Meet & Greet Challenge Round 51 (Apr/May) - Finished

[Wealie]

Jane (PS) wrote: "The next round of the Meet & Greet challenge is open for sign-up!!

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Great timing, just finished the last book of all my picks for this round, managed to finish both the regular and bonus, plus pick up on some of my holdovers from previous rounds!

[Mony]

Wealie wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "The next round of the Meet & Greet challenge is open for sign-up!!

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Great timing, just finished the last book of all my picks for this round, managed to f..."

Wow Wealie, you're a reading machine! good for you! :)

[Susan A]

Wealie wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "The next round of the Meet & Greet challenge is open for sign-up!!

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Great timing, just finished the last book of all my picks for this round, managed to f..."


Excellent!

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Wealie wrote: "Jane (PS) wrote: "The next round of the Meet & Greet challenge is open for sign-up!!

Click here to sign up!"

Great timing, just finished the last book of all my picks for this round, managed to f..."

Congrats Ruth!

[MountainKat, Moderator]

I finished my last book for this round last night! 🙀 Thank you everyone for the wonderful picks - I read some great books over the last couple of months! 📚

Group 2
13 of 13. Completed 5.29.2022

✓ Alyhs - The Stolen Mackenzie Bride by Jennifer Ashley 5.29.2022 - Loved this book!
✓ Aminko - Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston 5.19.2022 - So much fun!
✓ Avigail - Ritual in Death by J.D. Robb 5.16.2022 - So good!
✓ Cheryl - The Virgin Replay by Lauren Blakely 4.22.2022 Light and easy!
✓ Darkness - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne 5.17.2022 - Good!
✓ Jane (PS) - How to Be a Normal Person by T.J. Klune 4.27.2022 - Loved it!
✓ Jennie-Lee - Midnight Pleasures with a Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath 4.15.2022 - Really enjoyable!
✓ Kelly - The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath 5.24.2022 - Wanted more, but still good!
✓ Mony - Rules for a Proper Governess by Jennifer Ashley 4.28.2022 - Loved!
✓ PrinzessBookDragon - The Date by May Archer 4.18.2022 - Enjoyed this one!
✓ Raine - Smoke and Sin by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake 5.21.2022 - So good!
✓ Shelby - Envy by J.R. Ward 4.5.2022 - Good!
✓ UC {beppy} - Rapture by J.R. Ward 5.2.2022 Good too!



Bonus: 15 of 15. Completed 5.26.2022
✓ Avid Reader GG - Butterface by Avery Flynn 4.14.2022 - Light and easy!
✓ Chan - Big Easy Temptation by Shayla Black and Lexi Blake 5.11.2022 - Loved it!
✓ Cheryl - The Beast by J.R. Ward 5.26.2022 - So good!
✓ Chiara - Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward 5.12.2022 - Really enjoyed this book!
✓ Darkness - Hard to Hold by K. Bromberg 5.24.2022 - Really good!
✓ Jane (PS) - The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston 4.8.2022 - Fun!
✓ ~KarenH~ - The Fall by May Archer 5.3.2022 - Enjoyed this!
✓ Katie - How to Be a Movie Star by T.J. Klune 5.15.2022 - So, so good!
✓ Mony - Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 5.8.2022 - Loving this series even more the second time through!
✓ PrinzessBookDragon - State of Affairs by Marie Force 5.10.2022 - So very good!
✓ Raine - The Virgin Scorecard by Lauren Blakely 4.29.2022 - Sweet!
✓ Sexyladi - Hard to Handle by K. Bromberg 4.12.2022 - Really good!
✓ Shelby - Scandal And The Duchess by Jennifer Ashley 4.6.2022 - Loved this one!
✓ Susan A - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 4.25.2022 - This one too!
✓ Wealie - The Shadows by J.R. Ward 4.21.2022 - I so wanted a different ending, but I can't wait to see what comes next!

[☘KathyD☘]

Meet & Greet Round 51 – Group 1 – 7/14
April 1 – May 31, 2022

Wicked Ride, Sawyer Bennett – 5/7/22 – ✮✮✰✰✰ — Carmen
Not Until You, Corinne Michaels – 5/31/22 – ✮✮✮✮✮ — Chiara
Rough, Skye Warren – 5/29/22 – ✮✮✮✰✰ — Hollie
Embrace the Darkness, Alexandra Ivy – 5/26/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Katie
Bond of Destiny, Larissa Ione – 4/2/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Nadia
Wicked Gentleman, Christy Pastore – 4/21/22 – ✮✮✰✰✰ — Susan A
Oliver’s Hunger, Tina Folsom – 4/29/22 – ✮✮✮✰✰ — Aminko

Completed M&G Holdovers
Betwixt, Darynda Jones – 4/7/22 – ✮✮✮✮✮ — Wealie (R 50)
Cake, Jill Bengtsson – 5/4/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Elena (R 45)
Clam Jam, R.C. Boldt – 4/13/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Elena (R 49)
Code Name: Heist, Sawyer Bennett – 5/31/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Tink (R 48)
Ember, Rachel Van Dyken – 5/27/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Hazel (R 49)
Forget About Me, Karen Grey – 5/11/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Belan (R 49)
The Gravedigger’s Son, Darynda Jones – 4/2/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Gustaf (R 49)
The Highland Fling, Meghan Quinn – 4/17/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — Cheryl (R 50)
Jett, Sawyer Bennett – 4/18/22 – ✮✮✮✰✰ — Susan A (R 50)
Long Time Gone, Lorelei James – 4/22/22 – ✮✮✮✮✰ — MountainKat (R 49)

[Shelby]

Not my best round, but I am knocking out a few of those past books. And I do have a number of those I didn't get to this round still planned for the next little bit so I'll probably finish off a few more this round. :)

RRRC Meet & Greet Round 51 - Group 3
April 1, 2022 - May 31, 2022

Read: 5/13

Group 3
☑ Avigail - Patterns in the Sand (5/21) ★★★★
☑ Cheryl - Red, White & Royal Blue (4/27) ★★★★★
☑ Darkness - Emerald Green (4/4) ★★★★
☑ Mony - The Enchanted April (5/24) ★★★
☑ PrinzessBookDragon - Jude (5/27) ★★★★½

Round 51 Bonus Picks 5/15
☑ Cheryl - Listen to Me (5/31) ★★★★
☑ Chiara - Boyfriend Material (4/24) ★★★★
☑ Darkness - His Haven (5/25) ★★★★★
☑ Jane (PS) - Venom (4/7) ★★★★★
☑ MKat - Strong (5/31) ★★★★
☑ Mony - Storm Cursed (5/30) ★★★★★

R50 Carryovers: 5/9
☑ Avigail - The Secret Keeper of Jaipur (5/7) ★★★★
☑ Grace - The Legacy (4/14) ★★★★
☑ Hema - What I Did for Love (4/6) ★★★½
☑ Susan (jazze) - Blood of Elves (5/29) ★★★★

R49 Carryovers: 1/5
☑ Avid Readers & GG - Harrow the Ninth (3/30) ★★★

R48 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 2/4
☑ MKat - His Haven (5/25) ★★★★★
☑ PrinzessBookDragon - Aurora Burning (4/21) ★★★★★

R45 Carryovers: 1/4
☑ Nadine - #Royal (4/2) ★★★½

R42 Carryovers: 1/5
☑ Shan A - Boyfriend Material (4/24) ★★★★

R42 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/3
☑ Raine - Strong (5/31) ★★★★

R39 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/2
☑ Hazel - Storm Cursed (5/30) ★★★★★

R36 Carryovers: 1/3
☑ Grace - Hellion (5/27) ★★★★

R27 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/1
☑ GreenFairy - Shadow Falling (4/20) ★★★★★

R22 Carryovers: 1/6
☑ Carrie - Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man (5/30) ★★★★

R21 Carryovers: 1/4
☑ Berit - Listen to Me (5/31) ★★★★

R20 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/4
☑ Kait - Venom (4/7) ★★★★★

R19 Carryovers: 1/2
☑ Christina T - Animal Magnetism (4/22) ★★★★★

[~Melissa~]

GROUP 1
As always thanks for all the picks! Pretty successful round for me even with being sick this last month

Read 14 books for 11 pickers


✅Nadia (Carmen & Kathy D ) - 🎧 4/5/22 4 stars
🎧 4/7/22 4 stars

✅Connie N - I couldn't wait til April to read due to the JG rabbit hole I went down last month 4 star read - so I'm changing this to 4/7/22 4 stars &
....down the JG rabbit hole 4/13/22 4 stars

✅ SusanA 4/9/22 4 stars &
🎧 4/16/22 4 stars
✅ Carmen 🎧 4/10/22 4 stars

✅ Maggie 🎧 4/22/22 4 stars

✅ KathyD (& Maggie) - 🎧 4/15/22 4 stars

✅Avid ReaderGG (& Connie) 4/11/22 4 stars

✅ Katie 🎧 5/14/22 4 stars

✅Hollie 5/18/22 4 stars

✅Becca 5/17/22 3 stars

✅Chiara (& Becca) 5/27/22 3 stars

[Connie N.]

I had a great round, finished 12 of 14 books, not to mention several from past rounds. I'm getting closer to being caught up! Thanks, everyone, for your wonderful selections.

Meet & Greet - Round 51
Timeframe: 4/1/22 to 5/31/22
12/14

Aminko - Provocative by Lisa Renee Jones
Amy - Hard as Rock by Olivia Thorne
✔ Avid ReaderGG - The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks - 4/14/22 ♥♥♥♥
✔ Becca - The Nantucket Beachfront Inn: 'Sconset Beach by Ainsling Delaney - 5/31/22 ♥♥♥
✔ Carmen - Rumor Has It by Jessica Lemmon - 4/11/22 ♥♥♥♥
✔ Chiara - Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne - 4/22/22 ♥♥♥♥
✔ Hollie - Only Us by Susan Mallery - 4/5/22 ♥♥♥
✔ KathyD - Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost - 5/8/22 ♥♥♥♥
✔ Katie - Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh - 4/16/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
✔ Maggie - Fire Me Up by Katie MacAlister - 5/3/22 ♥♥♥♥
✔ Melissa~ - A Flame Put Out by Erin S. Riley - 4/27/22 ♥♥♥
✔ Nadia - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center - 5/10/22 ♥♥♥♥♥
✔ Nadine - The Wicked Billionaire by Jackie Ashenden - 5/7/22 ♥♥♥♥
✔ SusanA - Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb - 4/9/22 ♥♥♥♥♥

R50 Gp3 Carryover: 1/5
Susan (jazze) - To Love and Be Loved by Amanda Prowse - 5/19/22 ♥♥♥

R49 Gp1 Carryover: 1/3
Elizabeth - Baby, I'm Howling for You by Christine Warren - 4/19/22 ♥♥♥♥

R48 Gp2 Carryover: 1/2
Elizabeth - To Catch an Earl by Kate Bateman - 5/16/22 ♥♥♥

R42 Gp2 Carryover: Complete!
Linda - Dixie Divas by Virginia Brown - 5/29/22 ♥♥♥

[Shelby]

Not my worst round ever. :) I'm taking out more and more of my backlog which is great. Taking out more than are getting left on at least. ;) Not bad for hitting a reading slump in July.

RRRC Meet & Greet Round 52 - Group 3
June 1, 2022 - July 31, 2022

Read: 11/14

Group 3

☑ Amy - Foreseen: Lex (6/25) ★★★★
☑ Ariel - The Maze (7/15) ★★½
☑ Avid Read & GG - The Book of Cold Cases (6/20) ★★★★
☑ Carmen - Hot Rocks (7/2) ★★★★
☑ Chiara - The Witch's Heart (7/14) ★★★
☑ Connie N - Animal Attraction (6/7) ★★★★★
☑ Diane ~Firefly - Semi-Human (7/9) ★★★★
☑ Jane (PS) - The Fallen King's Penitent Soldier (7/5) ★★★★★
☑ KathyD - Final Lap (6/7) ★★★★
☑ Maggie - Darkest Before Dawn (7/31) ★★
☑ Roger - The Cat Who Sniffed Glue (6/3) ★★★★

Round 52 Bonus Picks 9/13

☑ Chan - Breath (6/27) ★★★★★
☑ Chiara - Dearest Milton James (6/10) ★★★★
☑ Jane (PS) - Fakers (6/23) ★★★★★
☑ KarenH - Last Guard (7/19) ★★★★★
☑ Mkat - The Rise of Magicks (7/17) ★★★★★
☑ Mony - Paper Princess (7/26) ★★
☑ Raine - Shades of Midnight (7/29) ★★★★
☑ Roger - The Tangle Box (7/24) ★★★★
☑ SusanA - The Mystery of the Spirits (7/16) ★★★★★

R51 Carryovers: 2/8
☑ Kelly - The Kingdom of Gods (7/11) ★★★★½
☑ Raine - Us Against You (6/1) ★★★★½

R51 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 2/9
☑ Avid ReaderGG - Cold Days (6/17) ★★★★★
☑ KarenH - Wallbanger (6/3) ★★★★

R50 Carryovers: 2/5
☑ Hazel - Last Guard (7/19) ★★★★★
☑ Shan A - The Rise of Magicks (7/17) ★★★★★

R45 Carryovers: 1/3
☑ Hazel - The Tangle Box (7/24) ★★★★

R45 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/6
☑ Jane (PS) - Cold Days (6/17) ★★★★★

R41 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/3
☑ Chan - Shades of Midnight (7/29) ★★★★

R24 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/3
☑ Stephanie - Sebastian (7/25) ★★★★★

R23 Bonus Picks Carryovers: 1/1
☑ Kait - Tangled Threads (7/3) ★★★★★

R22 Carryovers: 1/5
☑ Ana - Paper Princess (7/26) ★★

R22 Bonus Picks Carryovers 1/5
☑ Chan - Wallbanger (6/3) ★★★★

[Connie N.]

So impressive, Shelby! You're making great progress.

[Jane (PS), Moderator]

Congrats Shelby!!!