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Lea wrote: "Hope everyone had wonderful Christmas, even though this year might had you celebrating in new ways 🎄⛄️🎄We had great time with a smaller that usually family Christmas Eve celebration. Yesterday we ..."
Sounds like a great way to celebrate! I have always traveled during this time of the year, but it was a nice change to be able to celebrate at home. I spent the first half of the day volunteering at a temple nearby. Spent the evening recovering back from the busy first half lol. My mom and I ate a simple dinner and watched sappy holiday movies.
Aiswrya wrote: "Lea wrote: "Hope everyone had wonderful Christmas, even though this year might had you celebrating in new ways 🎄⛄️🎄We had great time with a smaller that usually family Christmas Eve celebration. Y..."
Sounds like you both had a lovely celebration. My husband and I spent the day cooking mexican christmas food and watching christmas movies. Then the day after we took the dogs for some cross country skiing.
❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link: A Ferry of Bones & Gold
❤️ Page numbers: 406
❤️ How book qualified:
A is for Alibi: tagged "suspense" by 12 users here
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 12/26 4.5 stars
❤️ Book #11
[*book:A Ferry of Bones & Gold|41793518]
Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #6 SH book #3
Jury of One by Charlie Cochrane
📚 242 pages - Kindle edition on GR page.
How it Qualifies:
🌍Abroad - tagged England by 1 person page 1 of tags https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
✏️Acclimate - New to me Author: Charlie Cochrane https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
🔫Alibi - tagged romantic-suspense by 2 people page 1 of tags
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
🍎Apple - from précis Adam is enjoying his final term teaching at Lindenshaw School
📆Date completed: 27 December 20
🌟Rating: 2,5 stars 🌟
[*book:Jury of One|29561973]
How did reading the second book in the series first work out for you Lea?
Gustaf wrote: "How did reading the second book in the series first work out for you Lea?"For the jury of one, it was okay there were small hints to book 1, but it was definitely a stand alone story whereas for The Ladies of Ivy Cottage I would not recommend it, that series is definitely not stand alone books. But luckily the storyline was not to complicated so it was easy enough to catch up.
But I have to say that especially for crime stories that are stand alone I often read out of order 😖 whereas for dramas I prefer to read the correct order and all books in the series at the same time
Lea wrote: "Gustaf wrote: "How did reading the second book in the series first work out for you Lea?"For the jury of one, it was okay there were small hints to book 1, but it was definitely a stand alone sto..."
Yeah you are not wrong about the mystery being stand alone in Jury of One, however I think it's much harder to connect to the MC's if you haven't read book one since there's not much of the relationship going on in Jury of One.
Gustaf wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Lea wrote: "Hope everyone had wonderful Christmas, even though this year might had you celebrating in new ways 🎄⛄️🎄We had great time with a smaller that usually family Christmas Ev..."
That sounds wonderful, pretty envious about the snow. We have had rain and storm all day :-( after several days with classic danish Christmas food, I am looking forward to some spicy food... so inspired by you post , my vote will go to Mexican food tomorrow , I know the kids are hoping for homemade pizza 🍕. So let see what happens
Lea wrote: "Gustaf wrote: "Aiswrya wrote: "Lea wrote: "Hope everyone had wonderful Christmas, even though this year might had you celebrating in new ways 🎄⛄️🎄We had great time with a smaller that usually fami..."
We were going to go to Mexico and spend Christmas and New Years with my husbands part of the family but since covid happened, we couldn't. So we did what we could to get Mexico to Sweden instead.
COMPLETION POSTTeam Tripping the Twosome Tango (1)
❤️ Date Task: Week 2 - A is for Alibi
❤️ Book: The Cruelest Chaos by K.V. Rose
❤️ Page numbers with source: 352
❤️ How book qualified: Tagged "suspense-with-romance", "suspense" and "sexy-suspense" by 1 person each on page 1
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 2020/12/28 - 2.5⭐
❤️ Book #: 6
[*book:The Cruelest Chaos|49900902]
❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link: Armed & Dangerous
❤️ Page numbers: 330
❤️ How book qualified:
A is for Alibi: MPG Suspense
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 12/27 5 stars
❤️ Book #12
[*book:Armed & Dangerous|14740364]
A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 301 pages - Kindle edition on GR page.
How it Qualifies:
🌍Abroad - Thornfield England MGP setting
✏️Acclimate - New to me Author: Charlotte Brontë https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
🔫Alibi - tagged suspense by 40 people page 5 of tags
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
🍎Apple - from précis She leaves to become a governess to the daughter of the mysterious Mr Rochester
📆Date completed: 28December 20
🌟Rating: 4,5 stars 🌟
[*book:Jane Eyre|19958436]
Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 301 pages - K..."
My High School teachers were not a great fan of the classic romance books, so somehow I have not read many of the great classics. As an adult they are always on my TBR but somehow I never get around to read them, I hope 2021 is the year where I change that🤞🏻
Lea wrote: "Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 3..."
Hope you enjoy them! I'm pretty sure I have read this one (a few decades ago!), but I can't remember anything about it 🤣
Jane (PS) wrote: "Lea wrote: "Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
[bookcover:Jane Eyre|1..."
I was going to say same but I've only lived for 2.5 decades lol.
Gustaf wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Lea wrote: "Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
[boo..."
Haha!! Sadly, I beat you 🤣
Nicole wrote: "Reposting due to a wrong page count
Completion post Date 2 -A is for
Team Tripping the Twosome Tango (1)
Scavanger Hunt
❤️Book: On the Island
❤️Page Count: 368
❤️How it..."
Hi Nicole - the edition was also incorrect - the book link goes to the wrong page count. So whilst you now have the right page count the book link also needs to be updated.
Will check in the SH Rose thread but I think you may need to repost again. Sorry - I know there is a lot to keep track of, but I don't want your rose to not count!
Here is the correct book link for this book:
[*book:On the Island|12586192]
Just copy and paste into the new post, removing the asterisk (*)
I have to admit that I have not read many of the English literature classics as in Spain we only read Spanish ones during high school. I have read a couple of the English ones this year but still so many!
Gustaf wrote: "Basically I hate not knowing and love spoilers..."😂 This is me as well!!
Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 301 pages - K..."
It sucks that the page count is only 300 pages! I read the paperback, which was close to 600 pages! I feel cheated
Nicole wrote: "❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link: One Step After Another
❤️ Page numbers: 173
❤️ How book qualified: MPG suspense
❤️ Dated Completed + Rating: 25/12/20, 4 ⭐
❤️ Book #3"
Hi Nicole - you are linking to the wrong edition. It shows as the paperback version. Please update your link to this Kindle edition:
[*book:One Step After Another|55336371]
(remove the asterisk)
❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link: The Two Gentlemen of Altona
❤️ Page numbers: 228
❤️ How book qualified: Tagged suspense on MGP The Two Gentlemen of Altona
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 28/12/20 3 stars
❤️ Book #11
[*book:The Two Gentlemen of Altona|24146542]
Gustaf wrote: "This week has been eye opening to me. I never thought I would enjoy suspense as much as I have. Probably won’t stay away from it from now on."Yes - and you have read some good books along those lines. I like to jumble up my reading with a bit of suspense... But as mentioned earlier - not really in a row in the same series.
Completion Post🧡 A is for Alibi
🔅 Beyond the Sea
🔅 264 pages - 1st edition Kindle on GR page.
🔅 Qualifies: Alibi - tagged Suspense x4
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
🔅 Date completed + Rating: 27 December + ★★★★★
🔅 Book #5
[*book:Beyond the Sea|29480301]
Ok - I *think* I am up to date on the tracking. Please check in msg 10 that I have all your books (pretty sure I have that right) and that I didn't miss putting a rose against any SH books :)(Good thing I did this - forgot to post my last book!)
I will now go through and check all the editions to make sure they match the page count and that they show the first Kindle edition as the link. And that they are all MPG Romance.
...And then I may have time to start reading again 😁 but no doubt we will pop off somewhere for brunch and then my sister will keep us busy with beach and dog walks!! Can't sit still for long on holidays with my sister! 🤣
Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 301 pages - K..."
Hi Lea - I've searched through a lot of the Jane Eyre editions (of which there are 9,009!! 😱) and I found an earlier Kindle edition from 31 October 2000 with 383 pages.
[*book:Jane Eyre|20007757]
Ok - from what I can tell, the posts all look great re MPG Romance, First Kindle edition links and page counts - other than the ones I have already noted.Great going everyone!
So far out tally looks like:
Scavenger Hunt roses = 11
(both Aiswyra and Lea have read 4 each!)
Page count = 13,591
Total books = 45
Longest book = 823pp Cynthia
Most books read by a player = 12 Aiswyra
Most pages read by a player = 3,510pp Aiswyra
Week 2 - A is for Alibi - Book 2Title - "the Intern, volume 1' by Brooke Cumberland
The Intern
No of pages - 166 per kindle edition
How it qualifies - tagged 'suspense' by 14 people on first page
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Date completed - 29/12/20
Rating - 2 stars
[*book:The Intern|22363321]
Lauren wrote: "Week 2 - A is for Alibi - Book 2Title - "the Intern, volume 1' by Brooke Cumberland
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
No of pages - 166 per kindle edition
How it qua..."
Hi Lauren - could you please change your book link to this?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
You can also insert the book link using the 'add book/author' hyperlink on the top right of the comment box. Let me know if you want further help on doing it that way. Otherwise just update your post above with the Kindle link.
Thanks!
Jane (PS) wrote: "Ok - from what I can tell, the posts all look great re MPG Romance, First Kindle edition links and page counts - other than the ones I have already noted.Great going everyone!
So far out tally l..."
Hi Jane
Is it still friday that the alibi challenge closes?
Jane (PS) wrote: "Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 3..."
Thanks Jane, I really thought I found the first one but will repost. Fun fact the firsts kindle came out 2007, so it’s interesting that there is so many kindle editions prior to this date😀
Repost due to wrong editionCompletion Post
A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 383 pages - Kindle edition on GR page.
How it Qualifies:
🌍Abroad - Thornfield England MGP setting
✏️Acclimate - New to me Author: Charlotte Brontë https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
🔫Alibi - tagged suspense by 40 people page 5 of tags
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
🍎Apple - from précis She leaves to become a governess to the daughter of the mysterious Mr Rochester
📆Date completed: 28December 20
🌟Rating: 4,5 stars 🌟
[*book:Jane Eyre|20007757]
Aiswrya wrote: "Lea wrote: "Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #7 SH book #4
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
📚 3..."
I listened to the danish audio version which is like 16 hours (luckily it can be speed up quite a bit). So yes I also felt a bit cheated... luckily Jane figured out that first version was 383 pages but still 16 hours is normally something like 500-700 pages :-)
❤️ Date Task - A
❤️ Book/cover link: The Professor and the Smuggler
❤️ Page numbers: 222
❤️ How book qualified:
A is for Abroad: Book settings England
A is for Acclimate: my read shelf for this author
A is for Alibi: tagged "suspense" by 2 here
A is for Apple: “university professor Phillip Singleton’s” in précis
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 12/28 3 stars
❤️ Book #13 SH#5
[*book:The Professor and the Smuggler|27869477]
Reposting due to a wrong link
Completion post Date 2 -A is for
Team Tripping the Twosome Tango (1)
Scavanger Hunt
❤️Book: On the Island
❤️Page Count: 368
❤️How it qualifies:
🌺 A is for Abroad Setting Maldives, (GR main page)
🌺 A is for Acclimate new to me author
🌺 A is for Alibi tagged by 15 people as suspence
🌺 A is for Apple from precis the heroine is a teacher: When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson...
❤️ Date Completed + rating: 20/12/20 - 5⭐️
❤️ book#1 Scavanger Hunt#1
Completion post Date 2 -A is for
❤️Book: A Change of Pace
❤️Page Count: 440
❤️How it qualifies: MPG suspense
❤️ Date Completed + rating: 26/12/20 - 5⭐️
❤️ book#4
Reposting due to a wrong link
❤️ Date Task - A
❤️ Book/cover link: One Step After Another
❤️ Page numbers: 173
❤️ How book qualified: MPG suspense
❤️ Dated Completed + Rating: 25/12/20, 4 ⭐
❤️ Book #3
❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link:One Breath After Another
❤️ Page numbers: 187
❤️ How book qualified: MPG suspense
❤️ Dated Completed + Rating: 29/12/20, 4 ⭐
❤️ Book #5
(Tagged mafia-romance-books)
❤️ Book/cover link: A Promise of Fire
❤️ Page numbers: 448
❤️ How the book qualified: Tagged Suspense by 8 people
❤️ Dated Completed + Rating: 28/12/20, 5 ⭐
❤️ Book #6
❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link: Reckless Conduct
❤️ Page numbers: 235
❤️ How book qualified: Tagged suspense on MGP Reckless Conduct
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 29/12/20 5 stars
❤️ Book #12
[*book:Reckless Conduct|50606477]
Jane (PS) wrote: "Ok - I *think* I am up to date on the tracking. Please check in msg 10 that I have all your books (pretty sure I have that right) and that I didn't miss putting a rose against any SH books :)(Goo..."
Oh That sounds wonderful, dreaming about new year’s with sun and beach. My best ever new year’s celebration was in West Australia, everything that could go wrong went wrong, but in ended up being the best evening🥂🍾🎉 this year is going to very different, but we will probably fit in a trip to beach the 1 of January (in the rain)
Completion Post A is for Alibi
Team 1 - Tripping the Twosome Tango
Book #8 SH book #5
Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
📚 416pages - Kindle edition on GR page.
How it Qualifies:
🌍Abroad -Somersham, Cambridgeshire England and London England MGP setting
✏️Acclimate - New to me Author: Stephanie Laurens
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
🔫Alibi - tagged suspense by 12 people page 1 of tags
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
🍎Apple - from précis is caught in a compromising position with plucky governess Honoria Wetherby
📆Date completed: 29 December 20
🌟Rating: 3 stars 🌟
[*book:Devil's Bride|6662776]
Lea wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Ok - from what I can tell, the posts all look great re MPG Romance, First Kindle edition links and page counts - other than the ones I have already noted.Great going everyone!
..."
Yes - it will be Friday midnight US EST. I'll see if I can post a countdown here :)
Lea wrote: "Fun fact the firsts kindle came out 2007, so it’s interesting that there is so many kindle editions prior to this date😀 ..."Oh wow! That makes zero sense... 😆 How strange.
Lea wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "Ok - I *think* I am up to date on the tracking. Please check in msg 10 that I have all your books (pretty sure I have that right) and that I didn't miss putting a rose against any..."Its weird isn't it? When everything goes wrong and you least expect it, that's when you have the best time! Hope you have a lovely time in the rain - wish we were getting a bit more of it here ;)
❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link: Happy Endings
❤️ Page numbers: 190
❤️ How book qualified:
A is for Alibi: tagged suspense by 2 people here
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 12/29 3 stars for the plot, 2 stars for romance, 0 for the sex scenes and 5 stars for the humor! I laughed so hard, so I'll definitely reread just for that!
❤️ Book #14
[*book:Happy Endings|37502119]
Jane (PS) wrote: "Lauren wrote: "Week 2 - A is for Alibi - Book 2Title - "the Intern, volume 1' by Brooke Cumberland
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
No of pages - 166 per kindle edi..."
Sorry Jane!
hopefully I've updated it correctly. hahahaa....
Reposting since SH rose has been claimed by another player❤️ Date Task - A
❤️ Book/cover link: The Professor and the Smuggler
❤️ Page numbers: 222
❤️ How book qualified:
A is for Alibi: tagged "suspense" by 2 here
❤️ Dated Completed with Rating: 12/28 3 stars
❤️ Book #13
[*book:The Professor and the Smuggler|27869477]
Nicole wrote: "❤️ Date Task - A❤️ Book/cover link:One Breath After Another
❤️ Page numbers: 187
❤️ How book qualified: MPG suspense
❤️ Dated Completed + Rating: 29/12/20, 4 ⭐
❤️ Book #5
(Tagged ..."
Not MPG Romance. ☹️
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Great job! I could never read a series back to back. My mind ..."
I the same way, I need to know what happens so I will read through the hole series in 1 go... Then I might return later to reread some of the books. Only if the books becomes to repeatative I will stop or I notice that I actually not listening to the book but only the plot:-)