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TART Challenge - Round 3 - The Page Turners (1)
Ok guys, I am having a heck of a time finding a book I want to read that is 305 pgs. Any recs out there?
Doesn't have to be exact. You got anything over 305 that you fancy reading?
Megan wrote: "Doesn't have to be exact. You got anything over 305 that you fancy reading?"oh my god, i completely missed where it said "minimum number of pages"! I've been driving myself crazy trying to find the perfect number! 🙃🤪
AliciaJ wrote: "Laura wrote: "AliciaJ wrote: "Laura wrote: "Thank you, Sandy! Beautiful day here which made up for working most of the weekend. We went for a nice walk with the dog, spent some time outside, watch..."
Lol
Haha its Monday. I just was lucky with 305 though wish I hadn't read it. Looks like the author has disappeared so no book 2 to read :-(
Megan wrote: "Haha its Monday. I just was lucky with 305 though wish I hadn't read it. Looks like the author has disappeared so no book 2 to read :-("Oh man, I hate it when that happens. Especially when they say they're going to write a sequel and then it never comes out. 😠
Completion PostTask 20 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
93+77+68+67=305 pages
pages: 464 kindle edition
read: April 27
rating: 3.5 stars
qualifies: more than 305 pages (see page count above) 93+77+68+67=305 pages
review: I love Allison Brennan's Lucy Kincaid series so I had to try this new series. Brennan does a great job of setting it all up. I enjoyed this new series, I like how it ends and I 'm interested in seeing where she goes with it.
[*book:The Third to Die|46011212]
Completion PostTask 20 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
93+77+68+67=305 pages
Book/cover link: Make It Sweet by Kristen Callihan
Page numbers with source: GR / 367 pgs
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: Qualifies:Megan=93, Laura=77, Sandy=68, Alicia=67=305
Date Completed: 4/27/21
Rating/Review: 4.5 star
Another great story from Kristen Callihan. I loved how the MC's, former hockey star Lucian Osmond and actress Emma Maron are so different but have so much in common. Both have lost something dear to them, both have lived in the public eye and both are at crossroads in their lives. Luc can't see past his identity as a hockey player, and Emma is still reeling after being killed off the popular TV show she's been the star of. As they lick their wounds at Luc's grandmother's estate, the pair get to know each other and a tentative friendship turns to more. There wasn't a lot of drama or excitement in the book, but I still had a hard time putting it down. 4.5 stars.
[*book:Make It Sweet|54447129]
Completion PostTask 20 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.
**93+77+68+67=305 pages**
Book/cover link:Pinot & Pineapple Lumps
Page numbers:359/GR--kindle edition
How book qualified: Megan=93, Laura=77, Sandy=68, Alicia=67=305
Date Completed: 4/27
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: I thought this did a great job of realistically portraying what it's like to experience PTSD and panic attacks. The love story was sweet as well, but between the mental health issues and the death of one of the side characters, it was a bit depressing. At least it had a happy ending.
[*book:Pinot & Pineapple Lumps|57390530]
I 'm around and can check us in after I finish updating the tracking post
Sandy & Alicia, can you add this qualification to your completion post. (I'm adding mine now- looks like Megan is the only one who read the qualification correctly, lol)Please include the math and your required page count in your completion posts
Laura wrote: "Sandy & Alicia, can you add this qualification to your completion post. (I'm adding mine now- looks like Megan is the only one who read the qualification correctly, lol)Please include the math an..."
Done.
AliciaJ wrote: "Megan wrote: "Doesn't have to be exact. You got anything over 305 that you fancy reading?"oh my god, i completely missed where it said "minimum number of pages"! I've been driving myself crazy tr..."
I'm not THAT mean! 😂
Here is your next task!Task 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate.
Select one teammate and read 8 books initially published in the month of their birth. Make sure to use the initial publication date for this task. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page use it, otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. Please include the selected teammate and their birth month in your completion posts.
December is our choice. It's my birthday month
I'm going to start with
- initially published December 2020
Laura wrote: "Sandy & Alicia, can you add this qualification to your completion post. (I'm adding mine now- looks like Megan is the only one who read the qualification correctly, lol)Please include the math an..."
Well theres a first time for everything (me reading the qualification right)
Starting with The Peacock's Poison
I’m reading the next book in the Dirty Billionaire series.
Laura wrote: "Sandy & Alicia, can you add this qualification to your completion post. (I'm adding mine now- looks like Megan is the only one who read the qualification correctly, lol)Please include the math an..."
Fixed!
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. We chose December, Laura's birth month
Book/cover link:Dirty Pleasures
Page numbers:177/GR--kindle edition
How book qualified: Published December 29th 2015
Date Completed: 4/27
Rating: 4 stars
Review: Whew! Watch out, this one may well burn your fingers off! LOL. So in a nutshell, girl gets mad and runs away, guy chases after her, they have wild monkey sex and make up, guy proves himself by following her around while she's on tour, and then something bad happens with his business and he has to fly away. To be continued.
While I am thoroughly enjoying the story, it does make me really mad when the story ends on a stupid cliffhanger just to make the reader go out and spend another $5 to finish it. The book wasn't even that long, so it really feels like a publishing stunt just to milk money out of the reader. Unfortunately, the books aren't available at my library so since I wanted to finish, I got sucked in to the trap. I'd vow never again, but I know myself and my book addiction too well. 😁
[*book:Dirty Pleasures|27207331]
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. We chose December, Laura's birth month
The Peacock's Poison
Read: 28th April
Pages: 230
Qualifies: Published December 18th 2017
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
This series is so easy to read..
I really enjoy the mystery in this series the romance I'm not bothered by. Don't really mind who she ends up with..
[*book:The Peacock's Poison|36862586]
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate -- chose December, Laura's birth month
Misadventures of a Virgin by Meredith WildRead: 4/28/21
Pages: GR/188 pages
Qualifies: First published Dec 3, 2017
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
I never really got into this book. Like many novella's, there wasn't enough time to develop the characters or to set the scene properly for various dramas that happen. June Bell's dad owns a hotel, and he wants to buy the neighbor's land to expand. Kase McCasker's dad has been hanging on to his dairy farm, hoping Kase will come home to take it over. When Kase does come home from college, June's dad makes another bid for the land, and Kase says he's willing to consider if June spends two weeks with him at the farm. I didn't like how there was tension between the families, but nothing about the cause until the very end.
[*book:Misadventures of a Virgin|36891922]
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. We chose December, Laura's birth month
Dragon's Tears
Read: 29th April
Pages: 206
Qualifies: first published December 5th 2017
Rating; 3 Stars
Review:
This was fine.
Quick easy to get through read. I'm enjoying the side story of the whole drama between shifters and fae but the actual romance is quite intriguing but the whole wolf that doesn't want to be her mate is getting old and I'm hoping that'll resolve itself soon but that won't be for a few books I can already tell..
Aside from that its a romance I could easily read again or never again.
[*book:Dragon's Tears|36563555]
Megan wrote: "I'll pick up another book"👍Thank you! I am always so much slower on work days.
Shh don't say that too loud otherwise they'll hear you and break again.In all seriousness, they keep working and then breaking so unfortunately I have no faith GR have fixed it until its worked for a few days.
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate.
Dust of Snow by Indra Vaughn
Date: 4/29/21
Pages: GR/ 159 pages
Qualification: First published Dec 9, 2014
Rating: 3 stars
Review:
This was a cute and short office/Christmas romance. Gregory Peck is still getting over his break-up from a year ago when someone starts leaving gifts on his desk. Ashley Montgomery is a new employee in Greg's office, and he tries to make friends with Greg, but Greg puts him off after every overture. After Ash has car trouble, the two start hanging out and one thing leads to another. There were too many things going on in this book considering it was so short - Greg's ex coming back, his mom's love life, both guys had health issues, mixed signals from the boss......but I did like the two guys in the story
[*book:Dust of Snow|23460841]
If needed I can read another book, but I can't start it until this evening as I have to get to work. LMK
I've got my second book done. I'm posting it now.
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. We chose December, Laura's birth month
Book/cover link:Love's Design
Page numbers:172/GR--kindle edition
How book qualified: Published December 9th 2015
Date Completed: 4/28
Rating: 2 stars
Review: Very slow moving and a bit boring unfortunately. The best part of the story were the kids, which is sad when it's supposed to be a romance. But the whole story had kind of a sad feel to it, which was kinda depressing. The fact that the book took place right around Christmas didn't help either. Not one of this author's best, that's for sure.
[*book:Love's Design|28168505]
Megan wrote: "Shh don't say that too loud otherwise they'll hear you and break again.In all seriousness, they keep working and then breaking so unfortunately I have no faith GR have fixed it until its worked f..."
I ruined it Megan! Sandy & Alicia's posts weren't in my notifications 😐
I will finish tonight.
Completion PostTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate. We chose December, Laura's birth month
Found
Read: 29th April (just)
Pages: 177
Qualifies: Published December 5th 2019
Rating: 3 Stars
Review:
Honestly confused how I rate this and review it.
One part of me thought this was a pretty entertaining book. Nice read.
The other part can see a fair few things wrong with this book. It doesn't tell me anything; why is she hunted, why was she kidnapped why does she have multiple mates.
I get this is the first book but it should at least answer some of those??
[*book:Found|48986325]
Laura wrote: "I ruined it Megan! Sandy & Alicia's posts weren't in my notifications 😐I will finish tonight."
Lool I knew it would break again. Its really winding me up now.
You can all thank Odin and Flo for being little *****, well I want to swear cause they've had me both up and down since I got into bed nearly 2 hours ago. If this is the last book we need can someone else post it. I'm completely lost on number of books now.
Thank god its friday tomorrow
Megan wrote: "Laura wrote: "I ruined it Megan! Sandy & Alicia's posts weren't in my notifications 😐I will finish tonight."
Lool I knew it would break again. Its really winding me up now.
You can all thank Odi..."
lol.. I 'm sorry for laughing but it was funny when I read your post about Flo & Odin. Hopefully you were able to get some sleep and they settled in!
Pretty sure my book is the last book :-)
completion postTask 21 - 107. Read 8 books published in the month (not year) of a teammate's birth. Team selects teammate.
-December- Laura's birth month
read: April 29
pages: 342 kindle edition
rating: 3.5 stars
qualification: first published December 15, 2020
review: This was so worth the read just for the funeral home scene. I liked this book more then book 1. I really enjoyed the humor, suspense (the murder was well done) and the ending. I can't wait to read book 3.
[*book:Bailed Out|54510946]
Laura wrote: "checked in!"Thanks Laura!!
Laura wrote: "checked in!"Thanks Laura.
Here is your next task!Task 22 - 63. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books tagged 'magic' or 'magical'.
Books selected for this task need to be tagged 'magic' or 'magical'. Qualification can come from tags/shelves only. Variations of the words and combo tags will be allowed in context. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.
I'll read
after work.368 pages
I don't know what to reaaaad.Nothing is appealing to me going to wait for Sandy and Alicia to decide purely based on how many pages we need lol
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Beautiful day here which made up for working most of the weekend. We went for a nice walk with the dog, spent some time outside, watched Netflix and..."
Wow, if I didn’t know that you were up in Canada, I’d swear we lived in the same area LOL. After a nice weekend, it’s once again chilly and windy here.