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I'm trying to find all the rules for audio only publications (and I did ask in the Q&A when I couldn't find it). I've got at least 2 ready but am really hoping one of them will count. If not, I'll just add another one I've got on my radar. :D
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COMPLETION POST:
Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book: Pause by Kylie Scott
Page numbers with source: Audio ~ 6 hours 17 minutes
How book qualified: Tattooed man on cover
Date Completed: 4/17/2021
Rating: 4 stars
I think I went into this one with my expectations too high but it was still a 4 star for me. Loosely connected to her book Repeat which was one of my favorites. This one just didn't live up to the same standards. It was good, cute, I adored Leif, but overall I just would have enjoyed more build up of the chemistry between the main characters.
Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book: Pause by Kylie Scott
Page numbers with source: Audio ~ 6 hours 17 minutes
How book qualified: Tattooed man on cover
Date Completed: 4/17/2021
Rating: 4 stars
I think I went into this one with my expectations too high but it was still a 4 star for me. Loosely connected to her book Repeat which was one of my favorites. This one just didn't live up to the same standards. It was good, cute, I adored Leif, but overall I just would have enjoyed more build up of the chemistry between the main characters.
I may have to abandon that one since its an audio only, but I wanted to get it posted while I'm updating all over GR. :)
Kat confirmed that Pause will count. I'm halfway through a second one so will likely be done with it tonight.
Awesome! I'm glad that Pause will work!
Completion PostTask: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Hazel: Fallen Ink
Post 362
Archer
Post 364
Cyndee: Pause
Post 353
Pike
post 359
Suzanne: Tattoo
Post 360
Ink Witch
Post 363
April: Pretty Thing
Post 358
Billionaires unexpected baby
Post 361
COMPLETION POST:Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book: Pretty Thing
Page numbers with source: 208 pages
How book qualified: guy has tattoos on cover
Date Completed: 4/17/2021
Rating: 4 stars
Good book. Aiden, Kyle and Kalli have always been best friends. Kyle and Kalli are twins. Aiden has always had a crush on Kali. Kali has always had a crush on Aiden but Kyle didn't approve. Kyle passed away. The two got together but Aiden kept backing away thinking Kyle was mad. Kyle left everyone messages on app that called and listened to his messages. He approved of them together.
COMPLETION POST:
Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book: Pike by T.M. Frazier
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 248 pages
How book qualified: Tattooed man on cover
Date Completed: 4/17/2021
Rating: 4 stars
I knew this was a spin-off of the King series, so I should have known to finish that series off before reading this one. I know I'm missing some info on Pike that was revealed in that other series, but this was still a good one.
Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book: Pike by T.M. Frazier
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 248 pages
How book qualified: Tattooed man on cover
Date Completed: 4/17/2021
Rating: 4 stars
I knew this was a spin-off of the King series, so I should have known to finish that series off before reading this one. I know I'm missing some info on Pike that was revealed in that other series, but this was still a good one.
Completion PostTask: 16 - 110: Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model
Book:
Tattoo by Cambria HebertPage Numbers: 211 (Kindle)
How book qualifies: Tattooed man on cover
Date Read: 4/17/2021
Rating: 3 stars
This was not a bad read - I'd never heard of the book/author before, but I think it was a good pick. Brody is an undercover police officer who tries to help a beautiful girl who is injured in a bank robbery. When his tattoo is recognized, they are thrown together. I didn't hate either of the characters but I didn't get super emotionally invested.
COMPLETION POST:Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book: billionaires unexpected baby
Page numbers with source: 189 pages
How book qualified: guy has tattoos on cover
Date Completed: 4/17/2021
Rating: 2 stars
Madeline is raising her siblings since her parents left. Carter comes to town to build a hotel. Madeline gets pregnant
Completion post (book 1)Task: 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.
Book:
Pages: 294
Read: 17 April
Rating: 3.5⭐️
How it qualifies: Cover model has visible Tattoos
Review: A continuation of the Montgomery ink series. Addi and Mace are best friends and start to fall for one another. On top of that Addi and her brother are opening up a franchise of their family tattoo business but someone isn’t happy about their opening and is destroying their shop. An easy read.
Completion post (book 2)Task 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model
Book:
Pages: 222
Read: 18 April
Rating: 3 stars
How it qualifies: Tattoo on her forearm
Review: This was book 1 in a series, but it did feel like there was a lot of backstory I was missing (I believe she was a character in a previous series). I can see some potential in this new series though - although I don't know I'll continue. Basically, the Ink Witch can read tarot cards and predict the future, and that is how she is making a living at the start of the book. But when her half brother and others are missing, she is drawn back to her previous life as an assassin. The tattoo on the cover is actually a big part of the story as she does it to herself (!) early on with some special ink, and it ends up being unusual.
Completion post (book 2)Task 16 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model
Book:
Pages: 179 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 18 April
Rating: 2⭐️
How it qualifies: cover model has tattoos
Review: Archer was in the military and now part of an MC. A rival MC has been trafficking women and Archer was tasked with killing the President but his bullet went straight through the president and hits a girl. He can’t stop thinking about her and starts a relationship with her. Most of the characters in this book annoyed me in some way or another especially Daria’s roommates who forced her to go to the party where she was shot, they didn’t take her to the hospital, they couldn’t even bring her her purse so she could get the tv on or pay for it themselves.
Here is your next task!Task 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.
As a team decide whether you want to do books with facial hair or without. Without facial hair would be clean shaven - no type of beard, mustache, or scruff. Please include the teams decision in your completion posts. You can use any edition's cover to qualify.
Sorry for the extra long delay, we ended up running into town for a project we are working on. And I'm not making that trip without getting a meal I don't have to cook! 😉
Didn't realize you were on such a streak of cover tasks! 🤷🏻♀️
I definitely have more books with facial hair than without.
MountainKat wrote: "Sorry for the extra long delay, we ended up running into town for a project we are working on. And I'm not making that trip without getting a meal I don't have to cook! 😉"No problem Kat! I can’t wait to go out for a meal again. Some of our hospitality is opening up on 26 April having been closed down in Scotland since Xmas day.
Hazel wrote: "I definitely have more books with facial hair than without."
I can easily do either so I'm good with facial hair. 😁
I can easily do either so I'm good with facial hair. 😁
I'm needing to find something audio because I have to do an airport pickup today/tomorrow (8 hours of driving). The driving home I may not be able to listen, but the driving there I can.Anyway, do you think
would work? It's definitely facial hair but I don't know if it counts as a cover model.I asked in the Q&A also.
It'll likely be fine. Kat has allowed for the drawn/cartoony covers for similar tasks in the past.
I accidentally skipped that one on the way to series end, so it'll finish the series for me, which will be nice. And I suspect I'll like it more than I liked the last book, which I did NOT enjoy.
Suzanne wrote: "Does Dr. Strange Beard (Winston Brothers, #5) by Penny Reid for for "cover model with facial hair"? or does it need to be more.. photograph-like?"Kat: No, but it needs to be clearly shown in either the photo or drawing.
I THINK this means it's ok to use since it's clearly shown. I sure phrased the question(s) badly since it was two questions with opposite answers.
I'm out of town til late tomorrow afternoon, but I'll take my laptop so I can check in once I finish my book.
Suzanne wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Does Dr. Strange Beard (Winston Brothers, #5) by Penny Reid for for "cover model with facial hair"? or does it need to be more.. photograph-like?"
Kat: No, but it needs to be clear..."
Since she mentions a drawing being okay, I think she's saying that no, it doesn't have to be photograph-like. Just that is has to be obvious in the drawing or photo that it is facial hair, and not, say, a shadow or something like that. Those Winston Bros books are definitely facial hair. 😁
I'm with you on that last book! It was my least favorite of the series. There was ALL this build up and tension around Billy and Scarlet through the entire series, and then it ended up being a huge, boring let-down.
Kat: No, but it needs to be clear..."
Since she mentions a drawing being okay, I think she's saying that no, it doesn't have to be photograph-like. Just that is has to be obvious in the drawing or photo that it is facial hair, and not, say, a shadow or something like that. Those Winston Bros books are definitely facial hair. 😁
I'm with you on that last book! It was my least favorite of the series. There was ALL this build up and tension around Billy and Scarlet through the entire series, and then it ended up being a huge, boring let-down.
I hated all the fighting and animosity in the last book. and I missed the humor. I'm enjoying Dr. Strange Beard a lot more.
Completion PostTask 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.
We chose with facial hair
Hazel: He said always
Post 384
Forfeit
Post 389
Cyndee: My Charming Rival
Post 383
Hard Call
Post 388
Suzanne: Dr Strange Beard
Post 380
April: Trusting Taylor
Post 387
Completion PostTask 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.
We chose facial hair
Book:
Dr. Strange Beard by Penny ReidDate Read: 4/20/21
Pages: 350 (Kindle)
How it qualifies: Picture of bearded man on the cover
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: I'm glad I somehow skipped over this one on my way to finish the series - it was a much better way to end this. This one had the humor and drama I've come to expect from the books. And I really liked Simone and Roscoe!
So as far as a 2nd book - I'll try but I'm picking up the grandson at the airport in about an hour. I think he will want to talk on the 4 hour drive home. And then getting things organized, and teaching tonight. But I will start one and then see how it goes. I'll know more tonight :) I'd suspect I could finish the 2nd tomorrow sometime though if that's soon enough!
COMPLETION POST:
Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book: My Charming Rival by Lauren Blakely
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 220 pages
How book qualified: Man on this cover has facial hair
Date Completed: 4/20/2021
Rating: 2 stars
Well...I didn't HATE it...
The character development is severly lacking and there wasn't really any palpable chemistry between the MCs. Just meh.
Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book: My Charming Rival by Lauren Blakely
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 220 pages
How book qualified: Man on this cover has facial hair
Date Completed: 4/20/2021
Rating: 2 stars
Well...I didn't HATE it...
The character development is severly lacking and there wasn't really any palpable chemistry between the MCs. Just meh.
Completion post Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book:
Pages: 253 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 20 April
Rating: 4⭐️
How it qualifies: Book cover above shows facial hair
Review: this was an Arc I received and revisits the world of the Corisi family and specifically his half brother Gian who falls in love with Teagan the best friend of the girl who he has discovered is another half sibling of Dominic his half brother.
I finished my book earlier but couldn’t post as I was crazy busy at work then my son had his first football match in about 10 months and first time back since he broke his wrist. I have started a second one but if someone else completed first then that’s fine as the one I’m reading counts towards another challenge as well.
I am almost finished with my one book.
COMPLETION POST:Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book: Trusting Taylor
Page numbers with source: 278
Cover has male with facial hair
Date Completed: 4/20/2021
Rating: 3 stars
COMPLETION POST:
Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book: A Hard Call by Max Walker
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 240 pages
How book qualified: Man on cover has facial hair
Date Completed: 4/20/2021
Rating: 3.5 stars
Overall a decent story with likeable characters. Somewhat repetative, occasionally juvenile, underwhelming mystery plot, but still found myself not wanting to put it down.
Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book: A Hard Call by Max Walker
Page numbers with source: GR Kindle 240 pages
How book qualified: Man on cover has facial hair
Date Completed: 4/20/2021
Rating: 3.5 stars
Overall a decent story with likeable characters. Somewhat repetative, occasionally juvenile, underwhelming mystery plot, but still found myself not wanting to put it down.
Completion post 2 Task: 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Team chose WITH facial hair
Book:
Pages: 190 as per kindle edition in above link
Read: 21 April
Rating: 3⭐️
How it qualifies: Book cover above shows person with facial hair.
Review: My first book by Lydia Michael’s. This tells the story of a happy marriage that is impacted when financial strains are placed on a couple and the impact of alcohol and lack of intimacy on the struggling relationship.
Thanks Cyndee and Hazel for reading two.
Yes thank you! I just finished my second, and it's so nice to have us checked in already. It's the last week of regular classes and so of COURSE this is also the week we get our grandson. AND my husband went backpacking....I'm not nearly as fun as I'd like to be these two weeks, but I'll do my best.
Suzanne wrote: "Completion PostTask 17 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.
We chose facial hair
Book:
[book:Dr. Strange Bea..."Please add the first edition Kindle page count (350). Thanks!
Here is your next task!Task 18 - 71. Pick another team and each member reads one book that was read by a member for this challenge. No pass for this task.
As a team select another team in this challenge. Then everyone reads a book read by a member of the selected teams for this challenge. Please include the selected team and a link to the team member's completion post for your selected book in your completion posts. Series rule applies.
I will not be back on until later. Yall pick a team and let me know. I am down with any team.
The other teams that have completed the most rounds (so more book options for us!) are:
Team 1
Team 4 (all MM readers)
Team 7 (I think all MM readers. Their team choice tasks all seem to reflect that)
Team 9 (all MM readers)
Team 11
Team 1
Team 4 (all MM readers)
Team 7 (I think all MM readers. Their team choice tasks all seem to reflect that)
Team 9 (all MM readers)
Team 11
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