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

[Janeylou]

Well i have as well Trio ..but i havent seen them , just heard of them and their stuff , but then thats the music im mainly into

[Trio]

Wow, that's so cool!
Do you like AFI too? That's how I found Alk3 in the first place.

[Janeylou]

Trio i love AFI...or i did , tbh i havent really heard any of their recent stuff , im going back 20 ish years, and he was sooo gorgeous ...i think i may nip over to youtube and play some songs 😄😄

[Amanda]

Oh my it seems we all share musical tastes!! Have you guys heard the guy that did Punk goes Broadway covers recently?? So good.

[Amanda]

I initially said Pop goes Broadway but definitely meant Punk lol. It's a riff on that old line of Punk goes Pop albums

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "Oh my it seems we all share musical tastes!! Have you guys heard the guy that did Punk goes Broadway covers recently?? So good."

Well i hadnt heard about him but ive been on youtube and yes ..very good

[Trio]

Janeylou wrote: "Trio i love AFI...or i did , tbh i havent really heard any of their recent stuff , im going back 20 ish years, and he was sooo gorgeous ...i think i may nip over to youtube and play some songs 😄😄"

SOOOO gorgeous!
Yes, they're coming in January - they put on a great show too, but they tend to play the same "hits" every time LOL. Davey Havok still walks out into the crowd though, which is so much fun!

[Trio]

Amanda wrote: "I initially said Pop goes Broadway but definitely meant Punk lol. It's a riff on that old line of Punk goes Pop albums"

I haven't heard about that - I'm off to check

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Janeylou wrote: "Selection Post Task 13 - 80. Read 4 books initially published in different decades.

Time to Check Out by Grant Michaels
337 pgs kindle edition ( pg count on amazon ..."

Please correct this to Completion - I initially skipped right over it! Thanks.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 14 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages. For example, teammates were born in 75, 83, 87 and 94 - each teammate reads a book at least 339 pages long. No pass for this task.

Please include the math and your required page count in your completion posts.

[Trio]

Completion Post
Task 14 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages

Sweet Thing by Emma Alcott
320 pages
How it qualifies: 92+65+66+69=292 Minimum Pages
Read: 9 Nov
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Review: Cute series. I do like the author group which continues throughout... nicely performed by Michael Ferraiuolo.

[Amanda]

Completion Post Task 14 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages


Tangled in Tinsel by Ellen Mint
331 Pages
How it qualifies: 92+65+66+69=292 Minimum Pages
Date Read: 11/7/2021
Rating: 3 Stars
Review: This was the hallmark-esque light hearted Christmas story it promised to be, but was a little too saccharine for my tastes. I like my Christmas stories sweet and fluffy, but with the writing style just edged into a "little too much" territory for me. An easy read to past the time, but ultimately one I likely wont remember past the next book I read

[Janeylou]

Completion Post Task 14 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages
Total 292pgs

Be Still My Heart by Charlie Cochet
308 pgs
How it qualifies: 92+65+66+69=292 Minimum Pages
Finished 7th November
4 stars
I did enjoy it but there wasnt much of a mystery, mainly how Red & Laz got together.
I didnt really notice it in bk 1 , but Ace ( MC from bk1) reminds me so much of Dex from THIRDS

[Janeylou]

Trio wrote: "Amanda 92
Janeylou 65
Trio 66
Caipi 69
292 pages..."

Its one of the few times where its good to be older 😄😄😄

[Trio]

you've got that right Janeylou! haha

can you link my post #411 as my selection/completion post? I'm not taking my computer with me overnight, so I'll fill it in asap.

Thanks :)

[Janeylou]

Trio wrote: "you've got that right Janeylou! haha

can you link my post #411 as my selection/completion post? I'm not taking my computer with me overnight, so I'll fill it in asap.

Thanks :)"

Will do , hope you both have a great time .
You know you've had a great time when you cant sleep cos of the ringing in your ears 🤣🤣

[Amanda]

Updated mine to completion!

[Trio]

oh my gosh, so true Janine, last time I had a headache the next day and I was like, "huh, wonder why?" and my daughter was all... hello!! Oh, right! haha

[Janeylou]

Finished mine and updated

[Janeylou]

Can someone start reminding me never to read a Mary Calmes again..just finished A Day Makes !!!!!

[Caipi]

Completion Post Task 14 - 91. Add up the years of the teammates' births and each teammate reads a book with that minimum number of pages
Total 292pgs


Face Offs & Cheap Shots by Eden Finley
Pages: 302
How it qualifies: 92+65+66+69=292 Minimum Pages
Read: November 9th
Rating: 4.5 ⭐
Review:
What an amazing story! I greatly enjoyed reading this enemies to lovers romance. :)
It had humor, a snarky MC, some hot scenes and was thankfully low on the angst. I just would have preferred to get a bit more hockey.

[Caipi]

Janeylou wrote: "Can someone start reminding me never to read a Mary Calmes again..just finished A Day Makes !!!!!"

You definitely need to be in the right mood to be able to enjoy a Mary Calmes book. 😂😂😂

[Amanda]

The only Mary Calmes I remember enjoying was the Marshalls series, although I haven't read much by her. I definitely haven't read whichever series has Jory in it which is the one every one talks about lol

[Janeylou]

Amanda wrote: "The only Mary Calmes I remember enjoying was the Marshalls series, although I haven't read much by her. I definitely haven't read whichever series has Jory in it which is the one every one talks ab..."

Take my advice , and DONT 🤣🤣🤣

[Trio]

Janeylou wrote: "Can someone start reminding me never to read a Mary Calmes again..just finished A Day Makes !!!!!"

🤣🤣🤣

OMG me too! I've sooo been there and gotten over that. Every single one of her freaking series is the same formula. I still own a few of her audiobooks, and one day I'll get around to them.

[Trio]

The Jory series is addictive Amanda - you're going to basically read the whole damn thing once you've started...

[Trio]

Caipi - did you see this one?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Looks fun

[Amanda]

Trio wrote: "Caipi - did you see this one?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Looks fun"


I was going to sign up for this but want to be on your team this time! I really prefer challenges where you get to pick your team or at least state a preference

[Trio]

okay I finally picked my book - I'll listen to it tomorrow

[Trio]

I'm glad you're doing Christmas Bingo Amanda :)

I'm done with my book... Caipi, are you done? Your post still says "selection"? Obv no rush, just wanted to double check.

[Caipi]

Trio wrote: "I'm glad you're doing Christmas Bingo Amanda :)

I'm done with my book... Caipi, are you done? Your post still says "selection"? Obv no rush, just wanted to double check."

Just edited my post to completion and posted on the main thread.

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Janeylou wrote: "Trio wrote: "Amanda 92
Janeylou 65
Trio 66
Caipi 69
292 pages..."

Its one of the few times where its good to be older 😄😄😄"

This one offsets the one where you have to read a book initially published in the decade of a teammate's birth. For that task, it pays to be younger!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 15 - 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.

[Amanda]

Trio wrote: "I'm glad you're doing Christmas Bingo Amanda :)

I'm done with my book... Caipi, are you done? Your post still says "selection"? Obv no rush, just wanted to double check."

Yes I caved! I haven't had as much fun my last few bingos, but I always like Christmas since I put so many books on my Christmas TBR and never get around to them

[Trio]

MountainKat wrote: "Here is your next task!

Task 15 - 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..."

haha, of course, because the last ten books I read had tattooed cover models 😂

[Amanda]

hmmm all my books I have planned have ink free cover models! I'll look for some that start with N too for stardust challenge

[Amanda]

Trio wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Here is your next task!

Task 15 - 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 ..."



That's how it always works!

[Amanda]

Nope did not find any N books.Just gonna browse through my kindle and see what I find

[Trio]

Completion Post
Task 15 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.

Rebel Heart by Penelope Ward
287 pages
Read: 11 Nov
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review: Not gonna lie, the first book was better. Rebel Heart is a good story, and definitely worth reading, but there's a ton of angst and it goes on a bit too long.

Sebastian York, Maxine Mitchell do a stunning job with the narration.

[Amanda]

Completion Post Task 15 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.

Book 1

Dear Daddy, Please Praise Me by Luna David
233 Pages
How it qualifies: Tattoos on cover model (see above)
Date Read: 11/10/2021
Rating; 4 Stars
Review: I'm not really one for daddy kink, but this book was just so fluffy, sweet, and adorable. Definitely made me smile and I was incapable of putting it down

Book 2

The Hideaway by Rosalind Abel
266 Pages
How it qualifies: Tattoos on cover model (see above)
Date Read: 11/11/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: This was pretty angsty compared to the others in the series, but it did a great job of hitting me right in the feelings!

Book 3

The Bond-Cut Omega by Amy Bellows
168 Pages
How it qualifies: Tattoos on cover model (see above) and a little easier to see in this cover:
Date Read: 11/11/2021
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: As always with a Bellows book I have felt ALL the emotions with this one. It’s so sweet, heartfelt, at times painful, and just beautiful. Lance West is a new to me narrator (and maybe new to the scene in general), but I’ll definitely be looking for more from him

[Caipi]

Completion Post
Task 15 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.

Book 1

Hard to Be Good Laura Kaye
Pages: 165
How it qualifies: Tattoos on cover model (see above)
Read: November 10th
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Review:
I stumbled upon this book while browsing through my shelves searching for a cover which works for our current task. It's a mm romance but part of an mf series I read once and has been waiting on my kindle for about five years now. So I thought if I don't read it now I never will..... 😂
Okay, I enjoyed the romance and the emotions but there were a shit ton of different characters appearing on these few pages (from previous and following books of this series) and the action/mystery part of the story also based on the previous books and will assumedly be solved in the later books (which I won't be reading anytime soon).
Might not have been the right time to read this book now after all.... 😂

Book 2

Marked by Death by Kaje Harper
Pages: 183
How it qualifies: Tattoos on cover model (see above)
Read: November 11th
Rating: 3.5⭐
Review:
Good start to a series set in a magical world with a necromancer fighting ghosts and demons. Though tbh for my personal taste the description of the fights could have been shorter....
The romance between the found again childhood friends was fast paced and Grimalkin, the cat familiar, was awesome.
I'm going to give the next book in this series a try sometime.

[Janeylou]

COMPLETION POST
Task 15 - 110. Read 8 books with a tattooed cover model.

Nothing Special by A.E. Via

348 pgs ( 2 editions , same date )
Hows fits ..see tattoos on cover
Finished 11/11
3.5 stars
AE Via is a hit/miss author for me , all her book seem to be a bit OTT with larger than life characters and this one is no different .
Not the best cop book ive read either

In the Raw by Eileen Griffin

209 pgs
How fits ...see tattoos on cover
Finishwd 11/11
4 stars
I enjoyed this one even thought i wasnt expecting it to be new adult . Sweet story of 3 culinary student competing for prestigious award , and one sacrifices his chances for the other 😪😪

[Amanda]

I finished 2, do we need me to do 1 more?

[Janeylou]

May do Amanda ..think me and caipi on 2nd book but not sure how Trio doing

[Trio]

I'm almost done with mine - I'll be done later today.

[Amanda]

Did you have a second tattoo book to read Trio or did you want me to do another?

[Amanda]

I have another tattoo one I'm gonna start in case we want it, but if not just let me know!

[Trio]

I just finished and updated my completion post.

If you have time Amanda, YES please :) can you do it?

Wait, what about Caipi?

[Janeylou]

Trio wrote: "I just finished and updated my completion post.

If you have time Amanda, YES please :) can you do it?

Wait, what about Caipi?"

Caipi has 2 books on her selection post and 1 already finished

[Amanda]

Trio wrote: "I just finished and updated my completion post.

If you have time Amanda, YES please :) can you do it?

Wait, what about Caipi?"


I actually just finished it so will update my completion so it's all 3!