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TART Challenge - Round 3 - Rainbow Commandos (6)
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Mar 26, 2021 01:44PM
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I finished my book!Let's write the completion post
Emilienne wrote: "I finished my book!Let's write the completion post"
:)
Gustaf wrote: "Are you alive, Em? :)"I am, sorry
I'm on it
Completion Post Task 3 -- Tagged 'favorites'Book: Shades of Gray
Author: Brooke McKinley
Pages: 310 (Kindle Ed, the 1rst publication is not available on GR))
How qualifies: Tagged 'favorites' by 155 people on page 1 column 1 of shelves:
https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...
Read date: 03.27.21
Review: well I'm not really in a mood to read theses days and usually, I like this kind of book. My mistake is, I found it only written in French, and the translation is absolutely horrible, and I have a lot of difficulties to stay focus on the story instead of the language. I hope the next task will be ono for which I can read something lighter.
Helke wrote: "completion post
All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmespc: 290 GR (kindle first edition)
read: 03/26/21
rated: 4 stars
review:
i love the..."
You forgot to include how your book qualified. 😉 Please correct, but no need to repost. 😊
Here is your next task!Task 4 - 10. Read 4 books by authors' who write under more than one name (Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb).
Books selected for this task need to be written by authors who write under more than one name. Please include a link to the author's profile or website that shows they write under a pseudonym.
Riley Hart - Nyrae DawnBrandon Witt - Rosalind Abel
Helen Juliet - H.J. Welch
SE Jakes - Stephanie Tyler
Emma Alcott - Piper Scott
L.A. Witt - Ann Gallagher
Leta Blake - Halsey Harlow
Lynn Van Dorn - Virginia Kelly
MountainKat wrote: "Helke wrote: "completion post All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmespc: 290 GR (kindle first edition)
read: 03/26/21
rated: 4 stars
revi..."
Done. Sorry forgot.
selection postRanger's End Game [*book:Ranger's End Game|34034833] by Lee Oliver aka Lisa Oliver
pc: 204 (GR, kindle first edition)
How it fits: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... look under authors informations
or here: http://www.supernaturalsmut.com/ under categories
Selection Post - Task 4Homeward Bound by H.J. Welch
Pages: 328
How it fits: This is the authors pen name for stories based in the US, she's also writing under: Helen Juliet http://www.helenjuliet.com/about
Gustaf wrote: "Riley Hart - Nyrae DawnBrandon Witt - Rosalind Abel
Helen Juliet - H.J. Welch
SE Jakes - Stephanie Tyler
Emma Alcott - Piper Scott
L.A. Witt - Ann Gallagher
Leta Blake - Halsey Harlow
Lynn Va..."
Thank you so much!! Will aim to pick one after dinner.
Selection Post task 4Book: Nine-Tenths of the Law
Author: LA Witt
Number of pages: 232 (Kindle 1st ed)
How it qualifies -- LA Witt also writes as Lauren Gallagher
www.goodreads.com/author/show/3185029...
Completion Post - Task 4 Book: Homeward Bound
Author: H.J. Welch
Pages: 328 /GR (first kindle edition)
How it fits: H.J. Welch is the pen name of Helen Juliet http://www.helenjuliet.com/about
Rating & Review: 3 stars
This was 80% Micha crying and 20% cute. Swift was the one saving this book for me. He was a rock and deserves a gold medal for dealing with Micha and all his baggage.
Loved the ending but I was seriously struggling to get there.
Helke wrote: "Sounds like a book I'll never read."Yeah no...the two previous books were great though...
Completion Post task 4Book: Nine-Tenths of the Law
Author: LA Witt
Number of pages: 232 (Kindle 1st ed)
How it qualifies -- LA Witt also writes as Lauren Gallagher
www.goodreads.com/author/show/3185029...
Finished: Mar 29
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This is a story about 2 men who meet when one accuses the other of cheating with his boyfriend. But the other thought HE was the boyfriend. So they discovered they were both being cheated on, told the cheater to bugger off, then went off and had angry rebound sex with each other. Which ended up being so explosive they started seeing each other.
I actually quite enjoyed this. There were a lot of sex scenes, but they were very detailed and well written and steamy. The biggest issue between them was the one's ability to trust the other, but they made it and got their happy ending.
Selection Post task 4Book: Risky Behavior
Author: L.A. Witt
Number of pages: 282 (Kindle 1st ed)
How it qualifies -- LA Witt also writes as Lauren Gallagher
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
completion postRanger's End Game [*book:Ranger's End Game|34034833] by Lee Oliver aka Lisa Oliver
pc: 204 (GR, kindle first edition)
read: 03/30/21
rated: 3 stars
How it fits: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... look under authors informations
or here: http://www.supernaturalsmut.com/ under categories
review:
My second time reading this book. It is a bit to much insta love for me but the concept of the story is pure Lisa Oliver and I love it.
Great going guys! :) I must say that I enjoy the slower pace. Last round I read so much to get us to the top. This is nice.
I am not even checking on the team status. Is there somewhere it is being tracked??
Completion Post task 4Book: Risky Behavior
Author: L.A. Witt
Number of pages: 282 (Kindle 1st ed)
How it qualifies -- LA Witt also writes as Lauren Gallagher
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Read date: 03.31.21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: 2nd time around this one, I really like it. And I need to read the next book lol. I like borderline characters :D
Diane wrote: "I am not even checking on the team status. Is there somewhere it is being tracked??"There should be, but I'm lagging... Sorry! I will get it done, hopefully this week. 🤞🏼
(And when I do, it will be at the beginning of the Q&A thread.)
Here is your next task!Task 5 - 17. Read 4 books written by a male author.
Books selected for this task, need to be written by a male author. Please include a link to the author's profile or website in your completion post.
Selection Post Task 5 - Read 4 books written by a male author Velvet Midnight by Max Walker
Pages: 219 /GR (first kindle edition)
How it fits: Max Walker
Diane wrote: "Do you think I could use a book written by Liam Kingsley ? There's not much on the webpage."I have no idea :(
Completion Post Task 5 - Read four books written by a male authorBook: Velvet Midnight
Author: Max Walker
Pages: 219 / GR (first edition)
How it qualifies: Max Walker
Date finished: April 2nd
Rating and review: 3 stars
I'm really sad I didn't enjoy this book more. I'm a huge fan of Max Walkers writing and I adored the first book in this series... I just didn't feel this one.
Benji and Rex have know each other for a long time and they have history together. Rex is Benjis older brothers best friend and used to be close to the whole Gold family. However, after a few nights of passion between Benji and Rex things goes horribly wrong. Fast forward six years and one day and Rex is suddenly back in Benjis life. Is it for good this time? Of course it is. It's a romance after all.
I really liked Benji in the first book and was excited about meeting Rex. It wasn't the same Benji meeting me in this book though. This Benji was much more immature. Almost childish. He and Rex were great together, I just didn't feel it.
The book was sort of slow, I didn't really get what kind of story the author was trying to tell. Was it just a sweet love story? Or a mystery? The mystery came really late and didn't have much impact on the story. It mostly felt like a build-up for the last book, coming up.
SoooooA male author....
Let me dig!
Gustaf you're too fast for me^^
Emilienne wrote: "SoooooA male author....
Let me dig!
Gustaf you're too fast for me^^"
I was slow this time x) read another book first.
Fantastic, got approval to use:Selection Post Task 5 - Read 4 books written by a male author
Book: Claimed By My Protector
Author: Liam Kingsley
Pages: 210 (Kindle Ed)
How qualifies:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/li...
I have it read, just off to eat dinner. Will post by tomorrow morning.
Will have to find a book. Thinking of one of my sh choices. Bronson Bigg sounds a lot like a man´s name.
Helke wrote: "Will have to find a book. Thinking of one of my sh choices. Bronson Bigg sounds a lot like a man´s name."Couldn't find any information about that author :(
Completion Post Task 5 - Read 4 books written by a male authorBook: Claimed By My Protector
Author: Liam Kingsley
Pages: 210 (Kindle Ed)
How qualifies:
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/li...
Rating: 3 stars
Review: So, this one was really just OK. It's a wolf-shifter universe with alphas and omegas and mpreg and fated mates. Lukas had been hung up on his best friend's older brother Owen for years, but had only been seen by him as another "little brother" until he got up the courage to dance sexily for him at a club. Then he goes into heat and they have to have sex and when Owen knots him they realize they are fated mates, but Owen tells Lukas it just can't happen. I honestly didn't think his reasons for that decision were all that believable, and of course one chat with his fathers and he realizes immediately what an idiot he was and tries to figure out how to get him back. So, the main conflict of the book just didn't seem all that solid to me. I did like the characters, and the author certainly gives you a good long happy ending though.
Helke and Em, how are you holding up? I have Change of Fortune ready to read for the SH if you need to use your skip.
Gustaf I'm good!I've read Gregory Ashe, time to post the completion post :D
Selection Post Task 5 - Read 4 books written by a male authorBook: Pretty Pretty Boys
Author: Gregory Ashe
Pages: 539 (Kindle Ed)
How qualifies: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Completion Post Task 5 - Read 4 books written by a male authorBook: Pretty Pretty Boys
Author: Gregory Ashe
Pages: 539 (Kindle Ed)
How qualifies: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Read date: 04.05.21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: just like the first time, WTF about this end! I'm so frustrated by this first book. You wait the whole book to have a bit of something the last ten pages. Kindle, meet wall. I did wanted so much for Ree and Somers to work, it hurts. I loved everything in this first book.
completion postNight Drop [*book:Night Drop|35716949] by Marshall Thornton
pc: 201
read: 04/06/21
rated: 3,5 stars
author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
review:
This was my second time reading the book and it got better this time around. Now I´m really curois as what the characters will get up to next and if the detective with a romantic interest in the MC will get a chance even if the MC has a health problem. It helps that the whole series is currently on KU so I might go on reading it.
Sorry Gustaf for the late entry. I remembered that I need at least 150 pages and my first choice only had 135. So I combined my SH cat 7 read with this challenge.
Here is your next task!Task 6 - 27. Read a minimum of 750 pages in books published in any one year prior to 2018, team picks the year.
As a team select a year earlier than 2018 and then everyone reads books initially published in the selected year totally at least 750 pages. Remember to use the initial publication date - if there is a date 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 initial publication date as the qualification in your completion posts along with the team selected year. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count!
Apparently we haven't decided on this one already but I would say that the obvious one is 2017. I have one SH book that fits for that year.
I would have to look at my books first.
I don't have any in the Hunt, but am now looking through my tbr.
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