TART Challenge - Round 4 - Fast like Molasses (4)

[Chan]

I'm reading this one


1200 - 400 (chan's book) = 800

800/3 = Roughly 267 pages each

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

MountainKat wrote: "Here is your next task!

Task 14 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Books selected for this task need to have one word titles, articles and exclamations included. So..."

I've got several choices for this one on my M&G list, so I'll go with the one with the highest page count to give the rest of you some leeway.
435 pages

[Chan]

~KarenH~ wrote: "MountainKat wrote: "Here is your next task!

Task 14 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Books selected for this task need to have one word titles, articles and excla..."

Karen, my mom is listening to this one. She said it's good, but she made a face when she said it lol. BUT she had just finished reading The Awakening by Nora Roberts and was on a book high. She talked about it for days and lamented how the next one won't be available until November.

So, I would be interested to hear what you think about it.

[Courtney]

Chan wrote: "whoa! you rated an RS 5 stars?!??! 😲
I'm definitely reading this one."

I hope you like it. RS isn't my typical genre, so who knows how my taste is 🤣. I didn't think it was too violent. There's one shoot-out scene, and there is mention of rape but it doesn't happen on page.

[Courtney]

Ok, so with Karen's, Liz and I just need to do 187 pages each. I gotta flick through my eReader and see what I have. I gotta find something I can double up with PTP, too.

[Courtney]

I'm going to do . It's 286 pages.

I was hoping to find something a bit shorter so you guys wouldn't have to wait for me to finish, but it was harder than I thought to find something with a one word title!

But I like this author's that I read earlier, so hopefully this will be good, too 🤞

[Chan]

I hope you like it, Courtney. I remember reading it and rolling my eyes at some parts, but i thought the book was funny.

I don't have much left of my book, but it's sooooo good. I want it to last. So, i'm going to finish it tomorrow. It'll give me something to look forward to.

[Chan]

#14 | 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
Book: Wildfire
Pages: 400
Rating: 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Completed: October 19, 2021
Qualifies: One word title - Wildfire

[Elizabeth]

#14 | 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.
Book:
Pages: 320
Rating: 🏹🏹🏹
Completed: October 19, 2021
Qualifies: One word title - Hood

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Task #14 - 68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.

Book: Legacy
Page Count: 435
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 19, 2021
Qualification: One word title - Legacy

[Courtney]

Completion Post - Task #14

68. Read a minimum of 1200 pages in books with one word titles.


Wrong

Pages: 286
Completed: 10/20
How it Qualifies: Title is one word

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:




I'm usually not a big fan of may-december relationships, especially when the heroine is still in college. Usually, she ends up coming off a bit immature and seems more like a prop or trophy than part of a real relationship. But, Sophie...Sophie is fantastic! I always love a heroine that feels like someone I would want to hang out with in real life, and Sophie is definitely that. She funny and snarky without being bitchy. She doesn't whine and complain; she just handles things. She feels like a real, whole character, and I love that!

And Luke?



I just loved this couple, loved the story, loved the humor. This is my second book by this author, and I just really love her style. Big fan!

[Courtney]

OMG that was so good! I got a few chapters done yesterday, and then read the rest in one sitting this afternoon 🤣

[MountainKat, Moderator]

Here is your next task!

Task 15 - 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.

As a team decide if you are going to read books set in the mountains or on a beach, then read 6 books with the selected setting. Please include the selected setting in your completion posts. Remember to let me know how you know your books qualify, be it title, precis, tags or lists. I need to know where to look to confirm your books!

[Chan]

We decided mountains -

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Off to search my MnG shelves

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I didn't find anything on my M&G shelf that works and I'm a bit rushed for time this morning, so just going with an easy reread:

[Courtney]

Is having mountains on the cover enough? I have this on my eReader already . Also says it's in North Dakota...not sure if that implies mountains or not, though 🤣.

If not, I think I have some books with mountain man in the title or series name. That would work, right?

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I'm sure on the cover doesn't work, and I don't think North Dakota by itself would work either, but not sure. I'm on my way out the door, so you might want to ask in the Q&A thread to find out for sure.

[Elizabeth]

I know this is a bit out there, but do you think Harry Potter would be considered taking place on. Mountain? It technically is although fictional mountain. Lol I love retreading the series around Halloween, and im about to start the Half Blood Prince.

[Elizabeth]

Never mind I can’t find it on the a list or anything so it will have to wait. I’ll find a different book.

[Courtney]

Well, I've got the next Damon's Mountain book . I'm not sure if the series title is enough, and the precis only says that he's a lumberjack. But one person marked the setting as Alaska northwest mountains.

But I also found , which seems clearer. First line in the precis is "I’m trapped in a mountain cabin with a man."

[Chan]

#15 | 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains | Book 1
Team chose mountains
Book: Bittersweet
Pages: 349
Rating: 🌄🌄🌄🌄
Completed: October 20, 2021
Qualifies: Precis states rue North is populated by the tough, outdoorsy mountain men that populate the Green Mountain State.




#15 | 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains | Book 2
Team chose mountains
Book: Wilder
Pages: 282
Rating: 🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓
Completed: October 22, 2021
Qualifies: Precis states Two sexy mountain men...who actually wear a lot of flannel

[Chan]

I'll start this one tomorrow

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I've still got a few hours left in my book, but tomorrow should be a much better day for listening for me, and I have that I can start as soon as I finish the one I'm working on. I hope I can finish both by tomorrow night, but I make no promises! 😁

[Courtney]

Completion Post - Task #15

54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains.
Team chose mountains.


The Cabin

Pages: 184
Completed: 10/21
How it Qualifies: From precis:
I’m trapped in a mountain cabin with a man.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️

Review:

This was just kind of weird for me. The guys head up to a cabin to check in on their dead best friend's sister, who had called her parents the night before because her boyfriend was scaring her. When they show up, though, she's super blasé about the whole thing. They end up even all staying in the same cabin together...weird. But apparently, Elise broke up with the guy right before the calvary arrives, so it's fine??? Anyway, the ex gets drunk and says a bunch of rude things to her, so they all end up going to a different cabin. And then the majority of the book is her worrying that she might be carrying her ex's baby, and her ex getting drunk and trying to talk to her because he wants her back or something...and her always speaking to him instead of just telling him to f-off and moving on.

There is absolutely no time in this book to develop one relationship, let alone four like the author was trying to do. All of the guys end up feeling like the same character. I honestly couldn't remember whose perspective each chapter was supposed to be in because they all felt the same. So much time is spent on the ex stuff, and it honestly ends up going into the ridiculous category by the end. The dude kidnaps her, but they're not going to tell the police as long as he doesn't tell anyone they beat the crap out of him. Yeah, ok, that seems safe. 🙄

And it never felt to me like the guys actually wanted in this relationship anyway. Elise just comes off super selfish, and the guys seem kind of forced into doing what she wants.

The writing is also really long-winded. So many things that don't need to be rehashed or explained in depth take up a lot of the page count...pages that could have been spent actually developing these relationships....

Meh, lots of better reverse harems out there. This was just boring and disappointing.

[Courtney]

So, Chan and Karen, you're both doing two? Or should I start another one?

[Chan]

I'm already reading my second one. I probably won't be done until late this evening or tomorrow morning. I'm actually reading this one.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I'm still working on my first one, but getting fairly close to the end of it, and I plan on being home all day. I should be able to get through my current book and the next one easily by tonight...probably about 8 hours listening time total and the stuff I have planned for today can pretty much all be done while listening.

[Elizabeth]

Task #15 - 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains.
Team chose mountains.
Book:
Pages: 435
Completed: 10/21
How it Qualifies: Tagged by 1 person “Mountain - Man”, “Mountain - folk” (page 4)

https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

Rating: 🙄

[Courtney]

Elizabeth wrote: "Rating: 🙄 "

That good, huh? 🤣🤣

[Chan]

hahaha...i thought the same thing when i saw Liz's rating

[Elizabeth]

Chan wrote: "hahaha...i thought the same thing when i saw Liz's rating"

Lol yeah it just wasn’t for me. If it hadn’t been for the challenge I would have DNR it. Luckily, I listened to it while cleaning. I zoned out a lot to be honest.

[Chan]

i finished my second book. i added it to my previous completion post

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I've got maybe 20 minutes left in my second book, then will get completions done for both and get it posted in the Q&A thread.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Task #15 - 54. Read 6 books set on a beach or in the mountains, teams decide which.
Team chose mountains

Book 1:
Book: Second Chance Summer
Page Count: 368
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 20, 2021
Qualification: From precis: Cedar Ridge, Colorado, is famous for crisp mountain air, clear blue skies, and pine-scented breezes.

Book 2:
Book: Every Little Thing
Pages: 350
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 21, 2021
Qualification: From precis: He’s looking for a simpler, less stressful existence in the sleepy little mountain town where he grew up with his siblings and Abbott cousins.

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Ok, we're all checked in!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I'm rushing out the door, so I didn't check your books yet. Will do that later, but in the meantime - here is your next task!

Task 16 - 69. Read 6 books that have won/been nominated for an award.

Books selected for this task need to have won or been nominated for an award that is listed under 'Literary Awards' in the book details on the main book page. Please include the award/nomination in your completion posts, if there are multiple awards you only need to list the first one.

[Courtney]

If this helps, here are some award lists:

RT Awards
Rita Awards

[Chan]

I'm listening to this one. It's pretty funny so far. Plus i was able to snag it from my library 😁

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Well, my tastes are obviously running to trash today...took me almost an hour to find something I was interested enough to click on before I found something that had won any kind of award! 😁 I've got lots of potential rereads that qualify, but kind of wanted to find something new.
I'm starting with . It's pretty short, so I should have time to finish a second book by tomorrow night, and since I'll be fine with a reread for the 2nd one I won't have any trouble finding something that works.

[Courtney]

It took me a while to find something, too. All the things I liked on those lists, I've already read 🤣.

So, I'm going to try .

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

I didn't go with the lists...if I'd known how much trouble I was going to have I would have looked there first, but I had a lot of things in mind that were part of series that I knew other books in the series had won awards, but it just happened that none of the ones next up for me were winners. By the time I realized that wasn't working for me I kind of forgot about the lists...

[Courtney]

So many books I found, the later books in the series had awards, but the first one didn't, and I hate starting in the middle of the series unless a review says it works as a standalone 🤣

[Chan]

i guess i was lucky. my book was the first one I checked on my MnG list
yep, i'm bragging 😁

This book is soooo good. Everybody should read it. I'll be done with it tomorrow morning,

I'll be busy most of tomorrow. So if someone besides Karen has a second book, then go for it. Otherwise, I can start a second one on Sunday.

[Courtney]

I found one more that will work...I just know I'm the slowest one, so I'm not sure if I would finish a second before Sunday or not. But we can just see how it goes.

[Chan]

Okay. let me see if i can download something to listen to while i'm away. I might be able to start it tomorrow and finish it up sometime sunday.

[Chan]

i found this one. It's 9 hours. so i might be able to finish it before bed tomorrow....we'll see

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

It's a good one Chan...maybe my favorite in the series.

[Elizabeth]

I should be able to read 2. I’m almost finished with my first and I should be able to complete one tomorrow. I had today off my daughter is on vacation with my parents… so I have plenty of reading time! 😁

[Chan]

okay, Liz. Since Karen says it's her fave in the series, i'm going to wait and read it when I can devote more of my attention to it.

So, I'll defer the second book to you. Thank you 🤗

[~KarenH~, Moderator]

Well, I said MAYBE my favorite...depending on the day I go back and forth between that one and Daniel's book. But both were solid 5 star reads for me!