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TART Challenge - Round 3 - Chase The Rainbow (4)
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May 06, 2021 01:03PM
Regarding speech to text, my roommate in law school was actually getting his PHD in linguistics at the time and after he got a job with Amazon teaching language to Alexa. It's absolutely fascinating!
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Janeylou wrote: "Just realised , this challenge ends on Tuesday ..it seems to have gone quicker this time"I can't believe it! feels like it just started
Amanda wrote: "Caipi wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Although tbh even thoigh Brittany said you didnt need to be on a specific mm team its easier to diiscuss books that will work for tasks.."You definitely lucked out ..."
Oh my god, you have a point there, Amanda!! My TBR will be starving during the next months!! 😱😱😱
My post is completed girls ..and we over 1300 for pages
I'm so sad its almost over 😭 SO going to miss this group!
Trio wrote: "I'm so sad its almost over 😭 SO going to miss this group!"I know! Definitely want to keep an eye out if it comes around again
Amanda wrote: "Completion Post Task 26- (Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.-Moon)Book1
[book:Chasing the Chupaca..."
Your first book here doesn't count. The minimum page count for this challenge is 150. ☹️
But even without it the team is at 1201 pages for this task - so all is good! 😊
Here is your next task!Task 27 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Each member of the team lists 5 of their favorite books. Then each of you selects one book from the list of two DIFFERENT teammates and reads those two books. Series rule applies if necessary. Make sure the books you select are from different teammate's lists. Please include the teammate and a link to the post with their favorites list in your completion posts.
MountainKat wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Completion Post Task 26- (Read a minimum of 1200 pages with the sun or the moon on the cover, teams decide which.-Moon)Book1
[book:Chas..."
Duh! How'd I forget that 🤦🏻♀️
99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.Amandas
Wormwood Summer
White Trash Warlock
Must Love Demons
Emerett Has Never Been in Love
His Compass
Janeylou
Origin
How to Shield an Assassin
For Never and Always
Motel. Pool.
Tigers and Devils
Trio
Song of Oestend
The Making of Jonty Bloom
Best Laid Plans
Silk
Heroes for Ghosts
Caipi
Of Secrets and Wolves
Ranger
Roommate
Cry Wolf
The Murder Between Us
Im going to look and see what i can incorporate into SH
I read Better than people last month , so going to go with bk 2 that Trio has recommended and i can use it for cat 9 N U L L
I think I'm going to reread Motel. Pool. and listen to Silk.
Completion Post-Task 27( Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.)Book 1
The Murder Between Us by Tal Bauer
280 Pages
How it qualifies: One of Caipi's 5 favorites
Date: 5/9/2021
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: The mystery, the suspense, that was all classic Bauer and I loved every minute of it. It was unexpectedly gruesome at times, but I was there for it. The relationship was probably closer to a 3 star for me as I liked the MCs and I enjoyed their epilogue, but it just seemed to come out of nowhere for me and the chemistry was hot and times but not all together believable. This could be because Bauer wrote one of my favorite couples in Jack and Ethan and I just couldn’t help but compare. So probably more my fault than the books.
Book 2
The Making of Jonty Bloom by Barbara Elsborg
393 Pages
How it qualifies: One of Trio's 5 favorites
Date: 5/8/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: Okay, everyone is right and Jonty is amazing! I loved his monologues, both inner and out loud, and I especially loved him and Devon together. I wish I could give it five stars, but I felt like it was both too long in parts, and that I didn't get a satisfactory resolution in others. Overall I laughed, I cried, and really what else could you ask for?!
oh Amanda, Jonty (the whole series) is spectacular!
Completion Post-Task 27( Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.)Book 1
The Murder Between Us by Tal Bauer
Length: 280 Pages
How it Qualifies:
Caipi's Favorite List
Read: 5/10/2021
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Review: Creative mystery, with a good "first time" romance. I always enjoy Tal Bauer's novels.
TBH Not John Solo's best performance.
Book 2 *series rule applies*
His Horizon by Con Riley
Length: 307 Pages
How it Qualifies:
Amanda's Favorite List
Read: 5/9/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: I loved all the food descriptions, and the tremendous local culture Con Riley writes so well. Well written characters, with interesting dynamics. The twist with the dad's military buddy is a good one, I'd just have preferred a little bit different ending. (view spoiler)
Caipi wrote: "I think I'm going to reread Motel. Pool. and listen to Silk."oooh SILK is smoking hot!!!!!
PLEASE TAKE NOTE! ‼️With the challenge ending on Tuesday, May 11th, there will a minor change to the last task. Beginning on Sunday, May 9th, when teams post their completions and get a new task, they will all get the same task. For this task, instead of just completing it, you will continue reading to add to the total number of books read for your team. There will be no passes for the last task and to complete it, every team member must complete a book for the task and contribute to the overall book count. So, the task is considered ‘completed’ when every team member has read one book for the task, but you can continue reading in order to increase your overall book count for the task in case that is needed for a tie breaker. In the event that two or more teams are tied based on the number of tasks completed, the team with the highest book count will win The Amazing Race Team Challenge!
**Remember if your completion posts are incomplete or have the wrong page count, your books will not count. So help each other out by checking the posts!**
‼️ If your page count comes from a Kindle edition published on the initial publication date on the editions page, it will count. If your page count comes from a Kindle edition labeled '1st edition', it will count. If your page count comes from the earliest dated English language Kindle edition, it will count. I am looking for one of those three things when confirming your books! As long the page count you list is correct, I will accept any link to the book. ‼️
COMPLETION POST -Task 27( Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.)
bk 1
Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish
266pgs
Trio's favourites
Finished 9th May
4 stars
A lovely addition to the series , great to see Jack & Simon again and loved that this one was centered around cats whereas bk 1 was mainly dogs .
Im wondering who bk 3 could be about
Bk 2
Cry Wolf by Charlie Adhara
269 pgs
Caipi's favourites
Finished 9th May
4.5 stars
I love this series and it just gets better and better...cant wait till the next one
Trio wrote: "oh Amanda, Jonty (the whole series) is spectacular!"I loved Jonty! Is it wrong I want a redemption turnaround story for Griff? Like he's kinda terrible, but I think he could change LOL (not Rafi though)
Amanda wrote: "Trio wrote: "oh Amanda, Jonty (the whole series) is spectacular!"I loved Jonty! Is it wrong I want a redemption turnaround story for Griff? Like he's kinda terrible, but I think he could change L..."
I cant wait to read it ..Barbara Elsborg is one of my favourite authors
It's not wrong Amanda lol, the next book in the series is Griff's story.And if you thought Griff was an ass in Jonty, wait till you see him in Jonty's Christmas 😂.
I loved Reinventing Cato too, you can read it next if you want. A Long Way Back is excellent too but a bit of a downer.
Completion Post- Task 27 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Motel. Pool. by Kim Fielding
Pages: 208
How it qualifies: Janeylou's favorites
Completed: 9th May
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: I still love this book! So many feelings!
It is a real shame that this is not available as an audio book!
Silk by K.C. Wells
Pages: 320
How it qualifies: Trio's favorites
Completed: 9th May
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review:
Totally loved it! 😍Thanks Trio for bringing this book to my attention. :) And the narration by John Solo was perfect!
Caipi wrote: "Completion Post- Task 27 - 99. Each teammate lists 5 favorite books. Select books from 2 different teammates and read them.
Motel. Pool. by [auth..."
I need a KC Wells.for AOM so may give this one a go
Im trying to finish my second book before bed 😄
Right thats me finished and updated ..im off to bed now 😴😴😴😴
Caipi, the rest of KC Wells' Material World series is fabulous too!and Motel.Pool has been on my tbr list for way too lomg.
I'm enjoying The Murder Between Us! I didn't read the precis, and after that opening scene I was expecting it to go in a different way... I'm honestly glad it's going this way.
Caipi, have you read or listened to Winter Kill? I think you'd like it.
Trio wrote: "Caipi, the rest of KC Wells' Material World series is fabulous too!and Motel.Pool has been on my tbr list for way too lomg.
I'm enjoying The Murder Between Us! I didn't read the precis, and after..."
I just finished The Murder Between Us and really enjoyed it, not expecting how gruesome it was at parts though!
Updated mine to completion so over to you trio!
I'll finish The Murder Between Us tomorrow.
Trio wrote: "Caipi, the rest of KC Wells' Material World series is fabulous too!and Motel.Pool has been on my tbr list for way too lomg.
I'm enjoying The Murder Between Us! I didn't read the precis, and after..."
Trio, I've had Winter Kill on my kindle for five years already! I don't know why I haven't read it yet. I will definitely put it all the way up front so I don't forget. :)
Caipi wrote: "Trio wrote: "Caipi, the rest of KC Wells' Material World series is fabulous too!and Motel.Pool has been on my tbr list for way too lomg.
I'm enjoying The Murder Between Us! I didn't read the prec..."
I loved that book Caipi
still got an hour to go but I'll do the posting as soon as I'm done
I really liked The Murder Between us, wish I'd read it though, not a great performance by John Solo.Okay all updated and posted.
Trio wrote: "I really liked The Murder Between us, wish I'd read it though, not a great performance by John Solo.Okay all updated and posted."
Oh that's a shame! I usually like his narrations and love to listen to books I previously read.
Yes I'm a big fan of his too, his pa regularly sends me arc's because she knows I love him and always give him great reviews. Once in awhile I feel like he's phoning it in and that's how I felt about this one.Really good mystery though.
Here is your last task!Task 28 - LAST TASK - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date.
Books selected for this task need to have a 9 in the initial publication date - date or year, do not convert month to a number. For example, an initial publication date of November 19, 2020 or May 15, 2019 would work, but September 5, 2020 would not. Make sure you 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. Please include the initial publication date in your completion posts.
There is no need to post completion of this task in the Q&A thread, I will be checking all the team threads at the end of the challenge. 😊
I peeked at other threads earlier and saw this was the final task so picked my speedy book just because it fit 🤣
Since we don't have to link I'm just going to do completion posts for whatever I finish, that way I don't accidentally leave it saying "selection post" at the end
Well im off to work now so not going to be able to start till lunchtime so may only finish the one .as need to do my avon round tonight .But will do one to fit in with Wacky Races
So we each need to read only one book to fulfil this task but to race against Team 9 for second place we would need to read more books than them, right? The focus is only on the number of books and not the page count? 🤔
Caipi wrote: "So we each need to read only one book to fulfil this task but to race against Team 9 for second place we would need to read more books than them, right? The focus is only on the number of books and..."As far as i am aware yes
Completion Post Task 28-LAST TASK (Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date)Book 1
Healing Choice by Susi Hawke
150 Pages
How it qualifies: published March 19, 2019
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: Pretty classic Hawke story. I enjoyed it, and it made for a quick fluffy read.
Book 2
Magpie by Piper Scott
250 Pages
How it qualifies: Published March 9, 2020
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: Another wonderful addition to the amazing world Piper Scott and Virginia Kelly have created. This book has everything I’ve come to expect from this series, there’s plenty of humor, tons of love, and of course, absolutely magnificent dragons. On top of all that, this one had a lot of edge of your seat excitement and tension, and what felt like a lot more heart stopping moments. This is one of my favorite series, and this installment was no exception.
Book 3
Give Yourself Away by Barbara Elsborg
339 Pages
How it qualifies: Published February 9, 2016
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: Since the last book I read by Elsborg was Jonty, this was nothing like what I expected. There was occasional bouts of the same wit, but overall this was darker and much grittier. I still enjoyed it, and was definitely unable to put it down at times, but definitely don't be expecting something light when you pick it up
Book 4
Rescued by Susi Hawke
156 Pages
How it qualifies: Published February 7, 2019
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: I really enjoy this series. This story was sweet with cute kids, some darker moments, but a very happy ending.
Book 5
Abduction by Susi Hawke
155 Pages
How it qualifies: Published March 7, 2019
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: I like this one a little better than the first as you actually get to see the two meet. Really this reread is just reminding me how much I love Cyrus 🤣
If my completion posts like 6 times I'm so sorry it wasn't working and I had to post something else and edit it to get it to work!
I had problems with mine earlier as well, it seemed ok on a normal post , but wouldnt work if i pressed on reply for a previous post
So for some reason it's not working if you have formatting in the beginning. So with replies since it starts with italics it doesn't work. Just another day where GR goes haywire
Fortunately i havent got to.link any posts to first page as Kat said she'd be checking all our posts anyway
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