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TART Challenge - Round 4 - Fast like Molasses (4)
I've got a little less than 3 hours of listening time left on mine. I knew I had until tomorrow morning at the earliest to get through it and figured I'd have a good amount of listening time, so picked the longest book on my M&G. It's over 16 hours, even with the speed increased to 1.25x.
Task #9 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.Book:
Watch Your BackPage Count: 565
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 8, 2021
Qualification: Page count is over 300
OMG. Two ex-Navy SEALS and an ex-Army Ranger, and the dudes freaking leave the safe house in the middle of a stake out to take the heroine out for a beer, and they don't think about returning until the next morning?! What kind of crappy military training did these guys get. (Of course, the heroine gets kidnapped...🤦🏽♀️)I'm almost done, about 50 pages left.
Task #9 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.Book:
Page Count: 412
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 8, 2021
Qualification: Page count is over 300
Completion Post - Task #920. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.
Three Alpha Romeo
Pages: 369
Completed: 10/9
How it Qualifies: Page count over 300
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:
This was just as steamy as you'd expect a Krista Wolf to be, but the story just didn't come together for me like it normally does. I'm usually not a big fan of suspense/military-type romances, so it might be more of a "It's not you; It's me" thing, but some of this was a bit to silly to work for me. The things they did, and how everyone in the crime organization magically hated the evil boss man that they were trying to kill ....
I also didn't like the addition of Marcus's fiancée dying and making Andrea a dead ringer for her. That plot point always makes me feel a bit weird, but it might just be me.
Anyway, for smut, it's just as good as any of the author's other books, but I wasn't really feeling the characters or relationships and the story was a bit too over-the-top for me.
~KarenH~ wrote: "Chan wrote: "Don't wanna jinx it though. Kat might read this and create task 301 - read a western without cowboys 😁"Shhhhh! Don't give her any ideas! 😂"
Hmmmm... 🤔
Elizabeth wrote: "Task #9 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.Book:
Page Count: 412
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 8, 2021
Qualification: Page count is over 300"
Please correct to the first edition Kindle page count (482). Thanks!
Since I'm not waiting for corrections - yet, here is your next task!Task 10 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate - no pass for this task.
You can do the recommendations however you wish - to the group, to each individual, to the person below you on the list or ?? - it's up to you. If you want to provide a specific shelf to pick from, it needs to have a minimum of 10 books on it. Please include a link to the message with the recommendations in your completion posts.
Ok, just verifying before I start reading...this is the task where we use the recommendation lists we did when we were setting up, right?
Yes, I think so. We have that one for kind of double-duty because there's another task that specifies 5 books. Should we do 10 book ones for this or is everyone OK with the lists we already have?List of links
I think we're good just using the lists we have. Right now I'm having an issue deciding on anything...nothing sounds good to me. And not just nothing on those lists, but nothing at all. I think I'm just going to go through the lists and the first book I can find that I can get from the library in audio will be the one! Once I get started on something I'll be fine, I'm just in a decision-making funk today!
Yeah, I'm feeling the same. I think it's because I've had too many 2 and 3 star books in a row. It's hard to excited when you've had a string of disappointing reads. 😔
Courtney wrote: "Yeah, I'm feeling the same. I think it's because I've had too many 2 and 3 star books in a row. It's hard to excited when you've had a string of disappointing reads. 😔"I think my problem is actually just the opposite. In between my challenge books (when I have a little time between finishing my last book and when the next task is announced) I'm rereading the Outlander series. I'm really enjoying that, so have trouble picking what comes next if there isn't something obvious calling to me.
"Task #9 - 20. Read 4 books 300 pages or longer.Book:
Page Count: 482
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 8, 2021
Qualification: Page count is over 300
#10 | 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammateBook: Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words
Pages: 197
Rating: 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
Completed: October 9, 2021
Qualifies: On Karen's rec list
I rated a novella 5 stars!This book was adorable. Andi Arndt is so talented. Her voice is awesome and now she's writing!
OMG CHAN! I haven't even started yet! 🤦🏽♀️
~KarenH~ wrote: "I'm rereading the Outlander series. I'm really enjoying that, so have trouble picking what comes next if there isn't something obvious calling to me."I read the first three in that series, and I just couldn't take it anymore. I swear every single horrible awful thing has to happen to every character in there. I read a lot of dark stuff, but those were too intense for me.
Courtney wrote: "OMG CHAN! I haven't even started yet! 🤦🏽♀️"lol. i had this one picked out before the challenge started. When i saw Karen's rec list, i knew i would be reading that one.
It was so good. i wanted it to keep going. After it was done, i looked to see if this was book 1. But alas, this is not a series 😥
It was roughly 5 hours.
I hope nobody feels the need to rush. please don't speed through your books. I was just eager. I ran to audible when I saw the call. I didn't even check the rec lists. i'm so glad Karen didn't make any last minute changes 😂
I'm so glad you liked it as much as I did, Chan! And I agree completely about Andi Arndt...she's amazingly talented.
Task #10 - 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate.Book:
This Earl of MinePage Count: 331
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 10, 2021
Qualification: Recommended by Elizabeth
#10 | 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammateBook:
Pages: 321
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Completed: October 10, 2021
Qualifies: Chan’s recommendation https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Completion Post - Task #1012. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate.
Dating Mr. Darcy
Pages: 307
Completed: 10/11
How it Qualifies: Elizabeth's Recommendation
Rating: ⭐️
Review:
I really wanted to like this because I love Pride and Prejudice and the Bachelor, but I just could not enjoy this heroine. She was so judgmental of everyone. I really couldn't handle how she treated the hero from the beginning when he was really nothing but nice to her. It was just too off-putting.
Elizabeth wrote: "#10 | 12. Read a book recommended to you by a teammateBook:
Pages: 321
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Completed: October 10, 2021
Qualifies: Chan’s recommendation ht..."
YAY! I'm so glad you liked it. It's a good series. I hope you continue with it. I'm only up to book 4, but so far so good.
This is not a book I picked up on my own. The scythe on the cover scared me. Karen and I discussed this book during a challenge and I'm so glad I decided to read it.
Courtney wrote: "Completion Post - Task #1012. Read a book recommended to you by a teammate.
Dating Mr. Darcy
Pages: 307
Completed: 10/11
How it Qualifies:..."
Ugh that sucks, Courtney. I saw this audio available at my library. I like pride and prejudice too so I was going to place it on hold. But i don't know if I want to read it now if you rated it 1 star 😥
LOL so no one told me i posted in the wrong thread the other day. I really have to stop posting messages when I'm not fully awake😴https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Whoops i deleted it. I meant to edit and strikethrough. I hope it doesn't mess Kat up
Chan wrote: "Ugh that sucks, Courtney. I saw this audio available at my library. I like pride and prejudice too so I was going to place it on hold. But i don't know if I want to read it now if you rated it 1 star 😥."You might still like it! I liked the idea, I just found the heroine to be such a downer. I have a hard time with books that have a lot of "other women" bashing, and it just felt excessive for me. In the first mingle scene, Emma is judging women by their breasts and their fake tans and clothes, things like that, before they even talk to each other. It just rubs me wrong.
Chan wrote: "Whoops i deleted it. I meant to edit and strikethrough. I hope it doesn't mess Kat up"That thread it isn't as important, so it's fine. 😊
Here is your next task!Task 11 - 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.
Oh, yay! I'm going to do
. I had a short list of books for PTP and was hoping I could double up, and it fits for both!
Ooh I hope you like that one. Unless ARR made updates, I remember there being some editing issues, but I still liked the story.I just looked at my review...i read this in 2016. my gosh, it doesn't seem like i read it that long ago.
I'm starting with
since it's on my M&G shelf and also works for PtP (using option 2...doesn't fit the actual task). I also have a short one (barely 200 pages) that I can read after that, but my first one is pretty long. It's a reread though, so should be able to speed it up a little more than I usually do and should be able to finish both by tomorrow night (SHOULD being the operative word here...)
I can read two. My second book will be one of these two
Okay. Looks like Liz is reading two. Karen, let's both of us check in with each other after we finish our first book. I'll let you know when I finish and if I don't see a post from you, then I'll start the second one. Same for you; if you don't see a post from me then go ahead and start your second one and I won't read my second one.
Chan wrote: "Okay. Looks like Liz is reading two. Karen, let's both of us check in with each other after we finish our first book. I'll let you know when I finish and if I don't see a post from you, then I'll..."
Sounds like a plan!
Courtney wrote: "Chan wrote: "Ugh that sucks, Courtney. I saw this audio available at my library. I like pride and prejudice too so I was going to place it on hold. But i don't know if I want to read it now if you ..."I’m sorry Courtney. I hate that you didn’t like it. I do remember her being standoffish in the beginning. I wrote it off because of her agenda in the beginning. I honestly can’t remember everything, but that I laughed a lot while I read it. But I also didn’t listen to it so maybe the audio comes off differently.
It's ok. I'm not sure how the audio book would be. I actually never do audio books. I tried one once, but I find them so hard to follow. I need to see the words 🤣.I think of she had treated Sebastian nicer in the beginning...like treated him like a friend because she wasn't interested in the dating aspect and just wanted to promote her brand, then I would have liked it more. But all the snob and stick up the butt stuff really got on my nerves because he was always seemed nice to her. Even his little funny bits like pretending her notes were love letters on camera were harmless, cute fun, but she got so mad about them! I thought it was weird. I wanted her to play along more and just have fun.
Courtney wrote: "It's ok. I'm not sure how the audio book would be. I actually never do audio books. I tried one once, but I find them so hard to follow. I need to see the words 🤣.I think of she had treated Sebas..."
Oh I misunderstood, I thought you said you listened to the audiobook. Never mind lol
#11 | 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews | Book 1Book: Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case
Pages: 324
Rating: 🍭🍭🍭
Completed: October 12, 2021
Qualifies: 620 Reviews
#11 | 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews | Book 2
Book: Clean Sweep
Pages: 235
Rating: 🧹🧹🧹🧹
Completed: October 12, 2021
Qualifies: 3,421 Reviews
It's almost 1:30am, but I had to know if I was right about who was 'kidnapping' people and making their magic disappear. I was partially right lol.Wasn't fond of the triangle that started developing. If it carries throughout the series, this will probably be my one and only book.
I'll start Clean Sweep tomorrow.
I didn't make the headway today that I normally can...not even halfway through my book. Hopefully tomorrow will be better, but I'm glad you all aren't counting on me for a second book for this task!
Chan wrote: "Ooh I hope you like that one. Unless ARR made updates, I remember there being some editing issues, but I still liked the story.I just looked at my review...i read this in 2016. my gosh, it doesn'..."
I'm thinking it still hasn't been edited. I just had a super weird chapter where they're at a shop buying bedding, and then in the next line, Kenton is waking her up at home after apparently going to Vegas again? I was so confused. I reread the page like 5 times, and just had to move on because I couldn't figure out how that happened.
#11 | 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews | Book 1Book:
Pages: 353
Rating: 😍😍😍😍
Completed: October 12, 2021
Qualifies: 692 Reviews
I should be done with book 2 by tomorrow morning.
I finished both books. I added the second one to my previous completion post.
Task #11 - 40. Read 6 books with over 500 reviews..Book:
Lover UnboundPage Count: 557
Rating: 4 stars
Completed: Oct 12, 2021
Qualification: 5,095 reviews
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Shhhhh! Don't give her any ideas! 😂"
Yeah LOL Kat is super creative. Some of theses tasks i think come to her when she is sleep.