TART Challenge - Round 3 - Treading Pages (8)

[April]

Completion post
Task 24 - 113. The first person on your team alphabetically selects a book or a book series and everyone reads that book or a book in the selected series. April chose The Whiskeys

Book: Tru Blue

Pages: 300
Read: 10 May
Rating: 4⭐️
How it qualifies: First book in the Whiskey series

This was a good book. I really enjoyed the way it turned out.

[[deleted user]]

COMPLETION POST:

Task: 24 - 113. The first person on your team alphabetically selects a book or a book series and everyone reads that book or a book in the selected series.

April chose The Whiskeys series


Book: Tru Blue by Melissa Foster
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 300 pages
How book qualified: Book #1 in The Whiskeys
Date Completed: 5/10/21
Rating: 4 stars
Not gonna lie. I added this to my TBR all those years ago simply because the cover was hawt. I don't think I even read the synopsis. So there it stayed, since 2017, nice to look at but never read. And I'm SO GLAD that April picked this series for this task! I loved this. I just wanted to crawl up onto Truman's lap and give him some snuggles. And I can't wait to see what happens with the rest of the Whiskeys clan in the next books. 😁

[Suzanne]

I agree about the cover. And I really think it captures the tenderness he feels towards that baby.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your last task!

Task 25 - 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. 😊

[Suzanne]

Completion Post
Task 25 - LAST TASK - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date.
Book Read:  Winter's Child: A Retelling of "The Snow Queen" (Once Upon a Time)
How it fits:  First published Sept. 2, 2009 (stated in above link)
Pages:  210
Date Read: 5/11/21
Rating:  3 stars
Review:  This was not a bad retelling of The Snow Queen with a bit of a twist.  I didn't LOVE it but it was very fairytale - like.

[Suzanne]

Completion Post
Task 25 - LAST TASK - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date.
Book Read: True Confections
How it fits:  First published March 2, 2019 (stated in above link)
Pages:  183
Date Read: 5/11/21
Rating:  3 stars
Review:  Jane Delight returns to her Amish town after a divorce.  When someone dies in her sister's cupcake shop, Jane helps investigate.  The mystery seemed a little pat, but the cover is cute, and the story wasn't bad.  I especially liked the upstairs neighbors.

[Suzanne]

I'm not sure if everyone is reading for this last task but there's my contribution. :)

[[deleted user]]

Suzanne wrote: "I'm not sure if everyone is reading for this last task but there's my contribution. :)"

I'm trying!! I'm trudging through hoping to make the deadline. :D

[April]

I am trying I hope I get finished. But probably not. I am worn out and it's only Tuesday.

[Suzanne]

I had time to read today since we were driving for 7 hours. So I got lucky with the timing :) Whether we complete this task or not, it has been SUPER fun playing with you all!

[[deleted user]]

It has been really great! I sincerely hope that if you all need a teammate for challenges in the future that you'll consider reaching out to me.

[Suzanne]

Ditto! I'd love to play with all of you again.

[April]

For sure it has been a great round. Great team.

[April]

Completion post

Task 25 - LAST TASK - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date.

Book: our Forever Starts tonight

Pages: 285
Read: 11 May
Rating: 2
How it qualifies: First published March 9th 2021

It is one of those books where you have to read the rest of the series to see if anything else will happen. But it wasn’t good enough to read the rest.

[Hazel]

Sorry I didn’t get my book finished in time.

I have loved doing this challenge with you all! Cant believe how many books we have read in such a short time! Thanks for being a great team xx