle edition)
Finished: 10/18/2020
Task: Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.
How it fits: 16,474 ratings at time of post
Rating/Review: 3.5 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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Team Completion Post

Task 5: 32. Read 6 books with over 2500 ratings.

🟠Leslie: Heart Bones - msg 226

🟠Cyndee: Spencer Cohen, Book One - msg 227

🟠Cyndee: The Gravity of Us - msg 229

🟠bamaace83: The Wall of Winnipeg and Me - msg 230

🟠Leslie: Origin - msg 233

🟠Keri: American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century - msg 242

[bamaace83]

Cool, I wonder what we are going to get next.

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bamaace83 wrote: "Cool, I wonder what we are going to get next."

Fingers crossed it's something that fits the 5 other books we've got planned this week. 🤞😁

[bamaace83]

Lol, yes, it needs to fit the other books. For reals!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Keri wrote: "Completion Post

[book:American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of..."

Unfortunately, this book does not qualify - it is nonfiction. Books need to be fiction to qualify for this challenge.

Here is what I'm going to do though - I'm going to assign the next task and will allow Keri's book to work for both tasks. As long as it qualifies for both! (Basically make sure whatever book is selected for the next task has over 2500 ratings.) 😊

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is Task 6:

23. Each teammate reads a book that has been read by one of the RRRC moderators. No pass for this task.

There is no time limit or rating requirement for this task, the books selected only need to be on an RRRC moderator's shelves marked as read and rated. Please include a link to the moderator's review or read shelf in your completion post.

[Keri]

MountainKat wrote: "Keri wrote: "Completion Post

[book:American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Ser..."

I am so sorry—I didn’t k lnow that rule! :/ 🤦🏼‍♀️
You don’t even know how much I appreciate your working with us on this—I had a very rough week and felt I was letting my team down taking so long since the two other books I had to read had under 2500 ratings!
Thank you for letting my next book double up and at least now I k ow the rule! That book doubled for another challenge where I needed to read true crime and I never thought to check that in this one since I don’t read nonfiction much!

[bamaace83]

There is no letting us down. We have all had those crazy weeks and we've all been there. I didn't know that rule either so it's good to know. Every now and then I'll read a nonfiction book. I messed up one of my challenges this weekend because of a page count technically so I was right there with you. Thanks MKat for working with us. It's been crazy lately.