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TART Challenge - Round 3 - Fast like Molasses (11)
I haven't finished yet, but I think this book is just so lovely. 😍I love that the hero married his first wife young and was happily faithful and didn't whore it up after her death. Such a nice change.
#18 | Task 119: Select an author that is new to at least two of you and each teammate reads a book by that author.Book: Accidentally Compromising the Duke
Rating: 🛏️🛏️🛏️
Pages: 256
Completed: April 24, 2021
Qualifies: Stacy Reid is new to Courtney, Chan, Liz, and Karen
Completion Post - Task 18119. As a team, select an author that is new to at least two of you and each teammate reads a book by that author.
Team picked Stacy Reid
Accidentally Compromising the Duke
Pages: 256 (Kindle Edition)
Completed: 4/25
How the book qualifies: Written by Stacy Reid
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:
I just really loved this! Maybe I've just been in the mood for something sweet, but this really hit the spot 🤣.
I thought the MCs were just fabulous! A Duke who doesn't have a history of whoring it up?
I love that he loved his first wife, and that he was scared to let someone in again. I love how much he loved his daughters and just want to provided them with everything they needed. I love that he was so scared to let Adel in, but when he did, he did it wholeheartedly.
And Adel was such a great heroine! Thank goodness for a regency heroine who isn't totally scared of everything!
I thought this was so well-written, and the characters were done so beautifully. The angst was just spot on, and had so many great feels.
Just wonderful!
Sorry, guys, I tried to stay up and finish last night, but I totally passed out with two chapters left 🤣🤣🤣.
LMBO no worries. i finished a few hours ago.Glad you enjoyed it so much.
That Christian and Ana gif is funny
🤣🤣🤣 I had typed "Yes please" in giphy expecting something a bit silly, and this was like the third option, and it cracked me up.
I'm dying to know about Westfall's daughter, though! I can't believe book 2 isn't about him. Have to get to the third one before I'll find out 😭
Here is your next task!Task 19 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
For this task there needs to be no person/people on the cover. No silhouettes, no cartoons. You can use any edition's cover to qualify for this task. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.
Omg! This is the hardest one ever 🤣🤣🤣. I got nekkid chests on all my books! 🤣🤣🤣
Courtney wrote: "Omg! This is the hardest one ever 🤣🤣🤣. I got nekkid chests on all my books! 🤣🤣🤣"Don't forget to check for alternate covers!
I have four! 🤣 60 pages on my TBR and 4 covers without a hot dude on the cover. I'm so ridiculous 🤣🤣
I've only got one on my M&G list that works, but I can always follow up with an In Death book. Most of them don't have people on the cover, and even if the main one does, there are tons of alternate covers!
It looks like this one
will fit PTP, too. I wonder if the series works ok out of order 🤔
Ok, I've found two that'll work for this and PTP, but I can't decide! 🤣🤣
I don't know either author, and they both sound cute 🤷🏼♀️
I'm going to do that for my second one 🤣. I wanted something short so I could get PTP done. I was afraid if I did two too close to 300 pages, you guys would be waiting forever for me.This book is really rough, though. Feels like it was written by a 14 year old 🤣
Courtney wrote: "I'm going to do that for my second one 🤣. I wanted something short so I could get PTP done. I was afraid if I did two too close to 300 pages, you guys would be waiting forever for me.This book is..."
Yikes. that is rough. i hope it gets better
#19 | Task 111: Read 8 books without a person on the cover | Book 1Book: Somebody Killed His Editor
Rating: 🍷🍷🍷🍷
Pages: 272
Completed: April 25, 2021
Qualifies: No people on cover
Completion Post - Task 19111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Passions and Peonies: Spring
Pages: 192 (Kindle Edition)
Completed: 4/26
How the book qualifies: No people on the cover
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Review:
Honestly, this book is pretty rough. The dialogue is just really cringy and unnatural, the insta-love is way over the top, and the characters are so flat and fake feeling that it's hard to care about their story.
Lacey, the heroine, is just that ridiculous pixie-dreamgirl type character. Will likes her because she has pink hair, talks to strangers, and is clumsy. Seriously, at one point, her hat starts to blow off her head, and he thinks to himself, "I could never get tired of this girl."
Lacey is also ridiculously flighty and often changes her mind for no clear reason. For example, when she thinks Will has snubbed her at the hotel, she's totally pissed, and then the next time we get her POV chapter she admits that maybe it wasn't the same guy and she feels silly about being upset, and then the next time she sees Will she's all pissed at him for ignoring her (so she did still think it was him?). But don't worry, it's all solved by her falling into the water and Will thinking it's adorable that she's so clumsy, and then she storms off because she's angry, or embarrassed, or something.
And of course there's her over-top-top "should I message him on Whatsapp or not" dilemma that lasts the entire book.
I'm pretty sure that if a dude has given you his number and asked you to text him, and he's already shoved his tongue in your mouth and you liked it, you're probably good to shoot him a text.
And then there's the food poisoning fiasco where Lacey acts like a child, and even at one point says, "What's happening to me. It hurts so bad." And then gets all upset about throwing up in front of the guy she likes, and worries he won't like her anymore.
Besides the lack of any depth to the characters, the story just isn't put together very well. The author does things like having the characters recount scenes to friends exactly how they happened earlier in the book. Readers don't need to re-read these things, saying "She told her what happened" is sufficient. We can remember, don't worry.
Also, there is a lot of stuff included (like the women making a big deal about the resort being all-inclusive, and Will getting excited about getting a deal on his iPhone) that is absolutely unnecessary to the plot, while a lot of stuff that needs more explanation (like why Lacey and Sky agreed to go to the club with those other dudes) is left unclear.
It's just not thoughtfully done, and there is too much filler in here. Just didn't work for me.
#19 | Task 111: Read 8 books without a person on the cover | Book 1Book:
Rating: 🤩🤩🤩
Pages: 384
Completed: April 25, 2021
Qualifies: No people on cover
Completion - Task 19 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.Book 1:
Fatal MistakePages: 427 (Kindle version)
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: 4/25/21
How the book qualifies: No people on this cover:
OMG! Why have I waited so long to read this book! It's so good!
#19 | Task 111: Read 8 books without a person on the cover | Book 2Book: True Colours
Rating: 👍👍👍👍
Pages: 296
Completed: April 26, 2021
Qualifies: No people on cover
Courtney wrote: "OMG! Why have I waited so long to read this book! It's so good!"
lol Mal is like a puppy
Completion - Task 19 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.Book 2:
Portrait in DeathPages: 372 (Kindle version)
Rating: 5 stars
Completed: 4/26/21
How the book qualifies: No people on the cover
Task 19 - 111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.Book 2:
Pages: 320 (Kindle version)
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: 4/26/21
How the book qualifies: No people on the cover
Chan wrote: "lol Mal is like a puppy"🤣🤣 Normally, I think I would get annoyed with a character like this, but for some reason it's really endearing with him. I still don't understand why he was so explicit that their relationship was going to be for show only with no hanky panky stuff. Hopefully will find out soon 🤞🏽.
Anne is so cool though. When that b*tch at the party tells her that Mal is out of her league, and she told her to f-off, I was like, YEAH GIRL!!!!
And I was cracking up so hard during the scene where they're pretending to have sex because their neighbors are being so loud, and Mal's like "You taste so good". And Anne asks "What do I taste like?". And he says "Honey and Cream and Bread....Really sexy bread" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
OMG I was laughing so hard, my husband asked me what I was reading 🤣
Completion Post - Task 19Book 2
111. Read 8 books without a person on the cover.
Play
Pages: 294 (Kindle Edition)
Completed: 4/27
How the book qualifies: No people on this cover version
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:
Why did I wait so long to read this???!!! I loved it. Just loved it! Mal was so perfectly done. Just the right amount of nutso to make him endearing. And Anne was a superstar!
It's been so long since I read Lick, so I'm not sure if I could pick a favorite between the two, but this was definitely a great read!
Elizabeth wrote: "#19 | Task 111: Read 8 books without a person on the cover | Book 1Book:
Rating: 🤩🤩🤩
Pages: 383
Completed: April 25, 2021
Qualifies: No people on cover"
Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (384). Thanks.
Here is your next task!Task 20 - 109. Read 6 books with or without facial hair on a male cover model. Teams decide.
Decide whether you are reading books with facial hair or without. Without would mean completely clean-shaven. With facial hair would include beards, mustaches and obvious scruff. You can use any edition's cover to qualify for this task. Please include the team's decision in your completion posts.
New task! I can go either way on this one, but have more options with facial hair than without.
Courtney wrote: "Chan wrote: "lol Mal is like a puppy"🤣🤣 Normally, I think I would get annoyed with a character like this, but for some reason it's really endearing with him. I still don't understand why he was s..."
My favorite scene was when Anne's 'best friend' finally decided to make a move, but it was too late. I was cheering so hard.
I'm with Karen on this one. I have a couple on my MnG shelf with no facial hair, but the majority are with facial hair. So that would be vote - With Facial Hair.
These notifications are frustrating me lolMy goodness. What is the deal
Chan wrote: "These notifications are frustrating me lolMy goodness. What is the deal"
Me too!
I’ve got 2 books without but I can easily find some with.
Chan wrote: "My favorite scene was when Anne's 'best friend' finally decided to make a move, but it was too late. I was cheering so hard"Oh, yeah. That was so good, too. When he came over early that morning with doughnuts after being out all night with some other girl, I wanted to punch his stupid face in!
I have lots of each, but with facial hair is probably easier. I've got lots of books with "Mountain man” in the title 🤣🤣🤣And the notifications are killing me!
Sounds good I’ll find some with facial hair.
Ugh! I hate making decisions 🤣So, I have six pages of books in my eReader with mountain man/men in the title 😳, which is probably concerning. Buuut I know you guys loved
, so I could do that. Or I could go completely over the top ridiculous with
. The precis sounds nuts, but all the reviews seem positive, and that cover does have the most impressive beard 🤣 (Not that it really matters, but whatever)
seems like facial hair is the winner :o)
Liz, don't forget to make the correction that Kat requested.
Chan wrote: "Liz, don't forget to make the correction that Kat requested."Thanks for letting me know. I didn't even see that message. I'm not getting the notifications so by the time I checked I'd missed so much. I guess I didn't go up far enough. Plus, I'm always having to use my phone which sucks!
Using GR on the phone is the worst. Couple that with the screwed up notifications and the GR platform is becoming pretty sucky.I'm grateful for the relationships I built on here and RRRC. That's what keeps me coming back :o)
#20 | Task 109: Read 6 books WITH facial hair on a male cover model | Book 1Book: Walk Through Fire
Rating: 🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️
Pages: 615
Completed: April 28, 2021
Qualifies: scruff on jawline
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Team chose Stacy Reid.
Pages: 256 (Kindle version)
Rating: 3 stars
Completed: 4/23/21
How the book qualifies: Stacy Reid is new to Karen, Chan, Courtney, and Elizabeth
Review: Review