TART Challenge - Round 3 - Buns on the Run (13)

[Shelby]

Completion Post

Task: 15 - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date.

Book/cover link: Afterglow


Page numbers with source: 214pgs per GR
How book qualified, with links or cover as necessary: First Published - 1987
Date Completed: (5/11)
Rating: ★★½

This is a case of a book that doesn't really stand up over time. A bit to dated and the characterizations showed it. There were moments where I liked David and Chelsea, but they never really felt like the fit either. They're so different and didn't get on well in their first meetings. It felt like the development of their "feelings" for each other was a bit forced. The relaxed version of David was more agreeable as a partner for Chelsea and much of the center of the book I enjoyed. I liked to see them all with David's kids. But a lot of times the changes in someone's opinion flipped at the drop of a hat and seemed to come out of nowhere. Take Margaret for instance, petrified about Chelsea's influence on her kids, seemingly bent all out of shape and ready to destroy Chelsea at dinner, but two seconds later in the bathroom everything's all fine and we'll work it out. There were a few too many flip flops like that in this story to truly enjoy it, especially when a lot of them happened with our heroes. Overall this is a novel that doesn't hold up past the time period it was written in, and the good moments are outweighed by the awkward. I didn't hate it, but it's not one that will go on my re-read list either.

[Shelby]

Ugh that's frustrating. But at least I figured out why I'm struggling to have some of my comments post. Apparently GR does not like coding at the moment. :-p No bolds, italics, or any post with html code seems to be working at the moment.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

I couldn't figure out why it just kept spinning and spinning until I took the coding out. I typically make my posts pretty but right now Goodreads won't let you.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

I'll have my book done tonight :)

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

COMPLETION POST
Task 15 - Read a book with a 9 in the initial publication date.


Book: Sidelined by Mercy Celeste
Date Read: 5/11
Pages: 298/GR
How it Fits: Published: July 19, 2013
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review: 3.5 Stars. I liked this book but I never really felt like I got to know/understand either of the MCs all that well - especially Levi. He's really quite a mess and although we do finally get to find out more about his background it almost came to late. I never really understood his relationship with his brother and although I felt the chemistry between Levi and Tracy I didn't really believe the love which seemed to be a bit too instant. The two MC's didn't seem to really like or respect each other and really had some unkind things to say to each other through a big portion of the book so the "love" that came on suddenly didn't feel real to me. I did like finding out more about the time we didn't get to see in the first book (since I really wanted to know more about that time frame). So despite some of my issues with this book I did enjoy it and hope that we get more closure for Levi and Tracy in the next book since this felt more like a HFN then a HEA.

[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

COMPLETION POST
Task #15 - Read a book with a 9 in the publication date



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[Danielle Gypsy Soul]

Thanks guys for playing the game - it was fun. Ryland I hope everything is okay with you.

[Shelby]

It was a fun round. Thanks you all for playing. I'm glad we all got to play together. I second Danielle's thoughts, hope you're ok Ryland. :)

[AnnMarie]

It was fun, thanks for having me :)