TART Challenge - Round 4 - Chase the Rainbow (2)

[Trio]

I'm a super slow reader, and I've got 5 ARCs right now that I've got to get out asap - it has to be an audiobook I can listen to when I walk my dogs and do a few chores tomorrow.

[Amanda]

A Pebble for Lewis does have an audio book, it's just bundled with book two!
https://www.audible.com/pd/Alaskan-Pe...

I also liked Dragon's Heat and the audio is on Hoopla (Sean Crisden narrator). It's 347 pages, but the audio book is only 4.5 hours which to me is more the usual length of a novella

If those don't sound good let me know, I'm an audiobook gal too so I can look through what I have and what I liked

[Trio]

I was thinking of maybe doing Trusted Bond, it works for Regular Bingo too. Another one of those series I've never finished - I'll have to buy it, but that's okay.

[Amanda]

I SO wish there was a KU for audiobooks (better than the plus catalog), My amazon card bill every month is a scary thing because of audiobooks lol

[Trio]

So I am going with Trusted Bond - I updated my selection post #147.

Thanks for trying to help everyone, I appreciate it.

I don't look at my Amazon card bill Amanda, I think I'd die - my oldest son has a Prime account too (if you can believe that), and I just found out my daughter has been using Amazon Pay (I didn't even know that was a thing) to buy her makeup and other junk.

Guess I should have been checking that bill... LOL.

Now that my son's a full time student again though, I'm gong to look into changing his account to get a student discount.

[Amanda]

Oh yes I loved that student discount!

Amazon Pay is TERRIFYING lol. I already spend enough on Amazon, don't need to use it elsewhere

[Trio]

I don't know how that can even be a thing! She said it came up on her iPhone on some of her favorite stores, and she clicked it... and it worked. Hello! that doesn't mean it is FREE!

UGH

[Amanda]

My sister still pulls that stuff on my mom and she's 31 LOL.

[Janeylou]

.oh Trio, this made me laugh so much 😄😄😄

.....and I just found out my daughter has been using Amazon Pay (I didn't even know that was a thing) to buy her makeup and other junk.

[Trio]

👿👿👿

[Trio]

I'm done with my book and changed to completion - am I last?

[Janeylou]

Still waiting to Caipi to finish

[Caipi]

Janeylou wrote: "Still waiting to Caipi to finish"

Still reading, sorry girls. 🙈
I went hiking with friends in the Black Forest over the weekend.

[Janeylou]

Caipi wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Still waiting to Caipi to finish"

Still reading, sorry girls. 🙈
I went hiking with friends in the Black Forest over the weekend."

Lucky you Caipi, its a place ive always thought looked gorgeous

[Amanda]

Caipi wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Still waiting to Caipi to finish"

Still reading, sorry girls. 🙈
I went hiking with friends in the Black Forest over the weekend."


That sounds fun! I'm gonna be honest, I didn't know The Black Forest was a real place until it was mentioned on Great British Bakeoff a couple weeks ago 🤣

Caipi, we also need your two word title book checked in over on the clue thread by tonight.

ETA if you haven't read a 2 word title book we can use a lucky break so no worries!

[Caipi]

Janeylou wrote: "Caipi wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Still waiting to Caipi to finish"

Still reading, sorry girls. 🙈
I went hiking with friends in the Black Forest over the weekend."

Lucky you Caipi, its a place ive a..."

I love it there! When I was a child, my grandparents had a farm there and I spent a lot of holidays with them. The good old times.....
Now I travel there seldom although it's only a two and a half hours drive.

[Caipi]

Amanda wrote: "Caipi wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Still waiting to Caipi to finish"

Still reading, sorry girls. 🙈
I went hiking with friends in the Black Forest over the weekend."


That sounds fun! I'm gonna be hon..."

LOL, there you see how important shows like the Great British Bakeoff are. 😉Did they bake the traditional Black Forest Cherry Cake? It's only done right with a lot of Cherry Schnapps! 🤪

Just updated the two word title on the clue thread. 👍🏻

[Janeylou]

Have you been on the spiral walk think Caipi..bet the view is awesome from up there

[Janeylou]

Its amazing how educational British bake off is 😄😄

[Trio]

Caipi wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Still waiting to Caipi to finish"

Still reading, sorry girls. 🙈
I went hiking with friends in the Black Forest over the weekend."

oh my gosh - that sounds like a dream come true!

[Caipi]

Updated to completion and posted on the main thread.

[Caipi]

Janeylou wrote: "Have you been on the spiral walk think Caipi..bet the view is awesome from up there"

Hm, I think you mean the "Baumwipfelpfad" but no, we haven't been there.
But we hiked on top of the two mountains "Feldberg" and "Belchen", both over 1,400 metres so we had an amazing view. 😊

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 6 - 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.

Books selected for this task need to have over 500 reviews, not ratings. You can find the number of reviews on the main book page under the title. Please include the number of reviews in your completion post.

[Janeylou]

Completion post

Task 6 - 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews
The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles
288 pgs first kindle edition
Finished 15 th october
How fits 611 reviews on main page
I didnt enjoy this one as much as book 1., i just want Kim to tell the truth for once , im hoping nows hes out on his own that the next book will be better

[Amanda]

I feel like we get this task every time and I always end up with a TJ Klune reread lol.

Well we need some G's for Clue so I guess I'll start there

[Amanda]

Completion Post-Task 6 - 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.

Book 1

Wolfsong by T.J. Klune
495 Pages
How it qualifies: 5,582 reviews on main page
Date Read: 10/12/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: This series just gets better every time I read it. Joe and Ox are still my favorites.

Book 2

Ravensong by T.J. Klune
400 Pages
How it qualifies: 2,130 reviews on main page
Completed: 10/12/2021
Rating: 5 Stars
Review: I actually updated my rating from 4 stars to 5 stars this time around. This book just makes me feel so much, and I'm so happy every time seeing Gordo and Mark pull through together.

[Caipi]

Completion Post-Task 6 - 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews.


The Dark Tide by Josh Lanyon
Pages: 307
How it qualifies: currently 666 reviews on main page
Read: October 12th
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review:
Ah, I LOVE this series!
Adrien English is one of my favorite characters and I could read/listen to his stories countless times. Especially this fifth part were Jack finally allows himself to be the real himself.


Caulky by K.M. Neuhold
Pages: 204
How it qualifies: currently 691 reviews on main page
Read: October 13th
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review:
Great re-read! Cole and Ren are cute together and I really enjoyed their banter. :)

[Amanda]

Finished my first book so added a second one

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "Finished my first book so added a second one"

Nearly a 1000 pages of TJK......😫😫😫..no thank you

[Amanda]

Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Finished my first book so added a second one"

Nearly a 1000 pages of TJK......😫😫😫..no thank you"

I just looked and that was my 4th time reading Wolfsong so I've read SO many pages of TJK lol.

[Caipi]

Amanda wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Finished my first book so added a second one"

Nearly a 1000 pages of TJK......😫😫😫..no thank you"

I just looked and that was my 4th time reading Wolfsong so I've re..."

Ugh, I read the first three parts of this series and even though I mostly loved them I somehow never could bring myself to read the last one. These books are kinda exhausting.....

[Caipi]

Finished my first book and added a second one, too.

[Amanda]

Caipi wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Janeylou wrote: "Amanda wrote: "Finished my first book so added a second one"

Nearly a 1000 pages of TJK......😫😫😫..no thank you"

I just looked and that was my 4th time reading Wolf..."

Yeah, they're a complete drain on the emotions, so I read them when I want to both laugh and cry lol. I also think the first 2 are better than the last two, so don't read those ones as often. I'm gonna save them for our next page count task as they're such big books.

[Amanda]

Updated mine to completion

[Trio]

Completion Post Task 6
40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
224 pages Goodreads / Kindle
How it Qualifies: 38,479 reviews
Read: 13 Oct
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: I definitely appreciated the subtlety of the dialogue more this time around. And I think what Wilde is saying impacts differently at this point in my life, than it did when I was seventeen. Excellent time for a re-read!

[Trio]

Sorry for not posting sooner team! If you can believe this... my daughter had surgery on Monday and I just dropped off my husband at the hospital for his surgery which should be tomorrow! Totally not related surgeries.

My daughter is fine, it was scheduled, husband has been trying to get in for a few weeks now. He'll be fine.

[Caipi]

Trio wrote: "Sorry for not posting sooner team! If you can believe this... my daughter had surgery on Monday and I just dropped off my husband at the hospital for his surgery which should be tomorrow! Totally n..."

Yes, it is strange how sometimes everything happens at the same time. I'm glad your daughter is fine and hope your husband will be doing well too!

[Caipi]

Trio wrote: "Completion Post Task 6
40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews

Wood, Screws, & Nails by Piper Vaughn
166 pages / GR
How it..."

Trio, our current task is to read books with over 500 reviews, not ratings. I'm afraid your book won't work. 😕

[Caipi]

Updated to completion.

[Janeylou]

I havent even started my book yet ..will start tonight and hopefully Trio will see your message Caipi..i did the exact same thing and then realised what id done 🙄🙄

[Trio]

oops sorry - I didn't read that right

well, I read The Picture of Dorian Gray and it has 38,479 reviews so I'll change/update my post #185 if that's okay?

[Amanda]

Trio wrote: "oops sorry - I didn't read that right

well, I read The Picture of Dorian Gray and it has 38,479 reviews so I'll change/update my post #185 if that's okay?"

That should work fine!

[Trio]

🤣
I'm telling ya, if my head wasn't firmly attached to my shoulders, I think I'd have misplaced it by now.

[Janeylou]

Trio...your book has to have to page count for first kindle edition, regardless of what you read and which edition you post

Ive only looked at first 2 pages and can see 1 published May 17 2012.. with 175 pgs , not sure if there is an earlier one

[Amanda]

This is the earliest English kindle version with a page count I’m pretty sure The Picture of Dorian Gray [*book:The Picture of Dorian Gray|24592123]

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "This is the earliest English kindle version with a page count I’m pretty sure The Picture of Dorian Gray [*book:The Picture of Dorian Gray|24592123]"

What page it's that on
Amanda

[Amanda]

I don’t remember and closed out the tab. I sorted it by kindle editions and then by date published and it was oldest page that has page numbers on it. Somewhere in the 160s-170s

[Janeylou]

Ok..Trio, you need to change your edition/page count over on your completion post and then we finished

[Trio]

got it - thanks!!

okay, I've posted our completion to the Main Thread

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 7 - 30. Read 6 books with nekkid man chest on the cover.

You can use any edition's cover to qualify for this task. Basically, I’m looking for lots of skin here, minimum of an open shirt on the cover. Please include the qualifying cover in your completion posts.