TART Challenge - Round 3 - Treading Pages (8)

[Hazel]

I’ve started a 2nd book.

[April]

COMPLETION POST:
Task 19 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. We chose motorcycle.



Book: Spark

Page numbers with source: 170 pages
How book qualified: has motorcycle on cover

Date Completed: 4/26/2021
Rating: 3 stars

[[deleted user]]

Thank you so much April & Hazel!

[Suzanne]

Agreed - thank you so much!!!!!

[Hazel]

COMPLETION POST:
Task 19 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. We chose motorcycle.

Book:
Pages: 273 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 26 April
Rating: 3⭐️
How it qualifies: cover has a motorcycle on it
Review: 2 mafia families decide that they will have an arranged marriage to forge an alliance. Anthony ‘Saks’ and Christina ‘Chrissy’ don’t approve of their families lifestyles and have law abiding jobs. Both are opposed to the arranged marriage. Saks and Chrissy fell in love/lust at first sight but neither realise until the cliffhanger at the end that they are meant to be married. Both believe the other to be in on the plot.

[Hazel]

I’ve checked us in

[Suzanne]

Thanks!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Suzanne wrote: "COMPLETION POST:

Task: Task 19 - 88. Read 6 books with a boat, plane, car or motorcycle on the cover, teams decide which. We chose motorcycle.

Book:
[book:Vicio..."

Probably just a typo, but please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (336). Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season.

Select a season as a team and then read books totaling at least 1500 pages in books set during that season. Make sure you let me know how you know your book qualifies, be it title, precis, tags or lists - I need to know where to look to confirm your books. Remember to use the first edition Kindle page count.

[Hazel]

I think I prefer summer over winter.

[April]

Hazel wrote: "I think I prefer summer over winter."
I agree summer

[Suzanne]

Summer sounds great! And I'll fix my typo right now.

[[deleted user]]

Summer works for me!

[Hazel]

Reading this Taken, Not Spurred previously published as Gentling the Cowboy which has 230 pages.
Précis - So, when the opportunity to spend the summer working on a ranch in Texas comes her way, she jumps at the chance—figuring it might be just the jolt she needs to get her creative juices flowing.

[April]

Reading 354 pages


Precis: After numbing pain for the past five years with boys, alcohol, and all-around apathy, she finds herself on a Greyhound bus to nowhere Montana the summer after she graduates high school.

[Suzanne]

I'm reading 377 pages. I think it fits from just the "summer" in title, but also from the precis: Riley and Claire will find themselves opening up to love and other possibilities by the end of an extraordinary summer.

[April]

Completion Post
Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season.
We chose summer

Hazel: Taken, Not Spurred

Post 474
230 pages

Cyndee: Revelry

Post 478
332 pages

Falling for the Geek

Post 475
207 pages

Suzanne: Blackberry Summer

Post 477
377 pages

April: Lost and Found

Post 481
354 pages




332+207+377=916+230=1146+35=1500

[[deleted user]]

I have 2 that I'm working on (one print, one audio) because the first one I chose only has 207pp :/

[April]

Cyndee wrote: "I have 2 that I'm working on (one print, one audio) because the first one I chose only has 207pp :/"

How many pages are the two together you are reading?

[[deleted user]]

April wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "I have 2 that I'm working on (one print, one audio) because the first one I chose only has 207pp :/"

How many pages are the two together you are reading?"

539

[Suzanne]

I was going to say - with my grading today I could probably pick up a short audio to top us off on pages, but it looks to me like we are at exactly 1500 with all the books.

[April]

Cyndee wrote: "April wrote: "Cyndee wrote: "I have 2 that I'm working on (one print, one audio) because the first one I chose only has 207pp :/"

How many pages are the two together you are reading?"

539"

Thank you Cyndee. We are all good

[Hazel]

I’m nearly done with mine. I don’t work on a Wednesday and can usually devote a couple of hours during the day to reading but today was my first day looking after my 11 month old niece. I will have her every Wednesday for the next 12 yrs at least! My sister has taken my son since he was 6 months old and it’s now time for me to return the favour but I feel old and a bit broken - my back is killing from crawling on the floor and lifting her up. I should be finished in about 30 mins.

[Hazel]

Completion post
Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. We chose summer

Book: Taken, Not Spurred originally published as Gentling the Cowboy
Pages: 230 as per originally published title kindle edition
Read: 28 April
Rating: 3⭐️
How it qualifies: from précis ‘ So, when the opportunity to spend the summer working on a ranch in Texas comes her way, she jumps at the chance—figuring it might be just the jolt she needs to get her creative juices flowing’
Review: Sarah arrives at her friends ranch and takes a shower while waiting for her. It turns out it’s not her friends ranch at all but the ranch of grumpy Tony who is determined not to like anyone and to suffer eternally as a result of guilt over the past. Sarah breaks him down as he helps her discover herself and gives her excellent material for her first romance books.

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. We chose summer

Book: Falling for the Geek
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 207 pages
How book qualified: From precis: "I was supposed to have the summer to myself and my geeky astronomy project..."
Date Completed: 4/28/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Sweet, tender, low drama. Cass and Shane are a great couple.

[Suzanne]

Hazel wrote: "I’m nearly done with mine. I don’t work on a Wednesday and can usually devote a couple of hours during the day to reading but today was my first day looking after my 11 month old niece. I will have..."

What a wonderful thing for sisters to do! But yes caring for a baby is hard work mentally and physically!

[Suzanne]

Completion Post:

Task: Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. We chose summer.



Book: Blackberry Summer by RaeAnne Thayne
Pages: 377
Date Completed: 4/28/21
How it qualifies: I think it fits from just the "summer" in title, but also from the precis: "Riley and Claire will find themselves opening up to love and other possibilities by the end of an extraordinary summer."

Rating: 4 stars
Review: This was a sweet story. Claire and Riley have known each other all of their lives (although he was just the annoying kid brother of her best friend). As they work through happy and sad times over a summer, they also fall in love. I really liked Claires kids too, as well as the town and the "Angel of Hope."

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. We chose summer

Book: Revelry by Kandi Steiner
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 332 pages
How book qualified: From precis: "Spending the summer in a small mountain town outside Seattle is exactly what she needs."
Date Completed: 4/29/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Kandi Steiner does such a great job with characters in pain. Anderson feels he is responsible for his cousin's death 7 years ago and is still grieving her, Wren is trying to find herself after her recent divorce. A summer in a home in a remote area of Washington brings them together to heal.

[April]

I won't be done with mine until tonight. The closer it gets to the end of the school year the more hectic it gets. And yes Hazel having little ones wear you out. Only if they could share their energy.

[[deleted user]]

April wrote: "The closer it gets to the end of the school year the more hectic it gets. And yes Hazel having little ones wear you out. Only if they could share their energy."

Definitely!! On all of the above.

[April]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: Task 20 - 108. As a team, select a season and read a minimum of 1500 pages of books set in that season. We chose summer.

Book: Lost and Found

Page numbers with source: 354 pages
How book qualified: Precis: She finds herself on a Greyhound bus to nowhere Montana the summer after she graduates high school.
Date Completed: 4/29/2021
Rating: 3 stars

It was an ok book. So slow to get into at first.

[April]

I got us checked in.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.

As a team, select one of GR Listopia Romance Lists with over 100 books on it, then everyone reads a book from that list. This task is limited to romance. Please include a link to the chosen list in your completion posts along with number of your selected book.

[Hazel]

Best Love Stories 4636 books

[Hazel]

Now has 4656 books on it.

[Hazel]

If we’re all okay with this list then I’m going to read 374 pages it’s number 1653 on the list at the moment.

[Suzanne]

Thanks for linking the list Hazel. You are always so helpful!

[Hazel]

Suzanne wrote: "Thanks for linking the list Hazel. You are always so helpful!"

Aww thanks. I just edited my post on the other thread and copied it!

[Suzanne]

I'm really glad you found this list - there are SO many good books. The tough part is choosing one.

[April]

yes I am good with this list. I already picked one.

[Suzanne]

I'm going to read:

Pages: 435
It is #1602 on the list

[[deleted user]]

Sorry for not popping by earlier. I'll have mine done today!

[Hazel]

Completion post: Task 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task. List chosen Best Love Stories


Book:
Pages: 374 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 1 May
Rating: 5⭐️
How it qualifies: 1653 on the list (page17)
Review: I loved this! Being back in the world of Lady Danbury and at the front of the Smythe-Smith musicale was amazing. There were lots of funny parts to this story that had me laughing (and maybe snorting) out loud. Honoria falling for the her brothers best friend Marcus and neither of them realising it until the last minute. I would have liked a little more heat to the story but other than that I can’t fault it.

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task. List chosen: Best Love Stories

Book: Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 290 pages
How book qualified: #3755 on the chosen list
Date Completed: 5/01/2021
Rating: 4.5 stars
This was everything I've come to love about N.R. Walker's books. A short, sweet story with extremely loveable characters (including all the friends and relatives), low level drama, and lots of chemistry.

[Suzanne]

Completion post: Task 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task. List Chosen: Best Love Stories
Book:

Pages: 435
Date Read: 5/1/21
How it qualifies: It is #1602 on the list
Rating: 4 stars
Review: I had kind of wanted a light read and for some reason I chose this, which is pretty much the opposite. It did have romance, but was mostly about family. Leni Albright moves to Alaska with her parents, when her veteran father decides it will be a good place to escape the evils of society. He's suffering from PTSD, and his struggles and demons were portrayed very realistically. I think my favorite parts of this were: the community and thinking about what it would take to survive in a cabin in Alaska, and secondly, Leni's love of books.

[April]

Completion Post
Task 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task. List chosen
Best Love Stories

Hazel: Just Like Heaven

Post 493

Cyndee: Learning to feel

Post 494

Suzanne: The Great Alone

Post 495

April: Fighting for Love

Post 498

[Hazel]

<*a href="https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5... ">Best Love Stories<*/a>

Here is the link to make it shorter if you need it. Just remove the * after both of the <

[April]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: Task 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task. List chosen
Best Love Stories

Book: Fighting for love

Page numbers with source: 360 pages
How book qualified: Page 19 # 1663 14th
Date: May 2, 2021
Rating: 4 stars

[April]

I got us checked in.

[April]

Suzanne wrote: "Completion post: Task 21 - 56. As a team, pick a list with over 100 romance books on it, each member reads a book from that list. No pass for this task.
Book:

..."

Suzanne can you put the list link in your post?