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TART Challenge - Round 4 - Fast like Molasses (4)
Courtney wrote: "Which sub-genre for 70?"I think we've done contemporary in the past...do we want to just stay with that or switch it up and do historical since we all like that too?
contemporary works. What about mystery? I can't remember if everyone likes mystery or not.
I love most mystery and some fantasy. It’s sometimes nice to mixed in other genres from just romance.
But for that challenge I think contemporary is probably easiest
yeah. you're probably right. contemporary is big. I can always find a contemporary mystery hehehe
There are two sub-genre one. Last time we picked contemporary for both. I don't mind changing one....maybe not mystery, though. Those are always the hardest for me to find 🤣. Fantasy would be easy, though.
Ok, I think I have everything filled in if you want to check.I noticed this one, and forgot to ask:
79. Read 6 books that have the same romance trope, teams decide which trope.
We had Friends to Lovers last time. Want to keep or change to something else?
Oh, and if you guys want to check 93, we have to pick a book from a list with less than 100 books on it. I found a few and linked them. Probably be a while til we get down there, but if there's one that looks good or if you have something else, let me know. I kind of just went randomly through the romance lists 🤣
I think call time for the first task is going to be around 6am here, so I'll check in as soon as I'm up. The kids usually wake me up early....but hopefully not that early 🤣.I think last time the first task wasn't something on the list, so if it's the same and you guys need to make a decision on something without me go ahead no worries. I'm cool with anything.
Okay. Sounds good. I forgot that I'm going on vacation tomorrow. I'll have my laptop, but I probably won't have access to it until the evenings. I will stay up and finish my book for today, but same goes for me...if there is a call that requires a decision while I'm away, please decide without my input. I can check the task on my phone and start listening.Let's keep in mind what we all don't like -
I'm not into gore/thrillers/scary, etc.
I think Courtney is not big on mystery or suspense or long stories. No Nora Roberts/JD Robb I think.
Liz and Karen, what are your 'no's' for reading?
If they're too long, I just worry you guys will be waiting for me to finish 🤣. Military suspense kind of stuff is ok, but police style mystery stories are hard for me to get into. And I don't like witches 🤣. I have no idea why. I love other kinds of paranormal books, but as soon as there's a witch involved suddenly it feels unbelievable to me 🤣.
I don’t really have a no. I don’t like gore or violence to children. Otherwise I will try anything.
Here we go!Here you go, a little early. About to head home from the grocery store, and those that know me know that is an hour drive!
First Task - All Teams!
0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which month.
As a team select a fall month. Fall this year is from September 22 through December 21 - so you may select September, October, November or December, then everyone reads a book initially published in the selected month of any year. For this task, use the initial publication date. If there is a date listed at the top of the editions page - use it! Otherwise I will be looking for the earliest dated English language edition regardless of format for the qualification. Please include the selected month in your completion posts.
Dec 2020Dec 2020 Historical
Dec 2019
Dec 2019 Historical
Nov 2020
Nov 2020 Historical
Nov 2019
Nov 2019 Historical
Oct 2020
Oct 2020 Historical
Oct 2019
Oct 2019 Historical
Sept 2020
Sept 2020 Historical
Sept 2019
Sept 2019 Historical
Here are some lists if you need. Anything standing out? Looks like we don't need to pick the same year, just month. From these lists, looks like Sept and Oct have the most books to choose from.
I have a book for both September and November but can easily find something for the other months.
Omg all of my books are June or April 🤣I have
that's November on my eReader, though!
150 page minimum right? I’m going to read The Christmas Pact but it’s only 161 pages.
Elizabeth wrote: "150 page minimum right? I’m going to read The Christmas Pact but it’s only 161 pages."It's 150 minimum, but needs to be the first Kindle edition, so just make sure the 161 is for the Kindle edition, and you'll be fine.
This one looks fine:
- Kindle 161 pagesBut this is listed as an edition with the same initial publication date 🤔. The title is different, though.
- Kindle 135 pagesNevermind, I'm an idiot. The second one is the German version 🤦🏽♀️. So, yeah, Christmas Pact looks fine.
Yikes! Sorry everyone, I totally lost track of the days and didn't even think about the new task being announced today. November is fine with me (I have no M&G books left, so I'm completely open for the rest of the month). As for the earlier question about dislikes, obviously it doesn't apply for this task but for future reference I'm pretty easy...even if it's something I'm not a big fan of I can get through ONE book of just about anything. I kind of need it to be available in audio though - if you were to have to wait for me to finish actually reading a book, we'd be on the same task forever! Fortunately that's not much of an issue anymore - might be for a specific book, but for any given task I can pretty much always find something that works.
Now I'm off to find a November book!
Courtney wrote: "Do you think this is a mistake on Goodreads?This one looks fine:
- Kindle 161 pagesBut this is listed as an edition with the same initial publication dat..."
Christmas pact is on audible plus, but I'm almost done with my book. probably another 30 mins. I found a short one so I wouldn't have to be up all night
~KarenH~ wrote: "Yikes! Sorry everyone, I totally lost track of the days and didn't even think about the new task being announced today. November is fine with me (I have no M&G books left, so I'm completely open fo..."No worries, Karen.
I have no M&G books too (I didn't sign up for the previous rounds). When I don't have my M&G list to search through, i feel a little lost when looking for books 🤪
I'm the same way, Chan! So much easier if I can find something on the M&G list, otherwise I have trouble figuring out where to start looking. I lucked out this time though - next up for me in the In Death series is an "in-between" book, 160 pages and with an initial pub date in November. 
#1 | 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which month Team chose November
Book: Last Chance Christmas
Pages: 153
Rating: 🏒🏒🏒
Completed: Sept 22, 2021
Qualifies: Published Nov 10, 2015
Okay. so another 30 mins wasn't true. it was more like an hour 😁I'll be away from my computer for a good chunk of tomorrow, but I'll be checking my phone to see if we get a new call.
Don't worry about it, Chan...this one is every other day at best, so the earliest we could possibly get our next task will be Thursday.
0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which month Team chose November
Book:
Pages: 161
Rating: 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Completed: Sept 22, 2021
Qualifies: Published Nov 1, 2020
Task #1 - 0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which monthTeam chose November
Book:
Ritual In DeathPages: 160
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Sept 22, 2021
Qualification: Original publication date - November 3, 2008
Completion Post - Task #10. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which month
Team chose November
One Hot December
Pages: 224
Completed: 9/23
How it Qualifies: Published November 22, 2016
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:
This was just as funny as the first book in the series, which I was super happy about. I thought the second book went a little too cheesy and was trying too hard to be funny. But this felt effortless and natural, just like Her Halloween Treat. I really loved the banter in here. Both the MCs were cute and just adorable together. This is pretty low drama; most things get wrapped up super quick. So definitely a book to read when you just want something light and fun, which is exactly what I was looking for.
Elizabeth wrote: "0. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which month Team chose November
Book:
Pages: 161
Rating: 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Completed: Sep..."
This book was initially published December 5, 2019 - not in November of 2020. See date at top of this page. It does not qualify for this task as the team selected November.
I will still assign another task tomorrow, but this book will have to be made up before the task after is assigned.
Oh, I thought we had to go with the first Kindle edition date 🤦♀️
Courtney wrote: "Oh, I thought we had to go with the first Kindle edition date 🤦♀️"No, the task specifies the initial publication date - it is spelled out in the instructions for the task.
Yeah, just got brain wires crossed. Sorry about that Liz.
It is I’m only like 2 hours from finishing it but I just got home from work so I’m about to crash and then I’ll finish it when I wake up.
I added it to my TBR. I'm a sucker for any romance remotely hockey related 🤣
I'm trying to plan ahead some books to have ready. If we get the Eloisa James one, I finally want to start the Wildes of Lindow Castle. But I don't know where to start! I always get confused when an author adds a prequel. Would you start with
or
?
Courtney wrote: "I'm trying to plan ahead some books to have ready. If we get the Eloisa James one, I finally want to start the Wildes of Lindow Castle. But I don't know where to start! I always get confused when a..."I think you could go either way with that series, read it prequel first or in the order they were written. Maybe Karen has more input, I know we've both read them.
Here is your next task!Task 2 - 9. Each player reads a book in the same series, teams decide. No pass for this task.
As a team, select a series listed on GR and everyone reads a book in that series. Please include the selected series in your completion posts. Teammates can read the same or different books for this task. No pass for this task.
Courtney wrote: "I'm trying to plan ahead some books to have ready. If we get the Eloisa James one, I finally want to start the Wildes of Lindow Castle. But I don't know where to start! I always get confused when a..."I agree with Kat, you really could go either way. We both read them in order of release and that did work well for me, but I also can't think of anything in the prequel that might have been confusing if you hadn't already read some of the later books.
Completion Post - Task #10. Each teammate reads a book initially published in a fall month, teams decide which month
Team chose November
Pages: 336
Completed: 9/23
How it Qualifies: Published November 29, 2016
Rating: ☃️☃️☃️
I posted the correction in the main thread.
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Which sub-genre for 70?