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Completion post Task 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.Book:
Pages: 278 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 12 April
Rating: 4⭐️
How it qualifies: Task 4 of the RRC April challenge is April is Stress Awareness Month: We are all living with a bit of extra stress these days so use some time in April to kick back and destress.
Read a book by a favorite author, or a book that you feel will be a great escape from everyday stresses.
Sawyer Bennett is one of my favourite authors and I have attached my read and to read books in the following list
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Review: This is book 2 in the cold fury hockey series and has a lot of feels in it. It is a lot heavier than the other hockey books I have read. Garrett is the king of one night stands but falls for Olivia who has just been told she has stage 4 cancer. This is the story of them navigating their way through an early relationship while dealing with some horrific medical situations.
Starting my second book now. Will finish tomorrow.
I will be lucky if I can get any books done this week. Back to work. I forgot how hard an infant is. (I do in home childcare)
I think I'll finish my book tonight - or possibly tomorrow morning. It kind of depends on home and how many students have questions after class :)
And April - yes - infants take over life basically :)
Just wondering since I haven't done this challenge before - but if the rest of us each read 2, does that work so that April wouldn't need to if she's unable? I'm also FULLY ok with not rushing it!
We just need to read six all together. Hazel finished her first one. I should get one done tomorrow.
Haha the joke was on me. Already read that book so I am changing my book to.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
COMPLETION POST:
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 336 pages
How book qualified: Christina Lauren is a favorite. I've read almost all they've written: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Date Completed: 4/12/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Maelyn makes a wish that keeps her reliving an annual holiday vacation with family friends, trying to figure out what she's doing wrong/needs to fix. Since Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies, this story had a lot to live up to for me and it did a pretty darn good job. I really liked the characters, including all the minor/side characters. They added a lot. I also liked that it didn't end how I originally thought it would.
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 336 pages
How book qualified: Christina Lauren is a favorite. I've read almost all they've written: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Date Completed: 4/12/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Maelyn makes a wish that keeps her reliving an annual holiday vacation with family friends, trying to figure out what she's doing wrong/needs to fix. Since Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies, this story had a lot to live up to for me and it did a pretty darn good job. I really liked the characters, including all the minor/side characters. They added a lot. I also liked that it didn't end how I originally thought it would.
April wrote: "I will be lucky if I can get any books done this week. Back to work. I forgot how hard an infant is. (I do in home childcare)"
Babies are exhausting. :D
Babies are exhausting. :D
COMPLETION POSTTask: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: Beard with Me by Penny Reid
Pages: 352 (kindle)
How it fits: Penny Reid is one of my favorite contemporary romance authors, and I'm almost done with this series.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Date Completed: 4/12/21
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This was great til the end . It's a backstory that we've read bits and pieces of in the first 5 books. And I think it concludes in the 7th. So....the ending was kind of frustrating, but I'm sure all will be better :)
Completion post Task 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.Book 2
Book:
Pages: 380 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 13 April
Rating: 3.5⭐️
How it qualifies: Task 4 of the RRC April challenge is April is Stress Awareness Month: We are all living with a bit of extra stress these days so use some time in April to kick back and destress.
Read a book by a favorite author, or a book that you feel will be a great escape from everyday stresses.
Sawyer Bennett is one of my favourite authors and I have attached my read and to read books in the following list
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Review: A Tarzan/jungle book type story.
Moira brings Zach to the US from the Amazon where he had been taken at age 7 with his missionary parents. After their death he had become part of an indigenous tribe and adopted their culture and behaviours. Moira sets out to re integrate him into society which is a small part of the story. Zach is very interested in sexual behaviour which forms about 80% of the pages of this book with Zach exploring every sexual experience he can. It’s hot but I would have liked a bit more focus on other aspects also.
Hazel wrote: "Completion post Task 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.
Book 2
Book: [bookcover:Uncivili..."
Didn't you think Zach's transition into everyday life was just a little too smooth?? I'm a big fan of Sawyer Bennett too but this was probably my least favorite book of hers. :D
Book 2
Book: [bookcover:Uncivili..."
Didn't you think Zach's transition into everyday life was just a little too smooth?? I'm a big fan of Sawyer Bennett too but this was probably my least favorite book of hers. :D
I've got my second one going and should have it finished this afternoon.
Cyndee wrote: "Hazel wrote: "Completion post Task 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Reader's Choice is exempt from this task.Book 2
Book: [book..."
It was so different from the hockey book. She did that other slightly strange one as well[bookcover:The Hard Truth About Sunshine|36391631]. This one was basically a sex fest which I’m not opposed to but I do like some substance to the story 😂. You’re right nothing fazed him in the slightest he certainly worked out how to use the internet to his advantage very quickly! The moaning about no job when they went on about his knowledge of geography, maths and history I thought would have led to him being proactive in researching online courses. I also thought Moira was a bit one sided as apart from saying she was an anthropologist and helping Zach reintegrate we didn’t see much else of her in a professional capacity. Talking about it makes me want to drop my rating to a 3 😂
Have you read her Sugar Bowl trilogy? That's another one that started out pretty strong so I had high expectations, but was let down by the end of it all.
Suzanne wrote: "COMPLETION POST
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: [book:B..."
I'm interested to see what you'll think of the next one. I won't try to sway you with my opinion. :D
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: [book:B..."
I'm interested to see what you'll think of the next one. I won't try to sway you with my opinion. :D
Cyndee wrote: "Have you read her Sugar Bowl trilogy? That's another one that started out pretty strong so I had high expectations, but was let down by the end of it all."No I’ve not read that one yet. It’s on my list. The 2 I read were on my MnG list so that’s a bonus!
COMPLETION POST:
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 342 pages
How book qualified: I'll read anything Amy Harmon writes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Date Completed: 4/13/2021
Rating: 5 stars
This woman is a MASTER storyteller. She could get me to read any genre she writes in. This duet is fantasy as much as it is romance, and is not one I would have been interested in if it weren't written by Amy Harmon, but she paints beautiful pictures with the simplest of sentences, her characters deep and storylines engrossing.
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 342 pages
How book qualified: I'll read anything Amy Harmon writes: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Date Completed: 4/13/2021
Rating: 5 stars
This woman is a MASTER storyteller. She could get me to read any genre she writes in. This duet is fantasy as much as it is romance, and is not one I would have been interested in if it weren't written by Amy Harmon, but she paints beautiful pictures with the simplest of sentences, her characters deep and storylines engrossing.
Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4Hazel: Garrett
Post 302
Uncivilized
Post 314
Cyndee: In a Holidaze
Post 310
The Queen and the Cure
Post 322
Suzanne: Beard with me
Post 313
April: Next Door Daddy
Post 325
COMPLETION POST:Task: 14 - 84. Pick a category from the current RRRC Monthly Challenge and read 6 books for that category. Team choice: Category 4
Book: Next Door Daddy
Page numbers with source: 336 pages
How book qualified: I have read a lot of Mia Ford books
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Date Completed: 4/13/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Thanks so much everyone for all that reading!
Here is your next task!Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Books selected for this task need to have no person/people on the cover. You can use any edition's cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion post.
I’ve got a few. I’ll see how many I can get done.
I have 2 that I was planning for this week anyway so that works out great! I'll just bump them up in my schedule. :D
It's nice when a task works out with other plans!!
I have two that I can do (one audio one not). At that point, I'll see where we're at. I am going to finish them tomorrow vs. today so they will count for the Uno mini-challenge. I'm not sure if I'd finish them today anyway because...life :)
Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.COMPLETION POST:
Task: Reunion Pass
Page numbers with source: 335 pages
How book qualified: No person on cover
Date Completed: 4/15/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Completion PostTask 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Hazel:
1 Sancte Diaboli: Part One
Post 335
2 Dear Enemy
Post 343
Cyndee:
3 His royal Favorite
Post 341
Suzanne:
4 The House in the Cerulean Sea
Post 336
5 Midnight Crossroad
Post 338
6 Nyxia Uprising
Post 345
April:
7 Reunion Pass
Post 333
8 romancing the Cowboy
Post 337
Completion post (book1)Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book:
(kindle edition)Pages: 332 (paperback edition) kindle edition has no page number
Read: 15 April
Rating: 5⭐️
How it qualifies: No person on the cover
Review: This is book 6 in the series and the first of 2 parts. It’s dark and twisty and everything I love about Amo Jones. The new generation of Kings are about to take over the gavel and a new threat is lurking. Saint who has been hidden for her own safety by Brantley is now integrating into the group and the feelings that exist between her and Brantley are definitely not only of a protective nature anymore. Ends on a cliffhanger and im desperate for the next one to see how this all plays out!
Completion post (book1)Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book:
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Pages: 394 (kindle)
Read: 15 April
Rating: 5⭐️
How it qualifies: No person on the cover
Review: I had heard this book was great - and I completely agree. Linus works for a corporation that oversees orphanages for magical children. When he is sent by extremely upper management to the house in the title, he has no idea what to expect. The characters in this book are so awesome and complex, especially the children. I couldn't put it down, but now I'm so sad it's over.
Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.COMPLETION POST:
Task: Romancing the Cowboy
Page numbers with source: 174
How book qualified: No person on cover
Date Completed: 4/15/2021
Rating: 2 stars
Completion post (book1)Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book:
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine HarrisPages: 320 (kindle)
Read: 15 April
Rating: 3.5⭐️
How it qualifies: No person on the cover
Review: This is about a diverse group of misfits that live in Midnight,Texas. Some have supernatural abilities. There is a mystery about a missing wife, but I think most of the story focuses on the characters and their interactions. I enjoyed it, although I didn't LOVE it
I have to read a book for Uno that doesn't have a person on the cover. I'll start it late tonight or tomorrow - not sure how fast it'll go. But I'm also not sure if it'll be needed - we can definitely use it if it is.
Just to let you all know I’m having a problem with GR at the moment. First I wasn’t getting notifications but now my notifications are either coming 12-24 hours after someone has posted or I get a notification but can’t see any posts.
COMPLETION POST:
Task: Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book: His Royal Favorite by Lilah Pace
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 245 pages
How book qualified: No people on the cover
Date Completed: 4/16/2021
Rating: 4 stars
This was the second in a duet. I really like these characters and the story lines, both minor and primary, but this one felt like too much was tried to cram into too few pages for the "side" stories while too much back and forth dragging out of the primary storyline.
Task: Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book: His Royal Favorite by Lilah Pace
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 245 pages
How book qualified: No people on the cover
Date Completed: 4/16/2021
Rating: 4 stars
This was the second in a duet. I really like these characters and the story lines, both minor and primary, but this one felt like too much was tried to cram into too few pages for the "side" stories while too much back and forth dragging out of the primary storyline.
Hazel wrote: "Just to let you all know I’m having a problem with GR at the moment. First I wasn’t getting notifications but now my notifications are either coming 12-24 hours after someone has posted or I get a ..."
Isn't it awful?! UGH! Been happening for days and it has been so frustrating.
Isn't it awful?! UGH! Been happening for days and it has been so frustrating.
Completion post (2) :Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book:
Pages: 386 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 16 April
Rating: 3⭐️
How it qualifies:
this cover has no people on itReview: Macon and Delilah were enemies all their lives. When Delilah’s sister steals his mums watch and allows a stalker to put Macon’s life at risk she steps in to repay him and the hate turns to like, lust then love. It was a bit slow for me and I feel a chunk could have been cut out the middle of the book.
Hazel wrote: "Just to let you all know I’m having a problem with GR at the moment. First I wasn’t getting notifications but now my notifications are either coming 12-24 hours after someone has posted or I get a ..."Yes it has been doing it all week. So aggravating. Now it is erasing what I typed.
Completion post (3) :Task 15 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Book:
Nyxia Uprising by Scott ReintgenPages: 368 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 16 April
Rating: 3⭐️
How it qualifies: No people on cover
Review: This is the final book of the trilogy. It took me a little bit to remember what was going on, but not TOO long, other than I didn't remember/regret the loss of friends from the previous books as much as the characters did. In this one, our main characters need to hurry to get off the planet. I liked Emmet and Mornings relationship a lot because, while they clearly loved each other, it wasn't silly and they made survival a priority. Morning is pretty bad-ass too. I didn't like this one as much as the first two in the series though - I think that's because it was a big resolution of all that had gone on before without twists and turns of its own.
Note: I checked with Cyndee who said it was ok to post this. It was an Uno book that I needed to read :)I'll go ahead and check us in.
Here is your next task!Task 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Books selected for this task need to have a model on the cover with a tattoo. You can use any cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.
I don't have tons of books for this but I'll try to find at least two! :)
I am going to read
and
(Note: I think that tattoo on her arm works. If you think that is a problem, let me know!)
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That’s on my TBR list - everyone I know that’s read it loves it but something about the cover just makes me hesitate to pick it up.